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Professor Refused to Inflate Grades, Make Class Easier at Historically Black College — So He Was Fired Spelman College in Atlanta is the oldest historically black private liberal arts college for women in the United States. That designation carries a certain amount of prestige — or it should, that is. Tenure-track faculty member Kendrick Morales said …
German house prices are in freefall, per Reuters: pic.twitter.com/gCNGQONr8c — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 12, 2024 Question: Is Germany like New Zealand, Australia, Canada where your fixed rate is max three years? They’re all resetting now and yeah…it’s going to be bad.
Down 17% since yesterday’s high of $30. Imagine FOMOing into the hype only to be down 17% in one day. h/t WillistheWillow
by Chris Black The Biden administration was attempting to cool off the stigma of supporting the genocide in Gaza, and Israel started pulling some of the troops last week. It’s possible that the deal was “okay, start a war with Iran and we’ll stop the slaughter of these kids.” In fact, that could have been …
via breitbart The United Nations healthcare agency — the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) — has given transgender activists a majority of the seats in a panel that is drafting healthcare policies for children. Eleven members of the W.H.O.’s 21-member panel have no formal medical training, seven are transgender, and just ten have a medical background, according …
Citigroup said it was cutting 10% of its workforce in a bid to help boost the embattled bank’s results and stock price. About 20,000 employees will be let go over the “medium term,” New York-based Citigroup said Friday in a slideshow tied to fourth-quarter earnings. While it wasn’t immediately clear how long that is, the …
China REITs plumb record lows as economic gloom lingers SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE, Jan 11 (Reuters) – China’s real estate investment products are tumbling, extending last year’s slump as investors lose hope for a recovery in the economy and property assets such as industrial parks and logistics hubs. Chinese real estate investment trusts (REITs), which issue shares to …
Democrats Introduce Bill to Effectively Destroy the Constitution’s Last Line of Defense Against Tyranny, ENDING Militias and the 2nd Militias who like to spend their weekends training to overthrow the government could find themselves running afoul of federal law, under new legislation being proposed in the House and Senate Thursday that seeks to curtail paramilitary …
Jason “Jelly Roll” DeFord delivers an opening statement at a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing about fentanyl awareness and legislative solutions to stop illegal smuggling of the opioid. “Fentanyl transcends partisanship and ideology…this is a totally different problem.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Political independents continue to constitute the largest political bloc in the U.S., with an average of 43% of U.S. adults identifying this way in 2023, tying the record high from 2014. Independent identification has been 40% or higher each year since 2011, except for the 2016 (39%) and 2020 (39%) presidential election …
In this video, Patriot Nurse discusses a shocking revelation that the mainstream media is suppressing — a whistleblower exposes horrifying child surgeries at Texas Children’s Hospital, and the Feds target the hero doctor who dared to speak out. The details are disturbing and reveal a concerning nexus between the medical industrial complex and the federal …
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Tesla Inc. reportedly has reduced prices on two models in China, where it faces stiff competition from rivals such as BYD Co. Ltd. and is grappling with a continued difficult economic backdrop. Shares of Tesla were falling more than 3% in premarket trading Friday. Investors were also grappling with news of a temporary shutdown of …
A lone outlier and rare voice of dissent to come out of the generally staunchly pro-Ukraine central and eastern European countries has been Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. He has stirred the pot again and caused outrage among fellow government officials after penning an op-ed this week wherein he slammed the West for getting Ukraine …
This WEF article provides an helpful overview of the report, and the key topics that will be addressed in Davos.https://t.co/ZeqAbmMbtV It is under the guise of these "risks" that they will be offering "solutions". pic.twitter.com/RnvW7WPquD — Noor Bin Ladin (@NoorBinLadin) January 11, 2024
The assumption is the US will grant citizenship to everyone who chose to enter the country without going through legitimate, established, legal channels (in violation of our laws)… and everyone else who feels like it. This is fundamentally flawed and not in our interests. — River over troubled bridges (@JulietRedbird) January 12, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy @VivekGRamaswamy – Russia collusion – The Hunter Biden laptop story – Charlottesville – Bubba Wallace – Jussie Smollett – Covington Catholic Kids – Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot – COVID Lab leak was a “conspiracy theory” – Steele dossier – Don’t Say Gay was in the bill – Migrant “kids In cages” – GA …
Due to the start of aerial bombing of Yemen by the Western coalition, Brent oil is rising and has broken through the $80 barrier. Experts say that apparently this is not the limit, since the Houthis said that they will not retreat or surrender, and the West will continue until… pic.twitter.com/vFyEqfFjXN — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) …
This was a moving submission before the International Court of Justice by the Irish lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC advising South Africa. “Look in the mirror and ask where was I when Gaza was going through a genocide? South Africa is here…before this court in the peace palace” pic.twitter.com/RvGSk1peVp — Lindo Ntuli (@Ntuli_Lindo_) January 11, …
The Texas National Guard has seized control of a park at the U.S. southern border and is now blocking Border Patrol from entering the area – part of an effort to stop the surge of illegal immigration into Texas and a move likely to significantly increase tensions between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the federal …
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671 A huge ancient city has been found in the Amazon, hidden for thousands of years by lush vegetation. The discovery changes what we know about the history of people living in the Amazon. The houses and plazas in the Upano area in eastern Ecuador were connected by an astounding network of roads and canals. …
Data: Kaiser Family Foundation; Map: Axios Visuals While a spike in drug overdoses has captured most of the attention in Colorado, another killer is quietly striking. Driving the news: Alcohol-induced deaths more than doubled from 2009 to 2021, according to Kaiser Family Foundation data. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a…7500&ei=27 More Teens Who Use Marijuana Are Suffering From Psychosis https://www.wsj.com/us-news/marijuana-de…s-869490d1
The Biden administration has proposed opening public lands to private ownership, a policy critics argue present an energy and national security risk. “Most notably, the proposed rule would allow private investment interests to control and manage national parks and other publicly owned lands — an unprecedented power-grab and usurpation of federal authority,” they continued. “This …
Bill O’Reilly has reached his absolute limit. pic.twitter.com/FkuGovnDHs — Big Fish (@BigFish3000) January 11, 2024
In a surprising turn of events, NATO has expressed its support for the recent US and British strikes in Yemen, considering them defensive measures against Houthi aggression. British Foreign Minister David Cameron stated that the UK is prepared to take additional actions “in self-defense,” emphasizing the ongoing Royal Navy patrols in the Red Sea aimed …
Israeli media: There is no point in denying it, yesterday was a difficult day for Israel in The Hague. Indeed, it was one of the most difficult days at the diplomatic level since the beginning of the war. Israel has already lost in this situation, even if we manage to convince the court not to …
Legislation offered by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the “Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2024,” would conduct an audit of the U.S. Federal Reserve by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for the first time since the Dodd-Frank legislation of 2010 required an audit of the central bank’s purchases of mortgage-backed securities. This time around, the GAO would look …
VIA JORDAN SCHACHTEL: The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual confab in Davos, Switzerland is set to kick off next week, and the program is rife with all of the usual suspects. Our aspiring global rulers are set to have a grand time once more calling for our collective enslavement, which of course is necessary for …