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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban  As TikTok inches toward potential extinction in the US, creators are trying to transition viewers to other platforms, while some viewers are already in a state of mourning. The Chinese-owned platform is set to be yanked from US app stores on January 19. That's unless it's tossed a last-minute life raft by the Supreme Court or President-elect Donald Trump, who has asked the court to pause an enforcement deadline. The former scenario is looking increasingly unlikely, however, as legal experts tell Business Insider that the Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward upholding the divest-or-ban law. If the app goes dark, US users will have to look elsewhere for a short-form video fix. TikTok's ethos and community are unique, but competing formats exist on the world's biggest social-media apps, and are also offered by emerging competitors. Supreme Court unanimously upholds forced sale of TikTok from Chinese parent company
Supreme Court Backs TikTok Ban Unless Sold by Chinese Parent Company Biden Admin Won't Enforce Sunday TikTok Ban Schumer Presses for TikTok Ban to Be DelayedTrump Exploring Ways to 'Preserve' TikTok as CEO Gets Inaugural InviteTrump: China's Xi and I Had 'Very Good' Phone Call  President-elect Donald Trump said he had a good discussion on Friday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a number of issues, including trade, fentanyl and TikTok The conversation comes ahead of Trump’s inauguration Monday. Earlier, the Chinese state media Xinhua reported that Xi and Trump spoke by phone on Friday, but did not provide any further detail.
Israeli security cabinet approves long-awaited cease-fire deal with Hamas  The Israeli security cabinet has officially approved the long-awaited cease-fire deal with Hamas, putting a pause to the fighting in Gaza and allowing for the release of dozens of hostages held captive by the terrorist group for 15 months. The 11 voting members of the security cabinet approved the deal with a simple majority vote, the Prime Minister’s Office said. The full, 33-member Israeli cabinet will meet to approve the agreement at 3:30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. ET). Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet and the Israeli government accepted the peace agreement after negotiators for the Jewish state and Hamas signed off on the deal. Arizona rancher suffering in Dems' border crisis says Trump DHS pick Noem should immediately do 4 things  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's nomination to head the Department of Homeland Security is being welcomed by law-and-order advocates and southern border stakeholders as she prepares to meet with the Senate on Friday for a confirmation hearing. President-elect Trump announced her as his choice on Nov. 12, just days after beating Vice President Harris in the election, who was widely condemned as ineffective on border security under President Biden. "She was the first Governor to send National Guard Soldiers to help Texas fight the Biden Border Crisis, and they were sent a total of eight times," the Trump transition team noted in a statement announcing her nomination. "She will work closely with ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan to secure the Border, and will guarantee that our American Homeland is secure from our adversaries." Trump made combating migrant crime central to his campaign, an important issue for voters that went largely ignored by Democrats, who dismissed congressional hearings involving testimony from victims' families as politically motivated. Displaced LA Homeowners Face Price Gouging  Jay Gilberg bought a five-bedroom, 4,800-square-foot home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades in June to merge two households, bringing his two daughters, his girlfriend, and her teenager together under one roof in what he described as "a very happy home." Six months later, that home is gone, one of an estimated 5,000 damaged or destroyed in the Palisades Fire. As he and his real estate agent began searching for a temporary home large enough to accommodate a family of five, they encountered another shock — a sudden spike in rental prices. One Beverly Hills rental home that had been listed for $14,000 a month suddenly increased by $4,000 overnight — a nearly 29% price hike that the listing agent told Gilberg's realtor reflected "supply and demand."
CNN wants to exile Jim Acosta’s show to the ‘Siberia of television news’ to stop him annoying Trump  CNN is apparently plotting to exile star anchor Jim Acosta — a longtime antagonist of President-elect Donald Trump — to the “Siberia of television news” in a bid to “throw a bone” to the incoming commander-in-chief, according to a former colleague. The network’s boss, Mark Thompson, this week called in Acosta to propose shifting his show, “CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta,” from 10 a.m. to the graveyard midnight slot, ex-CNN senior media reporter Oliver Darcy reported in his Status News newsletter. “The move would effectively exile Acosta to the Siberia of television news,” Darcy wrote. Acosta was caught “off guard,” Darcy said — with the anchor later using his airtime for some self-promotion to send a message to Trump to go easier on journalists. Elite Democrats shunned democracy throughout Biden’s term — and now they’re paying the price When Donald Trump is sworn in Monday, America will have a president for the first time in four years. The Biden era hasn’t been a presidency but an interregnum, with seemingly no one in charge in Washington. The sign on Harry Truman’s desk used to say, “The buck stops here.” Where did it stop with Joe Biden in the Oval Office? Voters never asked for an experiment in leaderless administration, but the party that put Biden in power gave them one anyway. This liberal is seeing red after decades of California misrule meant my house burned down Matt Himes is a writer and editor at Blaze Media who lost his Pacific Palisades home when the wildfires struck Los Angeles. A former liberal, he says the ineptitude shown by Democratic leaders like LA Mayor Karen Bass and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have made him — and many of his neighbors — more conservative. Want to cure a liberal? Ship them to California. One-party rule has been squandering California’s abundant talent and treasure for decades, turning a one-time exemplar of the middle-class American dream into a crumbling, crowded and crime-ridden hellhole. Los Angeles especially has suffered a steep decline. The enlightened liberals of Hollywood and Silicon Beach simply chose not to see it — gated communities and private schools certainly helped. That was before this month’s catastrophic wildfires leveled whole communities — and took out some of the choicest real estate in the country. |
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