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  • Rammstein Du Hast Reaction

    02/14/2026 7:14:15 AM PST · by Bikkuri · 12 replies
    YouTube ^ | 4 years ago (since 2/14/2026) | Brad & lex
    Interesting to watch them react to something NOT in English.. 😁 Brad always too serious, while Lex is bubbly, as always.
  • Blackjack banned at California cardrooms under new rules

    02/14/2026 4:54:48 AM PST · by Leaning Right · 20 replies
    Yahoo ^ | February 10, 2026 | Brett Stover
    New regulations will bar cardrooms from offering blackjack and other player-dealer games — a move opponents say will devastate the industry in California. Under one of the two new rules, cardrooms cannot offer blackjack, the world’s most popular casino card game. Players would no longer “bust” by exceeding 21 points, and cardrooms may not use the name “blackjack” or include the number 21.
  • Sex workers at Nevada brothel fight for the first unionization

    02/14/2026 4:14:37 AM PST · by DUMBGRUNT · 33 replies
    AP ^ | 13 Feb 2026
    The majority of the brothel’s 74 sex workers submitted a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board last week under the name United Brothel Workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America. But the women argue they are treated as employees. They have set schedules, they can’t work from home and they are required to charge a minimum of $1,000 per hour to their clients, Ellis said. Sheri’s Ranch gets 50% of what they earn.
  • New party launched in the UK: Restore Britain

    02/14/2026 2:38:42 AM PST · by RandFan · 40 replies
    X ^ | Feb 14 | Rupert Lowe
    @MarioNawfal SICK OF STARMER'S DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE? HERE COMES RESTORE BRITAIN Britain is being run into the ground, and now a new party is saying it out loud. Restore Britain is calling out weak leadership, broken institutions, and a political class that looks after itself while everyone else pays the price. They’re pushing low taxes, small government, secure borders, national pride, traditional Christian principles, free speech, and direct democracy. Source: @RupertLowe10
  • Today's Cryptogram

    02/14/2026 2:34:46 AM PST · by nikos1121 · 12 replies
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  • Battle of Brandywine

    02/13/2026 5:05:48 PM PST · by Vision · 29 replies
    YT ^ | American Battlefield Trust
    Enjoy. I find it strange that there isn't more French influence in American culture given American history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAuojdxNDp4
  • Allegations of bodies buried at Epstein's New Mexico ranch prompt investigation calls

    02/13/2026 2:00:02 PM PST · by CedarDave · 15 replies
    KOAT-TV7 ^ | February 11, 2026 | Aliyah Chavez
    Allegations of bodies buried near Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County have emerged from millions of pages of documents related to the convicted sex offender's crimes, prompting calls for an investigation from New Mexico officials. "I'm gonna keep asking questions and keep poking around until I get an answer," New Mexico's Public Lands Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard told KOAT on Tuesday. These allegations originated from an anonymous email sent in 2019 to local radio host Eddy Aragon. The email claimed to be from a former staffer at Zorro Ranch, stating, "Did you know somewhere in the hills outside...
  • Mass Shooters identity

    02/13/2026 10:02:06 AM PST · by Fawn · 26 replies
    x ^ | february 11, 2026 | none
    All. Elon Musk retweeted a chart showing the percentage of mass shooters who were transgenders. this is the URL: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2021674796078248300 I reposted it got slammed that it was false info. People claiming that less than .1% are trans involved in mass shootings. (Most were from AI chats which i've found to lean left since not much 'right' data is available) Anyway.. does anyone have any source that show more data to show that trans are truly more involved in mass shootings? TYIA
  • McCormick (PA) speaks in favor of SAVE Act

    02/13/2026 2:55:32 AM PST · by RandFan · 3 replies
    X ^ | Feb 13 | @SenMcCormickPA
    @SenMcCormickPA Today, I spoke on the Senate Floor in support of @SenMikeLee's SAVE America Act. Every vote matters—I would know. I lost by 950 votes in 2022 and won by 15,000 out of 7M in 2024. When elections are that close, integrity isn’t optional. And these narrow races show how important it is that only legitimate votes from American citizens are counted. I urge my colleagues to help eliminate vulnerabilities and restore trust in our elections by supporting the #SAVEAmerica Act.
  • Today's Cryptogram

    02/13/2026 2:53:56 AM PST · by FroggyTheGremlim · 6 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.It's a silly Quote today.Hope you like it.Have fun!!! Ha Ha Ha!I'll be good - I will, (like heck) I will. Ha ha ha. BVLYRKL NOQDXLVXD'I UOE, MDASKOSE BRKQU AD, BDQQ, FOXKOSE.-FVG JOMMVJOX Where'd I put my magic twanger? Oh, here it is - - -boinng!__ HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
  • Moonbat DEI Sheriff Fails Fifth Grade Civics

    02/12/2026 11:19:06 PM PST · by Morgana · 32 replies
    Moonbattery ^ | February 12, 2026 | Dave Blount
    We might want to rethink DEI and a left-wing political stance as the sole qualifications for high-level law enforcement positions. Via Fox News: A North Carolina House Oversight Committee hearing spurred on by the recent killing of a young Ukrainian woman, Iryna Zarutska, in Charlotte, took an unexpected turn when [Republican State Representative Allen] Chesser asked Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden, “What branch of government do you operate under?” McFadden, who is the top law enforcement officer in the county where Zarutska was killed, simply answered, “Mecklenburg County,” prompting Chesser to repeat, “What branch of government do you operate under,...
  • PAM BONDI JUST PLAYED THE GREATEST TRAP IN POLITICAL HISTORY. And Congress walked right into it.

    02/12/2026 8:18:41 PM PST · by bitt · 66 replies
    https://x.com/ ^ | 4:31 PM ¡ Feb 12, 2026 ¡ | Mr. Pool
    PAM BONDI JUST PLAYED THE GREATEST TRAP IN POLITICAL HISTORY. And Congress walked right into it. Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi sat before the House Judiciary Committee. Standard oversight hearing. Routine questions. Then she pulled out a document. Labeled: "Jayapal Pramila — Search History." The room went SILENT. ⚠️ HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED The DOJ gave Congress access to the unredacted Epstein files this week. Every member got their own login. Their own computer. Their own session. What Congress didn't know? The DOJ was tracking EVERY SINGLE SEARCH. Every name they looked up. Every document they opened. Every file they downloaded....
  • Someone's Getting Fired Over This...

    02/12/2026 8:02:58 PM PST · by Morgana · 17 replies
    Cash Jordan youtube ^ | February 12, 2026 | Cash Jordan
    The Epstein files coverup just blew up on live tv, but not in the way most people expected...
  • Former Obama official Kathryn Ruemmler resigns from Goldman Sachs over Epstein links

    02/12/2026 7:42:03 PM PST · by Morgana · 31 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 12, 2026 | Melissa Koenig
    The former White House counsel under President Obama has resigned from Goldman Sachs over her ties to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Kathryn Ruemmler, who works as general counsel at Goldman, said she will resign this summer after emails released by the Justice Department revealed her conversations with Epstein, according to The Financial Times. 'I made the determination that the media attention on me, relating to my prior work as a defense attorney, was becoming a distraction,' Ruemmler told the publication. She will exit the firm on June 30. Ruemmler rose to the top ranks at Wall Street and became a key...
  • Sen. SULLIVAN is a co-sponsor of the SAVE Act (+49)

    02/12/2026 2:34:30 PM PST · by RandFan · 26 replies
    X ^ | Feb 12 | Sen. Mike Lee
    @BasedMikeLee Added Sen. Sullivan. We’re now at 49! He and I worked together with the House to make constructive changes to the SAVE America Act, and we’re now one step closer to the Senate passing the House bill Baby steps to SAVE America
  • Terrifying video shows plane flying with shredded engine after midair explosion

    02/12/2026 11:55:35 AM PST · by V_TWIN · 24 replies
    nypost.com ^ | Feb. 12, 2026 | Patrick Reilly
    Terrifying images show a passenger plane flying with an engine shredded and charred by a midair explosion before it managed an emergency landing. Passengers filmed the shocking view of the Arik Air Boeing 737’s left engine destroyed during a cross-country flight in Nigeria from Lagos to Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Some of the horrified 80 passengers could be heard screaming as the plane instead made an emergency landing in neighboring Benin, somehow limping to the ground safely on just one engine.
  • Sen. Collins on SAVE Act is not a hard 'No'

    02/12/2026 11:51:17 AM PST · by RandFan · 67 replies
    X ^ | Feb 12 | @BarronTNews_
    @BarronTNews_ BREAKING: Americans are FLOODING the phones of GOP Sen. Susan Collins after she REFUSED to support the SAVE America Act following House passage
  • Sen. Mike Lee: We now have 48 co-sponsors of the SAVE Act

    02/12/2026 11:13:41 AM PST · by RandFan · 38 replies
    X ^ | Feb 12 | Senator Lee
    @BasedMikeLee 🎉 Added Senator Wicker We’re now at 48 Baby steps to SAVE America
  • Democrats Counter With STEAL Act To Ban Voter ID

    02/12/2026 10:28:47 AM PST · by V_TWIN · 16 replies
    babylonbee.com ^ | Feb 12, 2026
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — With debate ongoing over the Republican-proposed SAVE Act to shore up U.S. election integrity, Democrat lawmakers countered by proposing their own legislation, the STEAL Act, to ban voter ID in elections. The bill, which has the full title of Shield The Election From Legitimacy Act, would make it illegal for anyone to present valid identification when voting in an election, thereby preventing any safeguards against fraud from being put in place. "This legislation is vital to the survival of our party," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "With Republicans seeking to discriminate against people by only allowing...
  • The Morning Briefing: Marco Rubio Would Make a Splendid Territorial Governor of Cuba

    02/12/2026 10:24:06 AM PST · by DIRTYSECRET · 23 replies
    And hey, if we can pick up the island on the cheap, Secretary of State Marco Rubio might want to don a seersucker suit and start a new gig as the territorial governor and enjoy presiding over a revitalized Havana. It's worth putting out there just to annoy the lefties.