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Victor Davis Hanson: What We Were Told About January 6 Doesn’t Add Up As the fifth anniversary of January 6 approaches, the Left’s carefully constructed narrative is starting to crack. On today’s episode of "Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words," Hanson explains how branding January 6 an “insurrection” drove impeachment efforts, investigations, and years of specifically framed media coverage. He also examines the arrest and confession of Brian Cole Jr., the alleged January 6 pipe bomber, and why the delayed investigation and lingering questions surrounding his background cast doubt on many of the conclusions Americans were first told to...

When Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez gave a speech condemning the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro, she was accompanied by two men who can make or break the regime’s future. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino command Venezuela’s police and military, the forces that kept Maduro in power for more than a decade with deadly crackdowns on dissent. Trump said Rodríguez is the de facto leader of Venezuela. She is someone who despite her anti-U.S. rhetoric has privately assured Washington that she will do its bidding with Maduro facing prison, Trump said on Saturday. But Cabello and...

Live Science reports that two 2,300-year-old gold coins have been recovered from the Bärenfels bog in northern Switzerland by a pair of volunteers working with the local archaeology department, Archaeology Baselland. These Celtic coins imitated Greek gold staters minted during the reign of Philip II of Macedon (reigned 360–336 B.C.), and feature an image of the Greek god Apollo on one side and a two-horse chariot on the other. The Celts added a triple spiral known as a triskele, or triskelion, beneath the horses on the smaller coin's reverse. These gold coins, and the 34 silver coins that had previously...

Hilton Hotels said it is investigating an independently owned Minneapolis-area property after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleged law enforcement officers were refused service, a dispute that has renewed scrutiny of the company’s long-standing opposition to immigration-related activity at its hotels. Emails shared on social media by DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appear to show staff at the Hampton Inn by Hilton Lakeville, Minnesota, telling people linked to DHS reservations that the property would not allow ICE or other immigration agents to stay. A spokesperson for Hilton told FOX Business the company is investigating the incident...

President Donald J. Trump just notched another huge win on the world stage, and Democrats are furious. At least, they want us to think they are. Trump greenlit the operation that snagged Nicolás Maduro, the narcoterrorist and socialist dictator. Now Maduro sits in American custody. Democrats want to believe that Trump committed a war crime, invaded another country, got us into an “illegal war,” and all that. But, they’re not angry about what Trump did. They’re angry because Trump did it after they spent years talking about it. Democrats spent years screeching about Maduro's iron-fisted rule. Unfortunately, their Trump Derangement...

We’ve seen plenty of leftist violence in America in recent times, but we are hardly immune. Across the Pond, in Berlin, Germany, they’re finding out just how damaging crazed anarchists can be when they put their minds to it. To wit, a far-left pro-environmental organization called the Vulkan group claimed responsibility for an attack on the power grid that has left thousands of residents without electricity for days — even as freezing temperatures engulf the region.According to the newspaper Berlin Zeitung, the group posted a 4,163-word letter saying they did it to protest the energy industry, adding that they targeted...

An AI-powered program used by a police department in Utah drafted a preliminary report indicating that a police officer had transformed into a frog. It appears it picked up the concept from a movie running in the background of the scene.

Jeremy Corbyn's recent appearance on BBC's Newsnight has sparked intense debate, as he faced tough questions about his views on Venezuela's captured leaderShare ArticleSNIPJeremy Corbyn, Co-Founder of Your Party, faced a grilling on BBC's Newsnight on Monday over his stance on ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro . The former Labour leader was roasted by host Victoria Derbyshire when he refused to accept Maduro was not Venezuela's legitimate leader. Jeremy Corbyn, Co-Founder of Your Party, faced a grilling on BBC's Newsnight on Monday over his stance on ousted Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro . The former Labour leader was roasted by host...

At Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon, tens of thousands of people crowded around a massive Douglas fir tree decked with lights. Waiting for the carnage to begin was Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a Somali ‘child’ refugee, who was dreaming of killing them all. In 2010, Mohamud had urged a friend of his traveling to Mecca to pray “that I will be a martyr in the highest chambers of paradise.” He planned to attack Americans “in their own element with their families celebrating the holidays.” And Christmas was the perfect time of the year to do it. While fathers lifted up...

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has named Canada’s former finance minister Chrystia Freeland as an adviser on economic development, a move he says will help strengthen the “internal resilience” of the war-torn nation. “Chrystia is highly skilled in these matters and has extensive experience in attracting investment and implementing economic transformations,” he wrote on social media. “Right now, Ukraine needs to strengthen its internal resilience – both for the sake of Ukraine’s recovery if diplomacy delivers results as swiftly as possible, and to reinforce our defence if, because of delays by our partners, it takes longer to bring this war to...

Dozens are missing after a boat carrying more than 200 migrants on their way to Europe capsized off the coast of Gambia, the West African nation’s leader said late Friday, setting off a frantic search and rescue operation. At least 102 survivors have been rescued and seven bodies recovered from the boat that capsized on New Year’s Eve in northwest Gambia’s North Bank region, Gambian President Adama Barrow said in a state broadcast. The emergency services were joined by local fishermen and other volunteers in searching for the victims, days after Wednesday’s incident near the village of Jinack, he said....

Archaeologists in northwest China have uncovered an 8-mile (13km) section of a Qin Dynasty road, believed to date back more than 2,200 years. The ancient military route, part of the Qinzhidao system, was constructed under the orders of Emperor Qinshihuang during China’s first unification period. The newly identified stretch runs through the Hengshan District of Yulin, in Shaanxi Province. The discovery was made during a 2024 survey conducted by the Cultural Relics Protection Research Institute in Yulin. The project focused on documenting the layout and current condition of the road remains. According to the institute, the finding helps further outline...

ArtNet News reports that excavators working in the ancient Roman town of Oplontis, three miles west of Pompeii, have uncovered several frescoes in the Villa Poppaea. The luxurious residence, which was built in the mid-first century B.C. overlooking the sea, was buried in ash during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Inscriptions found on amphoras unearthed at the site suggest that the villa may have belonged to Poppaea Sabina, the second wife of the emperor Nero. The frescoes were found in a room dubbed the "Hall of the Peacock," after the mirror images of peacocks painted on one...

BREAKING 🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Karoline Leavitt just ANNOUNCED President Trump is sending the whole Government after Tim Walz and Minnesota to uncover fraud 🔥 - 2,000 Agents on the ground from DHS - FBI is on the ground - HHS Freezing money - USDA is investigating SNAP THIS IS A MASSIVE WINnt after Tim Walz and Minnesota to uncover fraud 🔥 - 2,000 Agents on the ground from DHS - FBI is on the ground - HHS Freezing money - USDA is investigating SNAP THIS IS A MASSIVE WIN

Remember when HP made its own CPUs and Unix? We wonder if it doesThe final version of HPE's own flavor of Unix, HP-UX 11i v3, is now out of support. It is the end of a line that started in 1982. According to HPE's HP-UX support matrix, the end of life for the final version was the last day of last year: HP-UX 11i v3 11.31 HPE Integrity: standard support through 31-Dec-2025 The product status is now "Mature Software Product Support without Sustaining Engineering through at least 31-Dec-2028." HPE's version numbers are complex, but the last release of HP-UX that...

The Swiss federal government announced on Monday that it has frozen “any assets held in Switzerland by Nicolás Maduro and other persons associated with him, with immediate effect.” Maduro was taken into custody by the U.S. military on Saturday to face narco-terrorism and weapons charges. The Federal Council, which is the seven-member cabinet that serves jointly as head of state for Switzerland, said it was acting quickly to “prevent an outflow of assets.” “The asset freeze does not affect members of the current Venezuelan government,” the statement noted. “Should future legal proceedings reveal that the funds were illicitly acquired, Switzerland...

Once again, I am bringing Brad & Lex back to the front.. I believe this is their first time ever hearing Rush. The confusion on Brad's face, and the excitement on bubbly Lex's face tell you all you need to know about this couple.. (I am so envious of Brad for finding this treasure).

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed six vaccines from the recommended list for American children on Monday, a sweeping decision that could have widespread consequences for U.S. public health. Before Monday, the CDC had recommended vaccines against 17 different diseases for children across the nation, but the decision announced Monday cut that number to 11. The vaccines removed from the list include shots for rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza and meningitis, according to documents released by the federal Health Department. Shots against measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria,...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to...

In the chaotic aftermath of the Trump administration’s weekend attack on Venezuela and capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro, the country is now being helmed by an ambitious new leader: Delcy Rodríguez. Venezuelans are no stranger to the 56-year-old Rodríguez, who until now was Maduro’s vice president. A hard-line socialist whom the strongman leader once billed as a “tigress,” Rodríguez has made a name for herself as a skilled political operator known for her pragmatism and for loyalty. Rodríguez developed that reputation over years of navigating Venezuelan politics. Before her ascent to the vice presidency, Rodríguez served in a number...