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A grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering Tuesday. The SPLC’s “stated mission included the dismantling of white supremacy and confronting hate across the country. However, unbeknownst to donors, some of their donated money was being used to fund the leaders and organizers of racist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, and the National Alliance,” reads the indictment. The indictment alleges that the SPLC paid informants (field sources) who “engaged in the active promotion of racist groups...

Disgusting video shows a teen slamming a girl to the ground and stomping on her head after she refused to give him her phone number, according to police and sources. Video circulating on social media shows the 14-year-old brute confronting the 15-year-old girl on the corner of East 107th Street and 3rd Avenue in East Harlem around 3:30 p.m. Monday after school got out. “I’ll knock the s–t out of you right now,” the bully says as he blocks the girl’s path in the crosswalk, while one of his pals eggs him on to “Do it!” “You stand right here,”...

Apple Lamps@lamps_apple·14hI uploaded all of Marc Elias’s podcasts from the past six months that focus on the Supreme Court to NotebookLM. This is what it had to say...How Progressive Elites are Plotting to Dismantle the American RepublicA coordinated, apocalyptic narrative is currently being pushed by prominent progressive lawmakers, legal scholars, and activists, revealing a terrifying blueprint to completely dismantle the foundational institutions of the United States. Claiming that the nation is on the "precipice of absolute tyranny," these left-wing figures are actively utilizing extreme fear-mongering to justify an unprecedented structural power grab. Under the guise of "saving democracy," this coalition...

For Immediate Release April 23, 2026 Contact Boebert.Press@mail.house.govRepresentatives Massie, Boebert Introduce Surveillance Accountability Act to Protect Americans from Warrantless Government Spying Washington, D.C.-- Today, Rep. Lauren Boebert (CO-04) and Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-04) introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act, landmark legislation that would require federal and local government agencies to obtain a warrant supported by probable cause before conducting surveillance on American citizens, in accordance with the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The legislation comes in response to the widespread use of warrantless surveillance technologies by government agencies, including facial recognition systems, automated license plate readers, and commercially purchased location...

A group of Congolese refugees was seen protesting in Washington, DC, on Monday, calling on the US to increase its involvement in addressing violence in central Africa, despite data showing thousands from the region have already been resettled in the US in recent years. According to reporting from the Daily Caller News Foundation, Congolese Tutsi demonstrators marched near the White House to protest against the governments of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Activists accused both governments of carrying out anti-Tutsi violence and called on US officials to take stronger action. One protester held a sign that read...

Despite listing the charges in the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center and without even questioning their validity, the Associated Press writes it off as a 'political weapon' on the part of the Trump administration.The AP's Collin Binkley, Alanna Durkin Richer, and Rebecca Boone came up with this remarkable summary of the indictment on Tuesday in "Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants."They gave an inclusive summary of the serious charges against the SPLC ...before essentially writing them off as politically motivated.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel fill out a screening test used to assess “harmful patterns of alcohol consumption and routinely used by individuals to help identify hazardous drinking behaviors,” following allegations published in an Atlantic article. In a letter to Patel on Tuesday, ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and more than a dozen other Democrats suggested the alleged behavior could harm U.S. national security. Some of the screening questions, attached to the letter, ask “How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking,” “How often...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Papal revenge’: How Francis used the episcopacy to promote friends and punish enemiesA new dossier documents how Pope Francis used episcopal appointments in Argentina to punish critics, reward Peronist allies, and elevate men with 'skeletons in the closet.'A new report shows how the criteria for appointing bishops under Francis have been predominantly political.On April 22, Spanish blog El Wanderer published a report that, through various documented cases, argues that the criteria for episcopal appointments adopted by Pope Francis have been political in nature rather than pastoral or doctrinal – based on personal sympathies, ideological affinities, and even forms...

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has mysteriously been missing from Capitol Hill for nearly two months — and his team is blaming unspecified “health issues.” Kean (R-NJ), who is the most vulnerable Republicans in the Garden State’s congressional delegation, last voted on March 5 and has skipped more than four dozen votes since then. On Wednesday, Kean posted on social media about how two of his bills advanced past committee. Yet he wasn’t actually on Capitol Hill that day for votes. The Post contacted his office for comment. Kean’s team told Politico that he is “facing unspecified...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington Democrats defended their unquenchable thirst for unlimited power on Thursday, confirming that saving democracy requires one party to seize total power and rule forever. According to long-held American values, true freedom is only possible with the consent of the governed. A government by the people, and for the people, naturally disrupts authoritarianism and leads to lasting contentment. Democrats, however, disagree. "The only way to protect life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness — as our founders envisioned — is to wrest control of the government from the people and mandate love through unassailable government regulation," explained...

Overton@overton_news·13hHe flipped the script on them instantly.California Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton (R) gave a masterful response to the debate moderator who tried to use President Trump’s endorsement of him as an attack against him.MODERATOR: “Mr. Hilton, you said you were ‘deeply honored’ to recently receive President Trump’s endorsement.”“That’s despite the fact that 62% of Californians disapprove of the job he is doing. Are those Californians wrong?”HILTON: “One of the proudest days of my life was the day I became an American citizen.”“It happened in a ceremony right here in San Francisco.”“So it is a deep honor for me to be...

One in three doctor’s offices uses an AI scribe that records your entire visit. Most patients don’t know. Here are the 4 questions to ask. ⚡ TL;DR • AI records your visit at roughly 1 in 3 physician practices. • AI’s notes go into your permanent medical record. • Federal law doesn’t require the doctor to tell you. State laws vary. • 4 questions to ask at your next appointment, below. 📖 Read time: 2 minutes

A former Alabama football player faces charges of wire fraud and identity theft after he allegedly used wigs and fake driver's licenses to impersonate NFL players for the purpose of securing nearly $20 million in loans, according to federal court records. Prosecutors allege that Luther Davis pretended to be three different NFL players from May 2023 until October 2024 to secure loans from multiple lending agencies. The players whose identities were allegedly used are Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr., former Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku and Green Bay Packers safety Xavier McKinney, according to a report. The court...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Anglican Ordinariates ordered to concelebrate Mass instead of observing traditional priest-deacon-subdeacon hierarchyAn Anglican Ordinariate Mass involving deacon and subdeaconI have learned from an inside source that when the bishops of the Anglican Ordinariate bishops met with Cardinal Roche last month, he ordered that they cease to utilize priests as deacons/subdeacons (and deacons as subdeacons) during solemn Mass but rather, if there is more than one priest, they must all concelebrate, and deacons may only function as deacons.Prior to this, the Ordinariate had been following Catholic tradition by observing the distinction of offices in the liturgy with the...

Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧@TRobinsonNewEra·6h110 invaders dumped into the Netherlands town of Loosdrecht.Undercover police known locally as "romeos" smash batons across heads and set dogs onto people.But of course it's locals being attacked for daring to oppose invaders being dumped in their community!

Members on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are divided over whether President Donald Trump should pardon Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for her cooperation in the panel’s Epstein investigation, Chair James Comer said in an interview Wednesday. Maxwell, who was deposed by the Oversight Committee as the sole convicted accomplice in the Epstein sex trafficking scheme, previously invoked her Fifth Amendment right in declining to answer the panel’s questions. Her lawyer has said that she would only speak if granted clemency — a power available solely to Trump, who has not ruled out the prospect...

Working at a 24/7 bodega in the heart of Brooklyn, Tajuken Deli employees are prepared for almost anything – except having guns pointed at their heads by cops. That’s what seemed to be happening one early April morning last year, when four armed men dressed in police uniforms flashed their badges, yelling “NYPD” as they stormed the neighborhood shop. Surveillance video shows one worker being quickly knocked to the ground and zip-tied into submission before being dragged to the back of the store. Another worker and customer were also subdued as the masked thieves dressed as cops made off with...

Government agencies are under increasing pressure to do more with less, all while working to maintain security, compliance, and public trust. High-quality data is one of the few levers that directly supports all three. Accurate citizen address data may seem like a basic operational detail. Yet it underpins everything from citizen communications to fraud prevention, compliance, and emergency response. When data is outdated or inaccurate, consequences ripple across entire programs and leave citizens underserved. Public agencies need to adopt a strategic mindset in support of citizen data accuracy. They otherwise risk sending critical communications like tax documents, benefits information, public...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a rare apology after criticizing the background of her conservative colleague Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She had questioned whether he understood the lives of hourly workers during a speech at a law school. Sotomayor said Kavanaugh’s reasoning showed a disconnect from regular people because his parents were professionals. “This is from a man whose parents were professionals. And probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour.” The liberal justice later walked back those comments and confirmed she apologized to Kavanaugh directly. The case at the center of the fight involved the Supreme Court’s conservative...

Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was splattered with red liquid on Thursday as he left a building in Berlin. Pahlavi had just departed a news briefing, during which he criticized the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, when the incident occurred outside Germany’s federal news conference building. He appeared unhurt by the liquid coating the back of his blazer and neck, and waved to his supporters before he got into a car that drove away. Police said the liquid appeared to be tomato juice. The alleged perpetrator, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules,...