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A number of “sacred cow” beliefs regarding higher education are (finally!) coming under scrutiny. One of them is that it is important for the American Bar Association (ABA) to oversee law schools via its power of accreditation. In all but a few states, any individual who wants to enter the legal profession must graduate from an ABA-accredited law school before being allowed to sit for the state’s bar exam. That restriction has long been defended as a measure to protect consumers, both students (who might otherwise attend an inferior law school) and people in the community (who might take their...

Former FBI agent Peter Strzok deleted all of his posts on the social media site X Monday. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released documents and a memo July 18 detailing what she called a “years-long coup” against President Donald Trump after he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race. Strzok had been a key player in the unfounded allegations that Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia, including intervening to prevent the FBI from closing a probe into retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who was Trump’s first national security advisor in his first term....

Just a third of Americans say they now support Israel’s actions in Gaza, and almost all of them are Republicans, a new poll finds. The poll by Gallup is the latest in a series by the polling firm about U.S. attitudes about the war. Early on, in November 2023, it found that half of Americans approved of the actions Israel was taking in Gaza, and fewer disapproved. (Some said they did not know.) By last June, more Americans disapproved than approved, Gallup found, but there was still 42% approval. Now, after more than a year later, the proportion of Americans...

President Donald Trump issued a statement Tuesday morning addressing the Midtown Manhattan shooting that left four people dead, including an police officer, calling the incident “tragic” and describing the gunman as a “crazed lunatic.” “I have been briefed on the tragic shooting that took place in Manhattan, a place that I know and love,” Trump said in the statement, which was shared on his social media platform Truth Social as well as X, formerly Twitter, by his press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a...

In a move that surprised many on both sides of the political aisle, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) recently voted — with an overwhelming majority of House Democrats and Republicans — to support funding for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. To be sure, Ocasio-Cortez’s vote made little difference to the final tally. The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), which could have cut U.S. support, was shot down 422-6. Nevertheless, voting to support continued funding was extremely revealing for what it says about Ocasio-Cortez’s grander ambitions. Indeed, not only did her vote mark a clear break with other...

The New York City police officer killed in Monday’s mass shooting at a Midtown office building has been identified by officials as Didarul Islam, a 36-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh and father of two who lived in the Bronx. Islam, who served in the NYPD for just over three years, was working as security in the lobby of 345 Park Avenue when the alleged gunman, 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura of Las Vegas, entered the building armed with an AR-15-style rifle and opened fire. Tamura allegedly shot and killed Islam and then three others, critically wounded one more, before killing himself with...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Hundreds of people packed into a theater at UT Arlington to tell Texas lawmakers their thoughts on plans to redraw state congressional maps, while hundreds of others listened on their phones and in an overflow room outside. The vast majority spoke in opposition to the plans, which come after President Donald Trump called for the state to work to increase the Republican seats in its congressional delegation by as many as five seats ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The Republican-led legislature has not released any proposed maps, but a letter from the Department of Justice raised...

The boy was left for hours while a contract worker for the state ran "personal errands," the family's attorney says =============================================================== A 3-year-old boy died in a hot car in Birmingham, Ala., this week while with the state's Department of Human Resources — something the child's parents have called their "worst nightmare." Ke'Torrius Starkes Jr., who went by "KJ," was found unresponsive in the vehicle outside a home on Pine Tree Drive on Tuesday, June 22, a Birmingham police spokesperson said in a statement. He was "accidentally left inside ... while in the care of a third-party contracted worker through...

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In political theory, hypocrisy is often regarded as a minor sin, the unavoidable cost of aligning ideology with the messiness of real life. But sometimes, hypocrisy isn’t incidental. Sometimes, it reveals the true nature of the ideology itself. And sometimes, as with Zohran Mamdani’s recent wedding, it isn’t just hypocrisy, it is performance art. The self-described Islamic Marxist and current Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, Mamdani has built his career upon the aesthetic of struggle. He rails against landlords, billionaires, private property, and what he calls "capitalist theft." He advocates the abolition of prisons, the dismantling of the...

The Traverse City stabbing suspect is eligible for bond. They just want him to promise not to go back to Wal-Mart or do drugs. What in the world are they thinking? Quote Senator Aric Nesbitt @SenAricNesbitt · 16h Eligible for bond? This individual just went on a rampage, and by the grace of God didn’t end anyone’s life.

Arizona State Senator Mark Finchem, who also serves as the Executive Director of the Election Fairness Institute (EFI), and former Tennessee Assistant Police Chief Shawn Taylor, the Senior Research Analyst for EFI, have been quietly leading a bombshell investigation into what may be the largest money laundering and real estate fraud scheme in U.S. history. According to exclusive evidence shared with Unleashed.news and The Gateway Pundit, suspicious property transactions totaling in the billions are now under review, with the trail pointing directly at top ActBlue leadership, its donor network, and a web of accomplices.

...a 4,400-year-old ancient Egyptian tomb... which belonged to a previously unknown prince called Userefre, features a large pink granite 'false door' -- the largest ever discovered in Egypt.The door, which measures 4.5 metres high and 1.15 metres wide (15ft by 4ft) resembles a functional door but does not actually open...The door is decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions detailing Prince Userefre's impressive titles, including 'Hereditary Prince, Governor of the Buto and Nekhbet Regions, Royal Scribe, Minister, Judge, and Chanting Priest.'The royal, who also goes by Prince Waser-If-Re, according to the inscriptions, was the son of King Userkaf, who was the founder of...

A job role for a sharia court administrative position advertised on a UK Government website has sparked anger as MPs blast it as "incompatible" with the "way of British life". MPs have shared their outrage after discovering the job ad posted on the Department for Work and Pensions' Find a Job platform, for an annual salary of £23,500 at Manchester Community Centre in Didsbury. The position requires candidates to hold a degree in sharia law and demonstrate prior experience working within Islamic courts in Muslim nations. The job also seeks someone to handle administrative and secretarial duties for Manchester Sharia...

Shortly after President Donald Trump accused Barack Obama of treason – an epithet that has been thrown at Trump practically every day – Obama spokesman Patrick Rodenbush said: “These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction.” Distraction from what? Rodenbush didn’t have to say, because the media have been busy filling in that blank. “Trump tries to distract from Epstein by casually accusing Obama of treason,” is how MSNBC put it. CNN’s headline blared that “Trump’s longtime rage at Obama roars back amid Epstein furor.” “Critics say Trump is trying to distract from Epstein by talking about...

WASHINGTON/TAIPEI, July 28 (Reuters) - Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te is set to delay a diplomatically sensitive trip his team had floated to the Trump administration for August that would have included stops in the United States, according to three people familiar with the matter. Such a trip was bound to infuriate Beijing at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to negotiate a deal on trade with China. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, a claim Taiwan rejects, and regularly denounces any shows of support for Taipei from Washington. The trip, which could have included...

A team of engineers has unveiled a revolutionary mini-spectrometer that can fit on a fingertip and operate with low voltage, scanning light from UV to near-infrared in under a millisecond. This game-changing device replaces bulky traditional spectrometers and could soon be embedded in smartphones, unlocking powerful tools for material analysis, biomedical diagnostics, and more—right in your pocket. Its tiny photodetector shifts light sensitivity with simple voltage changes, offering speed and precision in a package smaller than a pixel. Breakthrough in Compact Spectrometry Researchers have developed a groundbreaking spectrometer that is significantly smaller than existing models, yet still capable of precisely...

As India retires its last legendary MiG-21 fighters, its air force is shrinking to a historic low of just 29 squadrons, falling dangerously behind a rapidly expanding China. To counter this, New Delhi faces a critical and long-delayed decision for its next 5th-generation fighter. The choice is a high-stakes geopolitical dilemma: the combat-proven but expensive American F-35, or Russia’s Su-57, which offers local production but is seen as a “huge bet” on a “dying” and unreliable defense industry.

...The Russia collusion hoax wasn’t just a political scandal. It was a masterclass in obedience psychology. Americans didn’t believe it because it made sense. They believed it because someone in authority told them to. . ...Fast forward to COVID. A doctor appeared on your television and told you to stay inside. Wear a mask. Take the jab. If you hesitated, you were selfish. A threat. An enemy of the people. The same experiment was being run again, but this time, at scale. And just like Milgram’s results, most people obeyed. Not because they understood the science. Not because they evaluated...

If it feels like something’s changed between your generation and your father’s and grandfather’s, science may back you up. Recent data reveals a startling truth: young men today have significantly lower testosterone levels than their counterparts from just two decades ago. In fact, according to U.S. national health survey data, testosterone levels in men aged 15 to 39 have declined by approximately 25% since 1999. A Shocking Trend Backed by Research The data comes from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a long-running program that tracks public health trends. Between 1999 and 2016, the average total testosterone levels...