Trevor Noah has announced that he is leaving the Daily Show, which has struggled to maintain even a fraction of the viewers that it had when it was hosted by Jon Stewart. The reason for Noah’s departure, and whose decision it really was, remains unclear — but a new report from Breitbart found that ratings
Month: October 2022
A Texas judge can continue opening his court proceedings ceremony with a prayer, a divided U.S. appeals court has ruled. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sued Texas Justice of the Peace Wayne Mack over Mack’s practice of starting each court day with a few minutes for prayers delivered by faith leaders, reports Reuters. The
This weekend on his show, Bill Maher suggested that if Biden runs again in 2024, she should consider dumping Kamala Harris from the ticket, and his liberal audience actually clapped. Maher said that he respects Harris but that she is just not liked by enough voters. He also criticized the Democrats for being too obsessed
On ABC’s This Week, co-moderator John Karl on Sunday used a portion of his interview with Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) to fight with him over whether Rubio will support federal aid for his state’s hurricane recovery efforts if the bill has pork spending in it. Despite Rubio making his position crystal clear over the years,
On Saturday, MSNBC host Joy Reid jumped on her Twitter account to smear Gov. Ron DeSantis as a “segregationist” for warning any looters in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian that they should remember they might face armed resistance since “we’re a Second Amendment state.” DeSantis said, “we want to make sure we’re maintaining law and
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned potential looters to beware because Florida is a Second Amendment state. Hurricane Ian made landfall on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday as a category 4 storm. The eye of the storm hit Cape Coral, Fort Myers and Punta Gorda Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour. Governor
As Americans began looking at the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S. in recorded history, many expressed surprise at the buildings that withstood torrential rain and wind that reached 155 miles per hour. In response to aerial footage of Punta Gorda, one of the Florida cities that
As Republican governors have recently shined more attention on the border crisis by sending illegal immigrants to blue states as the Biden administration refuses to stop their entry, CNN has been doing its part to spread misinformation to undermine the GOP on the issue. Not only has there been inaccurate and misleading fact checking, but
Professional fishermen are in hot water following accusations of cheating in a recent fishing tournament in Ohio. Competitors at the Lake Erie Walleye Trail Tournament Series (LEWT) believed something was fishy when the catch of two anglers’ was suspiciously heavy. Competitors claimed that fellow fishermen were guilty of stuffing the freshwater fish with weights. It
New York plans to prohibit the sale of all new gas-powered cars and trucks by 2035. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is following California’s lead to convert all new car sales to electric vehicles. On Thursday, Holchul announced that she will aggressively push the state to require every new car to be an EV by
Police in the U.K. launched 60 investigations into allegations that two men raped a British woman. However, now the woman who claimed to be a sexual assault victim is going to jail after the rape accusations turned out to be false, according to police. Cathy Richardson, 35, filed criminal complaints against two men between January
Over the past week, Fox News has again demonstrated that the more liberal news outlets cannot be trusted to inform viewers about events related to illegal immigration as several Fox shows have covered the case of a Florida police officer who was killed last week by an illegal immigrant who entered the country since President
During a panel discussion Friday night, Real Time host Maher suggested that Joe Biden should run for reelection again in 2024 but drop Kamala Harris if he does. Maher believes that once you’re in the Oval Office, it’s extremely difficult to give it up voluntarily. As much as it’s an important, consequential, and stressful job,
The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh will be holding a “Rally to End Child Mutilation” in Tennessee on October 21. The rally will be held at the state capitol in Nashville at 4 p.m. and Walsh will be speaking at the event. “Join us on October 21 at the state capitol as we rally to end
On Tiffany Cross’ MSNBC show on Saturday, Cross and MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner trashed Ginni Thomas as a shill, flack, liar . . . and criminal! Kirschner bizarrely claimed that Thomas telling the committee that she continued to believe that the 2020 election had been stolen constituted not just a lie, but a prosecutable
A federal court blocked the state of Iowa’s efforts to prevent animal rights activists from filming commercial livestock operations, reports the Des Moines Register. Since 2012, Iowa has passed four statutes, known by opponents as “ag-gag” laws, that target animal rights activists who have published video and images from inside large livestock facilities, “sometimes infiltrating
A New York man claimed that he was paid $21,000 for trading in 3D-printed guns at a government buyback event. A man who identified himself as “Kem” noticed that the New York attorney general’s office was holding a gun buyback event at the Utica Police Department on Aug. 27. Kem allegedly 3D-printed dozens of guns
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a stern warning to would-be criminals thinking about taking advantage of the chaos left by Hurricane Ian: “Don’t even think about looting.” Hurricane Ian obliterated areas of southwest Florida this week – leaving a trail of death and destruction. The current death toll is at least 45 people, but that
The White House is expected to publish an executive order on international data transfers next week, reports Politico. The order is designed to “address European concerns over surveillance practices in the United States,” Politico explains. Since 2016, the European Union and the U.S. have operated under what is known as the Privacy Shield agreement. The
This week, the residents of Florida endured the wrath of Hurricane Ian moving up through the state. At this time, the damage isn’t totally known, but certainly looks very worrying. In this case, the governor of Florida is Ron DeSantis, a man running in a contentious 2022 midterm election, as well as being a possible
Last week, a federal appeals court ordered the dismissal of a National Rifle Association (NRA) lawsuit accusing a New York regulator of violating the NRA’s First Amendment rights by pressuring banks and insurers to stop doing business with the gun-rights group, reports Reuters. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said the
An Afghanistan national who escaped the Middle Eastern country during the Biden administration’s tumultuous evacuation has been charged with a child sex crime and violent assault of a 12-year-old boy in New Mexico. On Sept. 21, Shah Mahmood Selab, 35, was charged in federal court with coercion and enticement of a minor. Selab faces a
The Biden economy is a nightmare. The markets showed it yesterday as the month of September 2022 is now in the books. Here are some observations of the markets pointed out yesterday. Market Watch reported on the market results in September being their worst since 2002. It was a September investors will remember — and
On its face, the news from various House and Senate members on the internals of the FBI are more than curious. Here is the headline from, yes, Fox News: FBI allegedly engaging in ‘purge’ of conservative employees, retaliating against whistleblowers: Jim Jordan Whistleblowers within the FBI have come to congressional Republicans with allegations of misconduct
Russia is losing the war in Ukraine. Its military has continuously failed to perform up to expectations, its hardware has proved itself no match for NATO weapons used by Ukraine, and its conscript army has shown itself to be ill-trained, ill-equipped, and lacking in motivation. And Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening to use nuclear
On Friday, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks joined PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff for their standard discussion of the week’s events which this week included dire warnings that more Hurricane Ian-like storms will occur if Republicans do not fall in line and vote for their preferred policies.
Alex Gibney might be the second biggest name in documentary films. Michael Moore, for better and worse, holds top honors here. Gibney’s resume includes Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side, We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks and Totally Under Control. [embedded content] His work earns critical kudos, intense press
On Friday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled Optimus, a functioning humanoid robot that shares some artificial intelligence software and sensors with Tesla cars’ Autopilot driver assistance features. The version of Opitimus that was unveiled at Tesla’s AI Day event is only a prototype, but Tesla believes that a version of it will be available to
A Virginia Democrat called for new leadership in her party after plans to vote on legislation banning lawmakers from trading stocks were scrapped. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) lashed out at her own Democrat Party for engaging in “delay tactics” when it comes to banning members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from buying, selling,
This week, Joe Biden made a cringeworthy gaffe at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health when he looked for the late Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) in the crowd even though she passed away nearly two months ago. The next day, during a visit to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Kamala Harris made