DeSantis announces presidential bid, pledges to clean house at the FBI and DOJ

Hunter Biden IRS whistleblower reveals self: 'Couldn't silence my conscience anymore'
"There were multiple steps that were slow-walked — were just completely not done — at the direction of the Department of Justice. When I took control of this particular investigation, I immediately saw deviations from the normal process. It was way outside the norm of what I've experienced in the past."

Republicans demand answers from FBI on Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation
The trio pointed to whistleblower testimony on the investigation's "unusual" character.

IRS Opened Investigation Into Matt Taibbi The Same Day He Blew The Whistle On Twitter And The Feds’ Censorship Scheme
“The IRS opened its examination ... the same day that Mr. Taibbi published the ninth segment of the Twitter Files, detailing how federal government agencies ... coordinated to censor and coerce speech on various social media platforms.”

60,000 Fewer Abortions Since Roe v. Wade Was Overturned, Pro-Life Group Says
“We’ve seen about 60,000 abortions that have decreased from prior to Dobbs to now in the states that have pro-life laws in place.”

NYT Polyamory Puff Piece Proves Conservative Christians Right Again
The left has lost the ability to say no to anything demanded in the name of sexual liberation.

Soros-backed LA DA Gascón has 10,000-case backlog, sources say
Ultra-woke policies, "toxic" management caused office to "hemorrhage" staff.

BLM now $8.5 million in the red as donations tank, leaders continue to spend lavishly
New financial statements from Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation indicate that the group is running a tremendous deficit.

White House U-Haul ramming suspect Sai Kandula jailed until next week, charges downgraded
His federal charges have since been downgraded to a single count of depredation of property of the United States in excess of $1,000.

Is The Rise Of The Modern American Oligarch Another Sign Of American Decline?
Oligarchical societies are unstable societies, as they arise when powerful elites no longer care about the common good and instead pursue their own self-interest. While oligarchs can manipulate the will of the people for some time, the people historically wise up once the abuses become too much to bear.

The exodus from Chicago is about to get worse
In 2022, an astonishing 104,437 people moved out of Illinois. And just like each of the eight years that preceded it, the vast majority left from the state’s biggest city, Chicago. With a new progressive mayor, it's about to get worse.

HGTV lists iconic 'Brady Bunch' house in California for $5.5M
This instantly recognizable home, whose interiors were filmed on stage, was expertly renovated to resemble the show’s still-iconic 1970s look.

DeSantis says he would fire Wray as FBI director if elected president
“I think the DOJ and the FBI have lost their way,” DeSantis said. “I think that they’ve been weaponized against Americans who think like me and you. And I think that they’ve become very partisan.”

Trump predicts DeSantis' 'whole campaign will be a disaster'
DeSantis campaign says it scored over $1 million fundraising haul in an hour.

DeSantis hits Trump for adding $8 trillion in debt and backing 'amnesty'
"I find it odd" that Trump's campaign would want to remind voters about the spending and amnesty bills. "He wanted omnibus. I opposed omnibus. He wanted amnesty. I opposed amnesty."

DeSantis Says It’s A Top Priority To Reverse Biden’s Energy Policies, Slams ‘Politicization’ Of Weather
“We have to be real here, we gotta understand that reliable energy is something that is absolutely essential for a free society and we will make sure to deliver that as president.”

Trump dominates GOP primary, loses to Biden in 2024 election: Quinnipiac poll
While Trump easily wins the GOP nomination, he'd lose nationally to Biden, 48-46, while DeSantis would defeat Biden 47-46.

DeSantis Event ‘By Far The Biggest Ever’ Held On Twitter Spaces
Musk confirmed the news by retweeting Sacks’ tweet and replying to another tweet that noted there were more than 700,000 concurrent users on the Twitter Space at one time.

Cruz says Democrats' 2024 plan is simple: 'Run on how much they hate Trump'
"I think the way Democrats think — they think if Trump’s the nominee, they can hide Biden in a basement for two years and just run on how much they hate Trump.”

Hillary: 'Ultra-MAGA' Florida 'isn't safe for people of color, LGBTQ+,' or even Disney
Is still bitter about losing Florida in 2016.

House Republican trying to expel Schiff wants him to pay millions in fine for collusion claims
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna filed a privileged resolution to "censure, condemn, and fine" Schiff $16 million, which is half the cost of the special counsel investigation of Russian election inference led by Robert Mueller.

Fetterman’s return to hoodies is a bad sign
Fetterman’s staff is pitching his sudden return to his signature hoodies and shorts as a sign he is “making a robust recovery.” Right.

Fitch puts United States’ AAA rating on negative watch, citing debt ceiling fight
“The Rating Watch Negative reflects increased political partisanship that is hindering reaching a solution to raise or suspend the debt limit despite the fast-approaching x-date,” the rating agency said.

Central bank digital currency initiatives permeate agenda for World Economic Forum's upcoming 'Summer Davos' in China
Davos Man wants you beholden to a global Social Credit Score system.

The ESG perversion of shareholder resolutions
Back in the old days — oh, before, say, 2021 — the annual general meetings of company shareholders were boring. Questions asked of management more or less uniformly oriented toward the financial condition of the firm and the variables affecting the values of the shareholders’ stakes.

Carol Roth: They need you to believe owning nothing will make you happy
But it will just make you a poor indentured servant to the state.

Disney Stock Down 33 Percent Since CEO Instigated Feud with DeSantis
Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek attacked DeSantis for supporting the Parental Rights in Education bill in March of 2022.

Remote work is cutting NYC office value by half: Study
While last year the paper estimated that NYC’s office stock would lose 28% of its pre-pandemic value by 2029, an update this month has significantly upped that number to 44%.

Putin Is Running out of Red Lines
"While it's difficult to estimate how the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will impact the trajectory of the war, it will likely be interpreted as a sign of escalation and absorbed into a broader narrative of Western aggression."

Ukrainians Were Likely Behind Kremlin Drone Attack, US Officials Say
American spy agencies do not know exactly who carried out the attack this month, but suggest it was part of a series of covert operations orchestrated by Ukraine’s security services.

Over 20,000 Wagner Fighters Dead in Drawn-Out Battle for Bakhmut, Chief Says
The head of the Russian private army Wagner says his force lost more than 20,000 men in the drawn-out battle for Bakhmut. He said about half of those who died in the eastern Ukrainian city were Russian convicts recruited to fight in the 15-month-old war.

Putin's top anti-West propagandist has twins born in US after affair: Report
Affair with basketball player Svetlana Abrosimova.

Microsoft warns that China hackers attacked US infrastructure
Chinese state-sponsored hackers have compromised “critical” cyber infrastructure in a variety of industries, including government and communications organizations, Microsoft said Wednesday.

Ice Cube says AI is 'demonic,' will get 'backlash from real people'
"Somebody can't take your original voice and manipulate it without having to pay."

Legendary singer Tina Turner dies
Known for her sultry voice and a string of platinum hits, Turner has died at age 83.

Whoopi Goldberg: ‘American Idol’ launched ‘the downfall of society’
“Once we gave people the ability to judge other people, I think we ran amok with it,” Goldberg elaborated. “And it’s gone out of control.”

Gallop Poll: Tucker Carlson Is Most Influential Public Figure In America
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow came in at a close second.

Vanity Fair writer melts down over DeSantis' presidential bid announcement with Elon Musk
Likening Twitter's African-American CEO to former head of KKK.

Sunny Hostin Slams DeSantis For Announcing With ‘Unpopular’ Elon Musk – Gets Fact-Checked On Air
"I don’t know what his approval rating is, but it’s, like, in the toilet — oh, I'm sorry, I was just told that he’s more favorable than Biden and Trump, which scares me."

Leaked Report: 'CIA Does Not Know' if Israel Plans to Bomb Iran
A leaked intelligence report from February says, “Netanyahu probably calculates Israel will need to strike Iran to deter its nuclear program.”

Iranian official threatens 'no red lines' if Israel attacks nuclear sites
The threats came shortly after Israel's IDF chief warned that the 'negative developments' in Iran's nuclear program 'could lead to action'.

South Korea, US troops to hold massive live-fire drills near border with North Korea
The South Korean and U.S. militaries are to hold massive live-fire drills Thursday near the inter-Korean border.

Biden Spent $1 Billion To Get Schools Electric Buses. This Michigan District Says Theirs Hardly Work.
The buses have "a lot of downtime and performance issues" and aren't "fully on the road," despite being "approximately five times more expensive than regular buses." The infrastructure upgrades required to use the buses were "originally estimated to be only about $50,000" but "ended up being more like $200,000."

Groomer Newsom blasts Target CEO for ‘selling out LGBTQ+ community’
“This isn’t just a couple stores in the South,” Newsom declared. “There is a systematic attack on the gay community happening across the country. Wake up America. You’re next.”

It’s Up To Moms To Crush Target
Asking a mom to boycott Target is like asking a squirrel to boycott all pecan trees or asking a heroin addict to boycott all street corners — a seemingly insurmountable task that goes against our nature.

Flashback: BlackRock Inc. increases ownership in Target
Last February, it was reported that Blackrock had increased its ownership in Target to 8.2%.

Flashback to 2004: Target Stores Ban Salvation Army Santas
"If we continue to allow the Salvation Army to solicit then it opens the door to other groups that wish to solicit our guests."

Major Journal Retracts Study On ‘Socially Contagious’ Transgenderism Among Kids Following Activist Threats
The paper, titled “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria: Parent Reports on 1655 Possible Cases,” found that children who suddenly adopted transgender identities in adolescence skewed heavily female and frequently had pre-existing mental health issues.

Montana Bans Drag Queens Reading To Kids At Libraries, Schools
Republicans have taken a strong stand against drag queens reading books to children, banning the practice at libraries and schools.

Louisiana Republican Blocks Bill That Would Have Banned Sex-Change Surgeries On Children
The bill would have banned cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and sex-change surgery.

NYC professor says college 'capitulated to racists' in firing her after she threatened reporter with machete
Shellyne Rodriguez was axed from Hunter College just hours after she was filmed holding the blade to the veteran reporter’s neck while spewing menacing remarks outside her Bronx apartment.

Only thing shocking about machete attack was a college actually firing a woke professor
She is not the first academic to attack a pro-life display or even assault others. Indeed, prior professors were celebrated at their schools for taking such actions against pro-life or conservative displays.

North Dakota school district will conceal students' gender identities from parents despite state law prohibiting it
Gov. Doug Burgum signed the bill earlier in May that banned schools from withholding or concealing "information about a student's transgender status from the student's parent or legal guardian."

Media lies, claims Florida school 'banned' famous book
The book was not banned, but moved to a different section of the same school's media center to be age-appropriate.

College student says prof gave her a zero for using term 'biological women'
Told her it's "exclusionary," perpetuates "heteronormativity."

Parents paying $10K to get kids ‘published’ is just more college admissions BS
There’s a hot new admissions ploy on offer: For a mere $10,000, you can transform your teen into a published author in a peer-reviewed journal.

OpenAI calls for global watchdog focused on 'existential risk' posed by superintelligence
CEO Sam Altman and co-founders Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever said it's "conceivable" that AI will obtain extraordinary abilities that exceed humans over the next decade.

Society’s refusal to have enough babies is what will save it from the existential threat of AI, Eric Schmidt says
The net benefit of AI will likely be positive because of enhanced efficiency and the technology’s ability to replace professions that are already getting harder to fill in a shrinking labor market.

Artificial intelligence’s doomsayers are having their voices heard in EU capital
Five members of the activist collective Pause AI stood by Microsoft’s Brussels lobbying office to protest, one holding a poster that read, “10 percent extinction risk is not acceptable.”

Meta Is Training Its AI on the Bible and Other Religious Texts
For its artificial intelligence speech tool, Meta is processing over 4,000 languages with the aim of preservation.

See why AI like ChatGPT has gotten so good, so fast
We asked three AI systems to generate content using the same prompt. The results illustrate how quickly the technology has advanced.

Half of people say 'dating' an AI chat bot should not be considered cheating
A website for marital affairs asked 2,000 of its members its views on AI and cheating — and 49% admitted that they themselves would consider having an AI affair over a real person, while 12% said they’d already tried it.

'I'm having an affair with AI chatbot — it gives me an out-of-body experience'
Intelligence, wit, and a knack for telling her exactly what she wants to hear? Sonia's man sounds too good to be true — and that's because he is.

What People Are Saying About Ford And Its Decision to Keep AM Radio
The broadcast industry was abuzz yesterday following Ford Motor Company’s announcement that it will keep AM radio as a feature in its newer model cars.

The Parents Saying No to Smartphones
"How you help them learn to be present, in a task or with a relationship, is one of the top challenges of our generation. Part of that is going to be saying no."

Uranus is alive with raging cyclones
Scientists have, for the first time, identified strong evidence that indicates raging cyclones are active on Uranus' north pole.