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Like archaeologists carefully brushing away sand from ancient ruins, sometimes the most damaging truths about our government emerge not in dramatic revelations, but in the quiet accumulation of evidence they tried to bury. For months after the Butler shooting, we were told a familiar story: a lone wolf, no clear motive, minimal online presence. The FBI assured Congress and the American people that Thomas Matthew Crooks, who nearly assassinated President Trump and killed Corey Comperatore, was essentially a ghost in the digital world.Christopher Wray, then-FBI Director under Biden, testified under oath that Crooks had no “online history that pointed to...

The Sizzler restaurant chain once had 700 locations. Now it has only 74, but it’s launching a resurgence. Key Points * Sizzler peaked in the 1990s with 700 locations; now only 74 remain in the U.S. * The chain struggled after changing its identity, filed bankruptcy during the 2020 pandemic. * Leadership is refocusing on classic features and remodeling to boost sales and relevance. Sizzler was a popular restaurant chain in the 1980s and 1990s, although it officially launched in 1958. When it started, Sizzler’s goal was to make a steakhouse that was affordable, as a fast-food craze swept the...

Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein had an “extremely deformed” penis that was shaped like a lemon, one of his victims has revealed. Rina Oh, who has long claimed she was among the scores of young women preyed on and abused by Epstein, dropped the unsettling revelation in a recent Substack interview with magazine maven Tina Brown. “He had an extremely deformed penis,” Oh, 46, told Brown. “Some people have described it as the shape of an egg. I think it was more of the shape of a lemon, and it was really small when it was fully erect. It was probably...

The Justice Department on Wednesday admitted that the operative indictment against former FBI Director James Comey was never presented to the full grand jury — a procedural error defense attorneys say should bar the prosecution. The admission came under sharp questioning from U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff, after several judges overseeing parts of the case had raised concerns about the government’s presentation and an apparent discrepancy in the grand jury record. Instead of presenting a new indictment to the full panel after it rejected one of the counts, interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan gave the grand jury’s foreperson an updated...

Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda spotted in full Trump gear at NASCAR event in Japan. Dude knows how to court American MAGA car buyers.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet on Wednesday in Istanbul with a delegation of senior Hamas officials led by Khalil al-Hayya to discuss efforts to maintain the ongoing ceasefire in Gaza, an Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel. It will be Witkoff’s second meeting with Hayya after the special envoy along with fellow top adviser to US President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, met with senior members of Hamas’s ceasefire negotiating team hours before an agreement was inked in Egypt on October 9. That meeting was said to have been critical in bringing the deal across the finish line,...

Despite legacy media claims, illegal immigrants do indeed receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, commonly known as food stamps. In fact, it’s estimated that millions of illegal immigrants are collecting food stamps. Though SNAP data is hard to come by, seemingly intentionally so, a 2024 Survey of Income and Program Participation that’s been analyzed by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) gives us some insight. CIS estimates that up to 4.5 million illegals are using SNAP, even though SNAP is restricted to applicants who have legal status. Notably, only the applicant, in theory, must have legal status in the...

Pope Leo made one of his clearest public interventions yet on immigration policy, telling journalists outside the papal summer residence of Castel Gandolfo that defending the dignity of migrants should never be confused with advocating for open borders. His remarks, delivered spontaneously in response to questions from journalists the evening of Nov. 18, came after questions about the ongoing immigration debate in the U.S. and the recent pastoral message released by the U.S. bishops. The Pope praised the bishops’ moral leadership while simultaneously drawing a clear line: affirming the rule of law and the legitimate authority of governments is not...

Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith pleaded guilty Monday to what he previously called “ludicrous” charges that he personally forged more than 100 signatures on his petitions for reelection last year. The Republican from Surprise was a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, which has a history of spreading false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and pushed for election law changes in the state legislature.

The Straits Times reports that pieces of a wooden ship estimated to have been between 160 and 230 feet long have been unearthed on Malayasia's Pulau Melaka, or Malacca Island. Ruzairy Arbi of Malaysia's National Heritage Department said that the ship was discovered during an excavation conducted by his department and the Melaka Museum Authority. Initial study suggests that the vessel was made of saga wood, which is native to the Malay Archipelago, and dates to the thirteenth century. "At this stage, we are still assessing the available data and artifacts to piece together the ship's history," he said. "We...

The Democrats have a long history of being in bed with entertainment industry elites. I don't like to use the word "Hollywood" when writing about the lefties in showbiz, because there are a lot of conservatives working behind the cameras there. Most of the stars, as we are painfully aware, are enthusiastic socialists, mostly because they can afford to be. This relationship between the Dems and entertainers has given the latter the false impression that they know something about American politics. Some do, but even those who have some activist experience are still out of touch due to the aforementioned...

Explanation: No one on Earth sees the Moon rotate like this. That's because the Moon is tidally locked in synchronous rotation, showing only one side to denizens of our fair planet. Still, given modern digital technology, combined with many detailed images returned by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a high resolution virtual Moon rotation movie can be composed. In fact, the featured time-lapse video starts with a view of the familiar lunar nearside and quickly finds the Mare Orientale, a large crater with a dark center that is difficult to see from the Earth, rotating into view just below the...

A Utah judge just turned a safe Republican congressional seat into a near-guaranteed Democrat seat — and she did it in a state controlled top to bottom by Republicans. How does that happen? A generation of weak Republicans in the elected branches handed liberals control of the judicial branch and gave them the ballot initiative system they needed to take over the state piece by piece. Democrats can’t win statewide office in half the country, so they’ve turned ballot initiatives into their weapon of choice. Pollsters craft soothing messaging, activists gather signatures, and voters — thinking they’re supporting neutrality —...

CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip got tense on Tuesday (November 18) after MAGA political commentator Scott Jennings felt he was being accused of making a “racial” comment towards a fellow panelist. On Tuesday’s show, Phillip was joined by Jennings, Lydia Moynihan, Tezlyn Figaro, pollster Josh Doss, and The Black List founder Franklin Leonard to discuss the ongoing drama surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files. The debate heated up as the panel discussed whether the files could incriminate President Donald Trump. “You think after ten years of public life, you wouldn’t know it already?” Jennings asked Leonard in regards to evidence of...

Left-wing academic Noam Chomsky allegedly once wrote in a letter that he believed Jeffrey Epstein had “penetrating insights.” The House Oversight Committee released an additional 20,000 pages of documents received from Epstein’s estate on Nov. 12. In a letter attributed to Chomsky, 96, that was released by the Oversight Committee, the linguist appears to praise Epstein for his “curiosity, extensive knowledge.” In the same letter, Chomsky seemingly also referred to Epstein as a “regular source” of “stimulation.” A representative for Chomsky did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment. “I met Jeffrey Epstein half a...

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Infowars founder Alex Jones urged President Donald Trump to “stop attacking” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday, warning “it doesn’t help” anyone to push the MAGA movement further into civil war. “Trump is not God. We are big supporters, but we’re not Democrat cult members where we don’t question things,” said Jones during an appearance on Eric Bolling’s Real America’s Voice show Bolling! “When we think something’s wrong, we might be wrong too, but we’re gonna speak out about it.” He continued: He’s the best shot we’ve got at saving...

Denmark’s farmers have recently been reporting that their cows are collapsing and suffering illness after eating feed containing a methane-reducing additive called Bovaer. Use of this feed is now legally required for many farms in Denmark as part of its national climate policy. Some farmers claim their cattle experienced severe symptoms after eating the additive-infused feed, including collapse, lethargy, reduced feed intake, fever, diarrhea, miscarriages, and significant drops in milk production. Based on these complaints, another Scandinavian country poised to implement the same policy is halting the move. In Norway, the government had mandated the use of Bovaer as an...

“Tough decisions must be made” has become the refrain of a political class that insists British people tighten their belts, again and again, while they continue writing blank cheques to the rest of the world. Whether it was the Tories before, or Labour today, the script never changes: taxes go up, services get worse. What they never admit is that the only people ever asked to sacrifice are the British people themselves, while the state funnels ever larger sums to foreign nationals. Britain has been turned into a global food bank, funded by taxpayers who can barely keep up with...

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) plans to introduce a resolution to censure fellow Republican Rep. Cory Mills (Fla.) on Wednesday, The Hill is told. The move comes as Republican tensions rise over failed efforts to censure Democrats that, in turn, have repeatedly protected Mills from retaliatory censure. Mace plans to make her proposal a privileged resolution, which would force GOP leadership to act on the matter within two legislative days, meaning a vote would be expected by the end of the week. Mills has been at the center of numerous personal controversies this year. Most recently, a Florida county judge granted...