The main beneficiary of the crisis unfolding in Syria is Israel according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader was commenting on the incursion by the Israeli army into its neighboring country after the [...] The post Putin Says Israel Is The Main Winner In Syria appeared first on The People's Voice.

A hit album, a box office-smashing biopic, Oscar nominations, a court victory over the British government, causing a split between Liam and Noel: Kneecap look back on 2024

According to Axios, the reaction to Thompson’s death and suspected shooter Luigi Mangione has “captivated” America. “The event has laid bare public outrage towards the insurance industry, curiosity about Mangione’s digital footprint, and a blatant lack of empathy from people online.” “Most voters (68%) think the actions of the killer against Thompson were unacceptable, while […] The post Axios Points to a Poll of the CEO Murder, Then Ties It to J6 appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Disney shifted a bit on its extreme woke gender ideology. It’s a good sign, but they have spent years promoting the ideology in children. Deadline writes: Pixar‘s new animated series Win or Lose, set for a 2025 premiere on Disney+, will no longer include a transgender storyline. Disney has eliminated “a few lines of dialogue” from an […] The post Disney Wants You Back: They Ditched Trans Dialogue in New Film appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Michigan Democrats are pushing multiple pieces of controversial legislation before they lose their hold on the Michigan House of Representatives at the end of the year. Two Democrats and the entire House Republican conference, however, skipped the state legislature’s sessions on Wednesday, hamstringing Democrats’ last-minute efforts. Far-Left Democrats in the House have been pushing for a vote on a bill to allow illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses, and a police reform bill that would limit law enforcement’s use of no-knock warrants. But Republicans, joined by Democratic Rep. Karen Whitsett, want the House to focus on fixing the roads, protecting restaurant workers’ tips, and fixing issues with a paid sick leave law. Michigan House Republicans walked out of the legislative session last week, slamming Democrats for ignoring legislation on road improvements, minimum wage, and paid sick leave bills that Republican members argue are more pressing issues. Democrats currently have a trifecta in the state, controlling the state House, Senate, and governor’s mansion. The Michigan Republicans did not return for sessions on Wednesday and do not plan to return on Thursday, which is listed as the final day on the voting calendar until the state House flips back to Republican control in 2025. Whitsett also did not attend Wednesday’s session, meaning Democrats lacked the votes to pass any bills. “I’m staying home for my constituents,” Whitsett said, according to The Detroit News. “We’re not going to be voting on garbage bills that do nothing for our community and have a negative impact.” Restaurant workers and bartenders have voiced concerns about a minimum wage law that is set to take effect in February that they say will decrease the money they make from tips. Business owners, meanwhile, are concerned about a new law on required sick leave for nearly all employees. Some business owners say it will hurt their efforts to run a punctual and effective operation while also hurting employees who already have sick leave benefits. Unless the state legislature acts, the new minimum wage and paid sick time laws will take effect in two months. Michigan House Speaker-elect Matt Hall told The Daily Wire that Republicans also want to vote on a plan to fix the roads that won’t raise any taxes. “The things these Democrats are working on are radical and out of touch with the people of Michigan or unimportant in most cases,” Hall told The Daily Wire in a phone interview. “We want to spend our time here focusing on the issues that matter most to the working people of Michigan.” Hall added that if Democrats refuse to vote on the roads bill, or minimum wage or sick leave laws, then the House should adjourn. He said that Republicans will pick these issues up when they take over the Michigan House next month. Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel accused Michigan House Republicans and Whitsett of taking “literally criminal” actions. “Article IV of the Michigan Constitution defines the role of the Legislature and how it is to be constituted. The chief purposes of the Legislature are to enact new laws and amend or repeal existing laws,” Nessel wrote on Facebook. “MCL 750.478: When any duty is or shall be enjoined by law upon any public officer, or upon any person holding any public trust or employment, every willful neglect to perform such duty, where no special provision shall have been made for the punishment of such delinquency, constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of not more than $1,000.00.” Michigan House rules allow for the Speaker to call on the sergeant-at-arms to bring absent lawmakers to the session, but Democratic Speaker Joe Tate has so far declined to use that authority. House Speaker Pro Tem Laurie Pohutsky said she is encouraging Tate to dispatch the sergeant-at-arms. “And I am not the only one,” Pohutsky said. “He is the Speaker of the House. That is his decision to make.” Later on Wednesday, Whitsett said that she plans to be in attendance on Thursday since some of her bills will be taken up for a vote, Gongwer News reported. In the final weeks of the 2024 session, Michigan House Democrats have crammed through leftist legislation, including a bill to prevent libraries from removing books on sexual orientation and gender identity and a bill that updates the state’s hate crime law to include protections for sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Those bills are now in the hands of the Democrat-controlled state Senate, which could also be in a bind as one Democratic state Senator, Sylvia Santana, also announced that she will be skipping the legislative session, The Detroit News reported. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Lawmakers are scheduled to come back for a session at noon on Thursday with a House Democratic Caucus spokesman telling reporters, “The agenda for today is the agenda for tomorrow,” according to Bridge Michigan. In the state Senate, Democrats need 20 votes to pass any legislation, but Santana’s absence puts their count at 19. Similarly, in the state House, Democrats need 56 votes, but they only have 55 with Whitsett skipping the session. House Republicans gathered for a press conference at a Lansing-area restaurant on Wednesday morning, where Speaker-elect Hall continued his calls for Democrats to take action with Republicans to save restaurant workers’ tipping system. He also slammed AG Nessel over her comments. “We’re not going to be bullied and intimidated by this attorney general,” Hall said. “And she has no business as a member of the executive branch telling us in the legislative branch what to do. Look, I’m an attorney too, so I hope she knows about the separation of powers, but we’re not going to be bullied by her.” “She knows that oversight is coming and accountability to her department and scrutiny of her budget,” he added. “And we’re going to get her office under control.”

A California man was detained by the FBI on Tuesday night after he communicated with the 15-year-old Wisconsin school shooter and allegedly plotted his own mass shooting at a government building, according to police, NBC News reported. FBI agents seized guns and ammunition from the Carlsbad, California, home of a 20-year-old male on Tuesday night. The seizure was authorized by a San Diego Superior Court judge who approved a “gun violence restraining order,” often called a “red flag” law, according to NBC 7. The man was detained “after he was discovered plotting a mass shooting with the Madison Wisconsin shooter,” a Carlsbad police officer wrote in the gun order. According to the order, the 20-year-old suspect “admitted to the FBI agents” that he talked with the teen girl before she killed two people and wounded several others at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday morning. The man allegedly told her “that he would arm himself with explosives and a gun and that he would target a government building.” The Wisconsin school shooter was found at the scene with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police say that she used a handgun. NBC News reported that it was unclear if the California man was arrested or charged after he was detained for questioning. How and why the man was allegedly in communication with the Wisconsin shooter also remains unclear. The Carlsbad Police Department assured the public on Wednesday night that “there is no threat to the Carlsbad community at this time.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Madison, Wisconsin, authorities are still working to determine a motive for the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School. The 15-year-old girl opened fire in a study hall classroom that had students of mixed grades, killing a classmate and substitute teacher and wounding six others. Police said earlier this week that they are looking into writings possibly authored by the shooter. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes told CNN on Tuesday that authorities “have been made aware of a manifesto … or some type of letter that’s been posted by someone who alleged to be her friend.” Court records obtained by The Washington Post show that the shooter, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, was in therapy over her troubled home life. The 15-year-old split time between her mom and dad, who divorced in 2014, remarried in 2017, divorced again in 2020, and then remarried for a second time. By April 2021, the couple petitioned for a third divorce and were “admonished” by a judge “concerning remarriage.” By July 2022, the shooter was enrolled in therapy to help guide decisions on which parent she would spend weekends with, court records show, according to the Post. Her parents’ custody agreement moved her between her mom and dad every two to three days. Asked at a Tuesday press conference how the shooter would have been able to obtain a firearm, Chief Barnes replied, “How does any 15-year-old get ahold of a gun?”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched airstrikes against targets belonging to Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen during the early morning hours on Thursday after the group fired a missile into Israel that destroyed a school. “Today, the IDF conducted precise strikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen – including ports and energy infrastructure in Sana’a, which the Houthis have been using in ways that effectively contributed to their military actions,” said IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. “Israel will not hesitate to act in order to defend itself and its citizens from the Houthi attacks.” Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen said that the damage to the multistory Ramat Ef’al elementary school would need to be entirely rebuilt after sustaining millions of dollars in damage from the Houthi missile strike. No one was inside the building when it was hit. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Israel’s military said that its strikes against the Houthis involved 14 fighter jets that were deployed in two waves — the first of which targeted the ports of Hodeida, Salif, and the Ras Isa oil terminal, while the second targeted energy infrastructure in Sanaa. A significant explosion following Israeli airstrikes earlier tonight in Yemen. pic.twitter.com/VLcvmJ23w4 — Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) December 19, 2024 Reported footage of Israeli strikes on Hodeidah, Yemen, a short time ago. pic.twitter.com/agI6qxtu5L — Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) December 19, 2024 An Israeli airstrike in Yemen a short time ago. pic.twitter.com/0ydLEpxbqV — Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) December 19, 2024 Damage at the Hezyaz power station in Sanaa, Yemen, following overnight Israeli airstrikes targeting Houthi assets. pic.twitter.com/yp1L3r7Doy — Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) December 19, 2024 The scene at the Hezyaz power station in Sanaa, Yemen, this morning following Israeli airstrikes against the Houthis. pic.twitter.com/Wn2qmSjf04 — Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) December 19, 2024 “After Hamas, Hezbollah and the Assad regime in Syria, the Houthis are almost the last remaining arm of Iran’s axis of evil,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They are learning and they will learn the hard way, that whoever harms Israel pays a very heavy price for it.” The Houthis have fired more than 200 ballistic missiles and launched more than 170 suicide drones at Israel, in addition to the scores of attacks that the terrorist group has launched against cargo ships and oil tankers.