Case before the Supreme Court this week could determine the fate of the First Amendment

The Future Of The First Amendment Hinges On The 303 Creative Case Before The Supreme Court
This week, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the case of Lorie Smith, a Colorado designer who refuses to create websites with messages that conflict with her faith — among them, gay wedding announcements and celebrations.

Justice Gorsuch Leaves CO Solicitor General Stammering During Oral Arguments on Religious Liberty
... noting that Jack Phillips had been put through a reeducation program for honoring his religious convictions. That left the solicitor general stammering in an attempt to explain how it wasn’t a reeducation program even though its purpose was to reeducate.

Is this the Supreme Court case that will drain the swamp?
Might the Supreme Court grant relief to millions who are weary of being characterized as "election deniers" simply for wanting investigations to take place?

Oregon Admits All Gun Sales Will Stop on Thursday, Asks Judge to Temporarily Block New Law
With the total elimination of legal gun sales looming, Oregonians have set new records by flooding gun stores ahead of the deadline.

General Public Unaware of Push to Normalize Pedophilia in Culture and Academia: Counselor
Mom who hunts down pedophiles says its unthinkable to call them "minor-attracted persons."

Planned Parenthood claims more men getting vasectomies since Roe v. Wade overturn
A Planned Parenthood affiliate claims there has been a 34% increase in vasectomies in 2022 when compared to 2021.

We Live In A Generation That Has Turned From Solid, Unchangeable Truth To A Quicksand Of Lies
Any time we approach the end of a particularly tumultuous year, we look forward to the next year as a return to “normal.” But at this point, the old normal no longer exists. 2023 looks like a continuation of the last few years, only worse.

The impact of social identity conflict on planning horizons
Whenever the different identities are simultaneously activated and give conflicting behavioral direction, people experience social identity conflict.

NYPD reports 45 anti-Semitic hate crimes in November
The figure for November represented a 125% increase over the same period last year. Every month except April and May this year has seen an increase over the same month in 2021.

He Faced More Than 20 Years in Jail for Shooting Up a Bar. A Soros Prosecutor Wants To Let Him Walk.
Thanks to a progressive Virginia prosecutor, a gunman may have his record cleared.

Democrat media superstar Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in prison
“Michael Avenatti was a corrupt lawyer who claimed he was fighting for the little guy. In fact, he only cared about his own selfish interests,” said U.S. attorney Martin Estrada.

Sen. John Kennedy Goes On Tirade Against Kale, ‘Stupid’ Woke People
“These woke, high-IQ stupid people, they walk around with ziplock bags of kale that they eat to give them energy. Now, if you want to eat kale, that’s up to you. I don’t eat kale. You know why? Because kale tastes to me like I’d rather be fat.”

The Senate is about to shove through a pathway to citizenship for dreamer illegals thanks to Republican Thom Tillis
First it’s the Republican compromise bill to redefine marriage to include gay marriage in the Senate. Now it’s another Republican compromise to give illegal aliens a pathway to citizen in the Senate.

'Wait until we’re in charge': McCarthy snipes at McConnell over budgeting
McCarthy underscored that Republicans will have far more leverage in about a month than they do now and fretted that a long-term deal by McConnell could effectively lock the GOP out of enacting major budgeting reforms until next year.

McCarthy builds 222-seat majority through wins in blue New York and California
Two traditionally blue states, California and New York, helped deliver the GOP its majority in the House.

CNN Analysis: How Teddy Roosevelt offers an ‘ominous’ lesson for Trump and the GOP in 2024
He was a former Republican president with a mammoth ego, a sense of entitlement, and simmering resentments. Critics called him mentally unstable and a racist, and some even noted his small hands.

After Georgia’s Record Voter Turnout, When Will Coca-Cola Apologize For Lying About State Election Law?
An election integrity group ran a full-page ad in one of Georgia’s most notable newspapers on Sunday demanding that the Coca-Cola Company apologize for lying about the state’s 2021 voting law that enhanced the overall security of its elections.

Time Magazine Admits ‘Election Denier’ Is A Nonsense Phrase Invented To Smear Republicans
If "election denier" doesn’t describe what Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats did in 2016, then it doesn’t mean anything at all.

John Bolton says he may launch presidential bid to stop Trump
Bolton said Monday that he will consider running for president to Trump from returning to the White House.

Global financial system vulnerable to $80 trillion-plus problem in FX market, warns BIS
There’s a “huge, missing and growing” problem inside the round-the-clock foreign-exchange market, and it’s one that can’t be seen. That’s according to the Bank for International Settlements.

US manufacturing orders in China are down 40% in unrelenting demand collapse
Logistics managers are bracing for delays in the delivery of goods from China in early January as a result of canceled sailings of container ships and rollovers of exports by ocean carriers.

Ford CEO says 65% of US dealers agree to sell EVs under company’s investment programs
Ford, unlike General Motors, is allowing dealers to opt out of selling EVs and continue to sell the company’s cars.

Under Joe Biden, Threat Of Nuclear War Has Gone Up
Two years into the disaster-prone Biden presidency, there’s no denying the world is at a greater risk of nuclear escalation — not just in Eastern Europe, but also on the other side of the world in the South China Sea.

Nuclear subs, bombers show America’s global footprint: Analysis
The details about the plane and the submarine are intended to send a message. The U.S. didn’t need to reveal information on either of these developments.

Russia Balks As G7, European Union Implement Oil Price Cap
The Treasury Department argued that the level of the price cap is “high enough to maintain a clear economic incentive for Russia to continue selling oil on global markets,” as Russia has “historically accepted” the rate.

Highly Influential ‘Long COVID’ Paper Now Under Investigation For ‘Data Errors’
The Jan. 2021 paper, titled “6-month consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital: a cohort study,” has been cited more than 1,600 times and referenced multiple times by the World Health Organization.

MO Attorney General Schmitt Releases Entire Transcript of Fauci Deposition
Schmitt also tweeted some highlights, for those who don’t want to read the entire 446-page transcript.

DeSantis Says He Plans to Hold Pfizer and Moderna Accountable
“...this is something that we’re going to lead on in Florida.”

China's 'Zero COVID' not so Different from US, Some Say Amid Protests
"The only difference is the confrontations are more physical in China, where with us it's been lawsuits, time, intimidation and false imprisonment."

Virginia veteran who defied COVID orders has his restaurant stormed by armed agents
Matt Strickland attracted national attention for refusing to comply with former Gov. Ralph Northam's COVID orders in 2021, had his establishment raided on Friday.

Chinese state media used TikTok to attack Republicans before midterm elections
Forbes uncovered several "news"-related TikTok accounts that failed to disclose their affiliation with the Chinese Communist Party’s media platform, China Central TV.

The long game
China’s grand strategy to displace American order (August 2021).

Actress Kirstie Alley dies at age 71
"To all our friends, far and wide around the world," read the statement, "we are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered."

Trust in media at all-time low
“In short, the media, in a highly competitive commercial market for news and information, have a serious problem: Their customers, and potential customers, no longer have confidence they can do their job,” said the analysis.

How Corrupt Is a Corrupt Media?
The media has ceased to exist, and the public plods on by assuming as true whatever the media suppresses and as false whatever the media covers.

'GMA' host TJ Holmes allegedly cheated with several women at ABC while married
The host had at least one other alleged affair in addition to his relationships with co-host Amy Robach and producer Natasha Singh, multiple sources tell Page Six.

Time Magazine Person of the Year Finalists Include DeSantis, Musk, and ... Cheney
One of these things is not like the other; one of these things just doesn't belong.

German farmers ordered to slash nitrogen fertilizer usage to comply with EU green tyrants
The ban originates with EU bureaucrats waging war on nitrogen, the essential element that makes up nearly 80% of Earth's atmosphere and is critical for crop production.

Switzerland could ban electric vehicle use during energy crisis: Reports
Swiss officials brace for energy crisis this winter, while planning for ways to prevent blackouts.

Report: Iranians Launch Nationwide Labor Strike in Challenge to Regime
Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, while the head of the judiciary blamed what he called "rioters" for threatening shopkeepers.

Iran may be able to build 'crude' nukes within six months
A new think tank report details how to deter Tehran from making the move to build a few crudely made nuclear weapons.

Soros-backed group advises Biden admin that Clean Air Act could be used to 'control or prohibit' gasoline
Governing for Impact recently issued a memo to lawmakers advising the Biden admin that the Clean Air Act grants the EPA the authority to "control or prohibit" the manufacturing and sale of gasoline.

Los Angeles Votes To Ban Oil And Gas Drilling
“This may be the most important step towards environmental justice that this council has taken in recent memory,” Council President Paul Krekorian said.

Democrats in Michigan put forth bill to force power companies to sell to the state
"Sec. 31 (a) Purchase or acquire by eminent domain all of the electric and natural gas generation, distribution, or transmission facilities owned by any investor-owned utility in this state."

Democrat claims her child woke up with 'nightmares' over climate change
Rep. Katherine Clark, the incoming House minority whip, claimed Sunday that her one of her children awakened from "nightmares" over climate change and mass shootings.

Biden’s trans health official Rachel Levine calls on doctors to be activists for 'trans youth'
Levine warned pediatricians that medicine and science are being politically perverted and called on them to be activists who spread the word about gender-affirming care, not just in a medical setting but also in schools and organizations.

De-transitioner who had breasts removed says she is suing doctors who approved surgery
Camille Kiefel, 32, filed a lawsuit against social worker Amy Ruff, mental health therapist Mara Burmeister, and their respective clinics for approving her for a double mastectomy after two visits.

Restaurant cancels Christian group's event because LGBTQIA2S+ staffers felt 'uncomfortable,' 'unsafe'
The Family Foundation said Metzger Bar & Butchery, in Richmond, "refused to service our pre-reserved event."

Biden Admin Dissolves Parent Council on Education After Complaints About its Left-Wing Bias
"The Department has informed Plaintiffs that it is immediately and permanently disbanding the Council and that the Council will not hold any future meetings," according to the court dismissal.

Special Grand Jury Concludes Loudoun County Public Schools ‘Dropped The Ball’ On Student Safety
A nine-member grand jury in Virginia concluded that a public school district “dropped the ball” on student safety after multiple sexual assaults took place in the school district.

White House: Release of Twitter files on how Hunter Biden story was censored ‘not healthy’
“What is happening — it’s frankly, it’s not healthy. It won’t do anything to help a single American improve their lives. And so look, we see this as an interesting, you know, coincidence, and you know, it’s a distraction,” Jean-Pierre said.

If A Legitimate Free Press Existed, The Twitter Files Wouldn’t
Nothing Twitter did or could have done would have buried the Biden family scandal story had journalists just done their jobs — but they didn’t.

CNN's 'news story' on the Twitter Files reporting has to be read to be believed
It reads like the rantings of any "Resistance" maniac.

WaPo Lands in Hot Water After Attempted Revisionism on Role in Suppressing Hunter Biden Story
Two members of the WaPo “journalism” machine took to the Twitter machine Monday in an attempt to revise their own contributions to the downplaying/suppression effort.

Media's Hunter Biden collusion: 'Twitter files' dump has them on defense, attacking the messenger
Media is too invested in suppression of Hunter Biden story to acknowledge extent of the scandal.

Salon: Hunter Biden's laptop: The right's pseudo-scandal industry hopes for another big win
Of course it's a non-issue: Republicans hope to force the media to cover it, and hope to make Joe Biden cry.

Former Twitter 'Trust & Safety' head defends banning the Babylon Bee
"Let's look at what Twitter's written policies are. ... Twitter's written policies prohibit misgendering — full stop. And the Babylon Bee, in the name of satire, misgendered Admiral Rachel Levine."

Suspension Rate Nearly Doubles For Twitter Accounts Exploiting Child Sex Abuse Material
Child pornography and other sexual abuse material on Twitter has been documented on the platform for well over the last decade.

'I wanted to punch Kanye,' Elon Musk said in live Twitter Q&A
Elon Musk was asked how he would balance suspending Kanye West on Twitter and freedom of expression during a live Q&A session on Twitter.

Meta threatens to remove news from Facebook if Congress passes bipartisan bill
If Congress passes the act, Meta would "be forced to consider removing news from our platform altogether rather than submit to government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard any value we provide to news outlets through increased traffic and subscriptions."

Google - Info Interventions
A set of approaches, informed by behavioral science research and validated by digital experiments, to build resilience to online harms.

Biden Admin Launches Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Company Neuralink: Report
The investigation into Neuralink was launched by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s inspector general at the request of a federal prosecutor.