Rogan Backlash Leads Spotify To Flag COVID Content In ‘Effort To Combat Misinformation’

Spotify will begin attaching a warning label to content that features discussions of COVID-19 following backlash over its relationship with podcast host Joe Rogan. The company will direct listeners to its “COVID-19…

Google Kicks Dan Bongino Off Ads Platform Days After YouTube Ban

Google temporarily suspended conservative talk show host Dan Bongino’s website, Bongino.com, from its ads service, a company spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation on Friday. “We have strict publisher policies…

British Police Pull Over Man Who Drove Without License, Insurance For 70 Years

British police pulled over an elderly man Wednesday who had been driving without a license or insurance for over 70 years, according to a Facebook post from a local police unit. The…

‘Lunacy’: Virginia Mom Rips Into School Board Over Mask Rules

A Virginia mother addressed her children’s school board Thursday night regarding the district’s mask mandate, which subverts the Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s executive order allowing parents to choose whether or not to…

Facebook Exec Promises To Crack Down On ‘Falsehoods’ Targeting ‘Marginalized Communities’

Ailan Evans on January 28, 2022 Roy Austin, vice president of civil rights for Facebook parent company Meta, pledged to crack down on “misinformation” and alleged discriminatory conduct propagated by the social…

The American Dream Is Starting To Look Like A Creepy Carnival

Ben Sixsmith on January 27, 2022 As someone who is not American, my prevailing image of the U.S. has been one of an enormous, extravagant carnival. Static geographically but traveling existentially, it…

Key Inflation Indicator Soars To Highest Level Since 1983

A key inflation gauge reached its highest level since 1983, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, which excludes food and energy prices, grew 4.9% on…

Unvaccinated Must Be ‘Accompanied At All Times’ While Shopping At Big Box Stores, Canadian Health Ministry Says

Unvaccinated residents of the Canadian province of Quebec must be accompanied while shopping at big box retailers to ensure they only purchase pharmaceutical products, the province’s health ministry announced Sunday. Quebec instituted…

Left-Wing Activist Group Targets Blogging Site For Not Censoring ‘Anti-Vaxxers’

A non-profit organization that previously pushed to censor conservative publications is targeting blogging platform Substack for allowing commentators opposed to the COVID-19 vaccine to use its service. The Center for Countering Digital…

US Economy Grew Faster Than Expected At The End Of 2021

The U.S. economy grew at a faster rate than was anticipated pace in the fourth quarter of 2021, benefiting from solid consumer demand before the slowdown caused by the Omicron coronavirus variant…

Phil Murphy isn’t going to lift New Jersey’s school mask mandate anytime soon, here’s why

TRENTON, NJ – Last week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy hinted he might lift his school mask mandate for preschools and K-12 students statewide by the end of the 2022 school year.…

Five Florida Teachers Removed For Refusing To Wear Masks

Five teachers were sent home from a Jupiter, Florida, elementary school for refusing to wear masks, the Palm Beach Post reported. Limestone Creek Elementary School told the teachers to leave Thursday for…

The Conservative Purge Continues: Dan Bongino Permanently Banned From YouTube

Conservative talk show host Dan Bongino had both of his YouTube accounts permanently banned Wednesday, a YouTube spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Bongino’s second channel, the Dan Bongino Show…

Biden administration to release 13 million more barrels of oil from strategic reserve

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday the release of millions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to combat soaring gas prices. The DOE approved the release of 13.4…

New Jersey reported 200,000 breakthrough cases in past 30 days

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of health has reported 200,000 cases of COVID-19 among the fully vaccinated and boosted during the 30 day period of the omicron spike. The news…

Border Agents Encountered More Than 2 Million Migrants In 2021

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ended 2021 with more than 2 million migrant encounters. December 2021 numbers released Monday showed that border patrol encountered 178,840 migrants at the southern border, a…

General Electric Saw Decline In Sales Due To Supply Chain Problems

General Electric (GE) reported a disappointing fourth-quarter earnings report as the electricity giant pointed to continuing supply chain woes to explain its dip in revenue, the company reported. GE’s fourth-quarter revenue fell…

N95 Mask Manufacturer 3M’s Sales Explode After Omicron Surge, Expects Further Profits Following CDC Shoutout

A major N95 mask manufacturer saw a rise in sales during the Omicron variant surge and expects to profit further from new guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

‘Rogan Or Young’: Neil Young Threatens To Pull Music From Spotify Over Joe Rogan’s Vaccine Comments

Rock musician Neil Young sent a letter to his management company Monday demanding that music streaming service Spotify remove his music due to its decision to provide a platform for podcast host…

Hot Mic Catches Biden Calling Peter Doocy ‘A Stupid Son-Of-A-B*tch’

As reporters were being ushered out of the room by White House staff, Doocy attempted to ask the president a final question. “Do you think inflation will be a political liability in…

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