FOX NEWS — House Oversight Committee Republicans on Thursday made a formal request for Hunter Biden to turn over information and records related to his foreign business dealings. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., also sent requests to President Biden's brother, James Biden, and Hunter's business partner, Eric Schwerin, for records as Republicans probe whether members of the Biden family leveraged Joe Biden's position as vice president to "sell access around the world."... (more)

NEWSMAX — The new weaponization subcommittee created by House Republicans -- and aimed at countering alleged abuse of government powers against conservatives -- held its first meeting Thursday. And it was a fiery affair as Dems and the GOP collided again and again over the very existene of the panel.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — The House Judiciary Committee, now being run by Republicans, is demanding the details of Biden administration-Big Tech censorship schemes. U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the chairman, has dispatched a letter to the Department of Justice insisting on copies of all documents that already have been produced in a lawsuit, Missouri v. Biden.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — It was the Washington Examiner that called Joe Biden's 2023 State of the Union address to the American public – those who watched it, "A banal failure of a State of the Union." "The best thing that can be said about President Joe Biden's second State of the Union address last night is that a record-low number of people wasted their time watching it. It was a laundry list of nanny statism, promising that not even the tiniest detail of people's lives will be free from federal interference…"... (more)

DENNIS PRAGER — This past Saturday night, the New York Rangers National Hockey League (NHL) team did something almost unbelievable. Though scheduled to wear LGBTQ “Pride” jerseys during pregame warmups, not one member of the team did so. Another recent example of defying LGBTQ+ “Pride” jersey demands in the NHL—which is run by people who are as governed by cowardice as those who run Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and the National Basketball Association—was a player for the Philadelphia Flyers, Ivan Provorov, who refused to wear a “Pride” jersey 10 days earlier.... (more)

YOUTUBE — The U.S. Navy released new images Tuesday of the recovery of the Chinese balloon that was shot down Saturday over the Atlantic Ocean. MUST SEE.... (more)

C-SPAN — Watch Joe Biden's full State of the Union address, delivered Tuesday night from the House chambers (C-SPAN video is 73 minutes in length). Also watch nine featured "Points of Interest," as well as hear listeners' public comments.... (more)

PETER LEMISKA — The Democratic Party, it seems, has always had the ability and propensity to exploit crises and catastrophes whenever and wherever it finds them. More than 10 years ago, as Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanual flaunted that concept, publicly admitting, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.... It’s an opportunity to do things you’d think you could not do before.”... (more)

MICHAEL BRESCIANI — Every year since 2008, the New American Prophet website has given a brief analysis of the events of the past year with a prophetic eye toward the upcoming year. This may be the hardest year ever to make assessments and predictions because tumultuous events are going from a steady drip to a torrential downpour.... (more)

PAUL CAMERON — The notion that "what works" to cure disease, build sewer systems, raise animals, etc., is "empirical science" has typified the West for hundreds of years. Likewise, the notion that "what is good for humans is the primary duty of medicine" resulted from the Christian doctrine that caused humanity to "reproduce and master the environment" over which God gave us dominion: we manage our animals and plants.... (more)

BOB UNRUH — The headlines have been filled in the last couple days with word of Chinese spy balloons crossing the United States at high altitude. So far, the U.S. has shot one down. Of course, defenders of Joe Biden, on whose watch the apparent spying is taking place, immediately had to blame Donald Trump. They charged the same scenario occurred on Trump's watch, that China's balloons crossed the United States, but without any news reporting.... (more)

JUST THE NEWS — The U.S. has destroyed a Chinese balloon that had been floating over the continental United States over the past several days. Footage on social media showed the balloon exploding during flight and beginning to fall toward the earth.... (more)

RESIST THE MAINSTREAM — House legislation proposed by Republicans to denounce socialism was approved when 109 Democrats joined all GOP members for a 328-86 margin. An additional 14 Democrats voted “present,” a procedural vote that registers their presence but not their stand on the legislation.... (more)

TAPHAPS — No one would have believed that Fred Rogers would spark controversy decades after his children’s show stopped airing across the country. According to reports, an old video of beloved children’s television host went viral showing him singing his song, Everybody’s Fancy. The lyrics are about the differences between the biological sexes.... (more)

JERRY NEWCOMBE — When Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade about a week ago, she infamously left out the Creator—when talking about our rights. One woman told me, “Hey, at least she didn’t say, we ‘are created by…you know, the thing,’” as did her boss on the campaign trail in March 2020.... (more)

PETER LABARBERA — The most widely viewed and explosive video in Project Veritas' history of undercover "sting" reporting is so popular that it has drawn Big Tech censorship despite being virtually ignored by the mainstream media. A new whistleblower leak to Project Veritas shows exactly how YouTube, owned by Google, restricted the ability of people to see the undercover videos — using the claim of "COVID vaccine misinformation."... (more)

JUST THE NEWS — An international research collaboration that reviewed several dozen rigorous studies of "physical interventions" against influenza and COVID-19 through last year failed to find even a modest effect on infection or illness rates from masks of all qualities.... (more)

THE FEDERALIST — A federal judge halted California’s attempt to censor doctors when, last Wednesday, the court enjoined the state statute that banned medical professionals from spreading purported “misinformation” or “disinformation” to their patients about Covid-19. The decision represents the latest victory against the authoritarian edicts that quickly followed the outbreak of the pandemic three years ago but continue to this day.... (more)

THE FEDERALIST — Utah Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed new legislation over the weekend that appeared to bar permanently deforming transgender surgeries for minors, but things aren’t always what they seem. Senate Bill 16, titled “Transgender Medical Treatment and Procedures,” was a top priority for lawmakers who introduced the measure two days after the legislature opened on Jan. 17.... (more)

LARRY ELDER — It became national, indeed, international news that five Memphis police officers grabbed, punched, beat, pepper-sprayed and stun-gunned a black suspect, named Tyre Nichols, who later died at the hospital. A picture of him in his hospital bed showing his swollen, battered and bloodied face went viral on social media.... (more)

THE WRAP — Boy, the hits keep on coming for CNN’s semi-new CEO Chris Licht — and we don’t mean the network’s lineup. CNN just notched its lowest ratings in nine years across all its day parts for the week of Jan. 16 through Jan. 22, 2023, according to Nielsen averaging just 444,000 viewers in primetime, 93,000 in the all-important age 25-54 news demographic and 417,000 in viewers and 80,000 in the demo for total day. It’s the first time since May 2014 that the network failed to reach 450,000 viewers.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Join the Veggies characters aboard their orange-slice "ark" as they learn to follow God’s plans and trust in his promises. VeggieTales, created by Big Idea Entertainment, is the leading faith-based studio and producer of children's and family programming. The bestselling children's animated cartoon features talking vegetables, led by Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato. VeggieTales pays homage to classic tales and includes appropriate pop-culture references, while sharing moral and Bible based stories and lessons in a way kids can easily understand and parents can enjoy!... (more)

SIGHT & SOUND FILMS — From the original slide show to live broadcasts around the world, film has been a part of the Sight & Sound Films ministry since the very beginning. Now, they are taking their passion for storytelling from the stage to the screen! They are thrilled to introduce a new addition to the Sight & Sound family. This new addition will focus on telling true stories about historical figures whose lives changed the world because Christ first changed them.... (more)

YOUTUBE — Fox News host Tucker Carlson weighs in on the impact of COVID policy, fake racial division, and Michelle Obama possibly being groomed for a 2024 run on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' Fox News host Tucker Carlson weighs in Biden's 'neanderthal'negativism, the end of the Covid era, holding medical authorities accountable for ignoring early Covid patients, the left's fake hate lies at the heart of Memphis case, Michelle Obama's presidential aspirations, and more[VIDEO] Tucker Carlson weighs in on the impact the Biden administration's neanderthal tendencies, the fake racial division in Memphis, and Michelle Obama's possibilities for a 2024 presidential run.... (more)

TWITTER — In a video recording of a World Economic Forum interview posted Jan. 17 at Twitter, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told his audience that it is his "dream"—and that of his company—that by 2023, "we will reduce the number of people in the world by 50 percent." Exactly when the video was recorded is unclear, but Bourla became CEO of Pfizer on Jan. 1, 2019, and the goal was adopted by "the company" that month (according to the video)—roughly a year before the Covid-19 pandemic began. Note that the response of the audience to Bourla's words at the time of the recording was tepid (though nonetheless shocking), no doubt because most of his listeners were happy to keep on living.... (more)