Stembridge News Digest

  • Redistricting bill passes Indiana House but will face opposition in Senate — from some Republicans Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:05:12 +0000


    The Indiana House of Representatives passed a controversial bill that would redistrict the state and possibly flip two seats to the Republican column in the midterm elections.

    Fifty-seven members voted for the bill, while 41 voted against it. The bill will go to the Indiana Senate, where some Republicans have said they oppose the redistricting effort.

    'Fair maps are essential to protecting Hoosiers' voices in Washington, and today the House voted to do just that.'

    Republican Indiana Gov. Mike Braun urged the Senate to pass the bill.

    "Fair maps are essential to protecting Hoosiers' voices in Washington, and today the House voted to do just that, delivering a strong congressional map," Braun said. "I commend Speaker Huston and his caucus for having the courage to protect Hoosier voters. I urge the Senate to move quickly next week and adopt this map so Indiana can move forward with confidence."

    However, efforts to persuade state Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, a Republican, to support the bill have failed so far.

    Another Republican said that she received a threat over her opposition to the redistricting bill.

    "Unfortunately, my house was the target of a pipe bomb threat on Saturday evening. This is a result of the D.C. political pundits for redistricting," state Sen. Jean Leising wrote on social media.

    Trump has blasted those Republicans as "RINOs," an epithet meaning "Republican in name only."

    RELATED: Supreme Court allows Texas redistricting map for midterm elections; liberals dissent

    Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita cited the Supreme Court's temporary approval of the Texas redistricting map for the midterms to justify his support of the bill.

    "This specific map is legally solid. If any group or individual is silly enough to sue, we will defeat their attack in court," Rokita said. "As the United States Supreme Court emphasized once again last night, redistricting for political reasons is constitutional. In fact, the Court has said that redistricting belongs in the legislature — in the hands of the people's elected representatives, not judges."

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  • Somali fraud inspires Democrats to assimilate to Somalian culture Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000


    When BlazeTV host Christopher Rufo penned an exposé on the rampant Somali fraud in Minnesota — which saw billions of taxpayer dollars go to Somalia and terrorist groups — he wasn’t aware the story would blow up like it did.

    “The Somali fraud story that we’ve been talking about for the last few weeks is, to my great surprise, still dominating the headlines. And oftentimes when you’re talking about the news, you go week by week by week,” Rufo explains on “Rufo & Lomez.”

    “Stories have a trajectory where they hit orbit, and then they are spinning and gaining power for weeks and in some cases more than a month. And this is one of those stories. ... We launched it, and now it’s really taken on a life of its own,” he continues.


    And the Democrats, like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, are not only refusing to realistically address the fraud; they’re making sure the story never dies.

    “To our Somali community, we love you, and we stand with you. Our police, many of whom are Somali themselves, are trusted partners in keeping people safe. They will not collaborate with any federal agency around doing immigration enforcement work,” Frey announced following the news of fraud.

    “Our city staff and our law enforcement will not ask the question as to whether an individual is documented or not. That’s not American. That’s not what we are about. And we’re going to do right by every single person in our cities,’ he continued.

    Frey then attempted to speak in what appeared to be very painful Somali.

    “That really sums it up,” Rufo jokes, before pointing to something co-host Jonathan “Lomez” Keeperman said regarding assimilation.

    “You had a great point. You said the liberal myth is that these groups come and become American. But in this case, it’s the precise opposite,” he says. “These groups come, and the Americans become Somalian.”

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  • Democrat claims she was pepper-sprayed by ICE — but her video and DHS say otherwise Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:45:00 +0000


    A Democratic U.S. representative appeared to undermine her own accusations against federal agents when she posted a video of herself claiming to have been pepper-sprayed at a protest.

    The newly sworn-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials pepper-sprayed her during a raid at a taco restaurant in Tucson on Friday.

    'If her claims were true, this would be a medical marvel. But they're not true. She wasn't pepper sprayed.'

    "ICE just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson — a small mom-and-pop restaurant that has served our community for years," reads a post from the politician. "When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed."

    She said in the video that there had been about 40 agents in vehicles, most of them masked, but that the community stopped them. She claimed she and her staffers were pepper-sprayed and she was pushed, despite identifying herself as a member of Congress.

    "While I am fine, if that is the way they treat me, how are they treating other community members who do not have the same privileges and protections that I do?" she added.

    Many on social media pointed out that she didn't have the appearance of someone who had been pepper-sprayed.

    Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, gave a spirited response to the Democrat's claims.

    "If her claims were true, this would be a medical marvel. But they're not true. She wasn't pepper sprayed. She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement," McLaughlin wrote.

    She went on to say that two agents were seriously injured by the mob that Grijalva joined.

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    "Presenting one's self as a 'Member of Congress' doesn't give you the right to obstruct law enforcement," McLaughlin added.

    Grijalva said she happened to be getting lunch at the taco place when the raid operation began. She coughed once in the video and said it was because of the pepper spray.

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  • RFK's alleged sexting partner splits with another publication amid scandal-ridden book release Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:18:00 +0000


    Olivia Nuzzi's fall from grace continues as she parts ways with another magazine.

    Once a rising star in the journalism world, Nuzzi was first fired from the New Yorker in 2024 after news broke of her alleged sexting with then-presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., breaking the most basic forms of journalistic ethics and collapsing her engagement to then-Politico reporter Ryan Lizza. Nuzzi was later picked up by Vanity Fair to be West Coast editor.

  • Pregnant woman disappears without a trace — but a grisly forest horror scene sends cops straight to her mother and stepfather Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:30:00 +0000


    Search parties spent weeks attempting to locate a missing Michigan woman who was pregnant. However, the frantic search ended in a disturbing discovery that shocked a community.

    On Nov. 4, 22-year-old Rebecca Park was reported missing, according to the Wexler County Sheriff's Office. At the time, Park was approximately 38 weeks pregnant.

    'The brutality and disregard for human life displayed here are deeply troubling.'

    Following weeks of searching for the missing pregnant woman, Park's remains were found in the Manistee National Forest on Nov. 25. However, Park's child was no longer in her womb.

    According to a statement by the Michigan Department of Attorney General, 40-year-old Cortney Bartholomew and 47-year-old Bradly Bartholomew "lured" Park to their home in Wexford County. Cortney Bartholomew is Park's biological mother, and Bradly Bartholomew is her stepfather.

    "The couple then allegedly tortured Park in an attempt to remove the unborn infant, resulting in the death of both," the statement read.

    "This is frankly evil personified," Wexford County Prosecutor Johanna Carey said at Tuesday's arraignment, according to Michigan Live. "These two individuals created a plan, conducted research."

    Carey continued, "Mr. Bartholomew brought Rebecca to their home, forced her into another vehicle, and took her into the woods, where they stabbed her, forced her to lie on the ground while they cut her baby out, ultimately causing her death and the death of the baby."

    Carey said Park's death is a "case of premeditated torture and murder."

    According to ABC News, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel stated, "This case involves a truly horrific homicide in which a young woman and her unborn child endured unimaginable suffering at the hands of the defendants."

    Nessel added, "The brutality and disregard for human life displayed here are deeply troubling."

    Nessel stressed that the evidence "reflects an extraordinary level of callousness and violence."

    "Rebecca had everything to live for, and our hearts are with her loved ones as they endure this unthinkable loss," Nessel said.

    Nessel vowed that justice would be "pursued in this tragic case without delay."

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    Cortney Bartholomew and Bradly Bartholomew were arrested in connection with Park's death.

    The couple was each charged with one felony count of first-degree premeditated murder, one felony count of murder, one felony count of torture in a place of confinement, one felony count of conspiracy to commit torture, one felony count of assault of a pregnant woman with the intention to cause miscarriage or stillbirth, one felony count of conspiracy to commit assault on a pregnant woman with the intention to cause miscarriage or stillbirth, and one misdemeanor count of removal of a dead body.

    If convicted of any of the felonies, the pair faces up to life in prison.

    Court records identify Bradly Bartholomew as a habitual offender, which means he could face harsher penalties.

    Both suspects were jailed without the possibility of bond.

    People magazine reported that Cortney posted a video on her Facebook page on the same day that her daughter was due to give birth, with a caption that read: "My alibi of where I was the night my daughter came up missing."

    The video had a black screen with audio of Cortney's 14-year-old son reportedly saying, "She gave me my meds at about 8:40. I don't remember a lot as I just said, but she was there when I went to bed, and she was also there when I woke up the next day. I know that she never goes out and about when I'm sleeping just because she doesn't like to drive at night."

    Park's adoptive mother, Stephanie Park, told WWTV-TV and WWUP-TV that she had had custody of Park since she was a year old. The mother said that she has been taking care of Rebecca's two young sons, ages 3 and 2.

    Officials have not yet revealed if the remains of Park's baby have been recovered.

    Anyone with information on Park's death is urged to contact the tip line at the Wexford County Sheriff's Department at 231-779-9216.

    The Wexford County Sheriff's Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment by Blaze News.

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  • Supreme Court will hear arguments for ending birthright citizenship Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000


    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear arguments for and against President Donald Trump's order to end birthright citizenship.

    The Trump administration appealed a lower court order that struck down the restrictions in July over a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of children affected by the policy.

    'We look forward to putting this issue to rest once and for all in the Supreme Court this term.'

    Trump issued the Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship executive order on his first day in office of his second term. The order prohibits granting citizenship to persons born in the country to mothers illegally or temporarily in the U.S. and whose father is not a U.S. citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

    Opponents of birthright citizenship say it stems from a false reading of the 14th Amendment, which was intended to apply only to former slaves when it was ratified in 1868 after the Civil War.

    "Congress has never passed a federal statute that confers birthright citizenship. So it's not in the Constitution, it's not in federal law, it's not in the legislative history, and yet it is being used," argued BlazeTV host Mark Levin.

    "Birthright citizenship is the argument, is the position, is the policy the Democrat Party holds on to because they want monopoly power for all time," he added, "and they don't care if it's foreigners or not."

    Supporters of the policy point to the longstanding precedent of automatically granting citizenship to babies born in America.

    "No president can change the 14th Amendment’s fundamental promise of citizenship," said ACLU legal director Cecillia Wang. "We look forward to putting this issue to rest once and for all in the Supreme Court this term."

    The case will be heard in the spring, and a decision is expected by early summer.

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    Others point to the troublesome practice of "citizenship tourism" as justification for the order.

    "There is a tourism industry surrounding this whole birthright citizenship. Women come here before they give birth so that they can just give birth here, and then their babies become United States citizens. That’s nuts, and to [Trump's] point, nobody else does this," said Sara Gonzales of "Sara Gonzales Unfiltered" on BlazeTV.

    The birthright order would not take away citizenship from those who already obtained it before the order went into effect.

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  • Jailed Venezuelan kingpin praises Trump; drops bombshell about the narco regime Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000


    Once upon a time, retired three-star Venezuelan General Hugo Carvajal Barrios was one of the most powerful men within the Caracas socialist regime. Now, he’s writing letters to President Trump and the American people from his jail cell, which he landed in after voluntarily pleading guilty in the U.S. to a narco-terrorism conspiracy.

    And while many politicians, including Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), are criticizing President Trump for actions taken against Venezuelan narco-terrorists, BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales is in full support of Trump — alongside Barrios.

    Gonzales points out that Paul is “going out and giving these little, like, press junkets where he’s telling people, like, ‘Well, these guys weren’t armed. You need to prove that they’re armed first.’”


    “You know what they’re armed with, Rand? Drugs that they’re bringing into our country to kill Americans with,” Gonzales says, adding, “That’s what they’re armed with.”

    And in his letter, Barrios confirms Gonzales’ sentiment.

    “I see the need to address the American people about the reality of what the Venezuelan regime truly is — and why President Trump’s policies are not only correct, but absolutely necessary to the United States’ national security,” Barrios began in his letter.

    “I personally witnessed how Hugo Chavez’s government became a criminal organization that is now run by Nicolas Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, and other senior regime officials. The purpose of this organization, now known as the Cartel of the Suns, is to weaponize drugs against the United States,” he continued.

    “The drugs that reached your cities through new routes were not accidents of corruption nor just the work of independent traffickers; they were deliberate policies coordinated by the Venezuelan regime against the United States,” he added.

    Barrios went on to claim that the plan has “been successfully executed with help from FARC, ELN, Cuban operatives, and Hezbollah.”

    “The regime has provided weapons, passports, and impunity for these terrorist organizations to operate freely from Venezuela against the United States. The regime I served is not merely hostile — it is at war with you, using drugs, gangs, espionage, and even your own democratic processes as weapons,” he wrote.

    Barrios added, “I absolutely support President Trump’s policy towards Venezuela, because it is in self-defense and he is acting based on the truth.”

    “He’s already been sentenced. He’s serving time in federal prison. And he’s like, ‘I just want to make this right within my soul.’ So I’m going to explain all of this to you,” Gonzales says.

    “It probably makes a whole hell of a lot of sense why the Trump administration is going so hard on Venezuela regardless of whether they’re armed with guns. … Innocent Americans are dying, and they don’t have to, because of the Venezuelan government.”

    “We need to do something about that,” she adds.

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  • Conservative political group fined $95K after correctly identifying male athletes competing with women in Australia Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +0000


    A traditional gender activist group has been fined in Australia for the "vilification" of two transgender-identifying males who competed in women's sports.

    The Binary Australia advocacy group was found guilty in August of identifying the athletes and exposing them to ridicule and hatred from critics of the transgender agenda.

    'Women have effectively been erased from law and attempts to advocate regarding public policy are shut down for the sake of the feelings of a few.'

    Binary Australia spokeswoman Kirralie Smith said the fine was an infringement on her free speech rights and said the group would appeal the ruling.

    "It is disappointing that the word 'woman' has been redefined to include males and that the words 'violence' & 'vilification' have been applied to speaking the truth about information in the public domain," she wrote on social media.

    "Australians should be very concerned about their freedoms," she added. "Women have effectively been erased from law and attempts to advocate regarding public policy are shut down for the sake of the feelings of a few."

    Transgender activist Heather Corkhill of Equality Australia praised the ruling and accused Smith's group of inciting hatred and violence.

    "These women were subjected to horrendous harassment online, including being publicly identified, outed, and misgendered," Corkhill said of the male athletes.

    "People who target vulnerable minorities to incite hatred and fear need to be called out and stopped," she added. "Smith and her supporters are out of step with the law, out of step with community values, and out of step with modern Australia."

    The 95K in Australian dollars equates to about 63K U.S. dollars.

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    "Males should never be permitted to participate in female sport. As a registered third-party political campaigner and a woman, I should have the right to advocate for this without being penalized," Smith continued.

    "The law might state men can be women, but it defies the laws of nature and cannot be sustained," she added. "Nothing will steal my joy in knowing that I am a woman and no male ever will be. I am proud to stand for truth and reality."

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  • Cattle rancher battles Amazon data center accused of poisoning water supply, causing miscarriages Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:45:00 +0000


    An Oregon cattle rancher did his own research into an apparent rise in obscure medical conditions after the opening of an Amazon data center.

    The facility, which requires enormous amounts of water to cool its infrastructure, stands accused of adding wastewater — laden with nitrates — to an already struggling filtration system.

    'Our data centers draw water from the same supply as other community members.'

    Jim Doherty from Morrow, Oregon, sought out to investigate the alleged increase in health problems stemming from toxins in the local water supply. Doherty has since performed tests, worked alongside his county, and knocked on doors to try to solve the equation. He spoke with Rolling Stone about his findings.

    The rancher said he surveyed 70 local wells and shockingly found that 68 of them violated federal limits for the allowable levels of nitrates in drinking water. In the same report, Doherty detailed that of the first 30 homes he visited in his area, 25 residents had recently suffered miscarriages.

    The report alleged a number of illnesses related to the water supply — which included different forms of cancer — and pointed the finger at pollution exacerbated by an Amazon data center that popped up in 2011. The square-footage of the data center ranges in estimates from 120,000 to 200,000 but comes with a 15-year tax abatement worth nearly $200 million.

    The cost of this, allegedly, is a slew of health problems.

    RELATED: Apple to invest $500 billion in US including new AI server factory in Texas

    Amazon Web Services and Iron Mountain data centers in Manassas, Virginia, on July 9, 2025. Total power usage in the US is expected to climb 2.15% in 2026, spurred largely by a 5% spike from commercial users because of the expansion of data centers, according to a US Energy Department report released in June. Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    "One man about 60 years old had his voice box taken out because of a cancer that only smokers get, but that guy hadn’t smoked a day of his life," Doherty told Rolling Stone.

    Another woman reportedly wrote Doherty to tell him her husband got "kidney cancer in his early 40s. His doctor thought it was due to exposure to herbicides and pesticides. He lost a kidney, but he lived."

    "We had acceptable levels of [toxins in our] drinking water when we first moved there," the woman claimed. "After my husband's cancer, we realized they went up and up through the years. It's very sad."

    Doherty's wife, Kelly, also claimed that out of the 14 people that live on their road, "I think nine of them have cancer right now."

    On the contrary, Amazon spokesman Lisa Levandowski told Rolling Stone that "the apparent narrative" about the 45,000-person county is "misleading and inaccurate."

    "The truth is that this region has long-documented groundwater quality challenges that significantly predate AWS' presence, and federal, state, and local agencies have spent years working to address nitrates from agricultural fertilizer, manure, septic systems, and wastewater from food processing plants," Levandowski explained.

    She went on, "Our data centers draw water from the same supply as other community members; nitrates are not an additive we use in any of our processes, and the volume of water our facilities use and return represents only a very small fraction of the overall water system — not enough to have any meaningful impact on water quality."

    RELATED: Zuckerberg to dump hundreds of billions into new Manhattan-size projects

    An Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Virginia, US, on Sunday, July 28, 2024. Data center developers in Northern Virginia are asking utility Dominion Energy Inc. for as much power as several nuclear reactors can generate, in the latest sign of how artificial intelligence is helping drive up electricity demand. Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Oregon Rural Action, an activist group focused on preserving water, compared the situation to the "historical precedent" of Flint, Michigan.

    "In part because of how slow the response to the crisis has been, and in part because of who's affected. These are people who have no political or economic power and very little knowledge of the risk," executive director Kristin Ostrom told Rolling Stone.

    The argument that Amazon has increased the amount of toxins in the water is indeed a complex one as there exist arguments on both sides that require investigation to prove.

    As the Department of Energy explains, the process of cooling with water typically includes water softening to remove harmful toxins, but that does not mean there aren't additives involved in the process.

    Possible additives include phosphates to prevent corrosion, acids to adjust pH levels, and anti-foaming agents, to name a few. Nitrates can also be used to prevent corrosion in cooling systems.

    The DOE also notes that when water evaporates from cooling towers, dissolved solids or toxins become more highly concentrated. This is typically solved by removing a portion of the highly concentrated water and replacing it with "fresh make-up water."

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  • NYC councilwoman lays into 'rich,' 'entitled' Mamdani voters as mayor-elect plans to leave homeless encampments alone Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:30:00 +0000


    The incoming socialist mayor of New York City says that he will end the clearing out of homeless encampments in the city once he enters office.

    Zohran Mamdani made the comments during his "Hot Chocolate, Frozen Rent" event in Manhattan on Thursday, where he posited that homelessness is a result of "political choice."

    'Radical left communists would rather the homeless freeze to death on the streets, live in tents without showers food or medicine than make sure they have PROPER housing.'

    "If you are not connecting homeless New Yorkers to the housing that they so desperately need, then you cannot deem anything you're doing to be a success," he said.

    "We are going to take an approach that understands its mission is connecting those New Yorkers to housing, whether it's supportive housing, whether it's rental housing, whatever kind of housing it is," he added. "Because what we have seen is the treatment of homelessness as if it is a natural part of living in this city, when in fact it's more often a reflection of a political choice being made time and time again."

    Republican NYC Councilwoman Inna Vernikov torched Mamdani over the announcement.

    "The radical left communists would rather the homeless freeze to death on the streets, live in tents without showers food or medicine than make sure they have PROPER housing and mental health treatment which many of them desperately need," said Vernikov.

    While the mainstream media has tried to mischaracterize Mamdani as moderate, he has previously posited that the government might need to ban private property in order to address the housing crisis.

    RELATED: Actor Jon Voight calls on Trump to 'terminate' election of Mamdani in NYC

    "Mamdani voters are rich entitled liberals who never have to struggle and who believe that leaving the homeless on our streets in their tents is also appropriate PUNISHMENT for our 'intolerant and racist' neighborhoods," Vernikov continued. "BRACE YOURSELVES."

    Mamdani shocked many when he won the Democrat nomination in the mayoral race despite being vastly inexperienced to run the massive city. At least one liberal commentator has compared him to Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • Netflix buys Warner Bros. and HBO — here's what it'll control Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000


    Netflix announced a massive deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., a company that controls huge entities like HBO and CNN.

    Which networks Netflix will control, however, is a bit complicated.

    Warner Bros. put itself up for sale last month, and as Blaze News reported, was simultaneously being eyed for acquisition by Amazon.

    'Our mission has always been to entertain the world.'

    Netflix has seemingly won the battle though, with a cash and stock transaction valued at $27.75 per share for Warner Bros. Discovery, totaling approximately $82.7 billion, which equates to an equity value of $72 billion after debt, according to CNN and Netflix.

    The deal is expected to close in Q3 2026, which will give WBD a chance to conclude the separation of its company, which has huge implications in terms of which channels Netflix takes control of.

    Split decision

    In June 2025, WBD decided to split itself into two companies, WBD Global Networks and WBD Streaming & Studios. The split is expected to take effect in summer 2026, after which Netflix will take over the Streaming & Studios company.

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    NEW YORK - JUNE 10, 2007: Actor Ray Abruzzo attends an HBO screening of the series finale of 'The Sopranos.' (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

    This means Netflix will gain Warner Bros Pictures/Television/Games, HBO, streaming service HBO Max, TNT Sports (international), and studio New Line Cinema.

    The acquisition also comes with the rights to some of the most highly sought after shows around, such as "Friends," "Game of Thrones," "The Sopranos," "The Big Bang Theory," and those in the DC Comic Universe. As well movies like the "Harry Potter" franchise will move to Netflix.

    CNN not included

    There were questions as to what it would mean for CNN should WBD be acquired by a different platform, but the news network will fall under WBD Global Networks and not move to Netflix.

    The same goes for networks like HGTV, Discovery, TBS, the Cartoon Network, TNT Sports (U.S.), along with the rights to the NHL, NCAA, and Olympics in terms of sports.

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    Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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    Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix said, "Our mission has always been to entertain the world."

    He added that the combination of Warner Bros.' library and Netflix's catalogue will "give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling."

    Greg Peters, the other co-CEO of Netflix, said the acquisition will "accelerate" their business for decides.

    "With our global reach and proven business model, we can introduce a broader audience to the worlds they create — giving our members more options, attracting more fans to our best-in-class streaming service, strengthening the entire entertainment industry and creating more value for shareholders."

    Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav added that the sale to Netflix will "ensure people everywhere will continue to enjoy the world's most resonant stories for generations to come."

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  • THIS is why Trump should send Alejandro Mayorkas to PRISON​ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0000


    During President Trump' s first term, Americans were forced to wake up and realize that immigration was a serious problem — and that we were losing who we were and what we stand for as a country.

    “And then Biden gets in, who’s this — he’s not even a person. He’s this just sort of like empty vessel ... and what they do immediately with him is not just like turn the immigration spigot back on, it’s supercharged,” BlazeTV host Jonathan “Lomez” Keeperman tells co-host Christopher Rufo on “Rufo & Lomez.”

    “OK, we get in Biden’s four years, the equivalent of 12 years of immigration. The preceding 12 years combined ends up equaling what Biden does — another like eight million illegal immigrants,” Lomez says.


    “Millions of these get away, they’re not even processing people at the border. ... Alejandro Mayorkas just decides unilaterally, we’re going to start taking in people from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, Venezuela, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people basically flying illegal immigrants, paying to fly illegal immigrants into the country to be resettled by these refugee programs,” he continues.

    “They’re getting hundreds of millions of dollars from DHS to do this. You have hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied minors, OK? We’re just taking in the world. We’re taking in the entire world.”

    “And when I say we, I mean Alejandro Mayorkas, who should frankly be in jail and tried for sedition,” he adds.

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  • Go home, gov! Halle Berry slams fake feminist Gavin's presidential run Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0000


    Did Halle Berry just go MAGA?

    Sadly no. But the Oscar-winner did take a strong stand against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s chances at becoming the next U.S. president.

  • HHS takes aim at Midwestern school that allegedly vaccinated child without parental consent Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:41:35 +0000


    The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights is undertaking a nationwide campaign to protect parental rights in pediatric medicine and cracking down on those institutions that fail to provide parents with access to their children's medical records, as required by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

    HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video on Wednesday, "A parent's right to guide their child's health decisions — that right is not optional, it's non-negotiable, and under the Trump administration, it will not be ignored."

    'Religious exemption rights are one aspect of true informed consent and refusal.'

    It appears that HHS already has one alleged offending institution on its radar.

    Kennedy indicated that his agency has launched an investigation into a "troubling incident" in the Midwest — where a school is alleged to have illegally vaccinated a child with a federally provided vaccine without the parents' consent.

    According to Kennedy, the child also had a "legally recognized state exemption" for the vaccine.

    "When any institution — a school, a doctor's office, a clinic — disregards a religious exemption, it doesn't just break trust; it also breaks the law," said Kennedy. "It fractures the sacred bond between families and the people entrusted with their child's care, and we are not going to tolerate it."

    In the video, Kennedy did not identify the vaccine, school, or state involved in the case, and when pressed for comment by USA Today, HHS reportedly declined to provide any clues.

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    HHS indicated that its Office for Civil Rights will determine whether the school acted in compliance with the Vaccines for Children Program requirement that conditions the federal provision of reduced-cost, public-purchased vaccines for eligible children on compliance with state religious and other exemptions from vaccine laws.

    Extra to scrutinizing the school's conduct, HHS provided a strong reminder to health care providers in a letter on Wednesday that the HIPAA privacy rule "generally gives the parent the right to access the child’s medical records as the child’s personal representative, unless one of the limited exceptions applies."

    Absent limited exceptions such as in the case of children for whom health care decisions are made at the direction of a court or a person appointed by a court, HHS emphasized that "a covered entity (and, where applicable, its business associate acting on the covered entity’s behalf) may not place additional limitations on a parent’s access to the child’s medical records beyond any existing limitations in applicable law."

    In September, HHS' Office for Civil Rights sent another "Dear Colleagues" letter on theme, noting that providers participating in the Vaccines for Children Program must follow state laws relating to religious and other exemptions to vaccination laws.

    "The Vaccines for Children Program should never circumvent parents' rights," CDC acting Director Jim O'Neill said of the latest initiative on the part of the HHS. "Secretary Kennedy’s decision to probe potential abuse of the VFC is a necessary step in restoring public trust in immunization policy."

    Children's Health Defense, which was chaired by Kennedy from 2015 to 2023, lauded the initiative.

    Mary Holland, president and CEO of CHD, said in a statement, "CHD strongly supports the right to informed consent and informed refusal of all medical interventions — this is the essence of what the Nuremberg Code stands for."

    "That document was the antidote to the medical atrocities of World War II," continued Holland. "Religious exemption rights are one aspect of true informed consent and refusal — whether that ‘informed’ nature comes from religion or science or wherever else."

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  • Amazon now offering even faster delivery in some cities, making 2-day delivery seem like a snail's pace Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:00:38 +0000


    With the season for Christmas shopping now in full swing, Amazon is testing out a new service for much faster deliveries.

    On Monday, Amazon announced the limited launch of Amazon Now, a delivery feature promising swift deliveries in 30 minutes or less.

    Amazon Now is first launching in parts of Seattle, Washington, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    The announcement called the service "ultra-fast" delivery.

    Amazon Now is first launching in parts of Seattle, Washington, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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    The service focuses on essential household items and groceries. Amazon's press release explains it will be using "specialized smaller facilities designed for efficient order fulfillment."

    Prime members will have to pay delivery fees starting at $3.99 for an order, and non-Prime members will have to pay $13.99.

    Amazon will continue to offer Prime members its usual same-day, overnight, and next-day delivery options.

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