News from Around the Web for Nov 15, 2024

#9 Sylvester Stallone Calls Trump ‘The Second George Washington’ in Mar-A-Lago Warm-up Speech - Sam Rkaina for The Independent, Jack Paso (community notes), and Charlie Kirk on X

Sylvester Stallone has described Donald Trump as the “second George Washington” in a warm-up speech for the President-elect at Mar-a-Lago. The Hollywood heavyweight attended a black-tie gala on Thursday to celebrate Trump’s election victory. Many of his controversial cabinet picks, including RFK Jr. and Matt Gaetz, attended the gala. “When I made Rocky, if you remember the first image was a picture of Jesus and it said ‘Resurrection, AC Club’,” Stallone told the audience ahead of Trump’s arrival on stage. “I found a church that had been converted into a boxing ring. So the image pans down from Jesus on to Rocky being hit and that moment he was the chosen person, and that’s how I began the journey...

#8 Trump Taps RFK Jr. To Lead Department of Health and Human Services - Greg Wehner and Emma Colton for Fox News, Aaron Siri/John Basham, Tracy Beanz, Elizabeth Warren/CNN (community notes :), and End Wokeness on X

President-elect Trump on Thursday selected Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  "I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health," Trump said in his announcement...

#7 Nancy Pelosi Files Paperwork to Run Again — But Plans Remain Vague - Gabe Greschler  for The San Francisco Standard, Tracy Beanz The Gateway Pundit, Mario Nawfal, and John Basham on X

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has filed paperwork to run for another term in Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, though it remains to be seen whether a real campaign will emerge. A spokesperson for Pelosi downplayed speculation about another congressional bid, telling The Standard that the filing, called a Statement of Candidacy, is legally required when a campaign spends or raises more than $5,000 after Election Day...

#6 Whoopi Goldberg Joins Anti-Trump Sex Strike: “My Vagina Is Now Closed” - Sean Adl-Tabatabai for The People's Voice, Chad Prather, Rob Smith, and Derek Holland on X

Whoopi Goldberg has announced that she has joined the liberal “sex strike” to protest Donald Trump winning the election. According to The View co-host, men “won’t get any” from her because not enough of them voted for Kamala Harris. Poor Whoopi, she is one of us and has to work for a living. She only has a net worth of $60 million. My God, how does she do it? Living on that must be a challenge.

#5 Dangerous Venezuelan Gang Is in ‘Every Major City’ in Tennessee - Sam Luther for WVLT8, John Rich, Mario Nawfal, and Fox Nashville on X

State leaders are warning of a dangerous gang that formed in prisons in Venezuela called Tren de Aragua that has been spotted in all major cities in Tennessee. TBI Director David Rausch said the gang has been known for human trafficking and bringing Venezuelan women to the United States and Tennessee illegally. Rausch addressed Governor Bill Lee on Tuesday and said that the gang had been active in the state in 2023, but for more than a year had been inactive after arrests were made. However, over the last few months, Rausch said there’s been an increase in activity once again...

#4 Special Education Teacher Resigns, Apologizes After Viral Video Threatening Trump Voters Sparks Backlash - Stepheny Price for Fox News, Collin Rugg, Not the Bee, and CT POLICE LIVE on X

A special education teacher in Connecticut has resigned after a viral video surfaced of her going on a rant and threatening violence and harm to supporters of President-elect Trump. The viral video allegedly featured Cheshire educator Annie Dunleavy making threats to "handle" supporters of Trump. "Just because you won doesn’t mean we don’t remember who the f--- you voted for," Dunleavy says in the social media clip. "Please don’t test your gangster on me because you will end on a stretcher, gone forever. So serious."

#3 Trump to Universities: Stamp Out Antisemitism or Lose Accreditation - Mathilda Heller for The Jerusalem Post, Sara A. Carter, and Joel C. Rosenberg on X

All American universities must end campus antisemitism, or they will lose accreditation, President-elect Donald Trump promised during a rally against antisemitism in Washington. To “defeat antisemitism and defend Jewish citizens in America,” Trump said he would inform every college president that if they do not “end antisemitic propaganda,” they would lose accreditation and federal support. “We will not subsidize the creation of terrorist sympathizers, and we’re not going to do it – certainly on American soil,” he said...

#2 Former Detroit Lions Player Charged in Jan. 6 Riot -  Phil Helsel for NBC News, Jordan Fischer, Kyle Becker/Gain of Fauci, Amuse, and Mario Nawfal on X

Former Detroit Lions linebacker Leander Antwione Williams was arrested in Georgia on Thursday and is charged with assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, federal prosecutors said. Williams, who went by Antwione Williams in the NFL, played for the Lions during the 2016 season. He was arrested in Savannah and is charged with felony counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers, and obstruction of law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., said in a statement...

#1 Pentagon’s UFO Report Finds Over 700 New Cases, With 21 the Agency Could Not Explain - Luis Martinez for ABC News, CBS News, Holden Culotta, Alan Boyle, and Good Morning America on X

The Pentagon and the Director of National Intelligence have released the annual report on UFO sightings and while they still haven't found any extraterrestrial origin for the more than 700 new reports that came in last year, there are about two dozen that have them really curious. UAP is the term the Pentagon and the intelligence community use to describe UFOs, which stands for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. The agency that reviews all of the new incidents being reported by military personnel and now additional federal agencies is the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)...

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