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Are radical liberals preparing for a civil war here?The evidence is all over.Don’t miss this show. 👇🏻https://t.co/UstpmolFUC— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) March 29, 2023

A Kia Soul was launched into the air after hitting a tire that popped off a nearby pickup truck in Chatsworth. Amazingly no one was seriously injured.

Musk, Wozniak, other tech innovators sign open letter urging temporary pause in the development of AI systems more powerful than OpenAI's GPT-4, citing risks to society and civilization Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and a host of other tech leaders and artificial intelligence experts are urging AI labs to pause development of powerful new AI systems in an open letter citing potential risks to society. The letter asks AI developers to "immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4." It was issued by the Future of Life Institute and signed by more than...

nvestigative journalist James O’Keefe III broke his first major investigation Tuesday night on O’Keefe Media Group. The legendary journalist released a teaser video on Monday from his next MASSIVE INVESTIGATION of the Democrat’s VAST NETWORK of donation harvesters. ** MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DONATION HARVESTING ** HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL DROPS ** CROSSING NUMEROUS STATES! THIS REPORT BROKE AT 10:20 Eastern on Tuesday night. Make sure you’re subscribed with notifications on! Visit www.okeefemediagroup.com for more. The O’Keefe Media Group Uncovers Potential MASSIVE Money Laundering into Political Campaigns The 9 minute video was posted on Twitter tonight. https://twitter.com/OKeefeMedia/status/1640902212745412609? The Gateway...

I think this is my first vanity post in over 20 years of FR membership, and it may be another 20 years if ever before another one. But this morning I have been watching the House on CSPAN, the five-minute speeches that are offered every day the House is in session. The trend is clear. Of all the Republicans who have spoken, only one, Mark Green, the congressman representing Nashville, spoke of the Covenent massacre, and all that he had to say was in sympathy for the dead and those who knew them. Of all the Democrats who have spoken,...

The Israelis are constantly told that one reason they need to accept a “two-state solution” is so that they can preserve a state that is “both Jewish and democratic,” which will not be possible if the Arab citizens outnumber the Jews. There is a need, so they are told, to create a new state where not only Palestinian Arabs, but also many Israeli Arabs, will want to live. They are assured that otherwise, if they hold onto all of Judea and Samaria, they will soon be swamped demographically by the Arabs – both Israeli and Palestinian — who, it is...

President Biden laughed off a question from a reporter on Tuesday about whether the transgender shooter at a Christian elementary school in Nashville was targeting people of faith. “I have no idea,” Biden, 80, told the media assembled outside the White House on Tuesday when asked if Monday’s deadly shooting rampage that claimed the lives of three children and three adults at the Covenant School in Tennessee was an attack targeting Christians. When told that Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) believed that the attack did target Christian believers... “Well, I probably don’t, then,” Biden said, chuckling after the remark, and then...

A top Federal Reserve official told Congress Tuesday that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed because it didn't effectively address problems raised by the Fed as early as November 2021. "SVB's failure is a textbook case of mismanagement," said Federal Reserve Vice Chair of Supervision Michael Barr. He listed the factors that led to its failure, noting its concentrated business model, with clients in the technology and venture capital sector. [articles all over the financial news this week, including Rooters, WallStJournal, CNBC, WashCompost, etc]

Three years ago, Jason Rivera wrote a letter to the New York City Police Academy, explaining why he wanted to be a police officer. “When I applied to become a police officer, I knew this was the career for me,” he said. “I would be the first person in my family to become a police officer,” Rivera wrote, as reported by the Daily Mail. “Coming from an immigrant family, I will be the first to say that I am a member of the NYPD, the greatest police force in the world. “Growing up in New York City, I realized how...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

The classic 1966 movie Is Paris Burning? centers around Adolf Hitler’s desire, as the Allied armies advance through France in 1944, to see Paris destroyed rather than fall into the hands of his enemies. Paris didn’t burn in 1944, but the conflagration, as it turns out, was just delayed. CNN reported Friday that “Paris and most major cities – including Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Bordeaux and Rennes – have been hit by protests.” Hitler is finally getting his wish. But why now?France is in turmoil, CNN added, because of “proposed pension reforms.” Reportedly, “many people are unhappy with President Emmanuel Macron’s...

Pending home sales grew in February for the third consecutive month, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Three U.S. regions posted monthly gains, while the West declined. All four regions saw year-over-year decreases in transactions. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)* — a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings — improved 0.8% to 83.2 in February. Year-over-year, pending transactions dropped by 21.1%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. More notably, the YoY growth rate has been NEGATIVE for 20 of the last 21 months. And 15 straight months....

President Joe Biden urged Americans to figure out which members of Congress do not support an “assault weapons” ban and pressure them to do so in another push for gun control Tuesday. “The majority of the American people think having assault weapons is bizarre, it’s a crazy idea,” he said, per the Hill. Biden noted that he could not do any more on “assault weapons” via executive action, so he urged Americans to figure out where their representatives stand on the issue and pressure them.

interviews with nearly two dozen GOP donors, strategists and voters suggest the desire for a backup option has intensified amid questions about how the Florida governor would fare [cut] With an eye on DeSantis’s vulnerabilities, many donors have kept the door open to other potential White House contenders. One lesson that sticks with many benefactors who helped Jeb Bush raise more than $100 million by July of 2015 only to see the former Florida governor falter is that Trump’s ability to torpedo his rivals — as he is now trying to do with DeSantis — necessitates a backup plan. “My...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissed the existence of a separate Palestinian people in a speech he delivered in Paris on Sunday. This has caused predictable outrage from the Arabs, from the EU’s Josep Borrell, and from the Bidenites, who found his remarks on this matter “unhelpful.” But is his statement false? A preliminary Jihad Watch report is here, and more on Smotrich’s speech can be found here: “Israel’s Smotrich: There is no such thing as a Palestinian people,” by Tovah Lazaroff, Jerusalem Post, March 20, 2023:“There is no such thing as Palestinians because there is no such thing as...

The DeSantis base in Florida is a microcosm of the wider, deeper, more intense Trump base. The people who love Donald Trump; like DeSantis.There can be no doubt that all the suspense, including the discussion of whether President Donald Trump would be handcuffed and perp-walked in New York in a flawed politically motivated indictment by a County Prosecutor, has both galvanized and increased Trump's base. Based on polling, Trump is soaring and regaining the support of many MAGA voters who wondered whether he is their strongest candidate for 2024.We know from history that the American people rally to Trump when...

A Russian tank formation intended to cause devastation in Ukraine has been hit with heavy losses due to low morale and poor discipline, it has been reported. The 10th tank regiment is part of the 3rd army corps, the first major new Russian formation in the invasion, but it has already lost 'a large proportion of its tanks, according to British intelligence. After failing attempts to capture Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, Moscow is diverting the ailing legion to nearby Avdiivka, The Telegraph reports. -snip- The Ministry of Defence stated: '10th tank regiment's losses have largely been due to tactically...

Seán Ono Lennon @seanonolennon The most useful tool I have ever learned for debating/arguing w someone is to try and internalize their argument to the extent that you could convincingly make it yourself, before you go about trying to convince them of yours. The interesting thing about this technique is that you don’t have to agree with the other person to reach a state of mutual understanding and agreeability. It’s not easy to do in practice, but when when this method was explained to me it really helped my relationships both personal and professional. It feels like we are crossing...

I try to bring humor to everything. I’m a comedian. As my wonderful friend and mentor Stephen Kruiser can tell you, comics find humor in the worst of conditions. Not only can I not see the “funny” in the Tennessee shooting, I don’t want to seek it. The trans movement asked for tolerance, then acceptance. Then they just wanted to use the restroom of their preference for their safety, despite a lack of violence against trans people and a bushel full of trans attacks on kids. We allowed it. I regret that. A lot.Today, we are at a point where...

VIDEOJust Plain NUTS!!! Those three words explain pretty much all of what you need to know about most liberals. As if to confirm this, the smug liberal who got a sad reality check after gloating over the Alvin Bragg grand jury that STILL has not led to the indictment of President Donald Trump as she promised has admitted to her heavy use of meds. To keep things in perspective we can watch her again smugly gloating about a J6 subpoena interspersed with her meds confessions. Very heavy meds.Oh, and when the smug gloating liberal finds out that the J6 subpoena...