Saint Elon is a social-media megastar and millennial pied piper. His vast persona and wealth have been created by internet hype, cosy government deals, insane valuations and a lack of regulatory enforcement. Musk’s Tesla shares are the most traded on any exchange in history, with nearly $43 billion worth of …
Read More »WATCH: Biden adds fodder to dementia speculation as spirited response on filibuster reform degenerates into word salad
Speaking on Thursday at his first formal press conference since taking office – having taken almost twice as long as any president in 100 years to invite reporters to ask questions – the 78-year-old Biden at times struggled to express his thoughts, particularly on the filibuster. At issue was the …
Read More »Big Tech CEOs defend their censorship practices at Capitol Hill ‘disinformation’ hearing
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet (Google’s parent company) CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey are dab hands at explaining themselves to Congress at this stage. Since 2018, Zuckerberg has testified six times, Dorsey four times, and Pichai three times, on everything from data collection and privacy issues, to …
Read More »‘Hyundai-driving weirdos’: PILOT caught on hot mic ranting against California’s ‘liberal f**ks’
While flying over the Mineta San Jose International Airport’s air traffic control scanner earlier this month, an unidentified pilot went on an expletive-ridden rant slamming Bay Area locals. “F**k this place, goddamn liberal f**ks,” the pilot says, going on to call them “f***ing weirdos” who “probably [drive] around in f***ing …
Read More »Arkansas Governor signs bill banning biological males from girls’ sports amid criticism of it being ‘cruel’ & ‘illegal’
“This law simply says that female athletes should not have to compete in a sport against a student of the male sex when the sport is designed for women’s competition,” Hutchinson said in a statement after signing the bill on Thursday. “As I have stated previously, I agree with the …
Read More »Parler says it referred FBI to violent content on more than 50 occasions BEFORE riot, incl, on ‘specific threats’ to the Capitol
The company forwarded posts to the FBI on more than 50 occasions prior to the unrest in Washington, DC, it said in a letter addressed to the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday, rejecting allegations that the site acted as a “far-right instigator” ahead of the riot. “The Company …
Read More »Biden’s press conference is a Big Yawn, and it’s loyal media to be blamed for this sycophantic display of verbal boot-licking
The legend of the founding of the White House Press Corps holds that the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was out wandering the White House grounds when he stumbled upon a group of reporters standing in the rain, waiting for their sources to feed them newsworthy information. …
Read More »Attack on Saudi oil terminal leaves fuel tank on fire after wave of Houthi drones target nearby cities
A projectile struck an oil terminal in Jizan, a port on the Red Sea north of the Saudi-Yemen border, on Friday, igniting a fire but resulting in no casualties, according to a statement from the Saudi Oil Ministry. “The Kingdom condemns this cowardly attack directed against vital installations, which does …
Read More »Georgia adopts election integrity law denounced by Democrats as immoral, ‘evil’ and racist
Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, signed the Election Integrity Act of 2021 into law on Thursday, just hours after it was approved in the state legislature: 100-75 in the House of Representatives and 34-20 in the Senate. The law requires a valid photo ID for voting by mail, reduces the …
Read More »‘Racist’ & ‘unconstitutional’? California city to offer $500 checks to low-income families – but not if they’re white
Announced earlier this month, the ‘Oakland Resilient Families’ plan was described by the mayor’s office as one of America’s “largest efforts to determine the effectiveness of monthly unconditional payments” aimed at helping people “overcome economic instability.” Supported by the Family Independence Initiative and Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, the scheme …
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