The NY Times finally asks: Is there a cost to giving puberty blockers to children?

Federal appeals court blocks Biden student debt relief program nationwide
“The injunction will remain in effect until further order of this court or the Supreme Court of the United States,” a three-judge panel of the appeals court said in its ruling.

FBI Had Informants in Proud Boys, Court Papers Suggest
In filings in the seditious conspiracy case against members of the far-right group, defense lawyers claimed that information favorable to their clients was improperly withheld by the government until recently.

Suspect accused of killing 3 UVA football players was on cops' radar for months
The University of Virginia student who allegedly killed three members of the football team had been on the police’s radar since September and had a prior criminal incident involving a concealed weapon, officials revealed Monday.

Biden invokes 'assault weapons' ban after campus shooting that involved a handgun
Within hours of police arresting a suspect, the White House called for an assault weapons ban even though the suspect was alleged to have used a handgun.

Tunnel to Towers founder teases 2023 announcement on projects in store for helping veterans
Frank Siller says the foundation has big things in store for 2023 to help veterans get the care and help they need.

The Flooded Ferraris of Florida's Hurricane Ian Up for Auction
A ton of cars got totaled out by insurance companies due to flood damage, most of which are starting to appear on salvage auction site Copart. And there are some real gems.

Katie Hobbs allegedly defeats Kari Lake
Race may now go to recount under state law.

Maricopa election officials launched PAC in 2021 to stop MAGA candidates
The PAC, called Pro Democracy Republicans of Arizona, claims on its website that it is "fighting to keep our democratic institutions alive."

Quit your dooming and read this tweet on how important Hershel Walker and the Georgia runoff are
If Herschel Walker loses, Democrats get to do everything they want to in Senate committees.

Schumer: Winning GA Runoff Will Help Us Confirm More ‘Progressive Judges’
"We’ve set the record, as of today, actually, 83 new judges, two-thirds women, half people of color, and progressive judges ..."

Fate of Boebert reelection campaign rests with cured ballots
As of Monday afternoon, the vote tally in the district counted Boebert at 162,040 votes against Frisch's 160,918 votes. As many as 5,000 ballots remain uncounted or in transit, according to political operatives' estimates.

Suburban Saint Louis Voters Reject Drag Shows At Libraries And Schools By 40-Point Margin
Nearly 70% residents voted “no” this year on the ballot question: “Shall tax-supported libraries and schools promote drag queen events to minors?”

'The Answer: Redistricting': Frank Luntz Breaks Down Why ‘Red Wave’ Didn’t Happen
"Republicans got 5 million more votes for the House than the Democrats. Five million. So why don’t the results show themselves in the congressional races? The answer: redistricting. That had a bigger impact against the GOP than anybody realized and you could not know this until Election Day.”

Exit Poll: Most New Yorkers Say Stopping Illegal Immigration Is Top Priority, Not Amnesty
Nearly 58% of New Yorkers said they believe a new Congress should prioritize stopping illegal immigration by securing the border and deporting illegal aliens already in the United States.

Conservative defeats Loudoun County school board member
In the first school board election since the Loudoun County School Board made national news regarding critical race theory and its attempted rape cover-up, conservative candidate Tiffany Polifko unseated the liberal incumbent.

Nevada County, Won By Dems, Confirms Livestream Video Of Vote-Count Areas Went Dark For 8 Hours
The GOP thought the Nevada race was locked up. Lindsey Graham, during a National Republican Senatorial Committee phone call Friday, went as far as to say, “There is no mathematical way Laxalt loses. If he does, then it’s a lie.”

Election machines reported more votes than actual number of ballots in two Va. precincts: Report
Miraculously, Democrats just happened to win in both precincts.

Greg Abbott calls for investigation of Harris County (Houston) over election irregularities
Abbott pointed to "missing keys, insufficient paper ballots in Republican precincts, staffing problems," and other issues that plagued voters throughout the electoral process.

Republican Leaders Have A Choice: Roll Back Early Voting And Mail-In Ballots Or Learn To Take Advantage Of Them
There isn’t just one reason for the midterm shortcomings, but none are more important than the party’s neglect in adapting to our new jungle of an election process.

Prominent conservatives call for delay to GOP leadership elections
More than 60 prominent conservatives are calling on House and Senate GOP leadership elections to be delayed until after the Dec. 6 Georgia Senate runoff.

Mitch McConnell’s Top Lieutenant Shifts Blame for GOP Senate Failures
Josh Holmes on Tuesday shifted blame from Senate leadership to Sen. Rick Scott for allowing Democrats to retain control of the Senate.

Ted Cruz Blames Mitch McConnell For GOP Midterm Losses
Cruz slammed McConnell during a Monday podcast, saying the GOP should have won the majority of the upper chamber and blamed McConnell for not supporting Blake Masters.

Democrat claims Republicans are 'repeatedly' pushing for Trump as speaker of House
That would be awesome, if it were true.

Schumer: I Plan On Meeting with McConnell to Push for Ditching ‘MAGA Republicans’
"The MAGA Republican candidate, across the board, lost. If you’re a good leader of a Republican Party, you say continuing to follow them is a path to disaster.”

Rep. Biggs will challenge McCarthy in House GOP leadership election
Marjorie Taylor Greene asked, "Do we want to see that challenge open the door to Nancy Pelosi handing the gavel to Liz Cheney?"

JD Vance: 'Don't blame Trump' for GOP letdowns, fix campaign issues
"[A]ny effort to blame Trump — or McConnell for that matter — ignores a major structural advantage for Democrats: money," he wrote.

Giuliani won’t face criminal charges after FBI raided apartment, seized electronics
Prosecutors sought to determine whether Giuliani had at any point represented the Ukrainian official in a manner that may have violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Newly elected House GOP member George Santos says Hunter Biden probe shouldn’t be a ‘priority’
Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) argued that lawmakers should avoid focusing on “hyperpartisan” investigations.

Carville: MAGA Republicans ‘Are on the Crack’
Apparently Hunter Biden is MAGA.

Uncle Sam is playing the same game as broke, disgraced crypto king
The United States government operates largely on reputation. Would you lend money to someone whose debt kept climbing with no apparent limit? There’s no plan to bring that amount under control, no realistic plan to pay for it over the long term and no way to fund the federal budget without borrowing.

Corporate layoffs are a warning sign of coming 'economic crash landing': economist
Companies have been cutting thousands of jobs as experts warn of a likely recession, despite Biden's dismissal of such concerns.

Rampant Inflation Has Eroded New York City’s ‘Bold’ $15 Minimum Wage Hike
Nearly four years after New York City’s minimum wage hit $15 per hour, that same wage is now worth just $13 per hour adjusted for inflation.

Report: Amazon to deliver pink slips to nearly 10,000 employees before Christmas
During the pandemic, Amazon hired over 800,000 employees to keep up with online orders.

Jeff Bezos advises companies to 'take some risk off the table,' says economy currently 'does not look great'
The Amazon chairman said "things are slowing down."

Fed official throws cold water on report of waning inflation: 'We have a ways to go'
Inflation was the top issue for Americans in the midterm elections.

Analysis: New Yorkers to Pay ‘At Least’ $600M for Illegal Immigration Influx
A new estimate finds that the arrival of nearly 24,000 illegals in NYC is set to cost New Yorkers some $600 million over the course of a year.

20 Years Of American Influence Reversed As Taliban Order Full Enforcement Of Sharia Law
A Taliban spokesman confirmed Sunday that the militant Islamic group will now enforce a full spectrum of sharia law punishments against Afghans.

Landmark Anti-Lab-Leak Paper Was Covertly Influenced By Compromised Scientists
One of the most influential papers arguing against the COVID-19 lab-leak theory was covertly crafted by three scientists with substantial histories of conducting gain-of-function research.

Key House investigator fears feds used grants as hush money to keep COVID origins quiet
Rep. James Comer says his team has uncovered evidence suggesting federal health officials used grant dollars to keep private scientists on script and have them deny COVID-19 originated with a lab accident despite scientific evidence to the contrary.

Flu hospitalizations have surged to a decade high in the US
These viruses are probably surging because immunity declined as pandemic-era public health measures crushed transmission of these viruses.

The Pandemic Industrial Complex Is Drying Up
Thousands Of ‘Pandemic Experts’ Are Laid Off

DeSantis Announces State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo Will Return for Second Term
Ladapo is most well known for going against the medical establishment when it comes to mask mandates, COVID mandates, and transgender surgeries.

Ontario recommends return to masking this winter
The province's mask mandates were only fully lifted in June after nearly two years in place.

Jay Leno says he’s ‘ok’ after he suffers serious burns in car fire
"I got some serious burns from a gasoline fire. I am ok. Just need a week or two to get back on my feet," Leno said in a statement.

Sign Language Interpreter Sues Broadway’s ‘The Lion King’ After Allegedly Getting Fired For Being White
Wann filed suit against Theatre Development Fund director Lisa Carling on Tuesday, citing April 2 email which stated that “it’s no longer appropriate to have White interpreters represent Black characters for ASL Broadway shows,” the New York Post reported.

Kevin Costner Says He Doesn’t Care If People Like Him Or Not Due To His Politics, Answers Whether He’d Ever Run
“I was clear that [Liz Cheney] probably wasn’t going to win her election. But I wanted to let her know, as a citizen, how much I appreciated her brave, clear-headed stance.”

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell says Maricopa vote counting process ‘some of the best in the country’
"...despite all of what has been said by Donald Trump and other election deniers, and now beginning to be also Kelli Ward who’s falling behind you know, Katie Hobbs, but for the governor’s race, Maricopa County has some of the best vote counting processes because of past problems.”

'Clearly Rigged': White House Reporters 'Disgusted' By Biden Using List Of Approved Outlets
Biden has held an average of .8 press conferences per month, Trump held an average of 2.6 per month.

Sunny Hostin Claims Republicans Want To Raise The Voting Age To 28
Actually it's 35.

Iran issues first known death sentence to anti-government protester
Iran has already issued indictments for hundreds of detained protesters, saying it will hold public trials.

Man gets jump rope stuck in bladder after shoving it into his penis
A 79-year-old Japanese man managed to get a 90-inch jump rope stuck in his bladder after allegedly shoving the rope into his penis.

World Bank Chief Calls For Expanding Lender’s Mission to Include Climate
Malpass came under fire last month after fumbling a question at a conference on the causes of climate change, spurring criticism that he doesn’t accept the scientific consensus of the impact of man-made emissions. Some activists and Democratic lawmakers called for his removal.

World population expected to hit 8 billion on Nov. 15
The population cleared 7 billion just 12 years ago and is expected to reach 9 billion in another 15 years.

NY Times: They Paused Puberty, but Is There a Cost?
A growing number of medical professionals are questioning the safety and reversibility of puberty blockers when taken by young children, according to a recent analysis commissioned by the New York Times and released on Monday.

Disney employees welcomed on a cultural journey with ‘merman’ named Geo Neptune
Chris Rufo reports, "Walt Disney Co. recently hosted a 'cultural journey' for employees featuring a 'Two-Spirit,' 'she/they,' 'drag queen,' 'merperson' named Geo Neptune."

Betsy DeVos Throws Down With Teachers' Union Over Who Knows What’s Best For Kids
“Educators love their students and know better than anyone what they need to learn and thrive,” the NEA claimed. DeVos responded, “You misspelled parents.”

48K University of California workers launch 'record-breaking' strike
Workers across all 10 campuses walked off the job Monday, saying that progress on proposals for fair compensation and workplace equity have been thwarted by “unlawful conduct.”

American Medical Establishment Touts Social Justice Overhaul
The Association of American Medical Colleges is touting its turn toward race-based, social justice-oriented health care.

Elon Musk says free employee lunches at Twitter HQ were costing more than $400 per meal because 'almost no one' was in the office
He said badge-in records at the San Francisco office showed average occupancy below 10%.

Twitter Employee Tries To Call Out Elon Musk On Twitter. It Doesn’t End Well For The Employee.
“He’s fired.”

NASA Artemis moon rocket launch countdown begins
This is the first test flight for the 322-foot rocket, scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center at 1:04 a.m. on Wednesday – the crew capsule will not be manned by astronauts this go-around, but test dummies will occupy the space.

World Cup Warning: Pork, Porn, Sex Toys, and LGBT Flags Could Get Fans Arrested in Qatar
Fans traveling to watch the global soccer championship have been warned not to bring a number of items that are banned in Qatar, the site of 2022’s World Cup.

USA soccer team changes America crest from traditional colors to LGBTQIA2S+ colors
Why is brown the last color on the shield? Is that some sort of racist statement, like saying get to the back of the bus?