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For decades, the deep state has quietly manipulated American institutions, consolidating power beyond the reach of the electorate. Two distinct efforts—Operation Mockingbird and the contemporary DOGE (Disclosure of Government Expenditures) movement—highlight different aspects of this subversion. While Operation Mockingbird sought to control public opinion through media infiltration, DOGE aims to expose the unchecked bureaucratic network that leeches taxpayer dollars. By examining these two movements, we can recognize the systemic corruption within our government and advocate for true conservative reform. Operation Mockingbird: A Deep State Propaganda Machine Operation Mockingbird was a covert CIA initiative designed to control American media narratives, ensuring...

Pope Francis slates ‘major crisis’ of Trump’s border policies, rebuffs JD VancePope Francis has written to US Catholic bishops critiquing the 'major crisis' of Trump's policies on illegal immigration and urging the bishops to 'work closely' with migrants.In a highly unusual move, Pope Francis has written to the Catholic bishops in the U.S. critiquing the “major crisis” of the Trump administration’s policies regarding illegal immigration and urging bishops to “work closely” with migrants.Citing “these delicate moments that you are living as Pastors of the People of God who walk together in the United States of America,” Pope Francis’ letter was...

Attorney Alan Dershowitz said Monday that many of the injunctions blocking actions by President Donald Trump, ranging from his executive orders to his efforts to address wasteful and fraudulent spending, will be thrown out on appeal. The Trump administration is appealing injunctions imposed by federal judges that targeted the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order ending birthright citizenship, among others. Dershowitz said during “The Dershow” that the cases will eventually be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court. “Nobody ever said that our system of checks and balances would make it easy to govern or would...

NATIONAL GUITAR DAY Each year on February 11, National Guitar Day strikes a chord with music lovers and musicians alike. This musical day honors one of the most iconic and versatile instruments in the world--the guitar. Whether you’re a beginner strumming your first chords or a seasoned professional shredding on stage, National Guitar Day is the perfect time to appreciate the instrument that has shaped countless music genres and inspired generations. #NationalGuitarDay The guitar’s roots trace back over 4,000 years. Records show stringed instruments appeared in ancient civilizations, such as Mesopotamia and Egypt. It wasn't until the 16th century the...

On many nights since Oct. 7, I have stayed up to watch the Israeli news. There is an eight-hour time difference between Chicago and Tel Aviv, and Israel’s news begins at 7 a.m., or 11 Chicago time. I am often astonished at the difference between what was reported on mainstream American news outlets in the evening, and what Israeli news focuses on a few hours later. But nothing prepared me for the chasm I experienced a week ago, on an early Thursday morning; one week later, I can’t stop thinking about it. By “it,” I mean the seething mob scene...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday he had no information about unconfirmed reports on Telegram that U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff might have flown into Moscow, saying no meetings with him were on the agenda.

Over the weekend, an Obama-appointed judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive Treasury Department data. While the media frames this as a limited restriction on political appointees and special government employees, the reality appears far more sweeping. Judge Paul Engelmayer’s ruling explicitly bars all political appointees—including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—from Treasury payment records and financial systems, restricting access to career civil servants (essentially the Deep State) within the Bureau of Fiscal Services. This unprecedented move effectively prevents the Treasury secretary from overseeing his own department’s financial data, raising serious concerns about executive...

Bound. Starved. Wounded. Tortured. These are the conditions that some hostages being held in Gaza still face, according to information their families said they had received from Israeli military and security officials after Hamas released three captives on Saturday as part of a cease-fire agreement. The emaciated appearance of three hostages released in a ceremony in Gaza staged by Hamas last weekend — Eli Sharabi, 52; Or Levy, 34; and Ohad Ben-Ami, 56 — and the details of their captivity have relatives of the remaining captives sounding the alarm about the urgent need for the continuation of the phased cease-fire...

Ready to connect some dots? Get comfy, because this one’s a doozy. What we’re about to lay out is a picture of Deep State corruption at its finest starring none other than Congressman Jamie Raskin, one of the left’s most rabid anti-DOGE crusaders…and now, we may know why. Jamie is going all out to stop DOGE—but why? For the American people? Please. That’s a joke. So, what’s the real reason? Well, some newly unearthed info on Jamie Raskin’s wife is starting to bring the full picture into focus—and it just might explain why Congressman Raskin is so terrified of DOGE...

Rep. Nancy Mace accused her ex-fiancé and three business partners of committing “depraved” sexual crimes against herself and a dozen other women — including underage girls — in explosive remarks in the House of Representatives on Monday. The South Carolina Republican pol said she came forward with the shocking allegations of rape, voyeurism and other sexual abuse after uncovering a trove of more than 10,000 videos and other photographic evidence contained on the phone of her former husband-to-be Patrick Bryant. “I accidentally uncovered some of the most heinous crimes against women imaginable — we are talking about rape, nonconsensual photos,...

If you’ve recently purchased canned tuna at Trader Joe’s, H-E-B, Costco or Walmart, you may want to throw it out. That’s because a manufacturer of canned tuna products recently issued a country-wide recall of its products over a design concern that could potentially cause botulism.

US Vice-President JD Vance is in Paris for the AI Summit, and he has made it clear not to be joking around. He was reported to have walked out of a dinner with heads of state on Monday night, the 10th, during the Chinese vice-premier speech. The Chinese official reportedly ‘started singing the praises of trade and the UN.’ This was a hit against President Trump and his administration. The Telegraph reported: “Dominique Seux, the only French journalist present at the dinner at Paris’s Elysée palace on Monday night, said the US vice-president, clearly saw the speech – delivered by...

Shocking video captured the moment Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil’s out-of-control private jet smashed into a parked plane, seriously injuring the rocker’s girlfriend and killing one of the pilots. The newly emerged footage shows the Learjet 35A, registered to Neil’s business, Chromed in Hollywood, speeding down the runway Monday afternoon before it veers off track, striking a Gulfstream 200 parked at a nearby ramp at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. The aircraft — carrying Neil’s girlfriend, Rain Andreani, and a pal and dogs — can be seen skidding and struggling to safely come to a stop.

An Obama-appointed judge ruled that President Trump must work with Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, a Biden-appointed official, instead of his own chosen legal counsel. Judge Jackson issued an order mandating Dellinger represent the president and barred Trump from appointing any other Special Counsel.

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Democrats are prepared to shut down the federal government during next month’s spending fight after becoming enraged over the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) financial audit of government spending. The Democrats’ tactic puts them into a precarious position of supporting waste, fraud, and abuse, three items DOGE is tasked with cutting. “I cannot support efforts that will continue this lawlessness that we’re seeing when it comes to this administration’s actions,” Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “And for us to be able to support government funding in that way only for them to turn it...

President Donald Trump directed the Treasury Department to cease minting pennies. The penny has been circulating for 233 years, first established in 1792. Trump has been against the creation of a CBDC, but this move is clearly one massive step illustrating the long-term trend of inflation. More than that, the penny was the descendant of the Roman Denarius, and its origin stretches back to the Punic Wars of the Roman Republic when the Denarius first appeared. Before that, Rome’s coinage complied with the Greek monetary standard. The cost of the Punic Wars was highly inflationary, and the Romans issued the...

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Aformer executive inside the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) warns of corruption in the agency that is currently being reviewed and purged by the Trump administration, alleging that among politicians, it is mostly Democrats who benefited from its funding. Mark Moyar, former director of the Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation at USAID in the first Trump administration, explains the corruption he saw within the agency and the lack of transparency, as he looks forward to its reduction. He also claims that Democrats have benefited more from the agency’s funding than Republicans, based on his own personal experience. During the first...