Sir Keir Starmer’s government proposes allowing millions of foreign nationals to vote and abolishing measures to prevent voter fraud. Ministers are considering plans to overhaul the way elections are held by scrapping voter ID laws and giving five million foreign nationals the right to vote in UK elections. They clearly plan to cheat and stay […] The post The UK Is About to Lose All Election Integrity appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Actor Michael Rapaport torched California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the Los Angeles wildfires after Newsom turned his focus on making the state “Trump-proof” ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. In a lengthy rant on X, the 54-year-old actor called on Newsom to resign and said the governor was done in the state following the devastation of the three fires in Southern California. “You thought you were going to be president,” Rapaport blasted. “You’re never, ever, ever gonna be president, Gavin with the good hair. I don’t care how slicked back it is … little Nancy [Pelosi’s] little nephew.” “Gavin with the good hair, you have overseen two of the most important cities in California and you’ve ran them, nose-dived into the ground,” he added. “San Francisco is apocalyptic. I’ve been there; I’ve seen it with my own eyes. You ran that gorgeous, iconic, totally unique American city into the ground. It’s a dump pot, a cesspool.” Gavin with the good hair Newsom aka Nancy’s Nephew blew it, there’s no learning curve, resign #GavinNewsom #CaliforniaWildfires @iamrapaport pic.twitter.com/eTFHA7diwh — MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) January 14, 2025 “And you turned Los Angeles … you let Los Angeles turn into a dump hole also,” Rapaport continued, calling the city “dirty” and full of homeless people. “The crime, the catch and release in California, and now these, the Los Angeles fires, you were woefully and pathetically unprepared for. And you keep talking, ‘We need to learn from our mistakes.’ Get the f*** out of here. There’s no more mistakes for you; you’re done!” CELEBRATE #47 WITH 47% OFF DAILYWIRE+ MEMBERSHIPS + A FREE $20 GIFT The Hollywood star said Newsom has been talking about making the state “Trump-proof” when he should’ve been “fire-proofing California.” “You’re talking about Trump this, Trump that. He’s not even president,” Rapaport blasted. “This is on you. This is on you. You’re the governor … you’re done.” The comments were the latest from celebrities who have been blowing up on Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass following the multiple fires that have nearly destroyed whole towns due to days of out-of-control blazes. Actress Patricia Heaton recently called out both Newsom and Bass for the devastation in L.A. “We have a mayor who cut the budget of the fire department in California by over $17 million dollars,” Heaton said in a video posted on X. “Fire is the biggest hazard in Los Angeles. Why would you cut that budget? There was no water in the fire hydrants in the Palisades.” “The people running the show just decimated [CA]. Drugs, homelessness with mentally ill people on the streets, crime … taxes. What do you pay all these taxes for to see your neighborhood go up in smoke?” she added. “It is so enraging,” the actress continued. “That they took one of the most beautiful states, maybe the most beautiful state in the union and just continue to destroy it. Gavin Newsom standing there with his hands in his pockets … I just really feel for everybody there.” Related: Patricia Heaton Blows Up On LA Mayor As Fires Rage

Republican lawmakers are again introducing legislation to protect babies born alive in botched abortions, The Daily Wire can first report. Led by Republican Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, lawmakers will introduce the “Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act” on Thursday. The legislation would “prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion.” It’s a piece of legislation that Republicans have introduced repeatedly in the past, arguing that it is both common sense to support it and inhumane to vote against it. Yet every year, Democrats vote against the protections for born-alive babies, arguing that the legislation is a secret attempt to restrict women’s access to so-called reproductive healthcare. “No child should be denied medical care simply because they are ‘unwanted,'” Lankford told The Daily Wire. “Today, if an abortion procedure fails and a child is born alive, doctors can just ignore the crying baby on the table and watch them slowly die of neglect.” “That’s not an abortion,” he added, “that’s infanticide.” The Oklahoma senator is joined by 38 of his Republican colleagues, including Jim Banks of Indiana, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, Chuck Grassley of Iowa,  Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Mike Lee of Utah. The legislation is also backed by a host of conservative organizations, including Concerned Women for America, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and more. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images) Protections for unborn babies, limits on abortion, and federal abortion legislation are controversial topics within the Republican Party at the moment. But protections for born-alive babies have strong support from most, if not all, Republican lawmakers. President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly highlighted Democratic support for laws that allow abortionists to end the lives of babies who survive abortions. Vice President Kamala Harris — who shook her head at Trump during their presidential debate and indicated he was lying as he discussed Democratic abortion extremism — voted against the Born Alive Infant Survivors Protection Act in 2020. Given the controversial nature of abortion in the United States, it would seem that Americans should have access to quality reporting and statistics on the topic. But only eight states publicly report or respond to requests for statistics on babies who were born alive during abortion procedures, according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Texas. A Daily Wire review found that most of these states are not transparent with their reporting on whether the babies were given care after they were born alive following botched abortions. Minnesota appears to be the only state providing reasons — and Tim Walz, the state’s Democratic governor, did away with the state’s reporting requirement in May 2023. Lankford’s legislation would require not only that abortionists “exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care practitioner would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age,” but also that the abortionist ensures that “the child born alive is immediately transported and admitted to a hospital.” It would also mandate that health care practitioners, hospital staff, or abortion clinic staff report any knowledge of violations of this law, and states that anyone who intentionally “performs or attempts to perform an overt act that kills a child born alive…shall be punished…for intentionally killing or attempting to kill a human being.” Mothers of babies born alive may not be prosecuted under the law.

An Ohio school district is facing a federal complaint over a discriminatory employment program that may have illegally barred teachers from participating on the basis of their race and sex. Parents Defending Education (PDE), a non-profit organization dedicated to opposing left-wing ideology in the education system, filed the complaint against Middletown City School District over the district’s discriminatory affinity group programming, which is open only to black male teachers. “PDE and its members oppose racial discrimination and political indoctrination in America’s schools. Middletown City School District is offering educational and affinity group programming for Black male employees that are not offered to all employees in the District,” reads the complaint from PDE, first obtained by The Daily Wire. The complaint comes as school districts across the country have adopted controversial diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies that often discriminate against individuals on the basis of their race and sex in attempts to diversify the staff or faculty of a given institution. “Schools should be focused on making training and resources available to ALL teachers, not arbitrarily excluding teachers and staff based on race,” Michele Exner, Senior Advisor for Parents Defending Education, told The Daily Wire. “This is a blatant violation of employment laws and it’s why we are calling for an investigation into this program. Students and teachers deserve better than a system that chooses divisiveness over results.” The complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission points specifically to the district’s Admiral Squad, a race and sex-based affinity group program that seeks to “address the shortage of Black males in education” and aims “to hire 25 Black male classroom teachers.” “As the Commission is aware, ‘the important purpose of Title VII’ is ‘that the workplace be an environment free of discrimination, where race is not a barrier to opportunity,’” PDE writes in its complaint. The complaint goes on to explain that the hiring and retention model proposed by the district also includes a number of race-based goals, such as securing a “50% increase in the number of Black male educators from 32 to 52,” “developing a diverse pipeline,” and offering a “fellowship for Black and Brown candidate student members.” The district also intends to “work with He is Me Institute, which offers a fellowship to support Black males in high school and college who are interested in becoming teachers.” “The District has even committed to working with nearby universities to target, hire, and retain Black male classroom educators,” it adds, detailing the extent of the district’s race and sex-based recruiting and hiring operation. A representative of the school district contended that the Admiral Squad program is compliant with federal employment law in a comment to The Daily Wire, also adding that “while the Admiral Squad is an affinity group for Black male educators, nothing is stopping a Middletown City School District educator of any other race or sex from being part of the group.” The district representative also added that the Admiral Squad is “used as a retention and recruitment tool for current Middletown City School District educators” and “was created as a result of the fact that less than 2% of the teaching population nationwide are Black males.” The Middletown City School District is hardly the only district that appears to be engaging in race-based discrimination, however. PDE also filed a federal complaint against Minnesota’s Rochester Public Schools after the district allegedly used funds to support affinity group programs and professional development initiatives that discriminated against white employees. The district also boasted the “Grow Your Own” program, which intended to “increase and support the number of educators of color in our district.” The initiative’s description went on to add that the program “will support teachers/individuals of color who want to pursue a career in teaching.” There’s also California’s La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District, which PDE hit with a federal complaint after discovering that the district set out to “achieve an increase in diversity” for new hires. One district document outlined “strategies to encourage diverse candidates,” with another detailing the district’s goal of achieving “an increase in the diversity of the workforce in at least 75% of new hires.”

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo unloaded on Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) during a Tuesday segment addressing the confirmation hearing for decorated Army veteran Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon. Cuomo recapped parts of Hegseth’s televised hearing before the Senate Armed Forces Committee, and he argued that Kaine’s single-minded focus on Hegseth’s prior marital troubles had swung wide of the mark. WATCH: Chris Cuomo torches Democratic senators for their behavior during @PeteHegseth's SECDEF confirmation hearing: "Bipartisan national security commission found we are not ready for war with China or Russia…and Sen. Tim Kaine wants to talk to exhaustion about his marriage." pic.twitter.com/4TmR0F5Np7 — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) January 15, 2025 Although Cuomo was harshest on Kaine, he was critical of several of the senators who had questioned Hegseth during the sometimes-contentious hearing that had taken place earlier that day. “My opinion is we saw the enemy today at Pete Hegseth’s Armed Services Committee hearing, and it’s us. Not you, but the toxic game of division played by the people who we put in power,” he began. “What questions would you have for a potential secretary of defense?” Cuomo asked then, offering his own suggestions: “What are you going to do about China, Russia, terror, Pentagon size, drones?” CELEBRATE #47 WITH 47% OFF DAILYWIRE+ MEMBERSHIPS + A FREE $20 GIFT But then he pivoted to what the Democrats on the committee had actually asked Hegseth about, adding, “Or would your top concern be his marriage? Is your biggest fear that an army of trans folk are going to take over? Because those were the concerns that the most deliberative body in the world focused on today.” Cuomo then directly referenced Kaine’s line of questioning — a series of queries all related to Hegseth’s marital infidelities and whether or not he was fit to serve if he’d broken his marriage vows: “Here is the moment that Democrats are choosing to send around the internet as their big win: Senator Tim Kaine giving Hegseth the Bill Clinton.” “Two points of disgust: How many people on that committee, how many in Congress, could pass the Kaine test that you can’t honor an oath to serve if you’ve ever been unfaithful?” Cuomo asked, taking much the same position as Senator Markwayne Mullin had during the hearing. “Kaine may be sitting in that room alone.” “Who cares when we are talking about being the top warrior, not our pastor?” Cuomo took the argument a step further. “I’ll tell you who agreed with me once about this: Tim Kaine. He supported Bill Clinton for president. He didn’t say he couldn’t serve despite all he knew about his peccadilloes. He still backed him. Why? Is president not as important an oath? So, what changed?”

Tennessee’s Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, who was just reelected by nearly 30 points in November, is considering a run for Tennessee governor. Citing sources in Washington, D.C., and Tennessee, Axios reports that Blackburn was making calls saying she was likely to enter the 2026 gubernatorial race to replace term-limited Governor Bill Lee. Blackburn, a conservative senator and strong ally of President-elect Donald Trump, has been in the Senate since 2019.  Neither Blackburn nor her campaign has publicly confirmed that she will enter the race, but some Republicans have already come out to announce their support for her.  “Senator Blackburn has done an outstanding job as a state senator, U.S. congresswoman, and U.S. Senator,” said Glenn Jacobs, the former WWE wrestler-turned-politician, posted on X. “She would do an equally outstanding job as Governor and would have my full support if that’s what she decides.” His name had been floated in Republican circles in the state as another potential gubernatorial candidate, but his endorsement of Blackburn signals that he wouldn’t enter the race should Blackburn declare. Great to see @VoteMarsha at tonight’s TN Chamber event. Senator Blackburn has done an outstanding job as a state senator, U.S. congresswoman, and U.S. Senator. She would do an equally outstanding job as Governor and would have my full support if that’s what she decides. pic.twitter.com/II52SK5D6i — Glenn Jacobs (@GlennJacobsTN) January 15, 2025 Blackburn, previously a state legislator and congresswoman, was first elected to the Senate in 2018, defeating former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen 54.7%-43.9%. In 2024, she built on her margin of victory, handily defeating Democratic challenger Gloria Johnson 63.8%-34.2%.  “This victory tonight really does belong to the people of Tennessee because they’re the ones we’ve listened to, they’re the ones that have shown up at meetings all across this state in each of our 95 counties, and the people of Tennessee have spoken,” Blackburn said on Election Day after her sweeping win.  CELEBRATE #47 WITH 47% OFF DAILYWIRE+ MEMBERSHIPS + A FREE $20 GIFT Blackburn said she had been given a “to-do” list by the people of Tennessee. “Here’s your to-do list that we’ve heard from you: Bring back a strong economy and get rid of this inflation. And make the Trump tax cuts permanent,” Blackburn said. “Secure that southern border and absolutely build the wall.”  During her time in the Senate, Blackburn has backed measures to crack down on illegal immigration, oppose transgender ideology, keep men out of women’s sports, and push for tech companies to ensure more safety online for kids.  Blackburn has also won public support from prominent Tennessee conservatives, including Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing and commentator Clay Travis. “I am an enormous fan of my governor Bill Lee. I am also an enormous fan of my senator Marsha Blackburn,” Boreing wrote on X. “That likely means I am an enormous fan of my next governor as well.” “She’s been a fabulous senator and Marsha Blackburn will make a great Tennessee governor too,” said Travis. “She’s got my vote next year.” Other potential Republican candidates for governor might include Reps. John Rose and Mark Green, State House Speaker Cameron Sexton, and Secretary of State Tre Hargett.

After years of cries from food safety and health advocates, the Food and Drug Administration made a big announcement on January 15. The Associated Press reported that the FDA officially granted a petition to ban the use of the dye erythrosine, also known as FD&C, Red No. 3, or Red 3, by January 2027. This means that some foods will no longer have their bright red color, despite dye advocates saying the benefits far outweigh the potentially hazardous hue. Food, medication, and dietary supplement manufacturers commonly use Red No 3. The United States banned its use in cosmetics in 1990. The European Union outlawed it entirely in 1994. “This is a welcome, but long overdue, action from the FDA: removing the unsustainable double standard in which Red 3 was banned from lipstick but permitted in candy,” Dr. Peter Lurie, director of the group Center for Science in the Public Interest, said. Red No. 3 Could Be Dangerous For Humans Jim Jones, deputy commissioner for human foods, told the AP, “The FDA is taking action that will remove the authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs. Evidence shows cancer in laboratory male rats exposed to high levels of FD&C Red No.3. Importantly, the way that FD&C Red No. 3 causes cancer in male rats does not occur in humans.” The ingredient can also trigger behavioral issues and agitation in children. It can also be harmful to their brain health, according to CNN. The ban will take effect in January 2027 for food manufacturers. Ingestid drug companies have until January 2028 to eliminate the use of Red No. 3 from their products. The National Confectioners Association released a statement regarding the Red No. 3 ban. It reads in part, “Food safety is the number one priority for U.S. confectionery companies. And we will continue to follow and comply with FDA’s guidance and safety standards. Our consumers and everyone in the food industry want and expect a strong FDA, and a consistent, science-based national regulatory framework. We have been saying for years that FDA is the rightful national regulatory decision maker and leader in food safety.” This story’s featured image is by Zigmunds Dizgalvis via Shutterstock. The post FDA Bans Ingredient Believed To Be Harmful To Children After Years Of Mounting Pressure appeared first on InspireMore.