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Glenn Beck: If you are on the side of freedom, you can’t be a fascist
Who is in league with Big Business and Big Tech? Who is pushing for censorship? Who suppresses the opposition? Not the American right, that’s for sure.

The Supreme Court Is About To Weigh In On Trump’s Ballot Eligibility. Here’s What You Need To Know
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Thursday in Trump v. Anderson, the former president’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision finding him ineligible to appear on the state’s ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Trump Supreme Court Hearing Livestream: Time, How To Watch
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday on whether Donald Trump can be reinstated to the primary ballot in Colorado. C-SPAN will livestream it today starting at 10 a.m. ET.

Obscure Statute Could Disqualify States Like Colorado From Kicking Trump Off The Ballot
A brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court argues the power to disqualify a presidential candidate lies with the federal court, not the states.

Hawaii committee advances bill that could keep Trump off the ballot
Trump is not mentioned in the bill but is the obvious target.

Ex-Georgia rep warns Trump immunity ruling could jeopardize Bush, Obama
A federal appeals court ruled that Trump can be prosecuted on alleged crimes related to the 2020 election.

Blaze News investigates: Water issues at Colony Ridge and the Texas officials who apparently did nothing about them
Colony Ridge is the fastest-growing land development in all of Texas. Marketing to mainly Spanish-speaking buyers with little credit and often no legal right to be in America, Colony Ridge owners have made millions selling small plots of a giant swath of land about a half-hour north of Houston.

Under siege: Retailers flee cities as unarmed security, public authorities fail to curb thefts
Businesses have cited the rise of online shopping and declining in-store profits for pulling out of urban centers, but insiders see a deeper problem: Unarmed security staff’s inability to keep employees and merchandise safe is driving away workers and shoppers in big cities with soft-on-crime policies.

Radio station baffled after 200-foot radio tower disappears without a trace
“When he arrived, he called me Friday and said, ‘The tower is gone,’” the station manager explained.

Pro-life activist climbs Las Vegas Sphere
The climber was captured on video scaling the giant globe-shaped structure in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The 24-year-old raises money "for women in crisis pregnancies."

Adult dancers in Washington state want a "strippers’ bill of rights"
The proposals being considered would require a security guard at each club, keypad codes to enter dressing rooms, and training for employees on preventing sexual harassment.

Georges Bergès Introduced Hunter Biden to the Art World. It Hasn’t Worked Out Well.
SoHo gallery owner is now in the crosshairs of House Republicans’ impeachment probe, but you'll be happy to know that he says he has “absolutely not” been part of any scheme to influence Joe Biden and that the art is “not for buying favors.”

NY Times: In New York, Biden Courts Big-Money Donors and Attacks a ‘Dangerous’ Trump
In drawing rooms and ballrooms of the elite in Manhattan, any enthusiasm for a second Biden term seemed to be mingled with fear about the thought of a second one for Trump.

NY Post: Joe Biden’s mental decline cannot be ignored
They just turned down his best chance to connect with the public in the entire election year, period: the traditional Super Bowl interview, answering softball questions in front of the biggest possible TV audience. If he can’t be trusted with that, what can he be trusted with? And how bad is he behind closed doors?

Gaffe-prone Biden using food pit stops to replace scrutinized events on trail
Within the past few weeks, Biden has been seen at several food chains and beloved local restaurants across the country as he works to attract voters for his re-election bid this November.

'I'm attacked for ... saying the quiet part out loud': Phillips highlights Biden's apparent decline
Dean tweeted, "I'm attacked for being honest and saying the quiet part out loud - the part DC insiders only do in private. I admire our President. I voted for him ... But shame on all of you pretending everything is ok. You are leading us - and him - into a disaster, and you damn well know it."

Gallup: Democrats lose ground with black and Hispanic adults
The Democratic Party's wide lead over Republicans in black Americans’ party preferences has shrunk by nearly 20 points over the past three years. Democrats' leads among Hispanic adults and adults ages 18 to 29 have slid nearly as much.

DeSantis Slams GOP Over ‘Failure Theater,’ ‘Virtue Signaling’
DeSantis went scorched-earth on the Republican Party during a press conference on Wednesday. “[Republicans] have given Biden an opportunity to say, ‘Hey, [I] wanted to do something, and these Republicans stopped it,'” DeSantis said.

Marianne Williamson drops presidential bid
Williamson won roughly 4% of the vote in the New Hampshire Democratic primary and 2% in South Carolina’s primary.

Nikki Haley After Nevada Loss: ‘Trump Rigged It’
Haley said in an interview on Wednesday, following her loss to “none of these candidates” in the Nevada Republican Party presidential primary, that the process in Nevada was “rigged” by Trump.

US Debt on Pace to Top $54 Trillion Over Next 10 Years
The United States is on a pace to add nearly $19 trillion to its national debt over the next decade as the mounting costs of an aging population and higher interest expenses continue to weigh on the nation’s fiscal outlook, the CBO said on Wednesday.

AP: Record number of Americans can’t afford their rent
But not to worry, lawmakers are scrambling to help.

America’s Most Expensive Home for Sale Hits the Market for $295 Million
If it fetches that asking price, the roughly 9-acre compound in Naples, Fla., would shatter the U.S. home sale record.

Washington Post Blames Grocery Stores For High Prices
After hearing from several troubled voters that they might reject Biden in the voting booth come November due to their grocery bills, the article’s authors rushed to assert that Trump's policies are “poised to make grocery prices higher, not lower.”

Top economist expresses concern about shrinking job total under the Biden administration
"In 28 years, I've never seen 11 of 12 months where job numbers came out looking very strong, and then they were revised downwards," Earle said.

Elizabeth Warren's 'Shrinkflation' Rant Is an Incredible Exercise in Blame-Shifting
The Massachusetts senator blames corporate greed for price increases that were caused by inflationary federal spending she supported.

‘Squad’ Member Asks Janet Yellen If ‘Racism’ Threatens US Financial System
"Secretary Yellen, do you agree that racism and racial inequity is a threat to the financial system?” Pressley asked. “Well, it could be, and it is one of the factors that Dodd-Frank told us to take into account in considering designations,” Yellen responded.

The sudden decline in NYCB reignited fears over the state of medium-sized American banks
Investors have worried that losses on some of the $2.7 trillion in commercial real estate loans held by banks could trigger another round of turmoil after deposit runs consumed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature last March.

Billionaire Bill Ackman to launch fund open to regular investors in US
Ackman, well known on Wall Street as an activist investor, has waged more public battles in recent months — weighing in on fights over leadership at Harvard University and anti-Semitism on college campuses.

Mitch McConnell played bigger part in failed border plan than anyone knew: ‘He wrote the deal’
“He didn’t just bless the deal. He wrote the deal,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said to NBC News. “I have a ton of respect for his commitment to Ukraine. I genuinely enjoyed working with his team. They were in the room every single day.”

‘This Is Our Opportunity’ — Top GOP Senators Game McConnell’s Ouster After Botched Border Deal
“Mitch McConnell, in effect, gave the largest in-kind campaign contribution to the Democrats’ Senate campaign committee in history,” Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told the Caller.

Biden prepares executive order to address expected surge in activity as border deal collapses
The officials said plans for an executive order have been under consideration for months, particularly after immigrant encounters at the border broke an all-time record in December.

NY Times: Trump’s Border Intervention Gives Biden a Chance to Shift from Defense to Offense
After three years under fire for record illegal migration on his watch, the president blames his predecessor for preventing action to secure the southwestern border.

American hostage family pleads 'Bring our son home'
Ronen and Orna Neutra, parents of Omer Neutra, one of six Americans held hostage by Hamas since October, describe their life coming from Israel to New York, the horror of losing contact with their son, and their desperate efforts to negotiate his release from captivity in Gaza.

Pro-Palestinian illegal alien caught on video stealing pro-Israel flag, beating up homeowner, police say
Aleks Binyaminov had been displaying an Israeli-American flag as well as a sign reading "We stand with Israel" in front of his Hewlett home after Hamas murdered his wife's cousin on Oct. 7.

NY Times: Ukraine Worries About Losing Its Biggest Weapon: US Military Aid
Without it, Kyiv could hold out for part of the year, one expert said, but would then begin losing the war.

CDC Upset Its Own Expert Advisers Not Recommending Masks, Demands They Recommend Masks
Too much science is forcing the CDC to request a science do-over after the CDC’s own scientist and outside experts find N95 respirators don’t work better than masks — and neither do much to protect from COVID.

Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says
A federal appeals court has shot down claims that there's a First Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Remember those corny anti-communist movies from the 1950s? They were right
Seeing the 1950s anti-communist movies in 2024, it’s astonishing how well they have held up.

Taylor Swift quietly downsizes to one private jet
In 2022, Swift topped a list of celebrities with the most private-jet carbon emissions.

EU Lawmakers Call For ‘Travel Ban’ On Tucker Carlson Over Putin Interview
“Carlson is not being a real journalist since he has clearly expressed his sympathy for the Russian regime and Putin and has constantly disparaged Ukraine, the victim of Russian aggression. So, for such propaganda for a criminal regime, you can end up on the list of sanctions."

Tucker Carlson Is No 'Traitor' for Doing Journalism
Whatever anybody may think of the man and his views, it's to all of our benefit that there's space for diverse viewpoints espoused by people who don't need permission from gatekeepers to gather and report news, comment on events, and build followings.

Rogan and Rodgers blast media's silencing tactics
The two took aim at the media's censorship of alternative viewpoints and expose Big Pharma's alarming influence on public discourse, questioning the sudden shift in liberal stance towards corporate trust and war.

For First Time in Two Decades, US Buys More From Mexico Than China
Economists say the relative decrease in trade with China is clearly linked to the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and then maintained by the Biden administration.

US engineer contacted China before stealing missile tracking tech, DOJ says
The DOJ said that technology allegedly stolen by 57-year-old Chenguang Gong would be “dangerous to U.S. national security if obtained by international actors.”

Biden Admin Classifies Martha’s Vineyard As ‘Low-Income’ To Push EV Charger Subsidies
Numerous elite hangouts and locales are among the areas that the administration has classified as “low-income” and eligible for receipt of EV charger subsidies.

Less than a year after Biden announced his EV push, industry shows his targets may be unobtainable
An analysis by energy expert Robert Bryce found that Ford Motor Company incurred an operating loss of its EV business in 2023 that exceeded its total profit for the year. The company lost $64,731 on every electric vehicle it sold last year.

'Mr. Bean' actor blamed for poor electric car sales during climate change committee meeting
"One of the most damaging articles was a comment piece written by Rowan Atkinson in the Guardian which has been roundly debunked," the leftist think tank said. In his piece, Atkinson said he felt "duped" by electric cars, despite being an "early adopter" of the vehicles.

Cross-dressing TikTok star exposed as pedophile who stalked family into homelessness
An Australian transgender personality has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing and producing child porn, as well as stalking the family across safe houses.

Rolling Stone is mad that 'trolls' are using AI to put clothes on scantily clad women
Isla David found herself in a somewhat unusual position. A friend informed her that one of her photos had been going viral. It had been edited not to remove her clothes, but to add them.

Papers please? The feds want to card you to use the internet
The proposal to impose an age verification system has profound implications, making it difficult to engage in online activities without linking them to one's official identity.

AI Versus Age-Verification Laws
Artificial intelligence tools churning out images of fake IDs could help people get around online age-check laws.

AI Deployed Nukes 'to Have Peace in the World' in Tense War Simulation
OpenAI’s GPT models sounded like a genocidal dictator in a test of war-time decision-making.

Augmented reality headsets can cause 'lapses in judgments' and 'social absence,' study says
The 'research' shows that if you're wearing something on your head that can fully or partly block out the world, you'll be more disconnected from it.

Southwest ridiculed after proudly showing off cramped new seating
The budget carrier is on blast after the bungled unveiling of its next-generation interiors, with even loyalists complaining bitterly about cramped cabins overfilled with seats that look “thin” and “rock hard.”

Airline announces it will now weigh passengers as well as their carry-on luggage
One user has lashed out at the airline, saying she "won't be fat shamed by a bloody airline," adding that she never weighs herself out of choice.

Family of Kansas City Chiefs fan smeared as racist files lawsuit against Deadspin
“It intentionally painted a picture of the Armenta Family as anti-Black, anti-Native American bigots who proudly engaged in the worst kind of racist conduct motivated by their family’s hatred for Black and Native Americans," the lawsuit read.

Moths actually aren’t drawn to light as previously thought, study claims
The insects are not actually drawn to the glow like “moths to a flame” but rather trapped in a disorienting orbit around the artificial light, scientists claimed.