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If you think politics is stupid, wait until you see Schumer do it. ... Chuck Schumer says, “everyone knows there's waste in government that should be cut, but DOGE is using a meat axe.” Thoughts? ... Meat axe, flamethrower, chainsaw... what else you got? Bring out the whole inventory like Neo and Trinity in the last act of "The Matrix." ... Maybe we need to "take off and nuke the entire site from orbit." There are other thoughts worth sharing. When Schumer says, "Everyone knows there's waste in government and should be cut," what waste has Schumer ever identified? What...

Explanation: Will the spider ever catch the fly? Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The spider-shaped gas cloud in the image center is actually an emission nebula labelled IC 417, while the smaller fly-shaped cloud on the left is dubbed NGC 1931 and is both an emission nebula and a reflection nebula. About 10,000 light-years distant, both nebulas harbor young star clusters. For scale, the more compact NGC 1931 (Fly) is about 10 light-years across. The featured deep image, captured over 20 hours during late January in Berkshire UK, also shows more...

Huge win for Trump & DOGE.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday about starting negotiations immediately to end the war in Ukraine, and said he would call Ukraine's president to inform him of the conversation. Trump's prioritization of speaking with Russia before Ukraine is a departure from the policy of the Bidenadministration that stressed "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine." "We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskiy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now," Trump said in...

Judge McConnell is an activist who has no business sitting in judgement of the president or his administration.

(American Political Report)—A legal expert expressed confusion and concern over recent judicial actions that he believes significantly encroach upon the authority of President Donald Trump. Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, speaking on “Hannity,” highlighted what he sees as an unusual level of judicial interference. Dershowitz argued that the courts are stepping into areas traditionally reserved for executive decision-making, particularly in matters related to Trump’s actions while in office. “The courts are intruding significantly into the core areas of presidential authority,” Dershowitz stated. He was particularly critical of judicial decisions that he believes set a dangerous precedent by undermining the separation...

Legal scholar Jonathan Turley has asserted that he’s been left stunned by efforts from leftist judges to undermine President Donald Trump’s executive authority. Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School, said he’s “baffled” over courts “intruding significantly” on Trump’s agenda. The constitutional expert was left bewildered after a federal judge extended a temporary restraining order on Monday to block the Trump administration’s buyout offer to federal employees. On Tuesday, Turley told “Fox & Friends” that the offer is “perfectly within the wheelhouse of the president.” “I think that Trump is on very solid ground with the buyout,” Turley...

Implications of AI ManipulationDeepSeek is not just a China problem. It’s a wake-up call for the rest of the world. AI has the power to shape perception, filter reality, and subtly guide users toward predetermined conclusions. If governments or corporations embed their own biases into these systems, then the AI we trust to inform us will instead become a tool for ideological enforcement.

Tulsi Gabbard, one of President Donal Trump's controversial cabinet picks, was confirmed as DNI

VIDEOIt was a case of very obvious murder of Ellen Greenberg in 2011 in Philadelphia which was confirmed by the medical examiner. However, a few days later the medical examiner, under pressure, changed his finding to suicide (and then recently changed his mind again). The parents of Ellen Greenberg obtained the services of Tom Brennan, a private investigator who served for 25 years in the Pennsylvania State Police. Here you can see segments of the first extended interview with Brennan on the "Surviving the Survivor" channel (full episode at the link below). As you can see, Brennan has nothing but...

The entrance to the Maszycka Cave in southern Poland (Credit: Darek Bobak) In a nutshell * Scientists found evidence of cannibalism in an 18,000-year-old Polish cave, where at least ten people — including children — were systematically butchered and eaten, likely due to territorial conflicts rather than survival needs * The Magdalenian people who created famous cave art like Lascaux were capable of both sophisticated cultural achievements and extreme violence, challenging our understanding of prehistoric societies * As populations grew after the last Ice Age, competition for resources likely led to violent conflicts between groups, with evidence of similar cannibalism...

The New York Times is apparently more concerned about taxpayer-funded goods from USAID not making their way into Hamas-controlled Gaza than USAID potentially funding Hamas terrorists. The February 8 print edition of The Times had this insane headline blaring over the front page: “U.S.A.I.D. Turmoil Threatens Goods Heading to Gaza.” Sure, let’s just forget about the enormous waste that USAID perpetrated over the years, right? Jerusalem Bureau Chief Patrick Kingsley and reporter Adam Rasgon mourned that “[t]he Trump administration’s efforts to downsize the United States Agency for International Development have endangered the funding for food, tents and medical treatment for...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s Defense Ministry is offering new financial and other benefits that it hopes will attract men between ages 18 and 24 to military service, as its short-handed armed forces toil on the front line against Russia’s bigger army in the almost three-year war. Men in that age group are currently exempt from the country’s draft, which covers men between 25 and 60 years old. Last spring, Ukraine lowered the conscription age from 27 to 25, but that has failed to replenish ranks or replace battlefield losses. Also, some draft-age men have moved abroad, while desertions have...

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville warned that the party should not put false hope in Republicans emerging to impede the Trump administration’s actions. On the “Politics War Room” podcast, Carville mocked “the people who go on TV on a panel after the election and say, ‘Don’t worry, everything’s going to be fine’” and “’We can work with him.’” He also mocked the people who hold out hope that “’some responsible conservative Republican is going to save us from this,’” and argued, “They didn’t come, they’re not there, okay? Let’s just get over it, they’re not coming, the cavalry is not...

Chile's Atacama Desert, home to the world-renowned ALMA telescope, offers breathtaking sights both above and below. One such marvel is the ancient stone fortress of Pukará de Quitor, a relic of the Licán Antai people that has stood for over 900 years...One such marvel is Pukará de Quitor, an ancient stone fortress built centuries ago by the Licán Antai people, also known as the Atacameños. Located near San Pedro de Atacama, it stands close to the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a world-renowned radio telescope operated by ESO and its international partners.In this striking image, the fortress's arch perfectly frames...

Anyone have any idea what the topic will be? Bannon yesterday called for her to launch an investigation into Bragg and James and now a scheduled presser.

Trump border czar Tom Homan dismisses Pope’s attack on immigration policy: ‘Fix the Catholic Church’Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, dismissed Pope Francis’ criticism of U.S. immigration policy, arguing the Vatican ‘has a wall’ while condemning U.S. policies aimed at securing the nation’s sovereignty.President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan robustly rejected Pope Francis’ criticism of the administration’s border policies, saying the Pope “ought to fix the Catholic Church and concentrate on his work and leave border enforcement to us.”Speaking to reporters outside the White House last night, Homan issued succinct comments on Pope Francis’ surprise letter sent yesterday to the...

Provide a plan for resettlement of Gazans all around the world. No return, and travel restrictions imposed. Stable democracies throughout the world have a history of welcoming refugees enforcing religious tolerance. Remaining Gazans should not be sent to neighboring countries that exploited and weaponized them. In the resettlement process, they can group themselves into kinship and community blocs, which can be aggregated into larger groups depending on workable arrangements of resettlement. A model that parallels college applications could be used to enable blocs of people to express relocation preferences with rank ordering of choices first, second, third, etc.

- The Bloodbath Must End - Returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic goal and pursuing this false goal will only increase suffering - The US does not believe that Ukraine's membership in NATO is a realistic outcome of the upcoming negotiations - If there are any peacekeepers in Ukraine, it will not be under the auspices of NATO and not in accordance with Article 5 of the Charter - US troops will not go to Ukraine, US military presence cannot be part of security guarantees - It is Europe that should provide Ukraine with more military aid -...

he health commissioner has asked the state’s Attorney General and lobbyist watchdog to launch a ‘formal inquiry.’ Prompted by a New York Focus article last week, Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration is seeking investigations into the mysterious funding behind a $10 million campaign targeting the governor’s plan to remake New York’s home care industry. As first reported by Gothamist, State Health Commissioner James McDonald sent a letter on Friday to Attorney General Letitia James and Sanford Berland, executive director of the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, urging a formal inquiry into “what appears to be a concerted effort...