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My close friends blame me for everything that Donald Trump does.One year ago I, a lifelong Democrat, wrote in The Free Press that I had just voted for Trump. I realized that my party had turned its back on working-class families like my own—in favor of identity politics, free trade, and open borders.Many people warned me about publishing the essay. They told me the reaction would be brutal, and they were right. Strangers on the internet relentlessly harassed me. Death threats flooded my inboxes. People accused me of being a Russian asset.They also told me that the left would use...

My doctors are still trying to "stabilise" me, but you'll be glad to hear that, if anything, I am even more unstable than I was a week ago. For almost a decade now - through the subversion of the Brexit vote, Crossfire Hurricane, the Russia investigation, the Durham Report, the Covid years - my view has been that we live entirely in a "blizzard of lies". We'll get to that with respect to the most powerful government agencies in the world - the FBI and CIA - in just a moment, but for a jaw-dropping example of how brazen the...

Gov. Greg Abbott is escalating his actions against the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim Brotherhood, directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to launch criminal investigations into the organization and its affiliates. In a letter sent Thursday to DPS Director Freeman Martin, Abbott said CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood “have long made their goals clear: to forcibly impose Sharia law and establish Islam’s ‘mastership of the world.’” The governor accused the groups of supporting terrorism, engaging in intimidation, and attempting to subvert state law through radical activity. Abbott pointed to federal court findings linking CAIR to Hamas—including a...

A widely used, inexpensive gout drug could reduce heart attacks and strokes in people with cardiovascular disease, according to a new review. The review examined the effects of low doses of colchicine, a drug used to treat gout, and found no increase in serious side effects. Cardiovascular disease is often driven by chronic low-grade inflammation, which contributes to recurrent cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and strokes. Colchicine has anti-inflammatory properties that make it a promising option for people with heart disease. The review included 12 randomized controlled trials involving nearly 23,000 people with a history of heart disease, heart...

Following the gangbusters’ September jobs report that vastly eclipsed expectations, CNN hacks are now awkwardly doing the Watusi dance to try and explain around why the Trump economy isn’t the disaster they said it was. The November 20 headline from CNN Business Executive Editor David Goldman, senior economy writer Alicia Wallace, and senior reporter Matt Egan was just chef’s kiss: “Wait, I thought the economy was terrible. What happened?” The authors gruffed over how “Entering this week, the perception of America’s economy was overwhelmingly negative.” But then, CNN’s apparent hopes to bury Trumponomics once and for all backfired. After the...

Several congressional Democrats filed police complaints over social media posts from President Donald Trump calling for them to face arrest and even punishment by death after they advised U.S. service members to defy illegal orders. At least three lawmakers — Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) — said they contacted U.S. Capitol Police and filed complaints about Trump’s threats, which they said has undermined their personal safety and the safety of their offices. Though the complaints are unlikely to result in any further action by Capitol Police, it marks an escalation in the tensions simmering...

Two FDA-approved drugs for treating prostate cancer may also be effective against acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a new study. AML, a cancer of blood and bone marrow, can affect people of all ages but is the most common type of leukemia in adults. The research tested the ability of the two drugs—apalutamide and finasteride—to treat leukemia in experimental models. They found that the drugs were effective in treating mice with AML as well as patient-derived AML cells. K. Sandeep Prabhu said the drugs work by inhibiting the pathway that is activated by dihydrotestosterone—an androgen hormone more potent than...

Very sad news for those of you who have become connoisseurs of the hilarious inadvertent comedy provided by Politico's over-the-top obsession with the Jeffrey Epstein files the past few months. Those good times might soon be gone.No more laughs provided by a panicked Politico publishing FIVE stories last July 18 solely on the topic of the Wall Street Journal possibly tossing President Donald Trump a "lifeline" in the form of a probable fake news story about a birthday letter supposedly sent by Trump to Epstein. Yes, the fun has continued for months culminating with Wednesday's Politico announcement of a possible...

Grok Summary of Video Transcript:In short, the draft is widely seen in Kyiv and Europe as a forced settlement that rewards Russian aggression and permanently weakens Ukraine, while Zelensky walks a tightrope: dependent on U.S. support, battered domestically, and unwilling to accept the proposed concessions without major changes and real security guarantees. A final deal remains distant.A leaked 28-point U.S.-drafted peace plan, negotiated directly between Washington and Moscow without Ukrainian or European involvement, has caused alarm in Kyiv and European capitals. Key elements of the proposal include:Ukraine formally cedes the occupied Donbas territories (most of Donetsk and Luhansk) to Russia.Permanent...

... Elsewhere, all is demography:Undead FOIA 3.0 @UndeadFoia · Follow This broke my brain. From $3 million to $399 million in 5 years and nobody flagged it until now?Edward L Hamilton @EdwardLHamilton Absolutely bonkers story about Somalian immigrant communities in Minnesota over-diagnosing their own kids with autism so that they can funnel billions of Medicaid dollars back to terrorist cells in Somalia.The Wanker Right thinks that, simply by setting foot on American soil, a Somali clitoridectomist becomes a devotee of the Federalist papers. The Somali clitoridectomist thinks that, au contraire, simply by setting foot on American soil in sufficient numbers,...

In the grand theater of American decline, there are few characters so destructive as the Affluent White Female Liberal (AWFL), a suburban archetype with a Prius, a “Coexist” bumper sticker, and an unquenchable thirst for moral superiority. From the San Francisco Bay Area to the halls of Democrat power, these women, often secular, privileged, are kicking out the pillars upholding our society. Their hyper-liberal zeal promotes family breakdown, political alienation, cultural Marxism, and racial division, all while patting themselves on the back for “saving” the world. It would be funny if it weren’t so dangerous — the irony that the...

A public records request with the Washington County Sheriff's Office found that video footage of alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson turning himself in no longer exists, a Utah news outlet reported Wednesday. Kirk, who is remembered for his staunch Christian faith and for founding the conservative grassroots organization Turning Point USA, was assassinated at a rally in Utah in September. Robinson has been charged with aggravated murder, two counts of obstruction of justice, witness tampering and commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child for Kirk's death. Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby told KUTV 2 News...

President Donald Trump sat down with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office Friday, marking the first time the socialist politician whom the administration has labeled a "communist" met with the MAGA chief. The pair found unity during their meeting, with Trump telling the media the pair share the mission of a better New York City. "We have one thing in common," Trump said Friday. "We want this city of ours that we love to do very well. And I wanted to congratulate the mayor. He really ran an incredible race against, you know, a lot of...

[TX] Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on law enforcement officials across North Texas to launch investigations into what he says may be illegal Sharia tribunals operating as rogue courts in Collin and Dallas counties. In a letter sent to local district attorneys, sheriffs, the Texas attorney general, and the Department of Public Safety, Abbott warned that certain entities may be “masquerading as legal ‘courts’ staffed with ‘judges’ issuing orders” that claim to bind individuals to Islamic law—actions he says could violate multiple state criminal statutes. Abbott noted that the First Amendment provides wide latitude for religious bodies to adjudicate internal...

A study provides new insights into why heart muscle cells lose their rhythm in atrial fibrillation. Disrupted calcium signaling between key cellular structures in the heart may be a critical underlying mechanism. A research team has now uncovered new evidence suggesting that disrupted communication between key cellular structures in heart muscle cells plays a critical role in the development of this rhythm disorder. The research focuses on mitochondria—the "powerhouses of the cell"—and the sarcoplasmic reticulum, a fine network of tubules within heart muscle cells that stores calcium and releases it with each heartbeat. This calcium is what triggers heart muscle...

It has been a troublesome week or two for Microsoft, for sure. Earlier today, the company fixed a Microsoft 365 outage that made files unusable; downtimes like this seem to happen on a fairly regular basis. Meanwhile on the Windows side, it has probably been worse. The tech giant got blamed by Nvidia today as the latest Patch Tuesday is leading to performance issues in games. The GPU maker has released an emergency hotfix driver to resolve the problems. This comes hot on the heels of the massive backlash that the company's Windows boss recently faced due to the evolution...

The tholos tombs around the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae are among the most spectacular sights in Greece. The Spectacular Tombs of Mycenae | 7:15 Scenic Routes to the Past | 47.7K subscribers | 2,222 views | November 21, 2025 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Grave Circle A 2:30 Grave Circle B 3:24 Tomb of Clytemnestra 4:20 Tomb of Aegisthus 4:49 Treasury of Atreus

As President Donald Trump pushes Ukraine and Russia to commit to a peace deal before Thanksgiving, both leaders suggested they would engage on it but signaled doubts it could succeed.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his country may face a difficult choice between losing its "dignity" or the support of its most important ally --presumably the United States, though Zelenskyy didn't mention by name -- as the Trump administration pressured Kyiv to accept the plan that would impose harsh concessions on Ukraine and that many Ukrainians fear would be effectively a capitulation.Russian President Vladimir Putin said the deal, which Russia has...

Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy Lt Gen Keith Kellogg is leaving the role, it has emerged hours after a US plan to end the war leaked.Lt Gen Kellogg, 81, is expected to step down as US special envoy in January in a departure that will deal a hammer blow to Kyiv’s diplomatic efforts to end the war on favourable terms.The retired general has been a key advocate for Ukraine inside the Trump administration at a time when the White House’s support for Kyiv has dwindled.His position as special presidential envoy is a temporary designation, and such envoys in theory must be...

Government lawyers at a hearing Friday in John Bolton's classified documents case raised the possibility that more charges could be coming for the former Trump national security adviser. Bolton was back in court Friday one month after pleading not guilty to all 18 counts of an indictment charging him with unlawful retention and dissemination of national defense information. When U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang pressed Justice Department attorneys on their proposed seven-month timeline for the case, a government attorney said the agency is going through the process of reviewing all the documents seized at Bolton's residence "not only for the...