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  • A Voter Fraud Reckoning in Georgia?

    01/31/2026 5:54:15 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 8 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 31 Jan, 2026 | Joe Fried
    The FBI recently raided Fulton County’s Election Hub and Operations Center. What comes next? The FBI raided Fulton County’s Election Hub and Operations Center. The raid was authorized by a judge’s warrant, which is under seal. However, some news organizations have gotten a copy and are reporting that the FBI is seeking several types of records. ABC News reports: The search warrant authorized the FBI to search for “all physical ballots from the 2020 General Election,” in addition to tabulator tapes from voting machines and 2020 voter rolls, among other documents. It is likely that the warrant also includes items...
  • The Return of United in Hate - An important book makes a vital comeback at the right time.

    01/31/2026 4:51:17 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 7 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 31 Jan, 2026 | Daniel Greenfield
    When United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny, Terror, and Hamas first appeared, the Obama era was only beginning, Obama’s ‘New Middle East’ was still far on the horizon, and the ‘Iran Deal’ had yet to be dealt. What made Jamie Glazov's magnum opus so remarkable was how thoroughly it not only recapitulated the ugly history of communism, but anticipated what was only an emerging alliance between two terrible ideologies united by their hateful mutual ambition to destroy civilization as we know it and love it. Even as it connected the dots between the two totalitarian ideologies, United in...
  • Illegal immigrants caught blasting guns on packed Texas highway, shooting at family in road-rage attack: cops

    01/31/2026 4:01:34 AM PST · by Libloather · 16 replies
    Fox News via NY Post ^ | 1/29/26 | Stepheny Price
    A viral video showing gunmen firing from a Dallas bridge on New Year’s has now led to multiple arrests and immigration holds as police say the suspects were involved in repeated acts of gun violence across North Texas. The Dallas Police Department announced the arrests Tuesday, identifying Anthony Acevedo, 20, and Jose Alarcon Sanchez, 18, both of Grand Prairie, as two of the suspects seen in multiple social media videos firing guns from the Margaret McDermott Bridge over Interstate 30, just west of downtown Dallas. The reckless gunfire, captured on camera and viewed worldwide, according to police, sparked immediate public...
  • Vanity The Anti-ICE rallies today were small.

    01/31/2026 3:41:34 AM PST · by Az Joe · 20 replies
    01/31/2026 | I
    If you watch the coverage from around the nation there are not a lot of people in the streets. A few of the usual hot spots got rowdy, but even there the crowds were not large. In AZ, for instance, there were 3,000 in Tucson, a very Liberal city. There were less than that in Phoenix, more than 3 times the size of Tucson. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2026/01/30/in-tucson-protesters-say-immigration-crackdown-is-personal/88435267007/ "An estimated 3,000 people protested in Tucson against the Trump administration's immigration policies." "The size of the protest — significantly larger than the protest at the state Capitol in Phoenix..." 3k turnout in either Tucson...
  • BREAKING: SpaceX wants to turn Space into the World’s Biggest AI Data Center.

    01/31/2026 3:27:11 AM PST · by SmokingJoe · 48 replies
    X ^ | 01/31/2026 | DogeDesigner
    BREAKING: SpaceX wants to turn Space into the World’s Biggest AI Data Center. • SpaceX is seeking approval to launch and operate up to one million satellites designed to function as orbital data centers. • These satellites would provide massive computing power to support advanced artificial intelligence and data processing. • The system would rely on near constant solar energy in space, reducing operating costs and environmental impact compared to Earth based data centers. • Satellites would operate between 500 km and 2,000 km in altitude, across multiple orbital shells, to handle global demand. • High speed laser links would...
  • Today’s Cryptogram

    01/31/2026 1:34:13 AM PST · by nikos1121 · 8 replies
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  • Court Ruling Allows California Abuse Claims Against Steven Tyler to Proceed

    01/30/2026 10:41:08 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 39 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | January 29, 2026 | Nick DeRiso
    Steven Tyler's attorneys can claim partial victory in a new court ruling as arguments continue in a child sex-abuse lawsuit brought by the former Julia Holcomb. Los Angeles County Judge Patricia A. Young has dismissed claims of alleged abuse in Oregon, Washington and Massachusetts, citing laws governing the age of consent and the statute of limitations. Crucially, however, the California-based charges against Aerosmith's frontman can go forward. In terminating the other claims, Judge Young would apparently stop them from being refiled again. She promised a written decision soon. "I have clearly signaled how I intend" to rule, Young said from...
  • Kane passes Modano for most points by U.S.-born player

    01/30/2026 10:30:18 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    ESPN ^ | 1/29
    Kane became the highest-scoring United States-born player in NHL history, passing Mike Modano with an assist for his 1,375th point Thursday night for the Detroit Red Wings against the Washington Capitals. "It's nice to have it over with in some ways and worry about the rest of the season," Kane said after Washington's 4-3 shootout win. Kane passed the puck from the boards to Alex DeBrincat in the left circle, and DeBrincat set up Ben Chiarot for a tying goal from the point midway through the second period.
  • Photograph of Russian soldier taped upside down to a tree in the freezing cold proves it - Putin's army is now a penal colony driven forward by terror

    01/30/2026 9:28:40 PM PST · by RandFan · 51 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | Jan 30 | By DAVID PATRIKARAKOS, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
    They've hung him upside down like a slab of meat. Stripped to his underwear. Arms bound tight with tape. Ankles lashed to a tree trunk in the open winter air. The second man, attached to a neighbouring tree, is at least taped upright. A man screams at them in Russian. He stuffs a fistful of snow into one of the men's mouths. Both cringe in terror, whimpering protestations and pleas. This is no medieval dungeon - it's the Russian army in Ukraine in the 21st century. The men's 'crime'? Refusing to walk, yet again, into what they call 'the meat...
  • William Shakespeare was actually a black woman, feminist historian and LSE graduate claims in new book

    01/30/2026 8:58:36 PM PST · by MarlonRando · 59 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 1-24-26 | John Abiona
    William Shakespeare was a 'black Jewish woman', a new book has claimed. The real playwright is identified as the historical figure Emilia Bassano in The Real Shakespeare, by an LSE graduate and feminist historian. She was a poet with connections to the Tudor court and wrote the Shakespearean canon of plays using the pen-name 'Shakespeare', according to the book. But her work is said to have been stolen from an uneducated interloper - William Shakespeare - from Stratford-upon-Avon. The book's author Irene Coslet argues that the idea of a 'white' genius was preferred to Bassano's identity as a black female...
  • Ice expands on Great Lakes with cold blast; Lake Erie over 90% covered in ice

    01/30/2026 8:50:09 PM PST · by MinorityRepublican · 50 replies
    CBS News ^ | January 28, 2026 | Stacey DuFord
    The arctic air mass entrenched over the Great Lakes has resulted in ice expansion across the lakes over the last several days. As of January 26, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes is about 43.2%. Lake Erie, the shallowest, has over 90% ice coverage. Most of the lakeshore of Lake Huron is at least 90% ice-covered, with fast ice covering the entire Saginaw Bay. The Straits of Mackinac are mostly ice-covered. The nearshore areas of eastern Lake Michigan, including Grand Traverse Bay, have spotty ice coverage. Lake Superior is about 30% ice-covered. The arctic air and well-below normal temperatures...
  • Black People's Ancestors Didn't Ask to Come Here. Catholic Bishops Have No 'Compassion' For Them. There's No Money in It

    01/30/2026 8:17:51 PM PST · by CharlesOConnell · 31 replies
    My Family's Life | 01/30/2026 | Charles Oconnell
    What was Alex Pretti kicking at when he was caught on camera rioting 6 days before he got himself killed? My little Black girl's right to work, unprotected by "compassionate" Catholic Bishops on the take. My daughter was crippled with club feet, but rode her little bike 6.5 miles to Taco Bell in Lockeford. She had to ride on Hwy 88 where giant trucks kicked up gravel in her face. When she got there, she was supposed to get 20 hrs per week, but only got 17-1/2, while the Latina manager's undocumented brother got 80 hours per week on 3...
  • NY Giants co-owner Steve Tisch named in latest Epstein files

    01/30/2026 5:13:51 PM PST · by chuck allen · 22 replies
    ESPN News Service ^ | 1/30/26 | ESPN
    Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein connected New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch with numerous women, according to scores of emails among the more than three million documents released by the Justice Department on Friday. Tisch's name pops up at least 440 times among the documents released so far. The emails, first reported by The Athletic, range from the mundane -- "Jeffery says Steve Tisch might come over around 7-7:30 tonight. Snacks for everyone!" -- to the profane. In one email, Epstein asks: "did you contact the great ass fake tit [name redacted]." Tisch, 76, is chairman, co-owner and vice president...
  • Dean Cain fires back at Ethan Hawke's claim America is no longer a free country for celebrities

    01/30/2026 4:53:44 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 35 replies
    Fox News ^ | January 29, 2026 | Stephanie Giang-Paunon
    Hollywood actors clash over free expression as celebrities speak out against ICE following Minneapolis shooting Stephanie Giang-Paunon By Stephanie Giang-Paunon Fox News Published January 29, 2026 11:22am EST Hollywood actor Dean Cain is pushing back after Ethan Hawke claimed America is no longer free and said there’s now "a fear in the air." "Try being a conservative, pal," Cain wrote on X, after Hawke suggested that expressing himself publicly now comes with consequences he’s never felt before. Hawke claimed that the atmosphere in America has fundamentally changed. He made the comments this week at the Sundance Film Festival, where his...
  • The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films

    01/30/2026 4:34:08 PM PST · by Borges · 32 replies
    The Atlantic ^ | January 30, 2026 | Rose Horowitch
    Everyone knows it’s hard to get college students to do the reading—remember books? But the attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word. Professors are now finding that they can’t even get film students—film students—to sit through movies. “I used to think, If homework is watching a movie, that is the best homework ever,” Craig Erpelding, a film professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, told me. “But students will not do it.” I heard similar observations from 20 film-studies professors around the country. They told me that over the past decade, and particularly since the pandemic, students...
  • Panicked Trump, 79, ramps up deranged hockey warnings to Canada (not deranged was Trump style humor)

    01/30/2026 4:30:05 PM PST · by dennisw · 13 replies
    MSN - Daily Beastial ^ | 1-30 | Isabel van Brugen
    “Mr. President, what do you think about the U.K. getting into business with China? Keir Starmer is in Beijing,” the reporter asked at the premiere of a documentary about the president’s wife Melania. “It’s very dangerous for them to do that,” Trump began, before quickly pivoting to Canada, against whom he has long held a grudge. The president was particularly unhappy after Prime Minister Mark Carney met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing and announced a landmark “new strategic partnership” aimed at reversing years of strained relations. “Canada’s not doing well; they are doing very poorly, and you can‘t look at...
  • Latino stars demand answers after movie whitewashing controversy that led to actress quitting

    01/30/2026 4:22:40 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 37 replies
    Entertainment Weekly ^ | January 30, 2026 | Emlyn Travis
    John Leguizamo, Eva Longoria, and Jessica Alba are just a few stars who signed an open letter demanding better representation for Latino creatives amid the "Deep Cuts" casting controversyJohn Leguizamo, Jessica Alba, and Eva Longoria, are among the more than 100 Latino creatives who have signed an open letter to Hollywood calling for more “accountability, intentionality, and equity in casting and storytelling.” The letter, published Thursday, asks that casting directors, creative executives, writers, producers, and other higher-ups increase the number of Latino voices in the development and greenlighting stages, as well as the number of Latino actors attending auditions and...
  • How Republican Senators Voted on Ending Refugee Welfare

    01/30/2026 4:06:19 PM PST · by RandFan · 32 replies
    X ^ | Jan 30 | Rand Paul
    @RandPaul The Somali fraud exposed a broken system. Instead of reform, Washington spent $5B more. If Republicans can’t cut a fraction of the deficit, they aren’t serious about debt. See how your senator voted:
  • California dad can’t schedule doctor visit for 12-year-old son due to state’s medical autonomy laws

    01/30/2026 2:58:38 PM PST · by Morgana · 23 replies
    Life Site News ^ | January 30, 2026 | Doug Mainwaring
    (LifeSiteNews) — In a now-viral social media video, the father of a 12-year-old boy said “this state is absolutely insane” after California regulations granting medical autonomy to teens prevented him from making a doctor’s appointment for his young son. “I cannot explain how ridiculous the state of California is. My 12-year-old son, he needs to schedule an appointment himself to go see a doctor or a specialist,” explained the man, whose accounts are held under the name Jonathan Freeman. “Because when you’re 12 in this state, apparently you can make your own medical decisions.” “We don’t have access to his...
  • DHS calls rape of autistic teen ‘most heinous we’ve seen’ as ICE detainer tests California sanctuary laws

    01/30/2026 2:57:32 PM PST · by Libloather · 13 replies
    Fox News ^ | 1/29/26 | Charles Creitz
    EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security lodged a detainer Thursday in California in the case of an illegal immigrant accused of a crime that a top official there is calling the "most heinous one we’ve ever seen." DHS has been pressing sanctuary states and sanctuary cities to respect and honor ICE detainers for public safety and national security reasons, with little headway from those jurisdictions, telling Fox News Digital they hope this is the case that will change their minds. A 20-year-old Mexican national, Enrique Bautista-Vasquez, was charged with rape, a sentence enhancement for sexual assault of a person unable...