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  • MARK LEVIN: I am the voice of America

    06/13/2026 9:59:54 AM PDT · by RandFan · 87 replies
    X ^ | June 13 | Mark Levin
    @infolibnews Mark Levin: I am the voice of America—not Piers Morgan, Nick Fuentes, Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly.
  • Today's Cryptogram

    06/13/2026 4:11:03 AM PDT · by nikos1121 · 11 replies
    NS ZQZKW DHUUMKHRU MZLTJLST, NS ZQZKW VHKQNSX PZLVM, NS ZQZKW XKLNS DY RLST UMZKZ NR UMZ RUDKW DY UMZ ZLKUM. —KLVMZJ VLKRDS
  • Dither and Lawn: Talarico Can’t Think of Anything Manly He’s Done So He Takes Credit for Dad Mowing Yards

    06/13/2026 4:09:06 AM PDT · by kevcol · 24 replies
    Twitchy ^ | June 12, 2026 | Warren Squire
    James Talarico: There's been a lot of talk in this race about what it means to be a real man. Recently on the campaign trail I told the story of my adoptive dad, Mark Talarico. Every Saturday morning, he would mow our lawn, and then without anyone asking him to, he would go next door and mow our neighbor's lawn because she was a widow. My dad never talked about it — he just did it, because that's what a man does.
  • Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” Flops with $6.5 Mil Preview Night, Looks at Lowest Opening for Famed Director in Years Thanks to Sports, Weather

    06/12/2026 4:37:21 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 51 replies
    showbiz411 ^ | 06 12 2026 | Roger Friedman
    “Disclosure Day” may be the most alien film in Steven Spielberg’s catalog. The really terrific story of UFO info finally being divulged to the world went over as a dud last night at the box office. The film made just $6.5 million in previews. Tonight, if the film makes $10 million, and then does the same Saturday and Sunday, it will be a historic flop. Timing is everything in the movie release world, and this is not a great weekend for a hit. The weather is stormy. (An ironic problem since Emily Blunt plays a metereologist.) The World Cup has...
  • Breaking: New UK special election poll

    06/12/2026 1:53:37 PM PDT · by RandFan · 39 replies
    X ^ | June 12 | PolitlcsUK
    BREAKING: Another Makerfield by-election poll has been released 🔴 LAB - 45% ➡️ REF - 40% 🟣 RES - 8% 🟢 GRN - 3% 🔵 CON - 2% 🟠 LD - 1% Via More in Common, 515 sample, 28 May - 12 June
  • Tim Kaine Says He Doesn't Understand Why Fellow Leftists are Angry Over Karmelo Anthony Sentence

    06/12/2026 1:30:35 PM PDT · by kevcol · 23 replies
    Western Journal ^ | June 12, 2026 | C. Douglas Golden
    Kaine didn’t seem to get it when a Fox News reporter asked him about the outrage over the verdict on his side. “I have a hard time understanding why they would say that,” Kaine said about claims that the verdict was racially charged. All right, then: What about specific claims by Crockett and others? “I know what they’re saying, but I have a hard time understanding,” Kaine said.
  • DNI TULSI GABBARD: US government funded 130 Biolabs around the world!

    06/12/2026 9:21:36 AM PDT · by RandFan · 133 replies
    X ^ | June 12 | @DNIGabbard
    @DNIGabbard Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine. In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function research around the world, and increase transparency and accountability, ODNI will continue working with partners across the Administration to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what “research” is being conducted.
  • Least Popular Sport In The World Holds Little Tournament

    06/12/2026 8:29:03 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 40 replies
    babylonbee.com ^ | Jun 11, 2026
    U.S. — The least popular sport in the world is hosting a tiny little tournament for the few people who care. Virtually unknown outside of a few areas in the developing world, the sport goes by various names, including "footy" and "adult kick-ball." Enthusiasts said the dozen or so people who play the sport put together an adorable, quaint event to try to gain a bit of relevance. "Aw, that's cute," said local man Kevin Lamb, reading about the small gathering. "I think it's nice that cities are opening their Little League fields for them to use for their rinky-dink...
  • Scott Presler to Cornyn: ‘I Approached You Respectfully at Airport,’ Cornyn Calls Him ‘Grifter’

    06/12/2026 8:03:35 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 38 replies
    Presler posted. “I was very gracious & asked him to pass the SAVE America Act.” Cornyn later reposted Presler’s post and responded with a single word: “Grifter.”
  • Facebook is down all over the world.

    06/12/2026 6:59:39 AM PDT · by George from New England · 62 replies
    Facebook has lost its global reach at 945am today.
  • Friday Silliness Thread

    06/12/2026 6:25:36 AM PDT · by Nateman · 31 replies
    Free Republic ^ | June 12, 2026 | Nateman
    Today's topic: Signs
  • The small-town voters deciding the UK’s future are demanding change...

    06/12/2026 1:58:47 AM PDT · by RandFan · 18 replies
    politico ^ | June 12 | By Tim Ross
    Voters in perhaps the most consequential special election ever held in Britain are angry, and they really want someone to feel their pain. That’s the clear verdict from a special focus group by Public First for POLITICO of voters in Makerfield, the former mining area in northwest England whose June 18 vote could determine the next prime minister. Some in the group said Andy Burnham, the Labour candidate who is hot favorite to succeed party leader Keir Starmer as PM if he can get himself back into Parliament, might make a difference. But the overwhelming mood during the 90-minute conversation...
  • Today's Cryptogram

    06/12/2026 12:32:17 AM PDT · by FroggyTheGremlim · 13 replies
    Hiya kids! Hiya, Hiya!Good Morning Crypto-FReepers.I see some of the same old faces out there.But that's OK - I like you anyway.Today's quote WILL crack you up - it did me!Ha Ha Ha!I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will. Ha ha ha.This is today's quote: CA CZHNGB SYSE'H KBGXFH-VGGS CG. FNG FXYS FNG RYIGS CG XF X VBYGES.-BZSEGA SXETGBVYGRS
  • Rebels: 19 Republicans voted against FISA

    06/11/2026 9:55:08 PM PDT · by RandFan · 28 replies
    X ^ | June 11 | Rep. Massie
    @RepThomasMassie 19 Republicans withheld our votes in order to preserve Constitutionally guaranteed rights. By refusing to honor the Fourth Amendment, you’re jeopardizing the continuation of FISA. Include a WARRANT requirement for US citizens if you want Republicans to pass this bill.
  • After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump

    06/11/2026 9:24:51 PM PDT · by RandFan · 42 replies
    nytimes ^ | June 11 | By Carl Hulse
    Senator John Cornyn was not consoled when President Trump professed on social media that the senior Republican from Texas would “remain my friend for a long time to come” after the president had enthusiastically endorsed the man who defeated Mr. Cornyn, ending his Senate career. “If that’s the way friends treat you, you wonder about his enemies,” Mr. Cornyn said this week in his first extensive interview since his loss two weeks ago to Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas, an opponent Mr. Cornyn labeled corrupt and unfit for the Senate. Mr. Cornyn said he had come to terms with...
  • El Niño is here and rapidly strengthening. Here’s what it means for your weather (You're Gonna DIE!)

    06/11/2026 6:12:06 PM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 64 replies
    CNN ^ | June 11, 2026 | CNN Bitter LOSERS
    El Niño has officially begun, and it is forecast to intensify into a very strong or “Super” El Niño with major shifts in global weather patterns and an even hotter climate, according to a new report released Thursday morning from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. El Niño is a periodic weather pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean that alters winds and features unusually hot waters in the central and eastern Pacific. These changes in winds and ocean temperatures have knock-on effects on weather patterns worldwide. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is giving this El Niño a 63% chance of becoming...
  • Trump Sets New World Record By Winning War With Iran 27 Times In One Year

    06/11/2026 6:08:05 PM PDT · by Retain Mike · 62 replies
    BabylonBee ^ | June 11, 2026 | Babylon Bee
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump set a new world record this week by winning the same war with Iran for the 27th time this year, shattering the previous record of one.According to White House officials, Trump first won the war with Iran in February. However, the war started again the following week, but was quickly won, and Trump has continued winning the war multiple times since."No one thought we could win the war so many times," Trump told reporters. "We won it very strongly. Then we won it again bigly, and then we won it even more. Frankly, nobody...
  • Sen. Lummis: Investigate big banks and 'debanking'

    06/11/2026 2:05:10 PM PDT · by RandFan · 13 replies
    X ^ | June 11 | Sen Lummis
    @SenLummis Big Banks debanked President Trump—and many others in America—because they didn't agree with their politics. We can never go back to Biden's Operation Chokepoint 2.0 policies. This should be investigated.
  • ‘We’re in a nightmare’: Karmelo Anthony’s parents speak as son files appeal

    06/11/2026 12:04:47 PM PDT · by kevcol · 115 replies
    Court TV ^ | June 11, 2026 | Lauren Silver
    “We’re in a nightmare. It doesn’t feel real,” said Anthony’s parents in their first interview following the verdict with Mimi Brown on The Breakfast Club. “We’ve been up all night crying and praying.” “We didn’t know how cruel the world could be,” Karmelo Anthony’s father, Andrew Anthony, said. “We did everything we were advised and told to do, and look what happened.” . . . “The reality of this is that somebody literally walked into [Karmelo’s] life,” he said, “[Karmelo] did everything by the law and just look at where we’re at.”
  • 'I’m not limited to fists': Jasmine Crockett suggests she would have stabbed Austin Metcalf just like Karmelo Anthony

    06/11/2026 11:50:03 AM PDT · by Morgana · 43 replies
    The Post Millennial ^ | June 11, 2026 | Thomas Stevenson
    Left-wing Texas congresswoman Jasmie Crockett has suggested that she would have stabbed Austin Mecalf just like Karmelo Anthony did. Anthony has been sentenced for first-degree murder and will spend the next 35 years in prison for killing 17-year-old Metcalf during a confrontation at a Frisco, Texas track meet. On the lawmaker's Tuesday episode of "Clock It with Crockett,” she made claims about the murder weapon that Anthony used to kill Metcalf, as well as suggested that she would have done the same thing as the murderer. She first downplayed the size of the knife that was used to stab Metcalf,...