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  • Middle East Shipping ‘Paralyzed’ by Dueling U.S., Iranian Blockades, Analysts Say

    04/28/2026 8:34:49 AM PDT · by Retain Mike
    U.S. Naval Institute ^ | APRIL 27, 2026 7:01 AM | HEATHER MONGILIO
    The U.S. conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of MT Tifani (IMO: 9273337) late Monday, according to a Pentagon post on X. Tifani sails a Botswana flag, while Majestic X sails a false Guyanan flag. The International Maritime Organization considers both ships to be stateless.On Tuesday, following the Monday interdiction of Tifani, Iran said it fired upon and seized two ships – MV Epaminondas (IMO: 9153862) and MV MSC Francesca (IMO: 9401116). MV Euphoria (IMO: 9235828) was also damaged on Wednesday near Iran, although it is unclear whether Iran also targeted the ship for seizure.The U.S. has right-to-visit stateless...
  • House Judiciary expands probe into allegations Biden admin spied on GOP members of Congress

    04/28/2026 8:30:31 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 1 replies
    Just the News ^ | 27 Apr, 2026 | Misty Severi
    Revelations last year claimed the Biden FBI snooped on the phone records of multiple Republican members of Congress, including eight senators, during its January 6 investigation known as Arctic Frost. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan expanded his committee's investigation Monday into allegations that the Biden administration spied on Republican lawmakers. Revelations last year claimed the Biden FBI snooped on the phone records of multiple Republican members of Congress, including eight senators, during its January 6 investigation known as Arctic Frost. Jordan sent the latest letter to Alpine Bank CEO Glen Jammaron requesting documents and communications related to allegations that...
  • Nation Longs For Good Old Days When Comedians Were Funny And Didn't Wish Death On People

    04/28/2026 8:28:56 AM PDT · by V_TWIN
    babylonbee.com ^ | Apr 27, 2026
    U.S. — On the heels of yet another attempted act of political violence being used for laughs by late-night talk show hosts, Americans expressed a deep longing for the good old days when comedians were funny and didn't wish death on people. President Donald Trump survived another attempt on his life over the weekend, with the would-be assassin being taken down by law enforcement. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel, meanwhile, gave a parody White House Correspondents' Dinner speech complimenting Melania Trump on having "the glow of an expectant widow," leaving viewers yearning for days gone by when comedians would make people laugh...
  • Trump says ABC should fire Jimmy Kimmel over his 'expectant widow' joke

    04/28/2026 8:22:25 AM PDT · by jerod · 10 replies
    CBC News ^ | Apr 27, 2026 | Jackson Weaver
    Late-night host says joke was 'not by any … a call to assassination'U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by ABC and its parent company ‌Walt Disney, joining his wife Melania Trump in calling out the late-night talk show host for a monologue he delivered prior to a shooting that took place over the weekend near a gathering of journalists and politicians. Last Thursday, in a segment that parodied the upcoming White House correspondents' dinner, Kimmel said that Melania Trump "had a glow like an expectant widow." Trump and his wife were rushed...
  • Dylan Carter, Lowcountry musician and ‘The Voice of Holland US’ alum, dead at 24

    04/28/2026 8:19:53 AM PDT · by WhiteHatBobby0701 · 3 replies
    NewsNation / WCBD ^ | 26 April 2026 | Tim Renaud
    CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Dylan Carter, a Lowcountry musician and former “The Voice” contestant, has died at age 24, according to people close to the singer. Carter was involved in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night on a rural Colleton County road. The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating the accident. News about Carter’s death began to spread on social media Sunday afternoon, including a Facebook post from Moncks Corner Mayor Thomas Hamilton, who called Carter a “gifted singer,” adding that his “kindness and charm earned him immense respect.” Carter was scheduled to perform Monday night at the Town of Moncks...
  • The Media Is Hiding Cole Allen's Ties To A Far-Left Group That Advised Biden. Now The Evidence Is Vanishing From Their Website.

    04/28/2026 8:16:52 AM PDT · by sopo · 4 replies
    Substack ^ | 4/28/2026 | Natalie Winters
    Why White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Tomas Allen’s reported link to a group known as “The Wide Awakes” receiving such little scrutiny from the media? The name is associated with an arts-and-music-adjacent activist collective that describes itself as a creative, pro-democracy movement inspired by the original Civil War-era Wide Awakes. That’s what the media wants you to believe. But that cultural collective is not the only relevant use of the term: a mainstream progressive group’s own materials repeatedly reference “Wide Awakes” as a direct-action protest tactic. Including specifically targeting the tactic towards Hilton hotels, where the WHCD took place,...
  • 0New York bodega worker killed less than a year after expressing fear to reporter over violence

    04/28/2026 8:16:39 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 1 replies
    Fox News ^ | April 28, 2026 | Joshua Q. Nelson 
    A New York bodega worker, who had previously expressed fear over his safety at the location, was killed just outside his store on Saturday night. Abdul Saleh was reportedly killed while he was on the job in the East Village of Manhattan. According to ABC7, the shooting happened just after 11:30 p.m. in front of Saleh's family-owned business, Sal's Deli & Grocery. Police told reporters that Saleh got into an argument that started inside the deli. "Witnesses say the video shows Saleh and the 28-year-old man arguing. It then spilled outside, where Abdul was shot in the stomach," the outlet...
  • ‘A betrayal:’ California to share data on immigrant drivers nationally

    04/28/2026 8:15:02 AM PDT · by artichokegrower · 5 replies
    CALMATTERS ^ | April 28, 2026 | BY KHARI JOHNSON AND WENDY FRY
    California is preparing to share with an outside organization detailed information about driver’s license holders, including immigrants who do not have legal authorization to live in the U.S. That breaks a promise the state made a decade ago when it began issuing licenses to unauthorized immigrants, advocates say, and it means more than 1 million people may face higher risk of deportation.
  • Racism and the Church: How Should We Respond?

    04/28/2026 8:14:20 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 3 replies
    Pastor Theologians ^ | 2020 | Dennis Hollinger
    The early Church of course experienced its own racial and ethnic divide, that between Jew and Gentile. As both were coming into the Body of Christ suspicion and prejudice degenerated into polarization and condescending labeling, which Paul addressed in Ephesians 2. “You who were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility” (2:13-14). Reconciliation to Christ meant that now “the other” was to become a friend, brother or sister. New levels of respect, appreciation...
  • Anthropic Study: Which jobs AI is replacing right now

    04/28/2026 8:00:23 AM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 14 replies
    X ^ | April 28, 2026 | AI Highlight (@AIHighlight)
    Anthropic just published a study mapping exactly which jobs its own AI is replacing right now. The workers most at risk are not who anyone expected. They are older. They are more educated. They earn 47% more than average. And they are nearly four times more likely to hold a graduate degree than the workers AI is not touching. The argument is straightforward. Anthropic built a new metric called "observed exposure." Not what AI could theoretically do. What it is actually doing right now in professional settings, measured against millions of real Claude conversations from enterprise users. For computer and...
  • Gas prices: New 2026 high set nine days after energy secretary said prices ‘likely peaked’By Washington Examiner Staff

    04/28/2026 7:53:47 AM PDT · by Varsity Flight · 15 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | Washington Examiner Staff
    Gas prices: New 2026 high set nine days after energy secretary said prices ‘likely peaked’ By Washington Examiner Staff
  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy hits Israel over accepting Russia’s ‘stolen’ grain shipment

    04/28/2026 7:52:03 AM PDT · by McGruff · 3 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | April 28, 2026 | Vaughn Cockayne
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday accused Israel of accepting Russian shipments filled with stolen Ukrainian grain. Mr. Zelenskyy has for years accused Russia of harvesting grain from agricultural centers it occupies in eastern Ukraine, aiming to make a steady profit during the war. Russia has denied Ukraine’s allegations. “Another vessel carrying such grain has arrived at a port in Israel and is preparing to unload,” Mr. Zelensky posted on X. “The Israeli authorities cannot be unaware of which ships are arriving at the country’s ports and what cargo they are carrying.” Mr. Zelenskyy was referring to the vessel Panormitis,...
  • United Arab Emirates to quit oil cartel Opec

    04/28/2026 7:45:17 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 5 replies
    BBC ^ | 04 28 2026 | Nick Edserand Archie Mitchell
    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting the Opec and Opec+ groups of major oil producing nations next month after nearly 60 years of membership. The UAE said its decision would help it meet growing global energy demand in the long term after recent investments to boost its production capacity. It is seen as a blow to the cartel, with one analyst describing the exit as "the beginning of the end of Opec". The Gulf state's energy minister said being a country with no obligation under the groups would give it more flexibility. Opec was formed in 1960 by five...
  • Ft. Knox Full of Impure Gold Unfit for International Transactions

    04/28/2026 7:45:14 AM PDT · by delta7 · 29 replies
    Mises Institute ^ | 28 Apr 26 | JP Cortez
    The bulk of the US gold reserves held in Fort Knox are made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in international settlements. In practice, this means that most of America’s massive gold stockpile is illiquid and wouldn’t be readily accepted on the international market should the need arise: “It’s a decrepit relic just like our monetary policy is. With respect to America’s gold stockpile, we hold ourselves to a lower standard than the rest of the world,” Money Metals CEO Stefan Gleason said. The French central bank recently sold 129 tonnes of similar non-standard gold that...
  • Donald Trump's gleeful reaction after the Daily Mail uncovered that he's a cousin of King Charles.... as he reveals secret Buckingham Palace dream

    04/28/2026 7:41:52 AM PDT · by MarlonRando · 29 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 4-28-26 | Phillip Nieto
    The Daily Mail revealed on Monday that the President is related to the King via their shared ancestor in the 3rd Earl of Lennox, a great-grandson of King James II of Scotland. The Daily Mail's research found the connection makes Trump and Charles 15th cousins. Trump reacted to the news on Truth Social: 'Wow, that’s nice. I’ve always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace!!! I’ll talk to the King and Queen about this in a few minutes!!'
  • US Senate Race in Alaska Now in Play

    04/28/2026 7:29:12 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 11 replies
    Rep. Mary Peltola is leading two-term GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan by 49.1% to 42.5%. Further behind in the survey are another Republican, James Ryan, with 5.2% and perennial independent candidate Sid Hill with 3.2%.Peltola raised a whopping $8.9 million in the first quarter of the year.
  • NOW: Federal agents are FLOODING the Quality Learing Center in Minneapolis as they conduct RAIDS at 20+ mostly Somali locations across the area

    04/28/2026 7:27:55 AM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 20 replies
    X ^ | 04/28/2026 | Nick Sortor
    🚨 NOW: Federal agents are FLOODING the Quality Learing Center in Minneapolis as they conduct RAIDS at 20+ mostly Somali locations across the area Per DHS: "Homeland Security Investigations in cooperation with our law enforcement partners executed criminal search warrants in Minneapolis relating to the rampant fraud of US taxpayer dollars." It's about to be a ROUGH time for a bunch of Somalis!
  • Toronto woman who wants to die says federal MAID committee isn't listening (Medical Assistance in Dying)

    04/28/2026 7:24:44 AM PDT · by jerod · 10 replies
    CBC News ^ | Apr 28, 2026 | Jennifer La Grassa
    Critics worry Canada’s assisted dying committee is failing to meet its mandateWarning: This story references suicide. Claire Elyse Brosseau has been waiting years for the Canadian government to let her die. The 49-year-old has struggled for decades with a laundry list of mental diagnoses, including Bipolar 1 disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and disordered eating. All of this has made her life unbearable, she says. “I wake up in the morning and the minute I open my eyes, I feel just a sense of … dread and panic,” she said. It’s why the Toronto woman wants to end her life, but...
  • Scotland's Roman Eagle Changes Everything [17:24]

    04/28/2026 7:10:10 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 12 replies
    YouTube ^ | April 26, 2026 | WC21 (UK) Productions LTD
    Well into Scotland this week and looking at Roman occupation, including one of the last physical signs of it, the truly remarkable Eagle Rock near Cramond. Now it normally raises some controversy in the comments whenever we acknowledge Roman control north of the wall, so we try to take a balanced view in this film: yes, parts of Scotland did fall for some periods - it's bonkers to deny that - but this site investigation shows how transitory it was. As well as the fantastic Eagle Rock, we explore the exposed remains of the Roman fort in Cramond - a...
  • White Rage and Revenge in Rhodesia

    04/28/2026 7:06:50 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 18 replies
    Zoomer Historian ^ | 31/3/26 | Zoomer Historian
    At 5pm on 3 September Air Rhodesia Flight 825 took off from the Kariba Airport runway, and the passengers made themselves comfortable for their flight to Salisbury. The plane was packed full of families, especially families from Bulawayo. There was no direct flight from Kariba and so the most efficient way home was to head for Salisbury first. The flight had begun as normal, the Viscount was climbing well and air hostesses Dulcie and Brenda were already well into action and serving their 52 passengers. Hans Hansen, a Dane, was the last to board the plane. He was heading to...