Day: January 3, 2026
SECOND AMENDMENT WINS: Appeals Court Shoots Down ‘Unconstitutional’ California Open-Carry Ban
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a California ban on openly carrying firearms violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, giving gun owners a major win in the deep blue state. In a 2-1 ruling, the appeals court partially sided with a California gun owner Mark Baird, who sued over …
‘Stranger Things’ Creators Defend Controversial Coming Out Scene: ‘The Ultimate F*** You’ To Villain
The Duffer brothers, creators of the hit Netflix series “Stranger Things,” have addressed the backlash to a main character’s coming out scene. “The coming out scene is something we’ve been building to for nine years now. It was a really important scene for us, and a really important scene for [actor Noah Schnapp] — not …
Sparklers To Blame For NYE Bar Fire That Killed Dozens In Switzerland
The fire that killed at least 40 people at a ski resort in Switzerland on New Year’s Eve was caused by sparklers, according to Swiss officials. In a press conference Friday, officials said it appears as though the fire was ignited by sparklers on top of champagne bottles that were too close to the ceiling. …
Russian Strike On Ukraine’s Kharkiv Kills Two, Injures 25; Moscow Denies Attack Took Place
KYIV, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Russian missiles struck a multi-story apartment building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Friday, leaving the building in ruins and killing at least two people and injuring about 25 more, officials said. Russia denied the attack had taken place, suggesting that an explosion at the site was caused by Ukrainian …
It Pays To Be Lane Kiffin, LSU Coach Still Raking In Cash Off Former Team’s Success
Lane Kiffin has mastered passive income, continuing to profit from his former team’s postseason success just over a month after leaving Ole Miss to become head coach at LSU. When Kiffin stepped down on November 30 to take the LSU gig, his contract included guarantees ensuring he would still benefit financially if the Rebels went …
This Past Year Was Pretty Great. Here’s a Wish List for 2026.
Listening to the usual legacy media suspects, one might think 2025 was an apocalyptic wasteland of sorts — an authoritarian…
The Trump-Kennedy Center Kerfuffle
Amidst the dust-up over the renaming of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, “The Donald Trump and the John…
Medicaid’s 30-Year Refusal to Stop Funding the Dead
For more than 30 years, Washington has known that Medicaid hemorrhages taxpayer dollars through fraud, waste, and abuse, including payments…
Notre Dame Faces Push to Uncover Historic Columbus Murals
University of Notre Dame alumni and faculty members are calling on the school’s new president and other recently installed leaders…
Xi Jinping: ‘The Reunification of Our Motherland Is Unstoppable’
In a New Year’s address to the Chinese people, President Xi Jinping stated that “We Chinese on both sides of…
