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In the interest of transparency, @TheJusticeDept is releasing the complete transcript and audio of my proffer of Ms. Maxwell. The transcript and audio are linked below. https://www.justice.gov/maxwell-interview

For the first time, Cirrus and Garmin engineers have integrated autonomous flight and landing safety features in piston-engine airplanes in case of pilot incapacitation. Flight schools are clamoring for orders. =============================================================== A 95°F Los Angeles is much more palatable at 4,500 feet—a 20-minute flight in a sleek new Cirrus Aircraft piston engine four-seater, from the Burbank to Camarillo airports, above a smog-laden urban sprawl that would otherwise take us an hour to drive. Cozy bucket seats, large windows, and large touchscreen control monitors give a modern vibe. It’s a beautiful day to fly—until calamity strikes and the pilot can no...

A bizarre, life-threatening tick-borne illness has made hundreds residents of Martha’s Vineyard allergic to red meat and dairy — turning many of them into forced vegans and “social pariahs” at the height of BBQ season on the ritzy island. Skyrocketing cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a disease spread by bites from the Lone Star Tick— have ripped through the scenic summer hotspot with a total of 523 reported last year, according to the Times of London. “I woke up at 2 a.m. with major stomach cramps and thought I had food poisoning,” said Andrew Keenan, a 58-year-old former chef, who...

A transgender activist was left in complete shock after a Democrat party leader confronted her for waving an overtly racist placard at a rally outside a Virginia school board meeting. Pro-trans rights protesters gathered outside the Arlington County School Board meeting Thursday evening in support of the district's policy that allows transgender students to use girls' locker rooms and bathrooms. The demonstration appeared mostly peaceful, until one woman sparked massive controversy with her placard directly targeting Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. Earle-Sears was speaking out against the bathroom policy which has caused the Department of Education to threaten to cut off...

Myanmar’s rebranded State Security and Peace Commission (SSPC) has announced elections for December 28, in a flurry of domestic dictatorial reformation. But they also want to deceive world opinion too, with the early-August announcement of a US$3 million contract with Washington DC-based public relations firm DCI Group. The filing under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) claims the contract is to “provide public affairs services to Client (SSPC) with respect to rebuilding relations between the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the United States, with a focus on trade, natural resources, and humanitarian relief.” The contract will run through...

Q. How can you tell that the new Cracker Barrel logo is a classic woke catastrophe? A. When even the Morning Joe crew mocks it. You might think that the show would applaud the redesign. After all, it eliminates the image of an old, white, Southern male—and you know what, in liberal minds, those guys stand for! But no! On today's show, Jonathan Lemire led off the discussion by sardonically saying, "Let's be clear. It's now Cracker Barrel with no sign of a barrel." That got the panel, Eugene Robinson in particular, laughing [see screencap.] Katty Kay tried at first...

Ukraine's President Volodymr Zelensky has accused Russia of "doing everything it can" to prevent a meeting with Vladimir Putin to try to end the war.US President Donald Trump has sought to bring the two leaders together, but he said on Friday "that's like oil and vinegar... they don't get along too well".Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Putin was ready to meet Ukraine's leader "when the agenda is ready for a summit, and this agenda is not ready at all", accusing Zelensky of saying "no to everything". After an intensive week of diplomacy, in which Trump first met Putin in...

The FBI raided the D.C.-area home of former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton on Friday. According to the New York Post’s Caitlin Doornbos, who initially broke the story, “Federal agents went to Bolton’s house in Bethesda, Md., at 7 a.m. in an investigation ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel, a Trump administration official told The Post.” Per Fox News, agency officials were later spotted at Bolton’s Washington, D.C. office “removing boxes and Bolton was seen in the lobby.”

While the raid was happening, a tweet appeared on Bolton’s X page. Interestingly, the post did not concern the raid at all but focused on the Ukraine-Russia war. The tweet was sent at 7:32 AM ET. As TGP readers know, the FBI entered Bolton’s Maryland home about half an hour earlier at 7 A.M ET. Bolton stated that Russia’s ultimate goal was to make Ukraine entirely a part of Russia and said the peace talks would prove futile. Moreover, he said that Trump would only hold further meetings because he wants the Nobel Peace Prize rather than a sincere desire...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to spout dangerous, left-wing rhetoric — this time inciting violence against Trump supporters and other conservatives. Newsom spewed his venomous bile Wednesday while cosplaying as a tough guy on “The Siren” podcast, during which he urged leftists to “punch” MAGA supporters.

Making original films for young men isn’t that hard, but you have to quit pushing gay race communism and appeal to masculine virtue.Executives at Walt Disney Studios are reportedly pressing Hollywood creatives for movie ideas that will bring young men back to the theaters. According to Variety, Disney is hoping to get Gen Z men, which it defines as ages 13 to 28, interested in original films.“The sources say Disney has been seeking new IP and pitches such as splashy global adventures and treasure hunts, as well as seasonal fare like films for the Halloween corridor,” Variety reports. “The calls...

On August 19, 2025, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform escalated its scrutiny of Gavin Newsom’s vanity project: a high-speed railway that was originally supposed to connect California’s major cities by 2020. Congressional Oversight may mark the final phase in the latest review process that began in October 2024. This is not the first time the project came under federal fire — an earlier FRA review in 2019 led to termination of a key grant, which was later reinstated on smaller scale in 2021 and tied to the Central Valley segment.Specifically, the other important FRA review in 2019...

President Trump revealed during a Friday White House statement that after federal troops "clean up" Washington, D.C., Chicago is "next," followed by New York City. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Chicago's a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, and we'll straighten that one out probably next. That'll be our next one after this. And it won't even be tough, and the people in Chicago, Mr. Vice President, are screaming for us to come. They're wearing red hats just like this one, but they're wearing red hats. African American ladies, beautiful ladies are saying, "Please, President Trump, come to Chicago, please."...

By nature’s curious design, I was born an optimist — though in some obscure recess of my soul a cynic curls and whispers his dry, inconvenient truths. I believe neither in immaculate conceptions nor second comings, and certainly not in the benevolence of Russian rulers. The fragile hope entertained by some, that they might one day act with reason, springs from a naïve faith in miracles, and miracles stand at odds with both nature and common sense. At all times, under all tsars, commissars, and the latest Kremlin grotesques, Russian rulers, with rare exceptions, have acted not for the benefit...

How the Latin Mass is Bringing Gen Z to Christod is doing something incredible with Gen Z, and secular media is noticing.The same outlets that once confidently proclaimed, “Religion is dying! Young people are leaving churches in droves! Christians to be a minority by 2050!” now seem to be changing their tune.Lately, the headlines from mainstream media read more like, “Catholicism sees major resurgence among Gen Z” (Fox News) and “Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse” (New York Post). CNN recently published a podcast titled “Catholicism Is So Hot Right Now. Why?” To most people, headlines like these...

BETHESDA, MD — Federal agents raided the home of former National Security Advisor John Bolton on Friday as part of a security probe involving classified documents. Unfortunately, the whereabouts of Bolton were currently unknown, as it was believed that he escaped by blending in with a nearby herd of walruses. "I didn't know there were so many walruses in Maryland. Now we'll never find him!" FBI Director Kash Patel was heard saying at the scene. "Walruses. This job never gets any easier." Walruses are not native to Bethesda, where Bolton's primary residence is located, on account of them being marine...

Military attorneys will be working alongside federal prosecutors based in Washington, D.C., taking on civilian cases as President Trump ramps up the takeover of local law enforcement in the nation’s capital.Twenty members of the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps will be detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C., a spokesperson confirmed.“The assignment of 20 JAGs to my office is further proof of President Trump’s commitment to fighting and reducing crime in the district,” Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for D.C., said in a statement.It’s an unusual role for military attorneys, who typically represent the armed forces, as well as soldiers...

Award-winning US filmmaker Woody Allen will take part in Moscow International Film Week, according to the event's website. Kicking off this Saturday, the festival is expected to feature dozens of foreign participants. The event has attracted a large number of international attendees despite a wave of 'cancel culture' targeting Russian art and Western attempts to isolate the country's creative community. The director, screenwriter, and four-time Oscar winner will participate in the film week online, hosting a special session titled Legends of World Cinema. The session will be moderated by top Russian director and producer Fyodor Bondarchuk. Joining Allen as participants...

... The “problem” with this is that forensic document experts have determined that the Hawaiian “Birth Certificate” of Obama is an amateurish forgery. It is a pieced-together computer-generated document for which the identity of another person born in Honolulu on or about the same date (August 4, 1961) was used, constituting the crimes of Identity Theft and Forgery. I URGE THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN LAW AND ORDER AND OUR U.S. CONSTITUTION SHOULD READ THIS EXCELLENT ARTICLE WHICH APPARENTLY IS BEING REJECTED BY THE FBI AS A FOIA REQUEST. ... continue reading at: https://www.thepostemail.com/2025/08/22/no-government-investigation-of-obama-birth-certificate/

It's a very strange reaction by Politico's senior editor Michael Schaffer to the federal takeover of the Washington, D.C. police force. In fact you could categorize that reaction as disappointment as you can see in his Thursday piece expressing amazement as to "Why Washington Residents Aren’t Flooding the Streets to Protest Trump."As if to emphasize that disappointment, the subtitle chimes in with this frustrating (for Schaffer) observation: "DC is built for protests. But after Trump’s takeover, they aren’t happening."Where, oh where are the mass protests against the federal takeover of the DC police? Let us take a journey with poor...