US Futures Signal a Rebound From Year-End Retreat: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) – Tech stocks led gains as U.S. stock futures rose, showing Wall Street is recovering from a four-day slump that marks the end of 2024. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg The Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) rose 0.8%, and the S&P 500 (ES=F) rose 0.6%. European energy stocks supported a modest rise in the region's STOXX […]
Wokeness is in retreat, but Nasdaq’s ‘diversity rules’ show its awful stench will be hard to eliminate
Awakening is receding, but the stench will be difficult to remove. Consider the strange case of the laborious “Nasdaq diversity rule''. A stock market giant that forces all companies “listed” on the Nasdaq to elect boards that emphasize intersectionality, or racial, sexual, and gender diversity, rather than racial, sexual, and gender diversity. It is a […]
Democrats Perform Tactical Retreat on Trangenderism
Pro-transgender officials in President Joe Biden's administration are withdrawing draft regulations that threatened costly lawsuits against schools that protect girls' sports. The move would block President-elect Donald Trump's lawmakers from rewriting draft regulations to protect rather than penalize single-sex K-12 sports. The Department of Education's pro-trans regulations would force public schools to downplay heterosexuality by […]
Walmart, Canada, and the great DEI retreat: Are we finally waking up?
Is freedom moving backwards or moving forward? Just a few weeks ago, I would have said it was regressing. But something is changing, and America, though bruised and battered, is at the forefront of the pullback. What did we do over the last four years when everything went wrong for us, when we felt like […]
Actress dies after consuming amphibian’s venom at spiritual cleansing retreat
A Mexican actress died after ingesting poison from a poisonous Amazonian frog during a voluntary spiritual cleansing ritual. According to local reports, Marcela Alcazar Rodríguez, 33, ingested some of the poison as part of a spiritual cleansing procedure used by some indigenous peoples of South America to cleanse themselves of toxic substances. Rodriguez began vomiting […]
Syrian militants reach central Aleppo as government forces appear to retreat | Syria
Once exiled to the mountains of rural Syria, Islamic rebels now roam the streets of central Aleppo, posing for photos beneath the ancient citadel and vandalizing symbols of President Bashar al-Assad's rule. I'm doing it. The surprise attack, in which rebels seized territory across northwestern Syria, appears to have dramatically shifted the balance of power […]
Democrats Retreat from Transgender Priorities
Democratic leaders have backed away from supporting Rep. Sarah McBride's transgender-first policies amid mounting evidence that transgenderism is Russian roulette for candidates in battleground states. “It’s one thing to stand up against this and another thing to fight the fascists, but we [Democratic] Allies are capitulating like this and won't even fight,” advocate Alejandra Caraballo […]
Democrats Retreat from Transgender Extremism After Trump Win
Democrats have quietly begun distancing themselves from more extreme elements of transgender ideology, fearing the issue will further alienate voters following President Donald Trump's return to the White House. When you talk to new york timesNew York state Rep. Tom Suozzi (D) said Democrats' calls to push the party to the left will alienate voters […]
‘Darkness Is in Retreat, Light Is Rising’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation Thursday night following confirmation that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) forces had killed Hamas leader Yahya Shinwar, saying a chance for peace had arrived. Prime Minister Netanyahu began talking about the 101 remaining Israeli hostages, saying that Shinwar's death meant a unique opportunity to free them, and that […]
Tim Walz’s admin to hold ‘BIPOC’-only retreat for library workers — sign-up form excludes ‘white,’ ‘heterosexual’: Report
The Minnesota State Library Authority, led by Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz, plans to hold a BIPOC-only “Black, Indigenous, and People of Color” camp for library staff next month, the agency has learned. This was revealed in the document. Daily Caller News Foundation. Officials say the event is aimed at “helping library staff […]