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The Daily Wire’s first-ever feature-length comedy “Lady Ballers” is the number one most popular movie to stream in the country‚ according to Rotten Tomatoes. The film‚ which can be streamed exclusively on DailyWire+‚ took the top spot on Rotten Tomatoes list of most popular streaming movies on Tuesday. The film has an audience score of 95%‚ with more than 2‚500 reviews on the online aggregator of movie reviews. “Lady Ballers” is directed by the company’s co-founder Jeremy Boreing‚ who also stars in the film alongside Daily Wire sports show “Crain &; Co.” hosts. The movie tells the story of one down-on-his-luck former high school basketball coach‚ Rob‚ who will do anything to win — which in this case means teaching his team of men radical modern gender theory and leading them to identify as women in order to brutally dominate multiple women’s sports. It is followed on the streaming list by “May December‚” which stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore and is available on Netflix. Boreing says the “Lady Ballers” launch has been the most successful in the company’s history. Thank you to everyone who helped give Lady Ballers the biggest launch in @dailywireplus history. Best launch day for new subs Best launch day for reviews (97% on Rotten Tomatoes) And the online buzz is off the charts. Come have a laugh with us at https://t.co/p0JKWmM3US pic.twitter.com/pk9sxjHw75 — Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) December 2‚ 2023 Less than 24 hours after the film was released last Friday on The Daily Wire’s platform‚ the movie racked up over 1‚000 reviews on the movie review forum Rotten Tomatoes‚ earning a 97% approval rating. Audiences have responded positively to the film‚ calling it a “fresh return to humor” and a “necessary comedy for the current age.” “I knew it would be funny‚ but I hadn’t considered Daily Wire’s ability to tell stories with good values and morals‚ (which of course is the case) The end was phenomenal! Way to go [Daily Wire]. You knocked it out of the park!” another post read.

The Daily Wire‚ The Federalist‚ and the state of Texas joined on Tuesday in a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department‚ alleging that the government agency funded censorship technology designed to bankrupt domestic media outlets with disfavored political opinions. The State Department is tasked with foreign relations and has no authority over domestic affairs‚ yet it took a government office designed for countering foreign terrorist propaganda‚ the Global Engagement Center (GEC)‚ and unleashed it against Americans engaged in what it claimed was “disinformation‚” according to the lawsuit‚ filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas on Tuesday night by the New Civil Liberties Alliance. It was “one of the most audacious‚ manipulative‚ secretive‚ and gravest abuses of power and infringements of First Amendment rights by the federal government in American history‚” said the suit‚ which also names Secretary of State Antony Blinken and five other officials as defendants. The lawsuit asks a judge to declare the State Department’s attempt to interfere with domestic speech illegal and to permanently bar it from developing‚ promoting‚ or encouraging others to use technology to de-amplify‚ shadow ban‚ or restrict “the lawful speech of the American press and Americans.” GEC was founded in 2011 as the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications and tasked with countering the propaganda of foreign terrorists like Al Qaeda. In 2016‚ it was renamed‚ but kept the same counterterrorism mission. Congress has made clear that “none of the funds authorized” for the entity “shall be used for purposes other than countering foreign propaganda.” Nonetheless‚ GEC turned its focus on Americans‚ the complaint alleges‚ using taxpayer funds to finance the development and promotion of censorship organizations such as NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI)‚ which regularly target conservative media outlets such as The Daily Wire and The Federalist with the stated goal of limiting ad revenue. The New Civil Liberties Alliance’s Mark Chenoweth‚ who is representing the outlets‚ said “the federal government cannot do indirectly what the First Amendment forbids it from doing directly.” GDI’s main product is a “Dynamic Exclusion List” of media outlets that it says present a “high risk for disinformation.” It licenses the list to advertisers‚ who adopt it as a convenient way to avoid boycotts from the Left. That playbook was deployed last month against Elon Musk‚ when blue-chip advertisers were persuaded to stop advertising on the platform because the Left-wing Media Matters group claimed that big companies’ ads occasionally appeared near objectionable content. GDI says it aims to destroy “the incentive to create [disinformation] for the purpose of garnering advertising revenues.” GDI keeps its main blacklist secret‚ but publicly published its top 10 “riskiest” outlets‚ which was essentially a list of America’s most prominent and mainstream conservative media publications‚ including both The Daily Wire and The Federalist‚ as well as the New York Post‚ and Reason Magazine. GDI “was funded and promoted by State Department Defendants‚” the lawsuit states. “State Department Defendants’ active intervention in the news media market to make disfavored media unprofitable thus had devastating consequences to Media Plaintiffs.” Also funded by the State Department is for-profit company called NewsGuard‚ which said it aimed to “cut off revenues to fake news sites” by coming up with a whitelist that purported to name every legitimate news site. NewsGuard ranks The Federalist as “unreliable” and The Daily Wire as “credible with significant exceptions.” GEC funded GDI in 2021 through its U.S.-Paris Tech Challenge‚ in which GDI was awarded $100‚000. The Washington Examiner reported that the State Department-funded National Endowment for Democracy  apparently funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars more to GDI. The National Endowment for Democracy later acknowledged its “mandate is to work around the world and not in the United States‚” and thus would no longer fund GDI. The State Department also co-sponsored a “COVID-19 misinformation and disinformation” tech challenge that gave a prize to NewsGuard. NewsGuard said in a press release that it planned to “help” the State Department by flagging COVID “hoaxes.” One of the “hoaxes” flagged by NewsGuard was that COVID might have come from a Chinese lab‚ a scenario now viewed by U.S. agencies to be likely. NewsGuard gave its secret data to scientists from Los Alamos‚ the lab that created the atomic bomb‚ who used it to target skeptics of then-conventional COVID wisdom. The lawsuit says that the government used tools developed to be used against foreign nations against political opponents at home. “State Department disinformation tools were developed… as tools of warfare… in the context of national security” and “foreign relations‚” then “misdirected to be used at home against domestic political opponents‚” it said. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he is “proud to lead the fight to save Americans’ precious constitutional rights from Joe Biden’s tyrannical federal government.” “The State Department’s mission to obliterate the First Amendment is completely un-American‚” Paxton said. “This agency will not get away with their illegal campaign to silence citizens and publications they disagree with.” The lawsuit argues that Paxton’s ability to enforce Texas’ anti-censorship laws were infringed by the State Department’s funding of censorship tools. “The Biden administration is illegally funding organizations with the stated goal of financially crippling media outlets whose coverage does not walk in lockstep with the government’s ideological agenda‚” The Daily Wire said in a statement on the lawsuit. “We sued the Biden administration before over its unconstitutional vaccine mandate‚ and we won. This time‚ we’re suing for our rights‚ all news organizations’ rights‚ and the constitutional guarantee of a free press that all Americans deserve.”

Maybe you call him St. Nicholas‚ but have you wondered whether he's a real saint?

God is saying‚ “Submit yourself to Me‚ and I will tell you. First‚ give yourself over to Me.” Mary did that. She submitted her will to God. Have you surrendered your heart to Jesus Christ?

Recently I had the rare treat of grabbing dinner with some of my closest girlfriends. We began discussing our upcoming holiday plans. Within minutes the topic of in-laws‚ family tension‚ and general dread over getting together with relatives in the upcoming weeks was brought up.

The post FixNation’s Ongoing Crusade for Feline Wellness Reaches a Milestone: 250‚000th Fixed Feline! by Catster Editorial Team appeared first on Catster. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it‚ but all of these articles were assigned‚ contracted and paid for‚ so they aren't considered public domain. However‚ we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article‚ then linking out to the rest of the piece on Catster.com. On a sunny Wednesday in late November 2023‚ FixNation‚ a groundbreaking non-profit based in Los Angeles‚ celebrated the sterilization of its 250‚000th cat. With a mission to provide free spay/neuter services for community cats (feral‚ abandoned‚ and free-roaming felines) and affordable services for companion cats‚ FixNation has played a pivotal role in reducing feline overpopulation in Southern California with its high-volume/high-quality clinics and Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) program. Given its pleasant climate and urban sprawl‚ Los Angeles is home to a persistent and uncountable stray cat community. Emphasizing the importance of sterilization‚ FixNation executive director Karn Myers said‚ “Of those 250‚000 cats‚ our efforts prevented each female from giving birth to multiple litters of kittens‚ as well as the generations of offspring that unneutered males would have fathered.” She added‚ “Over time‚ that adds up to a massive‚ mind-boggling number—millions of cats that otherwise would have been born and struggling to survive on the streets.” A Mission of Compassion Jaquie‚ Karn‚ and Jackson‚ proud to be posing with Cloud. Founded in 2007 by Karn Myers and her late husband Mark Dodge‚ FixNation started as an all-volunteer program in 1999‚ sterilizing six cats on opening day. Currently‚ the clinic performs over 100 surgeries daily‚ sparing millions of cats from a life of hardship. Meet Cloud‚ the 250‚000th Cat To honor this milestone‚ a friendly female community cat named Cloud was chosen as the 250‚000th cat spayed or neutered at FixNation. Dr. Kiyoko Ishiwata performed the surgery. Luxe Paws founder Jacquie Navratil‚ the trapper who brought in Cloud‚ was presented with cat-themed merchandise donated by FixNation board members Jackson Galaxy and Kimberlie Hamilton‚ and a supply of food to aid street cats in downtown L.A. “Shelter Me” Episode Earlier in 2023‚ FixNation welcomed two-time Emmy-winning producer/director Steven Latham‚ who brought a film crew and spent the day filming for an upcoming “Shelter Me” episode on PBS. The episode documented the sterilization of 222 cats in a single day‚ and captured the dedication of FixNation’s team. “While other groups are decreasing funding for spay/neuter‚” Latham said‚ “FixNation is running into the burning building to help…. The love‚ compassion and respect that every single person at FixNation gives to these cats will restore your faith in humanity.” Funding Setbacks vs. High Demand With anywhere from 50 to 100 million stray cats roaming the streets and neighborhoods in the US‚ every major city has a feral cat population. The crisis will continue as long as our communities struggle to allocate the resources for animal control programs. “It’s a frustrating situation‚ as the clear solution for the cat population boom is mass sterilization. There simply aren’t enough homes out there for all the kitties that need them. Los Angeles will never adopt its way out of this crisis‚” Myers explained. Despite the organization’s staunch commitment to its mission‚ FixNation is currently facing serious funding obstacles. The clinic is expecting to fix over 17‚000 cats this year‚ and is experiencing a surge of appointment requests. This funding crisis has been exacerbated by economic challenges and a pivot in donor preferences toward foster and adoption programs. “Grants and private donations enabled us to fix 250‚000 cats thus far‚ yet now—at a time when our services are needed more than ever—our funding has plummeted‚” said Myers. “Only with adequate funding will we be able to continue our compassionate mission using the most natural means of population control‚ sterilization‚ the only humane and effective alternative to mass euthanasia.” Looking Forward Dr. Kiyoko Ishiwata DVM and Karn Myers of Fixnation FixNation’s pioneering Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program stands firm at the frontlines of the battle against feline overpopulation. Based on the principles of high-volume/high-quality spay/neuter services‚ free TNR training‚ and loaning humane traps to the public‚ the organization will continue its mission one way or another. If you are interested in contributing toward their cause‚ visit www.fixnation.org The post FixNation’s Ongoing Crusade for Feline Wellness Reaches a Milestone: 250‚000th Fixed Feline! by Catster Editorial Team appeared first on Catster. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it‚ but all of these articles were assigned‚ contracted and paid for‚ so they aren't considered public domain. However‚ we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article‚ then linking out to the rest of the piece on Catster.com.

Former President Donald Trump revealed his strategy to pay down the national debt without touching entitlements‚ the global consequences of President Joe Biden’s exit from Afghanistan and other issues Tuesday night.  Trump had a live town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity Tuesday night in Davenport‚ Iowa less than a month before the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 15.  The Trump town hall occurred one night before other Republican presidential candidates were set to square off in the fourth debate on Wednesday.  Here are the key highlights from the town hall event.  1. ‘You’re Not Going to be a Dictator‚ Are You?’ Hannity sited several left-leaning media outlets and Democrat politicians that claimed Trump sought to become a dictator if elected to a second term.  “They want to call you a dictator‚” Hannity said.  “To be clear‚ do you in any way have any plans whatsoever if reelected president to abuse power‚ to break the law‚ to use the government to go after people?” Hannity asked.  Trump responded by saying that is what the Biden administration is doing to him.  “Like they’re doing right now?” Trump said. “In the history of our country what’s happened to us‚ again‚ has never happened before over nonsense‚ over nothing‚ made up charges.” He noted that mob boss Al Capone was only indicted once.  “I got indicted four times. I wonder what my father and mother would say looking down‚” Trump said.  Trump talked about green energy schemes the Biden administration is pushing and pledged to make the U.S. energy independent.  “We are going to do things. We will close the border‚ day one. The border gets closed‚” Trump said. “Day one and a half we drill. Drill‚ baby‚ drill. Drill‚ drill‚ drill. And probably on day two we will get rid of this ridiculous electric car mandate.”  Hannity asked again‚ “You are not going to be a dictator‚ are you?” Trump joked: “I love this guy. He says‚ ‘You’re not going to be a dictator‚ are you? I say no‚ no‚ no‚ other than day one. We are closing the border and drilling‚ drilling‚ drilling. Other than that I am not a dictator.” The Biden campaign in an X post reposted by the Democratic National Committee‚ capitalized‚ asserting that Trump would be a dictator on day one. Trump: I will be a dictator on day one pic.twitter.com/d0otie4H6C— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) December 6‚ 2023 2. Drilling Down the Debt Trump said drilling and energy independence would help pay down the national debt.  “We were doing energy‚ taking our liquid gold out of the ground at a rate that has never been seen before.” He said under his administration‚ the United States was producing as much oil as Saudi Arabia. Trump added‚ “We would have been paying off debt.” “We’ve never seen anything like it. We were starting to get along and then we got hit with the China virus‚” Trump said of the economy before the COVID-19 pandemic. “Some people think purposely. I don’t. I think it was incompetence. We were doing so much better than any other country ever and we got hit. I will tell you we would be paying that debt off now at levels never seen before. It’s a beautiful thing.” Hannity sought clarity.  “You are saying that you in a second term‚ you will push America to be the most energy dominant country on earth and that you can pay down that $34 trillion in debt and we won’t have a trillion dollar interest payment every year?” the host asked.  Trump said this would prevent needing to address Social Security. Entitlement spending is currently the largest driver of the national debt.  “You don’t have to touch Social Security‚” Trump said. “We have money laying in the ground far greater than anything we can do by hurting senior citizens with their Social Security.” 3. Afghanistan Consequences Trump blasted the Biden administration’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.  “We are a declining country. We are laughed at all over the world. People respected us three years ago and  you wouldn’t have Ukraine and Russia‚” Trump said. “You wouldn’t have had the attack on Israel. You wouldn’t have had that withdrawal.” Trump noted his administration would have exited Afghanistan differently.  “You would have withdrawn but we would have withdrawn from Afghanistan with tremendous strength and power. That’s the way I had it set up‚” Trump said. “In Afghanistan we didn’t lose a soldier. Many soldiers were being killed by snipers and others during the Obama administration and Biden was there. I guess he wasn’t doing so much other than collecting cash probably.” Trump noted that the Taliban had access to $85 billion in U.S. military equipment. He said this encouraged Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. “They have Americans that we didn’t even get out. It was like a surrender. After that Russia said‚ you know‚ these people are incompetent. They are overrated‚” Trump said. “They went in and attacked Ukraine. That never would have happened. I use to speak to Vladimir Putin. I was the apple of his eye. Ukraine‚ I said don’t do it. Don’t do it. I won’t tell you exactly‚ but it was tough. He said you wouldn’t do that. I said‚ yes‚ I will. No‚ you won’t do it. He didn’t believe me but he believe me 10%. That’s all he had to believe me and he didn’t do anything. He never did anything.” 4. Biden Corruption Allegations Hannity asked about the allegations of Biden family influence peddling. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee released bank records showing direct payments to Joe Biden before he was president linked to family business ventures.  The committee released bank records that showed at least $20 million went from foreign individual and entities to shell companies owned by Biden family members. Three House committees are conducting an impeachment inquiry into the Biden.  White House spokesman Ian Sams posted earlier Tuesday on X‚ formerly known as Twitter‚ that House Republicans are only seeking a Biden impeachment to have a win‚ as he linked to news coverage.  The Constitution: Impeachment is for high crimes and misdemeanors‚ bribery‚ and treason‚ reserved as a severe punishment of last resortToday’s extreme House Republicans: Impeachment is for us to “put a GOP win on the table for the base”per @FoxNews https://t.co/BZtW4bGSCs pic.twitter.com/dziAzfzZ5h— Ian Sams (@IanSams46) December 5‚ 2023 Hannity talked about the testimony of first son Hunter Biden’s business partner Devon Archer about Biden’s actions while he was vice president.  “We know according to Devon Archer he was on phone calls‚” Hannity said. “We know he was meeting with oligarchs like the former first lady of Moscow at Café Milano. It doesn’t seem to get the attention in the media that anything involving you gets. What is your reaction to both?” Trump talked about a double standard.  “Someone said you must be the most honest guy in the world. After all these years they saw my tax returns‚ they saw everything‚” Trump said.  Trump told Hannity that former Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy‚ a Democrat who died in 2009‚ once told him that Biden was the dumbest of his colleagues.  Trump went on to talk about a double standard by media coverage of himself and Biden‚ and referenced the 2020 presidential debate.  “The media is fake. I came up with that term a long time ago and they won’t talk about it‚” Trump said. “If I did some of the things that he did‚ they would reinstitute the death penalty. OK. They don’t want to talk about it. When he gets paid $3.5 million from the mayor of Moscow’s wife. When I brought it up at a debate and Chris Wallace was moderating. How is he doing by the way? Not too good. What happened to Chris Wallace? I said why is he getting $3.5 million? I want to ask him that question. Chris Wallace interceded.” Trump added: “Now it’s a big subject. I talked about it literally three years ago. Why does all this money come in from China?” In February 2014‚ Russian billionaire Yelena Baturina transferred $3.5 million to Rosemont Seneca Thornton‚ a shell company with ties to Hunter Biden and his partner Devon Archer. Part of that was used to initially fund a new company account‚ Rosemont Seneca Bohai. In July‚ Archer testified to the House committee that while Biden was vice president‚ he showed up for a dinner with Hunter Biden’s business associates that included Baturina.  “During Joe Biden’s vice presidency‚ Hunter Biden sold him as ‘the brand’ to reap millions from oligarchs in Kazakhstan‚ Russia‚ and Ukraine‚” House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer‚ R-Ky.‚ said in a public statement about the new bank records. “It appears no real services were provided other than access to the Biden network‚ including Joe Biden himself.” The Russian billionaire attended the dinner at Café Milano along with then-Vice President Joe Biden. George Mesires‚ a lawyer for Hunter Biden‚ told CNN that‚ “Hunter Biden had no interest in and was not a ‘co-founder’ of Rosemont Seneca Thornton‚ so the claim that he was paid $3.5 million is false.” Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.   The post 4 Big Moments From Trump-Hannity Town Hall Event appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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