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For a long time, we treated political violence like a weather event: rare, localized, tragic—then over. But law enforcement and researchers have been warning for years about a mindset that is different from normal extremism. It’s not “I want my side to win.” It’s “I want the system to break.” This mindset has a name: accelerationism. This is exactly what is happening in Minnesota right now. It’s moved beyond peaceful protest; it’s even moved beyond “mostly” peaceful protest. Things have begun to accelerate. “Accelerationism”—right or left—has a recognizable logic. It is a rising ideology that believes society is corrupt beyond...

Meet Melinda, a healthcare worker at VCU Health. She posted a series of videos encouraging people to inject ICE agents with succinylocholine, a temporary paralysis drug, and spray poison on them. She also encourages woman to go on dates with agents and drug their food. Any comment VCU Health? How can you have such a vile person working with patients? How can anyone feel safe at your facilities if you employ such people?

The recent shooting in Minneapolis that led to the death of Alex Pretti has the nation animated again. Pretti was killed over the weekend, shot by Border Patrol agents. He was armed, but the video analysis and investigation must be conducted, because this incident, unlike the Renee Good incident on January 6, isn’t as clear-cut. You can carry your firearm to a protest. Still, that doesn’t mean the Left didn't go insane, claiming this was another execution.Megan Basham @megbasham · Follow This kind of Republican leadership is why, even when we won, we always lost.John Kasich @JohnKasich What’s happening in...

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday life occurred in what seemed like a blink of an eye. At every turn, some form of an AI “assistant” now offers to correct grammar, help compose emails, take notes of video calls, or distill large amounts of information into easily digestible summaries. Yet, even though AI is only an arm’s length away, many of its uses remain unexplored by academics and non-academics alike. In academia, some simply haven’t taken the time to learn how to use AI, while others are skeptical and even suspicious about its influence on research and learning....

Just as it did one hundred and sixty-five years ago, the Democrat Party appears to be making war against the federal government. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz have identified tens of billions of dollars in welfare fraud flowing through the Democrat-controlled state of Minnesota. President Trump has suggested that the level of Minnesota fraud may top a hundred billion dollars as investigations proceed. The public is slowly learning that members of the state’s substantial population of Somali immigrants have been abusing state and federal programs to enrich themselves at...

Abdi Gelle Mohamed’s appearance on ICE’s ‘Worst of the Worst’ list for Minnesota is only the beginning of the real story. And hopefully the end of it. “Before we arrested Somali criminal alien Abdi Gelle Mohamed in Minnesota, he was convicted of sexually abusing a child,” ICE tweeted. What ICE didn’t mention was that it was in 1998 and we’ve been trying to deport him ever since. Mohamed illegally entered the United States in 1998, claimed that he was mentally ill and had been persecuted in Somalia (one Somali cure for mental illness is to lock the patient in a...

The fried chicken market has exploded in the past two years, with heavily backed newcomers such as Popeyes, Dave's and Wingstop appearing on high (main ) streets across the country. "Fast-food in the UK is undergoing a significant transformation, with chicken shops leading a rapid expansion in store numbers, a phenomenon that can be seen in high streets across the country," say food industry analysts Meaningful Vision. "Our data reveals a tale of extraordinary growth, fierce competition." In 2024, chicken shop growth outpaced all other fast-food segments by nearly 12%, with London accounting for 21% of openings, the West Midlands...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(1/28/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 1919 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night....

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., held a town hall Tuesday evening in her home district amid recent shootings involving federal immigration agents and local agitators in Minneapolis. The event started out mostly uneventful until a man attacked the congresswoman with some sort of chemical spray that had a foul odor, according to those close by. Those nearby Omar wanted her to leave, but Omar refused and continued on. "Please don't let them have the show," Omar could be heard saying after she was hit with the foul-smelling spray. "We will continue! These f----ing a--holes are not going to get away with...

28 January 2026 Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor on Wednesday of week 3 in Ordinary TimeSt. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Ham, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Samuel 7:4-17'Your house and sovereignty will stand secure'The word of the Lord came to Nathan: ‘Go and tell my servant David, “Thus the Lord speaks: Are you the man to build me a house to dwell in? I have never stayed in a house from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until today, but have...

Challenger: The disaster five people saw coming Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after lift-off, killing its crew and changing the history of spaceflight. A small team of engineers tried to prevent the tragedy — but they were overruled. January 28, 1986 was an unusually crisp winter morning at Cape Canaveral in Florida. When the sun rose at 7:12am, the air temperature was about -5 degrees Celsius. Icicles hung from parts of the launch pad as preparations were made to send the Challenger space shuttle into orbit. Thousands of spectators were gathering along nearby roads and shorelines....

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The Oversight Project has released a report detailing how Netflix uses its cozy relationship with federal law enforcement and the intelligence community to spread propaganda and advance ideological social engineering under the guise of entertainment. Netflix’s relationships and practices has earned it the nickname “FedFlix.” The Oversight Project has conducted a thorough investigation of publicly available documents, including FOIA returns, court filings, and open source research. We applied our considerable investigative and legal experience to conclude that Netflix’s content and key personnel advance radical left-wing political ideologies that demean traditional American values. These findings are particularly alarming in the broader...

The New Hampshire legislature is considering a Campus Carry bill, HB1793, to restore rights protected by the Second Amendment to public colleges and universities in New Hampshire. The bill has been introduced by Rep. Sam Farrington, R-Strafford. Here is the heart of the bill.From legiscan.com:I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no public institution of higher education shall enact rules, policies, or similar prohibitions restricting the possession, carry, storage, or lawful use of firearms or non-lethal weapons on campus.II. No state or institutional permit or license shall be required for such carry on campus.159:30 Remedies. Any individual aggrieved...

More than 100 people were threatened with eviction from their homes to make way for asylum seekers after companies linked to a prominent GP starting running migrant hotels. Firms connected to Dr Faisal Maassarani became landlords of Serco hotels in 2022 when asylum applications were almost at a 20-year high. But soon after a hotel in Seel Street in Liverpool owned by one of the firms was found to be unsuitable, people in one of their Liverpool housing complexes were told they had to move out over "urgent" fire safety issues, unaware that 116 asylum seekers had seemingly been lined...

Transcription People keep saying the same two things about the Pretti shooting here in Minneapolis. They say, you have the right to observe and film. They say, you have the right to carry a gun if you have a permit. Now, of course, both of those statements are true, but both of them are completely misleading when ripped out of context. Because what both of those statements do is substitute slogans for circumstances. And circumstances are everything. Let's start with the gun. Yes, in Minnesota, if you have a permit, you can carry a firearm. That's absolutely true. But every...

Hollywood actress Natalie Portman breaks down in tears because Trump is deporting illegal aliens Natalie Portman cried zero tears for the countless women who are severely murdered or raped by illegal aliens Natalie Portman cried zero tears for the countless women like Iryna Zarutska who were brutally murdered by criminals the Democrat party repeatedly let out. I don’t think Natalie Portman’s emotional compass can be trusted. You?

A homebuyer’s relief at landing a house turned to hesitation after an impromptu pre-closing visit revealed the property was still cluttered with the seller’s belongings. In a post on Reddit, the buyer shared how, the day before their scheduled closing, they stopped by the yard only to find old equipment, tools and what looked like junk still strewn around. The original poster (OP) described a quiet drive-by that turned into an unplanned walk-through once the buyer’s realtor granted early access. They found the property in a far-from-ready state, with one Reddit user responding: “You should do an official walk through...

A "Star Trek" actress says conservative backlash is pushing the franchise to lean harder into what she calls its "super woke" identity. Among the critics is White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, who has accused the franchise of abandoning its core audience. Gina Yashere, who plays Lura Thok in the new Paramount+ series "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy," responded online after sharing a clip from comedian Bill Maher’s show that touched on the controversy. "All of the hatred coming at us is from fragile, angry White men, talking about either our non-whiteness or our bodies," Yashere wrote Sunday in...

@TiceRichard PMQs without the PM who is kowtowing to his Chinese Commie friends in Beijing. He cowardly refuses to face the nation and his own rebellious furious Labour MPs