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No one can stand in Ohio State’s way if the Buckeyes keep playing like this.The No. 8 Buckeyes absolutely throttled No. 1 Oregon in the first half on the way to a 41-21 Rose Bowl win on Wednesday while earning a matchup with No. 5 Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals.Ohio State led 31-0 midway through the second quarter as Oregon was simply overmatched. It was a remarkable sight; Oregon was the only team in college football to end the regular season without a loss and beat three playoff teams — including Ohio State in October — on the…

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The US-based tech billionaire has lashed out at the British prime minister in a string of tweets SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has slammed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and called for early parliamentary elections in the UK, in an attack on the Labour government. The US-based tech billionaire, who has recently emerged as a close adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, expressed support for the Reform UK party and called for the release of jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson in a series of posts on X overnight.In his posts, Musk questioned Starmer’s record as the head of the…

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Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com,Periodically, I’ll encounter someone who has read one of my essays and has decided not to pursue them further, stating, “You’re one of those ‘End of the world’ guys. I can’t be bothered reading the writings of someone who thinks we’re all doomed. I have a more positive outlook than that.”In actual fact, I agree entirely with his latter two comments. I can’t be bothered reading the thoughts of a writer who says we’re all doomed, either. I, too, have a more positive outlook than that.My one discrepancy with such comments is that I don’t…

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Trump MAGA garbage truck Over the last year, Trump has had some truly memorable moments. In the last few months of the election, Trump was everywhere and each new appearance seemed to top the last one, whether it was him working the drive-thru at a McDonald’s or him driving a garbage truck. Now, the man who was behind almost all of those moments will have an official job in the new Trump administration. Trump has just named Justin Caporale as the Executive Producer for Major Events and Public Appearances. This means we will probably get more of these great moments…

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Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander won’t play again this season due to a knee injury.Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Jaire Alexander’s season is almost certainly over. Now, the question becomes is his Green Bay Packers career finished, as well? Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur said Wednesday that Alexander — the Packers’ top cornerback — was “most “likely” done for the season due to a a torn posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. ESPN reported that Alexander underwent arthroscopic surgery on his knee Tuesday, and his only hope at returning in 2024 would be if…

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An illegal alien, released into the United States by President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is accused of kidnapping and attempted rape, among other charges, in the sanctuary state of Massachusetts. Emilio Jose Pena-Casilla, a 46-year-old illegal alien from the Dominican Republic, first crossed the U.S.-Mexico border near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 9, 2023. Pena-Casilla was enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program and put into deportation proceedings. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) then released Pena-Casilla into the U.S. interior on his own recognizance. Pena-Casilla was terminated from the ATD program on Feb. 16, 2023. On July 15, Pena-Casilla…

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President-elect Donald Trump and his allies in Congress have blamed the deadly New Orleans truck attack on President Joe Biden’s border policies even though the attacker was a U.S. citizen.“When I said that the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country, that statement was constantly refuted by Democrats and the Fake News Media, but it turned out to be true,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social as information was still trickling out about the ramming attack on Wednesday morning.“The crime rate in our country is at a level that nobody has…

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Listen and subscribe to Opening Bid on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Heavy hitters are clamoring to grab market share from chipmaker and artificial intelligence wunderkind Nvidia (NVDA), but they’re facing an uphill battle. “[An Nvidia chip] is not just a chip,” said Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya during a conversation with Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi on the Opening Bid podcast (see video above or listen below). Arya is viewed as a top semiconductor analyst on Wall Street and has been bullish on Nvidia for a long stretch. One strength that…

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The US Army veteran suspected of detonating a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was a supporter of the Ukrainian nationalist cause, according to a photo posted on Facebook.Thirty-seven-year-old Matthew Livelsberger was killed and seven bystanders injured when the Cybertruck he was driving exploded outside the hotel on Wednesday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk attributed the blast to explosive materials transported in the truck’s bed, and the FBI is investigating the incident as a potential act of terrorism due to its proximity to the Trump International Hotel and a similar attack in New Orleans earlier that day.In…

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Update (1640ET): Johnson says he thinks he will win the speakership on the first ballot.”I think it’s going to be okay… We’ll have maybe one no vote. I think we get it done on the first round. Certainly hopeful for that.”*  *  *Two weeks after President-elect Donald Trump raged at Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) for [checks notes] demanding a fiscally conservative debt ceiling increase, Trump and Roy are meeting ahead of Friday’s vote to reelect Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as Speaker of the House.Johnson is of course an establishment darling who folds like a wet napkin when it comes to…

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