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  • Nolte: Anti-Capitalist ‘Animal Farm’ Bombs, ‘Michael’ Still Defying Woke Critics

    05/04/2026 8:53:16 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 10 replies
    Breitbart ^ | May 04, 2026 | John Nolte
    Director Andy Serkis took the anti-communist classic Animal Farm and turned it into an anti-capitalist children’s movie complete with fart jokes. The result? Well, God bless America, it was humiliated at the box office with a catastrophic $3.4 million debut weekend, even though it opened on 2,600 screens. Woke fails again. Not even an all-star voice cast could save it. Seth Rogen, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, and Kathleen Turner all contributed to this $35 million humiliation, and that doesn’t include promotion costs. Serkis attended the Animal Farm premiere, attacking President Trump with a red hat that...
  • Belgium Plans to Nationalize Nuclear Power Plants

    05/04/2026 8:05:05 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 9 replies
    The European Conservative ^ | 3 May, 2026 | TEC News
    The government is in negotiations with French Engie to take over the seven nuclear plants the company manages in Belgium. Doel Nuclear Plant in Doel, East Flanders, Belgium. In a significant policy shift, Belgium is moving to bring its nuclear power plants under state control. The government says it plans to buy the country’s entire nuclear fleet from French energy company Engie, calling it a key step to secure long-term energy supplies. Prime Minister Bart De Wever said the move is about stability at a time when Europe is dealing with shaky energy markets and geopolitical tensions. “This government is...
  • Spike Lee Calls Supreme Court Voiding Race-Based Redistricting Map in Louisiana an ‘Attack on Voters’

    05/04/2026 7:39:14 AM PDT · by dennisw · 47 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/03/ | JH
    Director Spike Lee, in a recent interview with CNN, called the United State Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling declaring a race-based redistricting map in Louisiana an “attack on voters.” “They’re going to be movies and documentaries about this period of the United States of America. With this guy in the White House — just down the block, right?” Spike Lee said of President Donald Trump. “It’s not the first this country’s been through stuff. And it’s found a better way to live and we gotta work at it.” “Let’s realize, black folks, we got a lot of our stuff through voting,”...
  • Watch: Wild Video Captures Plane Striking Bakery Truck During Newark Landing

    05/04/2026 5:21:24 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 56 replies
    Red State ^ | May 03, 2026 | Nick Arama
    A bakery truck driver had a very scary situation that he didn't anticipate on Sunday. The driver, Warren Boardley, had traveled from Baltimore to New Jersey, heading to his destination just off the New Jersey Turnpike near Newark Liberty International Airport. That's when this happened. 🚨 JUST IN: A United Airlines Boeing 767 just hit a DELIVERY TRUCK on the highway while attempting to land at Newark Liberty International Airport in New JerseyThis is INSANE video.Flight 169, inbound from Italy, landed safely, thank God 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/8EWaVL5ApE— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 3, 2026What happened? According to Chuck Paterakis, vice president of...
  • We may already have access to a bountiful, safe supply of clean energy

    05/03/2026 9:20:35 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 66 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 05/03/2026 | Jerold Levoritz
    Here is the unvarnished truth that has been kept secret by the choices of important people. At present population levels, there may be more than enough energy in the world for the next 100,000 years (maybe for millions of years) that is relatively easy to obtain, clean, and safe, and that would be productive of peace among men, because there would be fewer fights over resources. The fuel of the future is thorium, and it is being withheld from the world because too few people know about it to demand it—and there’s no reason for this ignorance. Why the secrecy?...
  • Iran attacks cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz

    05/03/2026 1:07:34 PM PDT · by Libloather · 56 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/03/26 | Ronny Reyes
    A cargo ship was struck by multiple small craft while sailing near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, UK military officials said. The ship, which was not immediately identified, was hit right off the coast of Sirik, Iran, just east of the strait, according to the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre. All crew members were reported safe, with no group immediately claiming responsibility for the attack. Iran’s military, however, has repeatedly warned any ship that tries to navigate the strait would be attacked unless they pay a toll and prove they are not affiliated with the US...
  • Sen Warren blasted for cheering blocking of merger that might have saved Spirit Airlines

    05/03/2026 12:42:07 PM PDT · by Libloather · 43 replies
    Fox Business ^ | 5/02/26 | Jasmine Baehr
    Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is under fire after Spirit Airlines abruptly shut down, with critics citing her claim that blocking a merger that could have saved the troubled carrier was "a Biden win for flyers." Spirit announced early Saturday it would cease operations immediately, canceling all flights and shutting down customer service, leaving many travelers stranded. The collapse is reigniting debate over whether federal regulators got it wrong in blocking a proposed JetBlue-Spirit merger, with opponents now arguing the decision may have reduced competition and contributed to the airline’s downfall. "I’ve warned for months that a @JetBlue-@SpiritAirlines merger would have...
  • Ballots arrive Monday as turnout concerns shadow California primary (vote Swalwell)

    05/03/2026 12:06:16 PM PDT · by Libloather · 8 replies
    ABC 10 ^ | 5/01/26 | Jenny Huh
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s June 2 primary election is approaching, with ballots set to begin arriving for registered voters Monday. In the weeks leading up to Election Day, voters will receive four key pieces of mail: a state voter information guide, a county voter information guide, a sample ballot and an official ballot. “Democracy is a messy business, and it can take some work,” political analyst Steve Swatt said. “And it’s incumbent on us as voters to do our homework.” At the top of the ticket is the race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, a contest that analysts say remains...
  • Rising singer dismembered teen who threatened to expose him in kiddie pool with chainsaw: DA (D4vd)

    05/03/2026 9:47:17 AM PDT · by Libloather · 54 replies
    Fox News ^ | 4/30/26 | Michael Ruiz
    A 14-year-old California girl was dismembered with a chainsaw in a backyard inflatable pool after threatening to expose her alleged child predator ex-boyfriend, according to Los Angeles prosecutors. David Anthony Burke, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter known as "D4vd," faces charges of murder, child sex abuse and the unlawful mutilation of human remains after prosecutors allege he sexually abused the teen for months before killing her, cutting up her remains and allowing them to decompose in the trunk of his Tesla. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held without bail. The morning after allegedly killing Celeste Rivas Hernandez, he sat...
  • The national debt is the same size as the economy. It’s a ‘disturbing warning and a call to action’

    05/03/2026 9:35:28 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 23 replies
    Fortune ^ | Mar 1, 2026 | Nick Lichtenberg
    Six months before Election Day, America’s $39 trillion national debt has moved from an abstract fiscal concern to a dinner-table anxiety… A new national survey released Thursday by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation found that 92% of registered voters are concerned that the national debt is fueling inflation and driving up their personal cost of living, including prices for groceries, energy, housing, and transportation. The figure includes 94% of Democrats, 92% of independents, and 89% of Republicans — a degree of bipartisan alignment rarely seen in today’s fractured political environment… The concern extends beyond deficits in the abstract. Eighty-eight percent...
  • Enhanced Weekly Roundup, Now with Extra Communism - and a light sprinkling of intermittent fascism

    05/03/2026 8:23:27 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 11 replies
    Tell Me How This Ends ^ | 2 May, 2026 | Chris Bray
    Going a bit farther. At the Federalist this week, I wrote about the truly amazing debate between the top candidates in CA-11, competing to see who will replace Boxwine Pelosi: “The California Primary Election Season Is Screaming A Warning For The Nation.” And I said that “if you have a couple of hours to clearly understand the dark future of the Democrat Party, this is it.” It really is, if you feel like torturing your brain for two hours. But, excerpts follow the big video, I think I can give you the whole flavor in just a couple of minutes....
  • AI chatbots can prioritize flattery over facts – and that carries serious risks (“sycophantic AI”)

    05/03/2026 6:19:25 AM PDT · by DoodleBob · 12 replies
    The Conversation ^ | May 1, 2026 | Nir Eisikovits, Cody Turner
    In the summer of 2025, OpenAI released ChatGPT 5 and removed its predecessor from the market. Many subscribers to the old model had become attached to its warm, enthusiastically agreeable tone and complained at the loss of their ingratiating robotic companion. Such was the scale of frustration that Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, had to acknowledge that the rollout was botched, and the company reinstated access.Anyone who’s been told by a chatbot that their ideas are brilliant is familiar with artificial intelligence sycophancy: its tendency to tell users what they want to hear. Sometimes it’s very explicit – “that is such...
  • "The Shocking Story of NIH Secretly Funding COVID"

    05/02/2026 9:09:24 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 61 replies
    Outspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf ^ | May 02, 2026 | Dr Naomi Wolf
    Dr Eric Donaldson's 2019 CV: SARS-COV Research Weaponizing Bat Coronaviruses Was Funded by Dr Fauci IN MULTIPLE SITES AMERICA for 12 Years Before "The Pandemic" ======================================================== Here is the full transcript [edited for clarity]: It’s Naomi Wolf with Outspoken. I’m here tonight to talk about a huge news story that broke in the last couple of days. It could be thread that unravels the whole COVID virus/vaccine perpetrator issue. A criminal syndicate, essentially. Even just this initial gesture is so transformational. It breaks the spell of, “No one can be held accountable, no one can be investigated from the untouchable...
  • “What am I supposed to buy now—just basics? None of the snacks go through on EBT.”

    05/02/2026 8:13:34 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 124 replies
    X / Matrix Mysteries ^ | May 02, 2026 | Staff
    “What am I supposed to buy now—just basics? None of the snacks go through on EBT.” “I’m at checkout and it keeps declining—now I gotta use my OWN hard earned money for food." The level of fraud and waste that went unnoticed for years is staggering. 1:14 VIDEO AT LINK OF WOMAN B!TCHING ABOUT EBT NOT PAYING FOR JUNK FOODS................
  • Anti-ICE Idiots Took Over Home Depot for Whatever Reason

    05/02/2026 8:03:15 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    Rumble Via Liberty Daily ^ | May 02, 2026 | Staff
    ‘ICE out’ activists take over a Home Depot in Los Angeles They have professionally made signs are are stopping the store from being able to do businesses LAPD had to be called to intervene. Protesters blocked checkout stands Clearly professional organized and funded. We are all so sick of this. Just arrest them and who’s funding them SOURCE: https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2050586105649799411
  • The American dream is dying. Good

    05/02/2026 6:56:05 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 79 replies
    The Spectator ^ | 05/02/2026 | Toby Young
    The American dream is dying, according to the Times. To mark the US’s 250th anniversary, the paper commissioned YouGov to explore whether the country’s citizens still believe that if you ‘work hard and play by the rules’ you will eventually be successful. Turns out, only 38 per cent of the respondents think this applies to all Americans, while 59 per cent think the American dream is now less attainable than it was when they were growing up. In addition, 38 per cent rated today’s quality of life as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’, compared with 60 per cent who said the same...
  • Prego is selling a surveillance device that records your family dinner conversations and sends them to the Library of Congress. It sold out immediately.

    05/02/2026 6:42:33 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 37 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | May 02, 2026 | Mister Retrops
    Prego Pasta Sauce announced they were teaming up with StoryCorps to create a device that would store pasta while also eavesdropping on, recording, and, according to some reports, uploading your family's dinner conversations to the Library of Congress. It gets even crazier. The devices sold out almost instantly! (Probably picked up by some guys in an unmarked van). To be fair, though, Prego promised the devices won't upload your conversations without permission. And it seems pretty innocent. The Prego x StoryCorps Connection Keeper is a simple, AI-free, screen-free device designed to help families create an audio scrapbook of the moments...
  • Ilhan Omar’s name came up six times in $250M fraud case - after she loosened oversight of fed funded food programs

    05/02/2026 5:39:23 PM PDT · by Libloather · 6 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/02/26 | Gabrielle Fahmy
    “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar’s name appears at least six times in recently resurfaced court documents from the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud case, fueling speculation about whether the Minnesota socialist had a hand in the widespread scam in her district. The documents were part of the 2025 federal trial of Aimee Bock, the founder of the Feeding our Future nonprofit who was convicted of wire fraud, conspiracy, and bribery for masterminding the scheme that falsely claimed to serve millions of meals to children while pocketing federal funds through bogus food sites and shell companies. Bock is in custody awaiting...
  • Thunderbird Reactor: New room-temperature fusion reactor that fits on a tabletop

    05/02/2026 11:48:38 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 35 replies
    www.thebrighterside.news ^ | April 19, 2026 | Joshua Shavit & Joseph Shavit
    A benchtop fusion reactor increased neutron output by packing more deuterium into palladium with electrochemistry. Tabletop fusion reactor boosts deuterium-deuterium fusion rates by 15% using electrochemical loading in palladium. (CREDIT: UBC) Nuclear fusion usually brings to mind sprawling facilities, blistering temperatures, and machines built on a scale that can swallow budgets whole. This device does something stranger. It sits on a lab bench, runs at room temperature, and still produces a measurable fusion signal. Researchers at the University of British Columbia say their compact setup, called the Thunderbird Reactor, increased fusion rates by about 15% by packing more deuterium into...
  • WHEN Was the Last Time You Wrote a Regular Check?

    05/02/2026 11:31:04 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 200 replies
    SELF | May 2, 2026 | PJ-Comix
    It struck me earlier today that I have NOT written a regular check in years. Yes, I have written a few bank checks but as far as personal checks I can't think of any that I have written any in at least 5 and more likely 10 or more years. At one time in my life and in the lives of many others, writing checks were a frequent activity. However, after the onset of the Internet and doing transactions over the web my check writing activities dwindled further and further until it has reached ZERO except for the few times...