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Tesla (TSLA) just delivered a rare double whammy to Nvidia (NVDA) over the past weekend.CEO Elon Musk revealed that Tesla’s much-talked-about AI5 self-driving chips are nearly complete, and that the next one, A16, is already underway.With the AI inference part covered, Musk said Sunday on X that Dojo 3 is being restarted, pushing Tesla back into large-scale AI training after previously pulling back. Nvidia threw the first punch, though, when it rolled out “Alpamayo” at CES 2026 (an open-source autonomous vehicle AI toolkit), aiming to become the default autonomy platform powering a ton of brands.

EU Army ready for war with America! Tariffs. Italy objects to whole expedition. Germany 13 soldiers. Norway 2. UK 1 officer. 15 France. 2 from Finland. 1 from Netherlands. 1 from Belgium. Germany buggered out under threat of tariffs. America already has 100 troops in the area. America is tariffing everyone, including Denmark, which didn't send any soldiers. Transcript linked below video.

A parade of cars, trucks and motorcycles festooned with flags and banners cruised through the streets of Santa Clarita, California on January 17, 2026 as members of 805 Patriots, a patriotic group active in the regions north and west of Los Angeles within the 805 area code, and Turning Point USA celebrated the fifth year of Donald Trump’s presidency. This was also the first of several rallies to commemorate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence. The rally began at Bridgeport Elementary School where Ashley Stuart, president of the Saugus High School chapter of Turning Point USA addressed the drivers before...

At least 47% of executions carried out in Iran in 2025 had been related to drug offences, the UN human rights office said.Iran appears to be using executions "as a tool of state intimidation," the United Nations said on Monday, as it denounced a jump in capital punishment globally in 2025. The Islamic republic reportedly executed 1,500 people last year, UN rights chief Volker Türk said in a statement. "The scale and pace of executions suggest a systematic use of capital punishment as a tool of state intimidation, with disproportionate impact on ethnic minorities and migrants," he warned. The...

Japanese YouTuber faces backlash for 'packed with Indians' Air India flight vlog: 'If you have problem, then don't come' A Japanese YouTuber has sparked outrage after calling an Air India flight “packed with Indians” and using a caption many found insensitive and offensive.A travel vlog by Japanese content creator Ikechan has sparked outrage online after she described an Air India flight as “packed with Indians” and referred to the airline as “bad” in the caption. The controversy began after Ikechan shared her Air India travel vlog on YouTube and X with the caption, “Taking the notoriously bad Air India for...

Fox News contributor Hugh Hewitt ripped the Democratic Party for having a “Jewish problem” after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) accused former Vice President Kamala Harris’s advisers of asking him whether he was an Israeli “double agent” during the 2024 presidential race. The conservative radio host and pundit blasted the Dems for being anti-Jewish during an appearance on America Reports on Monday. Hewitt was asked by co-host Gillian Turner for his reaction to Shapiro’s revelation that he was offended by the Harris team’s Israel-related questions during the 2024 veepstakes’ vetting process. Hewitt said the questions were “so anti-Semitic” that his...

What happens if you keep slowing down time? What If You Keep Slowing Down? | 30:08 Veritasium | 20.1M subscribers | 168,625 views | January 19, 2026

Nicki Minaj criticized Don Lemon for his reporting on a Minnesota church protest.Nicki Minaj publicly criticized independent journalist Don Lemon over the weekend, responding angrily to his reporting on a protest during a church service in Minnesota. Rapper blasted Lemon, who is gay and married to real estate agent Tim Malone, in 2024, as reported by TMZ. Nicki Minaj calls out Don Lemon on social media In a series of posts on X on Sunday, Minaj wrote, “DON '**** SUCKIN' LEMON IS DISGUSTING,” in all caps. She continued, "HOW DARE YOU? I WANT THAT THUG IN JAIL!!!!! HE WOULD NEVER...

Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents — and they’ve shown a possible route to reducing its likelihood. Using advanced but now common lab technologies, along with published data from vaccinated individuals, the researchers identified a two-step sequence in which these vaccines activate a certain type of immune cell, in turn riling up another type of immune cell. The resulting inflammatory activity directly injures heart muscle cells, while triggering further inflammatory damage. *** mRNA vaccines are viewed as a breakthrough because they can...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A Miami Beach political activist got an unexpected knock on her door Monday over a comment she made to and about Mayor Steven Meiner on Facebook. Raquel Pacheco, a local activist and veteran who once ran for city commission and as a Democratic state Senate candidate, said she was stunned when Miami Beach detectives knocked on her door Monday, asking about a comment she made on one of the mayor’s Facebook posts. “He said, ‘We are here to talk to you about a Facebook comment’ and I said - ‘What? Is this really happening?” Pacheco told...

@LindseyGrahamSC If Syrian government forces continue to advance in the north toward Raqqa, I will push for reimposing Caesar Act sanctions on steroids. Apparently no one in Syria is listening to me or other U.S. government officials. If this continues, not only will there be bone-crushing sanctions, it will permanently damage relationships between the U.S. and the new Syrian government. If you think we’re BSing - keep it up. I’ve tried to be fair to the new government, but apparently it’s falling on deaf ears. If you want a conflict with the U.S. Senate and to do permanent damage to...

I'm forced to live in an all electric mobile home and electricity is through the roof.I'm looking for ideas (don't suggest gas . . .SHE'S afraid) and compare / contrasts

Asylum seekers are up to seven times more likely to be arrested than the rest of the population, official figures suggest. For every 10,000 asylum seekers, 7.88 arrests were made on Britain's railways last year. In comparison, the equivalent rate was 1.07 for everyone else. Ministers today were urged to 'abolish the entire asylum system' on the back of the British Transport Police statistics, obtained via a freedom of information request. Ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe, founder of the Restore Britain thinktank, told the Daily Mail that the Conservatives, 'many of whom now sit in the Reform party' were to blame...

Proving once again that he’s a few screws short of a hardware store, California Gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell opened his mouth this weekend and inserted his foot, confirming that evolution can go in reverse. Swalwell, who donated his brain to science before he was done with it, vowed to strip Immigration Customs Enforcement officers of their driver’s licenses in a candidates forum — even though California grants drivers licenses to illegal aliens, the NY Post reported. “They’re going to lose their immunity, they’re not gonna be able to drive. I will take your driver’s license. Good luck walking to work,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the American public demanding action be taken by the government in response to aggressive and violent leftist protests across the country, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi promised to prosecute Minnesota rioters as soon as she finishes releasing all those Epstein files. Bondi responded to the outrage after days of lawlessness in Minneapolis and other cities by assuring the American people that the individuals behind the violent riots and disturbances of church services would be held accountable after she had looked through the pile of Epstein documents that were sitting on her desk. "I'll get to it...

The Department of Justice announced it will be charging internet personality and former CNN host Don Lemon after he crashed a church service in Minnesota, alongside anti-ICE rioters. Harmeet Dhillon, who serves as U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, said Monday that Lemon will be charged under the “Ku Klux Klan Act” of 1871, and that he already admitted to knowing “exactly what was going to happen inside that facility.” Dhillon said Lemon’s claim of being a journalist who was covering a story will not “shield” him from the full force of the law. The law makes...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that federal authorities have arrested more than 10,000 “criminal illegal aliens” in Minneapolis. She added that investigators have opened what she described as sweeping fraud probes totaling at least $19 billion, sharpening her criticism of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for what she called a failure to protect public safety. In a statement, Noem said Department of Homeland Security law enforcement officers carried out the arrests and that about 3,000 were made in the past six weeks.

Explanation: What powers this unusual nebula? CTB 1 is the expanding gas shell that was left when a massive star toward the constellation of Cassiopeia exploded about 10,000 years ago. The star likely detonated when it ran out of elements, near its core, that could create stabilizing pressure with nuclear fusion. The resulting supernova remnant, nicknamed the Medulla Nebula for its brain-like shape, still glows in visible light because of the heat generated by its collision with confining interstellar gas. Why the nebula also glows in X-ray light, though, remains a topic of research. One hypothesis holds that an energetic...

A permanent seat on US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts will cost countries $1 billion each, according to its charter. Invited world leaders include Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian premier Viktor Orban and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. US President Donald Trump's government has asked countries to pay $1 billion for a permanent spot on his "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts, according to its charter, seen Monday by AFP. The White House has asked various world leaders to sit on the board, chaired by Trump himself, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Hungarian premier...