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Once upon a time, in their startling report titled "Bigger Monsters, Weaker Chains," ACLU analysts Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt argued that the US was quickly becoming a full-blown "surveillance society," where advanced technology and crumbling regulation come together to create the kind of world that was previously the domain of dystopian science fiction. "The fact is, there are no longer any technical barriers to the Big Brother regime portrayed by George Orwell," they wrote. That was in 2003. In the two decades since, the tech sector has unleashed a tidal wave of innovations like targeted algorithms, always-on location sharing,...

Antifa has become one of the most polarizing forces in modern American politics. Labelled by critics as a violent extremist group and by supporters as anti-fascist defenders, its true identity lies somewhere between the headlines and the chaos in the streets. But where did Antifa come from, and how did it rise to prominence in the 21st century? In this episode, we trace Antifa's ideological roots back to pre-WWII Europe, where militant resistance groups first confronted fascist movements. We explore how those ideals evolved over decades and crossed into the U.S., merging with elements of anarchism, socialism, and direct-action activism....

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina House voted 72–48 on Tuesday to override Governor Josh Stein’s veto of House Bill 318, officially enacting the Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act. The controversial legislation mandates that sheriffs notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within two hours when releasing an inmate subject to an immigration detainer and requires a 48-hour hold for federal pickup. They also considered several other bills. Republicans enacted a total of eight bills that Stein had vetoed. With each of those bills passed, support was secured from at least one Democrat in the House to meet the required...

Joe Biden’s allies are reportedly prepared to release damaging stories about Kamala Harris’s vice presidential tenure should she discuss the former president's cognitive decline. The news comes as his one-time sidekick is set to release a new book about her failed presidential campaign. Oh, there ain't enough popcorn on the planet to prepare for this potential public spat. Political journalist Mark Halperin contends that Biden's people are sitting on a bunch of "Palinesque" stories about the former Veep that will expose her as being dreadfully unqualified for the job she once held. “I will tell you, and this has never...

Daily Readings from the USCCBSomeone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” Luke 12:13–14Many things in life are not fair. Children are keenly aware of this any time they sense they have been cheated by a sibling. They complain to their parents, just as the person in the crowd quoted above complained to Jesus about his brother. We want justice and can become quite upset when we feel that we have been dealt an injustice. The passage above...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(8/3/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the BibleMark 1:9-12The Baptism and Testing of Jesus 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.” 12 At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness,Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright...

Reams have been written about the latest revelations in the Russian collusion hoax that so hamstrung President Trump’s first term. I will summarize below the most important revelations. It’s clear the Administration is taking its time to reveal the investigation’s conclusions for maximum impact -- an impact that I, like Scott Adams, believe will result in arrests of a number of people who pulled off this fraud. But first I want to discuss something which has not received the kind of attention it deserves -- the death of the legal consequences for disparate outcomes and credentialism. The Death of Disparate...

The American film industry, long a bastion of cultural influence, is teetering on the edge of obsolescence, and Google’s Veo 3, an AI-powered video generation model launched in May 2025, may have delivered the fatal blow. This technological upheaval is not only a disruption of Hollywood’s economic model but a long-overdue reckoning for an industry steeped in liberal bias, out of touch with traditional values and increasingly irrelevant to the average person. Veo 3, with its ability to generate high-quality videos from simple text prompts or static images, threatens to dismantle the bloated budgets, overpaid actors, and elitist gatekeepers of...

A conservative legal group has launched a civil rights complaint against the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain, alleging it illegally discriminates by using Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), gender and racial demographic criteria in its hiring practices. The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by America First Legal (AFL), accused Texas Roadhouse of using race and gender as factors in determining who should be appointed to its Board of Directors, tracking employees’ race, gender and ethnicity, as well as running “reputational risk” to its business due to its DEI policies. AFL is alleging that Texas Roadhouse is in violation...

Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of earthquakes. In a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers from the search giant described how they used motion sensors from its two billion-strong network of phones running Android between the years 2021 and 2024 to detect and alert quakes to users in almost 100 countries around the world. Known as "Android Earthquake Alerts" (AEA), this early warning system has uses the smartphones' accelerometers to detect telltale vibrations as they happen and inform residents of quakes in their areas....

"setting women back." That’s just the excuse they’re throwing around because they don’t want to admit the truth. They’re mad because she’s young, hot, White, and blonde. And they're mad that corporations are finally waking up to the truth: that the American people are done with woke! If she were 300 pounds and identified as gender-fluid, she’d be hailed as a revolutionary. If she threw her pronouns into every interview, wore a "FEMINIST" crop top to the red carpet, and spouted progressive talking points on cue, they’d be tripping over themselves to give her a GLAAD Award. But because Sydney...

Take note Politico.EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN! EPSTEIN! It has been used so much that it is no longer effective according to Ed Kilgore of New York magazine. Much as Kilgore would like to see President Donald Trump's popularity decline due to the media constantly trying to connect him with Jeffrey Epstein, it is just not working. Kilgore pretty much threw the towel into the ring on Thursday in "Why Trump’s Epstein Files Scandal May Not Be Hurting Him After All."

Kamala Harris on Thursday defended Joe Biden's fitness to serve as president and blasted her fellow Democrats for "piling on" after his disastrous debate performance exposed the cognitive decline she helped conceal. "I feel very strongly that, um, I mean, it's an instinct of mine to be, um, someone who does not participate in piling on," she told Stephen Colbert during an appearance on the Late Show to plug her new book about the election. "And I was not going to pile on. And I just wasn't going to do that. And there was a lot of piling on at...

Despite cheap drones devastating tanks in recent conflicts, the U.S. Army is developing the next-generation AbramsX. This move isn’t a return to old ways but a necessary evolution for modern warfare. The lighter, hybrid-electric AbramsX is designed as a networked “combat node,” integrating AI, advanced sensors, and an Active Protection System to survive on a drone-saturated battlefield. While drones have changed warfare, they cannot hold ground.

RAFAH, GAZA STRIP—Every day this week, hundreds of U.N. trucks stacked with pallets of humanitarian aid have exited Israeli-patrolled routes and rumbled into population centers across the Gaza Strip, where Israel has implemented daily pauses in military activity. Many of the trucks, though traveling under enhanced Israeli protections introduced on Sunday, have not reached U.N. warehouses, according to Gazans on the ground. Once the trucks have arrived in the population centers, armed Hamas militants have hijacked the cargo, the Gazans said, and what aid has arrived at the warehouses has disappeared into a patronage system controlled by the Palestinian terrorist...

The Talk ShowsAugust 3rd, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer; New Mexico democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham; Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Mehmet Oz; Brian Moynihan, chairman, president, and CEO of Bank of America; Canadian ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett; Johnnie Moore, executive chairman of the Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF); Tim Lilley (whose son Sam Lilley was the co-pilot on the American Airlines...

Sure, the election is over. But Sen. Tom Cotton would like a few loose ends tied up. According to the New York Post: The Office of Special Counsel has launched a formal investigation into Jack Smith, the first official legal probe into his conduct, The Post has learned. Smith is the justice department lawyer who oversaw two criminal investigations into President Donald Trump during the Biden administration, one into Trump’s handling of classified documents, the other as to whether his actions on Jan. 6th, 2021, were an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Both cases were dismissed. An email reviewed...

Is college worth all the expense and trouble these days? I used to think it was. But look at all the changes for the worse.So much of what passes for a college education these days is indoctrination in political correctness.A recent study reported in Newsweek found that one in four Gen Z college graduates regret attending university — all the trouble, all the expense, all the debt. Pew Research Center says Gen Z are those born from 1997 through 2012... What was the original reason for colleges in the first place?...Consider just a quick run-down of these schools that many...

* Halt to Gaza Evacuations: France will deport a Palestinian student from Gaza and halt all further evacuations from the war-torn enclave after she allegedly posted antisemitic content on social media. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on August 1 that 25-year-old Nour Atallah “must leave the country. She does not have a place in France,” adding that “no evacuation of any kind will take place until we have drawn the consequences of this investigation.” * “Kill the Jews Everywhere”: A now-deleted social media account belonging to Atallah contained an image of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler with the caption “kill...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) formally launched his Senate reelection bid Friday as he braces for a potentially volatile primary next year. “Louisiana and our country face serious challenges,” Cassidy is expected to say in his announcement, according to shared prepared remarks. ”I’m running for reelection to work with the people of Louisiana and my fellow Americans to not just face these challenges, but to make our state and our country even greater,” he will add. Cassidy has looked to make amends with President Trump after he became one of seven GOP senators to vote to convict the president in his...