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CONFLICTING LOYALTIES An interviewer once asked the late Senator Sam Ervin, Jr. how he had developed such insight into human behavior. "I had a good teacher, Henry Horace Williams," replied Ervin. "He said the things that try people's souls do not consist of choosing between good and evil. The thing that tries a person's soul is having to choose between conflicting loyalties." Ervin went on to say that understanding that concept had not only helped him make better decisions, but to judge other people more fairly as well. Sometimes unwise choices were simply the result of misplaced loyalty. "A...

WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a primary challenge on ​Saturday for hardline conservative Representative Lauren Boebert, until now ‌a staunch Trump ally, after she campaigned for maverick Representative Thomas Massie in his Kentucky district. "Boebert is campaigning for the Worst 'Republican' Congressman ​in the History of our Country, Thomas Massie, of ​the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, and anybody who can ⁠be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight!" Trump ​wrote on Truth Social. Boebert, a Colorado congresswoman, responded with a ​post on X: "Yes, I saw the President’s post. No, I’m not mad or offended....

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In what would be no doubt a first in New Jersey prison life, a transgender pedophile is demanding his women’s prison allow him to go naked and conduct nighttime Wiccan rituals in the prison yard. Marina Volz, 37, a biological male born Matthew, is incarcerated for 25 years at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, NJ, for human trafficking and producing pornography of his own seven-year-old daughter, the New York Post reported. According to the tabloid: Volz claims to be Wiccan and sued the prison, the New Jersey Department of Corrections and head of religious services Dr....

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is moving forward with plans to convert warehouses into large-scale immigration detention centers. The decision comes despite legal challenges from activist groups and opposition from left-wing local officials seeking to slow the Trump administration’s deportation agenda. According to The Washington Post, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to award contracts for major detention facilities in San Antonio and near El Paso. The two sites are expected to be operational by early 2027. Breaking news: The DHS is moving forward with its plan to convert warehouses around the country into immigration detention centers, despite...

he Minnesota “mastermind” of the state’s massive COVID meal fraud claims “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam. Aimee Bock, founder of nonprofit Feeding Our Future, was convicted in March 2025 of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud for allegedly helping restaurant owners file fake or inflated claims during the pandemic to steal millions in child nutrition funds from the government. She spoke to The Post by video call this week from Sherburne County Jail, where she is awaiting sentencing. “I struggle to believe that she wouldn’t have known,” Bock said of Omar. Dozens of members of...

🚨NEW: An aerial shot shows the size of the crowd currently marching towards Parliament Square for the 'Unite the Kingdom' event pic.twitter.com/m9qP24nwNU— GB Politics (@GBPolitcs) May 16, 2026We want our country back . Millions are in attendance pic.twitter.com/29EKkv5d3e— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) May 16, 2026If trans activists carry signs that say "death to TERFs" or Muslims gather in massive crowds to shout "globalize the intifada," the UK government doesn't put out a statement. But an estimated 3 million native Brits harnessing their inner Aragorns to save the West? 👇

A new analysis examining Saturday Night Live's partisan jokes has revealed that the sketch comedy series overwhelmingly pokes fun at conservatives. A study conducted by NewsBusters, a conservative media research center, provided to the New York Post concluded that 91 percent of jokes during the show's 'Weekend Update' segment targeted conservatives. Weekend Update is a mockumentary news show hosted by comedians Michael Che and Colin Jost, where they take jabs at the week's significant news stories. NewsBusters found that the season's first 19 shows included 226 political jokes, with only 18 targeting Democrats and liberals, while three were nonpartisan. Of...

If left unchecked, Labour will destroy Britain. If you think the situation in Britain was bad under failed Prime Minister Keir Starmer, just wait until you learn the plans of his two challengers. It arises today that both former Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham defend the thesis that Britain must rejoin the European Union. They would both ‘seek a mandate’ for this move if elected Labour Party leader and Prime Minister. "Britain's future lies with Europe - and one day, back in the European Union." Former health secretary Wes Streeting says the UK needs a new...

The climate crisis should be declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization, or millions more people will die unnecessarily, leading international experts have said. The independent pan-European commission on climate and health, which was convened by the WHO, concluded the climate crisis was such a worldwide threat to health that the WHO should declare it “a public health emergency of international concern” (Pheic). The international spread of vector-borne disease, such as dengue and chikungunya, as well as the health impacts of extreme weather events, global heating, food insecurity and air pollution make a Pheic necessary, said...

No Trump judges, no voter ID SAVE Act, 50 bills already passed by the house in limbo. Pardon my language, but this guy is a worthless piece of shit. He’s worse than a grifter Democrat. Fetterman has done more for the Republican platform than this weasel. Treacherous rat.

Megyn Kelly recently sat down with Michael Jackson‘s former lawyer, Mark Geragos, and she raised some questions about the credibility of Wade Robson, one of the accusers featured in Leaving Neverland... “I have to say... I found him very credible, and then I started to research him, and let’s just say less so,” Kelly told Geragos... “So he sued the Jackson estate, reportedly after he found out that he was not going to get this job with Cirque du Soleil,” Kelly continued, adding that Robson allegedly expected to be involved in a Michael Jackson-related production before he ultimately filed the...

At least eight people were injured Saturday in Modena, Italy when a crazed driver rammed his car into a crowd at full speed — and then knifed a hero who stopped him when he tried to flee following his cowardly act. The man has been identified by authorities as Salim el Koudri, a 31-year-old Italian citizen of Moroccan origin. The motive is not yet known, but a terrorist attack is not being ruled out, Italian newspaper La Pressa reported.

Ben Weir proposed and Andrew Watkins turned into an LNC motion an amendment to the Policy Manual, a dress code for the LPUS National Conventions. The proposal appears to refer primarily to male attendees.It is not clear what the author and mover of the motion think their phrase ‘biological males’ means. The proposal reads: Proposed Policy Manual Addition — Convention Decorum and Attire Standards Section X.X — Delegate and Speaker Attire Requirements In order to preserve a professional atmosphere during all official sessions of the Libertarian Party National Convention, the following minimum attire standards shall apply to all delegates, alternates,...

While the massive Essex-class fleet carriers grabbed the headlines with their sprawling air groups and high-speed strikes, the "Jeep carriers" of the Casablanca class provided the indispensable backbone of Allied maritime operations. Note: Just because you can think up a reason to criticize doesn't mean that you are obligated to do so. Pedantic is not a compliment folks. Kaiser's Coffins: The Casablanca Class | 21:02 The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered 1.64M subscribers | 67,484 views | May 15, 2026

This video, presented by Benny Johnson, discusses a series of claims regarding the political situation in Cuba as of May 2026. The host posits that the country is undergoing a regime collapse driven by economic crises, including severe fuel shortages and power blackouts, and asserts that the influence of Russia in the region is fading. Key themes and claims discussed in the video include: Geopolitical Shifts: The host suggests a "pragmatic trade" is occurring where the U.S. is solidifying its influence in its own hemisphere while acknowledging spheres of influence elsewhere, such as China and Russia. This is framed within...

SSPX 2026 Consecrations: Why It’s No Longer 1988For better or worse, most Catholics will judge the SSPX 2026 consecrations through the lens of 1988. But after Pachamama, Synodality, Fiducia Supplicans, and the collapse of doctrinal clarity in Rome, can serious Catholics still pretend nothing has changed? The case for the SSPX is far clearer today than it was when Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated bishops nearly four decades ago. Here's why: Not much, if anything, has changed about the fundamentals of the SSPX’s position since Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrated bishops without Rome’s approval in 1988. Indeed, Archbishop Lefebvre’s sermon from the 1988...

The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais saw the justices narrow Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and disallow race-based congressional districts. With the dust on redistricting mostly settled, Republicans appear poised for a double-digit swing of House seats in their favor in the 2026 midterms, at least if all goes according to plan. The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais saw the justices narrow Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and disallow race-based congressional districts. The move triggered map redraws across the South and is expected to result in more than a dozen seats moving...

Anthony Seldon has written biographies of each of the last eight British prime ministers. When he embarked on the project in the 1990s, the work was mammoth but measured. Then, the occupants of 10 Downing Street would spend several years in office, allowing him to scrutinize his subjects properly as they each stamped themselves on their times. But Seldon now risks being overtaken by events. After the recent churn of leaders under the previous Conservative government, which saw the party cycle through three leaders in one year, Seldon had hoped that Keir Starmer’s victory in 2024 would herald a return...

A strike by thousands of Long Island Rail Road employees brought the nation’s busiest commuter railroad to a standstill early Saturday, disrupting travel across the New York metropolitan area and setting up a major labor standoff between transit officials and union leaders. Train service was halted shortly after midnight when five labor unions representing nearly half of the railroad’s workforce launched a walkout after contract negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority collapsed. It marks the first rail strike on the system in roughly 30 years. The shutdown immediately affected commuters traveling between New York City and Long Island, with officials...