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The founding member and bassist of the Commodores performed on many of the funk and soul group’s hits, including ‘Brick House.’Ronald LaPread, a founding member and former bassist of the Commodores, has died. He performed on a number of the funk and soul group’s hits “Brick House,” “Three Times a Lady,” and “Easy.” LaPread was 75. Soraya LaPread, the musician’s daughter, confirmed the news on Saturday via a social media post. “It is with very heavy heart that I must announce that my Father Ronald LaPread has passed,” she wrote. She did not mention a cause of death. According to...

TRANSCRIPT below the postEric Daugherty@EricLDaugh🚨 JUST IN: President Trump SHOOTS DOWN a fake CNN report that his Iran deal doesn't address their nuclear program"When actually it states, very clearly, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon!""It then goes on, in very strong and lengthy detail, to discuss various other aspects of Nuclear. In fact, that’s what most of the agreement is about. CNN, and so many others in the Fake News Media, is a Low Ratings disaster. Even with new ownership, it is unlikely to ever get better!!!" 🔥They keep betraying America with the LIES.May 31, 2026TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~President Trump:...

Shane Jenkins | The Real J6@TheRealJ6Shane·May 31The U.S. government published an official report documenting what happened to J6 defendants in the DC jail.Feces on the walls. Black mold. No attorneys. No family contact. Solitary confinement for 200 days — for people who hadn’t been convicted of anything.This isn’t opinion. This is a congressional eyewitness report on https://govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-Y1_2-PURL-gpo174282/pdf/GOVPUB-Y1_2-PURL-gpo174282.pdf May 31, 2026

Karmelo Anthony, the Texas student athlete who was charged with stabbing a football star from a rival high school to death — and then raised $600,000 in donations — is set to face trial this week.

As Republicans seek to highlight Democrat James Talarico’s record on transgender issues, immigration, and other progressive causes ahead of November’s U.S. Senate election, the lawmaker’s campaign is embracing one of the nicknames those positions have earned him. The Talarico campaign recently began selling merchandise bearing the phrase “I’m a Talafreako,” a reference to a nickname used by Republican nominee Ken Paxton during his runoff victory speech. “He goes by a few names that you may all have heard of,” Paxton told supporters. “Some people know him as Tofu Talarico, some people call him Six Gender Jimmy. I’ve even heard some...

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Almost every day now, there is another headline warning about the collapsing birth rate across the developed world, and along with it, another think piece attempting to diagnose why younger generations seem increasingly reluctant to build families. This week, new figures out of England and Wales showed that the number of babies being born has fallen to the lowest level since 1977, with couples delaying parenthood until their thirties or deciding against children altogether. The total fertility rate dropped to 1.39 children per woman, the lowest level ever recorded. The explanations offered for this phenomenon tend to revolve around economics,...

TheLastRefuge repostedBannon’s WarRoom@Bannons_WarRoom·4hAt long last, TINA PETERS IS FREE!!!"It's been quite the ordeal, but I really want to thank God for His faithfulness and for getting me through it... It's a miracle."@realtinapetersJune 1, 2026

About a year ago at Erlanger Baroness, the largest hospital in Chattanooga, anesthesia staff noticed that a nurse was slurring his words and struggling to stay awake while on duty in the surgery center, according to a Tennessee Board of Nursing consent order. In the days that followed, the nurse failed a drug test and was fired, the order states. The nurse later admitted that for months he had pilfered and abused fentanyl left over after surgeries, sometimes daily, according to the order. Under most circumstances, this would be a routine case of what is known as "drug diversion," the...

Rep. Ilhan Omar has officially filed for reelection, announcing her decision in a brief post on X on May 30. “Filed for reelection. Excited to continue representing the incredible people of Minnesota’s Fifth District,” Omar wrote. However, the post quickly drew attention for another reason. Comments were disabled, preventing public responses on the platform. The move comes as Omar continues to face criticism from some conservative commentators and political opponents over allegations linking her to individuals connected to Minnesota’s massive Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, one of the largest pandemic-related fraud cases in U.S. history. This week, the case returned...

Explanation: Telescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings often make it the star of star parties. But this stunning view of the outer gas gaint planet's rings and night side just isn't possible from telescopes in the vicinity of planet Earth. Peering out from the inner Solar System they can only bring Saturn's day side into view. In fact, this image of Saturn's slender sunlit crescent with the planet's night shadow cast across its broad and complex ring system was captured by the robot spacecraft Cassini. After a seven year long journey from planet Earth, Cassini called Saturn orbit...

CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIOT@ConstitustionX·May 31🚨 BOMBSHELL ALERT: TREASON UNRAVELING IN REAL TIME?! 🚨WELL… ISN’T THIS THE MOTHER OF ALL COINCIDENCES?!What if the URANIUM Hillary Clinton sold to Russia — while she was Secretary of State — somehow ended up in Iran’s nuclear stockpile… right after Obama shipped them plane-loads of cash?!The enriched uranium Iran just surrendered?If forensic tests MATCH it to the Uranium One batch…GAME OVER.Hillary. Obama.JAIL. TREASON. HISTORY BOOKS.No more hiding behind “controversy-free” fairy tales. Obama’s legacy is cracking wide open — and the American people are finally waking up to the greatest scandal of our lifetime.This isn’t a conspiracy. This...

President Trump's attempt to donate the $1.8 billion settlement he reached with the Internal Revenue Service for publicly releasing his personal income tax data to an "Anti-Weaponization Fund" that would make compensation payments to individuals wrongly targeted by the government has run into some opposition. Virginia US District Judge Leonie Brinkema has issued an order saying "the administration cannot take any action pursuant to the creation or operation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund, which includes the transferring of money to the Fund; the consideration of any claims submitted to the Fund; and the disbursing of any funds from the Fund." California...

Gustaf Erikson of Finland owned the last great fleet of sailing ships the world would ever see. We have rare first hand accounts from men who sailed from Europe to Australia to load grain and return to Europe by way of the treacherous Cape Horn. These sailings were known world wide as The Last Grain Gaces. The Last Cape Horners | 1:11:39 garry Kerr | 16K subscribers | 1,697,158 views | May 17, 2023

We’ve been told the Derek Chauvin case was simple. It’s not. We were told the whole thing is a settled fact. It’s not. We were told that Derek Chauvin “murdered” George Floyd. The trial proved it, the jury got it right, and anyone who questioned the official storyline was called a bad person or a right-wing “racist” radical. They’re not. Because actual facts have a funny way of outliving the hysteria and emotion. When you take away all the hyper emotions, media pressure, riots, politics, and the worldwide frenzy that surrounded this case, the record looks a lot more layered...

Reikado Hall on Miyajima Island's Mount Misen has been known as the home of the "eternal flame" for over 1,200 years. And the thing about eternal flames is that if they do get out of control, you can't really put them out. Otherwise they're not so eternal are they? And then the inevitable happens: A Buddhist hall in Western Japan known for housing an "eternal flame" that has been burning for over 1,000 years caught fire and burned to the ground on Miyajima Island. pic.twitter.com/8HPHGdDu4A— The Associated Press (@AP) May 21, 2026Yep, according to News on Japan, the eternal flame...

Ever since high school, we have all been made aware of black accomplishments with each occasion of black history month in February. There was Harriet Tubman’s railroad and Rosa Parks’s bus seat, but most memorable of all, was George Washington Carver who invented the peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which was a mainstay of kid’s lunches until nervous white mothers had it banned from schools. Apart from those recollections, I have not given much thought to the cultural legacy of blacks, except for their music, dance, and comedy. However, around the time of George Floyd, I started to hear common...

It was a ride a San Francisco couple will never forget and will never want to take again. Elliot Slade and his fiancée took a Waymo from San Mateo, hoping to reach their Mission District home. Instead, the Waymo sped through a construction zone, was chased by police, then veered off the highway into a residential neighborhood. "The Waymo started freaking out as we got closer to the merge cause the lanes were kind of all merging," Slade said. "One lane was gone, another lane was, who knows where it was. Cars were all over the place going in." Slade...

In the thick of another high-stakes election year, GOP voters are sending a clear message that cuts through the noise of legacy media chatter. It even transcends far more serious pocketbook worries.AdvertisementA new national survey reveals that Republicans are firmly commited to President Donald J. Trump, rooted in his record on issues that reach beyond dollars and cents. This data was gathered by the Democracy Institute in partnership with me, as host of the current events show News Sight and author of the finance newsletter Dr. Cotto’s Digest.The poll spotlights a GOP base that stands rock-solid even as broader national...

Alex Miller, a 23-year-old discharged IDF combat soldier originally from the United States, recently died by apparent suicide after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder linked to his military service... Miller was also deeply affected by the death of his close friend Sgt. First Class Noam Shemesh, 21, who was killed during fighting in southern Gaza in 2025... He was reportedly in Miami at the time of his death... Miller was his father’s only child and required special parental approval to serve in combat. At least 60 active and reserve soldiers died by suicide between October 2023 and April of this...