There are tens of millions of Americans who are currently living in third-world conditions, and poverty, hunger, and homelessness are growing all around us. Many of our most important urban areas have become rotting, decaying, drug-infested hellholes. Meanwhile, there are vast stretches of rural America that look like they have…
Remnants of a bridge along Bright Angel Creek in the Grand Canyon after flash flooding on Aug. 29, 2026. James Thompson/National Park Service via APOne person is dead and others are missing after flash flooding in the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service said on Aug. 30.The body of a…
A U.S. Department of Agriculture employee holds sterile New World Screwworm pupae during a press conference where a crate of 80,000 sterile NWS pupae is installed at Chapparosa Ranch in La Pryor, Texas, on June 11, 2026. Joel Angel Juarez/Getty ImagesFederal regulators have authorized a generic ivermectin injection for the…
Friday’s PBS News Hour relied on expertise from a partisan Democrat and environmental activist to criticize the Trump Administration, in panicky fashion, for the supposedly forlorn state of America’s national parks, run by the National Park Service.Unhinted at was that Nawaz’s guest, Tiernan Sittenfeld, was a fierce Biden/Harris partisan during…
Its cameras are installed on poles at street corners, in parks and residential communities, and near countless businesses, tracking vehicles and private citizens across a growing surveillance network accessible by thousands of U.S. law enforcement agencies.Now Flock Safety’s cameras—designed to monitor and catalog motor vehicles by license plate and physical…
Two photos of Venezuela’s deposed dictator Nicolás Maduro flashing “peace” signs were published on Sunday in what is reportedly described as the first known glimpse of the detained socialist inside a New York prison since his arrest in January. Maduro, long wanted by U.S. authorities on multiple narco-terrorism charges, was…
The first full day of the annual Afro-Caribbean Notting Hill Carnival in London saw nearly 170 arrested, including for attacks on emergency workers and sexual assaults. Despite considerable efforts to ramp up security for the yearly West London street festival, such as the Metropolitan Police banning 330 people from attending, dozens…
It’s a thankless job, but somebody has to do it: Dr. Fazlullah Mumtaz is an Afghan Islamic scholar who helps Muslims in the West navigate the difficulties of an unfamiliar culture. He posts fatwas, which are just Islamic rulings on disputed questions, not always death sentences, on his Facebook wall.…
If not, aid to farmers, more military spending, and the SAVE Act are all unlikely. What Trump Seeks According to legislative frameworks advanced by House Republicans, the primary components Trump wants in the $95 billion package include: Defense & Military Spending: Trump initially requested a massive $350 billion cash infusion for…
The US president lied when he said the illicit proceeds would benefit the Venezuelan people. On August 29, President Trump went on social media and boasted about stealing Venezuelan oil. The theft, according to Trump, “more than doubles American oil reserves.” He said there was “no cost” to American taxpayers, although there…
The House has returned – but act fast; it’s only here for a limited time. Like Halley’s Comet coming around every 75 or 76 years, the two houses of Congress can frequently be seen for weeks – sometimes even a few months – at a time. But just like all…
All roads to a House majority run through four Pennsylvania races, three of which the Cook Political Report currently lists as toss-ups. Right now, Republicans hold all four seats – and with the GOP’s slim majority, Democrats only need a net gain of three seats to take back the lower…
It has been more than a week since Canada walked away from a trade deal that the United States claims would have been the best in the world. Ottawa said it was dismayed by a French language provision. Washington trade negotiators chuckled at the misunderstanding and shrugged. Put simply, Canada…
A lot riding on the midterms.
Will MAGA take off the rose-colored glasses long enough to see through the bull to the strategy?
Appearing on Thursday’s Deadline: White House, MS NOW political analyst Alex Wagner claimed that there has been a “normalization of the destruction of black and brown lives” by ICE, and complained that the media are not covering it enough. Her comments came as fill-in host Jacob Soboroff devoted a segment…
The public exposure, resignation, and subsequent death of the British fabulist Jason Arday have reignited the longstanding (if not eternal) debate about the purpose of higher education in our society and whether it is fulfilling that purpose. On the one side, conservatives are frustrated because, to them, the Arday case…
We are only beginning to understand the full potential of drone warfare. But they are having an impact at many levels, and drone technology keeps evolving. Here is how drones are being used. Battlefield Weapons Drones have become significant battlefield weapons, so much so that today’s battlefield is saturated by…
Turn on the television and every Democratic talking head wants to tell you how big their tent is. I spent 30 years pricing risk for a living. You learn fast that the riskiest positions are the ones nobody bothers to price because everyone assumes the status quo holds. That is…
A Florida man who was bitten by a shark August 23 in Key West is grateful several people rushed to help him when he needed it most.David Daniel of Silver Springs was walking in shallow water after fishing when he realized there was a shark nearby, Click Orlando reported Thursday.…
On August 26, at 16,400 feet on the Tibetan side of the Nepal-China border, the bedrock under a glacier let go. The rock fell better than a mile, taking the glacier with it. The U.S. Geological Survey, the federal agency that tracks earthquakes, logged a magnitude-4.4 quake, then corrected the…
President Donald Trump in Washington on Aug. 27, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump on Aug. 30 urged Canadian companies that do business with the United States to move their operations south of the border to avoid tariffs.“Let all Canadian Companies that are doing business with America move to…
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency. This thread will refresh daily and appear above the…
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,…
Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, age 80, is seeking another term even as a new poll shows 43% of voters doubting his ability to serve, drawing sharp generational attacks from primary challenger Rep. Seth Moulton.Ed Markey, the state’s senior senator and the oldest Democrat running for reelection this cycle, is not…
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has publicly criticized her fellow Democrat, Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, for remarks she says rationalize the March assault on Temple Israel, a split exposing deeper rifts inside the party as Jewish voters turn away.Nessel, Michigan’s top law enforcement official, voiced her concerns after El-Sayed’s response…
Former Trump White House teleprompter staffer Gabriel Perez must pay over $172,000 and accept a three-year trading ban after a federal investigation found he used advance access to presidential speeches to make illicit prediction-market trades, a breach that the White House called “deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace.”Gabriel Perez, who…
California lawmakers have advanced a sweeping ban on disposable nicotine vapes, citing environmental and health concerns, but critics question whether more regulation is the answer or just another burden for residents and businesses.On Wednesday, California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 762, a measure that would outlaw the importation and manufacturing of…
President Trump announced an agreement granting the United States majority control of over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil, a move he claims will lower gas prices and fuel Venezuela’s recovery, while Democrats accuse him of risking troops and public funds for private gain.On Friday evening, Donald Trump declared what…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made changes to her team just as attention turns to her next political move for 2028, a move that raises questions about her ambitions and the Democratic Party’s direction.Axios reported that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, has “shaken up” her team ahead of…
Fox News anchor Bret Baier publicly defended correspondent Jonathan Hunt after President Donald Trump blasted Hunt and the network’s Iran coverage, exposing tensions between Trump and media allies over reporting on foreign policy.During Thursday night’s “Special Report” broadcast, President Trump took to his social media platform to accuse Fox News…
Two Michigan Supreme Court justices took campaign donations from a Jane Fonda-backed political group just weeks before they joined a decision freezing a major oil pipeline project, a sequence raising fresh concerns about judicial impartiality and outside political influence.The Jane Fonda Climate PAC contributed $5,000 each to the reelection campaigns…
Abdul El-Sayed’s attempt to score political points with a swipe at Usha Vance has triggered fierce criticism from Michigan Republicans, Indian-American leaders, and women’s advocates who say the attack crossed a line.Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed came under fire after an X post targeting Usha Vance, the wife of Vice…
Coast Guard Lieutenant Connor Overstreet was fatally shot in a residential neighborhood south of Seattle, leaving police searching for the shooter and a grieving family urging the public to help find justice in what authorities have ruled a homicide.Just before 12:40 a.m. on a Sunday, 29-year-old Connor Overstreet was found…
If there was a black market for systemic risk, we’d make a completely different set of decisions. Instead, we’re each on our own, trying to peek beneath our blindfold to see a sliver of the real world. Here in the 9th inning, the name of the game is artifice in service…
Last Monday the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director (DCI) John Ratcliffe and his retinue boarded a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane at Joint Base Andrews airfield in Maryland, stopped presumably to refuel at the Riga airport in NATO member Latvia, and then flew on to land at Vnukovo…
[The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control, Jacob Siegel, March 24, 2026, Henry Holt and Co., 336 pages.] Jacob Siegel visualizes that, in an information-state form of government, a republican form of government’s ultimate control by voters would get replaced by the digital monopolization of voters’ attention, adjustment…
How DMSO Heals the Brain and Transforms Neurology This article covers how circulatory impairments underlie many neuropsychiatric disorders and how DMSO:• Biophysically eliminates microclots along with preventing immune cells from obstructing capillaries, facilitating lymphatic and venous drainage.• Counteracts a broad range of inflammation and free radicals• Shields cells from diverse…
There is a growing national outcry to ban Flock cameras. We do not give up our constitutional rights when we get into our vehicles, and we do not want authoritarian control freaks watching us, monitoring us and tracking us everywhere that we go. This is an issue that is uniting…
In spring of 2008, I was living in Vienna, Austria and carefully followed the reporting on the NATO Bucharest Summit from April 2-4. For readers who don’t remember this momentous occasion: it was during this summit that the NATO issued a declaration stating that Georgia and Ukraine would eventually become…
On Wednesday CIA Director John Ratcliffe landed in Moscow for a few hours of talk with Russian security officials. The trip was no secret as the planes transporting Ratcliffe and his entourage were readily identified. There was no official announcement from either side about the content of the talks. U.S.…
America’s data center backlash may have produced an irresistible solution for the government and tech tycoons pushing the buildout. If communities do not want the giant facilities next door, put them in space, beyond local opposition, beyond public scrutiny and, conveniently, beyond the need to guard them from angry neighbors on the…
Recently, there have been striking new developments that imply major changes in the correlation of forces. These developments have largely gone unacknowledged and their implications unexamined. I made the effort in online interviews on Dialogue Works and On Target. I will now attempt to do so in writing. One of the developments is…
The fluorescent hum of a grocery store at 6 AM carries a different pitch now. You can hear it if you listen—the way the ballasts vibrate against half-empty shelving units, creating an acoustic signature of absence where abundance once resonated. I stood in aisle four of a regional chain in…
A very interesting outline as Promethean Action’s Mike Steger notes the current lack of USA street protests is directly connected to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tracking, tracing and targeting the dark money non-profits. From Arabella Advisors and the Sixteen Thirty Fund to the Tides Foundation, Open Society Foundations, CAIR, and…
Bright Angel Creek near the Phantom Ranger Station in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, is seen after flash flooding from storms, on Aug. 29, 2026. Parth Desai via APFLAGSTAFF, Ariz.—A major flash flood at the Grand Canyon forced the evacuation of dozens of people and swept large boulders, metal structures and…
President Donald Trump is hoping to use his political clout next week in the New Hampshire GOP Senate primary to help former Sen. John Sununu return to the upper chamber over his former ambassador to New Zealand, Scott Brown.The president endorsed Sununu, whose brother is former New Hampshire Gov. Chris…
EcoHealth Alliance (EHA), the New York City-based nonprofit at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic research scandal, has thus far escaped criminal charges despite evidence it double-billed the government. Federal prosecutors under President Donald Trump earlier this year declined prosecution after letting a statute of limitations expire, according to interviews…
On at least five occasions during his final two decades in government, Dr. Anthony Fauci asked recipients of emails to delete the contents after reading them, according to newly released evidence from Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul that chronicles a culture of secrecy under America’s former top doctor…