Danica Patrick refuses to apologize for recently attending a conservative conference.In mid-December‚ the former NASCAR and IndyCar driver attended Turning Point USA's AmericaFest conference with her sister‚ cataloging her experience on Instagram. She posted photos of pro-Donald Trump merchandise‚ products mocking woke culture‚ and videos of Tucker Carlson and Dr. Ben Carson. See on Instagram Patrick didn't post anything polarizing and didn't offer any explicit political endorsements. In fact‚ all she said was that she and her sister "love our country."Unfortunately‚ it didn't take long for the hate to pour in.People who commented on Patrick's post declared they "lost all respect" for Patrick and said her attendance at the event was "super disappointing." One commenter claimed to be "horrified" and "speechless" over the photos. Other commenters bashed Patrick for being "MAGA" but thanked her for posting the photos so they could unfollow her. Many other outraged commenters claimed Patrick cannot love her country by being a conservative.Patrick addressed the outrage last Friday‚ condemning people for "losing" their "damn minds" over the photos. Importantly‚ she did not bend her knee or apologize."I am not a liberal. I am somewhere between Republican and independent. I think our country should be run by someone that knows business and has integrity. I believe we should be able to speak freely. I don't think our food and skies should be poisoned. I think it’s bulls*** that Democrats can be proud but a Republican can’t in society‚" Patrick said."As a result‚ there is so much propaganda that penetrates mainstream media. I love this country and I have lived other places. I believe when people of different opinions speak face to face we realize we are more similar than different. I don't believe everything anyone says‚" she continued.Patrick explained that she has been "very torn" over whether to speak publicly about politics and noted how the reaction to her photos was telling."All I said was I love this country‚" she observed.After retiring from racing‚ Patrick launched a podcast and has served as a motorsports commentator for NASCAR‚ IndyCar‚ and Formula One.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Climate change isn’t the threat its believers make it out to be. According to Mark Levin‚ it’s actually “a religion going back hundreds of thousands of years” in which followers “pray to the weather gods.” “The idea that we have any effect on this massive planet is a lie‚” he adds. Not to mention‚ those who worship the religion of science claim that the earth “is worse than ever before” — but there’s no way of verifying that. “How do we know that? They haven’t been keeping statistics till the mid-1800s‚” Levin says.“The planet’s 3.5 billion years old.” In fact‚ the weatherman not only gets his weather predictions wrong more often than right‚ the forecasters don’t even claim to know the future weather after 10 days. “What’s the weather in 12 days? I don’t know‚ but we just know we’re destroying the planet‚” Levin mocks. He notes that the left’s obsession with lowering carbon is ridiculous as well. “Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. It’s never been a pollutant. It cannot be a pollutant. Why? Because it’s what’s necessary for plant life to live on the planet Earth. Carbon dioxide for plants is what oxygen is for human beings‚” he explains. While it’s all nonsense‚ there’s a reason for the left’s madness. “There’s been this effort to control carbon dioxide‚ which means control your life. To destroy cars‚ the combustion engine‚ fossil fuels‚ single-family homes‚ to destroy livestock‚” Levin says.“In other words‚ to fundamentally alter how a free people live and choose to live.” Want more from Mark Levin?To enjoy more of "the Great One" — Mark Levin as you've never seen him before — subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

Over 6.85 million illegal aliens have stolen into the U.S. since President Joe Biden took office. More have entered undetected. This ongoing incursion‚ largely by single adults‚ comes at a hefty price. While numerical values can be assigned to the cost of illegal immigration — an estimated $451 billion annually just to house the migrants who've entered under Biden's watch and another $3 billion in federal welfare benefits for every million parolees released into the U.S. — it can also be observed under microscopes‚ in hospital waiting rooms‚ and occasionally in morgues. Diseases once thought eradicated or controlled in the U.S. have made a comeback‚ in part due to the influx of illegal aliens from a growing list of countries in recent years. Leprosy and polio "The recent polio and leprosy cases are almost certainly imports to the U.S.‚" Dr. Jay Bhattacharya‚ a physician and scientist at Stanford University‚ told RealClearInvestigations. Leprosy was long a rarity in the U.S.‚ with most cases affecting travelers to distant countries with high rates of the disease‚ reported CNN. The World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory data shows that in 2022‚ India‚ Bangladesh‚ Indonesia‚ and Brazil led the world in leprosy cases. Now this likely import may be endemic in Florida. Polio‚ a debilitating and potentially deadly disease‚ turned up in New York last year. America hadn't seen a case in over a decade‚ largely because the supermajority of American citizens are vaccinated against the virus during childhood. The New York State Department of Health indicated the unnamed Rockland County resident‚ left paralyzed by the disease‚ caught the virus "in a location outside of the U.S.." Not only did polio hitch a ride back into the country‚ it made its way into the water supply. In August 2022‚ New York City health authorities indicated that they found polio circulating in the city's wastewater after Rockland and Orange Counties had similarly announced the once-eradicated virus had been found in wastewater samples‚ reported the New York Times. New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan warned in a damning April 11 letter that around 50% of the migrants pouring into the sanctuary city were not vaccinated against the poliovirus. Whereas legal migrants and travelers must be vaccinated to enter the U.S.‚ the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated that neither so-called refugees nor aslyees are required to meet vaccination requirements before coming to the United States. RealClearInvestigations reported that the Biden administration‚ otherwise gung ho about foisting novel vaccinations on the public‚ admitted to lacking vaccination records for the millions of illegal aliens who've entered the country since January 2021. Chicken pox‚ tuberculosis‚ and syphilis NYC Health Commissioner Vasan indicated in his April letter that extra to a glaring polio vulnerability among illegal aliens and a breakout of chicken pox — a problem similarly observed this month in migrant shelters by the Chicago Department of Public Health — there was also cause for concern because many mirants "lived in or traveled through countries with high rates of [tuberculosis]." New York City's tuberculosis rate‚ 6.1 cases per 100‚000‚ was double the national rate last year. According to the city‚ 88% of TB cases were among people born outside the U.S.. The New York Post indicated that Texas border counties overwhelmed by migrants were worse off‚ facing a TB rate triple the national average. In 2022‚ 6‚009 of the 8‚300 people with TB were foreign-born‚ according to the CDC. The CDC revealed in March‚ "TB disease cases in the U.S. have continued to rise‚ with concerning increases among young children and other groups at increased risk for TB disease." Syphilis appears to be another imported disease left unscreened at the border. The CDC also noted in November that "congenital syphilis cases in the United States increased 755% during 2012–2021." Center Square highlighted a Journal of Immigration and Minority Health analysis that found the "highest overall age-adjusted prevalence rates of syphilis seropositivity were observed among refugees from Africa (1340 cases per 100‚000)‚ followed by East Asia and the Pacific (397 cases per 100‚000)." Diversity and disease at the border The Biden administration has observed unprecedented diversity among the nationalities represented among those stealing into the country. A 2022 Congressional Research Service report noted that while historically‚ migrants apprehended at the southern border primarily came from Mexico‚ last year‚ migrants from so-called atypical countries "constituted 40% of total encounters‚ or nearly 1 million in absolute terms." Atypical countries include those in Africa and the Middle East. RCI suggested the increasing entry of atypical illegal aliens is especially problematic because countries like Senegal and Nigeria‚ represented at the informal U.N. general assembly at the border‚ don't do a great job vaccinating for polio‚ hepatitis‚ measles‚ malaria‚ and other diseases. "It's not like there is some Typhoid Mary out there‚ but this is something people are seeing and thinking about‚ even if they don’t want to discuss it publicly‚" said Art Arthur of the Center for Immigration Studies. RCI indicated that the Biden administration was more or less silent when pressed about the link between the re-emergence of once-controlled or defeated diseases and the porous southern border‚ adding that neither the CDC nor the Department of Homeland Security would comment on the matter. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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LG is one of the most beloved brands when it comes to televisions. The company's OLED lineup is top tier and many believe it to be the best-looking OLED on the market today. Personally‚ I lean towards the look of the Sony OLEDs and own one of those‚ but I can really appreciate the look of the LG as well. My friend has a 77-inch G-Series and it looks absolutely incredible. While the company certainly made a name for itself with its OLED TVs‚ it also is pushing the forefront of picture technology with its Mini LED lineup. Today‚ LG announced in a press release that is will be debuting its 2024 lineup of Mini LED televisions — which it calls QNED — at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. Continue reading... The post LG unveils a stunning 98-inch Mini LED TV set to debut at CES 2024 appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $15 Amazon credit‚ new Echo Show 8‚ OnePlus Open foldable phone‚ Fire Sticks‚ more Bose noise cancelling headphones deals save you up to $100 Trending Right Now: Google banned 13 infected Android apps‚ so delete them from your phone How in the world is Maestro not one of the Top 10 Netflix movies this week? Apple Watch Series 9‚ Ultra 2 on sale again after court pauses ban