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A few years back, left-wing media began popularizing the phrase “stochastic terrorism,” so they could blame mainstream conservative rhetoric for random violent acts. When a white supremacist goes on a shooting spree, legacy media demand that every Republican official in the country take ownership and denounce the act as if their rhetoric led to the violence. Yet, when a left-winger such as Cole Allen allegedly tries to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, leaving a manifesto that’s virtually indistinguishable from the rhetoric used by the average liberal podcaster or politician, the same people act as...

https://x.com/overton_news/status/2049226546171568400 Overton@overton_news·Apr 28He just put the Deep State on notice.Dan Bongino says he and Kash Patel made so many important changes at the FBI that whoever comes in next and tries to reverse them will leave a massive paper trail.He then dropped a major hint for what's coming:“That Comey indictment, if you think that was the end, you're out of your mind.”BONGINO: “We have made enough dramatic changes. We put a TON of new FISA rules in place.”“I mean, Kash and I were on FISA probably three, four times a week in special meetings just for that.”“I brought in a...

Has anyone else had problems with Substack? None of my subs load properly--the display is barren and the links are dead.

Ronald Carter @USronaldcarter·1hNOBODY IS TELLING YOU THE REAL STORY OF THE SCOTUS VOTING RIGHTS RULINGYes, the Court ruled 6-3.Yes, race-based districting is now unconstitutional.Yes, Louisiana's map got thrown out.But here's the part everyone is missing:Democrats don't have a House majority without those court-ordered maps.→ A dozen of their current seats sit in districts that only exist because federal courts FORCED states to draw them→ Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina — every one has at least one Democrat seat in a court-created black-majority district→ Their House margin is FOUR seats→ SCOTUS just made 12 of their 213 seats legally...

They’ve hit the mother lode. We may no longer need to rely on foreign batteries to power our electronics. Geologists have announced that the Appalachian Mountains could be hiding a sprawling multi-billion-dollar cache of lithium that could last the US hundreds of years. “This research shows that the Appalachians contain enough lithium to help meet the nation’s growing needs,” declared US Geological Survey Director Ned Mamula in a statement. According to a map by the institution, this East Coast mountain range houses around 2.5 metric tons of this battery precursor, most of which is concentrated in the Carolinas, Maine and...

MINNEAPOLIS — The infamous Somali immigrant-run “Quality Learing Center” in Minneapolis was abandoned on Wednesday — a day after the FBI raided the daycare and about 20 other local operations as part of an investigation into allegations of massive social services fraud in Minnesota. The business’s misspelled sign has been removed, and replaced with a sign warning visitors that security cameras are in use. The building itself — which was painted a spearmint-like color when The Post was there in December — has been repainted a more neutral slate-blue hue, and a pair of “no trespassing” signs were newly hung...

Top health officials don't want you to read this, that's exactly why you shouldEarlier this month, the Washington Post broke the news that Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, the CDC's temporary top official, delayed and then blocked a COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness paper from appearing in the agency's flagship scientific journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The manuscript was a typical one for the VISION (Virtual SARS-CoV-2, Influenza, and Other Respiratory Viruses) Network, a research collaborative between the CDC, Westat, and multiple U.S. health systems. Since 2019, the VISION Network has studied vaccine effectiveness using real-world data. Its investigations have routinely...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani declares a “budget crisis,” seeks a state bailout, and delays the deadline for finalizing the city budget by at least 10 days.

An upcoming international math conference should be moved outside of the United States of America due to Trump’s “unbridled hatred of immigrants” and because the “country [is] on the verge of martial law,” professors say. A petition, which reportedly has more than 2,300 signatures from more than 75 countries, demands the International Congress of Mathematicians relocate its planned July conference in Philadelphia. The petition says there is precedent for the action, since the 2022 conference in Russia was relocated due to the war. […] The mathematicians continue on to cite grievances they have, including “aiding and abetting the ongoing genocide...

Former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino revealed he found a "mother lode" of documents tied to the "Russiagate" investigation that he alleges were meant to be destroyed. Speaking on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, Bongino said what he witnessed behind the scenes of "Crossfire Hurricane" — the FBI's probe into potential collusion between President Donald Trump and Russia — was far more sinister than he anticipated. "I thought I knew Russiagate," Bongino told Hannity. "It was like 10 times worse." Bongino described finding a "burn bag," which is typically used to incinerate sensitive documents for security purposes. He...

State lawmakers on Wednesday passed redrawn congressional lines that create an additional four GOP-leaning seats in Florida, making it the eighth state to complete mid-decade redistricting in the 2026 election cycle — and likely setting up a historic legal challenge in the state. The proposal passed the Florida state House and Senate on largely partisan lines, even as some members of the Republican majorities have expressed skepticism about redrawing the congressional lines. Florida GOP lawmakers largely remained silent publicly as the state has become part of a Trump-backed mid-decade redistricting push designed to beef up Republicans' slim U.S. House majority...

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has dramatically walked back his disparaging comments about Donald Trump, admitting he was wrong to call the President a 'buffoon'. The polarizing NBA coach dabbled in his political views while also discussing his past, the modern NBA and where his future may lie in a wide-ranging interview with The New Yorker. Kerr, rumored to be on the brink of leaving the Warriors this season, was asked about a no-holds-barred 'rant' he went on during a press conference the day after Trump was elected in 2016. The coach, who has never been shy about...

Interesting back and forth with the press. Media quickly turned it to Ukraine. Seesh.

Gun owners have won a significant victory in Maryland, with the state Supreme Court tossing several gun control ordinances adopted by Montgomery County in the wake of the Bruen decision in 2022. Maryland legislators passed their own Bruen response bill after the state's "may issue" concealed carry permitting system was ruled unconstitutional by SCOTUS, but Montgomery County's measures were even more restrictive. The Maryland Supreme Court opinion is thick with legalese and citations to various sections of code that can make it a little difficult to understand the scope of its decision, but the 2A group Maryland Shall Issue provided...

Jimmy Kimmel probably isn't having a bad week. Yes, he's an awful human being and, as I wrote in a recent column, rather emotionally unstable. He's currently getting what he wants, however. Like so many Trump Derangement Syndrome Democrats who have large media presences, Kimmel loves trolling conservatives. Sadly, conservatives love taking the bait and feeding the troll. Unfortunately, every time that the conservative outrage machine goes nuts about something that Kimmel says, we give his lunacy oxygen and him the attention he so desperately craves. I'm quite the attention you-know-what myself — I know whence I speak on matters...

It is difficult to determine whether the bizarro worldview of the current Democrat-media nexus can simply be attributed to its generic Trump Derangement Syndrome — but the crazy world of the left increasingly bears scant resemblance to reality. In this alternate universe, Eric Swalwell was a liberal icon and invaluable asset for years, though admittedly a bit randy and occasionally a serial sexual predator. Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner was, at last, the left’s “real thing,” the white working-class liberal stiff who could win back the hoi polloi — although he can’t get his story straight on whether his Nazi...

Explanation: No, Earth did not recently acquire six more moons! Today’s APOD is a combination of images following the Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades across a southern Sicilian sky as twilight turned to evening on April 19. From 2023 to 2029, the Pleiades' and the Moon “visit" each other once per month due to the Pleiades' location in the ecliptic plane. April 2026 saw the celestial alignment of their visit with Venus. About six stars in the Pleiades cluster (Messier 45) are typically visible with the unaided eye. Due to the cluster’s visibility across the world, there are many myths...

Lost luggage and battered bags could soon be a thing of the past, as Japan Airlines starts testing robotic baggage handlers. Starting in May, human workers at Tokyo's busy Haneda airport will have a helping hand from an army of humanoid robots as part of a two–year trial. The Chinese–made bots will be trained to tackle ground handling tasks like loading cargo containers of luggage on and off flights. Japan Airlines (JAL) hopes that the new robotic workers will help ease staffing issues as Japan juggles a surge in tourism and a slumping workforce. The airport will trial two robots:...

A Maine city councilor will face an ethics board review after he was heard complaining about 'illegals' in his community. Bangor City Councilor Wayne Mallar, 81, discussed a proposed budget increase for multilingual services in schools at a Board of Ethics meeting on March 31. 'The school department's asking for a 10 percent increase. As far as I'm concerned, they get no increase,' he said - seemingly unaware his comments were being picked up by a microphone. 'They can't speak English, read English or write English. It's not a disability. We do not have to furnish. They're probably all illegals...

All the usual noise was stripped away Saturday night. An assassination attempt forces a moment like that, when politics fade and commentary slows. What's left is the simple reality that a life came close to ending in front of the world. It's in moments like that when people reveal who they are, not through statements crafted for headlines, but through how they carry themselves when everything shifts at once. First Lady Melania Trump didn't rush forward to fill the silence; she didn't step into the spotlight to deliver something rehearsed or immediate, but her presence remained consistent with what people...