US Energy Department believes lab leak likely cause of COVID-19

America needs the type of 'diversity' that produced the Tuskegee Airmen, not Sam Brinton
The direction we choose will determine what type of country we pass on to the next generation and whether access to opportunities will be determined by competence or by identity.

Bristling under progressive mayor, St. Louis police seek state takeover
Police unions have rallied around Missouri Senate Bill 78, which would reinstate a Civil War-era system of state oversight.

Is the Mayor of New Orleans about to be fired?
If you listen to the recall organizers, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is about to lose her job.

Why Oprah’s California Neighborhood Isn’t Sweating Affordable Housing
While the battle over land use and housing continues elsewhere, residents of arguably California’s most exclusive community don’t have to worry about multi-family housing projects spoiling their ambiance because of a quirk in the law.

Biden ‘Can’t Recall’ If He Spoke to East Palestine Mayor About Train Disaster
“I can’t recall whether I’ve — I don’t think I’ve talked to the mayor. I’ve talked to everyone else there, multiple times."

East Palestine locals reveal illnesses, fury at Biden
“Doctors say I definitely have the chemicals in me but there’s no one in town who can run the toxicological tests to find out which ones they are."

Over 43,000 aquatic animals estimated dead after Ohio train derailment
The agency also reported that it found no evidence of wildlife harm farther downstream ... the Ohio River seems unimpacted, and asked if people can safely eat fish caught in the larger waterway, Mertz responded “absolutely.”

Man claims winning $2.04 billion Powerball ticket was stolen from him
Jose Rivera claims a person named "Reggie" stole the ticket from him, threatening to destroy it unless unless he agreed to split the winnings.

Release of Jan. 6 video footage to Tucker Carlson is a five-alarm fire for Democrats
For two years, Democrats, citing “security concerns,” have managed to withhold this critical footage from the public, likely fearing it would contradict their carefully constructed narrative that the riot was “an insurrection” and “terrorist attack.”

Media Demands Darkness, Not Sunlight, on January 6 Tapes
What we are hearing from the media-industrial complex is fear, not concern.

Jeb Bush Heaps Praise on Prospect of DeSantis 2024
"He’s been a really effective governor. He’s young. I think we’re on the verge of a generational change in our politics – I kind of hope so."

Looking Back, Nikki Haley Was Wrong to Take Down the Confederate Flag
When Trump expressed concern in 2017 that tearing down Confederate statues might lead to Jefferson and Washington sharing that fate, he was roundly mocked.

Paul Ryan Will Skip Republican National Convention if Trump Wins Primary
In an interview on WISN ABC, Ryan was asked where he would be during the 2024 convention held in Milwaukee.

12 'Republicans' are standing in the way of Mississippi getting rid of its state income tax
Any revenue bill requires a supermajority of 3/5ths of the chamber to pass.

Group wins race-based discrimination lawsuit against Comcast’s ‘woke corporate policies’
WILL recently settled a case with Comcast over the company’s Comcast RISE program. That program offered grants to small businesses, but only if they are 51% owned by someone who is “Black, indigenous, a person of color, or female.”

Idaho Legislature introduces three bills opposing environmental, social and governance standards
ESG standards, ratings used in business investments, can show commitment to sustainability.

The ESG Fight Has Come to This: Bankers Suing Lawyers
Kentucky passed a law targeting banks and their climate policies. Bankers sued the attorney general. Whose definition of investment risk should prevail?

Ye and Adidas Reportedly Reach Agreement to Sell Remaining $500 Million USD in YEEZY Sneakers
Reports of the new agreement between Adidas and Ye come after news that Adidas could lose up to $1.3 billion dollars in unsold YEEZY sneakers.

NY Times: Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the US
Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom.

G20 meeting ends in discord
A gathering of G20 finance ministers in Bengaluru has ended in discord after Russia and China refused to endorse a statement condemning Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and rejecting the use of nuclear weapons.

Ric Grenell: China Outmaneuvers Biden
The Biden administration has allowed a communist nation with ill intent to offer up a peace plan that both Russia and Ukraine believe is a good start. It is infuriating to watch the Biden team make the United States look so weak.

As China Calls for Peace, US Believes Beijing Is Considering Artillery and Drone Deliveries to Moscow
U.S. intelligence shows possible Chinese weapons deliveries to help Moscow stave off expected Ukrainian offensive this year.

Putin casts war as a battle for Russia's survival
Putin said the West wanted to divide up Russia and then control the world's biggest producer of raw materials. "I do not even know if such an ethnic group as the Russian people will be able to survive in the form in which it exists today," Putin said.

Putin 'pushes Russia to the brink of civil war,' with rebels voting for revolution
Rebels opposing Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia have accused the Kremlin leader of dragging his country to the edge of civil war as they vote for a Revolution Act aimed at tearing him down.

Here’s what arming Ukraine could look like in the future
France, Germany, and the U.K. proposed a new defense plan — that might be a subtle bid for peace negotiations.

Zelensky fires a top Ukrainian military commander, no reason given
In a one-line decree, Zelensky announced the dismissal of Eduard Moskalyov as commander of the joint forces of Ukraine, which are engaged in battles in the Donbas region.

Inside Putin's plot to break Ukraine's energy infrastructure
Russia launched more than 1,350 rockets and drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure between early October and late January. Moscow’s main targets have been substations and power plants.

Why Moldova fears it could be next for Putin
The recent resignation of the country’s PM followed an ongoing period of crises. Moldova’s new PM has continued the government’s pro-EU drive, but pro-Russian protests have since taken place in the capital, backed by a fringe, pro-Moscow political party.

Nuclear weapons consortium faces new global threats
Thirty years after the Cold War, the United States is again running in a nuclear arms race.

John Bolton: West Should Threaten Putin's Life to Stop Russia on Nukes
"I think we need to make it clear to the Russians generally that any use of tactical nuclear weapons would result in devastating retaliation, including a direct attack on Vladimir Putin's life personally."

Is Russia Preparing for a Nuclear Weapons Test?
The death of New START is likely upon us. In its wake is the increasing potential for a new era of Russian nuclear testing.

New Yorker: Sliding Toward a New Cold War
If we are to limit the worst risks of a cold war, the U.S. should also prepare for what the Nixon administration called détente.

Chinese Jet Fighter Shadows US Aircraft Over South China Sea
Encounter in the sky Friday, witnessed by a reporter, shows Beijing’s pilots are turning more aggressive, U.S. says.

Desperate for Babies, China Races to Undo an Era of Birth Limits. Is It Too Late?
A number of new incentives encouraging people to have children highlight the challenges China faces in trying to boost its declining birth rate.

WSJ: Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, Energy Department Now Says
The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the COVID pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress.

COVID lab leak is a scandal of media and government censorship
For years, the media and government allied to treat anyone raising a lab theory as one of three possibilities: conspiracy theorist or racists or racist conspiracy theorists.

Flashback: Fauci's Emails Raise Questions of Lab Leak Cover-Up
Some scientists told Fauci at the beginning of the pandemic the virus looked engineered, and he then publicly covered up the lab-leak theory and was thanked for it by Peter Daszak from EcoHealth Alliance.

National security adviser: No ‘definitive answer’ on COVID lab leak
Sullivan said Sunday there are a “variety of views” on the question of COVID-19 origins within the intelligence community and stressed that some “just don’t have enough information to be sure.”

Woody Harrelson's 'Saturday Night Live' COVID monologue riles elites
"The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes. And people can only come out if they take the cartel's drugs and keep taking them over and over."

James Bond books are being edited to remove offensive content
Ahead of the reissue of the Bond novels in April to mark 70 years of “Casino Royale,” the first book in the series, rights holders Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. commissioned a review by sensitivity readers.

Paris Hilton says Harvey Weinstein followed her to the bathroom, was dragged away by security
“I was at lunch with my girlfriend and he came up to the table and was like, ‘Oh, you want to be an actress?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I really want to be in a movie,’” Hilton said.

Academy Adds Oscars 'Crisis Team' Post-Will Smith-Chris Rock Slapgate
"We have a whole crisis team, something we've never had before, and many plans in place. We've run many scenarios," said Bill Kramer, CEO of the Academy.

Brian Stelter defends 2020 media coverage of Hunter Biden laptop story: We never labeled it 'disinformation'
The ex-CNN host suggested in 2020 it was a fake scandal pushed by the "right-wing media machine."

Lefty Hacks Dig Up DeSantis Yearbook, Emerge With 'Scoop' That He Took AP Courses in the 90s
Some things have changed with the courses in the last 25+ years.

Scientific American 2022: John Fetterman Shows How Well the Brain Recovers After Stroke
Following a stroke, the brain’s own repair processes can lead to a strong recovery in people such as Senate candidate John Fetterman.

Pew (2020): US Media Polarization: A Nation Divided
This 2020 survey shows that Dem/Lean Dem trusted CNN more than Rep/Lean Rup trusted Fox News.

NY Times: Why Fox News Lied to the Viewers It ‘Respects’
To understand the Fox News phenomenon, one has to understand the place it occupies in Red America. It’s no mere source of news.

Dilbert dropped by newspapers over creator Scott Adams’ ‘racist rant’
Adams said it doesn’t “make any sense as a white citizen of America to try to help black citizens anymore.”

Flight Instructor, 57, Dies of Heart Attack Mid-Flight
His co-pilot thought his colleague was playing a prank.

Iran could enrich military-grade uranium in matter of weeks: CIA chief
“They’ve advanced very far to the point where it would only be a matter of weeks before they could enrich to 90% if they decided to cross that line.”

Russia may supply Iran with fighter jets, Kirby says
In total, Tehran is hoping to obtain “billions of dollars'” worth of military equipment from Moscow.

Dismembered top model's head found in soup pot; multiple former family members arrested
Top international model and social media influencer Abby Choi's head was found in a soup pot Sunday, and police have arrested her ex-husband and three of his relatives in connection with the gruesome crime, the Telegraph reported Sunday.

Turns Out They Are Coming for Your Gas Stoves
New Biden "efficiency" rule would ban half of gas stoves on the U.S. market.

Dark money group pushing gas stove crackdown has significant financial stake in green energy
The founders of Rewiring America, an environmental advocacy dark money group behind the push to regulate and ban natural gas-powered stoves, have a significant financial stake in the green energy push.

AP flashback: Biden administration isn’t banning gas stoves
Officials insist that people’s kitchen appliances are in no danger. Here’s a closer look at the facts.

Grids Can’t Handle All the Solar and Wind Dems Want to Hook Up
Biden is doing a victory lap over "green energy" systems that won't even be plugged in.

25 states hit Biden admin with lawsuit over climate action targeting Americans' retirement savings
The Biden administration's climate agenda is "putting everyday people’s retirement money at risk," Utah attorney general tells Fox Business.

Are Electric Vehicles About To Sweep The Country?
It seems like all the smart people have made up their minds that the future of automobiles belongs to electric vehicles.

Massive Fires Break Out at Three Mexico State-Owned Oil Facilities Within 24 Hours
Pemex saw three fires in one day at three separate facilities that it operates in Mexico and the United States.

Doctor Exodus Signals a System in Distress
Unprecedented shortage, burnout, and a desire to practice medicine independently are driving the surge.

Rupp Arena to host revival Sunday following Asbury movement
The revival on Asbury University’s campus had its final night on Thursday.

Biden Pentagon Orders Military Chaplains To Bless Putting Male Soldiers In Female Showers And Bedrooms
Why should a tank commander at Fort Hood have to deal with pronouns instead of training his troops to fight an enemy force?

Joe Biden Releases Executive Order Promoting Woke AI
Critics have claimed that the new executive order signed by Biden will lead to the further creation of woke AI that will promote “racial division and discrimination” in the name of an “equity action plan.”

NY Times: The Imminent Danger of AI Is One We’re Not Talking About
I’m less frightened by a Sydney that’s playing into my desire to cosplay a sci-fi story than a Bing that has access to reams of my personal data and is coolly trying to manipulate me on behalf of whichever advertiser has paid the parent company the most money.

AI Bot Confesses the Globe Is Cooling
Al Gore, call your office. An artificial intelligence bot didn’t get the memo that “Earth has a fever.”

Slack permanently suspends Libs of TikTok, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon reports
"If your business is defending kids, Slack doesn’t want your money," Babylon Bee's CEO said.

What’s Inside Earth’s Inner Core? Seismic Waves Reveal an Innermost Core
Shaking from large earthquakes provides hints about something different at the center of the planet.