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  • China Will Never Beat Taiwan, Here’s Why.

    08/12/2026 8:30:45 AM PDT · by Robert DeLong · 1 replies
    Youtube ^ | Mar 27, 2026 | Maxinomics
    This video starts with a brief history of Taiwan, and the geological makeup of the island, and then dives into why this tiny little island became an extremely important nation, against all odds with their chip & semiconductors manufacturing.
  • VIDEO: The Moment that Steve Kornacki Discovers Trump Could be Right to Push for "Save America Act"

    08/12/2026 8:15:14 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 7 replies
    X (Which Everyone Still Calls Twitter) ^ | August 12, 2026 | Benny Johnson
    NBC’s reaction to finding out 5 USB sticks in Milwaukee were MISSING RESULTS of the Election at midnight is priceless.Steve Kornacki was speechless… pic.twitter.com/Laix1S2CBF— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 12, 2026
  • ‘This is insider trading by definition’: Trump sells $100,000 monthly subscription service to Wall Street to further monetize the presidency

    08/12/2026 7:55:08 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 53 replies
    Fortune ^ | August 4, 2026 | Joshua Hong
    Donald Trump has created a way for Wall Street to pay to win. Trump Media & Technology Group’s premium data product released its new subscription service for earlier access to Truth Social posts for $100,000 a month... five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, gaining access to Truth Social posts milliseconds before the general public. “I’ll be blunt,” Gian Luca Clementi, an economics professor at NYU Stern School of Business, told Fortune. “This is insider trading by definition.” Because Trump owns roughly 41% of the company’s shares, he stands to directly profit from the new recurring...
  • Colorado Has Been Running A State-Funded Grooming And Mutilation Operation For Years

    08/12/2026 7:48:59 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 7 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 11 Aug, 2026 | Breccan F. Thies
    Colorado has been using taxpayer dollars to groom children into believing they are “transgender” and point them to mutilation surgeries, emphasizing that many do not need parental consent. According to a new report from Do No Harm, Colorado spends millions of dollars on government programs, social media influencer campaigns, and medical school curriculums all aimed at convincing children they are a different gender, pointing them toward medicalization, and bullying the parents who do not want to destroy their children. Colorado even paid “queer” children ages 12-18 to participate in virtual meetings about “transition” resources, the report stated. “Something unsettling...
  • NYC on track for record-low murders, shootings, robberies in 2026, NYPD says

    08/12/2026 7:38:27 AM PDT · by JSM_Liberty · 22 replies
    FOX 5 ^ | August 3, 2026 | Mark Prussin
    The Brief New York City is on track for a record-low number of murders, shootings and robberies in 2026. NYPD data shows violent crime dropped nearly 13% across all five boroughs in July, closing out the city's safest first seven months on record. The Bronx continues to see the steepest overall drop in violent crime in 2026, according to the data. New York - 2026 is on pace to be New York City's safest year on record, with the fewest murders, shooting incidents, shooting victims and robberies in recorded history, according to the NYPD. What we know: New data released...
  • AI model captures how humans read, paving the way to personalized text and better augmented reality

    08/12/2026 7:35:13 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 12 replies
    TechExplore ^ | August 10, 2026 | Aalto University, edited by Swati Mestri, reviewed by Robert Egan
    Researchers at Aalto University, together with international partners, have developed the most accurate model yet of how humans read. The new model uses reinforcement learning, a type of AI used in robotics, to explain -- and recreate -- the choices readers make as they move through text... Earlier models learned from large data sets pairing text snippets with eye-tracking data, then mimicked human behavior, but they lacked true understanding of the content and didn't generalize well across languages or contexts, Oulasvirta explains. In contrast, the new model follows the psychological mechanisms readers use to direct attention, revealing how understanding is...
  • NBA's Lakers sold to Josh Kushner and ex-Disney CEO Bob Iger for record $12BILLION just one year after setting all-time sales mark

    08/12/2026 7:30:24 AM PDT · by DFG · 11 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 08/12/2026 | Alex Raskin
    One year after buying a controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers from the Buss family, team owner Mark Walter is now selling the historic NBA franchise to American businessmen Josh Kushner and ex-Disney CEP Bob Iger for a record-breaking $12 billion, ESPN is reporting. Multiple sources have confirmed the deal, which would eclipse the $10 billion record sales price Walter paid for the franchise in 2025. Kushner was part of a group of investors that recently tried to buy stakes in the World Cup from FIFA in a since-aborted proposal that has left the group's president, Gianni Infantino, fighting...
  • Margaret Brennan Exists To Speak Power To Truth

    08/12/2026 7:26:42 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 18 replies
    The Federalist ^ | 11 Aug, 2026 | Chris Bray
    Every family has a wine aunt who makes weddings and holidays a chore. Her second glass of Sauvignon Blanc turns her into a lawn sign with legs, and she starts repeating slogans: Why don’t you believe in science? America is a nation of immigrants! Trans women are women! In her day job as an administrator for a nonprofit organization or an associate vice president of human resources, Aunt Madge is an enforcer. She lives to police boundaries. You can’t say that! She has no thoughts. She says the slogans. She is received wisdom, embodied, and she knows that what you...
  • Houthi attack kills six in first fatalities in Red Sea in over a year; U.S. strikes container ship

    08/12/2026 7:07:00 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 8 replies
    CNBC ^ | August 12, 2026 | Anniek Bao
    Key Points Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people in an attack on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. U.S. forces fired missiles at a container ship attempting to breach Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports in the Gulf of Oman. The twin incidents show how the war is inflicting a toll on two of the world’s most critical shipping lanes. ================================================================== Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people aboard a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, the first reported fatalities from attacks targeting Red Sea shipping in more than a year. Within hours, U.S. forces said they...
  • Florida is now the safest big state in America.

    08/12/2026 6:38:05 AM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 42 replies
    X ^ | 08/12/2026 | Clay Travis
    Florida is now the safest big state in America. Miami, Orlando and Tampa combined had just 29 murders in the first half of 2026. That’s incredible leadership and police work. Miami had just 8 murders so far in 2026, down 50% from last year. majorcitieschiefs.com/wp-content/upl…
  • Love in Action - Evangelical Caucus/Devotional

    08/12/2026 6:26:27 AM PDT · by metmom · 3 replies
    Gracetoyou.org ^ | John MacArthur, Grace Community Church
    "Love is patient . . . kind . . . not jealous . . . does not brag . . . is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly . . . does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things" (1 Cor. 13:4-7). Love is difficult to define, but it can be described by the behavior it produces. Paul painted a portrait of the kind of love Jesus wants to produce...
  • The DOJ Once Sued States to Release Institutionalized Mentally Ill Patients. That Policy Just Ended.

    08/12/2026 6:19:58 AM PDT · by Presbyterian Reporter · 37 replies
    Townhall ^ | August 11, 2026 | Amy Curtis
    The DOJ Once Sued States to Release Institutionalized Mentally Ill Patients. That Policy Just Ended. In the 1999 Supreme Court case Olmstead v. L.C., Justice Kennedy wrote in his concurrence, "It is careful, and quite correct, to say that it is not 'the ADA's mission to drive States to move institutionalized patients to an inappropriate setting, such as a homeless shelter.'" Yet as the Cicero Institute points out, that's exactly what has happened over the last 20 years. A recent Justice Department directive aims to correct 'unintended consequences' stemming from a misinterpretation of the landmark Olmstead decision –– clearing a...
  • Six arrested in retail theft ring operated in Maryland and other states

    08/12/2026 6:18:58 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 25 replies
    CBS News ^ | August 11, 2026 | Michelle Richardson
    The Prince Georges County Police Department (PGPD) has arrested six suspects who are accused of leading an alleged retail theft ring. A lengthy investigation revealed a multi-state organization that included Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Six suspects involved in the ring are currently in custody. They are 30-year-old Daryl Michael Jackson of Washington, D.C., 25-year-old Cyan Rocke of Capitol Heights, 37-year-old Marco Morgan of Washington, D.C., 31-year-old Tia Courtney of Capitol Heights, 26-year-old Chyna Parker of Suitland and 22-year-old Quasaan Parker of Suitland. On Monday morning, PGPD, together with Maryland State Police, the Metropolitan Police Department,...
  • What Public Policy Schools Should Teach

    08/12/2026 6:15:16 AM PDT · by karpov · 1 replies
    James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^ | July 3, 2026 | Frederick M. Hess and Andy Smarick
    ... Although more Americans identify as conservative than liberal, policy programs tilt far to the left. In many programs, the number of conservative faculty is negligible, with left-leaning faculty outnumbering their right-leaning counterparts at leading policy schools by 7-to-1. While the leftward lean of university faculty and administration is old news, the lack of ideological diversity in policy schools has a particular import. After all, policy schools are explicitly charged with educating students to navigate issues like taxation, policing, abortion, and immigration. A half-century ago, Harvard University president Derek Bok explained that programs like his institution’s famed Kennedy School of...
  • Francesca Hong’s defeat won’t stop the DSA

    08/12/2026 6:01:23 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 49 replies
    The Spectator ^ | 08/11/26 | Freddy Gray
    So, at time of writing, it looks as if voters don’t want to cancel Thanksgiving – on balance, at least. Come November, however, few Democrats will be expressing gratitude for their party’s vote-tabulation systems. Francesca Hong, it seems, will not be America’s first avowedly socialist state governor. She appears to have just lost an extremely tight primary to David Crowley, a Milwaukee County executive, in the gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin. The long-view – and already ubiquitous – reaction to this news is to mark it down as a major blow for the Democratic Socialists of America and their bid to...
  • Commercial Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Flames Shoot From Engine

    08/12/2026 5:54:38 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 20 replies
    100 Percent Fed Up ^ | August 11, 2026
    VIDEOS AT LINK.................... An American Airlines airplane was forced to make an emergency landing in South Carolina after flames shot from one of its engines after the aircraft reportedly struck birds while taking off in Myrtle Beach. “Mayday, mayday, mayday. We’ve got a engine problem here,” the pilot said shortly after takeoff, according to CNN. “I saw he took up birds, it looked like, at least in the left side engine,” another pilot who saw the bird strike said on radio. The Boeing 737 carrying 181 people landed safely. Watch below: CNN shared further: Patrick Gotwalt was a passenger on...
  • Andy Burnham to chair emergency Cobra meeting amid extreme heat

    08/12/2026 5:53:28 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 21 replies
    The Guardian ^ | August 12, 2026 | Caroline Davies and Peter Walker
    Andy Burnham will chair an emergency Cobra meeting in response to the extreme heat, which has caused wildfires and plunged many parts of Britain into drought. The prime minister will meet ministers, officials and agencies as high temperatures continue across the UK, with 33C forecast on Wednesday and up to 38C on Thursday. A No 10 spokesperson said the government understood that firefighters, farmers and NHS staff were all facing challenges connected to the weather. It will be the second Cobra meeting this year on heatwaves, after one took place amid high temperatures in June. It comes as parts of...
  • The race they said was over may be just beginning (Florida Governor)

    08/12/2026 5:37:50 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 39 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 12 Aug, 2026 | Maureen Steele
    For months, Florida Republicans have been told the governor's race was essentially over before it had truly begun. The message: Byron Donalds has it. The money was raised. The endorsements were secured. The consultants declared a frontrunner. Many in the political class behaved as though Republican voters were simply expected to ratify a decision that had already been made. But voters have a funny habit of refusing to follow the script. A new benchmark survey from the Political Matrix suggests that the race may be far more fluid than conventional wisdom would have us believe. Congressman Byron Donalds remains in...
  • Catholic Caucus: Daily Mass Readings 12-August-2026

    08/12/2026 5:31:20 AM PDT · by annalex · 11 replies
    12 August 2026 Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Vukovina, CroatiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingEzekiel 9:1-7,10:18-22The cross marks the foreheads of all who are pureAs I, Ezekiel, listened, God shouted, ‘Come here, you scourges of the city, and bring your weapons of destruction.’ Immediately six men advanced from the upper north gate, each holding a deadly weapon. In the middle of them was a man in white, with a scribe’s ink horn in his belt. They came in and halted in front of the bronze...
  • EXC: China’s “Citizen External Propaganda” Pipeline Put Chinese Nationals Inside Congress. They Wrote Lawmaker Speeches, Researched Policy and Responded to American Constituents.

    08/12/2026 5:29:17 AM PDT · by cuz1961 · 8 replies
    Natalie Winters Subbstack ^ | Aug 12, 2026 | Natalie Winters
    EXC: China’s “Citizen External Propaganda” Pipeline Put Chinese Nationals Inside Congress. They Wrote Lawmaker Speeches, Researched Policy and Responded to American Constituents. Some interns later became Beijing’s experts on Congress. ... Chinese students were placed inside U.S. congressional offices through a years-long program where they were entrusted with work ranging from constituent correspondence to congressional briefings on sensitive U.S.-China matters to drafting speeches for congressmen, according to Chinese-language university records reviewed for this investigation. ...Xin Qiang, now a prominent Fudan University expert on Taiwan, U.S.-China relations and American politics. Fudan’s official biography says Xin served from November 2001 until May...