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Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire reports: Although the race for House speaker remains unsettled, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is already moving into the speaker’s suite. Sharing a video of a man carting a stack of blue containers in what appeared to be the U.S. Capitol, NBC News’ Haley Talbot reported McCarthy “has moved into” the suite of offices and …

“Politicians do not believe they answer to a higher power. They’re a reflection of an American society and culture that has abandoned any fear of God, any respect for God, any respect for our founding principles. “This country was based on a fear and a respect in our rights coming from a higher power, from the most high God and …

Politico reports: New guidelines sent to committees on Thursday and obtained exclusively by POLITICO lay out a messy, complicated process for how the speaker’s race will have a trickle-down effect on everything from paying committee staff to student loan repayments. “Committees need to be aware that should a House Rules package not be adopted by end of business on January …

Raw Story reports: On his Truth Social website, Trump posted a link to an editorial from MAGA publication American Greatness in which author Dan Gelernter compared Trump to the late President Teddy Roosevelt, whose unsuccessful third-party bid in 1912 handed the White House to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Gelernter concedes that Trump running as a third-party candidate in 2024 would likely …

Axios reports: Twitter users around the world reported problems accessing the website and other technical glitches on Wednesday night. In the first widespread outage since Elon Musk completed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in late October, over 10,000 users in countries including the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Australia and New Zealand reported outage issues, starting in …

Yahoo Entertainment reports: Bill Cosby is eyeing a return to touring in 2023. The controversial comedian said as much during a surprise Dec. 28 radio interview on “WGH Talk” with host Scott Spears. Cosby answered “yes” when asked if 2023 is the year he finally might be able to tour again. Cosby, now 85, was convicted in Pennsylvania in April …

Law & Crime reports: The zookeeper turned convicted would-be hitman who was launched into the national spotlight during a 2020 streaming series about big cat breeding will not be able to reduce his decades-long prison sentence. Joe Exotic — real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage — had hoped to get his 21-year prison sentence knocked down by 10 years following a recalculation …

The Washington Post reports: A rapidly growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio — largely involving unvaccinated children — is fueling concerns among health officials that more parent resistance to routine childhood immunizations will intensify a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases. More than a third of parents with children under 18 — and 28 percent of all adults — now say parents …

The Guardian reports: Twitter has restored a feature that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and support groups after its CEO Elon Musk was criticised over their removal. Musk, who did not initially respond to requests for comment about the removal, had tweeted: “False, it is still there.” The feature, known as #ThereIsHelp, placed a banner at the top of search results …

Law & Crime reports: Federal prosecutors asked a judge to sentence former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jennifer Shah to 10 years in prison, calling her the “most culpable person charged” in a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted the elderly. In July, Shah pleaded guilty to participating in a wire fraud conspiracy for purported coaching serves for …

NBC News reports: Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their accounts on at least seven other major social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Truth Social, the platform announced Sunday. The new policy comes after many users began posting links to their accounts on other sites following Elon Musk’s takeover as CEO of Twitter and the platform’s subsequent …

Crypto news site CoinDesk reports: Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s non-fungible token (NFT) digital trading card collection sold out early Friday, the day after its initial release. According to data from OpenSea, at time of writing, the collection’s trading volume is 900 ETH, or about $1.08 million. Its floor price is about 0.19 ETH, or about $230 – more than …

Gizmodo reports: Twitter Spaces, the audio feature that allows people to participate in group chats using the social media platform, has been disabled and it’s not clear whether it will ever return. The move comes after Elon Musk joined a group chat hosted by BuzzFeed reporter Katie Notopoulos on Thursday night, where the Twitter CEO spoke incoherently about his new …

Mediaite reports: Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy had high praise indeed for Twitter’s Elon Musk this week, praising his courage in releasing the “Twitter Files” info, which has gone to select journalists in chunks over the last couple of weeks. “That’s why I appreciate what Elon Musk has done so much,” said Kennedy. “He’s taken a very courageous stand for …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump has revealed his “major announcement”, which the former president teased with great fanfare on Wednesday. It turns out that Mr Trump is selling digital trading cards of himself. “My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here! These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career! Collect all of your favorite …

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk tweeted that “legal action is being taken” against 20-year-old Jack Sweeney, who ran the now-banned Twitter account that tracked Musk’s private jet. Presumably, Musk plans to sue him. Since taking over Twitter, the billionaire has pledged to make the platform safe for “free speech.” On Wednesday, Twitter changed its terms of service to prohibit flight-tracking on …

“So at this point, there are plenty of White people in America who are descended from slaves, and there are plenty of Black people in America who are descended from slave owners. “So how do you know who qualifies for government reparations? Well of course there is only one way to find out: that is old-fashioned race science. Nazi race …

Mediaite reports: A woman who protested at an elementary school while dressed as a cat told Fox News host Jesse Watters Tuesday she did so to prove one cannot change their species in the same way they cannot change their gender. Because America is so often beyond parody in the year of our Lord 2022, Lindsey Graham appeared on the …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk, who implored his army of Twitter followers to vote Republican in the 2022 midterms, did not vote in the election, state records show. “Based on our records, we do not have any indication that Mr. Musk participated in the November 2022 Election in Cameron County,” the county’s election administrator told The Daily Beast. The …

Reuters reports: A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld nearly $187,000 in monetary sanctions against two lawyers who filed and lost an “utterly baseless” lawsuit challenging Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential win over his Republican rival Donald Trump. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Colorado said Denver attorneys Gary Fielder …