{"id":1772914,"date":"2022-12-12T18:18:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772914"},"modified":"2022-12-12T18:18:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:18:28","slug":"monday-afternoon-update-fetterman-has-a-face-for-movies-confederate-statue-comes-down-gigantic-caravan-crosses-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/monday-afternoon-update-fetterman-has-a-face-for-movies-confederate-statue-comes-down-gigantic-caravan-crosses-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Afternoon Update: Fetterman Has A Face For Movies, Confederate Statue Comes Down, Gigantic Caravan Crosses Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmonday-afternoon-update-fetterman-has-a-face-for-movies-confederate-statue-comes-down-gigantic-caravan-crosses-border%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1772914&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>This article is a companion piece to today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/morning-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Future Fusion Energy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/prospect-of-fusion-energy-breakthrough-creates-excitement-ahead-of-big-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicates<\/a> that U.S. scientists have found a \u201cbreakthrough\u201d in viable nuclear fusion.<\/p>\n<p>In the past two weeks, scientists at a federal facility in California were able to produce more energy than the amount of energy put into the experiment using lasers to ignite a fusion reaction with a small amount of hydrogen plasma, according to insiders. A full report from the government is expected this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lockerbie Bomber In Custody, Reports Say<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Libyan man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/alleged-lockerbie-bombmaker-in-u-s-hands-three-decades-after-terror-attack\">suspected<\/a> of making the bomb that took down a commercial flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing 270 people, including 190 Americans, is in U.S. custody after more than three decades, authorities said Sunday. The suspected bomber is due to appear in the U.S. District Court of Columbia as early as this week. Family members of the victims have waited 34 years for justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biden Admin Can\u2019t Force Religious Hospitals To Pay For Sex-Change Surgeries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A federal appeals court has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/federal-court-blocks-biden-mandate-forcing-religious-hospitals-to-facilitate-gender-transitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled<\/a> that the Biden administration cannot force religious health care providers to perform or pay for sex-change surgeries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>House GOP Pledges To Subpoena 51 Intelligence Veterans Behind Discrediting Hunter Biden Laptop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House Republicans will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kevin-mccarthy-vows-subpoenas-for-51-intel-veterans-in-hunter-biden-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subpoena<\/a> the 51 intelligence veterans who signed a letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pledged over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Fetterman: Movie Star<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator-Elect John Fetterman will have a cameo in a Netflix film titled \u201cThe Pale Blue Eye,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/yes-thats-john-fetterman-in-christian-bales-new-movie-thats-a-face-that-fits-in-the-1830s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directed<\/a> by Scott Cooper. The film stars Christian Bale as a detective who attempts to solve the murder of a West Point Cadet. The film was shot entirely in Braddock, Pennsylvania, when Fetterman was the mayor, and the makers of the movie became friends with the Democrat. But it was his unique mug that sealed the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJohn\u2019s got this fantastic face. And so I said to Scott, \u2018We\u2019ve got to have him in the tavern. You got to have that face. That\u2019s a face that fits in the 1830s, because a lot of faces don\u2019t fit in the 1830s,\u2019\u201d Bale said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gigantic Caravan Crosses Border<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A caravan of about 1,000 migrants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-more-than-1000-migrants-cross-border-into-el-paso-overnight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crossed<\/a> illegally into El Passo, Texas, Sunday night. A video posted by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin shows scores of migrants walking across the shallow river into the U.S. Melugin reports that prior to the mass crossing, Mexican police escorted nearly 20 buses of migrants to Juarez, where they were given to NGOs and then released to cross the border.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. Kills Two ISIS Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Central Command forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-central-command-forces-kill-two-isis-officials-in-syria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conducted<\/a> a helicopter raid in Syria on Sunday that killed two officials of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Confederate Statue Comes Down<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The city of Richmond, Virginia, removed the final city-owned Confederate monument, a statue of Confederate General A.P. Hill, in Old Dominion\u2019s capital Monday morning. Since 2020 and the George Floyd riots, more than a dozen Confederate memorials have been removed from the city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Court Orders Southwest To Pay Fired Pro-Life Flight Attendant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A federal court has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/court-orders-southwest-airlines-to-provide-back-pay-to-employee-fired-over-union-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ordered<\/a> Southwest Airlines to provide back pay and maximum punitive damages to a former flight attendant named Charlene Carter, who was fired after speaking out against her union\u2019s political activism. Carter was fired in 2017 after posting pro-life messages and supporting a recall of her union\u2019s president. The court ordered her reinstatement as well. Carter was represented by attorneys from the national right to work foundation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas Basketball Coach Arrested<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The head coach of the men\u2019s basketball team at the University of Texas, Chris Beard, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/university-of-texas-mens-basketball-head-coach-arrested-for-felony-assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrested<\/a> Monday morning and was charged with third-degree assault on a relative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mississippi State Football Coach In Critical Condition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mississippi State University head football coach Mike Leach is in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mississippi-state-football-coach-mike-leach-rushed-to-the-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical condition<\/a> after suffering a massive heart attack Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The university issued a statement acknowledging the situation and stating that \u201cMike\u2019s family is with him and appreciates the overwhelming expressions of love and support for the coach, but also requests that their family\u2019s privacy be respected at this time.\u201d Leach is in his third year as head coach at Mississippi State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Longer Tweets Coming, Musk Announces<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/3771542-musk-says-twitter-character-account-will-increase-to-4000\/#:~:text=Twitter%20CEO%20Elon%20Musk%20on,tweets%20from%20280%20to%204%2C000.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Twitter will up its character limits from 280 to 4,000 for individual tweets.<\/p>\n<p><em>To listen to the audio version of this podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/morning-wire\/id1576594336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>. And for more in-depth discussion of the biggest stories of the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morning Wire every morning.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is a companion piece to today\u2019s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click\u00a0here. Future Fusion Energy? A new report indicates that U.S. scientists have found a \u201cbreakthrough\u201d in viable nuclear fusion. In the past two weeks, scientists at a federal facility in California were able to produce more energy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1772917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7449,3811,8285,6572,8284,6202,4010,7921,8283,4452,7313,7457,5002,6195],"class_list":["post-1772914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-afternoon","tag-border","tag-caravan","tag-confederate","tag-crosses","tag-daily","tag-down","tag-fetterman","tag-gigantic","tag-monday","tag-movies","tag-statue","tag-update","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1772917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}