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Raven Software employees who worked on Call of Duty: Warzone organized a walkout. Twelve Raven Software Quality Assurance testers were fired, prompting the walkout. Raven Software members detailed the layoffs of QA testers on December 3rd in a statement to the press. According to their statement, the Raven Software team’s reaction is one of betrayal and rage directed at Activision. The message outlined the department’s current status, which included a lack of promotions or raises dating back to March. Austin O’Brien, software associate community manager in Raven, tweeted about the situation, saying that his coworkers in QA were promised that…

ST. Louis: A large tornado as reportedly struck an Amazon warehouse near Pontoon Beach in Madison County. Reports say many workers, maybe 100 or so, could still be trapped inside and this could be a ‘mass casualty’ situation – however there is not a current confirmation on the numbers as this is still an ongoing story and details are still being gathered. According to STLToday, “a large tornado had been reported in the Edwardsville area just after 8 p.m. The National Weather Service in St. Louis issued several reports of “radar-confirmed” tornadoes in the region.” The report continued, saying “the…

We’re taking a look back at Jussie Smollett first interview after his alleged hate crime happened years ago and thinking, wow – this was probably his best acting considering how many people blindly followed his story since he was coming out as an anti-Trumper and the suspects were allegedly wearing pro-Trump hats. At this point, he should be given the actor of the year award. Either that, or the people who supported him like Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, the ‘Squad’ and others should finally admit they weren’t really believing the story, but they supported him because it pushed THEIR narrative…

Numerous Democrats are being mocked on social media as a result of Jussie Smollett’s guilty verdict in which he clearly staged a fake hate crime. Some of the notable Democrats are people such as Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and members of the ‘Squad.’ People on Twitter are digging up old tweets and commenting on them, making sure the people who supported Smollett during his hoax are called out for it. Kamala Harris, who is now Vice President and has a low approval rating,  once said: “Jussie Smollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying…

HarperCollins announced that they will no longer be publishing Chris Cuomo’s book, while CNN said it would not pay Cuomo severance. So these are two big financial losses for the former anchor star in a short time. Cuomo’s book, Deep Denial, was supposed to be published in the fall of 2022, as per his original agreement with HarperCollins, but a spokesperson for an imprint of the publishing house said that they ‘do not intend to publish the book.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0cihjvb1ng The broken deal issue comes right with another financial trouble for Cuomo, as The Wall Street Journal reports that CNN employees…

The man who was arrested for torching the Christmas tree outside the New York City headquarters of Fox News and News Corp. has been released free on no bail. The 49-year-old suspect, Craig Tamanaha, told reporters after leaving a Manhattan criminal courthouse that he ‘didn’t do it.’ Only a few hours before the holiday shoppers, tourists and many workers would come in hordes to flood the sidewalks and pedestrian plazas in the area, a fire broke out which was sending dangerous flames and thick smoke into the air outside the building at Sixth Avenue and West 48th Street. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dGvnjEF3SY According…

President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on private employers maybe won’t become law after all, as the Senate voted for it to be blocked. The Biden administration tried to push to flex federal power to boost vaccinations in the U.S., by proposing a rule that large private employers must require their workers to be vaccinated or tested, or they will lose their jobs. The Biden administration has threatened a veto, as the measure to block the mandate heads to the Democratic-held House, so it won’t be such an easy pass if it reaches the president’s desk. As the mandate already didn’t…

A woman, identified only by her first name Carolyn, testified in the ongoing Ghislaine Maxwell s-x-trafficking trial, claimed that she saw a photograph of  Maxwell “nude and pregnant” at Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach house. Carolyn accused Maxwell of touching her when she was 14 and has claimed she visited Epstein for about four years, two to three times a week to give him s-xual massages. Ms. Maxwell’s lawyer, Jeff Pagliuca asked Carolyn if she had seen a photograph where Maxwell appears to be pregnant: “You claimed you saw a photograph of her in Epstein’s house, pregnant?” Pagliuca asked. “Nude and…

According to new evidence, a photo of Jeffrey Epstein kissing his ‘partner’ Ghislaine Maxwell was displayed in his Florida mansion. The evidence also shows an inside look at Epstein’s creepy Manhattan townhouse. Special Agent Kelly Maguire said that, after no one answered the door, her team “forced entry” into 9 E. 71st St. on July 6, 2019, and then searched through all 40 rooms. They found creepy taxidermy animals and a really bizarre painting of Bill Clinton in a blue dress. They also found several uncovered plastic bins that contained hard drives, which were already covered in evidence tape, Maguire…

In an effort to finally phase out smoking, New Zealand will prohibit the selling of tobacco to the next generation. According to a regulation that should be adopted next year, everyone born after 2008 will be unable to purchase tobacco products or cigarettes during their lifetime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tTRXHVNt2E Dr. Ayesha Verall, the Minister of Health, stated that the final goal was to make sure that young people never start smoking. New Zealand’s health ministry explained that the move was a part of an all-around anti-smoking campaign. Health experts and doctors in the country have applauded the “world-leading” regulations, which will restrict…

Roger Stone, an ally of Donald Trump, has rejected the Jan. 6 committee subpoena and will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights, declining to testify before the House January 6 commission, said his lawyer, Grant J. Smith. “In response to the recently served subpoena from the Select Committee, Mr. Stone has directed me to advise you that, as further discussed below, pursuant to the rights afforded him by the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, he declines to be deposed or produce documents,” Stone’s attorney wrote to the committee. The letter states that there is no doubt that the Fifth Amendment gives…

Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter criticized current District Attorney Larry Krasner’s recent remarks about whether Philadelphia is experiencing a crime crisis, by saying that those were ‘some of the worst, most ignorant, and most insulting comments he has ever heard spoken by an elected official. Krasner told reporters: “We don’t have a crisis of lawlessness, we don’t have a crisis of crime, we don’t have a crisis of violence.” Nutter said: “It takes a certain audacity of ignorance and white privilege to say that right now. As of Monday night, 521 people***, souls, spirits have been vanquished, eliminated, murdered in…

Chris Cuomo, who got fired from CNN, has fired back at the network, accusing his boss of knowing everything about his alleged involvement in ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s scandal. Cuomo’s spokesman really threw the former anchor star’s longtime ally CNN President Jeff Zucker under the bus, by saying in a statement that the two were “widely known to be extremely close and in regular contact, including about the details of Mr. Cuomo’s support for his brother,” adding that there were no secrets about this, as other individuals besides Mr. Cuomo can attest. The statement, however, led CNN to accuse Chris Cuomo…

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. is resigning from his congressional seat to become CEO of  Donald Trump’s new media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, or TMTG, that aims to launch its own social media platform in the future. The California Republican will give up his seat in the middle of his 10th term and begin his new career despite having a lack of experience working in the tech industry. Nunes is just the second member of the 117th Congress to resign before the end of his term. “Recently, I was presented with a new opportunity to fight for the most…

Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, said that there should be an “age limit” in candidates who run for political office. This is what Musk posted on his Twitter account: “Let’s set an age limit after which you can’t run for political office, perhaps a number just below 70.” If Musk’s proposal would take effect the politicians that would be affected by this law would be independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ wealth-tax proposal, veteran Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who turned 88 in June, and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, 88. President Biden, 78, was the oldest president to take office, and former…

If it is proved that CNN had prior knowledge of misconduct allegations against its recently fired star anchor Chris Cuomo but looked the other way, the liberal network will face a potential onslaught of lawsuits. CNN could be on the hook for “seven figures” unless it successfully moves away from Cuomo, said Benjamin Eghbali, CEO of the California-based law firm Eghbali. Cuomo hosted the network’s most-watched program, “Cuomo Prime Time,” but he was fired after CNN found out the extent to which he helped his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, beat his own harassment allegations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcqHhfyVspo Eghbali said…

Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime house manager in his home in Palm Beach, Florida, read aloud from an instruction booklet Ghislaine Maxwell gave him in 2001 or 2002 that instructed staff in detail how to handle Epstein’s homes. When Juan Alessi, the manager, testified in federal court and said that Most of the pages were just unbelievable to him. “I’m sorry to say that it was very degrading to me,” he said. Alessi read the manual that instructed staff to maintain extreme discretion for Epstein, Maxwell and their guests. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxREFH57XD0 “Remember that you see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing except to answer…

Facebook’s company, Meta, will soon test a built-in tool to split restaurant bills within Messenger. It’s called Split Payment and testing in US could start soon. You may use the new feature to ask individuals for money in a group chat as well as to track who has paid their half. Meta has provided screenshots that give users an insight into how it all works. The addition comes shortly after the departure of David Marcus, Meta’s former Messenger leader, and cryptocurrency chief. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXGFaIsXN5U Meta has also launched new Group Effects. This feature allows people on Messenger and Instagram to use…

According to an exciting new report, Sony is working on a competitive Xbox Game Pass service for the well-known PlayStation. According to Bloomberg, individuals familiar with Sony’s plans revealed interesting info of a brand new service code titled “Spartacus,” according to Bloomberg. It will allow PlayStation fans to pay a monthly fee to access a library of new and old games. This is the same strategy that Xbox employs for its popular Game Pass subscription service. According to the project materials, the planned service would be separated into three categories. The first contains all of the benefits of PlayStation Plus,…

Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader defended Rep. Lauren Boebert, because “she apologized” for recent insulting comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s religion. He also admitted that controversies surrounding Boebert and allies like Reps. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene cause “problems.” “It’s things we would not want to deal with,” McCarthy said, adding that the American people want to focus on stopping inflation, gas prices, and others and that anything that deviates from that causes problems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXP-gQ2zuBA Regarding Boebert’s comments about Omar, McCarthy also said that Lauren Boebert, as he called her when it came forward, they talked, she apologized…