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You’ve got to love a happy ending. After insulting Ron DeSantis and celebrating a loophole in state law, a transgender activist got a thank you letter from the state of Florida. The Gateway Pundit reported, In a self-congratulatory TikTok post, transgender activist James Rose recently boasted about exploiting a “loophole” to change the sex listed on his Florida driver’s license to female, despite state legislation that explicitly prohibits such alterations. Rose’s celebratory moment, however, was short-lived as Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) swiftly corrected the error and issued a replacement license identifying Rose as male. In…

Topline The death toll due to wildfires in Los Angeles County grew to five Wednesday afternoon, as authorities fight multiple fires that have prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, with conditions prime for the fires to expand. Los Angeles County firefighters spray water on a burning home torched by the Eaton Fire. (Photo by … [+] Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty Images Timeline Wednesday 5:11 p.m. PSTPresident Joe Biden approves a Major Disaster Declaration for California, making federal funding available to those impacted by the fires in Los Angeles County. Wednesday 3:10 p.m.Officials told The New York Times the…

by Doug Casey International Man International Man: Vivek Ramaswamy recently faced backlash for supporting the H-1B visa program and criticizing American culture.Many saw his comments as endorsing replacement immigration for highly paid tech jobs (link).What’s your take?Doug Casey: Unfortunately, he’s mostly right about US workers. Their work ethic has been corrupted by cradle-to-grave benefits, class resentment, and a general degradation of Western values—something we’ve often discussed.But importing Indians won’t improve the culture, it’ll further destroy what’s left of American culture. Maintaining the culture, not a few low-level jobs is the main problem that we’re facing. The culture is what makes America America. It’s…

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD is under investigation for using “irregular visas” to ship workers to Brazil, where they were kept in what Brazilian inspectors described as “slavery-like conditions.” The Brazilian government stopped issuing work visas to BYD last month after 163 Chinese nationals were rescued from deplorable conditions at a BYD factory under construction in the city of Camacari. The Brazil Public Prosecutor’s Office said on December 23 that construction work on the factory was halted after the discovery. According to local inspectors, BYD contracted with a firm called the Jinjiang Group to import workers who labored under…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) directed her staff on Tuesday to begin the legislative process of changing the name of the “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America,” Greene confirmed to Breitbart News. President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday morning it would be “appropriate” to change the name to the “Gulf of America.” “What a beautiful name,” he said. “Has a beautiful ring [to it].” The Gulf originally drew its name from the North American city of Mexico, historians say. The Gulf was also called several other names. One 1630 map named the body of water “Gulf of New Spain.” Shortly after Trump’s comments, Greene…

The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had recovered another body of a hostage in the Gaza Strip.An Arab Israeli, aged 53, was brought out after being found dead in a tunnel in the Rafah area of southern Gaza on Tuesday, according to a military spokesman, who said he was killed in captivity.Finds connected to the man’s 22-year-old son, who had also been kidnapped, raise “serious concern” for his life, too, the spokesman said.Israel had previously assumed that the two were still alive.Both were abducted and taken to the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, when Hamas forces attacked Israel…

The Senate Judiciary Committee has officially slotted two days for confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi. The former Florida attorney general who served as Trump’s personal lawyer during his first impeachment trial is set to appear before lawmakers next Wednesday, January 15, and Thursday, January 16. As the nation’s top prosecutor, Bondi would play a key role in implementing Trump’s regulatory agenda and defending the actions of his administration in court. She is Trump’s second choice for attorney general following the implosion over the incoming president’s initial selection for the job, former Rep. Matt…

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump promised to fix all of America’s problems, including two of the biggest issues of the 2024 election: the high cost of living and immigration and enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border.He didn’t mention anything on the campaign trail about expanding America’s borders by annexing territory from longstanding U.S. allies — including by hostile means, if necessary.With just two weeks until his inauguration, however, Trump is pushing — or at least joking about pushing — to absorb the sovereign nation of Canada, one of America’s closest allies, and more seriously promoting the seizure or purchase of Greenland, which…

The future of Bonita Bill’s is becoming clearer.The iconic come-as-you-are waterfront restaurant, recently sold and closed after business on Jan. 5, will be reimagined and renamed Bonita Fish Company.HM Restaurant Group, which owns neighboring Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille and Dixie Fish Company, purchased the San Carlos Island gem and its properties at 700, 702, 716 and 718 Fishermans Wharf on Fort Myers Beach for $5.5 million.On June 12, 2024, it was announced that Bonita Bill’s properties and business are for sale on Fort Myers Beach.“We’re excited to embrace the tradition and history of this exceptional property and its…

The messaging app’s policies do not depend on “US electoral cycles,” CEO Pavel Durov has said Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has issued thinly veiled criticism of Meta, following its announcement of new policy changes, suggesting that supporting free speech is easy when there are no risks involved.In a Wednesday post on his messaging platform, the Russian tycoon appeared to address Mark Zuckerberg’s firm – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads – after its boss flagged significant updates to its policies.On Tuesday, Zuckerberg said that his company would ditch its controversial third-party fact-checking program in the US. He…