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Journalist Nick Shirley’s name is on the tip of everyone’s tongues after his massive exposé of Somalian day-care fraud plaguing the taxpayers of Minnesota under Tim Walz’s watch — but that’s not the only event he’s covered.

“I’ve spent a lot of time in London,” Shirley tells BlazeTV host John Doyle at AmFest.

“I’ve been to a few of the marches that have been held there. I originally went there just to see what was happening cause I’ve heard of illegal immigration — or mass migration, not even illegal, because a lot of their immigration is legal — but how mass migration has shifted London,” he explains.

“Do you have to worry at all while you’re over there getting that kind of content that, like, the police are going to arrest you for hate speech or something?” Doyle asks.

“Yeah, that’s the thing that’s interesting about being in London. You don’t have to worry about being attacked per se. You have to worry about being arrested for the videos you make inside of London. So, I always film, and then I post them once I get out of London,” Shirley says.

And recently, Shirley has been impressed with the amount of people who have been taking to the streets to protest censorship or mass migration.

“They had, like, over a million people out in the streets of London. That was pretty incredible just to see how many people are actually very, not as much interested, but more so impacted by what’s happening in their country that a million people came out to support,” he explains.

This protest in particular was about both free speech and mass migration.

“Were people more or less happy to see an American over there in support of them?” Doyle asks.

“Very much so, because they say that if it wasn’t for Donald Trump, who knows what would happen with the West,” Shirley says.

“They feel a lot more safe, and they feel like their country is going to be in a lot better position,” he continues, “because Trump does stand for Western values, and he doesn’t want to see these other countries get diminished.”

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While a few Republican politicians are dissenting on the issue of strikes in Venezuela, a CNN analysis found that President Donald Trump has an “iron grip” on the party.

Harry Enten said that polling showed there was no “rift” in the party and that a large majority supported the president. He made the comments during a segment on CNN Tuesday.

‘The vast, vast majority of Republicans are with Donald Trump on this issue.’

“Let me be very clear: There is no rift in the Republican Party!” Enten said forcefully.

“Yes, there are some folks like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie who are quite skeptical of this,” he added. “They are very much in the minority.”

Enten pointed to an Ipsos poll that found 65% of Republicans supported the ouster of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, while only 6% opposed the action. A Washington Post poll found that 74% of Republican respondents supported the action and only 10% opposed it.

“The vast, vast majority of Republicans are with Donald Trump on this issue,” he added. “Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene are very much in the minority. Very few Republicans are with them.”

He pointed to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Republican support for the president actually increasing slightly from 84% six months ago, to 85% currently.

“The bottom line is this: Donald Trump has had an iron grip, an iron grip on that Republican base for a long period of time,” he added.

Video of Enten’s comments were widely circulated on social media.

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Enten went on to say on social media that support for the Venezuelan strikes had increased among all Americans, likely because it was such a successful operation.

“Trump has to like the dramatic change in the polls on Maduro’s ouster,” Enten wrote. “Support for it is through the roof (up 16 pts) vs. pre-ouster. We saw a similar rise in support over time for the Iran strikes in mid-2025. Americans like what they deem as successful military operations.”

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the general public is looking at artificial intelligence through the wrong lens.

In a recent blog post, the India-born executive told readers to start viewing AI platforms as “bicycles for the mind.”

‘While AI can improve efficiency, it may also reduce critical engagement.’

Nadella explained that he prefers users would think of AI “as a scaffolding for human potential vs. a substitute” for human labor.

This scaffolding should be used to achieve goals, not replace humans in their roles, he continued, before saying debates around AI should not include an argument as to whether or not something is “slop.”

“We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs. sophistication and develop a new equilibrium in terms of our ‘theory of the mind’ that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other. This is the product design question we need to debate and answer.”

“Slop” was named as Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year for 2025 and was defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.”

With this definition in mind, it is no wonder that Nadella would rather his users shy away from using such a term.

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The blog post, titled “Looking Ahead to 2026,” envisioned a world where it is not even considered to not integrate AI into regular tasks.

Society must account for AI’s “‘jagged’ edges” and enable rich and safe “tools use” to advance to proper “scaffolds,” Nadella claimed.

Consistently using this term to imply assistance in man-made projects en masse, Nadella described the use of AI as necessary in the face of “scarce energy, compute, and talent” resources.

“If Nadella wants people to stop referring to AI output as slop, then the AIs should be improved so they no longer produce slop,” said Josh Centers, a tech expert from Chapter House.

Interestingly enough, the very same slop that generative AI models have produced recently have actually not enhanced human thinking, according to studies. As PC Gamer noted, Microsoft even co-authored a study that showed reliance on AI models can reduce independent problem-solving capabilities.

“Surprisingly, while AI can improve efficiency, it may also reduce critical engagement, particularly in routine or lower-stakes tasks in which users simply rely on AI, raising concerns about long-term reliance and diminished independent problem-solving,” the paper revealed.

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The study also noted that AI tools “appear to reduce the perceived effort required for critical thinking tasks among knowledge workers, especially when they have higher confidence in AI capabilities.”

Content creator Kabrutus — who represents a community of more than 470,000 disenfranchised gamers — has heavily criticized AI when it does churn out “slop.”

“I think Nadella’s main goal on wanting us to stop using the term ‘slop’ to refer to their AI is because he realizes AI is perceived as something very negative on many different fronts,” he said.

He added, “Nadella is trying to make people stop using this term while the ‘AI culture’ is still small, because it’s easier. Once AI gets HUGE, and pretty much everybody calls it ‘slop,’ it will be impossible to revert the situation.”

“Why is he so worried about it?” the Brazilian asked. “Because AI is going to be one of the flagships of ‘his’ company in the near future, and if people perceive AI as ‘slop’ it will be much harder to sell them AI-based products, right?”

Meanwhile, Lewis Brackpool, U.K. director of investigations for Restore Britain, said he sees slop as something that defines “meaningless, talentless content creation that numbs the brain” and is plastered all over social media.

Brackpool explained that asking people not to use the term “slop” seems like “a marketing tool to prevent criticism of a product that could hurt sales numbers” and act as a coping mechanism for a company because “their product likely sucks.”

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President Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has shocked the world, but Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck believes that Trump’s true motive is much bigger than the speculation surrounding it.

“I want to give you a completely, I think, different perspective on what happened in Venezuela. Let me just say this: It is not about the oil. It’s not about drugs. It’s not about terrorism. It’s not about China. It’s not about communism, Marxism, or socialism,” Glenn says. “It’s about all of those things.”

“So, if anybody tells you that this is really all about the oil, just listen to them, because they might have a very good point on the oil thing, and go, ‘OK, well, that’s cute.’ But that’s not all it’s about,” he continues.

What Glenn believes Trump is really doing with this move is “playing to win.”

“And I mean win all of it. Never have I seen this before. Donald Trump has been saying, ‘America First,’ ‘America First’ his entire life. It hasn’t been a slogan. … It’s his worldview, and it always has been,” Glenn says.

“This is truly about who sets the table and the agenda for the next 100 years. Who’s it going to be? A global government, the Chinese government, AI, some technocratic government, or the American government?” he continues, pointing out that Trump’s latest move is making it much more likely that the ruler will be the last on that list.

“We’re going to look back at this time, assuming that it works, and we’re going to say, ‘That was brilliant.’ Do you know that because of Venezuela, we don’t need the oil? I’m going to get into this here in a second. We don’t need the oil,” Glenn says.

“Do you know that this is the first time since FDR that the world’s resources are now back under American, not control, but in friendly territory, that we’re the ones that dominate not just our oil but the resources?” he continues.

“It wasn’t like that two years ago. A year ago, it wasn’t like that,” he adds.

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Newly inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been mocked by many online after a community note thoroughly contradicted his ability to make good on a promise he made.

The socialist Muslim mayor was criticizing dynamic pricing policies for putting the cost of World Cup soccer tickets beyond the reach of the common fan when he said his team would work on alleviating the situation.

‘We want to ensure that there are more experiences available to each and every New Yorker.’

“I had a New Yorker the other day come up to me and ask me if there was any way I could help him get World Cup tickets because he was saying that the cost that he saw for a game was $600,” Mamdani said.

“This is increasingly out of reach,” he added. “We have made what used to be a working-class game into a luxury experience, and there are too many for whom it doesn’t matter where the World Cup is being played in the world; they know where they’re going to watch it: It’s TV.”

He concluded, “We want to ensure that there are more experiences available to each and every New Yorker.”

Mamdani’s promise was immediately mocked and ridiculed on social media, especially after it was undermined by a community note on the X social media platform.

“Apart from the fact that the mayor has no influence over FIFA pricing policy, there are no games in NY City. The New York New Jersey Stadium is in East Rutherford, New Jersey,” the note reads.

Others pointed out the inconvenient fact.

“Settle down commie. It’s being hosted in NJ. I know NJ is right behind NY, but you haven’t taken it over yet,” one popular response reads.

“LMAO … this scumbag thinks he is the king of the world. NY Mayor Mamdani says he is working to ensure World Cup tickets are AVAILABLE TO ALL … BTW, no World Cup games are played in NY …,” another detractor said.

“Seize the means of ticket verification,” joked one user.

A Blaze News request for comment to Mamdani’s office was not immediately answered.

RELATED: Liberal actor compares Mamdani to Jesus and MLK Jr. in bizarre CNN panel moment

Video of Mamdani’s comments was widely circulated on social media.

Although the media has been trying to whitewash Mamdani’s extremist positions as moderate, his administration has already been roiled by resurfaced messages from his director of appointments, who abruptly quit the position, as well as from his pick to lead the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants.

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President Donald Trump urged Congress to loosen up on a key Republican amendment that prevents taxpayer-funded abortion.

Trump said Republicans need “to be a little flexible on Hyde” in order to make health care a winning issue for the GOP. Notably the Hyde Amendment prevents tax dollars from funding abortion services but makes exceptions for cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life of the mother.

‘I’m not flexible on the value of every child’s life.’

“You have to be a little flexible on Hyde. You know that. You got to be a little flexible,” Trump said Tuesday. “You got to work something. You got to use ingenuity. You got to work.”

These remarks were quickly met with pushback from prominent pro-life groups as well as Republican lawmakers who called the amendment a nonnegotiable.

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Republican Sens. James Lankford of Oklahoma and Roger Marshall of Kansas both stood firmly against watering down or giving up on the Hyde Amendment despite the pressure from the president.

“I’m not flexible on the value of every child’s life,” Lankford told Huffington Post.

“I certainly understand where the president’s coming from, but I’m unapologetically pro-life,” Marshall added.

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Pro-life groups like Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America pointed to Trump’s past support for the amendment, calling it a “minimum standard” for the Republican Party.

“The voters sent a GOP trifecta to Washington, and they expect it to govern like one,” SBA President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement. “Giving in to Democrat demands that our tax dollars are used to fund plans that cover abortion on demand until birth would be a massive betrayal.”

“President Trump has consistently supported the Hyde Amendment. He pledged repeatedly to make it permanent law, including in health care coverage, and one of his first actions upon taking office last year was prioritizing the reversal of President Biden’s Hyde violations.”

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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas lashed out at Vice President JD Vance over comments he made ridiculing her “street-girl persona” as fake.

Crockett was asked by Joy Behar to respond to Vance’s comments when she appeared on “The View” on Tuesday.

‘Let me be clear: I understand what happens in the streets, but I don’t have to, quote, unquote, be a “street girl!”‘

“She wants to be a senator, though her street-girl persona is about as real as her nails!” Vance said to loud applause from a Turning Point USA audience.

“So, first of all, my nails are real!” Crockett replied to laughter from the studio crowd.

“But I will say, what a lot of people don’t understand … is that Republicans are a lot better at doing focus groups. Right?” she added. “And so Democrats, we rely on poll, poll, poll, but focus groups allow you to kind of get down to the nitty-gritty of why people feel a certain way about certain things.”

Crockett is running for a U.S. Senate seat from Texas after Republicans redrew their congressional district lines to increase their odds of winning the midterm elections.

“Well, I can tell you that right now, what disturbs them is that I am able to get at a demographic that Democrats have been losing. Consistently in third-party polls, as well as my internal polling, it shows that those that don’t have a college degree, by over 70%, choose me,” she continued.

“Well, that’s a demographic that we’ve been losing — so now he’s like, ‘No no no, it’s all fake. Don’t believe that.’ No, the reality is that I was a criminal defense attorney. I was a public defender. I am somebody who walked into plenty of jails and dealt with real killers,” Crockett said.

“So let me be clear: I understand what happens in the streets, but I don’t have to, quote, unquote, be a ‘street girl,'” she concluded.

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“Don’t you think that that’s racist? What is it?” Behar asked.

“Joy, you know it’s racist!” Crockett replied. “We know that, right?”

Video of Crockett’s comments were posted to social media.

Crockett is ahead of her competitor for the Democratic nomination, according to a recent poll.

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Republican Rep. Jim Baird of Indiana and his wife, Danise Baird, have been hospitalized following a car crash.

The couple’s vehicle “was struck in an accident,” according to a statement from Baird’s office, and Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly indicated that Baird may have suffered a spinal injury.

‘They’re going to be okay, but they had a pretty bad accident.’

Nevertheless, Baird, 80, “is expected to make a full recovery,” his office said.

“He is extraordinarily grateful for everyone’s prayers during this time.”

Fox News reported that Baird is “responsive and in stable condition.” Details of when and where the crash took place remain unclear.

RELATED: California Republican suddenly dies at age 65

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President Donald Trump expressed wishes for the Bairds’ speedy recovery during an address to a House GOP legislative retreat at the newly renamed Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday.

“I also want to send our best wishes to Congressman Jim Baird and his wife, who are recovering from a car accident,” Trump said. “They’re going to be okay, but they had a pretty bad accident, and we’re praying that they get out of that hospital very quickly.”

Reports about the car accident involving the Bairds came shortly after news broke that Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) died suddenly earlier this week after reportedly suffering an aneurysm and later a heart attack during surgery. He was 65.

LaMalfa’s death and the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) now leave Republicans with a slim 218-213 majority in the House.

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Yesterday, a Paris court convicted 10 citizens of “cyberbullying” French first lady Brigitte Macron over rumors regarding her gender.

After French President Emmanuel Macron’s election in 2017, rumors started swirling among fringe circles that his wife, Brigitte, was actually a biological male. But it wasn’t until 2021, right before Macron’s re-election, that it exploded on an international scale after Natacha Rey, an independent journalist, claimed she had copious evidence proving the first lady was a biological male secretly living as transgender.

Since its initial explosion in 2021, the rumor has only continued to gain massive traction internationally, fueling podcasts, docuseries, and social media content.

The Macrons have been quick to strike back. In July 2025, they filed a high-profile defamation lawsuit in the U.S. against conservative podcaster Candace Owens for her viral series “Becoming Brigitte,” which promoted the claim that Brigitte was born a male. The case is ongoing.

However, the Macrons’ lawsuit in France concluded yesterday with convictions and sentences for 10 defendants.

All 10 were accused of posting or reposting malicious, degrading comments online falsely claiming Brigitte Macron is transgender. While most defended their actions as satire or free speech, the court ruled they acted with intent to harm.

When BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere heard the story, his first reaction was that he’s glad he lives in America.

“At times, we get upset with America, OK? You know, lines are long. … Maybe you get the wrong order. Maybe they don’t put the extra cheese sauce at Taco Bell that you ordered. … But we do have a First Amendment at least that would protect us against that sort of nonsense, where the first lady of a country can sue you because you called her names,” he laughs.

To hear more about the case, watch the video below.

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A Maine city council has voted to launch an investigation into a newly sworn-in member amid criminal charges and allegations that he provided a false home address.

On Monday, the Lewiston City Council swore in Iman Osman, 36, and, on the same day, voted to initiate an investigation into him.

‘Stepping down would be the right thing to do.’

Osman, a Somali refugee, was slapped with gun-theft charges in early December after he was accused of receiving, retaining, or disposing of a firearm or explosive device, knowing or believing it had been stolen from an individual’s estate. He was also accused of committing theft by obtaining or exercising unauthorized control of a firearm or explosive device that belonged to a second individual’s estate. The charges relate to two separate incidents that occurred between November 2023 and October 2024.

The Maine Wire reported that Osman also falsely listed a condemned mixed-use building owned by his brother as his residence to secure a mayoral appointment to the Lewiston School Committee and later run for Lewiston City Council’s Ward 5. The property has reportedly been condemned since October 2024 because of a chemical “used as a deterrent for humans in the recent drug raid,” among other issues, according to WMTW.

Critics have argued that Osman does not reside in the ward he was elected to represent and is therefore ineligible to serve.

Mayor Carl Sheline previously nominated Osman to the Lewiston School Committee to fill a vacancy. The city council unanimously appointed him on December 17, 2024, and he completed his term in mid-December 2025.

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Since Osman’s criminal indictments have come to light, Sheline has called on Osman to resign from public office.

“While he is entitled to the presumption of innocence, the judicial process will be lengthy and this matter has become an unwelcome distraction from the essential business of governing. Stepping down would be the right thing to do,” Sheline stated.

After winning the city council election in November, Osman was sworn in to the new position during a Monday council meeting, but was immediately met with a vote to open an independent investigation into his residency. Council members voted 6-1 to open the probe, with Osman casting the only dissenting vote.

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Jon Fetherston, a Maine Wire reporter, stated that it is “obvious” Osman is lying about his residency. He expressed concern that the address listed by the council member was linked to a federal drug bust, and he noted that Osman has a court appearance scheduled for Wednesday regarding the gun-theft charges.

“On the very first night of him being sworn in as a city councilor, Mr. Osman took the oath of office and swore to defend the Constitution, yet he then voted on the matter of whether the council should investigate his own residency instead of recusing himself, casting a ‘no’ vote,” Fetherston told Blaze News. “In my almost 40 years of elected office and/or reporting, I have never seen a bigger blow to democracy and disrespect of the election process than what has occurred with Iman Osman and how ‘leadership’ in Lewiston has handled this situation.”

Kiernan Majerus-Collins, Osman’s attorney, stated that his client denies guilt concerning the criminal charges against him, WMTW reported.

“It’s disappointing that the city has decided to continue to drag this out, continue to expend time and money, continue to create unnecessary controversy and impede his ability to do the job that he was elected to do,” Majerus-Collins said.

Councilor President David Chittim explained that the council will determine whether to hold a hearing concerning Osman’s position on the council after it receives the investigative report, which he expects will be completed this month.

“I would like to put this whole issue behind the city of Lewiston, behind the city council,” he said.

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A wave of online outrage has led Hilton Hotels to cut off an independently owned hotel location in Minnesota that was refusing to allow federal immigration agents to book rooms.

The Department of Homeland Security called out the famous hotel chain in a social media post on Monday, claiming that federal agents were denied service at the Hampton Inn by Hilton in the Minneapolis suburb of Lakeville.

‘A recent video clearly raises concerns that they are not meeting our standards and values. As such, we are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems.’

“[Hilton Hotels] has launched a coordinated campaign in Minneapolis to REFUSE service to DHS law enforcement,” the agency said in a statement. “When officers attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton Hotels maliciously CANCELLED their reservations. This is UNACCEPTABLE.”

Hilton was immediately lambasted by many who threatened to cancel their reservations over the alleged incident.

Very soon afterward, an investigation from the company led to an initial apology from the offending hotel.

“Everpeak Hospitality has moved swiftly to address this matter as it was inconsistent with our policy of being a welcoming place for all,” the statement reads. “We are in touch with the impacted guests to ensure they are accommodated.”

The controversy dragged on into Tuesday, however, when evidence on social media showed that the hotel location continued refusing service to ICE.

Hilton responded with a definitive action against the Lakeville hotel.

“The independent hotel owner had assured us that they had fixed this problem and published a message confirming this,” reads a statement on social media.

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“A recent video clearly raises concerns that they are not meeting our standards and values. As such, we are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems,” the company said. “Hilton is — and has always been — a welcoming place for all. We are also engaging with all of our franchisees to reinforce the standards we hold them to across our system to help ensure this does not happen again.”

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem previously said the agency was sending an influx of agents to investigate fraud schemes in Minneapolis. Critics of the action have said the administration’s rhetoric has led to hate speech against people in the Somali community who had nothing to do with the scams.

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The United States has long been an outlier among first-world nations in terms of how many vaccines it pushes on its children, recommending that kids receive more than twice as many doses as generally given their European counterparts.

In a decision that has some medical establishmentarians fuming, the Trump administration has greatly reduced the number of vaccines recommended for American children, leaving the decision on the remainder up to families and their doctors.

‘We are aligning the US childhood vaccine schedule with international consensus.’

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. noted that “after an exhaustive review of the evidence, we are aligning the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with international consensus while strengthening transparency and informed consent. This decision protects children, respects families, and rebuilds trust in public health.”

The agency has reduced its list of vaccination recommendations for all children to jabs for the following 11 diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (whooping cough), Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal conjugate, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, human papillomavirus, and chickenpox.

Here is the new childhood immunization schedule for all children:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The agency now recommends on an individual basis: RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal B, meningococcal ACWY, and dengue vaccines for “high-risk groups” and rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza, and COVID-19 vaccines.

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The CDC’s child and adolescent immunization schedule previously recommended all American children receive one or more vaccine doses for the following diseases:

Respiratory syncytial virus; Influenza;Hepatitis A;Hepatitis B; Rotavirus; Measles;Mumps;Rubella;Diphtheria; Tetanus; Pertussis (whooping cough);Polio; Haemophilius influenzae type B; Pneumococcal disease;Human papillomavirus;Varicella (chickenpox); andMeningococcal disease.

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Yet another “ding–dong ditch” prank has gone wrong — this time over the weekend in North Carolina.

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were conducting a traffic stop on Taylorsville Highway when they heard multiple gunshots coming from a nearby neighborhood around 11:20 p.m. Saturday.

‘So what are these kids going to be charged with??’

Within two minutes, deputies were in the area of Absher Farm Loop to locate the origin of the gunfire, officials said.

While responding, Iredell County Emergency Communications received a 911 call reporting a person with a gunshot wound on Castle Pines Drive, located within the same neighborhood, officials said.

Arriving deputies located an unoccupied vehicle stopped in the road with its passenger doors open, broken glass on the ground, and apparent bullet holes in the vehicle, officials said.

Deputies found a group of juveniles in a nearby field, one of whom was on the ground with a gunshot wound to the leg, officials said.

Iredell County EMS responded to the scene and took the wounded juvenile to Wake Forest Baptist Hospital for emergency medical treatment, officials said.

Deputies learned the juveniles were traveling through the neighborhood when an unknown person fired a gun at their vehicle, officials said, adding that one round entered the vehicle and struck the victim in the leg.

During the investigation, an individual approached deputies and identified himself as the shooter, officials said.

RELATED: Male, 30, shoots 14 rounds at teens playing ‘ding-dong-ditch’ prank — and wounds 1, police say

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Craig Steven Mason told investigators loud noises coming from a neighboring residence awakened him, after which he retrieved a handgun, went outside to investigate, saw a vehicle driving through the neighborhood with no headlights on, and fired multiple rounds toward the vehicle as it passed. Officials said the vehicle was struck four times, with one round striking the juvenile passenger.

Detectives also determined the juveniles were in the neighborhood engaging in a prank commonly referred to as “ding-dong ditch,” involving ringing doorbells and knocking on doors before running away, officials said.

Detectives determined the juvenile victims had not approached Mason’s residence, only nearby homes, officials added.

Detectives obtained arrest warrants for Mason on the following charges, officials said: felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, four counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon, and felony discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle causing serious bodily injury.

Mason was arrested Monday and issued no bond, officials said, adding that bond will be determined upon his appearance before a District Court Judge.

The wounded juvenile remained hospitalized as of Monday and was receiving medical treatment, officials said, adding that as the investigation continues, additional charges may be forthcoming.

Legal experts told the Charlotte Observer that ding-dong ditch participants also can face charges ranging from criminal trespass to disorderly conduct.

The Facebook post from the sheriff’s office has attracted hundreds of comments, and many are critical of the homeowner:

“A gun comes with responsibility,” one commenter stated. “Can’t have one without the other.””Maybe the kids were in the wrong, but at least they weren’t doing drugs or drinking. Just having some fun,” another user wrote. “Apparently this gentleman did not bother to study gun regulations and rules. Unfortunately for him he is in serious trouble. If you plan to own a firearm please understand the rules and regulations pertaining to self defense. These guys could have been leaving a friends house and just had not cut their lights on and had nothing to do with knocking on the door. Be smart and safe out there.””I hate ding-dong-ditch, but that man had no business firing at the car like that,” another commenter declared. “Totally irresponsible.””Yeah, this was not an act of defense,” another user said. “This was an act from annoyance.”

Others directed their criticisms elsewhere:

“Parents, explain to your kids that the days of jerking people around with their pranks are over,” another commenter said. “People are armed and might not be clear on what the rules of engagement are. Take the time to explain the dangers when you might not know who’s going to respond and how they might respond. Simple fix.””I guess they ding donged and found the F out,” another user wrote.”I think the teenagers got exactly what they deserved,” another commenter stated. “Maybe next time they’ll think before doing something stupid.””So what are these kids going to be charged with??” another user asked.

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Actor Mickey Rourke says asking for handouts is not his style.

Earlier this week, a GoFundMe page was created by sources close to Rourke who claimed he needed help paying back rent on his Los Angeles home in order to avoid eviction.

”I’d rather stick a gun up my ass and pull the trigger.’

The fundraiser page was organized by Liya-Joelle Jones for the benefit of Kimberly Hines, the page says. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jones is Hines’ assistant, and Hines has been Rourke’s manager for nearly a decade.

Under the gun

“Fame does not protect against hardship, and talent does not guarantee stability. What remains is a person who deserves dignity, housing, and the chance to regain his footing,” the fundraiser wrote.

Stating that Rourke’s “full permission” was given, the page said he needed $60,000 to avoid losing his home. Now, with donations at over $100,000, the campaign has been paused after Rourke posted a video to his Instagram page denouncing the fund.

“I wouldn’t ask for no f**king charity. I’d rather stick a gun up my ass and pull the trigger,” Rourke began, with his dog on his lap.

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“I don’t understand it,” the actor continued. “I wouldn’t know what a GoFund foundation is in a million years. My life is very simple. I don’t go to outside sources like that. And yeah, it is embarrassing,” he added.

Rourke explained that he would never approve a charitable cause for his benefit, and urged fans and supporters to stop giving money and seek refunds.

Anger management

Since the video was posted late Monday, Hines has spoken out about the campaign despite both her and Jones reportedly posting the page “with Mickey’s permission.”

In a phone call with the Hollywood Reporter, Hines said that in 48 hours, her management team had paid for Rourke to move into a hotel, have his clothing packed, and put his belongings in a storage unit.

“All of this is being paid for by his management team, which is me,” Hines said. “We said, ‘Mickey, there’s some people that want to help you out.’ He’s like, ‘OK, great.’ I don’t think he understood, and now it’s taken on this media frenzy, and he flipped out,” she went on.

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After confirming the fundraiser was legitimate, Hines further explained that the locks were being changed on Rourke’s home as she spoke, and she was setting him up with an apartment in Koreatown.

Return to sender

Hines blamed the state of Rourke’s home on the property owner, who allegedly raised the rent from $5,200 to $7,000 in mid-2024. The house was allegedly littered with black mold, had no running water, and was heavily damaged.

Hines added that Rourke told her he had been receiving calls from all over the world asking to give him money, and she told him to let them help. However, before stating that Rourke “has to say” that he did not know who started the fund, she was happy to return the money to donors if he would not accept it.

“This money has been to help Mickey. If Mickey doesn’t want the money, the money will go back. It’s putting me in a very bad position where now I’m financing his move and the hotel and the movers and his storage. Mickey was cool with getting help the other day. And now Mickey’s like, ‘I’m not taking charity.'”

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President Donald Trump is once again taking aim at Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “corrupt” leadership.

Trump announced that his administration would be launching an investigation into California fraud, which he estimates is worse than the fraud in Minnesota. This investigation in California comes after weeks of reporting that highlighted the billions of dollars in potentially fraudulent funding for Somali businesses and day cares in Minnesota, which Trump’s administration has also fought against.

‘He’s got a good line of crap.’

“California, under Governor Gavin Newscum, is more corrupt than Minnesota, if that’s possible???” Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday. “The Fraud Investigation of California has begun. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

This is not the only line of attack Trump has launched against the Democratic governor.

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Trump later mocked Newsom and his fellow Democrats during an address to congressional Republicans, calling their cognitive abilities into question.

“Do you think Walz could pass a cognitive test?” Trump asked, referring to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). “Do you think Kamala could? I don’t think Gavin could. He’s got a good line of crap, but other than that, he couldn’t pass.”

“He didn’t want to have water coming down from the Pacific Northwest,” Trump said of Newsom’s leadership during the devastating Palisades fires.

“They cut it off, and then they have 25,000 houses burn down. They don’t know why.”

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Newsom blamed Trump’s immigration policy for the slow rebuilding of the Palisades after thousands of homes burned down in January 2025. Although this happened under Newsom’s leadership, the governor argues that Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have prevented development projects from progressing.

“Donald Trump’s reckless, inhumane immigration raids have destroyed communities and have had massive negative impacts on efforts to rebuild from the LA fires,” Newsom said in an X post on Monday. “His actions have been disastrous across the board.”

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Paid Microsoft subscribers can now be considered artificial intelligence users.

The massive change comes as Microsoft has officially changed its flagship Microsoft 365 suite to be integrated with AI.

‘Genius move. Rebrand Office, instantly “acquire” 400M AI users.’

Microsoft announced the official shift in a support post, revealing it is now integrating its Copilot AI app into programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as PDF services.

“The Microsoft 365 Copilot app is your everyday productivity app for work and life that helps you find and edit files, scan documents, and create content on the go,” the company wrote.

With an estimated 430 million paid user licenses for Microsoft 365 worldwide as of mid-2025, the company can now say it has by far the most AI subscribers, with OpenAI reaching just 5 million last August. At the same time, Grok itself estimates it has about 1.4 million paid users.

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Microsoft has been talking about the integration for at least a year, stating in January 2025 that Copilot was the “top reason” subscribers chose to pay for Microsoft 365.

Along with taking the creation of slideshows and to-do lists off a user’s plate, the Copilot app was boasted as being involved in nearly every daily task. This included using Copilot to “analyze your budget,” “create a recipe,” or read a user’s emails for them and provide a summary.

At the same time, Microsoft said that it does not use “prompts, responses, or file content (such as Word documents or Excel spreadsheets)” from users to train its AI models.

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User reactions were mixed when responding to the change in a viral X post by Ask Perplexity. The account has over 385,000 followers, and the post was seen more than 2 million times.

“400 million users just became ‘AI users’ overnight,” the account wrote.

“They laughed at me when I said I was gonna use bootleg Windows 8 forever,” one woman replied, seemingly looking to avoid the AI integration.

A self-proclaimed IT professional said, “It seems like every day I see more and more negative changes for Microsoft.”

However, many others applauded the move. For example, Katya Fuentes, who lists herself as working for an AI company, said Microsoft’s shift was “all upside.”

“Genius move. Rebrand Office, instantly ‘acquire’ 400M AI users,” she claimed.

At least one response offered an alternative to Microsoft’s mandatory AI infusion. LibreOffice, a document and spreadsheet competitor, added: “If anyone wants, you know, an actual office suite, we’re here.”

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Last Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens lost 24-26 against the Pittsburgh Steelers after rookie kicker Tyler Loop missed a 44-yard field goal as time expired. The loss has fans angry and analysts confused. In the play prior, head coach John Harbaugh ordered quarterback Lamar Jackson to kneel (causing a loss of yards) instead of running the ball with Ravens superstar running back Derrick Henry to shorten the field goal attempt for the inexperienced kicker.

This head-scratcher combined with other examples brings Jason Whitlock, BlazeTV’s resident sports critic, to one conclusion: “John Harbaugh hates Derrick Henry.”

On this episode of “Fearless,” Whitlock and contributors Steve Kim and Jay Skapinac unpack why they believe Harbaugh’s repeated decisions to sideline Henry in critical moments reveal a deeper coaching flaw.

“You settle for a 44-yard field goal in the wind in Pittsburgh? … Are you kidding me?” Whitlock asks in shock. “You just watched [Steelers’ veteran kicker Chris Boswell] miss an extra point, and you got a timeout and the best running back in football, Derrick Henry, and you don’t give him a carry to see if you can take three, four, five, maybe 10 yards off that field goal?”

He argues that this is a “fireable offense” for Harbaugh because it’s not the first time he’s neglected to use the most powerful player on his roster.

Two weeks ago during the Ravens’ game against the New England Patriots, Harbaugh kept Henry on the bench during the final two drives, despite his early fourth-quarter touchdown, 128 rushing yards, and overall dominance in the game.

“It goes further than that,” says Kim.

Henry “should have had actually 10 more carries” in the game against the Steelers, he argues.

“Lamar Jackson — look, he seems to be banged up. He’s not the athlete he was. He’s probably on a slight descent in terms of being able to evade and run away from people. … Derrick Henry from the very first drive of that game seemed to be ripping off large chunks of yardage,” he continues.

“He’s the type of back that as the games go on, he body punches you, and he takes away your will and your willingness to get in his way, and I thought the whole game they should have been riding him. Jason, I think the issue goes far beyond getting another carry or two in the last minute.”

Skapinac agrees that Henry is being underutilized by Harbaugh. Even though the Super Bowl-winning coach has a stellar resume, his “message has staled.”

“He’s worn his welcome. It’s time to move on,” he says.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the video above.

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Boys and girls are different.

It’s one of the most self-evident truths there is. Entire libraries of jokes, novels, films, and essays exist because of it, all orbiting the same basic observation: Boys and girls — and later, men and women — are not interchangeable.

The things I have learned about how the female mind works could have been very helpful when I was dating but are now no use to me. That’s funny. God is a poet.

Of course, society doesn’t really like to talk about this basic fact of life these days. I’m far from the first person to point this out, so I’ll spare you another screed calling for a return to common sense. If you’re reading this, I suspect we’re on the same page anyway.

Gender reveal

As a normal, thinking person with functional brain, I have always known boys and girls are different. I had a sister growing up, dated girls when I was younger, met my wife and somehow convinced her to marry me and even have children with me. So I understood that there was something about women I just couldn’t quite get, some different way of thinking and feeling that I couldn’t really understand.

But it’s funny: I didn’t realize just how immovably different boys and girls are — and how beautiful this difference is — until I became a father to both.

Looking back, I realize I carried an unconscious assumption that the differences between men and women were learned somewhere along the way — socially instilled rather than baked in at the deepest level imaginable.

This wasn’t because I was a liberal before having kids; I’ve been a conservative for essentially my entire adult life. It was because I was raised in the aftermath of an idea that insisted men and women are basically the same. We are all modern now, and even those of us who resist that worldview absorb its signals over time. They work their way quietly into how we see the world, and the only way to fully dislodge them is an encounter with reality.

Snips and snails

Our son is such a boy.

I don’t know how else to put it. My wife and I say it to one another all the time. He checks all the boxes. He was obsessed with construction equipment when he was really little, then dinosaurs and dragons, and then tools. He loves building things, and he loves destroying things. He loves swords and shields and Nerf guns too. And frantically wrestling with me when he should be falling asleep soundly.

He’s more focused on things than people; he is blunt and too smart for his own good; he loves to argue and litigate. He hates “Let It Go” from “Frozen,” and when my daughter asks my wife to play it, he covers his ears and walks away. He doesn’t want to describe an emotional part in a story to us and pretended not to cry when Mufasa died in “The Lion King.” He is such a boy.

Sugar and spice

Our daughter is such a girl.

She is emotional. So emotional. She cries during movies, and she isn’t embarrassed about it. If she had her way, she would change her clothes ten times over the course of any given Tuesday. She loves carrying a little purse around. She wants to get her ears pierced like Mom. She loves our new baby and always wants to hold her. She pretends her stuffed dog is her baby and that she is a mom too.

She is so sweet, just so sweet. So much sweeter than our son. He is a callous grump compared to her. She wants to help us; she tries to help him; she says after sharing some of her dessert with him that she wants him to be happy. She is so pretty, so sweet, and so emotional. She is such a girl.

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Nobody taught them these things. Yeah, we run a traditional household, but they started acting the way they act long before we ever told them anything, and it’s so obvious that the way they are is such a part of their very essence that we know for a fact nothing we ever did made them the way they are deep down. They just are that way. They are boys and girls.

I’ve learned so many things from them. I’ve learned that guys really are just naturally blunt. It isn’t just a lack of manners; it’s our default setting. The things I’ve learned about how the female mind works could have been very helpful when I was dating but are now no use to me. That’s funny. God is a poet.

I’ve also learned, in a deeper sense, that we cannot be all things. Boys are boys, and that means all the good things and all the bad. Girls are girls, and that means all the good things and all the bad.

That can’t be changed. It’s the nature of the world. It’s how it’s supposed to be. Women and their ways can be frustrating to men, and men and their ways can be frustrating to women. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them, as the old saying goes. But seeing how pure and true it all is, how deeply embedded in their spirits these predilections are, I have begun to just sit back and marvel at the incredible balance God struck when he made man and woman.

Indeed, boys and girls are different.

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At the time President Donald Trump took office last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was recommending that all American children get vaccines for 18 diseases, loading kids up with more than twice as many doses as their European counterparts were receiving.

As the result of an overhaul of the schedule announced on Monday, the agency is now recommending universal childhood vaccinations for only 11 diseases.

‘America will no longer require 72 “jabs” for our beautiful, healthy children.’

Trump issued a presidential memorandum last month directing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Jim O’Neill, the acting CDC director, to “review best practices from peer, developed countries for core childhood vaccination recommendations — vaccines recommended for all children — and the scientific evidence that informs those best practices.”

In the event that they found that foreign practices were superior to current domestic recommendations, Trump tasked Kennedy and O’Neill with updating the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule accordingly.

O’Neill discussed childhood vaccine recommendations and policy with health officials from various first-world nations as well as with vaccine safety experts at the CDC and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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He also reviewed a comprehensive scientific assessment that not only compared American vaccine recommendations with dozens of other first-world nations but “analyzed vaccine uptake and public trust, evaluated clinical and epidemiological evidence and knowledge gaps, examined vaccine mandates, and identified next steps.”

The CDC indicated that the assessment “found that the U.S. is a global outlier among developed nations in both the number of diseases addressed in its routine childhood vaccination schedule and the total number of recommended doses but does not have higher vaccination rates than such countries.”

O’Neill ultimately approved a corresponding decision memo from the agency heads of the National Institutes of Health, the FDA, and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare, recommending immunization for measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilius influenzae type B, pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus, and chickenpox for all children.

While the core schedule now recommends only these 11 — just one more than is recommended in Denmark — the CDC recommends on an individual basis: RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal B, meningococcal ACWAY, and dengue vaccines for “high-risk groups” and hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza, and COVID-19 vaccines.

The overhaul has evidently vexed elements of the medical establishment who oversaw the precipitous decline in trust in U.S. public health.

‘This decision protects children.’

“Today’s announcement that HHS is drastically altering the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule without a transparent process or clear scientific justification represents the latest reckless step in Secretary Kennedy’s assault on the national vaccine infrastructure that has saved millions of lives. His actions put families and communities at risk and will make America sicker,” Ronald Nahass, the president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said in a statement.

Ofer Levy, director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, likewise questioned the transparency of the process, suggesting “not all of this was really hashed out in a discussion that was available for the public to listen to and participate in.”

O’Neill noted that these changes are part of a broader effort to regain the trust of the American people.

“One of the consequences was parents declining recommended vaccines for their children,” stated O’Neill. “Parents who think that more than 80 doses per child is too many may now consider giving their children the 10 vaccines in the international consensus of 20 nations, plus the varicella vaccine.”

Kennedy thanked O’Neill for his “leadership and bravery” and noted that “this decision protects children, respects families, and rebuilds trust in public health.”

“This Schedule is rooted in the Gold Standard of Science, and widely agreed upon by Scientists and Experts all over the World,” Trump stated on Truth Social.

“Effective today, America will no longer require 72 ‘jabs’ for our beautiful, healthy children,” continued the president. “We are moving to a far more reasonable Schedule, where all children will only be recommended to receive Vaccinations for 11 of the most serious and dangerous diseases.”

Trump and federal health officials emphasized both that parents can continue to give their children the vaccinations dropped from the schedule and that insurance will continue to cover them.

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The small Caribbean island nation of Dominica has come to an agreement with the United States as the nation works to resolve some broader restrictions President Trump placed on it late last year.

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced Monday that Dominica will begin accepting foreigners seeking asylum in the United States, the Associated Press reported.

‘The prime minister still has not told the Dominican public what exactly he has agreed to.’

However, many details about the deal are still unknown, including the number of asylum seekers and whether Dominica has the capacity to absorb them, according to Thomson Fontaine, the leader of the country’s main opposition party, the United Workers Party.

“The prime minister still has not told the Dominican public what exactly he has agreed to, in terms of the numbers of persons that are going to come to Dominica, where will they be housed, how will they be taken care of,” Fontaine told the AP.

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Dominica has a population of merely 72,000 people.

Skerrit did not provide details about the deal when asked by Fox News, but he did confirm that he has been in ongoing discussions with U.S. officials after the broader visa limitations were announced on December 16.

President Trump announced entry restrictions on several countries last month, including partial restrictions on Dominica. These visa restrictions went into effect on January 1.

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