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In addition to her government and advocacy work, Afridi is currently listed as an editor at Pinko, a magazine which describes itself as “a collective for thinking gay communism.” On the masthead, she went by “L. Israh Afridi.” Israh is an Arabic word for “night journey” that is sacred in Islam. . . . .Afridi is a close friend of Cea Weaver, the notorious top Mamdani housing official who’s called home ownership “a weapon of white supremacy” and expressed a desire to “impoverish the white middle class.”. . .Afridi is only the latest in a string of oddballs, cranks, antisemites,...

Black, who had business ties to Jeffrey Epstein, has sued the House Oversight Committee over its investigation of the disgraced financier. The House on Wednesday unanimously agreed to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt after he defied a congressional subpoena calling on him to testify before the House Oversight Committee about his business relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The decision came as lawmakers prepared to go back to their districts for seven weeks. It followed a unanimous recommendation from the Oversight Committee that Black be held in contempt. Susan Estrich, a lawyer for Black, said in a statement that...

A Texas Democratic operative said the quiet part out loud — on video. Sky McAdams, organizing manager for Texas Majority PAC, described a $25 stipend as a workaround the group is using to boost support for Democrats like U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, among others. “We are paying people $25 to attend a one-hour Zoom class to learn why voting is important and why the Republicans are causing all of these bad things,” McAdams said in undercover video obtained by Townhall. “So it’s like a roundabout way of paying people for their votes, essentially.” Townhall posted the clip Wednesday morning.

The first place finish of the Alternative for Germany Party (AfG) in the Saxony-Anhalt state election has French Finance Minister Roland Lescure scared. "It clearly sends out a very, very worrying signal," he said. "This shows that we face a major challenge in the face of a populist wave ‌which is spreading around the world today and which we must resist." "To see the far-right prevail in the German regional election marks a very grave moment for Europe," said French European Affairs Minister Benjamin Haddad. "We must listen with humility to the anger, fears and worries and duly respond to...

A viral video on social media shows men wearing swastikas and claiming to be national socialists, chanting pro-Hamas and anti-Jewish slogans near the 9/11 memorial. This is the result of decades of Islamists exploiting Western empathy against us, along with leftists joining forces with racist antisemites. Don’t expect this story to last long in the media, because it shows that leftist ideology, not MAGA, is neo-Nazi.

The New York Times came under fire Wednesday over a baffling passage that appeared in an article about an Israeli documentary — which said the Jewish state “still largely view themselves as the victims of Oct. 7.” .....

Special Ops Magazine@specialopsmag·18hUS Air Force Pararescuemen (PJs).PJ training is one of the longest enlisted pipelines in the US military. Roughly two years of selection, combat dive, airborne, free fall, SERE, and paramedic school, with historically brutal attrition.They're the ones who go get you when the rest of the map is hostile and you're already hurt. Their job is personnel recovery: jump, swim, or fight into denied terrain, treat the wounded as paramedics, and bring them out.Fitness is assumed. What they are really screening for is someone who stays calm in the water, under load, and under fire, and still treats...

Summary: Scientists have developed a solar-powered desalination system that turns seawater into fresh water while removing nearly all of the leftover salt as a solid instead of producing harmful brine. The self-cleaning technology could also recover valuable minerals such as lithium, potentially turning desalination waste into a useful resource. ... Scientists at URochester's Institute of Optics created a solar thermal desalination system designed to produce fresh water efficiently without generating liquid brine or requiring chemical additives to pre-treat the incoming water. The research was led by Chunlei Guo, a professor of optics and physics ... At the heart of the...

ransomnote: click on images to see full version.Tara Rodas@taraleerodas1/5 YEARS AGO TODAY (9/15/21): I was pulled off the MS-13 case after I reported new evidence on the case.6 days later (9/21/21), I was perp-walked off the job.They hoped to silence me. That will NEVER happen. Sep 15, 2026 Tara Rodas@taraleerodas·21h2/Why was I pulled off the case? HHS said I should "check my cultural biases" - maybe I was biased against Central Americans. The facts: My husband is SalvadoranI speak SpanishI volunteered to help migrant children They couldn't refute evidence. So, they removed me. Sep 15, 2026 Tara Rodas@taraleerodas·22h3/After they removed...

LIVE REPLAY: Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Holds a Press Conference (September 16, 2026) from Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) is coverage of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s post-FOMC press conference. youtube.com Main decisionThe Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted unanimously (12-0) to raise the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, setting the target range at 3.75%–4.00%. This was the first rate increase since July 2023. youtube.com Key points from WarshInflation remains the predominant focus. He stated it is “too high and has been for too long,” and that summer readings did not show meaningful improvement in underlying trends. The...

Bail set at $4M for woman suspected in deadly Metro crash Officials with the Los Angeles Police Department identified the suspect as 36-year-old Bailee Rios of Simi Valley. She is accused of causing a crash that left two dead and six others injured at a busy intersection in Chatsworth. Video on link

Link to Summary The video is a critical investigative piece arguing that California’s high-speed rail project is a massive failure of waste, delay, and mismanagement—essentially “high-speed rail to nowhere.” It contrasts the project’s poor progress with China’s rapid nationwide high-speed rail buildout and interviews locals, officials, and critics along the route. Core claims about status and costsIn 2008, voters approved a plan to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco. After roughly 18 years and about $15 billion spent, the project has connected nothing. Visible work consists mainly of concrete, rebar, and incomplete structures in the Central Valley (derisively called a...

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was fined $11,492 for putting an unauthorized message in his eye black during the Texans’ loss to the Bills on Sunday. The radical Al-Shaair wrote the words “Hind Rajab” across his eye black to honor a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed during a military engagement in Gaza in 2024. Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair Fined for Memorializing the Death of a Palestinian Girl on His Eye Black Jack Gorman_Getty Images (1)Jack Gorman/Getty Images Warner Todd Huston16 Sep 2026108 3:06 Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was fined $11,492 for putting an unauthorized message in his eye black...

A California golden retriever apparently missed the memo on the whole guard dog thing. A 90-pound pooch named Nash had an unexpectedly friendly reaction when a stranger allegedly broke into his family’s San Diego home, repeatedly bringing the intruder toys and seemingly trying to turn the bizarre break-in into playtime, per NBC 7. The unusual encounter unfolded earlier this month in Sherman Heights, a neighborhood just east of downtown San Diego, while homeowner Dante Rowley and his family watched the surreal scene play out remotely through their home security app. The stranger allegedly got into Rowley’s home near 20th and...

EXCLUSIVE: The volume of reality TV production in Los Angeles has been falling over the last five years and the situation is set to worsen as one of the biggest music competition shows is set to leave the city. Deadline understands that American Idol is moving production from Los Angeles to the Atlanta area in Georgia. The ABC show is moving production for its upcoming Season 25, which premieres in the new year, Fremantle, which produces the show with Sony Pictures Television-backed 19 Entertainment, confirmed to Deadline. We hear that Fremantle is in final talks with a studio complex in...

The New York Times came under fire Wednesday over a baffling passage that appeared in an article about an Israeli documentary — which said the Jewish state “still largely view themselves as the victims of Oct. 7.” The Sept. 14 article, penned by Jerusalem-based reporter Isabel Kershner, covers the controversy over the documentary film “NAZA,” which chronicles the killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and just won the Special Jury Prize at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The article details the criticism about the 80-minute film lodged by some Israeli officials — who called it “based on blood libels” and...

Travis Kelce has been tagged as a victim in a major Ponzi scheme by prosecutors in a Missouri court, per multiple reports. The Chiefs star tight end was named in court on Tuesday as one of many to be wronged by Siddharth Jawahar, described by the U.S. Attorney’s Office as an illegal immigrant who was sentenced to 11 years in prison for fraud that took away more than $35 million from investors. The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in U.S. District Court in St. Louis in January and was ordered to pay over $31 million in...

Peter Berkowitz is one of those rare public intellectuals who doesn’t mind being on the “wrong” side of hot controversies—which is to say, he’s willing to clash with the “progressive” juggernaut. A former professor at Harvard and George Mason Law School, Berkowitz is currently a fellow at the Hoover Institution and a columnist for RealClearPolitics. His new book, Reclaiming Liberal Education in America, is a collection of his essays on higher education written between 2014 and 2025. They give the reader a comprehensive view of the problems that beset our colleges and universities. He writes, “The nation’s elite institutions of...

*** RealClearPolitics polling averages on Wednesday show Democrats ahead in Texas, Michigan, Maine, Alaska, Ohio, and New Hampshire.*** In Texas, Democrat state Rep. James Talarico leads Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton by 2.6 points in the latest RCP average, 47.6% to 45%. Talarico leads in eight of the 10 polls included in the current RCP average, while Paxton leads in one*** Michigan also shows a narrow Democrat advantage, with Abdul El-Sayed leading Republican Mike Rogers by 1.8 points, 46.5% to 44.7%, in the current RCP average. Seven of the 10 polls in the polling set show El-Sayed ahead, two show...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate hike in more than three years and indicated another to come, as part of an effort aimed at combating inflation brought on by spiraling oil prices and other factors. In a move that markets widely anticipated, the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to increase its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, or 25 basis points. The move brought the overnight funds rate to a target range of 3.75%-4%. “Inflation remains elevated,” the committee said in its brief post-meeting statement. “Today’s policy action will support a...