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On what has become known as "Star Wars" Day – as in May the Fourth be with you – actor Mark Hamill who famously portrayed Luke Skywalker in the blockbuster film has teamed with Barack Obama in two videos promoting the opening of the former president's library which many have suggested looks like the Death Star from the movie franchise. In one video titled "Hear Me," Hamill is seen using the Force to communicate with Obama, with text reading: A short time from now on the South Side of Chicago … ."

Spirit Airlines has officially shut down permanently. But their sacrifice could potentially mean a better future. I will explain.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A man is injured after a shooting involving a U.S. Secret Service agent in Southwest DC, not far from the Washington Monument, according to the U.S. Secret Service and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). According to the Secret Service, plainclothes agents spotted a man near the White House carrying a firearm. Agents then went to make contact with the man, but he took off running. During the chase, investigators said the man opened fire on the Secret Service officers who then returned fire. The man was taken to the hospital, but officials did not provide details on his...

Former President Barack Obama has offered a rare and candid glimpse into his marriage - and it turns out Donald Trump is causing trouble at home. In a new interview with The New Yorker, Obama, 64, admitted that Michelle wants him to step back from public life so the couple can enjoy their later years together. The problem? He keeps getting pulled back into the politics of the day. The former commander-in-chief said Trump's return to the White House is the reason he cannot simply walk away, and that his inability to do so has become a source of friction...

Beijing's empire isn't built on factories, AI labs, or rare earths. It's built on a single nation the West spent two decades dismissing — Iran. And the day Tehran's regime falls, the entire architecture China assembled over thirty years folds inward like wet cardboard. In this deep dive, we expose the hidden financial, energy, and geographic dependencies binding Beijing to Tehran — from the secret yuan-settled oil deals and the petroyuan experiment, to the Belt and Road's only viable land corridor, to the $9–12 billion annual "shadow fleet" subsidy quietly underwriting Chinese export manufacturing. We examine why China cannot quietly...

https://x.com/hntrbrkmedia/status/2051271019978006686Hunterbrook@hntrbrkmedia·8hNEW: Europe’s biggest military IPO is combusting.Our months-long dive into the Czechoslovak Group — and the question of just how much ammunition it really produces.May 4, 2026ransomnote: a few seconds of the linked video TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~If anything happens to me it's probably going to be because of the military contractor we just exposed at Hunterbrook.They're known for producing 155 millimeter artillary.They're based in the Czech Republic.They have ties to Russia.And now they are arming Ukraine, though they are gauging the Ukrainian military. And they just went public a few months ago. The company was valued at $30 billion.But the thing...

"CENTCOM confirms Iran has NOT successfully struck ANY Navy ships this morning, despite claiming they’ve done so." —Eric Daugherty on X Project Freedom. Cute move! Notice that it’s not Operation Freedom. That would frame it as a military move. The President is tactically framing this as a humanitarian action. Mr. Trump has advised Congress as of May 1 that hostilities with Iran (Operation Epic Fury) are terminated, at the 60-day limit of the War Powers Resolution. Commercial ships from countries not involved in the Iran / US dispute will now get escorted safely through the Strait of Hormuz by US...

MS Now host and activist Al Sharpton condemned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday for doing an impersonation of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Amid an ongoing redistricting battle, there has been another feud about political rhetoric and tone. Just days before an apparent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump's life, Jeffries warned DeSantis against redrawing the state’s congressional map, declaring, "We are in an era of maximum warfare. Everywhere, all the time." He has also challenged Republicans with similar rhetoric, declaring, "Our message to Florida Republicans is, ‘F around and find out.’" During a news conference amid the...

Reform UK has said it would open migrant detention centres for people awaiting deportation in areas that vote for the Green Party. The party had previously said it would build removal centres in remote areas of the country if elected, as part of plans to detain up to 24,000 people within 18 months. Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's home affairs spokesperson, said Green-controlled areas would be prioritised because of what he described as the party's support for "open borders". A Green Party spokesperson said it was a "disgusting idea" and accused Reform of "making abhorrent announcements in attempts to distract voters"...

The national retail average for a regular gallon of gas was $4.457 on Monday. That's a 1-cent increase from Sunday, according to the American Automobile Association, and 35 cents more than last Monday. At this time last year, a gallon of gas was $1.29 cheaper. The surging prices seemed to stabilize or even decrease for about two weeks, following a temporary ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran that has been indefinitely extended. However, the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route where roughly a fifth of the world's oil passes, has effectively remained closed or extremely limited to passage...

All around the world, “Star Wars” nerds are spending Monday celebrating the holiest day in the galaxy: May the Fourth. Stemming from a cheeky pun based on a bit of Jedi jargon (“May the force be with you”), the day has become an excuse to rally around the lore of what very well may be the greatest science-fiction series of all time (no disrespect to the “Star Trek” fans out there). If there’s a ground zero for the “Star Wars” universe (aside from Tatooine), it’s definitely the Bay Area. George Lucas originally moved here after graduating from film school at...

Two people have died and others are in life-threatening condition after a car was driven at “high speed” through a crowd in the city of Leipzig. Emergency services declared a mass casualty incident in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon after a car was driven “at high speed” through a pedestrianised city-centre area. Two people are confirmed dead and several more, likely dozens, are injured, two of them critically, after being struck by the driver’s vehicle. A suspect, said to be the driver, has been arrested. German daily newspaper Die Welt reports a police source stating the...

Bridgett Fertig@LightOnLiberty·May 2A Dominion contractor with two degrees, swore under oath in her affidavit after working 27 hours at Detroit's TCF Center that she witnessed MASSIVE amounts of clear election fraud involving late-night ballot dumps. She detailed how her manager, Nick Economagunas (part owner of Dominion), ordered her there instead of the Detroit elections building.She saw vans FULL of ballots arriving, photos of people carrying ballots out of a "Chicago warehouse," and at 4:30 AM, Mr. Baxter personally brought in boxes from the rear entrance.She stated each box holding approx 600 ballots, totaling around 50,000 ILLEGAL ballots dumped onto tables...

Democrat Mayor of Aurora, Illinois, is driving around DOXING ICE agents and sharing their live locations. This elected official is actively protecting foreign m*rderers, r*pists, and p*dophiles He needs to resign IMMEDIATELY Disgusting

The German chancellor Friedrich Merz has desperately backflipped on his criticism of US President Donald Trump after he threatened to remove thousands of US troops from Germany. German chancellor desperately backtracks on Trump criticism after savage threat to remove troops | 4:55 | 6.18M subscribers | 368,472 views | May 4, 2026

Iran fired 12 ballistic missiles, three cruise missiles, and four drones at the UAE today, says the Emirati Defense Ministry. The attacks caused three moderate injuries. Since the start of the war on February 28, Iran has fired 549 ballistic missiles, 29 cruise missiles, and 2,260 drones at the UAE, which has suffered more Iranian attacks than any other country.

Rep. Nancy Mace@RepNancyMace·3hThe results of my subpoena of Congress’s sexual harassment slush fund are in.Nine members. One thousand pages.All records prior to 2004 were destroyed - which tells you everything you need to know about how long this has been buried.We are reviewing every page. We will name all nine. We will release the full 1,000 pages - once we confirm that personally identifiable information of victims and witnesses has been properly redacted.Accountability is not a threat. It is a promise.May 4, 2026

Even as Emirati air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles over Dubai, a senior military official in Tehran issued a jarring statement claiming the regime has no plans to target the UAE. In a move that has baffled international observers, a senior Iranian military official claimed on Monday that the Islamic Republic has no intention of attacking the United Arab Emirates. This statement, widely circulated by Iranian state media, stands in direct contradiction to the physical reality on the ground, where the UAE Ministry of Defense confirmed the interception of four missiles launched from Iranian territory earlier the same day. The official’s...

Mike Benz@MikeBenzCyber·15hif ur an enemy pipeline u have literally no shot at stopping the CIA's Dolphin Bomb SquadMay 3, 2026

Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui slammed attorneys during a Monday afternoon court hearing over the conditions of Allen's imprisonment. Allen was placed on suicide watch when he was first jailed. 'At a minimum I should be apologizing to him. We are obligated to make sure he’s taken care of. Mr. Allen, I’m sorry that things have not been the way they are supposed to,' the judge said. Faruqui went on to compare Allen's imprisonment to defendants arrest for rioting at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. 'To me, it’s extremely disturbing that he was put in five-point restraints, a person with...