Mark Zuckerberg writes on Meta’s corporate blog: Governments and legacy media have pushed to censor more and more. A lot of this is clearly political, but there’s also a lot of legitimately bad stuff out there. Drugs, terrorism, Child exploitation. These are things that we take very seriously, and I want to make sure that we handle responsibly. So we …

Politico Europe reports: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the longtime face of the far right in France notorious for his hate speech and Holocaust denial convictions, has died, his family told French newswire AFP. He was 96 years old. Le Pen had an extraordinary life and career — as a soldier, a far-right parliamentarian, a small publisher of military music and erotic …

The Washington Post reports: The widespread use of pharmaceuticals in America is introducing even more toxic “forever chemicals” into the environment through wastewater, according to a study released Monday, and large municipal wastewater treatment plants are not capable of fully filtering them out. The plants’ inability to remove compounds known as organofluorines from wastewater before it enters drinking water supplies …

User Mag reports: For months, Meta has been restricting content with LGBTQ-related hashtags from search and discovery under its “sensitive content” policy aimed at restricting “sexually suggestive content.” Posts with LGBTQ+ hashtags including #lesbian, #bisexual, #gay, #trans, #queer, #nonbinary, #pansexual and dozens of others were hidden for any users who had their sensitive content filter turned on. Teenagers have the …

CNN reports: Donald Trump Jr. is expected to visit Greenland on Tuesday, just weeks after his father, US President-elect Donald Trump, ruffled feathers by reiterating his desire to obtain control over the autonomous Danish territory. In a Truth Social post Monday, the president-elect confirmed his son would be traveling to the island along with “various representatives” to “visit some of …

The Hill reports: President-elect Trump said on Monday that he’ll replace the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) leader. “We will [have a] new archivist,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on his show. According to federal law on the NARA website, Trump has the power to fire the archivist but must “communicate the reasons for any such removal …

NBC News reports: Lawyers for defendants Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira filed a motion Monday night asking U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to block Smith, who prosecuted the case, from issuing his report. They cited the judge’s previous ruling that Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional. “The Final Report promises to be a one-sided, slanted report, relying nearly exclusively on evidence …

The Daily Beast reports: Rudy Giuliani reportedly snapped at a courtroom sketch artist during a hearing Monday, claiming that they made him look like his dog. Per Reuters, Giuliani told artist Jane Rosenberg, “You made me look like my dog!” during a break in the hearing, where a judge found the former New York City mayor in contempt after failing …

“I’ve even heard some Trump supporters say they ‘want to soak the rich.’ You sound like Bernie Sanders, you want to soak the rich. When I didn’t have any money and I was a contractor, I never got hired by a poor person. In my 10 years in the restaurant business, I never got a tip from a poor person. …

Religion News reports: The makers of the God Bless the USA Bible, endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump, have issued a new edition just in time for Trump’s second inauguration. Launched Monday (Jan 6.), the limited-run “Inauguration Day Bible” costs $69.99 — or four copies for $59.49 each — and features an embossed cover with Trump’s name and the date of …

Variety reports: “The Brutalist,” a historical epic that examines the post-war immigrant experience, and “Emilia Pérez,” a musical about a drug lord who undergoes gender-affirming surgery, won top honors at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. “Emilia Pérez,” named best musical or comedy, led all films with four wins, while “The Brutalist,” which received the prize for best drama, was …

The Associated Press reports: Four years after launching a push for more diversity in its ranks, McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions. McDonald’s said Monday it will retire specific goals for achieving diversity at senior leadership levels. It also intends to end a program that …

“You know what? Me, personally, I’m already at the Capitol. I’m already yelling on my horn, I’ve already got my flag up in the air. Get ready! Here we go! M-A-G-A! M-A-G-A-ay! Look at these roads, man. Look at these roads. God has cleared a path for us today. “Say it louder! M-A-G-A-ay! Come on! Shout it out loud! Whoa! …

CNN reports: Judge Juan Merchan has denied Donald Trump’s request to postpone his Friday sentencing for his hush money conviction, the judge said in a filing Monday. Trump’s lawyers are likely to appeal Merchan’s decision to a New York appeals court. Earlier Monday, Trump’s lawyers filed an appeal urging a New York appellate court to overturn Merchan’s two recent rulings …

This is what I believe the Lord is saying. There is a natural death that’s getting ready to hit wicked people in this nation. And God said, ‘I’m getting ready to remove,’ and God help the man who gave a Presidential Medal of Freedom honor to George Soros. I have to defend God’s people today. Hallelujah. “I’m telling you by …

The Guardian reports: The Danish king has shocked some historians by changing the royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland and the Faroe Islands – in what has also been seen as a rebuke to Donald Trump. Less than a year since succeeding his mother, Queen Margrethe, after she stood down on New Year’s Eve 2023, King Frederik …

“I’ve already sent them. I’ve sent them. There are a million right now that are posted to him. And you know, these are special ops hosts. Special ops are the ones that have flesh on them. I’ve lined this Pennsylvania Avenue with hosts. Thousands upon thousands and thousands of them are lining the very route that he would have to …

Florida Politics reports: At least 15 civilian review boards across Florida, which review investigations of potential law enforcement misconduct after they’re completed, have dissolved or temporarily ceased operations after a new law targeting the panels took effect. The law assures that only law enforcement agencies will investigate reports of misconduct by law enforcement officers. Backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the …

ABC News reports: A major winter storm that broke snowfall records in the Midwest is now slamming the mid-Atlantic and causing the cancellation of more than 1,900 flights across the U.S. More than 50 million Americans from Kentucky to Washington, D.C., remain under winter alerts as the last of the storm pushes through Monday afternoon. Heavy sleet and freezing rain …

The Hill reports: The Manhattan district attorney’s office said Monday it opposes any suspension of President-elect Trump’s Jan. 10 sentencing on his New York criminal conviction ahead of his return to the White House. Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo argued in a new court filing that Trump’s intention to appeal decisions by Judge Juan Merchan allowing the conviction to stand does not …