In his book, Making Patriots, Walter Berns of the American Enterprise Institute argues that traditional American individualism, with its emphasis on natural rights to life, liberty, and property, creates a serious dilemma for the state (and hence for neocons): Not enough young people will be willing to sacrifice their lives in the state’s wars. Too concerned with leading independent lives within their own families and communities, America’s youth are not sufficiently keen on dying for “abstract ideas” that are fed to them by propagandists for the state (i.e., Straussians like Berns and his AEI colleagues).For example, Berns says “we cannot be…
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(Headline USA) Tropical Storm Karina strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and could become a major storm this week, forecasters said. The cyclone’s center was at far out sea and was not threatening land. Karina had maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said, making it a Category 1 hurricane. A major hurricane is Category 3 or greater. The storm was located about 820 miles southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and was moving and was moving northwest at 15 miles per hour (24 kilometers per hour)…
In my last article, I discussed Lindsay Clancy, mental health, and the law. The primary question was one that has gripped the nation, as mental health diagnoses seem to be a convenient excuse for crime. Does a plea of insanity render one incapable of assuming responsibility for murder, or any other violent act? This is a very subjective question as the answer varies widely depending upon the circumstances, the crime in question, and the demographic. For example, nearly all mass shooters are allegedly suffering from some sort of mental illness and taking numerous psychiatric medicines. However, there has never been…
(Headline USA) Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, apologized to the state’s Jewish Democratic Caucus on Saturday for comments he made after an attack on a synagogue in March, which he tied to Israel’s actions in the Middle East. “My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to justify,” El-Sayed told reporters after he addressed the caucus at a party convention in Lansing. “To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I’m really sorry. That was not my intention.” El-Sayed’s apology was his latest attempt to unify Democrats after…
Photo by Lance Cpl. Cristian Ricardo A former White House teleprompter operator who enjoyed advance access to President Donald Trump’s prepared speeches has been ordered to surrender more than $107,000 in trading profits and pay an additional $65,000 civil penalty. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Friday that Gabriel Perez must pay a total of $172,539.02 after the agency found he exploited material, nonpublic information obtained through his federal government employment. Perez was also slapped with a three-year trading ban and ordered to cease and desist from further violations of federal commodities laws. According to the CFTC’s official announcement, Perez…
(Headline USA) A South Carolina police officer died and a second was injured in a “gunfight” Saturday in a park, following a call about a domestic dispute, Columbia police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said.The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record, also died, Holbrook said at a news conference in the capital city. The deceased officer, 29-year-old Christopher DeLong, had been with the police department for two years and leaves behind a wife and two young children, Holbrook said. “Our hearts are broken this evening,” he said, appearing choked up at times. DeLong’s wife, in a social media post,…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA dispatched its latest addition to its fleet of space telescopes on Aug. 30, beginning a multi-year mission of cosmic discovery that is promising to dwarf that of its predecessors.The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, called Roman for short, will tackle several objectives. It promises to expand human understanding of dark matter and dark energy, and thereby shed more light on how the universe is expanding.It will conduct an unprecedented cosmic survey of more than two billion galaxies, as well as the largest survey of planets across our galaxy outside the solar system. It will witness cosmic events…
In a recent political video ad, DSA candidate Rebecca Cooke pretends to be your ordinary working class Wisconsinite. DSA Candidate Rebecca Cooke won her primary this week in Wisconsin’s 3rd district, a plus-3 Republican district. Rebecca will now run against retired Navy SEAL, Representative Derrick Van Orden. In a recent political ad, DSA candidate Cooke ends with this… “We need real working people in Washington. And that’s why I approve of this message.” Cooke ran as a working-class waitress. But, since she’s DSA (commie), you know there’s more to this story. In fact, FOX News recently discovered that Rebecca Cooke…
Oil rigs are pictured in Cabimas, south of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela, on Jan. 31, 2026. Maryorin Mendez / AFP via Getty ImagesInterim Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez on Saturday celebrated the oil deal her country made with the United States.Rodríguez said during an address on state broadcaster VTV that sitting on the world’s largest oil reserves did them no good unless the country translated it into prosperity.Venezuela has signed an agreement with the United States aimed at reviving its oil industry that covers 65 billion barrels in oil reserves, Rodríguez said. She predicts the deal will span 25 years.She…
Donald Trump’s “Lake America” decree was met across the border Saturday with a billboard-sized message on the opposing shoreline declaring “Lake Ontario. Now and Always” as Canadian leaders responded to the president’s move with varying degrees of shock, despair and downright disdain. Ontario Premier Doug Ford was behind the billboard response to the change posed to the body of water that straddles both countries as Google announced it had begun rolling out changes to how its maps display the lake’s name – at least, for American users. AP reports the politician was wearing a Team Canada soccer jersey when he unveiled…
Taif Sami Mohammed, former Minister of Finance of Iraq, has been added to the US terrorist watchlist and the State Department has revoked her visa.She received former President Biden’s Women of Courage Award back in 2022, Fox News reported. “We don’t allow suspected terrorists to reside in our country,” the State Department wrote Saturday on X. “President Trump and Secretary Rubio took swift action to revoke Ms. Mohammed’s visa and ensure she is no longer in the United States,” they added.
A shooting at a rave in Aarau, Switzerland, early on Sunday has left a 22-year-old woman dead and five others injured. Police launched a major search operation for the person or the people responsible for the shooting, while the motive remains unclear.
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As income inequality in the US reaches unprecedented levels, more Americans are forced to do without basic necessities. Families are chaining buy-now, pay-later schemes together to afford groceries, while the cost of utilities skyrockets, thanks in large part to the AI data center boom. Belt tightening is also playing out in the healthcare industry. In a recently published survey by healthcare polling firm KFF, a whopping 36 percent of respondents said they’ve skipped or postponed a visit to the doctor for financial reasons…
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Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson and Michigan AG Dana Nessel – two slippery Democrats. Jocelyn Benson was caught in a major scandal in Michigan in December. As you may know, the current Secretary of State is running for governor to replace failed Democrat and buddy, Gretchen Whitmer. Benson has a performance record that would make most normal individuals blush in shame. But not Jocelyn. The Democrat Secretary of State has lost at least nine election-related lawsuits as she works to make elections less secure in the Wolverine state. She is that bad. Recently, information has resurfaced that Benson dropped NGO fraud…
War Room co-host Natalie Winters talked about China using AI to build models of US voters. She explained that it involved them looking at things like why they vote a certain way, understanding President Trump’s base, and even how they view China. Winters explained that the AI models include mock US elections to determine potential outcomes. “Walk me through your CCP story in this regards ma’am,” Steve Bannon asked. “I think the AI issue really is the convergence right, of the decade. The CCP has spent deploying assets compromising people, setting up these information networks. You are seeing all those…
For 22 seconds in June, WNBA star Sophie Cunningham pointed on court without saying a word.The Indiana Fever guard leveled her index finger at Phoenix Mercury forward DeWanna Bonner and held it there after Bonner and Fever teammate Caitlin Clark tangled up following a whistle at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, on June 22.Bonner told her not to point. Cunningham kept pointing. The clip ran less than half a minute; within days, it was the biggest meme of the WNBA season.That sudden fame is what turned Cunningham into a lightning rod.Months earlier, in a February ESPN interview, she had said she wanted to…
On Friday’s Morning Joe, MS NOW co-host Willie Geist cued up Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) to accuse President Donald Trump of breaking his promise on which illegal aliens would be deported. MS NOW has long been pushing the narrative that Trump promised to only deport the “worst of the worst” in spite of the President clearly stating that anyone caught in the country illegally is on the table. During an interview with Governor Hochul, Geist brought up the recent increase in ICE arrests as if it were a bad thing:He then claimed that the Trump administration is “not going after the…
Tucker Carlson calls for President Donald Trump to be removed from office “immediately” if he is considering the first use of nuclear weapons. (Credit: The Tucker Carlson Show) Former Fox News host and one-time Trump booster Tucker Carlson declared Friday that President Donald Trump should be removed from office “immediately” over nuclear policy in the Iran conflict. Carlson made the explosive declaration Friday during a lengthy interview with Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned from the Trump administration in protest of the war with Iran. The episode was ominously titled, “LEAKED: Pentagon Nuclear Plans…
The Trump administration has proposed a rule to eliminate employment authorization for H-4 visa holders, who are the spouses of H-1B skilled workers. The report comes from Bloomberg Law News. The planned rule by the Department of Homeland Security seeks to reverse a 2015 rule that allowed qualifying H-4 dependent spouses to work in the United States. The measure is part of a long-term regulatory agenda (RIN: 1615-AD14). It does not immediately cancel existing H-4 work permits or change current rules while it goes through the formal regulatory and public comment process. This follows the administration’s proposal to charge employers…
Image Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa/X ICE overrode judge’s decision blocking José Serrano’s removal. Ex-Ecuadorian minister José Serrano, accused of aiding a cartel murder presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in 2023, has been deported by ICE. Ecuadorian conservative Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated at a campaign rally in August 2023. Fernando Villavicencio was reportedly shot in the head three times. Supporters of the popular conservative, Fernando Villavicencio, managed to capture a suspect after the assassination. A grenade was also found at the scene. The criminal gang “Los Lobos,” based in Ecuador, later claimed responsibility for the assassination. José Serrano’s removal took…
Voters in Iceland on Saturday rejected a proposal to restart talks to join the European Union.The measure was shot down with 52.8% of voters opposing the effort, while 47.2% were in support, according to the Associated Press. The AP noted that the capital of Reykjavik was the only area that saw the majority of voters support joining the EU.
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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Tesla’s Full Self-Driving cars had a habit of driving into the path of oncoming trains. Or should we say that they have a bad habit, because despite Tesla promising to patch these kinds of issues, it’s apparently still happening with the most advanced versions of its self-driving tech to date. In a dashcam video spotted by Electrek, a Tesla running FSD v14.3.7, the newest update available, pulls up to an active railroad crossing with flashing red lights. Despite appearing to stop at first,…
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Abdul el-Sayed during a recent interview on Fox News. Far-left Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed has apologized for remarks he made following an antisemitic attack on a Detroit-area synagogue. El-Sayed acknowledged that his attempt to provide “broader context” in the immediate aftermath was a mistake. He addressed the controversy Saturday while speaking before the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus, whose members had expressed concerns about his candidacy and links to Islamism. In March, Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove a truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, injuring a security guard in what authorities described as a targeted attack against Jews.…
Xavier Becerra. Photo: Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Please follow us on Truth Social, X, YouTube, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab, Instagram Xavier Becerra, California’s AG turned HHS Sec turned likely Gubernatorial candidate, got his start in politics thanks to a foreign coordinated influence network that funnels through Mexico’s consulates, says a recent Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report. The gigantic network was built by Becerra, in part, through his alignment with nonprofit organizations that have coordinated for decades with Mexico’s 50+ US consulates. Mexico’s former Foreign Minister said it best: “We are already giving instructions to our…
SCO leaders at summit. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 Please follow us on Truth Social, X, YouTube, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab, Instagram Leaders from around the world, representing nearly half of the global population, are traveling to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to attend the 25th anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). With Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in attendance, it is an event that the globalist establishment in Washington can no longer afford to ignore as peripheral to their interests. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to arrive…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The US government continues to drag its feet on any meaningful cryptocurrency regulations, even as the industry remains overrun by fraud, theft, and money laundering schemes. The digital tokens are being used for human trafficking, extortion, and for-hire harassment. The extent of some of these crimes is astonishing. Look no further than Nevada, where the state’s US Attorney’s Office alleged this week that Las Vegas native crypto bro Brent Kovar had fraudulently obtained $24 million from his victims through an extensive Ponzi scheme.…
Iceland has rejected a renewed push toward membership of the European Union, with voters on course to vote against reopening accession negotiations with Brussels in a bitter blow for globalist elites. With results declared in five of the country’s six constituencies on Sunday morning, the “No” campaign held an unassailable lead of around 52.5 percent. The result represents a significant setback for Iceland’s left-wing government, which called the referendum in an effort to revive accession talks abandoned more than a decade ago. The question put to Icelanders was straightforward: “Should Iceland resume accession negotiations with the European Union?” The referendum…
—– Writes Moon of Alabama: There have been few reliable data of human losses in the war of Ukraine. The estimates vary widely. The official number, especially on the Ukrainian side, are formed by propaganda. In February of this year the (acting) President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelinski said that 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed since February 2022: The last time Zelensky gave an update on Ukraine’s casualties was in December 2024, when he put deaths at 43,000. In his interview with French television, he said: “In Ukraine, officially the number of soldiers killed on the battlefield – either professionals or those conscripted – is…
America lost an icon this week with the passing of singer and songwriter Dolly Parton. She was the buxom blonde everyone loved. Her schtick of big hair and a big chest was matched by enormous talent, placing her in the top tier of the world’s wealthiest entertainers. The value of her estate is estimated to be in the vicinity of $450 million to $650 million, and that is remarkable considering she was born into poverty. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say Dolly lived the quintessential American Dream.Country music gave Parton a start, but it was only a launching pad…
Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 Please follow us on Truth Social, X, YouTube, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab, Instagram Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first major written message to the leaders of Gulf Arab countries on Sunday, saying Muslim rulers must identify their “real enemy,” understand its intentions and join forces to confront it, according to Reuters. The message by Iran’s new Supreme Leader was published on his official Telegram account on Sunday, during the Islamic Unity Week which is celebrated across the Muslim world every year on the…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30. The observatory is designed to study exoplanets, dark matter, and dark energy with a wide-field view of the universe.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Photo: Sandro Halank / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, X, Youtube, Instagram German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will blame Russia for the August drone incident at Leipzig Airport and use it as justification for a new round of far-reaching sanctions on Moscow, critics fear that will only lead to more retaliation which Germany is not prepared for. According to Politico/Welt am Sonntag three officials from the German government — who are to remain anonymous — said that the announcement of the new sanctions could take…
The New Civil Liberties Alliance recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of two families in Nebraska who claim the state abridges their free-speech rights in the K–12 education system. The issue is that Nebraska limits government funding only to children enrolled in public schools where students are fed messaging that the plaintiffs claim conflicts with their values. The state also threatens criminal penalties for parents who don’t educate school-aged children, meaning parents who can’t afford private school must put their kids in public school, even when the messaging contradicts their beliefs. In other words, education is speech, and forcing their…
—– Writes Tyler Durden: A Russian drone struck a Ukrainian Defense Forces ammunition storage site in the village of Myla Friday evening, just west of Kiev. The resulting fire and hours of secondary detonations killed at least 37 people, injured dozens more, damaged around 50 residential buildings and a care home for the elderly and disabled, and forced the evacuation of hundreds. Among the dead was the local community head who had gone to help. Continue reading on Zero Hedge
—– Writes Prof Michel Chossudovsky: October 7, 2026 marks the commemoration 25 years ago of the US-NATO bombing and invasion of Afghanistan on the grounds that Afghanistan had attacked America on September 11, 2001. This was the second US-led war waged against Afghanistan. The first entitled the Soviet Afghan War was launched in 1979. There was no evidence that Afghanistan had attacked America on 9/11. Continue reading on Global Research
Country music megastar Jelly Roll had a message for fans who are angry after he took shots at President Donald Trump while guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!: stop listening to his music. Jelly Roll’s comments against Trump were made during the opening monologue of the program. The joke centered around the president hosting the IndyCar race. “Let’s talk about the main event of America this weekend. It was the big IndyCar race hosted by the president,” Jelly Roll went on to say in reference to the Freedom 250 Grand Prix. “The cars drove through the streets of D.C., and there’s Donald Trump…
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed got into verbal fisticuffs with popular Fox News host Jesse Watters during his primetime program over the topic of immigration enforcement, the war effort in Iran, and several hot-button cultural issues. It all started when Watters pressed El-Sayed on his support for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. El-Sayed responded to Watters by pointing to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which handled all federal immigration cases before the creation of ICE in 2003. “We were able to enforce our immigration policies without shooting people in the face and the back of the head,” El-Sayed told…
In April 2026, Carnival Cruise Line was forced to hand out a whopping 24 lifetime bans, including one for a 9-year-old passenger, who went on a rampage in an arcade and started a fight with another child. The others were handed their ban after a huge brawl took place at a cruise terminal located in Galveston, Texas. Passengers had just disembarked from a 7-day Western Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Jubilee when the incident occurred. The massive fight was captured on video and then posted on social media where it immediately went viral. One passenger said the fight actually started…
CNN’s lone voice of reason, conservative pundit Scott Jennings, not only won an argument against an entire panel of raging left-wing cohosts, but got Abby Phillip to admit on live television that he was right, as the entire group of individuals attempted to pretend that former President Joe Biden’s inflation disaster never actually happened. During the show, a verbal firestorm kicked off when Keith Boykin, a former Clinton White House aide who now works as a commentator for CNN, attempted to blame all of America’s current economic misery on President Donald Trump. Boykin listed off a bunch of grievances, but…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tore into Senator Elizabeth Warren after the Massachusetts Democrat warned that American taxpayers could be left holding the bag if Japan failed to “repay” the Treasury following its intervention in the Japanese yen. Bessent responded that Treasury never loaned Japan any money and that no debt exists to be repaid. He offered Warren and her staff a tutorial on “Foreign Exchange for Dummies.” The dispute began after Warren, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, sent Bessent an August 13th letter demanding answers about Treasury’s July 31st intervention in the currency market. The United States…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced a furious public confrontation when citizen journalist William Gude interrupted her homelessness event and accused her of wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars while basic city services deteriorated. Gude repeatedly demanded answers about Bass’ signature Inside Safe program as people around the mayor attempted to continue the presentation. Bass largely ignored him before hurrying away from the event. The confrontation occurred during a May groundbreaking ceremony for a new tiny-home village in East Hollywood. Bass appeared alongside Democratic Councilman Hugo Soto-Martínez to promote the development, which is expected to provide 51 interim-housing beds…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth fired back at NBC News after the network claimed that he was privately considering a campaign for president in 2028. Hegseth flatly rejected the report and accused NBC of relying on anonymous sources despite receiving a denial before publication. “100% false,” he wrote. He added that his only job was restoring the War Department under President Donald Trump. The dispute erupted Friday, August 28th, after NBC published a report claiming Hegseth and his wife, Jennifer, had discussed a possible presidential campaign with friends and associates. The network attributed the claim to two unnamed people described…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s State Department revoked the visa of a former Iraqi finance minister after she was placed on the FBI’s Terror Watchlist, completing a remarkable reversal from the honors she received under former President Joe Biden. Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi received the State Department’s International Women of Courage Award in 2022. Four years later, she can no longer enter the United States on that visa. The State Department confirmed that she is no longer inside the country. Al Shakarchi was serving as Iraq’s deputy finance minister and director general of its Budget Department when the Biden…
Outspoken anti-Trump actor Alan Ritchson, most well-known for his hit Amazon Prime series Reacher, is learning the hard way that alienating half your viewing audience by slamming them for holding to a different worldview than your own is bad for business. Ritchson’s latest big screen entry, Motor City, completely bombed at the box office, despite strong pre-release buzz. The film, which is super light on dialogue, fits comfortably in the “revenge thriller” genre. Motor City spent a significant amount of time on the festival circuit before finally getting a nationwide theatrical release. Despite some pretty positive word-of-mouth, the movie failed to generate much momentum.…
Federal agents arrested a Honduran national in California after allegedly discovering that he had falsely claimed to be an American citizen while registering to vote. Darwin Jonathan Rivera Flores, a 30-year-old lawful permanent resident living in Winnetka, now faces two federal felony charges. Officials stressed that Rivera allegedly registered but did not cast a ballot in an election. Rivera was arrested Friday, August 28th, and charged by federal criminal complaint with making a false claim to United States citizenship and fraudulent voter registration. The case is being handled in the Central District of California, which includes Los Angeles and the…
Heartlanders had a laugh this week at the woefully uneducated city folks who have no idea where their food comes from. It was evident in several different social media threads and café chit-chat, which crossed the line of Midwest Nice into mocking territory. New data – if you can call it that – shows Gen Z folks are not 100% on board with Donald Trump, and Canadian media types are trying to get the collective goat of red-blooded Americans by talking smack about 9/11. And really, after all the name changes committed by the left, does it matter about a…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech With over 100,000 automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) sprouting out of the ground over the past few years, you might be tempted to ask: “with what money?” Drug money, as it turns out, though it’s not exactly what you might think. A bombshell investigation by Mother Jones found that police departments across the US are using settlement money from the opioid crisis meant for struggling communities to instead fund Flock surveillance cameras. All together, Mother Jones identified 19 agencies across ten different states…