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Funny how governments obfuscate their financial decisions with high-minded platitudes about the social good and moving forward and building community. The Norwegian government decided to reopen those fields for one reason...tax receipts from the sale of that natural gas will be through the roof. And then they will be able to pay (for a little while) for the massive welfare state that has developed in the last 25 years, as the immigrant population has tripled. Yes...tripled! 6% in 2000, to 18% today.
Norway has approved plans to reopen three gas fields in the North Sea that were shut down nearly three decades ago, a move the government says will support European energy security.
The Ministry of Energy said on May 5 that it has approved development plans for the Albuskjell, Vest Ekofisk, and Tommeliten Gamma fields, all located in the Ekofisk area in the southern North Sea.
The fields were discovered in the 1970s and began production between 1977 and 1988, but were closed in 1998 during a redevelopment of the Ekofisk field.
Norwegian Energy Minister Terje Aasland said the reopening showed the continuing value of Norway’s offshore assets.
Norway is positioned well in comparison to most of the rest of Europe, because they are almost entirely powered by hydro power. They use petroleum for profit, which sounds good, but they are unbelievably smug and hypocritical about going carbon-zero domestically, because they pay for it with petroleum exports!
Gas will be exported to Emden in Germany, while condensate, a light liquid hydrocarbon that is separated from natural gas, will be sent to Teesside in the UK.
Unlike Norway, Germany has moved more cautiously, backing limited domestic and cross-border gas projects, while the UK’s major new North Sea projects remain caught between energy–security arguments, court rulings, and a government net-zero policy shift away from new drilling licenses.
Germany and the UK are collaborating on net-zero goals—the total “decarbonization” of all sectors away from fossil fuels—with Germany targeting 2045 and the UK 2050.
Ah yes...the two European economies failing the fastest! Destroying domestic energy production, welcoming millions of 3rd world savages who are busily draining the government coffers while simultaneously catering to their every cultural demand does not sound like a solid basis for a 21st century economy! Germany is particularly suicidal...they had 19 functioning nuclear power plants in 2000, and today? Zero. None. At least the UK only cut nuclear power by half, not the absolutely insanity of the Germans.
But both countries are fixated on carbon-zero economies, and both countries will fail. Perhaps they can repurpose their highways and use them for solar generation? Nobody will be able to drive anyway. Or start cutting down their forests for a few years' worth of heating. That would work!
It is impossible to run a modern economy on renewables, except for a few small countries that have hydro or geothermal. The other technologies simply don't work. The sun doesn't shine very much at night, and the wind doesn't blow 24 hours a day! Plus, the destructiveness of solar and wind is the dirty little secret of the environmental lobbies. Solar is inefficient and sucks up huge amounts of land. Wind generation is also inefficient, uses a huge amount of petroleum during construction, and is famously unreliable. Then at the end of their functional lives, these installations are enormously difficult to recycle. Mostly they get dumped into land fills!
And the upshot of all of this communist/environmental nonsense is that electricity rates in Germany have almost tripled since 2000. And in the UK? Pretty much the same! But all of those Germans and Brits can feel satisfied that they are saving the earth! as they freeze in the winter and boil in the summer.
At least the Germans can enjoy their fast cars for a little while longer on those good highways of theirs...right? Except that their fuel costs between double and triple what ours costs.
It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at their predicament. They have no one to blame except themselves and their feckless leaders. In 50 years, when the UK and Germany are the poorest countries in Europe, and on the fast track to being governed by Sharia law, I wonder whether their citizenry will question their decisions, or will they continue to blame everyone else?
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The slip occurred when the debate segued into the destructive Palisades Fire of 2025 and reports that dozens of fire trucks were in need of repair prior to that fateful day. It was when Bass had to utter the word “trucks” that another word slipped out. “So yes, there were fire trucks that were broken, but there were also fire fucks,” Bass said before she immediately corrected herself to say “trucks that were out of use.”
No it's not the broken trucks that were the problem it was her and Gavin Newsom's politically-driven ineptitude and incompetence that caused one of the most expensive and beautiful neighborhoods in Los Angeles and America to be reduced to ashes and rubble, and more than a year later to remain a ruin and a monument to insane leftist policies. "Fire Fucks" indeed. Both of them should have been fired long ago and in a sane world should never have been within a billion light years from any position of political power. And it's not just them but the political party and movement that they are floating near the top of. Barring some unforeseen dark horse candidate Greasy Greaseball Newsom, despite being white, male and publicly non-homo, will probably be at the top of the ticket in 2028.
As a reminder, California was once the 6th largest economy in the world, and a place that for generations Americans flocked to, as a place to live the American dream. Now people with an ounce of sanity are fleeing California in droves. The Democrats are not necessarily worried about that . . .
Democrat California Gov. candidate Katie Porter inadvertently revealed the real reason leftist politicians are pushing for sanctuary cities.
Porter let the mask slip during Tuesday night’s gubernatorial debate and admitted that illegal immigration is one of “the only ways [California] has been growing in recent years,” seemingly embracing the replacement of American residents with foreigners. Notably, the deep blue state has welcomed illegals to the tune of millions while an estimated 10 million California residents have fled the state in the last decade.
And as if you weren't aware, they may be here illegally but every one of them is a registered Democrat who votes, early and often I'd bet. And for their troubles they are given welfare to the tune now of hundreds of billions of dollars, as was uncovered in Minnesota and in Ohio and surprise, surprise California.
A Chicago alderman is calling for “corporate” criminal charges against the pharmacy chain Walgreens for its plan to close a store on the city’s troubled South Side over concerns over retail theft and violence at the drugstore. “We’re not here to beg Walgreens to stay,” Ward 6 Alderman Will Hall said at news conference, surrounded by local community members. “We are saying that their decision is the wrong decision my opinion. In my opinion, it should be considered a first-degree corporate crime. Because the amount of people that will be hurt by this, the amount of elders who will not have access to healthcare is evil.”
What's evil is causing the breakdown of the family and decriminalizing crime while blaming free market capitalism, America and our society which allowed Chicago to become a one-time flourishing megalopolis, unlike the decaying hellhole it is today thanks to vermin like this alderman and his ilk.
Well, once this Mamdani-wannabe seizes the means of production and all private property, paradise on earth will be achieved, just like in the Soviet Union. Or Cuba.
During a press briefing on Cuba on Tuesday, Jayapal spoke about how, in January, President Donald Trump had signed an executive order “declaring a national emergency over the threats to America posed by Cuba.” In a post on X, Scott responded to Jayapal’s comments in which she described the sanctions against countries giving oil to Cuba, and firms and banks working with Cuba, as “an economic bombing of the infrastructure of Cuba.”
“DISTURBING: @RepJeffries and @HouseDemocrats, members of your party are OPENLY admitting to aiding a communist adversary in coordination with foreign countries to VIOLATE American sanctions,” Scott wrote. “@POTUS put those sanctions in place to keep Americans SAFE and to hold the Castro/Díaz-Canel regime accountable for their crimes.”
So, where are the arrests and prosecutions RIck Scott, and President Trump?! The world wonders...
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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
Victor Davis Hanson: Today’s Democrat Party has abandoned its traditional working-class, patriotic roots and embraced a radical Jacobin ideology built on division, coercion, and political extremism. The Democrat Party Is Dead, Long Live the Jacobins!
“The memorandum would be followed by discussions to unblock shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, lift U.S. sanctions on Iran and agree to curbs on Iran’s nuclear program,” Reuters reported. The memo laid out a period of 30 days for those subsequent negotiations. Pakistan Says U.S. and Iran Getting Close to Ceasefire Deal
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
“We’re not here to beg Walgreens to stay,” Ward 6 Alderman Will Hall said at news conference, surrounded by local community members. “We are saying that their decision is the wrong decision my opinion. In my opinion, it should be considered a first-degree corporate crime. Because the amount of people that will be hurt by this, the amount of elders who will not have access to healthcare is evil.” Chicago Official Calls for ‘Criminal Charges’ Against Walgreens for Closing Store on Violent South Side
The strategy signals a significant shift in counterterrorism priorities, focusing on domestic threats from radical secular groups alongside traditional threats like cartels and jihadist organizations. It also reflects a broader effort to address the rise of politically motivated violence in the United States. White House Unveils Plan to Target Transgender Terrorists.
Porter let the mask slip during Tuesday night’s gubernatorial debate and admitted that illegal immigration is one of “the only ways [California] has been growing in recent years,” seemingly embracing the replacement of American residents with foreigners. Notably, the deep blue state has welcomed illegals to the tune of millions while an estimated 10 million California residents have fled the state in the last decade. Katie Porter Accidentally Admits The Real Reason Democrats Want Sanctuary Cities
Without a stay, collection proceedings could begin immediately, potentially causing what Trump’s lawyers describe as irreparable harm. The case could set a precedent on the limits of presidential immunity and the application of the Westfall Act. Trump Seeks to Halt $83 Million Payment to E. Jean Carroll.
“It took me two years of my life to prove the following: that a political party in the United States of America, in the 21st century, would go overseas and hire some bogus intelligence asset to manufacture fraudulent, fake, unverified information,” Patel told Sean Hannity during Tuesday’s episode of Hang Out with Sean Hannity. Kash Patel Says FBI Lied to Obtain Warrants Used to Illegally Spy on Trump’s 2016 Presidential Campaign
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz could stabilize oil markets. In late April, President Trump warned about the impact of a prolonged blockade of the Strait on oil prices. Earlier the same month, the price of Brent crude oil hit an all-time high of $144.42 just hours before the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was set to expire. Oil Prices Fall as Trump and Iran Say Hormuz Could Reopen Soon.
“We have simply made it too difficult to permit a mine here in the United States and that must change. If China wants a new mine, they can open one tomorrow. But it takes 29 years to bring a mine online in the U.S. – the second longest timeline in the world; that’s not sustainable,” a National Mining Association (NMA) spokesperson told the DCNF when asked about mining prospects for the Appalachian deposits. What Nobody Will Tell You About The Massive Lithium Find Buried Deep In Appalachia
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
`13 Washington, DC police officers, including reportedly some “high ranking” department officials, have been suspended in connection with an internal investigation into how the department has been formulating crime statistics — a matter also probed by Congress and the U.S. Attorney’s Office. More than a Dozen Washington, DC Cops Suspended in Fake Crime Stats Scandal
America has focused so closely on the woman that we’ve ignored the child, and even when looking at the child, we avoid inexorable logic and morality. Why Conservatives Refuse to Abolish Abortion
Reportedly filed away in a New York courthouse for several years, the alleged suicide note had been under seal as part of a criminal trial involving Nicholas Tartaglione, Epstein’s former cellmate. Tartaglione claims he discovered the purported suicide note just weeks before Epstein’s death in July 2019, when Epstein had been found injured and unresponsive in his jail cell, according to The New York Times. Judge Releases Alleged Epstein Suicide Note
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves told the Daily Caller in an exclusive interview Wednesday that Mississippi lawmakers are already preparing for a special session focused on the state’s Supreme Court districts, but said he has the authority to expand that call to include other redistricting matters — potentially including its congressional and state legislative maps. EXCLUSIVE: ‘Earliest Opportunity’ — Gov Opens Door To Redrawing Maps After SCOTUS Nukes Race-Based Districting
If passed, the map would likely ensure a Republican sweep in Tennessee’s congressional delegation, further solidifying GOP control in the state and handing the party another House member in the November midterms. Similar redistricting efforts are underway in other Southern states, including Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama, following the Supreme Court’s ruling against racial gerrymandering. Tennesse Puts Forward New Electoral Map Likely to Eliminate Democrat House Seat.
“DISTURBING: @RepJeffries and @HouseDemocrats, members of your party are OPENLY admitting to aiding a communist adversary in coordination with foreign countries to VIOLATE American sanctions,” Scott wrote. “@POTUS put those sanctions in place to keep Americans SAFE and to hold the Castro/Díaz-Canel regime accountable for their crimes.” Sen. Rick Scott Rips House Dems After Rep. Jayapal Says She Has Been Trying to Help Cuba Get Oil
with affordability concerns dominating voter priorities, Republicans may face challenges in maintaining control of Congress in November if it remains focused on the Middle East and other foreign policy issues, instead of emphasizing its work to bring down drug prices. DATA: Affordable Health Care is Top Issue for MAHA Voters.
In their latest drilling campaign using the drill on the Mars rover Curiosity, the science team picked up a big surprise that could have been a serious problem, but turned out all right in the end. When they tried to extract the drill from the hole, the drill instead stayed stuck to the rock, and picked the whole rock up instead. Curiosity unintentionally picks up a rock slab
No other launch company has expressed any interest in using Sutherland, and it appears none will be forthcoming in the near future. The red tape in the UK, combined with that powerful local opposition, has made Sutherland a pariah to the smallsat rocket companies looking for launch sites. The UK’s Sutherland spaceport now appears dead
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
When pediatric gender medicine carries risks of sterility, cognitive harm, and lifelong medicalization, evidence—not ideology—must determine whether intervention is justified. The Experiment on Adolescence
Modern sexual and family norms have blurred the meaning of womanhood, weakening motherhood and accelerating a cultural shift that treats biology as optional. How Women Have Led to the Erasure of Women
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
This little tribute to Turner isn’t so much about him and his many accomplishments as it is about the impact he had on the world around him. Ted Turner Wouldn’t Make It as a Democrat Now
During this year of America’s 250th birthday, Trump declared that “we pledge to never forget the countless blessings God has bestowed upon our people and our country.” The president stated, “From the cradles of civilization in the ancient world to the Christian empires of medieval Europe and the miraculous founding of our own Nation, the entire Western experience has been connected by a golden thread of devotion to God.” He especially emphasized the role of faith in America’s Revolution and founding. ‘Golden Thread of Devotion’: Trump’s National Day of Prayer Message
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Teen fertility collapsed globally starting around 2007. This affected countries across the income and policy spectrum. This paper argues that smartphones changed how teens spend time with each other, and that this change in turn drove the collapse in teen fertility. Once enough teens are on the phone, being on the phone is where the peer network is; in-person time falls sharply, and with it the unstructured contact in which most unintended teen conceptions occur.
The model predicts that the shift towards the phone-mediated equilibrium affects multiple aspects of teen behavior. The same instrument that produces a collapse in teen fertility produces a surge in teen suicides.
Yikes. Isn't there a happy medium somewhere?
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Anything this weird and horrifying must qualify as "art."
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., described protesters who demonstrated in New York City on Tuesday as "Pro-Hezbollah / Hamas s[---]heads," and indicated that the Democratic Party should speak out against them.
"Mob of Pro-Hezbollah / Hamas s[---]heads raging against law enforcement and terrorizing the NYC Jewish community near a synagogue and day care," Fetterman wrote in a Wednesday post on X.
"Where's my party's condemnation?"
Fetterman made the comments when sharing a post on X that featured video footage in which people could be heard engaging in what sounded like an anti-Zionist chant.
By the way, I wanted to link Fetterman saying "I can't see continuing as a Democrat" and "the party has lost their way" but I could not find video of Lumpy Jack actually saying that and that's because he didn't say it. Those quotes are from a parody site called "Nothing on this Site is Real."
Just wanted to give you a heads up about that fake news.
But it still is possible that he'll become an independent. The party is determined to purge him.
If Fetterman does flip, according to officials who were given anonymity to talk about sensitive matters, it will be thanks in large part to his deepening friendship with a pair of senators and their high-profile spouses: Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), and his wife Dina, and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and her husband, Wesley.
But the first-term Democrat -- who's infuriated his party with his harder line on immigration and staunch support for Israel, Trump nominees, government funding bills and most recently the president's ballroom -- isn't yet persuaded.
"I'm not changing," Fetterman told me in an interview Friday when I asked if he was ruling out both becoming a Republican or turning independent. "I'm a Democrat, and I'm staying one. "
Yet, at least in private, he's not totally rejecting dropping his "D."
When one senior Republican recently brought up the idea of becoming an independent to Fetterman, he absorbed the suggestion and didn't embrace or reject the overture, according to a GOP official familiar with the conversation.
In our interview, Fetterman said bluntly: "I'd be a shitty Republican."
There are his votes against big-ticket measures, such as last year's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill, but also his liberal views on a raft of cultural issues.
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Fetterman has raised these same doubts about how welcome he'd be as a Republican to his GOP colleagues, too, I'm told by sources briefed on the conversations.
If Republicans can't tolerate even Tillis, Fetterman suggested, how would they accept somebody who supports abortion rights, gay rights, legalizing marijuana and is pro-labor? (He flies the pride flag outside his Senate office.) Senate Republicans have reminded the Pennsylvanian that there are members of their conference who are more moderate on each of those issues.
Trump, who knows a thing or two about party switching, has also gotten in on the action. He's told one GOP senator he prefers Fetterman making the full conversion to Republican, according to a source familiar with the conversation.
And Trump has said, if Fetterman does, he'd reciprocate. In his typical unsubtle fashion, the president conveyed as much to Sean Hannity in March and asked Hannity to play intermediary.
BREAKING 🚨: Here's one reason John Fetterman is giving serious consideration to becoming a Republican.
A Democrat named Raymond Eugene Chandler III, who was planning to run against Fetterman in the Senate primary for 2028, was arrested by the FBI on May 1 for leaving multiple voicemails with death threats and graphic obscene messages on the voice mail of Fetterman's 13-year-old daughter.
Chandler also threatened to kill President Trump.
Chandler had declared his candidacy for the 2028 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, positioning himself as a "leftist" or progressive primary challenger to Fetterman, running on a platform of wealth redistribution.
Like most Americans, Fetterman is coming to the realization that today's Democrat Party is no longer the Party of JFK -- who was patriotic, pro-life, pro-God, very anti-communist, and pro-capitalist.
But today's Democrat Party has become the party of political assassination, violence, mental illness, and hatred of America.
Today's Democrat Party actively roots for Iran to defeat America and our troops.
Today's Democrats are the party of open borders, lawlessness, election fraud, and using the schools to indoctrinate our children into radical Left LGBTQ ideology (including encouraging children as young as kindergarten to undergo gender transition surgeries).
Today's Democrat Party actively works for America's destruction at every level. And John Fetterman has had enough.
There are reports that President Trump has had conversations with John Fetterman, has offered him massive financial backing, and Trump's endorsement.
Some say: "But Fetterman usually votes with the Democrats."
True.
But my experience is people change their voting behavior and views when they make the decision to switch sides.
Both Donald Trump and Ronald Reagan were Democrats at one point. Reagan famously said: "I did not leave the Democrat Party, the Democrat Party left me.
I consider myself to be a JFK-style Democrat.
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I think John Fetterman is coming to the same realization.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro tells @SenFettermanPA: Know your place and don't ditch the party that's trashing you 24/7!
Jake Tapper: There is a quiet but serious effort by Senate Republicans to get John Fetterman to switch parties, to become an Independent, and caucus… pic.twitter.com/acixy48v3y
Sarah Paulson wears dollar bill over her eyes to call out the ‘One Percent.’
The actress, who is worth an estimated $12 million, used her outfit to call out the world’s elite while attending the $100,000 per person Met Gala. pic.twitter.com/jWfIPdtWTn
That's totes AI. I thought it was, but then I found the "designer's" page featuring the "dress," and I figured it was, somehow, real. But now I find out the "designer" is an "AI artist" which means I'm Lamont the Big Dummy.
More nonsense below:
Saving the best for last: Lena Dunham's dress asks the philosophical question, what if feathers weighed 340 pounds?
Alleged Palisades arsonist became 'fixated' with Luigi Mangione, said blaze started 'out of resentment of the rich': prosecutors
The deranged firebug accused of igniting the devastating Palisades Fire had become "fixated" on Luigi Mangione in the lead-up to the deadly blaze -- and then allegedly suggested the inferno was started out of "resentment of the rich," prosecutors said.
Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, was obsessed with the accused health care CEO killer and had routinely searched "free Luigi Mangione" and "lets take down all the billionaires" online, court documents show.
In the weeks and hours before allegedly sparking the blaze that triggered the catastrophic Palisades Fire, Rinderknecht -- who worked as an Uber driver -- ranted to customers about Mangione's arrest, too.
"Many of defendant's Uber passengers on December 31, 2024 and January 1, 2025, described defendant as angry, intense, driving erratically, and ranting about being 'pissed off at the world' and Luigi Mangione, capitalism, and vigilantism," prosecutors noted in a trial memorandum.
When asked why someone would ultimately set the blaze, Rinderknecht allegedly responded that it "would be out of resentment of the rich enjoying their money as 'we're basically being enslaved by them' and compared such an act of 'desperation' to the murder for which Mangione was charged," according to the memo.
He murdered 12 people and caused hundreds of billions of damage.
This should hit a bit different now that court documents show the fire Burr was talking about was set by another Luigi Mangione fan. Bill promoted the exact ideology that led to 12 being killed & sucked up to the Dems for their crappy response https://t.co/6gABtZ7KtX
— Sean Fitzgerald (Actual Justice Warrior) (@IamSean90) May 5, 2026
Meanwhile, young stupid "students" continuing agitating for political violence and calling for assassins to "stop missing" Trump.
"Two people familiar with the case said the search was related to an investigation opened during the Biden administration that has continued, examining possible corruption and bribery related to marijuana dispensary businesses."
I wonder if JackStraw knows her. He enjoys the Wacky Weed so he is probably best friends with the so-called "420 Grandma." All these Potties have each other on speed-dial.
FBI agents--armed with multiple federal search warrants signed by a judge--are raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, the Democratic powerhouse, first Black woman in that role, Finance Committee chair, and architect of the state's aggressive 10-1 redistricting map. Federal sources tie it to a major corruption investigation. The warrants extend next door... to the Cannabis Outlet she co-owns--the very dispensary this self-proclaimed "420 Grandma" championed while co-sponsoring legalization and blurring the lines between legislator and cannabis entrepreneur.
Lucas, a close ally of CIA plant Gov. Abigail Spanberger and a force in Virginia politics since 1992, once dismissed U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner as "cucks in the corner" while engineering her party's electoral firewall. Irony doesn't get more poetic. Power's intoxicating brew--redistricting dominance, business interests in cannabis (with past reports of mislabeled high-THC products), and care facilities--now meets the cold scrutiny of federal law enforcement.
"Care facilities"? Oh no-- isn't that Democrats' favorite vehicle for pillaging the public funds?
And she just happens to be in charge of regulating her own easily-abused business.
And, get this, she proposed and then voted for a special payment bump for her own business.
But Lucas presents the Senate with an issue. The close alignment of her private business and her public obligations and authorities raises issues of public perception and Senate integrity.
For 28 years, she has operated a business, Lucas Lodge LLC, that provides Medicaid-funded services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
She serves and has served for years on two committees that are completely intertwined with her business:
The Senate Committee on Education and Healthcare (since 1994) oversees the regulator of her business, the Department of Behavioral Health and Disability Services (DBHDS), and the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), also known as Virginia Medicaid, and writes the laws with which Lucas Lodge must comply.
The Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations (since 2008 ), of which she is now chair, funds the operations of both agencies and Virginia Medicaid, which, as indicated earlier, pays Lucas Lodge for services.
The situation remains, at best, awkward for the Senate. It just got worse.
This year, Sen. Lucas is the patron of the Senate Budget Bill (SB-30), which amended the baseline budget submitted by Gov. Youngkin. Item 291 #4s in that bill, Developmental Disability Waiver Rates for Selected Services, will specifically increase Lucas Lodge's Medicaid payments above the baseline. Sen. Lucas's budget bill passed her committee and the Senate floor.
SB 30 will be the starting point for the Senate in the upcoming Special Session negotiations that she will lead.
We'll see what happens.
Although people are talking mostly about her pot business, I bet the more serious corruption charges will involve pilfering Medicaid money. It's the Democrats' main business at this point.
Update:
she also runs a facility for the mentally retarded.
MSNBC is already trying to spin the FBI raid on powerful Virginia Democrat Senator Louise Lucas (Senate President Pro Tempore) as Trump revenge:
They even admit the investigation has been going on for 3 years, long before Trump’s current term, over evidence she solicited or… pic.twitter.com/CbPg8w3ECP
Update: Politico is a joke. Their senior politics editor immediately accused people reporting the story of faking this weirdo's photo and falsely claiming she was a top ally of Spanberger.
She is obviously a top ally of Spanberger, and the photo comes from the Virginia Senate's own website:
Justin Baldoni Settles With Amber Heard 2.0, Claims He Paid Her Zero Dollars and Is Very "Pleased" With the Outcome
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Subhed: Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?
Before getting to that, I wanted to mention a story that broke a few weeks ago, but I didn't figure you'd care all that much.
But I think it's semi-important in that it seems to indicate that Hollywood bitches and bastards routinely employ "crisis PR firms" to plant and spread disgraceful, wholly invented defamations against people they're trying to wheedle money (or credit, or power) out of.
AI Summary:
Rebel Wilson's crisis PR team, specifically identified as The Agency Group (TAG), has been deeply involved in legal controversies surrounding the production of her 2024 film The Deb.
Rebel Wilson played "Fat Amy" in the Pitch Perfect movies, and was also in Bridesmaids as the weird roommate. She went on Ozempic and lost some weight, and I guess is now trying to move from supporting comic relief actress to leading lady.
Leaked audio and court documents from March and April 2026 revealed that team members allegedly planned a "heavy" smear campaign against producer Amanda Ghost.
Key Details Regarding the PR Team (as of April/May 2026):
The Agency Group (TAG): This crisis firm, which has worked with other high-profile figures, was allegedly hired by Wilson in 2024 to manage disputes with The Deb producers.
Key Individuals: Leaked audio allegedly captured digital fixer Jed Wallace instructing publicist Melissa Nathan to paint producer Amanda Ghost as a "madame" and "sex trafficker" to ruin her reputation.
"Digital fixer"? I take that to mean someone employed to smear people online.
Internal Communication: In a revealing, court-referenced text message, a TAG employee described Rebel Wilson as "f---ing nuts," as reported in People.
Yeah I got that sense.
Allegations of Smear Sites: Court documents in Sydney and California allege that Wilson directed her team to launch malicious websites (e.g., "AmandaGhostSucks.com") that claimed producer Amanda Ghost preyed on young women.
All these people know is making up defamations about pedophilia about their enemies to gain power or extract wealth.
Denial of Involvement: While these leaked recordings and messages have surfaced, Rebel Wilson has denied in court that she authorized the smear campaign against her colleagues.
Previous Legal Representation: The team was previously associated with high-profile Hollywood lawyer Bryan Freedman, who has represented other celebrities in crisis cases.
Coincidentally, I'm sure, Bryan Freedman's clients include Tucker Carlson and Me-Again Kelly. Apparently he's now representing Justin Baldoni against Blake Lively.
The scandal is part of a larger, ongoing Australian defamation lawsuit (April/May 2026) brought against Wilson by actress Charlotte MacInnes regarding these same disputes.
So, is this just Hollywood SOP? And did the Democrats' symbiotic relationship with Hollywood normalize the idea of just making up the Pee-Pee Dossier? Did Obama's palling around with Hollywood cocksuckers convince him it was okay to weaponize the obviously-fake dossier, because that's just how the game is played?
As you might know -- or might also have completely tuned out -- fading low/mid-level TV actress Blake Lively decided that she wanted ownership over a would-be romance movie franchise. The movie made good money for a romance, and there are other books to adapt, so it's a valuable bit of IP.
So she made up a raft of apparently-false defamations against the franchise's producer/director/owner (well, he owns the film rights to the book series it's based on) accusing him of sexual harassment. The object of this seemingly-fabricated defamation campaign was to pressure him to turn over control of the series to her.
She filed a (seemingly false) lawsuit against him, leaked news of that lawsuit to friendly media outlets, and got her fancy Hollywood friends like Taylor Swift and her douchebag husband Ryan Reynolds to join the crusade against this man. He filed retaliatory lawsuits in return, alleging defamation.
A judge dismissed most of the counts against Baldoni, but three survived.
And now all lawsuits have been dismissed, with Baldoni apparently winning the settlement.
Blake Lively Received Zero Compensation in Justin Baldoni Settlement: Report
Lively still has a pending motion for attorneys' fees and damages stemming from Baldoni's failed defamation lawsuit
No monetary compensation was reportedly exchanged in the lawsuit settlement between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. TMZ, Variety, and other outlets confirmed the news. Lively still has a pending motion for attorneys' fees and damages stemming from Baldoni's dismissed defamation suit against her.
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The news arrives a day after Lively and Baldoni settled their legal battle tied to their film, It Ends With Us, avoiding a trial that was scheduled to begin on May 18 and expected to last six to eight weeks. At the time, Rolling Stone learned that Baldoni was especially pleased with the outcome.
The contentious legal fight dates back to Lively's 2024 claims that Baldoni and Wayfarer fostered a toxic, sexually charged work environment that discriminated against women on the set of It Ends With Us. Lively also accused Baldoni and the film's producers of engaging in a campaign to smear her reputation.
Baldoni countersued Lively for $400 million, accusing her of defamation, though the suit was later dismissed. He also sued The New York Times for defamation over their story that broke the news of Lively's original sexual harassment complaint against Baldoni -- that suit was also tossed out.
Earlier this month, a judge dismissed 10 of Lively's 13 claims -- including allegations of sexual harassment -- meaning the trial was set to center on retaliation and breach of contract. Prior to the settlement on Monday, lawyers for both sides argued over the admissibility of expert witness testimony, with a focus on those tied to Lively's claims that she suffered between $39 million and $143 million in losses from the dispute surrounding the film. Baldoni's lawyers countered, arguing Lively's work history didn't support such estimates, and that the four films she'd appeared in over the past eight years had brought her earnings of roughly $21 million.
And now... Blake Lively's career as a low to mid level actress is almost certainly over. She'll be doing guest spots on TV shows, or maybe "star" in Hallmark movies.
She has badly damaged the household's breadwinner Ryan Reynolds, who no longer has the reputation of being a semi-relatable cool brah actor, but now just seems like another mercenary douchebag who has escaped consequences all of his life because of the accident of charm.
All because she craved ownership of something that just didn't belong to her.
I wonder what firms Candace Owens is employing to cause so much emotional distress to Erika Krik that she hands over the organization her husband founded and nutured to that black Nazi grifter and psychopath.
Withered Aryan Hooker Me-Again Kelly: Tuq'r and I May Be Losing Our Old Audience, But We're Gaining an "International" Audience of "Young" Muslims and That's Even Better!
—Disinformation Expert Ace
She's so stupid she doesn't realize she wasn't supposed to admit that her audience is hemorrhaging Americans and gaining Young Muslim Bots from Clickfarms in Pakistan, Turkey, and Egypt.
Me-Again doesn't realize that most advertisers covet wealthy (generally) western audiences, and could give f***-all about Bot Farmers in Lahore.
Look at how much Vaseline Me-Again is spreading over the camera lens to make it gauzy and soft-focus so that her wrinkles are less visible. Bitch is spreading more Vaseline over delicate apertures than David French.
Compare her current enthusiasm for Islam -- now that she's "gotten clear about Israel," as she says -- with the position she took just four months ago.
Megyn Kelly’s INEXPLICABLE BACKFLIP on Islam: In the past four months, she’s gone from saying, “It’s your duty as a Christian to stand up and fight against it,” VS. NOW celebrating Tucker Carlson’s growing Muslim audience - seemingly… pic.twitter.com/ktLkI5liZs
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) May 6, 2026
Me-Again claimed at the TPUSA event shortly after Charlie's murder that she felt a powerful, overwhelming instinct to "protect" Erika Kirk.
That instinct lasted two months, until Candace Owens begin insinuating that Erika Kirk was part of the conspiracy to murder her own husband (and also was a lesbian pedophile child sex trafficker). At that point, Me-Again bravely declared that the only criticism being directed at Owens was "about Israel," and therefore she would never, ever honor her "powerful overwhelming instinct" to "protect Erika."
After supporting the public Mau-Mauing of a grieving widow -- who is now surrounded by expensive security because Candace Owens' cultists threaten her and her children's lives -- Me-Again now complains about the many "bots" that are flooding her twitter threads.
It happened to Candace, Megyn says.
Candace- the woman siccing her hordes on Erika.
I can’t.
We ALL have bots in our replies.
Most of mine are praising Candace and Hitler simultaneously, for what it’s worth.
Tuq'r also believes that Trump is casting a "spell" on his followers, to make them comply with his sorcerous commands. "Probably literally a spell" that puts people into a "dream-land like you're smoking hash or something" and "there may be a supernatural component to it, I'm not a theologian."
Then shut the fuck up you brain-damaged retard.
Tucker tells the NYT that President Trump puts a literal “spell” on people to “weaken them and make them compliant” and it might be “supernatural.” 🤡 pic.twitter.com/ihh4R6uYXu
The Long-Awaited Defenestration of the Philosopher Kings
—Disinformation Expert Ace
JJ mentioned this but I really wanted to post about it.
I've seen some establishment-oriented "conservatives" using Tuq'r Qarlson and Nick Fuentes and Withered Aryan Hooker Me-Again Kelly as proof that we should never have aligned with "the populists."
Nonsense. There are bad apples in every bunch. And in case the establishment pussies didn't notice, it was the populists -- not the establishment c**ts whom no one trusts or respects -- who drove the bad-actor Nazis and Islamists out of the party.
Jonah Goldberg and David French and the Bulwark Krue did not exorcise Candace Owens and Ian Carroll from the movement. We did.
I mention this because the establishment and populists disagree sharply on one fundamental point of representational governance.
The establishment types, like the "journalists" whose good opinion they so desperately crave, falsely believe that they are some really smart customers. No one believes they are smart, except for they themselves. But they are absolutely convinced on this point. They have argued with themselves about how genius they are and they won that argument with themselves, because they're so wise and persuasive.
This leads to their theory of respresentational governance: We, the stupid people who are incapable of higher-level, abstract, future-oriented thought, have elected these Sages and Philosophers to do our thinking for us.
When we elect these c**ts, that is the end of our involvement in the political process. Our further thoughts are not welcome because we are so gosh-darn bad at thinking we would just exhaust the lucid minds of Philosopher Kings with our retarded ramblings. The establishment does not seek our counsel, it only seeks our grant of power to it, One Time, after which they will literally never again check in with us.
And I say "One Time" because of the fact -- which may be changing (Spoiler Alert) -- that once an establishment c**t has Conned the Rubes into granting them perpetual unchecked power, they essentially have it for life, or until they're found balls-deep inside a 15-year-old boy, because it's very hard to boot an incumbent out of office, particularly in a district or state that is strong for one party.
Contrasting with this theory of governance in which the brain-damaged troglodytes of the dirty masses grant power to establishment Philosopher Kings a single time and then let them do what their massively-powerful brains and consciences compel them to do, the brain-damaged troglodytes have a different theory altogether.
We don't think we elect these pissant mediocrities to do our thinking for us. We think we've done the thinking ourselves. We think we've done the thinking, and we elect these no-talent, no-accomplishment Student Council Vice Treasurers and Disappointed Theater Kids to heed our thinking and merely do our voting in legislative bodies for us.
Now I realize we probably "think" this because our Retard-Brains are glitching and misfiring as usual, but still, we would like to be heard on this point.
But, because it's almost impossible to get voters animated enough to vote these self-declared Philosopher Kings out of office in one-party states or districts, the establishment types who believe we've elected them to do our thinking for us been permitted to carry on acting as if we elected them to do our thinking for us, and we have not had any practical, repeatable method of correction and punishment for this grievously false conception of their role in government.
The Philosopher Kings serving as state representatives and senators in Indiana, which, let's face it, is the government equivalent of a job as Arby's Night Manager, decided that comity with the Democrats and the good opinion of the leftwing media was far, far more important that the voters' decision that redrawing congressional districts was imperative as we close in on the most important midterms in a century.
The voters finally got their say. We won't get those lines redrawn, but we will have no representation going forward.
President Trump proved to be a kingmaker in Tuesday night's Indiana and Ohio Republican primaries, where his seal of approval propelled several GOP candidates to landslide victories.
In Indiana, Trump's revenge campaign against incumbent state senators who torpedoed his push last year to redraw the Hoosier State's congressional boundaries was largely successful -- with the president's preferred candidates winning five of six contests.
"Everyone in Indiana politics should have learned an important lesson today: President Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters," Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said in a statement.
I'm not so big on praising Trump here, because I didn't really elect him to do my thinking for me, either. But he's right on this issue and extremely right on the question of disciplining and ejecting arrogant, defiant "representatives."
"Indiana is a conservative state, and we deserve conservatives in our State Senate who have a pulse on Republican voters," he added.
That, on the other hand, I agree with 100%.
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The victories by Trump-backed candidates were decisive.
Trevor De Vries topped Indiana state Sen. Dan Dernulc by a 75%-24% margin; Tracey Powell beat state Sen. Jim Buck in a 65%-35% race; and Brian Schmutzler and Michelle Davis defeated state Sens. Linda Rogers and Greg Walker, respectively, by 18-point margins.
The first incumbent taken out by Trump was longtime Indiana state Sen. Travis Holdman, who has been in office since 2008 and is a member of Indiana Senate leadership.
Holdman was bested by Blake Fiechter by a 61%-39% margin.
At press time, Indiana state Sen. Greg Goode was the only incumbent opposed to redistricting who was able to fend off a Trump-backed primary challenge.
Goode defeated Brenda Wilson in the state's District 38 primary, where a third Republican candidate in the race, Alexandra Wilson, received about 10% of the vote.
The White House had pressured Alexandra Wilson to get out of the race ahead of Tuesday's primary, reportedly over concerns her candidacy would confuse voters attempting to cast ballots for Brenda Wilson.
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The base isn't stupid. Rule #1 of being a Republican officeholder: do not weaken your own voters' electoral power.
Some Indiana State Senators thought they were clever and didn't have to obey this rule. They will be private citizens shortly.
No Murkowskis:
Indiana has a sore loser law.
They can't run after losing a primary.
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This mewling sissy says it's "unchristian" to vote him out of office for refusing to do what the voters demand of him but also adds that he's "not bitter."
Soon-to-be former Indiana State Senator Travis Holdman, who was one of the deciding Republican votes that blocked redistricting in the state, says he only lost because he was “retaliated against.”
No, you lost because when we tell you to jump, you should be asking how high. pic.twitter.com/c3eTE68G6v
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) May 6, 2026
Go to hell, Fake Christian Narcissist. Christ did not mandate your re-election.
Go finger your buddy David French up the ass and whine about how the swine-men of the GOP just don't appreciate your brilliance enough.
You have that in common with Barack Hussein Obama. In fact, you've got a few things in common with Barack Hussein Obama.
Like the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, we're having an outsized impact. In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs. We are the meteor. We are not only in danger. We are the danger. But we are also the solution.
-- Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; June 5, 2024
Like most "world leaders" - and all of the globalist and large NGO leaders - Guterres aspires to be a Bond villain. The arrogance and histrionics aside, Guterres and those like him are in essence very easy to understand: they are tyrants. The hubris and hysteria are an act in the service of increasing their power and control. They do not do it themselves. Their fortunes are delivered by the small-time locals who move the ball when commanded. Large or small, they believe everyone and everything must be brought to heel to build their utopia. Free expression, free action, individual prerogatives and everything else must not be permitted if they interfere with immanentizing the eschaton.
n the same speech as the one quoted above, Guterres went further and called for the outright destruction of free speech:
I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies ... I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising
This is all just so much noise - at least directly - as the BBC points out. The BBC also, however, points out the real purpose of such statements:
Mr Guterres' call for an outright ban on all fossil fuel advertising goes further - but it has no legal standing, and the UN has no means of enforcing the idea.
However, it will be seen as a boost for campaigners who have fought against sponsorship and advertising from coal, oil and gas companies.
Indeed. These were marching orders, and it is why, two years later, the frothing, hysterical shrieking from a faceless and interchangeable UN bigwig is suddenly relevant. Allies and conspirators in the campaign to destroy the fuel of human life never sleep. Every rabid outburst from the front men and every dry, scientifically bankrupt research paper from its academic organs all serve to provide direction to the local apparatchik. Every action helps set the stage for the local operators.
We can find an example just this week. The city of Amsterdam is, as the New York Times puts it, "permissive" - but "permissiveness" goes only so far. There are some things Amsterdam frowns upon, so it will protect you from the real menaces of the world: the menaces of meat and oil.
On May 1, Amsterdam became the world's first capital city to ban ads for fossil fuel products and meat. It's part of the city's efforts to discourage consumption of goods linked with high carbon emissions.
Ads for airlines, cruises, and faraway destinations are no longer allowed because they implicitly promote the burning of fossil fuels. Ads for beef, chicken, pork and fish are also banned because of the environmental harms caused by animal agriculture.
On May Day. Of course. A fitting new law for the day of communist self-aggrandizement. But don't worry - dairy is still protected speech, for now:
... the advertising prohibition was initially written to include all food derived from animals, including dairy. But a compromise was struck to limit the ban to meat products, and it helped secure a majority vote.
The very essence of democracy in action! It is not, of course, merely a ban on advertising nefarious products, there is also the requisite propaganda in the opposite direction:
Amsterdam is also pushing its citizens to eat less meat, and has set a goal for residents to get 60 percent of their protein from plant-based sources by 2030. "Because of climate reasons, because of health reasons," said Anke Bakker, a city councilor with Party for the Animals.
Amsterdam is not the first. The leading light in this fight was The Hague, which banned energy advertising in 2024, shortly after Guterres' speech. The inevitable lawsuit followed in 2025, and the Dutch travel trade association and various travel agents sued the city. Predictably, they lost - and the judge's reasoning should send chills down the spine of any reader:
It is not up to the municipality to refrain from taking measures to promote the health of its residents in order to strengthen the future position of travel providers.
It is not the municipality's role to refrain from censorship. It is not their place to refrain from oppression. Not when it comes to "health" or similar, however tortured to justify the action. And this rationale is particularly ironic in Amsterdam's case. The head goblin who pushed for the new ban, from a party called "GreenLeft," apparently said the following with a straight face:
Ms. Veenhoff likened high carbon lifestyles to an addiction. "If you're trying to get rid of an addiction, it's not very handy to see it everywhere," she said.
In the city known the world over for its easy access to drugs and whores, the real risks to health and the true drivers of addiction are meat and energy. The mind fairly boggles.
Beware the hysterical hyperbole and absurd demands of the global tyrants. They beat the drum and frame the argument to set the stage for the real villains: petty little communists like Veenhoff, who methodically, one district at a time, implement the schemes to destroy their people's rights - which means, of course, to destroy their people.
President Trump proved to be a kingmaker in the Indiana and Ohio Republican primaries Tuesday night, where his seal of approval propelled several GOP candidates to landslide victories.
In Indiana, Trump’s revenge campaign against incumbent state senators who torpedoed his push last year to redraw the Hoosier state’s congressional boundaries was largely successful – with the president’s preferred candidates winning five of six contests.
A potential sixth victory for a Trump-endorsed candidate was still too close to call late Tuesday.
While this is certainly good news for both the President and the people of Indiana and Ohio, both of those states' Republican parties, have done precious little if anything to move the MAGA agenda forward.
Establishment Republicans have for more than a month stalled their half-hearted effort to keep their focus on the bill in hopes of convincing enough Democrats to vote for it. Of course, it’s hard to make liberals defend their unpopular stance if you don’t make them defend their unpopular stance.
The Federalist reached out to Thune’s office on Monday. No answer on the status of the SAVE America act, which would amend the flawed National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot in a federal election. Majority Republicans could push for an end to the bill-killing filibuster to pass the legislation. Several senators and President Donald Trump have urged Senate leadership to do just that. But they won’t, apparently trusting that Democrats wouldn’t do the same when they control the upper House again.
. . . there is the landmark redistricting case that the U.S. Supreme Court just decided this week. In Louisiana v. Callais, the court held that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits states and localities from imposing any voting “qualification or prerequisite” that “results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen … to vote on account of race or color,” cannot be invoked to create race-conscious congressional maps — a dubious practice lawmakers had been blithely engaging in for decades. The court correctly held that such race-conscious mapmaking, including the devising of so-called majority-minority districts across many Southern states, runs afoul of the 14th Amendment’s sweeping equal protection guarantee.
Now I'll single out Ohio insofar as Governor DeSwine and the state GOP have not done a damn thing to take advantage of the ruling as for example Florida and Texas. And that goes for all the other Republican states that have done nothing to reverse the Democrats' abuse of the VRA that artificially gives them the advantage in the House.
Meh, we've been pissing and moaning about the GOP for years, and for the past three national election cycles, for the first time in my life (Ronald Reagan notwithstanding) with Donald Trump at long last we had a candidate that we actually wanted to vote FOR, as opposed to merely showing up to vote Against a Democrat knowing full well that whether Bush, McCain or Romney that they would do nothing to halt let alone reverse the trajectory off the cliff that America has been on for decades.
As both CBD and I pondered, is someone like the youthful and driven Nick Shirley merely a one-off or is he reflective of a broader wave of disaffection of the younger generations at the Democrat/leftist/globalist enterprise that is making their future and the future of the nation one of misery and limited possibilities. Of course the academia/media/cultural propaganda complex will cast the blame on Trump, conservatives and America as founded and far too many Americans have been brainwashed into believing it. Somehow despite all that, Trump and the MAGA message broke through and in spite of the pushback, and some setbacks, it is succeeding and has gained a foothold on the road back from the long march through the institutions that have turned the American experiment on its head.
Of course Trump cannot restore America on his own and not in just two terms. the road back like the road to hell that got us here will be a generational journey. Only time will tell if we and our progeny can stay the course for the long haul.
The United States overtook Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest exporter of crude oil over the past nine weeks, as Iran’s attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz choked off Middle Eastern oil shipments. Bloomberg News reported Sunday that the United States shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers over the past nine weeks, becoming a “lifeline for global consumers.”
In the immortal words of J.D. Clampett WELL DOGGIES!!!!
Hegseth made the statement two days after President Donald Trump launched “Project Freedom” on Sunday. Adm, Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said Monday that the U.S. destroyed multiple Iranian ships that posed a danger to commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran promptly struck several nearby targets, including attacking the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. ally, for the first time since the ceasefire went into effect on April 8. Iran also reportedly hit a South Korean ship. Hegseth Insists Iran War Ceasefire Remains Intact Despite Ongoing Attacks
Graham’s proposal demonstrates that he remains set on trying to topple the Iranian regime, despite evidence that, internally, the country is not as divided as previously thought. While weapons flows could destabilize the country, it remains unclear if it could lead to a successful popular uprising, or merely descend the country into years of bloody civil war, similar to Libya and Syria. Graham Urges Trump to Arm Iranian Opposition Forces.
A ceasefire may quiet missiles, but cyberwar rarely pauses; long after diplomats declare peace, hostile actors remain embedded in networks, waiting for the right moment to strike. Diplomats Can Call a Truce but Hackers Don’t Have to Listen.
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The findings suggest a growing skepticism about America’s role on the global stage, particularly among Democrats, potentially influencing future foreign policy and international relations. The data also highlights the deepening partisan divide in perceptions of international institutions like the UN. Plurality of Democrats Say U.S. Is a Force for Evil.
Will ICE officially become NICE? Probably not anytime soon. But the mere suggestion has Democrats tying themselves in knots, and that alone is worth it. Sometimes the point of a move isn't to execute it — it's to watch your opponents trip over themselves reacting to it. On that score, this one is already a win. Trump Dropped an ICE Rebrand — and Democrats Are Absolutely Losing It
The funding provides critical financial support to law enforcement agencies, enabling them to invest in equipment and personnel without relying solely on local taxpayer dollars. This should allow local police to conduct immigration enforcement and prevent large build-ups of ICE and other federal agents that attract pro-illegal immigrant agitators, as at the protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last year. ICE Funds Local Police to Enhance Immigration Enforcement Operations.
The slope becomes slippery when people trade freedom for promises of greater safety and security -- promises that fall short while shrinking our rights. Republicans are Kill Switching Our Rights
Spirit Airlines crashed under the weight of its own failures—and Washington’s instinct to meddle only proves that free markets work best when politicians keep their hands off the controls. Free Enterprise Could Have Resurrected Spirit Airlines
Bloomberg News reported Sunday that the United States shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers over the past nine weeks, becoming a “lifeline for global consumers.” U.S. Becomes World’s Biggest Oil Producer During Strait of Hormuz Crisis
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The National Association for Gun Rights pointed out that SF 4067 will ban some of the most commonly owned semiautomatic rifles in America, as well as “ban magazines over 17 rounds … expand ‘Red Flag’ gun confiscation, ban privately manufactured firearms, and ban binary triggers,” among other things. Minnesota Senate Democrats Pass Semiautomatic Rifle, Magazine Ban
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it was suing Denver, Colorado, over a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms, citing its inclusion of the AR-15. Trump Admin Drops Hammer On Denver Over Gun Ban
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The subpoena is part of a broad investigation into allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, particularly regarding Fulton County, which saw many irregularities on election night, including the county admitting that it counted over 315,000 uncertified votes in the election. Fulton County Fights DOJ Subpoena of 2020 Election Workers’ Details.
The lack of verification safeguards in Minnesota’s vouching system raises concerns about election integrity, and the lack of data exposes major gaps in election oversight. This is not the only vulnerability to fraud exposed in Minnesota. After major allegations of welfare fraud were made in December of last year, Vice President J.D. Vance, who was appointed the Trump administration’s “fraud czar” in early April, has been leading an investigation into state officials and other individuals. Minnesota Lacks Verification Records for Tens of Thousands of Voter Registrations.
The poll also measured candidate favorability. Among likely voters, 50 percent view Paxton favorably and 43 percent unfavorably, with 7 percent indicating they do not know enough about him to form an opinion. Cornyn’s ratings show 47 percent favorable and 49 percent unfavorable, with 4 percent unsure. Poll: Ken Paxton Leads John Cornyn in Texas Senate Runoff
The question is not whether those who can vote in the mayoral race have seen the deterioration (it’s undeniable), but whether they will finally hold leftist leadership responsible. Or, as The Free Press asks in a video, “Have L.A. Voters Finally Had Enough?” Are L.A. Voters Finally Waking Up — Or Headed for the Same Mistake Again?
“Somali and Houthi-linked groups are teaming up — using skiffs and new tech to strike ships with coordination not seen in a decade — while Saudi crude rerouted from the Strait of Hormuz has created a target-rich environment for them,” RTCOM Defense CEO Ido Shalev told Fox News Digital. Report: Somali Pirates Team Up with Houthi Terrorists to Attack Key Oil Trade Route
The alleged driver of a car that was ploughed through crowds on a busy shopping street and a historic market square appeared before a court on Tuesday after being arrested at the scene on Monday afternoon. The suspect, a 33-year-old German citizen, is said to be a local amateur boxing coach. (is his name Mohammed Ali...akbar? - jjs Number of Casualties in Leipzig Car Ramming May be as High as 80
The German government is now one year old, the coalition agreement was signed on April 5th 2025, and the first day of government commenced on the 6th. While the so-called ‘grand coalition’ between the legacy establishment left and right-wing parties never scored especially highly in the opinion polls, it has now plunged to new depths, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz deeply unpopular even by European standards. Trump Critic German Chancellor Merz Plunges to Least Popular Leader in Europe
The celebration comes soon after Sinaloa’s cartel-connected Governor Ruben Rocha Moya announced he was stepping down from his post to deal with a series of federal charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, which accused him of having aligned himself with the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for money and political power. People Cheer Mexican Governor’s Resignation After Being Charged by USDOJ as Narco
A vast majority of Americans believe the federal government should do more to address its funding of the experiments that keep breeding facilities like Ridglan and Marshall in business. The NIH can send a clear message to those taxpayers by cutting off money to Wayne State’s dead-end experiments. The NIH Has a Chance to End a 35-Year Taxpayer-Funded Failure
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The vagueness in the language above is to my instincts somewhat concerning. Did they find something in that testing that needsmodification prior to launch? If so, getting this lander off the ground before the end of the year is going to be questionable, as those fixes will have to be incorporated and then tested again. Blue Origin’s 1st unmanned lunar lander completes ground testing
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“Underlying this account is a strong concern with self-distinction...Ultimately, a sex change is not sufficient to satisfy Morris’s quest...Morris’ symbolic world is narrower and more private.” Jan Morris and the Limits of Gender Fantasy
On Monday, in a Truth Social post, President Donald J. Trump described Giuliani as a “True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR” in response to the news of his hospitalization. Rudy Giuliani Hailed as ‘Ultimate Fighter,’ Poised for Full Recovery.
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That's with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, which is not expandable.
I have the 3rd generation model with the same memory and storage capacity and a slightly lower display resolution. It cost me around $450, making the new model not a bargain I am in a hurry to pick up.
In the Russian Federation, the LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and banned, so any sort of association or promotion can have serious legal consequences. A young migrant from Uzbekistan found this out the hard way after reviewing a women’s leather skirt on the Wildberries online marketplace.
In September 2025, the young man, known only as Islomjon, left a written review for a women’s leather skirt, along with a photo of himself wearing the garment. In the review, he wrote: “Great skirt! It conceals not only my figure flaws but even the fact that I’m a guy.”
The photo of Islomjon wearing a skirt did not, in fact, conceal his gender and was most likely posted as a joke, but Russian authorities did not find it very funny. Despite deleting his review and accompanying photo, the young migrant was apprehended and charged with “propaganda of non-traditional sexual preferences by disseminating (posting) information aimed at fostering non-traditional sexual attitudes and the attractiveness of non-traditional sexual relations.”
The offender reportedly admitted his guilt in court, but asked only to be fined for his mistake, and not deported, according to Russian law. Unfortunately for him, a court of law found no mitigating circumstances, and last month, he was sentenced to five days of administrative arrest, after which he was forcibly deported from the Russian Federation.
I'm not saying we should consider deporting people because of what they say or post online. But I'm also not NOT saying it.
Of all the risks associated with using insulated food and beverage containers, permanent vision loss would probably rank pretty low on most people’s list, but according to a series of consumer reports, it’s a real possibility. At least 27 people have filed complaints claiming to have suffered laceration injuries when the caps violently ejected from the containers upon opening them.
Several models from Thermos’ Stainless King Food Jar and Sportsman Beverage Bottle lines reportedly feature a design flaw that can have dramatic consequences for users. The danger stems from the stoppers designed to prevent leaks and retain heat. If perishable food or beverages are stored for an extended period, pressure builds up and can cause the cap to violently eject when the container is opened.
Unlike other insulated containers, these faulty models don’t have a pressure release valve, which can cause the stoppers to pop out at high velocity, hitting and injuring users. Of the 27 complaints from people claiming to have suffered lacerations as a result of using Thermos containers, three have reported “permanent vision loss”.
News video segment at the link.
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Play stupid games...
“I made a stupid video about the president, the far right found it and posted it on Twitter, and then got me fired from my job”
-Liberal very upset that her actions have consequences
An entrepreneur cuts up whiskey bottles collected from the trash to make luxury glasses, which he sells — almost at zero cost. pic.twitter.com/1dLhMrWBeQ
State and federal officials made a joint announcement last week that the current contract with Kiewit would not move forward to finish the Key Bridge rebuild, citing concerns with the timeline and cost. U.S. Rep. Andy Harris said he heard the number for the Kiewit-built Key Bridge may have been between $8 and $9 billion.
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“That is going to show just gross mismanagement,” he said during the radio interview.
Pointing to rising material costs, Harris also said Maryland’s minority business program for contractors may have played a role in the rising cost, but he also cited union agreements.
“The state chose a project labor agreement which can increase the cost from 20-25%,” Harris added.
State leaders announced in November 2025 the latest estimate for the Key Bridge rebuild effort would cost between $4.3 billion and $5.2 billion, with a target completion date of the end of 2030. That estimate came after the original price tag was set at around $2 billion.
After announcing the news to move away from Kiewit, state leaders have yet to provide many details about why the decision was specifically made.
“If the cost overrun was so great, let’s talk about it,” Harris said. “There’s a feeling in Congress that this was bait and switch.”
Check out the whole thing.
I live in Andy's district. For now. There is, of course, a redistricting plan underway in Maryland. Most of the red areas in Maryland (yes, there are red areas in MD -- lots of them) have already been Gerrymandered into blue districts. Have I mentioned lately that I can't wait to move out of MD?
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The latest White House shooter has been named. Michael Marx. Seems well-named.
The authorities seem to be slow-rolling information about this person, only telling us he is 45 and has a Texas drivers license. I'm sure that means he's totally not a leftwing murder cultist.
Democrats are currently arguing about whether people who said America deserved 9/11 (Piker), has a Nazi tattoo (Platner), and someone who says he's sad the Ayatollah was killed (El-Sayed) should be welcomed in their "big tent.
Tim Miller and Co supposedly left the GOP bc of principles.
Tucker Carlson and William Kristol, Together Again? It's only a matter of time.
And money. Don't forget the money. Because the grifters all like money. A lot. Like strangely a lot.
The assistant district attorney who filed completely fabricated AI material in a murder case and then lied about it has been suspended by the Georgia Supreme Court for six months. That seems lenient given the dishonesty involved, and the fact that it went undetected for so long.
I say "of course" because the Democrat Party has dictated that black people are almost entirely immune from law or professional requirements and boy oh boy, is that policy working out for everyone with zero negative consequences!
Three high-ranking D.C. police officials are reportedly facing termination or other disciplinary measures, following an internal affairs probe into alleged manipulation of crime statistics.
The possible terminations were reported Tuesday by The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources.
The Justice Department, Republicans in Congress and the District of Columbia have been looking into the allegations.
The city's Metropolitan Police Department's disciplinary process will give any officials accused of misconduct the opportunity to defend themselves. The process can take years and involve arbitration.
A spokesperson for the department said an assistant chief and a district commander were placed on administrative leave, though he didn't disclose the reasons. The third officer reportedly facing termination, also a district commander, is already on administrative leave and was previously the subject of an investigation related to crime statistics, according to the Post.
Cops committing crimes is perfectly acceptable if it helps us sell the Democrat Socialist's Decarceration Agenda.
News report here. These cops were deliberately misreporting shootings as simple assaults and robberies and break-ins as "trespassing" because people don't get alarmed about increases in those categories.
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They told you the culture war is organic--real disagreements between real people with real passions. Nothing to see here.
But what if JD Vance and Erika Kirk are siblings, created by the CIA to deceive and divide us?
Here's what the mainstream media, the political pundits, and the gatekeepers don't want you to understand:
✅ "Same playbook, different faces." You've seen this before. Two people on opposite sides of the political aisle, arguing passionately, generating clicks, outrage, and donations. But what if they're not enemies? What if they're coworkers? The intelligence community has a long history of manufacturing opposition to control the Overton window. Left vs. Right is the oldest trick in the book.
✅ "Follow the connections." Both rose to prominence suspiciously fast. Both say exactly what their respective bases want to hear. Both never cross certain lines that would actually threaten the system. And both refuse to debate each other in any unscripted, uncontrolled environment. When two "enemies" won't meet face to face without handlers, you have to ask: what are they hiding?
✅ "Divide and conquer works when you don't know you're being divided." You think you chose your side. You think your anger is authentic. But what if every talking point, every controversy, every "outrageous statement" was workshopped in a Langley conference room? The goal isn't to win the argument--it's to make sure you're always arguing.
💬 Comment "SIBLINGS" and I'll send you the full breakdown--the connections, the timelines, the intelligence community's history of creating fake opposition, and why they need you to stay angry at each other.
I follow zero political accounts on Instagram so this was definitely pushed to me courtesy of an op. There was probably a money payment to spread this absurd post.
🚨 HOLY CRAP. A Fox reporter just went NICK SHIRLEY mode, CONFRONTING an alleged hospice fraudster in Gavin Newsom's California — they shut the door and begged Fox to leave
🚨 JUST IN: Ilhan Omar is flat out REFUSING to turn over documents to a Minnesota committee investigating the $250 MILLION Somali “Feeding Our Future” fraud
She is KNEE DEEP in this scandal, and DOJ needs to go after her HARD.
Podcast: Starting a new season, CBD and Sefton discuss their personal journeys to conservative principles, is Nick Shirley the beginning of a trend?, Iran trying to reignite the war, the Left attacks itself, even on "Best Guitarist" lists, and more!
Podcast: CBD and Sefton Charge the Democrats with fomenting violence against the nation with their rhetoric, Virginia redistricting going down the tubes? Trump's bully pulpit is not censorship, Lee Zeldin is a star, J.B. Pritzker is an idiot, and more!
ANOTHER LEFT WING ASSASSIN ATTEMPTS TO KILL TRUMP If I understand this, the left-wing Democrat assassin attempted to get into the White House Correspondents Association dinner, and was stopped at the magnetometers, which detected his gun. I guess he pulled out the gun and was shot by Secret Service agents. Erika Kirk was present.
Forgotten 70s Mystery Click You made me cry when you said good-bye 70s, not 50s Now that is a motherflipping intro
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The people in charge [Jews, of course -- ace] don't want you to know this, but Muslims love Jesus.
Islam reveres Him as a major prophet and messenger of the Lord, believes He performed miracles, and states that He will return to Earth to defeat the Antichrist. That's why Donald Trump's painting depicting himself as the Son of God offended the president of Iran. It was an attack on his religion as well as Christianity.
Trump's trolling tweet was ill-advised, but Tucker is just lying when he claims the Christianity-hating President of Iran was "offended" by this. He's one step away from announcing his official conversion to Islam. He literally never stops praising Islam. Well, he suddenly became Christian two years ago, there's not much stopping him from converting again.
You can track Tuq'r's official conversion to Islam with this Bingo card.
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