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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, has been sentenced to 7.5 years in prison and a $2.5 million fine on corruption convictions. In February, a jury found guilty Madigan of bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes.

No Kings” “nationwide day of defiance” protest’s official partners have bagged $114.8 million since 2019 from the Arabella Advisors dark money network and how professional protest organizations use tax dollars as a force multiplier. The expected worldwide mobilization of protests .. tumult is a carefully plotted production organized by The Indivisible Project and financed by the progressive dark money network Arabella Advisors, which has perfected the mounting of made-to-order protests. Since 2019, Arabella has dumped more than $100 million into the coffers of the official “No Kings” protest partners—including the creator of the official protest song book. ... The Arabella...

(Conscientious Questions may have importance approaching that of the answers they evoke.) Wilhelm Reich was a Freudian, Marxist and early Sexual Revolutionary. He realized that most people have no interest in religion as such, but most are fascinated by sex. So he counseled that rather than trying to convert a seminarian by logical arguments, you just need to sexually corrupt him. (It's alleged that French students participating in large scale civil disobedience in Paris in 1970, threw copies of Wilhelm Reich's "The Mass Psychology of Fascism" at Police.) Reich died in prison. He was engaged in radiation experimentation which the...

[H/T Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn.] https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1933044538903572928DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican🚨 JUST RELEASED: Follow the Money Behind the No Kings Rally 🚨DataRepublican has launched an interactive, open-source map showing how your tax dollars flow to organizations involved in the No Kings rally.🔍 I tracked funding from federal sources to final recipients, prioritizing direct paths (not via DAFs) whenever possible.👉 IMPORTANT: most paths still went through Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs)—the black box of the nonprofit world. Unfortunately, it's a common and opaque funding structure that deserves scrutiny.💥 Explore it for yourself:Click on "Federal Grant Flow" for any NoKings organization to open any visual flowchart, tracing...

Scientists have confirmed the rediscovery of Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, a species previously thought to be extinct for over 60 years.This ancient, egg-laying mammal was found deep within the rainforests of Indonesia.It is scientifically known as Zaglossus attenboroughi and named after the legendary naturalist David Attenborough.Echidnas, characterized by their spiky fur and beaks, are often referred to as "living fossils" due to their ancient lineage, believed to have originated around 200 million years ago during the time of dinosaurs...In 2023, during an Oxford University expedition to the remote Cyclops Mountains — located 2,000m (6,561ft) above sea level — a glimmer of...

Is this a new war? Lindsey Graham, member of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, seems to think so and is panting like Jeffrey Toobin on a Zoom call: Game on. Officially, the US State Department does not share the enthusiasms of Yaroslav's wise guy: pic.twitter.com/oRy6E1DTQJ — Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) June 13, 2025 - although that might just be a bit of necessary head-fakery. Alternatively: On April 12th, Trump gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to reach an agreement on its nuclear program. Today is day 61 — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 13, 2025 Washington has also revealed that...

On Friday morning, Israeli military forces attacked several locations in Iran, including residential areas in the capital, Tehran. Several explosions were heard across the country.At the same time, images of several locations in Tehran being targeted were posted on social media. The Israeli Minister of War issued a decree declaring a special state of emergency on Friday morning.The international news reported Thursday that numerous countries recalled their officials from many embassies in the Middle East prior to the anticipated Israeli strikes.Most Americans understand the seriousness of this moment. Iran has already threatened the United States for our connections with Israel...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is shifting military resources, including ships, in the Middle East in response to Israel’s strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack by Tehran, two U.S. officials said Friday. The Navy has directed the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, which is capable of defending against ballistic missiles, to begin sailing from the western Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean and has directed a second destroyer to begin moving forward so it can be available if requested by the White House.

[Catholic Caucus] Faithful kneel to receive Communion from Charlotte bishop who planned to ban altar railsCatholic faithful in the Diocese of Charlotte, led by Confirmandi, knelt to receive Christ in the Eucharist despite the bishop’s discouragement of this reverent practice.Catholic faithful overwhelmingly kneeled to receive Holy Communion from Bishop Michael Martin, OFM, of the Diocese of Charlotte during a recent Confirmation Mass after he planned to ban altar rails and kneelers.The Charlotte Latin Mass Community (CLMC) Facebook account posted on Wednesday that an estimated “95% of the faithful” at a Confirmation Novus Ordo Mass earlier this week knelt to receive...

Cory Booker, AKA Spartacus, Has a Full-Blown Meltdown on the Senate Floor Over Alex Padilla

Why this story matters.. The discovery of a prehistoric river valley and forested landscape beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet sheds light on the continent's ancient climate and may improve scientific understanding of Antarctica's response to climate change. Ancient Antarctic landscape.. Uncovering evidence of rivers, valleys, and dense forests beneath Antarctica can enhance understanding of the continent's prehistoric environment and biodiversity. Climate history and change.. The findings provide valuable information about past warm and even tropical conditions, aiding scientists like in predicting how the Antarctic ice sheet might react to future climate shifts. Warm climate.. Researchers believe Antarctica featured a...

Idea for a 3ft x 5ft poster: LET'S MAKE A DEAL! CRIMINAL ILLEGALS CAN STAY, AS LONG AS ALL OTHER DEMOCRATS SELF-DEPORT (Why not? You hate America anyway)

CONCORD, Calif. - Federal authorities are asking for the public's help to identify a woman accused of assaulting officers and stealing an FBI agent's badge at an immigration protest in Concord on Tuesday. A special agent with the FBI said the woman they're looking for was an "instigator" of violence at the demonstration. (snip) In a news release, the FBI said the woman was wearing a hoodie at the time of the incident. Costin described her as the "lead aggressor." "She seemed to be an instigator of much of the violence. She seemed to be a lead aggressor." The agency...

Hillary Clinton's money story is absolutely wild. We're talking about someone who went from being millions in debt to sitting on a $120 million fortune. And here's the crazy part – most of that cash didn't come from being a politician. This woman basically figured out how to turn her name recognition into a straight-up money printing machine. Hillary Clinton Net Worth: Started From the Bottom, Now She's Here Look, Hillary didn't come from money. She grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, with a dad who ran a small fabric business and a mom who stayed home. Nothing fancy about...

Demonstrators in Los Angeles and other major cities waved Palestinian flags and chanted for an “intifada” as protests over ICE raids spiraled into organized violence and ideological unrest. Violent protests that erupted in response to federal immigration raids across Los Angeles last weekend have taken on a distinctly radical tone, with footage showing rioters not only targeting law enforcement but openly invoking militant Palestinian rhetoric and terrorist imagery. While the initial trigger was a wave of ICE arrests across residential and commercial areas, the unrest quickly shifted into something broader. In several confrontations downtown, masked individuals draped in keffiyehs and...

Israel’s wave of airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear infrastructure could unintentionally deliver a boost to Ukraine’s defences. disrupting the production and supply of the deadly Shahed drones used by Russia, a former Ukrainian government official has claimed. The coordinated attack, launched early on Friday, hit multiple targets linked to Iran’s nuclear programme and military apparatus, reportedly killing several high-ranking officers and scientists. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed “severe punishment” in response, while air-raid sirens rang out across Israeli cities. The attack marks the most significant assault on Iran’s territory since the Iran–Iraq War, escalating fears of open...

ANTI WAR PROTESTERS FLYING THE NORTH VIETNAMESE FLAG, RED WITH GOLD STAR; THE FLAG OF THE VIET CONG IS THE ONE THAT’S RED ON TOP AND BLUE ON BOTTOM WITH GOLD STAR

WORLD — With the outbreak of open hostilities between the two long-running enemy countries, the global community condemned Israel for launching devastating airstrikes against the famously peace-loving nation of Iran. Israel announced the start of a large-scale campaign to deal with what it perceived as an imminent, existential threat to its existence posed by the humble nation that had never so much as hurt a fly and did not, in any way, spend the last few decades vowing to annihilate Israel and working to produce a nuclear weapon to make it possible. "How could Israel perpetrate such a horrific act...

“Just … follow the money.” – Deep Throat, All the President’s MenThat used to be the watchword for investigative journalists. If you want to uncover corruption, find out where the money is coming from and where it is going. At least it used to be.Today? Not so much. At least not when doing so could implicate Democrats or upset the left’s agenda.Case in point is the Los Angeles riots. There’s plenty of reason to believe that the riots are being organized and financed by unsavory characters whose mission is to foment division and violence in the United States.Some of the...

Tehran says it can destabilize global energy security — and that it’s a direct consequence of the Zionist regime’s actions.