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  • Rock Legend and KISS Frontman Gene Simmons Tells Bill O'Reilly He's Been Punished Professionally for Refusing to Badmouth President Trump (VIDEO)

    06/26/2026 8:56:11 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 4 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | June 26, 2026 | Mike LaChance
    Gene Simmons of KISS is one of the most recognizable faces in rock and roll, even when he is wearing sunglasses. He is also a supporter of President Trump. During a recent interview with Bill O'Reilly, Simmons described losing work for refusing to badmouth Trump. Simmons makes the point that even if people don't like Trump, they should still respect the office of the President of the United States. This is a point that seems lost on Democrats whenever a Republican is in office. From Overton News: O’REILLY: “Can you tell us how you got iced on occasion?” SIMMONS: “There...
  • Amelia meme is sweeping England.....

    06/26/2026 8:33:58 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 15 replies
    YouTube ^ | June 26, 2026 | Full Pathways
    Amelia is right A.I. Full Pathways parody 2:00 VIDEO AT LINK.......... Watch it before it gets BANNED!..................
  • Happy 100th Birthday, Mel Brooks!

    06/26/2026 7:44:55 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 17 replies
    NY Times ^ | June 26, 2026 | Manohla Dargis and Jason Zinoman
    Here are 100 reasons to love the comedy writer, director and star who’s celebrating a milestone on Sunday. No. 1 He started a novel titled “Springtime for Hitler.” No. 2 He turned that into a play. No. 3 He turned that play into a flop film titled “The Producers.” No. 4 He won a screenplay Oscar for that flop … No. 5 … turned that flop into a Broadway hit … No. 6 … then tried to destroy “The Producers” on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” No. 7 He never did a serious movie because to him comedy was serious. No. 8...
  • Tate brothers lose court bid to be told names of their UK accusers

    06/26/2026 7:39:27 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 9 replies
    BBC News ^ | June 26, 2026
    Andrew and Tristan Tate have lost a legal bid to be told the names of their UK accusers, which the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have withheld to remove the risk they could be made public.
  • TOMORROW! Louisiana Runoff

    06/26/2026 6:11:22 PM PDT · by cotton1706 · 6 replies
    US Senate race between Julia Letlow and John Fleming
  • Argument for Flying Southwest Airlines

    06/26/2026 5:56:41 PM PDT · by Mean Daddy · 27 replies
    I had a conversation today with a Southwest agent as I'm cancelling my SW credit card. Told her that the renewal fee was too high ($200+) and that with recent changes there was no difference IMO between them and the other carriers and she had great reasons to stay with them. First, all their Call Center agents are Americans and located in the states. Second, all of their airplanes are American made, Boeing 737s and that they were in a process to replace existing fleet with new and pointed out other carriers using foreign purchased planes. Anyway, we're going to...
  • Ex-Stars Parker, Delle Donne: WNBA Has to Protect Players Better

    06/26/2026 5:54:46 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    ESPN ^ | Jun 26, 2026 | Michael Voepel
    As they prepare to be inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, two-time WNBA MVPs Candace Parker and Elena Delle Donne and four-time championship-winning coach Cheryl Reeve spoke Friday about what progress has been made in the league's officiating and style of play -- and what needs to improve. Speaking one day after the WNBA suspended Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas for her hit on the Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark, Parker, Delle Donne and Reeve agreed that the league needs to do a better job of protecting its players and cracking down on excessive contact. Parker and...
  • Chambliss Disagrees With Kiffin's View of Recruiting at Ole Miss (Kiffin on Confederate Past)

    06/26/2026 5:48:58 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 13 replies
    ESPN ^ | Jun 26, 2026
    Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss on Friday took issue with first-year LSU coach Lane Kiffin's recent comments that Ole Miss' past embrace of Confederate symbols made recruiting Black players more difficult. "Me, personally, I don't agree," said Chambliss, who was coached by Kiffin last season. "I don't think that what he said was truthful. ... The Oxford community is nothing but love, and they care about their people no matter what they look like: brown, black, purple, yellow -- you know what I mean?" Kiffin, who is white, coached at Ole Miss from 2020 to 2025. He oversaw the Rebels'...
  • Infosys boss says vibe coding is no threat because there’s more to writing software than writing software

    06/26/2026 5:43:49 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 1 replies
    The Register ^ | Thu 25 Jun 2026 | Simon Sharwood
    Despite warnings of revenue deflation, chairman predicts AI will make more work, not less, for services orgsInfosys chairman Nandan M. Nilekani has predicted AI – even AI that does the kind of coding work his company does for many clients – will be good for services companies. Nilekani made his prediction in a speech delivered at the Indian services giant’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. “The industry is going through a major technology transition and whenever there is such a transition, questions are asked about our relevance, leadership or ability to maintain growth and margins,” he said. “Given that AI...
  • JonBenét Ramsey Investigation in Question as Boulder Analyst Who May Have Worked Case Pleads Guilty to Mishandling DNA

    06/26/2026 5:42:26 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    OK! Magazine ^ | June 26, 2026 | Lesley Abravanel
    Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) DNA analyst Yvonne "Missy" Woods pleaded guilty to four felonies (cybercrime, perjury, attempting to influence a public servant and forgery). She faces 8 to 16 years in prison, bringing an end to a scandal that impacted more than 1,000 criminal cases across the state. Woods was a forensic scientist with the CBI during the 1996 murder of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey and was tied to evidence files in the case. Unidentified foreign male DNA found on the child's clothing has historically been used to clear the Ramsey family, but has yet to identify a perpetrator....
  • Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries shrug off Mamdani’s NYC socialist sweep — as ‘normie’ Dems erupt over ‘wackjob’ invasion

    06/26/2026 5:39:11 PM PDT · by Libloather · 7 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/24/26 | Josh Christenson
    WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders downplayed wins for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s handpicked challengers in primary races Tuesday, as moderates clamored for results to be a wake-up call for the party establishment. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) claimed the elections showed “a great united party,” and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) touted his “great working relationship” with Mamdani, while stressing there was still some “work to do” in easing tensions with congressional Democrats. “We’re seeing tremendous energy from all different areas of our party. You’re seeing centrist energy in Virginia, Iowa, and NJ. Progressive energy in...
  • The CPUSA was labeled an illegitimate party, that was the arm of a foreign conspiracy, seeking to overthrow the US government. Sound familiar? That’s what we are witnessing right now with the Democrat Party in the present day United States.

    06/26/2026 4:36:23 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 17 replies
    X.com ^ | June 26, 2026 | Clandestine @WarClandestine
    Clandestine@WarClandestine·6hFun fact:The Communist Control Act of 1954 was passed into federal law, to combat the Communist Party of the United States.The CPUSA was labeled an illegitimate party, that was the arm of a foreign conspiracy, seeking to overthrow the US government. Sound familiar?That’s what we are witnessing right now with the Democrat Party in the present day United States. The DNC is no longer a legitimate US political party. These are unlawful enemy combatants, pretending to be a political party, with intent to overthrow the United States government.They are not operating on behalf of the American People. They are part...
  • Other Polls have my Approval Rating at 65%, and more! Like Journalists, Honest Pollsters are very rare and hard to find! President DJT

    06/26/2026 3:30:20 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 23 replies
    Truth Social ^ | June 26, 2026 | President Donald J Trump
    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116816735268373974 Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrumpOther Polls have my Approval Rating at 65%, and more! Like Journalists, Honest Pollsters are very rare and hard to find! President DJTnewsmax.com/mclaughlin/mclaugh
  • Netherlands records first euthanasia death of child under 12

    06/26/2026 3:24:08 PM PDT · by Morgana · 12 replies
    Dutch News ^ | June 23, 2026 | staff
    A child under the age of 12 has died through euthanasia for the first time since the law was changed two years ago. Health minister Sophie Hermans said the case had been reported to the committee that reviews all late-term abortions and medically assisted deaths of children. Hermans revealed the child had died at the end of last year when she presented the committee’s annual report to parliament on Monday. No details about the child’s circumstances, such as their age, gender or their medical condition, were given. The death has also been referred to the public prosecution service, as happens...
  • Ex-’60 Minutes’ boss Bill Owens blasts Paramount, CBS News leaders in tell-all: ‘Worst-run media company in the history of America’

    06/26/2026 3:22:12 PM PDT · by Libloather · 18 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/26/26 | Ariel Zilber
    Former “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens is reportedly writing a tell-all memoir about his 37 years at CBS News, taking aim at owner Paramount, its CEO David Ellison and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, among others. In a proposal obtained by Breaker Media, Owens describes Paramount’s decision to settle President Trump’s lawsuit over the editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris as “perhaps the worst legal strategy ever employed by the worst-run media company in the history of America.” The proposed book would mark Owens’ most extensive public account yet of the turmoil that engulfed CBS News...
  • 5 human heads found stuffed inside medical freezer in Moscow — and linked to grisly black-market body parts ring

    06/26/2026 3:07:23 PM PDT · by Libloather · 18 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/26/26 | Anna Young
    Five human heads wrapped in plastic were found gruesomely stashed in a freezer at a Russian medical center — with the troubling discovery reportedly tied to a body parts operation on the black-market. The severed remains were allegedly stolen from hospital morgues before turning up tightly wrapped in polyethylene in a grim underground room at a Moscow anatomy training center on Suzdalskaya Street Friday, the US Sun reported. Harrowing footage captured officers peeling back the plastic wrapping to shockingly uncover the heads. Authorities said the body parts were snatched from area morgues before being used as medical training specimens to...
  • Scott Presler shows up to a South Dakota GOP event with a ticket in hand.. Thune's team had already printed a poster with his face on it to make sure he couldn't get in. Sergeant at Arms Matt Bruner met him at the door.. said "get the hell outta here"

    06/26/2026 2:24:41 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 59 replies
    x.com ^ | V | Rashid Al Mansoori راشد المنصوري @Rashid971x
    ransomnote: Sergeant at Arms Matt Bruner is shown on the left, wearing a cowboy hat in the clip below.https://x.com/Rashid971x/status/2070549837674631218 🇦🇪 Rashid Al Mansoori راشد المنصوري@Rashid971x🚨 Here is the exact sequence of what happened in Rapid City in 12 hours..June 25.. Scott Presler shows up to a South Dakota GOP event with a ticket in hand..Thune's team had already printed a poster with his face on it to make sure he couldn't get in..Sergeant at Arms Matt Bruner met him at the door.. said "get the hell outta here"..Presler pulled out his phone.. stayed calm.. recorded everything.. posted it..and here's what...
  • Iran, Egypt outraged over ‘Pride Match’ designation for World Cup faceoff — urge FIFA to scrap LGBTQ+ affiliations

    06/26/2026 2:24:00 PM PDT · by Libloather · 19 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/25/26 | Daniel Cody
    The Iranian and Egyptian soccer federations have urged FIFA to strip any “Pride Match” displays and rainbow symbols from Friday’s World Cup match in Seattle. The contest, slated for June 26 at Lumen Field, is scheduled during the city’s Pride weekend and has been referred to as the “Pride Match.” While FIFA confirmed to the New York Times that rainbow flags remain permitted at all World Cup matches this summer, its president, Gianni Infantino, has previously distanced the governing body from the event’s promotional themes. He insisted there would be no official “Pride Match” at the tournament in an interview...
  • Mamdani won’t enforce SCOTUS ruling on deportation protection for Haitians, Syrians: ‘Not something we will ever accept’

    06/26/2026 2:06:43 PM PDT · by Libloather · 61 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/26/26 | Matthew Fischetti
    Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to never accept the US Supreme Court’s ruling allowing President Trump’s administration to strip deportation protection for Haitian and Syrian migrants. “To have people who frankly taught the world about freedom have their own freedom put into jeopardy by the actions of a Supreme Court and federal administration — it is not only cruel, it’s not something we will ever accept,” Hizzoner said in a video statement after Thursday’s bombshell 6-3 ruling. The high court ruled that the “temporary protected status” statutes don’t allow for judicial review and that lower courts can’t intervene in the Trump...
  • The Only Manual, V8, Rear-Wheel Drive Sedan Left In The USA Now Produces 685 HP

    06/26/2026 1:46:34 PM PDT · by eyeamok · 120 replies
    carbuzz ^ | 06/26/26 | Gerhard Horn
    This year, Cadillac introduced the 2026 CT5-V Blackwing F1 Collector Series, celebrating the brand's first Grand Prix in the USA. It's not a phone-in special edition either. In addition to special design features, Cadillac added a new supercharger that ups the power to 685 hp and 673 lb-ft of torque. Only 26 will be built, and it's guaranteed to increase in value. The standard car is already the last of its kind, and this is by far the gnarliest version of it.