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Thanks to some thoughtful collaboration between researchers and traditional Inupiat whalers (who are still allowed to hunt for survival), scientists have used amino acids in the eyes of whales and harpoon fragments lodged in their carcasses to determine the age of these enormous animals—and they found at least three bowhead whales who were living prior to 1850. Granted those are bowheads, not sperm whales like the fictional Moby Dick, (and none of them are albino, I think), but still. Pretty amazing, huh? Bowhead whales reach an average length of 35 to 45 feet, and they are believed to live over...

An outrageous travesty of justice occurred in Missouri recently that could cause millions of Americans to lose faith in the criminal justice system. As KSHB reported on Wednesday, a radical judge ordered a deranged leftist credibly accused in federal court of firebombing two Tesla Cybertrucks and charging stations in Kansas City to be released from prison back on April 24. United States Magistrate Judge Jessica Hedges ruled that it was wrong to hold 19-year-old Owen McIntire behind bars before trial for his alleged crimes after agreeing with the defense’s desperate pleas for mercy. FOX4 obtained court documents that revealed the...

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer ATTN DOGE: NIH Renews Massive Funding for Fauci’s Infamously Cruel Monkey Island ⁦ @DrJBhattacharya really isn’t proving that he’s all he was hyped up to be as the new @NIH Director Why is NIH under the new Trump admin abusing monkeys, dogs & cats? From thegatewaypundit.com 5:50 PM · Apr 30, 2025

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson Criminal aliens at a Texas detention center spelled out "SOS" as a Reuters drone passed overhead. How’d they know it was coming? How was it so perfectly executed? Sure looks staged.... From Collin Rugg 4:47 PM · Apr 30, 2025

James O’Keefe, the fearless journalist who rocked the political establishment with undercover exposés of ACORN, Planned Parenthood, and Big Tech, has just released a cryptic and chilling message that’s raising alarms across social media. In a video posted to X, O’Keefe appeared visibly shaken as he stated, “I’m going dark. I’m not suicidal. Pray for me. This one scares me, guys.” The message was accompanied by the ominous caption: “T-minus seven days.” “T-minus seven days” is a countdown expression that means seven days remain until a specific event occurs. Watch:

The Richmond, Virginia-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday voted 9-6 to keep the block on DOGE’s access to social security data. The court’s entire slate of judges (en banc) weighed in on Wednesday: Chief Judge Diaz (Obama), Judge King (Clinton), Judge Gregory (Clinton), Judge Wynn (Obama), Judge Thacker (Obama), Judge Harris (Obama), Judge Heytens (Biden), Judge Benjamin (Biden), and Judge Berner (Biden) voted to deny the motion to stay. Judge Wilkinson (Reagan), Judge Niemeyer (George H.W. Bush), Judge Agee (George W. Bush), Judge Richardson (Trump), Judge Quattlebaum (Trump), and Judge Rushing (Trump) voted to grant the motion to...

BREAKING: President Trump hints at suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus to conduct mass deportations🚨

As we saw previously in Term-1, President Trump has again divided and assigned trade negotiation responsibility to key cabinet members. In this interview with CNN National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett smiles and walks effortlessly through the narrative engineering attempt by CNN pundit Kassie Hunt.This is a must watch interview if you are following the details of the current global trade renegotiation.Hassett outlines the current status of trade negotiations with some of the biggest trade partners in the world. India and Southeast Asia are being handled by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is in control of the...

Shiva Bagheri, a dance and fitness instructor, community organizer and activist leads a dance celebrating the accomplishments of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a recently formed task force seeking to root out waste, fraud, bloat and corruption in the Federal Government. This performance took place at a rally in Beverly Gardens Park in Beverly Hills, Calif. on April 27, 2025.

his week, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard declassified and released former President Biden's "Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism." To combat this threat, the plan called for censorship, closing people's bank accounts, and gun control. It directed the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Department of Homeland Security to target incidents of concerning non-criminal behavior. Examples of which included excessive church attendance, criticizing government policies, participating in MAGA rallies, and membership in the National Rifle Association. Gabbard characterized the plan as "a direct assault on the civil liberties of law-abiding citizens. Resources were diverted from the...

We must remember not just South Vietnam's fall, but why it fell.Fifty years ago, April 30, 1975, the world watched in horror and disbelief as the last American helicopter lifted off from the rooftop of our embassy in Saigon. South Vietnam had fallen in the manner of Ernest Hemingway, “first gradually, then suddenly”: a decades-long war, a relative peace, and then a mad dash by the North Vietnamese Army that consumed the country in less than a month. The tragedy was simply breathtaking. And horribly, horribly unnecessary.What followed was not peace, but darkness. The swift collapse of South Vietnam, Cambodia,...

In 2022 Gavin Newsom signed SB 960 which allows non US citizens to become police officers in California. Meet Belmont police officer Felipe Gomes, a Brazilian citizen with a history of domestic violence that was just arrested for rape of someone unable to give consent due to a mental disorder.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Safe communities rely on the backbone and heroism of a tough and well-equipped police force. My Administration is steadfastly committed to empowering State and local law enforcement to firmly police dangerous criminal behavior and protect innocent citizens. When local leaders demonize law enforcement and impose legal and political handcuffs that make aggressively enforcing the law impossible, crime thrives and innocent citizens and small business owners suffer. My Administration will therefore: establish...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Federal supremacy with respect to immigration, national security, and foreign policy is axiomatic. The Constitution provides the Federal Government with plenary authority regarding immigration to protect the sovereignty of our Nation and to conduct relations with other nations, who must be able to deal with one national Government on such matters. This power is sometimes contained in specific constitutional provisions: Article II of the Constitution vests the power to protect national...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. America’s truck drivers are essential to the strength of our economy, the security of our Nation, and the livelihoods of the American people. Every day, truckers perform the demanding and dangerous work of transporting the Nation’s goods to businesses, customers, and communities safely, reliably, and efficiently. Proficiency in English, which I designated as our official national language in Executive Order 14224 of March 1, 2025 (Designating English as the Official Language of the...

One of President Trump's most volatile characteristics can also be one of his most endearing. While I'm reluctant to speak with certainty about eras before my lived experience, I can say that in my lifetime there has never been a political enigma like The Donald. Politicians don't talk like he talks. They don't attack their enemies like he attacks his enemies. They don't pressure the status quo like he pressures the status quo. And not since at least Franklin Roosevelt has a president been so comfortable governing by spitball - that is, throwing some idea or policy against the wall...

VIDEO"Thank you sir! May I have another?"That scene from "Animal House" will reverberate through your mind when watching President Trump doling it out to ABC's Terry Moran during their interview. Poor Terry learned the hard way that when you try to play Fake News games with President Trump, he will go full Animal House on you.

Automated traffic now accounts for the majority of activity on the web, with the share of bad bot traffic surging from 32% to 37% annually last year, according to Thales. The French defense giant’s 2025 Imperva Bad Bot Report is now in its 12th year, and based as always on data collected by Imperva’s global network, which apparently blocked 13 trillion bad bot requests across thousands of domains and industries last year. Bot traffic accounted for 51% of the total last year, the first time it has surpassed human activity in a decade, the vendor claimed. It said that malicious...

Tariffs are not just an economic issue—they are an existential necessity... America has run global trade deficits every year since 1974. The cumulative value of these deficits is over $25 trillion in today’s dollars. Americans have also invested $6.68 trillion abroad, building factories, laboratories and infrastructure in foreign countries. To add insult to injury, foreigners have stolen almost $10 trillion worth of American intellectual property and technology. This has been catastrophic for America’s industrial base. To begin with, over 60,000 factories have been relocated to China, Mexico, and Europe. This caused job loss on an unprecedented scale—America has lost over...

The Republican-led Texas House has officially caved to the radical Left’s war on free speech—and shockingly, it’s being spearheaded by none other than the state’s own scandal-plagued former House Speaker Dade Phelan. On Tuesday, House Bill 366 passed with bipartisan support, making it a potential crime in the state of Texas to share or distribute AI-generated and “altered media”—including political memes—without a government-approved disclaimer on political ads. According to the bill: “A person may not, with the intent to influence an election, knowingly cause to be published, distributed, or broadcast political advertising that includes an image, audio recording, or video...