Walmart will soon become the world’s largest retailer to retract its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies following criticism from conservative commentators who aim to perpetuate “anti-wokeness.” Walmart announced the changes on Monday, which include the end of a five-year commitment to an equity racial center set up in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd, which will not be renewed once […] The post Walmart Ditches Racist, Anti-American DEI appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Israel is expected to enter a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in the coming hours that will bring the war in southern Lebanon to a halt for the time being. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address that he was recommending that the country’s war cabinet agree to the ceasefire deal. “The length of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon,” Netayahu said. “With the United States’ full understanding, we maintain full freedom of military action. If Hezbollah violates the agreement and tries to arm itself, we will attack.” “If it tries to rebuild terrorist infrastructure near the border, we will attack,” she continued. “If it launches a rocket, if it digs a tunnel, if it brings in a truck carrying rockets, we will attack.” Netanyahu pointed to three main reasons why Israel should agree to the ceasefire at this time. “The first reason is to focus on the Iranian threat, and I won’t expand on that,” he said. “The second reason is to give our forces a breather and replenish stocks.” “And the third reason for having a ceasefire is to separate the fronts and isolate Hamas,” he added. “From day two of the war, Hamas was counting on Hezbollah to fight by its side. With Hezbollah out of the picture, Hamas is left on its own. We will increase our pressure on Hamas and that will help us in our sacred mission of releasing our hostages.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Netanyahu pointed to Israel’s successes in decimating Hezbollah through intense strikes over the last year, including killing the group’s leader and nearly all of its top commanders. “We have destroyed most of their rockets and missiles, we have killed thousands of terrorists and we demolished their underground terror infrastructure abutting our border, infrastructure they had been building for years,” he added. He also confirmed during his address that Israel did strike a facility inside Iran late last month that was a critical component of their nuclear weapons program. The strikes inside Iran came in response to Iran firing approximately 180 ballistic missiles inside Israel at the start of October. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “The length of the ceasefire depends on what happens in Lebanon. We will enforce the agreement and respond forcefully to any violation. We will continue united until victory.” Full remarks >>https://t.co/43nIjRoJQv pic.twitter.com/KiwT3ZKcog — Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) November 26, 2024

Former CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge revealed just a taste of what her former network had on Hunter Biden and his father, President Joe Biden, prior to the 2022 midterm elections — and she said that much of the information was either reported after an intentional delay or scrapped altogether. Herridge, who left Fox News for CBS in 2019 and was subsequently let go by CBS in early 2024, had done some serious digging on the Bidens and specifically on the now-infamous laptop that Hunter left behind at a Delaware repair shop — but much of what she found she now says that CBS would not let her report. WATCH: EXCLUSIVE: The Untold Story Of The Hunter Biden Reporting At CBS, “I wanted the cleanest copy of the laptop data, the same data that was provided to the FBI…” The full +22 minute video goes in depth on the controversy surrounding my investigation starting in October 2020.… pic.twitter.com/58stp0oNXi — Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) November 26, 2024 Herridge explained in a brief video posted to X on Monday that her first goal had been to get as close to the primary source as humanly possible. “I wanted the cleanest copy of the laptop data, the same data that was provided to the FBI,” she said. She went on to say that CBS had finally allowed a story verifying that the laptop was real and the data on it had not been manipulated — but that the network had not wanted to go ahead with the story prior to the 2022 midterm elections even though she had it ready to go. “When we did the story, we did it after the midterms. I argued against that because it was ready before the midterms,” she said. “My training is that you should always do the story when it’s ready to go, you should not be dictated by the political cycle.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Herridge then detailed a few other items of interest she’d found while studying the laptop data — and said that CBS had been uninterested in pursuing the leads she presented. “For example, in the text messages, there’s unfortunately the use of the ‘N-word,’ the liberal use of the ‘N-word.’ And I thought this was worth another story but I was told that it’s not something that interested CBS News,” she said. Herridge also noted that during a forensic review of the laptop, she’d found “half a dozen emails that were likely used by Joe Biden.” “I thought that was a story,” she said, but CBS was unwilling to move on that without the contents of those emails — which could have taken years to get. “There were a lot of reasons I was told not to do it, not to pursue it,” she concluded.

The Babylon Bee’s sister site has taken legal action in a high-profile case brought by the Justice Department against Texas Children’s Hospital whistleblower Eithan Haim, calling for certain public dockets to be unsealed. Represented by The Dhillon Law Group, “Not the Bee” is asking that the court unseal “critical documents” in Haim’s case, arguing that they were sealed without clear justification. Unlike its satirical sister site, Not The Bee posts and promotes real news stories that are so absurd or outlandish sounding that they could be satire. That includes the proceedings surrounding Haim, whom the Justice Department has targeted for exposing a children’s hospital for performing gender transition procedures on children. Not the Bee is interested in publishing news coverage of Haim’s case to “draw attention to the absurd fact that when a doctor exposed highly unethical medical practices, it was the doctor who faced criminal prosecution, despite his whistleblower status.” “This case warrants maximum transparency,” the site argues in the filing, dated November 25, and filed in the United States District Court of Texas, Houston Division. “The unprecedented investigation and prosecution of Dr. Eithan Haim has been covered by many media outlets and news websites, including Not the Bee, and is a topic of conversation among prominent politicians, intellectuals, and legal commentators, as well as the public at large.” Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images “The press and public have demonstrated substantial interest in Dr. Haim’s whistleblowing, the medical procedures on minors that are the subject of his revelations, the misconduct by the government in pursuing this prosecution, and the various setbacks that the government has faced in attempting to criminalize Dr. Haim’s efforts to bring to light the illegal conduct of Texas Children’s Hospital,” they added. Not The Bee argues that it has standing to challenge the sealing of the documents since it is a member of the press, and the public and wants to obtain access to information concerning judicial proceedings. It also argues that the government hasn’t demonstrated any legitimate grounds for sealing the documents, “let alone the heightened grounds necessary to suppress the public’s First Amendment right of access to criminal proceedings and the press’s right to gather the news.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “Transparency in this case is essential — not just for justice but for public trust in the system,” Dhillon Law Group Founder and Managing Partner Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement this week. “The requested sealing [of] these documents is inconsistent with applicable law, violates the public right to examine the government’s conduct, and further would deprive the public of the First Amendment right to hear commentary about a matter of significant public interest — namely, the prosecution of a whistleblower raising alarm about alleged medical misconduct and mistreatment of minors in Texas.” Haim blew the whistle on Texas Children’s in May 2023, in an explosive story published by journalist Christopher Rufo, alleging that the hospital had lied about ending its transgender medical program and was still performing attempted transition procedures on children as young as 11. In June 2023, Haim received a home visit from federal agents, and learned the Justice Department was targeting him. On June 17, the Justice Department announced that it had indicted Haim for “obtaining protected individual health information for patients that were not under his care and without authorization.” If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 maximum possible fine. In a post on X on Sunday, Haim argued that the Justice Department’s justification for a gag order is that they are concerned with “online bullying.” “This perfectly encapsulates the defining feature of the modern day woke aristocrat,” he wrote. “They zealously deploy the threat or the outright use of state-sanctioned violence against those who challenge their political ideology yet cast themselves as the victim when regular citizens stand up, take notice, and utilize their first amendment right to criticize their tyrannical behavior. These prosecutors have no qualms about sending me to prison for a decade. They have no problem inventing new crimes to do so.” The DOJ’s justification for a gag order is that they are concerned with “online bullying.” This perfectly encapsulates the defining feature of the modern day woke aristocrat. They zealously deploy the threat or the outright use of state-sanctioned violence against those who… pic.twitter.com/vqQZVm7wAo — Eithan Haim MD (@EithanHaim) November 24, 2024 “They had no problem sending heavily armed US Marshals to my home at 7AM even though I am a law-abiding citizen with no criminal history,” he added. “They had no problem taking away my right to possess firearms knowing the legitimate death threats I would face from radical transgender activists. And I don’t bring this up to garner sympathy for myself but rather to demonstrate the magnitude of their hypocrisy.” The Justice Department has no problem with any of the things he had previously mentioned, Haim, argued but they do have “a major problem with anyone noticing it happening.” “Their corrupt gambit relies on the silence of their target to legitimize their corruption,” he added. “In my case, they knocked on the wrong door. I simply refuse to voluntarily comply with my own destruction.”

“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” co-writer Bob Geldof is still fully on board with the song he helped create for charity with Band Aid, and doesn’t agree with criticisms he’s been hearing lately, including from performer Ed Sheeran. The song was originally released in 1984 and has had several remakes since then, including one Sheeran collaborated on in 2014. It has raised millions of dollars for charity over the years. The latest version called Band Aid 40, which commemorates four decades since its debut, uses previous recordings including those of Bono and Sheeran. This “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” is getting backlash, however, for allegedly promoting stereotypes about African culture. Last week, Sheeran said on social media that Band Aid never asked permission to use his vocals in the new version and that if they had, he “would have respectfully declined.” “A decade on and my understanding of the narrative associated with this has changed, eloquently explained by @fuseodg. This is just my personal stance, I’m hoping it’s a forward-looking one. Love to all,” the British musician shared to Instagram Stories. The explanation he referenced came from British-Ghanaian musician Fuse ODG who said he turned down Band Aid 30. He wrote on Stories: “While they may generate sympathy and donations, they perpetuate damaging stereotypes that stifle Africa’s economic growth, tourism, and investment, ultimately costing the continent trillions and destroying its dignity, pride and identity.” Now Geldof is responding to Sheeran’s comments and overall criticism of the song. The Irish songwriter told The Sunday Times that reality is more important than an “abstract wealthy-world argument.” “This little pop song has kept millions of people alive,” he told the outlet of the song that helped raise funds for Africans following a famine. “Why would Band Aid scrap feeding thousands of children dependent on us for a meal?” “Why not keep doing that? Because of an abstract wealthy-world argument, regardless of its legitimacy?” Geldof continued. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE “No abstract theory, regardless of how sincerely held, should impede or distract from that hideous, concrete real-world reality,” he went on. “There are 600 million hungry people in the world — 300 million are in Africa. We wish it were other, but it is not. We can help some of them. That’s what we will continue to do.” “And I can guarantee your personal action here will result in a kid sleeping warmer, fed that night. This is one issue in which you have power,” he said. “You get to tilt the world a fraction — and I know: ‘Here is f***ing Geldof banging on.’ But the instrument of this control, as corny as it may sound, is this thing — this OK tune.” The song’s co-writer Midge Ure told The Sunday Times that even though he believes it’s “not a great song,” he still sees the value. “There are many keyboard warriors out there, and in the time it takes them to write a scathing remark some child has died. They talk while we actually do something,” Ure told the outlet. “All those stars turned up on that Sunday morning with hangovers, but were there for a reason. Although it’s also possible that they were just scared of Bob.”

When you’re a celebrity, people are always calling in favors. They expect that just because you are well-connected, you can make just about anything happen for them. Jason Kelce is a star in his own right. But you have to be living under a rock not to know that his brother, Travis Kelce, has been romantically tied to Taylor Swift for quite some time. She’s arguably the biggest star on the planet right now, and if anyone can make magic happen, it’s Taylor. Jason Kelce is a father to three girls who are probably a bit young for the concert scene, but he has plenty of friends who would likely love to see Taylor Swift perform. But Jason doesn’t want to impose. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rich Eisen (@richeisen) Taylor Swift Apparently Made A Sweet Offer To Jason Kelce The Eras Tour has been the must-have ticket for more than a year as fans clamored to get inside sold-out stadiums around the world. Jason told the Rich Eisen Show that Taylor very kindly told him “she will take care of anybody” that Jason would like to see the show. But the retired Philadelphia Eagle declined the offer because he didn’t “want to impose.” Jason Kelce told Rich he doesn’t “get a lot of people reaching out for Taylor Swift tickets.” But if they do, “it is an immediate ‘no.'” He said the superstar has been nothing but wonderful to his family, and he doesn’t want the Eras Tour to “be a dynamic” between them. Jason asked where the line was with Taylor, adding, “I’m not even broaching the line. I’m staying away from the line!” Jason probably has enough to think about now that his wife, Kylie Kelce, announced they are expecting their fourth daughter. We don’t want to put the cart before the house, but can you just imagine Taylor Swift as your aunt? Wildest dreams, girl. This story’s featured image is by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. The post Jason Kelce Refused A Sweet Gesture From Taylor Swift Because He Didn’t Want To “Impose” appeared first on InspireMore.

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