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Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith shut down rumors he could be running for president in 2028 during an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity. "Let me put the presidential aspirations to bed," Smith said on the premiere episode of the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast. "If I have to give up my money, it's not happening." Smith is the first guest on Hannity's brand-new twice-weekly podcast aimed at delivering long-form, unfiltered conversations with compelling figures across culture, business, sports, politics and beyond. The full interview, which will be released Tuesday on YouTube, features the discussion surrounding his decision after...

The duo made a lush, poignant album that remains a high point in both artists’ careers.On March 7, 1963, John Coltrane made one of his most lush and poignant albums, it was one on which he shared center stage, not with another instrumentalist but unusually with a singer. The singer was 40-year-old Johnny Hartman whose debut recording was Songs from the Heart, recorded with a quintet for Bethlehem Records released in 1955. When they arrived at the studio they had no charts, no prior arrangements worked out, this recording of John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman was without a net, but...

Quentin Tarantino is firing back after Rosanna Arquette criticized his use of the N-word in his films during a recent interview. In a career-spanning conversation with The Sunday Times, Arquette discussed her minor role in Tarantino’s 1994 black comedy, “Pulp Fiction,” saying that while it’s “a great film on a lot of levels,” she generally disapproves of the director’s repeated use of the racial slur in his films. “Personally I am over the use of the N-word — I hate it,” Arquette said in the interview, published on Saturday. “I cannot stand that he [Tarantino] has been given a hall...

Chinese-American tech billionaire Lin Bin purchased a small stake in the Miami Dolphins at a valuation of $12.5 billion, ​a record for a publicly known minority transaction, ‌Sportico reported Tuesday. Bin is acquiring a 1% stake in the holding company that owns the Dolphins, Hard Rock Stadium, Formula 1's Miami ​Grand Prix and part of the Miami Open ​tennis tournament. The previous top valuation for a minority ⁠transaction was $10 billion, set in October when the Koch ​family bought 10% of the New York Giants.

“Country Joe” McDonald, who fronted the band Country Joe and the Fish and became an emblem of the 1960s antiwar counterculture through a prominent appearance at the Woodstock festival, died Saturday at age 84. The singer, born Joseph Allen McDonald, died of Parkinson’s in Berkeley, according to a statement on the group’s social media and reported sources close to his wife. McDonald’s best known song was “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,” a Vietnam protest song he performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. The performance included the infamous call-and-response “Fish Cheer,” which had the audience spelling out the F-word at McDonald’s behest. Born on...

JULIE DONUTS@Juliedonuts·6hPRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED THIS AGAIN!BIBLICAL!If you haven’t seen this, WATCH THIS!! WOW what a story…ANOINTED!!ransomnote: click on image to view 4 min https://x.com/Juliedonuts/status/2031074893526085824/video/1videoTRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~Clarence Sexton: ".... a great revival in theHebrides in the early 1900's began tomove, Moved up to the pleading for it, into the 40s. Maybe we could say it topped out in the early 50s. Two old women, one was 84 years old, and one was82 years old. One was blind, and one was humped over so badlywith spinal stenosis, just arched over. But they had passion for revival. They wanted God to work. This is...

Before we get started, I’d like to point out to the useless sycophants in the entertainment media that what I’m doing here is how it’s done. You see, the news that The Bride! is a super-woke spin on The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Bonnie and Clyde (1967) has been obvious for some time and became blatantly obvious when the reviews poured in — especially the “positive” reviews, because even the “positive” reviews were “positive” in a grudging and backhanded sort of way. So, yes, I wanted The Bride! to fail at the box office, because woke delivers lousy art...

PENNSYLVANIA - Starting next month, all public and private schools in Pennsylvania will be required to reintroduce cursive handwriting into their curriculum.

I learned tonight that Freeper 'Nopardons' passed in late September, after a short illness. She was an extraordinary lady, with deep knowledgeable of history, literature and art. I am going to greatly miss our many late-night email conversations, and I know that there are others here who valued her and her friendship as I did. RIP, darling NP.

On Monday’s Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough predicted that the U.S. conflict with Iran would end in “disaster,” repeatedly warning that American intervention abroad “always leads to disaster” before concluding ominously: “This won’t end well either.”Mika Brzezinski responded with a sarcastic aside. Noting Graham’s “Free Cuba” hat, she said she felt like there was another hat missing: a “FAFO” hat. Mika's implication was unmistakable: by confronting Iran, the United States is the one that will “find out.” Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

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TONY™@TONYxTWOWhen Southwest Airlines announced an Honor Flight was approaching Gate 17 with 53 Veterans, a crowd quickly formed to honor them 🇺🇸🫡ransomnote: The clip is set to the music, Mr. Red White and Blue. I placed the relevant lyrics excerpt below.Mr. Red White and Blue LyricsWritten by Coffee AndersonIt's the guts and it's the gloryA hundred stripes a hundred storiesIt's the pledge of allegiance on the fourth of JulyIt's them hand written letters from homeIt's the sleepless nights aloneIt's his new born baby he left with his wife[Chorus](Mr. Red White and Blue) lay down his life(Mr. Red White and Blue)...

TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~~President Trump: The navy is gone. It's all lying at the bottom of the ocean.Forty-six ships. Can you believe it?In fact I got a little upset with our people.I said, "What quality of ship?""Excellent quality, Sir, top of the line."I said, "Why didn't we just capture the ship, we could have used it. Why did we sink them?"He says, "It's more fun to sink them."They like sinking them.They say it's safer to sink them. I guess it's probably true.But, think of it. We knocked out forty-six. It actually took three and a half days.Their terrorist leaders are gone.We're counting...

Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes·4hI verified this and it’s true“This is a class Group 1 carcinogen. The new study warns there's NO SAFE amount of ham, bacon, or even pepperoni for human consumption”Processed meats including ham, bacon, pepperoni are now definitively linked to cancer (Group 1), and newer 2025–2026 studies reinforce thee is no “safe” level that exists for regular consumption“One flimsy cut is lubricated with over 28 bio stabilizers. It's an ammonia-washed paste glued together with synthetic hydrocolloids. That color is then artificially enforced with a corrosive rust inhibitor called sodium nitrite. Group 1 carcinogen that ranks on the same pedestal...

Donald Trump has suggested his war with Iran could soon come to an end just hours after completing a mysterious phone call with Vladimir Putin. Trump told reporters US forces are 'very far ahead of schedule', claiming Iran's military has effectively been destroyed. 'I think the war is very complete, pretty much,' Trump told CBS News. 'They have no navy, no communications, they've got no Air Force ... Wrapping up is all in my mind.' Trump's remarks came after Putin shared a proposal to quickly end the war during the call, according to the Kremlin. The two leaders also discussed...

The Alexander brothers, three notorious Manhattan luxury real estate agents, have been found guilty of using money from their multi-million dollar property to drug and rape multiple women. Tal, 39, and twin brothers Oren and Alon, 38, were convicted on ten counts by a jury of seven women and six men at the Manhattan federal court. They will be held in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center until sentencing on August 6. The millionaire brothers were accused of drugging and raping dozens of women as part of a predatory campaign stretching back over a decade. Their five-week trial heard from 11 accusers...

https://x.com/USBPChief/status/2031050259032326558 Chief Michael W. Banks @USBPChief Illegal smuggling routes along the Rio Grande historically used by criminal cartel organizations are being destroyed. This is modern border security, and we are just getting started! @USCG@JointTFSBMarch 9, 2026

TEXAS SENATE RUNOFF Ken Paxton: 49% John Cornyn: 41% Not sure: 11% — If Trump endorses Paxton Ken Paxton: 58% John Cornyn: 32% — If Trump Endorses Cornyn Ken Paxton: 44% John Cornyn: 43% Not sure: 13% —— Net Favs Paxton: +30 Cornyn: +6 TPOR | 3/7-9 | 781 LV

Wow this is incredible. ADVERTISEMENT The Iranian women would not sing the Islamist Terrorist regime’s song when in a recent event overseas. The regime has since said they would be severely punished (killed) for not singing the anthem. The team recently shared SOS signs as they boarded the team’s bus. ADVERTISEMENT Australia is not helping, so President Trump has offered them asylum. BREAKING: President Trump has announced he will take in the entire Iranian women’s football team and grant them refuge. They are currently in Australia and the regime in Iran wants them dead for standing up to it. THANK...

Explanation: What's going on inside the head of this nebula? Dubbed the Exposed Cranium Nebula for its similarity to the human brain, what created the nebula remains a mystery. One thought is that the Cranium Nebula, also known as PMR 1, is a planetary nebula surrounding a white dwarf star. In this mode, the outer atmosphere was expelled when the original Sun-like star ran out of central nuclear fuel and contracted. A competing thought is that the central star is much more massive, possibly a Wolf-Rayet star, that is ejecting gas and dust via turbulent stellar winds. Adding to the...