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Dolly Parton has announced that she will no longer plan any further big tours. “I do not think I will ever tour again,” Parton boldly claimed in a new interview with Pollstar. “I’ll do special shows here and there, now and then. Maybe do a long weekend of shows or just a few shows at …
After much of liberal Twitter erupted over Luke Bryan’s decision to bring out Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis at his Jacksonville concert recently, the singer broke his silence. To address the apparent controversy, the country musician took to his Twitter writing in part: “I typically don’t respond to stuff when I’m getting run down on a …
Police were called to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia home recently, as she said after someone made a prank call to officials saying there was an emergency there. She said that it was the sixth “swatting” episode that targeted the controversial Republican congresswoman since August. This is what Greene wrote on Twitter the next day: …
The past role of Hunter Biden serving on the board of a Ukrainian energy firm was slammed by Jon Stewart, a comedian and liberal icon as “corruption straight up off the bat.” The candid remark about President Biden’s son was made by the 59-year-old left-leaning funnyman on an episode of his “The Problem with Jon …
This week will surely go in the books for mortgages, as the average interest rate on a typical 30-year mortgage surpassed 7% this week, which is the highest level since 2001. The Mortgage Bankers Association said that mortgage rates rose from 6.94% last week to 7.16% this week. From 6.09% last week, The average rate …
Two shows had broken 3 million total viewers in one day, and Jesse Watters helmed both of them. Watters regularly leads one of the top shows on cable news – if not the top show, as a co-host on ‘The Five.’ So this day was no different, as ‘The Five’ scored 3.75 million total viewers …
There are clear public signals from Elon Musk that he plans to complete his takeover of Twitter. A video was posted by the billionaire who runs Tesla and SpaceX, where he can be seen walking into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters carrying a porcelain sink and tweeted: “Let that sink in.” Elon Musk’s comment referred to …
A Georgia grand jury subpoena demanding evidence from South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has been temporarily blocked by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The grand jury is primarily looking into the acts of Trump and his supporters, including Graham, who got in touch with state election officials and other people after the election, which …
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked “what program” of the Joe Biden administration helped reduce the deficit. She seemed to struggle with the answer when put on the spot. Here is most of the conversation as quoted from the White House website directly: 3:23 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, hi, hi. Good afternoon, …
During a recent press conference, President Joe Biden claimed that, despite record high inflation and an economy in turmoil, the Democrats are fiscally responsible. WATCH the video below: When he declared Democrats have a grip on the economy, the president was delivering remarks. “We the Democrats are the ones that are fiscally responsible,” said Biden. …
After the Dumbo remake, Tim Burton declared he was “done” with Disney. He described the working the Disney conditions as a ‘horrible big circus.’ Tim Burton is ready to cut the ties after more than four decades of collaboration. After directing his 2019 Dumbo remake, the author of The Nightmare Before Christmas, who started working …
In order to help families struggling with the cost of living crisis, popular supermarket Aldi is considering selling edible insects. Low prices are what the giant supermarket is best known for. Now, that might change as Aldi is weighing up stocking insect recipe kits to give customers the choice to chow down on a cricket …
Donald Trump went after the SNL show. Trump was made fun of during one of the sketches. The joke obviously wasn’t funny to him, but he pointed out that the ratings were HUUUGE once he was hosted. Trump was mentioned by James Austin Johnson in the opening sketch of Saturday night’s SNL, “January 6th Final …
Defending a move the White House has heavily criticized as helping Russia’s war in Ukraine, Saudi Arabia has suggested the U.S. asked it to wait a month before it cut oil production. Although the Saudi Foreign Affairs Ministry did not specifically mention the midterms in its lengthy and abrupt statement, such a delay in the …
UPDATE 10/27: Elon Musk now says he does not intend to layoff 75% of the Twitter staff if he takes over, as reported by Bloomberg. Don’t bother clicking on the source because they were asking me to register for it and there’s no point in signing up when you already know the story 🙂 Elon …
The Justice Department is being sued by a conservative watchdog group, Judicial Watch, for records related to possible FBI obstruction in the Hunter Biden investigation. The suit was filed by the Judicial Watch in response to the agency’s failure to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request submitted in August. In contrary, the FBI …
Ron DeSantis, the Republican Florida Governor wants to send more migrants to two states, Delaware and Illinois, which are considered Democratic strongholds. The Associated Press reported that the Governor’s administration is poised to send more migrants to Illinois, as well as President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware, after sending nearly 50 immigrants to Martha’s …
Just in time for Spooky Season, Martha Stewart is aiming at another market with her new collaboration with the canned water brand “Liquid Death.” Yikes! You can see it for yourself in the video on YouTube. It is a creepy black candle with a red wick in the shape of a dismembered hand – protruding …
A former resident of Wyoming, who now lives in Colorado is experienced at driving his electric vehicle around Wyoming and has taken many return road trips in his Nissan Leaf. Alan O’Hashi learned one thing, and that is that a road trip in an EV is much different than a traditional gasoline-fueled vehicle. “It was …
James Corden, a man criticized for having very little talent and a boring show, has finally apologized to Keith McNally, the owner of the NYC restaurant Balthazar. The 44-year-old star was banned from the restaurant for his alleged rude behavior and treatment of staff. “James Corden just called me and apologized profusely,” McNally wrote on …
Michael Steele, a former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman has warned his party against legitimizing some Trump-aligned figures as political leaders. Steele did this by calling them “fleas” and “blood-sucking ticks” whom potential House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., would have to “lay down with.” Nicolle Wallace, the host of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” said on …
El Paso, Texas, officials are being pressured by the White House not to declare a state of emergency in the face of mass illegal immigration. In a private conversation, a member of the El Paso City Council was allegedly told by Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser that the White House has urged him not to declare …
An elderly US citizen was recently handed a 16-year and three-month prison sentence by Saudi Arabia for tweeting, and now his son is outraged at how President Biden and his deputies bungled the case. This is what Ibrahim Almadi said: “He sold my father for oil, that’s clear to us. Especially when we saw the …
A southwestern Arizona woman was sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years probation, as she pleaded guilty to illegally collecting four early voting ballots in the 2020 primary election. The judge rejected her plea for just probation and said that he did not think she accepts responsibility for her criminal act. The sentence …
Before Democrat Katie Hobbs approached the stage, GOP candidate Kari Lake was kicked out from the Arizona town hall audience. The incident, which occurred at a forum that has not yet been broadcast, is illustrative of the two candidates’ different approaches to the competitive race for governor of Arizona. Her opponent has declined to debate. …
A long-rumored Tesla killer and the Amazon-backed electric vehicle upstart, Rivian, which was once valued at $100 billion, just had to recall nearly every vehicle it’s ever made. Nearly 13,000 vehicles will be recalled by the company, as they say, over an “insufficiently torqued fastener,” as in some cases, it could potentially disrupt steering leading …
In Oregon’s gubernatorial race, Phil Knight, who is the Nike co-founder, is backing a second candidate after donating several million dollars to independent candidate Betsy Johnson. While his last campaign donation in early September was $3.75 million to Johnson, Knight also made a $1 million contribution to Republican Christine Drazan recently. Drazan and former state …