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Europe’s Next War Won’t Be in Ukraine—It’ll Be in the Streets The European Union is pouring weapons, money, and political capital into Ukraine at an astonishing rate. If you listen to Brussels, it’s all about protecting democracy and stopping aggression at the borders of Europe. But what they won’t tell you—what they can’t afford to admit—is that many are quietly dreading the day the war ends. Because when the war ends, the real trouble begins. The Guns Are Already Here Let’s start with the obvious: Not all the weapons being sent to Ukraine are staying on the battlefield. Despite all...

A white mother from Austin, Texas, was allegedly murdered by a black career criminal — and once again, the propaganda media shrugs their shoulders, while the politicians look the other way. In today’s upside-down America, there’s only outrage when it fits the regime’s narrative. We all know by now that if the races were reversed, this story would be flooding every news channel, with riots raging in the streets. But when a white victim dies at the hands of a violent black criminal, the media does everything it can to bury it — or worse, pretend that it’s an isolated...

Chuck Todd scoffed at the premise that the media failed to adequately cover the decline of former President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election. Speaking with Chris Cillizza on his Substack channel Monday, Todd — the former moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press — rejected the idea that media outlets dropped the ball and did not question whether Biden’s cognitive function was sufficient to run the country for another four years. “This is not a media failure,” Todd said. “This was a failure of the Democratic party. And the virtue signaling that some people have done to try to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America First Legal (AFL) has filed a bar complaint with the Committee on Professional Standards against New York Attorney General Letitia James. The complaint requests an investigation into allegations outlined in a recent criminal referral from the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), claiming that AG James committed mortgage fraud. On April 14, 2025, FHFA Director William J. Pulte sent a criminal referral to the U.S. Department of Justice alleging that AG James has, in multiple instances, “falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government-backed assistance” as well as “loans and more favorable loan terms.”

A 50-year-old man polluted holy water with urine at a York County Catholic Church earlier this month, according to court records. Jesse John Sokoll, 50, of no fixed address, has been charged with intentional desecration of a venerated object, according to court documents filed by York City police. An affidavit of probable cause written by police gave this account: On April 22, police responded to Saint Patrick Catholic Church at the 200 block of South Beaver Street for a vandalism report that had occurred on April 14 around 2:15 p.m., according to the affidavit. A person told police a man...

Watch Margaret Brennan's full exclusive interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. A portion of this interview aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 27, 2025.

The White House is warning that President Donald Trump will veto a bipartisan Senate resolution that would terminate his sweeping global “Liberation Day” tariffs. The statement of administration policy from the Office of Management and Budget, sent to congressional offices Monday, comes ahead of an expected vote this week forced by several Democrats led by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. “This resolution would undermine the administration’s efforts to address the unusual and extraordinary threats to national security and economic stability, posed by the conditions reflected in the large and persistent annual U.S. goods...

In a nutshell * Scientists successfully 3D printed plant-based calamari rings using mung bean protein and microalgae, creating a seafood alternative that closely matches real squid in texture and even surpasses it in protein content. * The 10% microalgae formulation achieved the best results, producing calamari mimics that were softer, springier, and structurally similar to real calamari, without relying on overfished marine resources. * This innovation highlights a promising future for sustainable seafood alternatives, leveraging underused crops like mung beans and algae to reduce pressure on ocean ecosystems while meeting growing demand for plant-based foods. ******************************************************************************* SINGAPORE — Your next...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Dobbins Air Reserve Base, GeorgiaDobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins is a United States Air Force reserve air base located in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta. Originally known as Dobbins Air Force Base, it was named in honor of Captain Charles M. Dobbins, a World War II C-47 pilot who died near Sicily. The installation is the home station of the host wing, the 94th Airlift Wing (94 AW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and its fleet of C-130 Hercules aircraft, and is also the location...

In a surprise to us here in Minnesota, our left-wing local media — inspired, or perhaps shamed, by The New York Post — is actually pressing a left-wing county prosecutor for her questionable decision not to charge a six-time Tesla vandal for his politically inspired violence. Mary Moriarty, elected as Minneapolis’ County Attorney in the wake of the George Floyd riots, is a woke prosecutor in the mold of Manhattan’s Alvin Bragg and San Francisco’s ousted Chesa Boudin. State government employee Dylan Adams, 33, was caught on video vandalizing six Teslas in late March, as a nationwide campaign of hate-fueled...

EXCLUSIVE: New York Attorney General Letitia James, who became President Donald Trump's nemesis after accusing him of mortgage fraud, is now battling the very same allegations, and her chief tormentor is a legendary scam artist who says he knows a crook when he sees one. Sam Antar, who kept the books for his cousin, "Crazy Eddie" Antar, while he built a New York-area consumer electronics empire, helped his late relative skim cash and inflate the value of their company before leaving investors high and dry in the late 1980s. He says he knows every trick in the fraud book and...

In yet another sad blow to the will of the people, Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) has ruled to overturn a courageous decision by a local judge that sought to reinstate the annulled 2024 presidential election—an election originally won by the conservative, anti-globalist candidate Călin Georgescu. The nation’s top court sided, unsurprisingly, with the entrenched political establishment, affirming that the Court of Appeal in Ploiești (CAP), Prahova County, had “no jurisdiction” over decisions made by the Constitutional Court (CCR). The ruling is final: a full election re-run will proceed on May 4, with a second ballot on...

Early Sunday morning a Kansas City Fire Department paramedic was fatally stabbed by a woman inside the ambulance while he was transporting her to a hospital. Graham Hoffman, 29, loved serving his community and was working overtime when Shanetta Bossell stabbed him. Shanetta Bossell was charged last week after she bit an off-duty officer and tried to stab him. She was released last Friday after she posted a $10,000 bond. Just days after Bossell was released from prison, she went on to kill Graham Hoffman.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is frightened by President Donald Trump’s deportation policy, she discussed during an episode of the On Purpose with Jay Shetty podcast. Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, discussed fears they had growing up dealing with race issues, when she was asked to identify the “hardest recent test of that fear.” “In this current climate, for me it’s, you know, what’s happening to immigrants,” the former first lady replied, explaining that she is no longer fearful for herself — due to her celebrity status — but is instead fearful for illegal immigrants.

On Saturday night, as legacy media journalists crowded into the Washington Hilton for the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, the mood was somber. The White House Correspondents’ Association decided to omit its usual comedic performance this year, reportedly because the Trump administration complained about the scheduled host. The association said that they wanted “to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division,” so journalists sat quietly while awards and speeches were given. It did not make for an exciting scene. “It was all NPCs,” says Alice Ma, using a term that describes non-playable characters in a video game....

An F/A-18E fighter jet rolled off the side an aircraft carrier and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea, the Navy announced on Monday. There was one enlisted crew member aboard the jet and a second enlisted crew member inside the tractor when the incident occurred. Both personnel were able to jump out in time with only one person sustaining a minor injury, according to officials. In the extraordinary mishap, the $70 million jet was being towed out of the hanger bay of the USS Harry S. Truman when the crew lost control. "The F/A-18E was actively under tow...

This is interesting. This is a 1954 radio show. At the 17:30 mark they discuss socialism, communism, collectivism, fascism, free enterprise, and government enterprise. It’s a very different conversation than would be had today. It’s also interesting to consider why they would do this on such a show. In 1954, the McCarthy hearings took place, Vietnam split into communist north and republican south, and the Soviets began launching large ICBMs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeSIgMDlxL4

Hey, MSNBC, are you hiring? I ask because I can write your story on this for you. Here you go, this one’s on the house: “The Trump White House’s shameful removal of 4,000 foreign students from the country is yet another blot on the record of this administration, which in just 100 days has proven to be a legal, political and moral disaster. Selfless and hard-working intellectuals of color from non-racist countries potentially sacrificed their future to grace this systemically racist, xenophobic, paranoid nation with their presence, only to be unceremoniously expelled by a white supremacist megalomaniac who is threatening...

“Being mean or telling the truth is indistinguishable to far too many people.” —Mike Thompson on X Woke liberalism is exactly what Christopher Lasch predicted in The Revolt of the Elites, published in 1995 the year after his early death at 61. Lasch saw how the juvenile idealism of Boomer hippiedom would slide into the narcissistic, sado-masochistic degeneracy of open borders, drag queen story hours, Covid-19 despotism, DEI racism, showbiz Satanism, censorship, forever wars, and now, the legal insurrection of lawfare. In doing so, Lasch also predicted the “mass formation psychosis” described by Belgian psychologist Mattias Desmet, spawned by a...

"Being mean or telling the truth is indistinguishable to far too many people." —Mike Thompson on X James Howard Kunstler Apr 28, 2025 Woke liberalism is exactly what Christopher Lasch predicted in The Revolt of the Elites, published in 1995 the year after his early death at 61. Lasch saw how the juvenile idealism of Boomer hippiedom would slide into the narcissistic, sado-masochistic degeneracy of open borders, drag queen story hours, Covid-19 despotism, DEI racism, showbiz Satanism, censorship, forever wars, and now, the legal insurrection of lawfare. In doing so, Lasch also predicted the “mass formation psychosis” described by Belgian...