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The 2025 Prayag Maha Kumbh Lela is currently taking place in India, marking the largest human gathering ever recorded. With an expected attendance of 400 million to 450 million people, this grand event has already surpassed expectations, with over 500 million visitors as of February 14, 2025. This massive pilgrimage, known as the “Festival of the Sacred Pitcher,” takes place along the sacred Ganges River at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh government has reported that more than 500 million devotees have taken a holy dip in the river since the event began on January 13, 2025....

Another day, another half-truth from the mainstream media. This time, CBS’s 60 Minutes wants you to believe Kristina Drye was “fired” from USAID during the agency’s chaotic shutdown. But there’s a problem with that narrative—she wasn’t a USAID employee. Not even close. Drye was a speechwriter working for XLA and Jefferson Partners, firms that provided services for USAID Administrator Samantha Power. When Power resigned, Drye’s contract ended. That’s not a firing. That’s what happens when your boss leaves and the job disappears. But CBS didn’t bother telling you that, did they? The USAID shutdown wasn’t some random event—it was part...

Imagine waking up at dawn to six armed officers storming your home—not for drugs, not for weapons, but for posting a meme. That’s exactly what happened in northwest Germany, and CBS was there, cameras rolling, treating it like some noble act of justice. This isn’t journalism. This is collaboration with tyranny. The suspect’s crime? Sharing a so-called "racist" cartoon online. German authorities, operating under their draconian hate speech laws, seized his laptop and cellphone, claiming these devices were used to spread "hate." Fifty homes were raided that day. Fifty people had their doors kicked in. For words. Germany’s speech laws,...

Egg prices in the United States have reached record highs, with the average price of a dozen Grade A eggs hitting $4.95 in January 2025, the highest on record. This surge in prices is primarily due to the ongoing bird flu outbreak, which has significantly impacted the poultry industry. Since the bird flu outbreak began in 2022, over 100 million chickens have been culled to prevent the spread of the virus. This extensive culling has resulted in a significant reduction in the population of egg-laying chickens, leading to a shortage in egg supply and subsequently driving up prices.

The U.S. Army just made it official—transgender individuals are no longer allowed to enlist, and all gender transition procedures for current service members are coming to a halt. This isn’t a suggestion. It’s a directive. The Pentagon is shutting down an era of social experiments within the military, and the message is clear: identity politics have no place in national defense. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s memo leaves no room for doubt. Effective immediately, new enlistments of individuals with gender dysphoria are paused, and gender-related medical procedures—including surgeries and new hormone treatments—are off the table. The military isn’t a platform for...

Governor Ron DeSantis has announced a significant policy initiative to either abolish or drastically lower property taxes in the state. This proposal is part of his broader strategy to reduce the tax burden on residents and stimulate economic growth. DeSantis argues that high property taxes are a considerable financial strain on homeowners and businesses. By reducing or eliminating these taxes, he aims to increase disposable income for residents and attract more investment into the state. The proposal has received support from various business groups and fiscal conservatives who believe that lower taxes will lead to increased economic activity and job...

Trump isn’t just cleaning house—he’s rewriting the rulebook. The Deep State bloat that’s been clogging Washington for decades is in the crosshairs, and DOGE (Digital Operations and Government Efficiency) is the scalpel. The brilliance? It’s legally untouchable. Attorney Tom Renz has laid out exactly how Trump pulled this off. The plan is airtight because it doesn’t require new laws or congressional approval—it just redirects existing systems. Here’s how: Trump has executive power, but he can’t just dismantle the bureaucratic machine overnight. That’s where 44 USCS Chapter 36 comes in. This law governs the United States Digital Service (USDS)—a department already...

Washington state is grappling with a multi-billion dollar budget deficit, prompting some Democrats to propose a wealth tax as a potential solution. However, there is still no consensus on the exact size of the deficit or a clear analysis of how the state arrived at this point. Washington is facing a severe budget crisis, with the state’s deficit reaching billions of dollars after years of unchecked spending. Some Democrats are suggesting that a wealth tax could be the answer to this financial problem. However, there is still no agreement on the precise amount of the deficit, nor is there a...

The Trump administration has directed federal agencies to fire most trial period and probationary staff within two days. This decision targets many of the roughly 200,000 people hired by the federal government within the last two years. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has advised agencies to dismiss employees who are still within their probationary period, typically one or two years. This directive affects 200,000 probationary employees. Additionally, about 75,000 federal employees have accepted buyouts. In total, 275,000 federal employees are impacted by these measures.

You have got to be pretty sick to want to damage the U.S. economy just so that you can make President Trump look bad. Whether you agree with President Trump’s policies or not, we should all want things to start moving in a positive direction. For the past several years, economic conditions have steadily deteriorated, and now we are at a real crisis point. It is literally going to take a miracle to turn our economic momentum around, and there are those that want to make this task even more difficult by purposely sabotaging the system. On February 28th, a...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has announced that she will lead a newly-formed Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets. This initiative aims to bring transparency to some of the most closely guarded information held by the federal government. The task force will focus on several high-profile subjects, including: The 9/11 files Jeffrey Epstein files JFK assassination Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination COVID-19 origins UFOs

The United States is rapidly becoming a “post-industrial” nation. All great economic empires eventually become fat and lazy and squander the great wealth that their forefathers left them, but the pace at which America is doing this is absolutely breathtaking. Nobody can deny that our economy is a complete and utter mess right now, and we only have ourselves to blame. It was America that was at the forefront of the industrial revolution. It was America that showed the world how to mass produce everything from automobiles to televisions to airplanes. It was the great American manufacturing base that crushed...

The mask is off. Democrats aren’t just resisting Trump’s return—they’re threatening to shut down the government to stop him. Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) made it crystal clear on NBC’s Meet the Press. When asked if Democrats would withhold votes needed to keep the government running, Kim didn’t mince words: “They shouldn’t count on that this time,” he said. Pressed on whether Democrats were prepared to grind the government to a halt, Kim confirmed, “So yes.” The reason? Trump is doing exactly what he promised: draining the swamp. And the swamp is fighting back. Trump’s war on corruption just got its...

Did you know that approximately $1,000,000,000 in obviously fraudulent payments flow through the U.S. Treasury’s payment system every week? Until Elon Musk and his DOGE team stepped in, nobody in the government was doing anything about this theft. Please read all the way to the end of this article for the details. Suspiciously, the Democrats are desperately trying to get the courts to keep Elon Musk and his team out of the U.S. Treasury’s payment system. Why is that? What are they working so hard to hide? The truth is that Elon Musk and his DOGE team are beginning to...

Have you ever stopped to ask where nearly a quarter of your tax dollars is really going? Recent estimates hint that somewhere between 23.87% and 25% of the Treasury’s budget might be vanishing into a vortex of fraud and waste. That’s not mere mismanagement—it’s a systemic drain on your hard-earned money. And why is the entire DC swamp, along with the mainstream media, scrambling to hush up what the DOGE team is laying bare? It’s almost as if they’re terrified that the truth might burst forth and expose the rot at the core of our government. In a move that...

The entire world is watching in horror as the crimes of the United States government under the Biden administration are being revealed by DOGE for all the world to see. Election interference, overthrowing governments, ruthless censorship of ideas, funding terrorism, funding abortion, targeting politicians for harrassment and promoting the exploitation of children are just some of the crimes against humanity that our government has been committing. In an article that I posted earlier, I documented how government agencies have literally been buying off major media outlets. If you have a conscience, you should be deeply sickened by what our government...

Our founders intended for us to have a very small, very limited federal government. Instead, we have the largest and most bloated government in the entire history of the world. So we should all be glad that someone is finally attempting to get it under control. For far too long, ultra-powerful government agencies have been running around doing whatever they want and making our lives miserable in the process. Congress has been able to exercise very little control over these monstrosities, and their leaders had little fear of ever being held accountable for their actions. But thanks to Donald Trump...

Every year, tens of billions of our tax dollars have been used by USAID to exert “soft power” and cause chaos all over the globe. Most Americans that have heard of it think that USAID’s primary purpose is to deliver humanitarian assistance to nations that desperately need it. But the truth is that only a very small fraction of USAID’s budget goes to help the poor, and even when that is the case there are usually very alarming strings attached. Ultimately, any humanitarian assistance provided by USAID is simply a cover story for the real purpose of the organization. It...

The largest and most bloated bureaucracy in the history of the world has been thrown into a state of complete and utter chaos. I have no idea how all of this is going to end, but it sure is entertaining to watch. President Trump is firing people left and right, and Elon Musk is storming around Washington D.C. like a bull in a china shop. I think that the words “shock and awe” don’t even begin to describe what we are witnessing. Nobody has ever dared to go into these ultra-powerful government agencies and start turning the tables over. When...

Do they know something that we do not? All of a sudden, hedge funds are betting billions of dollars that the stock market is going to crash. If they are wrong, they will lose a ton of money, but if they are correct they will make absolutely enormous profits. So why are they feeling so confident that a stock market collapse is in our future? Without a doubt, the real economy has been moving in the wrong direction for quite some time, but for years there have been relentless efforts to keep the financial markets propped up. Could it be...