72% comes from India specifically. Not Central America and South America, not Africa or Asia. Just one country.

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This morning, the nation is mourning the loss of one of the most genuinely decent men ever to sit in the Oval Office. Even for his critics, Jimmy Carter was a model of empathy and integrity as an A…

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has used his new year's message to tell the nation it has been "appallingly led" for several decades in a chipper new year's message.

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Almost two thirds of transgender women in prisons who are still legally recognised as men have been convicted of sex offences, official figures show.

This rate – 62 per cent – is far higher than that of the male prison population as a whole.

Some 151 of the 245 legally male trans women in jail at the end of March 2024 were sex offenders, according to data revealed in response to a written parliamentary question.

In comparison, 17 per cent of men in prison in England and Wales are sex offenders.

A rule change in 2023 meant trans women with male genitalia, or those convicted of violent or sexual offences, were no longer allowed to be held in women’s jails.

Exemptions can still be considered by ministers in ‘exceptional circumstances’. The rule change followed high profile cases including that of Isla Bryson, who began identifying as a trans woman while awaiting trial for two rapes.

In February 2023, Bryson was convicted of two rapes and jailed for eight years.

She was first sent to the all-female Cornton Vale prison in Scotland before being transferred to a male prison after the case sparked public outrage.

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The University of Iowa announced that it would close its Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies department and open the School of Social and Cultural Analysis.

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Deceased President Jimmy Carter feuded with multiple presidents after he left office, including with former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

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Late-night comedy hosts including Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel spent 2024 repeatedly bashing now President-elect Donald Trump — and experienced another bad year as their cultural relevance and viewership continue to crash.

The network comedians told a total of 1,463 jokes about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris during the recent fall election period, with a whopping 98 percent of them aimed at Trump, according to a recent study by the Media Research Center. The study covered the period from September 3 through October 25.

In addition, 78 percent of jokes aimed at vice presidential candidates targeted J.D. Vance.

Stephen Colbert even featured Kamala Harris as a guest in October, where she was treated to softball questions that she still managed to flub.

Both Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert experienced emotional meltdowns on their first broadcasts after Trump’s decisive victory — winning both the electoral college and the popular vote — with Kimmel holding back tears in what was a difficult show for the comedian.

The clear bias comes as the network shows continue to lose their cultural relevance.

Several recent polls have shown that voters don’t care about the political opinions of celebrities.

For the recent presidential election, a full 75 percent of Americans said a celebrity’s endorsement of a candidate made no difference or not much of a difference on how they voted, according to a Rasmussen poll released last month.

Meanwhile, an AP-NORC poll released this week showed just under 40 percent of Democrat respondents said they approved of celebrities sharing their views on politics, while just 11 percent of Republicans and 12 percent of independents said the same.

In a concession to changing times, NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon announced in September plans to reduce its production schedule to airing new shows just four nights per week instead of five, with reruns airing on Fridays.

Cord cutting continues to eat into late-night audiences, with younger viewers in particular tuning out, preferring to watch clips on YouTube or social media the following day.

The numbers paint a dire picture.

Colbert’s CBS show — usually the top-rated among the three major networks — garnered an average of 2.6 million viewers during the 2023-24 season, way down from 3.81 million five years ago. The current 2024-25 season isn’t looking better. For the recent third quarter, Colbert attracted an average of 2.5 million.

President-elect Donald Trump honored former President Jimmy Carter upon hearing of his death at age 100, graciously remembering him as a man who did his best “to improve the lives of all Americans.”

The president-elect honored the now-deceased former president in a post on his Truth Social account Sunday.

“I just heard of the news about the passing of President Jimmy Carter. Those of us who have been fortunate to have served as President understand this is a very exclusive club, and only we can relate to the enormous responsibility of leading the Greatest Nation in History,” Trump wrote.

The president-elect then graciously characterized Carter’s tenure, which followed President Nixon’s Watergate scandal and the fall of South Vietnam under President Gerald Ford, as one that came “at a pivotal time for our country.”

“The challenges Jimmy faced as President came at a pivotal time for our country and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans. For that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude,” Trump wrote.

“Melania and I are thinking warmly of the Carter Family and their loved ones during this difficult time. We urge everyone to keep them in their hearts and prayers,” he concluded.

As Breitbart News reported, Jimmy Carter lived longer than any other president in U.S. history and led a political legacy that lasted several decades past his single term from 1977 to 1981 before he was defeated by Ronald Reagan in a landslide election.