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Conservative commentator Josh Hammer unleashed on Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Marjorie Taylor Greene during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, characterizing the trio as members of the “retard right.” “You probably noticed that things feel a bit off in the conservative movement at this time,” began Hammer, who made an exception for President Donald Trump and his administration. “It is only when we look outside the administration to the conservative influencer class, those who dwell in ‘podcastistan,’ as some now call it, when we see things going perhaps slightly less well. Don’t get me...

A New Jersey man is in legal trouble after he allegedly assaulted the Easter Bunny at the South Hills Village Mall. According to the criminal complaint, a woman working as the Easter Bunny on Monday at the mall was taking pictures with children and families when a man approached her and began to ask her questions, which she referred to an assistant. The man refused and began touching the woman dressed as the Easter Bunny's arm, then the top of her chest, and then grabbed her breasts. According to the assistant, prior to the alleged assault, he asked questions such...

A Secret Service agent accidentally shot himself while accompanying former First Lady Jill Biden through Philadelphia International Airport Friday morning, according to reports. KYW Newsradio reported that the agent shot himself in the leg. There was no word on the agent’s condition or the circumstances surrounding the shooting. “We are gathering the facts and will have a statement shortly,” a Secret Service spokesperson told the New York Post. The radio station reported that there was a “heavy police presence” at the American Airlines ticket counter at the airport. Also, the trunk and front passenger door of a black Chevy Suburban...

Hizbullah's act of retribution for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has ignited a fierce, growing wave of opposition within the Shia community. Following Hizbullah's March 1st missile launch at Israel in vengeance for Khamenei's death, the collective voice of Shia activists and citizens erupted against its actions. The objectors condemned Hizbullah for plunging Lebanon into a war that exclusively served the Iranian regime's interests. This conflict has displaced thousands of civilians, devastating their property and the Lebanese economy with its heavy, unbearable cost. Shia citizens are now openly confronting Hizbullah, channeling their fury through defiant video clips....

I have lived in Budapest for most of the last five years and traveled extensively throughout Western Europe in that time. Over and over again in my travels, I face Europeans demanding that I justify the policies of that ‘monster,’ Viktor Orbán. To be fair, they are under no obligation to support Orbán and his Fidesz party, but it would be nice if these critics had any idea what they were talking about. They usually don’t—especially when it comes to migration. Long ago, I concluded that these Europeans, including British bien-pensants, have to scapegoat Orbán to escape blame for the...

FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email has been hacked by an Iran-backed group, the Department of Justice has confirmed. The group, called Handala Hack Team, posted personal photos and other documents including a purported resume to its website, claiming the files were taken directly from Patel’s inbox. Patel “will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims,” the group’s website said. A Justice Department official confirmed the hack and said material posted online “appeared to be authentic,” Reuters reported Friday. JUST IN – FBI director Kash Patel's personal email address hacked, says DOJ. This comes only a...

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Iran-linked hackers on Friday claimed they had accessed ​FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email inbox, publishing photographs of the ‌director and other documents to the internet. On their website, the hacker group Handala Hack Team said Patel "will now find his name among the list of ​successfully hacked victims." The hackers published a series of personal photographs ​of Patel sniffing and smoking cigars, riding in an antique ⁠convertible, and making a face while taking a picture of ​himself in the mirror with a large bottle of rum. A Justice Department ​official confirmed that Patel's email...

For decades, the Iranian regime has forged a powerful network of regional allies, known as the "Axis of Resistance" or "Axis of Steadfastness." The regime began building alliances and entities supporting its ideology immediately upon assuming power in 1979. The axis evolved into a diverse coalition of groups and armed forces, centrally featuring Hizbullah, Hamas, the Houthis, Iraqi militias and the former Syrian regime. However, the axis has suffered severe blows and largely disintegrated over the last two years. Operation Epic Fury, a major US-Israel offensive against Iranian regime targets on February 28, resulted in the death of Supreme Leader...

Iran International news site revealed last week that Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, gets over $500,000 monthly from the Iranian regime to back its interests. Berri, 88, has been the continuous presiding Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament since 1992, and leading the Amal Movement, since its formation in the 1970s. He is a dominant Lebanese political figure, closely allied with Hizbullah, wielding significant influence over the nation's domestic and foreign policies. The Iranian regime's financial support is a calculated, long-term strategy to guarantee Berri steers Lebanon's domestic and foreign policies to serve the regime and Hizbullah. Political cover...

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees. $30 per seat per month. $1.4 million annually. I called it “digital transformation.” The board loved that phrase. They approved it in eleven minutes. No one asked what it would actually do. Including me. I told everyone it would “10x productivity.” That’s not a real number. But it sounds like one. HR asked how we’d measure the 10x. I said we’d “leverage analytics dashboards.” They stopped asking. Three months later I checked the usage reports. 47 people had opened it. 12 had used it more than once. One of them...

The IDF uncovered a Hezbollah tunnel stocked with weapons near a church in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Friday, emphasizing the threat the terrorist organization poses to Lebanon's Christian population. The tunnel was discovered by the IDF's Givati Brigade in the Lebanese village of El-Khiam. The area had previously been cleared by the IDF in December 2024. Therein, three shafts were discovered, as well as mattresses and food used by Hezbollah terrorists. "Since the establishment of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, it has systematically worked to exploit the Christian population in Lebanon and turn their areas into battle arenas against...

A former middle school teacher in New Jersey was arrested on Thursday following allegations she had had a sexual relationship with a student. Ashley Fisler, 36, of Washington Township in Gloucester County, was charged with six counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor, one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of second-degree official misconduct, according to Fox 29. Each first-degree charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison, and each second-degree charge carries a maximum of 10 years.

On March 16, 2026, the Tennessee Legislature transmitted Bill SB0350 to Governor Bill Lee. Governor Bill Lee is expected to sign the legislation. Governor Lee signed a Constitutional Carry Bill in 2021. Bill SB0350 guarantees renters’ rights to keep and bear arms will not be subject to cancellation by rental contracts. The bill does not apply to state and federal government leases or rentals of property. The bill applies to both residential and commercial renters. While Governor Lee is expected to sign SB0350, if he does not veto the bill by the 28th of March, the bill will become law...

“I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants,” Pedro Sanchez headlined his New York Times op-ed. “The West needs people. Currently, few of its countries have a rising population growth rate. Unless they embrace migration, they will experience a sharp demographic decline.” Spain’s demographic decline is helped along by the nearly 1,000 euthanasia cases a year. Those who die are replaced with the growing flood of Muslim championed by Sanchez. The West needs people, but only certain kinds of people, and it euthanizes the wrong kind. Spain’s population is set to shrink by one more...

There are four categories. You are in one of them. Nobody asked which one you'd like. I am the CEO of Perplexity. My company is worth $20 billion. I am 31 years old. Last week I said losing your job to AI could be a "glorious" thing. I said it at Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference. On a podcast. In front of an audience of people who build the tools. Everyone nodded. I said: "The reality is most people don't enjoy their jobs." I have had one job. I have had it for three years. It made me a billionaire. I...

@SKMorefield Thomas Massie is the new Ron Paul, except even more dangerous because he's younger and more articulate & likable than Paul was in his heyday (no disrespect to Paul). That's why the system hates him so much and is doing everything it can to sideline him. If he runs for president, he might just have a shot given where we will be as a country in 2028. If he does, it'll likely be our last chance to save the country before it goes over the brink.

The United States can only determine with certainty that it has destroyed about a third of Iran’s vast missile arsenal as the US-Israeli war on the country nears its one-month mark, five people familiar with the US intelligence tell Reuters. The status of around another third is less clear but bombings likely damaged, destroyed or buried those missiles in underground tunnels and bunkers, four of the sources say. The sources speak on condition of anonymity given the sensitive nature of the information. One of the sources says the intelligence was similar for Iran’s drone capability, saying there was some degree...

The Keystone XL pipeline should be revived immediately and there is a strong case to be made for an energy corridor in eastern Canada including Quebec, the chief executive of National Bank of Canada told an industry event Tuesday. “We need to revive Keystone right now,” Laurent Ferreira said at his bank’s annual financial services conference in Montreal. “The infrastructure is already partly built.” The controversial Keystone XL pipeline was dealt a crippling blow in 2021 when then-U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled permits for the project that had been expected to carry oil from Alberta to Nebraska, joining an existing...

A former Los Angeles Unified School District employee has been charged in what prosecutors described as a pay-to-play scheme that directed more than $22 million in contracts to a single technology company, making it one of the largest money laundering schemes in the district’s history. Officials with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office allege that between 2018 and 2022, 53-year-old Pasadena resident, Hong “Grace” Peng, who worked as a technical project manager for LAUSD, of illegally awarding Innive, a Texas-based tech company, millions of dollars worth of contracts for work on the district’s My Integrated Student Information System (MiSiS)....

A Secret Service agent guarding former first lady Jill Biden shot and injured himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, according to a report. Sources told KYW that the incident took place as the Secret Service agent was escorting former President Joe Biden’s wife at the busy travel hub. Philadelphia police and other agencies were on scene Friday morning, according to a radio report from the local CBS affiliate. A medic was also on the scene before leaving, the report said. The agent’s condition was not immediately clear. A Secret Service spokesperson told The Post: “We are...