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Texas education officials have approved a sweeping rewrite of high school social studies standards that Muslim students, civil rights advocates and some academic advisers say embeds anti-Muslim bias into public school classrooms, including language linking so-called “radical Islam” to the 9/11 attacks and portraying early Islamic history through warfare and slavery. The Republican-controlled State Board of Education finalized the standards after days of contentious debate, brushing aside calls from Muslim Texans to revise language they warned could stigmatize students and reinforce stereotypes about Islam. Among the most disputed provisions is a requirement for students to learn that “radical Islam” motivated...

Rumors are flying in China over Xi Jinping begin taken ill during his visit to India. They include claims that he suffered a minor illness to experiencing a stroke worsened by by failure to treat early. Some wild claims say rival group armies are mobilizing for civil war. No confirmation but Treasury Sec Bessent is meeting with Chinese counterparts today and we’ll see if the summit for Sept. 24 is still on

Leaks the past few months out of David Ellison‘s inner circle said the CEO would take his Paramount ball and leave California if state attorneys general didn’t back off on their antitrust suit to stop the $111 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery. And now it looks like the ball really is in play. Paramount brass have told key officials and stakeholders the company is “deadly serious” about leaving California and the home of Hollywood after over 100 years, sources tell me. Among those told a deposit has been put on the moving trucks is L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and...

A Trussville woman has been arrested after a theft and significant property damage at the PlayStation Family Fun Center on Watterson Lane, according to Trussville officials. Police responded to the property Sunday evening and quickly established a perimeter. Officers also deployed a police drone, which helped track the suspect as she moved through the property, tried to hide and eventually fled through an opening in the fence. The coordinated response led to the arrest of 40-year-old Jenna Marie Tidmore of Trussville. She is charged with theft and criminal mischief. Officials said the crime caused an estimated $30,000 in damage...

He was dressed to kill. A suspected serial killer who reportedly confessed to 80 murders was arrested in Brazil while trying to evade justice by dressing as a woman. Wild video shows cops arresting Jorlan Alves da Silva, 33, in a striped dress and loosely fitting long black wig during the dramatic raid in Paraiba state, northeastern Brazil, Record R7 reported. Cops pulled off the wig, revealing the smiling suspected serial killer’s short hair. Silva, 33, was also wearing women’s sandals, dark glasses and painted nails — and carrying a 2-year-old child, O Globo reported — with cops still trying...

Brian Cates - Political Columnist & Pundit repostedKing Jimmie XVII@JimmieShaman·6hICYMI: One of the most important reveals of Kash’s hearing yesterday concerning the FBI’s 2020 Georgia election investigation.“Not if they are sealed”…September 15, 2026 TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~~Kash Patel: ....and he found a sufficiency of evidence of probable cause to execute that raid....Mr. Welch: ...and have you issu......has there been a single indictment from this deployment of so many hundreds of FBI agents to Georgia to investigate an election that had two recounts won by hand? A single indictment?Kash Patel: Once again that matter is ongoing so I'm not going to comment on...

A Haitian illegal immigrant who went viral for a video of him shouting 'Biden forever' and 'F*** Trump' when he was arrested has been deported back to his homeland. Wisteguens Jean Quely Charles, 25, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Boston in January. Authorities said the illegal migrant had a lengthy rap sheet of at least 17 convictions. An alleged member of the Back Block Money Gang, Charles' convictions included assault on a public employee, resisting arrest, possession of controlled substances and carrying a dangerous weapon.

IRGC is going into people's houses - it could shut down dissent or it could enflame it. Time will tell. IRGC has been moving mobile missile launchers and evacuating government officials.

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...