Elon Musk meets with Speaker McCarthy and Minority Leader Jeffries, here's what they talked about

Colorado Condemns Jack Phillips For Being A Devout Christian, Again
Masterpiece Cakeshop owner and devout Christian Jack Phillips is facing another bout of legal persecution after the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that he violated the state’s anti-discrimination laws for refusing to bake a cake celebrating transgenderism.

Biden judicial nominee stuns with inability to answer basic questions about the Constitution
One of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees was stumped on Wednesday when Sen. John Kennedy asked her basic questions about the Constitution.

WaPo: How do you stop abortion? Here’s what antiabortion marchers told me.
Among participants at this year’s March for Life, it was beginning to sink in that ending abortion would never be as simple as they might have hoped.

Federal trial begins in case of pro-life activist targeted by Biden DOJ
"They made a federal case out of a shove," Houck's attorney said.

WA Democrats releasing 'worst of the worst' inmates from sex offender prison island
"This installation would leave former McNeil Island sex offenders, self-described by the government as the 'worst of the worst' when it comes to sex offenders, in an unsecured, rural residence with no enforcement."

Whistleblower: Yes, Election Data Company Gave U.S. Poll Workers’ Personal Info To China
A whistleblower lawsuit against detailed allegations from a former employee that corroborate True the Vote’s claim that Konnech transferred American poll workers’ data to China.

San Francisco Lawmakers Could Skirt Ban on 'Safe Injection Sites'
California Democrats are forging ahead with a plan to open so-called safe injection sites after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have legalized them.

Man Convicted in Terror Attack That Killed 8 on a Manhattan Bike Path
Sayfullo Saipov could face the death penalty in the federal case. He said he was inspired to carry out the attack by Islamic State videos.

Topless woman allegedly smashes Jesus statue in North Dakota cathedral
Brittany Reynolds was believed to be under the influence of narcotics when police found her shirtless, braless and shoeless on Tuesday fleeing St. Mary’s Cathedral in downtown Fargo.

Colorado man ‘intentionally’ crashes pickup truck through front of police station
He claimed people were “following him,” police said.

Plant-based meat sales plummet because they mimic real meat too closely, experts contend
Consumers who are drawn to plant-based meats are apparently no longer as keen on products that convincingly "bleed."

National Archives Asks Ex-Presidents and Vice Presidents to Scour Their Files
The responsibility to comply with federal records law “does not diminish after the end of an administration,” the archives said in a letter.

Biden Warns of ‘MAGA Republicans’ In House Destroying His Progress
“They want to cut your Social Security, Medicare. Now, this is the God’s truth. It’s almost unbelievable,” Biden said.

Biden Trails Mayor Pete in New Hampshire Poll
Early polling has Buttigieg at 23% support, with Biden and Warren both receiving 18%, Sanders at 15%, AOC at 6%, Klobuchar at 5%, Harris at just 2% and Warnock and Newsom tied at 1%.

Trump seeks to shift his idling White House campaign back into gear
Trump will seek to kick his campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination into gear this weekend, with a pair of campaign stops in key early-voting states more than two months after he announced his intention to run.

DeSantis says 'new blood' needed at Republican National Committee
DeSantis said that he believes that the RNC needs "change" and "new blood" and that he supports Harmeet Dhillon's position on pulling the RNC out of the nation's capital.

This site bet big on political gambling. Regulators want it shut down.
Politics junkies have made and lost millions placing bets with PredictIt. But soon all bets may be off.

Hunter Biden art dealer hails first son as ‘one of the most consequential artists’
“I represent Hunter Biden because I feel that not only his art merits my representation, but because his personal narrative, which gives birth to his art, is very much needed in the world,” Berges said.

Biden donor offered prez’s convict niece Caroline $85K job she called ‘below minimum wage’
A major donor to Biden offered his niece a job in LA to help her get back on her feet in the summer of 2018, only for her to scoff at the $85,000 annual salary as “below minimum wage,” according to emails and text messages found on Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Carol Roth: A federal consumption tax is a terrible idea
While the income tax system today is no doubt broken, amazingly the GOP has come up with an idea that’s even worse: a federal consumption tax (aka a federal retail sales tax).

NY Times: U.S. Economy Showed Momentum at Year’s End, Defying Recession Fears
The continued growth in the fourth quarter showed the resilience of consumers and businesses in the face of inflation and rising interest rates.

Hasbro warns of weak holiday quarter results, cuts 15% of its workforce
The toymaker warned of weak holiday quarter results.

Cory Booker compares Title 42 to turning away Jewish WWII refugees
"We have dark chapters. Like when the St. Louis, during the Holocaust, sailed to our shores and was turned around, where folks were sent back to those horrors and many died," Booker said.

Ukraine Under New Missile Barrage as Russia Warns West About Tank Pledges
Moscow says the promise of Western-made tanks for Kyiv would escalate the conflict.

M1 Abrams Tanks in U.S. Inventory Have Armor Too Secret to Send to Ukraine
Though it’s not yet clear what specific variant of the Abrams Ukraine’s military is set to receive, the tanks will have to be in a unique export configuration. This is largely due to the classified armor packages found on U.S. military versions, which contain depleted uranium.

US Monitoring Iranian Bid To Establish ‘Military Presence’ in Panama Canal
A State Department spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon that it is tracking a recent announcement by the commander of Iran’s navy indicating that warships will establish a presence in the Panama Canal as soon as next month.

US takes out ISIS terrorists in Somalia strike
ISIS leader Bilal al-Sudani, who was a “key facilitator for ISIS’s global network,” was among the multiple terrorists killed in the “assault operation.”

Report: Biden and Big Tech adapting military-grade AI to silence those who question vaccines
The Biden administration, in concert with Big Tech, academia, and big corporations, is pouring taxpayer money into an AI censorship program that allegedly utilizes systems once called upon to wage information warfare against the Islamic State.

Pfizer Official ‘Physically Assaults’ James O’Keefe, ‘Destroys iPad Showing Undercover Recordings’
Project Veritas released video footage Thursday night allegedly showing a Pfizer official becoming angered after being confronted by journalist James O’Keefe over recent remarks that he was caught making during an undercover sting video.

FDA advisors recommend replacing original Covid vaccine with bivalent omicron shots for all doses
The 21 members of the FDA committee unanimously backed the proposal, agreeing that it would simplify the U.S. Covid vaccination program.

Babylon Bee: Pfizer Pleased To Announce Their New Vaccine 90% Effective Against New Virus They Created
"A new variant is scary. That's why we wanted to make sure the vaccine was ready to go right away."

China Wages Intimidation Campaign to Silence ‘Zero Covid’ Protesters
Recent protests were a rare rebuke of Xi Jinping’s rule. Beijing is trying to discredit the protesters by casting them as tools of malevolent nations.

A priest claims to have visited hell where he saw demons singing Rihanna
Explaining what he saw when in hell, Johnson said he “wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy,” adding: “The things that I saw were indescribable and it makes me emotional every time I talk about it.

Pamela Anderson Defends Tim Allen For Flashing Her – Which He Flatly Denies
Anderson defended Allen on Thursday in a new statement provided to entertainment site Variety, saying that as a comedian it was Allen’s job to cross lines and push things to the limit.

Director of 'Till' condemns Hollywood after film receives zero Academy Award nominations
The director of "Till" — a film about the mother of Emmett Till pursuing justice after her son was lynched in 1955 — condemned Hollywood for "upholding whiteness and perpetuating an unabashed misogyny towards black women" after "Till" received no Academy Award nominations.

AP says not to refer to 'the' French because it is 'dehumanizing'
"We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing 'the' labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated."

CNN reporter suggests 'amnesty' over classified documents scandal: 'A hellacious PR nightmare'
Reacting to the discovery of classified documents at the private home of Mike Pence, CNN's Jamie Gangel explained how the development is a "gift" to both Biden and Trump.

Montreal University hosts session on pedophilia research
"Everybody in the room has some amount of sexual interest in children"

UK to update trans prison policy to prevent biological males from being housed in women's prisons
Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab said that the changes will "ensure a sensitive and common-sense approach to meeting the needs of women in custody."

Accused pedo met underaged girls by dressing as a teen girl, social media, enrolling in school
A British man devised elaborate and "unbelievable" schemes to meet underaged girls. The accused pedophile allegedly created multiple fake social media profiles, pretended to be a schoolgirl by dressing in uniform, and attempted to enroll in the minor's school.

Nine Palestinians killed in Jenin, Israeli security forces thwart terror attack
Israel said it was in Jenin to thwart a massive terrorist attack. Palestinians say they downed IDF drone.

Biden vowed to punish Saudis over oil cut. That’s no longer the plan.
Months after the White House vowed to punish Saudi Arabia for cutting oil output in defiance of American wishes, the Biden admin has ended its talk of retaliation, emphasizing the two countries’ long-standing security ties and Riyadh’s steps to back Washington’s priorities in Yemen and Ukraine.

Archeologists discover 4,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, relics
“I put my head inside to see what was inside the sarcophagus: A beautiful mummy of a man completely covered in layers of gold.”

WaPo puff piece: Meet the man who unwittingly triggered the war over gas stoves
If there are recurrent themes in Trumka’s career, protecting young people would be a big one. He’s the father of two young children and is highly attentive to the risks they face in everyday life. To that end, the commission recently passed a rule to prevent cords in window coverings from accidentally strangling kids.

Jane Fonda Says There’d Be No ‘Climate Crisis’ If Not For ‘Racism’
“Well, you know, you can take anything — sexism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, whatever, the war,” the dummy added. “And if you really get into it, and study it and learn about it and the history of it and everything’s connected. There’d be no climate crisis if it wasn’t for racism.”

California is scrambling to fix its anti-nuclear mistake
Only California Democrats and the hippie-holdover zealots who drive the party thought it was a good idea to jettison nuclear energy.

Predator’s Paradise
On the grounds of creating a more welcoming environment for LGBTQ youth, State Senator Scott Wiener is making California a haven for human trafficking.

Why Conservatives Will Lose The ‘Grooming’ Debate
If you have a problem with Gonzo the Muppet being nonbinary, then you’re left with two bad options: an unpopular argument and an incoherent one. Neither has much chance of success.

Trans-identified biological woman claims to be no 'less of a man' despite giving birth, breastfeeding
A woman and who gave birth and is breastfeeding a child has hit back at critics who suggest such actions are not congruent with “living as a man” and question the safety of nursing after taking hormones.

WaPo: Biden is trying to transform student loans
To impose this big new policy without going through Congress, the administration proposed taking an existing student loan program and making its terms so generous that it would essentially become a grant program.

DeSantis’ College Appointees Like Chris Rufo Show The Battle For America’s Academies Is Far From Over
Rufo suggested that by embracing classical education, New College could stave off the bureaucratic materialist bloat that has come to characterize and bog down much of higher education.

‘1619 Project' author receives $29K in taxpayer funds from public library for 1-hour speaking event
The Fairfax County Public Library doled out $29,350 in taxpayer funds to "1619 Project" author Nikole Hannah-Jones for an upcoming one-hour speaking event.

Teacher fired for reportedly filming adult OnlyFans content in school bathroom
A Massachusetts preschool teacher was reportedly fired from her job after the Libs of TikTok account revealed that she filmed adult content for OnlyFans in a school bathroom.

Free speech org blasts Stanford after student reported for reading ‘Mein Kampf’
A “Protected Harm Identity Report,” the California university’s system for addressing incidents in which a student feels attacked due to their identity, was filed against the student after a screenshot of the student reading the Nazi manifesto was sent to university officials.

Elon Musk gives Dave Rubin behind-the-scenes look at Twitter and what causes shadowbans
Dave Rubin received a behind-the-scenes look at Twitter and why the code that owner Elon Musk called a "flaming dumpster rolling down the street" continues to limit engagement for some users.

Elon Musk Meets With Speaker McCarthy And Minority Leader Jeffries
"Just met with @SpeakerMcCarthy & @RepJeffries to discuss ensuring that this platform is fair to both parties"

Holocaust survivors use AI imagery to keep stories alive
19 Israeli Holocaust survivors have been involved in a project to retell their stories via an AI service generating images that will leave an enduring record of their experiences.

Judgment Day: Scientists create humanoid robot with ability to liquefy and reform
A team of Chinese and American scientists created a humanoid robot with the ability to liquefy and reform, eerily similar to the T-1000 terminator in Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

Disney’s Splash Mountain Closed. Now Superfans Are Selling the Water.
Jars and bags of what sellers claim is water from the popular Florida attraction are being offered for sale online.

World Athletics' Proposal Would Allow Males to Compete Against Females
World Athletics, the top governing body in international track and field, released a proposal this week that, if adopted, would allow males to compete against females provided they artificially lower their testosterone levels ahead of competition.