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  • Why People Prefer Socialism to Capitalism

    09/14/2026 7:48:28 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 88 replies
    This movement is not new for humans, or the world. most people, surprisingly, actually do prefer slavery (dependence) to freedom (risk). Dependence upon someone else means, well, somebody else takes care of us. And history tells us that such dependence — and slavery — is far more common than human freedom. How many people voluntarily place themselves into dependence upon government? In one of history’s supreme oxymorons, they use their freedom to place themselves in slavery. They lack the virtue, the character to take care of themselves, and to thus be truly free. And so, they turn to socialism, which...
  • GiveSendGo Created After Lone Black Holdout Juror in Clancy Murder Case DOXXED Amid Harassment Campaign Spearheaded by NBC Boston

    09/14/2026 6:05:08 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 75 replies
    thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Sep. 13, 2026 | Cristina Laila
    <p>NBC Boston spearheaded a harassment campaign against the lone black juror holdout in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial – and now he has been doxxed.</p><p>The Gateway Pundit will not share the juror’s name.</p><p>Later Friday, NBC Boston reported that they obtained the lone juror’s court records, interviewed family members, and repeatedly contacted his landlord.</p>
  • So what about Qatar tipping off KSM and the Islamic 911 massacres?

    09/14/2026 2:12:59 AM PDT · by Milagros · 11 replies
    Compilation
    FBI agent Pellegrino; "But there were missed opportunities before. And you always have to wonder what else could have been done to possibly have picked him up. And if we had picked him up, I just, I can't imagine that an event like 9-11 would have happened." CBS. Sep 11, 2026. How '9/11 mastermind' slipped through FBI's fingers. BBC. Sep 5, 2021. Mohammed seems to have been tipped off about the US interest in him and fled Qatar, ending up in Afghanistan.''
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    09/14/2026 12:52:19 AM PDT · by Apple Pan Dowdy · 7 replies
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  • Hillary Clinton: Trump Is The "Olympic Champion Of Lying," "He Lies Just For The Sake Of Lying"

    09/13/2026 2:04:10 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 105 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 9/10/2026 | Ian Schwartz
    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump the "Olympic champion of lying" in an interview on Thursday's broadcast of "Morning Joe." JOE SCARBOROUGH, 'MORNING JOE' HOST: (snip) You just, but, but you talk about not learning lessons. You look at Donald Trump and COVID and Donald Trump telling Bob Woodward after it's on tape. Basically I lied about COVID because I wanted the economy to reopen up. FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON: Well, that is exactly the lesson we did not learn. And you know, look, this, this president is the Olympic champion of lying. He lies...
  • DeSantis Offers “Asylum” to Lone Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Case Who is Now Being Harassed by NBC

    09/13/2026 9:16:15 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 28 replies
    thegatewaypundit.com ^ | Sep. 12, 2026 | Jordan Conradson
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is now offering sanctuary to the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial as he faces harassment from the leftwing media and will likely be doxxed once his identity is revealed. “I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated,” DeSantis said, offering to give him “asylum” in Florida." "A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media. If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum —...
  • Funky Soul Optimus

    09/13/2026 5:50:33 AM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 2 replies
    X ^ | September 13, 2026 | Optimus
    Who's ready for urban Funky Soul Optimus with 'tude shopping for new threads?
  • Today's Cryptogram

    09/13/2026 1:22:37 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 9 replies
    KPIBF YZ JPB N ENJYZFCQ BFYJW, HIB ZPUCBFYJW BFNB QLCMMZ APTCECT YJ BFC FCNTB. —MIXK UNIQ UPJBWPUCTK
  • ‘Melania Trump would never’: Michelle Obama sparks outrage with ‘racist’ message after US Open

    09/12/2026 4:00:47 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 48 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 9/11/2026 | Kwame Skinner
    The women's side of the US Open nearly had an all-American final, with the semifinals featuring Aryna Sabalenka vs. American Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina vs. American Coco Gauff. Unfortunately for the Stars and Stripes, when Thursday night ended, neither Pegula nor Gauff had advanced, with Pegula losing in straight sets and Gauff falling in three. One of the attendees in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night was former First Lady Michelle Obama. As dissapointing as Thursday's results may have been for the former White House resident, Obama still sent a message of support at the conclusion of the matches....
  • Emma Bonino, leader of abortion and divorce battles that changed Italy, dies at 78

    09/12/2026 3:44:28 PM PDT · by Morgana · 60 replies
    NBC ^ | September 11, 2026 | ap
    ROME — Emma Bonino, who rose to political prominence as a leader of campaigns by the Radical Party that legalized abortion and divorce in the 1970s in heavily Roman Catholic Italy against the objections of the Vatican, has died. She was 78. Her party of recent years, +Europa, announced her death. “Her life was a long struggle against everything that denies freedom: against clandestine abortion, world hunger, the stranglehold of party politics, female genital mutilation, punitive justice, genocide, and every form of authoritarianism,” the party said. Italy’s conservative prime minister Giorgia Meloni paid tribute to Bonino, saying their different backgrounds...
  • Woman arrested after allegedly firing shots at man during argument

    09/12/2026 3:41:32 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 13 replies
    WAFB ^ | 9/12/2026 | Francisco Esteves
    Victoria Simone Burks is charged with attempted second-degree murder and simple criminal damage to property, according to an East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office arrest report. Deputies were called to an apartment complex in the 8100 block of Bayou Fountain Avenue at around 3:08 p.m. Sept. 11 in reference to a shooting. Investigators said Burks and the victim had been in a relationship for several years. The victim told detectives the two had argued and that he damaged the windshield of Burks’ vehicle before she armed herself with a pistol, according to the arrest report. The victim said he ran...
  • American woman arrested at Arizona border town accused of running ammo for Sinaloa Cartel

    09/12/2026 3:35:26 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 29 replies
    Fox10 Phoenix ^ | 9/11/2026 | Elias Weiss
    SAN LUIS, Ariz. - An American woman suspected of acting as a key logistics operator for the Sinaloa Cartel was arrested by Mexican federal forces just across the Arizona border in San Luis Río Colorado after authorities uncovered more than 5,000 rounds of live ammunition hidden in her vehicle. The suspect, identified by Mexican federal officials as Yanet "N," is accused of running weapons and munitions across the border to supply factional elements of the notorious drug syndicate operating along the Southwest border corridor. The high-profile bust occurred during routine crime prevention patrols near the international border bridge connecting...
  • A message from James Woods "The falling man"

    09/12/2026 7:13:53 AM PDT · by GrandJediMasterYoda · 78 replies
    jameswoods.com ^ | 9/11/26 | James Woods
    A message from James Woods THE FALLING MAN We have all seen the image, a man falling through space, plunging to earth from a top floor of the World Trade Center. It was 25 years ago today, and it still makes me gasp in horror and seethe with rage as if it had happened yesterday. What was so compelling about this photograph of a man, completely upside down, almost as if by choice, falling to a certain death? Well, because it WAS a choice. We knew he had leapt from an inferno like hell itself, the result of an act...
  • Lindsay Clancy male holdout juror has history of domestic violence allegations, active restraining order: report

    09/12/2026 5:20:38 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 99 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Sep. 11, 2026 | By Zoe Hussain
    The holdout juror who caused Lindsay Clancy’s mistrial has a history of alleged domestic violence such as grabbing his wife by the throat and punching his nephew, according to a report. The still-unnamed juror, only described as a black man in his 30s, faced a criminal charge in September 2021 for allegedly assaulting his wife, NBC10 Boston reported. A 13-year-old nephew of the man called 911, stating that his uncle grabbed his wife by the throat and threw her into a dresser, according to a police report obtained by the outlet. The juror’s own mom repeatedly screamed, “You’re evil!” as...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    09/12/2026 1:44:31 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 8 replies
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  • Train from O'Hare to Theater District

    09/11/2026 6:17:46 PM PDT · by eyedigress · 29 replies
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    Is it safe to take the train from the airport mid-day or is an UBER the better way to go? Thanks in advance. I have never been to Chicago.
  • Texas Senate Race Future Ad Reservations Per AdImpact

    09/11/2026 5:28:48 PM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 11 replies
    X ^ | 09/11/2026 | OSZ
    Texas Senate Race Future Ad Reservations Per AdImpact 🔴 Republicans: $33.5 million 🔵 Democrats: $4.7 million
  • Speculation Mounts Fetterman Will Run as Independent(Senate)

    09/11/2026 11:41:40 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 23 replies
    Democrat Sen. John Fetterman warmly introduced fellow Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick, a Republican at the Republican midterm convention. The appearance fueled speculation Fetterman could seek REELECTION as an INDEPENDENT in 2028. "His support is so low among his fellow Democrats I am not sure he could hire any staffers or consultants to work for him, so that's off the table,"
  • Nation Forgot

    09/11/2026 9:28:35 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 4 replies
    Headline Says It All
  • BBO Files 4 Counts Against Lindsay Clancy Attorney Reddington, 2 Years After Jasiel Correia Accusations

    09/11/2026 6:31:51 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 21 replies
    fallriverreporter.com ^ | September 10, 2026 | Jo Goode
    Revered Massachusetts defense attorney Kevin Reddington is facing a four-count formal disciplinary petition filed with the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers (BBO) alleging professional misconduct, including claims made by convicted felon and former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia II. Reddington is coming off the high-profile murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, accused of murdering her three children. The lengthy trial ended in a mistrial on Friday when the jury was deadlocked after hours of deliberation. The petition for discipline was filed on June 23, 2026, by Bar Council to the BBO, the investigative body that handles attorney discipline under the Supreme...