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Bungled link handed over sensitive docs, and when recipient didn't cooperate, police opted for cuffs iconDutch police have arrested a man for "computer hacking" after accidentally handing him their own sensitive files and then getting annoyed when he didn't hand them back. The Politie said on Monday that a 40-year-old man from Ridderkerk was arrested on Thursday after he wound up with confidential documents thanks to what officers acknowledge was their own cock-up. The chain of events reads less like a breach and more like an own goal. In connection with a separate investigation, the man contacted the police...

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2022898940035899849 Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApesIt’s all coming out. Linkedin Billionaire Reid Hoffman’s name appears 2,600 times in the new Jeffrey Epstein FilesElon Musk was rightThe Biden Admin was letting top Democrat donors and Jeffrey Epstein clients sponsor DOJ investigationsElon Musk reveals “The SpaceX lawsuit was funded by Reid Hoffman, who is a major Dem donor and also a Jeffrey Epstein Client”Think about that, Democrats let their donors use our law enforcement to target their enemiesElon Musk explains the SpaceX DOJ investigation went on for YEARS, he explains in details the Weaponization of law enforcementAnd it was sponsored by a top Democrat...

Explanation: How is RXJ0528+2838 creating such shock waves? A recently discovered white dwarf star, the farther left of the two largest white spots, RXJ0528+2838, was found 730 light-years away from Earth. Most stars, when done fusing nuclei in their cores for energy, become red giant stars, the cores of which live on as faint dense white dwarfs that slowly cool down for the rest of time. White dwarfs are so dense that the only thing that stops them from collapsing further is quantum mechanics. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will become a white dwarf, too. The featured image,...

San Francisco just dropped a $300,000 sprinkler mandate on 9,800 condo owners — and that’s just the beginning. California homeowners are now facing a stack of unfunded mandates that could cost half a million dollars per property. No vote. No public funding. No way out. In this video I expose how a failed San Francisco politician got a $300,000 per unit fire sprinkler retrofit mandate passed after it was defeated TWICE — by burying it in a routine fire code update. I reveal why the sprinkler fitters union is blocking repeal, how the national plumbers union is pushing this mandate...

BRACKETTVILLE, Texas—The chaos caused by millions of illegal immigrants flooding across the southwest border under the Biden administration left scars on this border town. The constant high-speed chases, buzzing helicopters, screaming emergency sirens, hurried school lockdowns, torn barbed-wire fences, and decomposing bodies on ranches and along the Rio Grande all took their toll on Texas towns near the Mexican border. The border crisis drained resources and changed the lifestyle of Brackettville, a little town with two traffic light intersections in Kinney County. Residents of the county and beyond said the madness stopped almost overnight after President Donald Trump took office....

On Monday’s CNN This Morning, the “Group Chat” sounded less like analysis and more like a Democratic messaging session. Discussing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s claim that the SAVE Act is “Jim Crow 2.0,” CNN senior reporter Zach Wolf wasn’t troubled by the incendiary historical comparison. Instead, he fretted that Democratic Senator John Fetterman had gone “off message” by refusing to echo it. Is the CNN motto still "Facts First"? Or is it "Keeping the Democrats On Message"? Fetterman said: “I would never refer to the SAVE Act as Jim Crow 2.0 I don't call people names or imply that...

A woman in Australia has become the first person in the world to have their organs harvested after ending their life by assisted suicide. Karen Duncan, from Victoria, Australia, ended her life by assisted suicide after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in August 2024. It is reported that Ms Duncan began having conversations about ending her life by assisted suicide with her family and doctors shortly after her diagnosis. In Victoria, an individual can end their life by assisted suicide or euthanasia if they have been given a prognosis of 12 months. This follows a significant expansion of the...

“But let’s not miss the fact that we have coordinated, well-funded, and I think insurgencies or terrorist organizations, however you want to call it, literally trying to prevent legal laws from being enforced in the United States.”U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott testifying before Congress on February 10, 2026. The man speaks truth.The mainstream media continues to push the narrative that all we are seeing are “peaceful protests”. Most conservative commentators remain content to ridicule participants in the ongoing anti – ICE actions around the country and dismiss them with derogatory comments and sarcasm. No one, it...

President Trump sent Tom Homan to Minneapolis to declare victory and go home, and so he has. Trump’s border czar announced the end of the ICE surge that had roiled the city and our national politics. Homan says ICE is getting more cooperation from county jails in handing over incarcerated illegal aliens, and immigration authorities have detained many of the illegal immigrants they had been targeting. It’s not clear how extensive the supposed new cooperation is, but Homan certainly forged a better relationship with state and city officials. The big story here is that semiorganized resistance on the streets, with...

Hollywood icon Robert Duvall has died at the age of 95. He was best known for playing Tom Hagen opposite Al Pacino and Marlon Brando in The Godfather. The actor's wife, Luciana, announced the news Monday on Facebook, writing, 'Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort.' She added ... 'To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by...

Legendary actor and director Robert Duvall has passed away. He was 95 years old. His wife of over 20 years, Luciana, announced his passing in a post on Facebook and said he died on Sunday “peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort.”

Classic movies resonate because they reflect what we understand in our guts to be true. Silence of the Lambs featured Buffalo Bill, a transgender serial killer who skinned women so he could wear their skin. Driven by the liberal establishment’s promotion of LGBTism, the rapidly expanding Transsexual Violence Hall of Horrors has confirmed the movie’s underlying insight. Yet now Hollyweird apologizes for it. Via Hollywood Reporter: Silence of the Lambs surprised the industry as an Oscar-winning, generation-defining smash. But over the years, the characterization of Buffalo Bill (whose sexual orientation is not explicitly stated) has been viewed as gender nonconforming...

A sassy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was seen putting a female protester in her place as she tried to interject during the arrest of an alleged child rapist in Minnesota. The incident, posted to TikTok on Friday by Olivia Jensen, showed her recording federal officers from inside her car as she called them 'race traitors'. She filmed herself driving behind the federal vehicle before the officers approached her driver's-side door and addressed her by her first name. Jensen then said she would continue to follow the officers, before asking them: 'How's it feel to be a race traitor?'...

WOW! On Sunday I had perhaps the BEST BBQ wings of my life. You can see them above in a big circle around my new BBQ accessory. I dry brined the wings on Saturday with a mix of kosher salt and baking powder to keep the salinity level low. I kept them on raised two wire racks in the fridge overnight. The next day I put the wings in a big bowl and added a few table spoons of olive oil. Then I thoroughly coated the wings with about a 50/50 mix of Polynesian Pineapple rub and smoked paprika. I...

After the first contest of the 2026 NBA All-Star Game -- which featured a brand new format with two USA teams and one World team -- ended, Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was asked by the NBC broadcast about wanting the ball on the first possession of overtime. Edwards didn't directly answer the question, but his response was telling. Edwards admitted that Victor Wembanyama "set the tone," and it was hard not to match his energy. It was a stark contrast to Edwards' comments on the eve of the NBA All-Star Game, when he directly said "no" when asked if the...

New York City joins Dearborn, Houston, and more in creating the most electrifying Ramadan month across the U.S. In 2026, the country’s cities are transforming the holy month into a vibrant celebration of culture, unity, and community. From the neon glow of New York’s Times Square to Dearborn’s festive streets, every city brings its unique charm to Ramadan festivities. Houston’s government-sponsored Iftar dinners unite people from all backgrounds, while the City of Bell hosts a thrilling night market.These cities are not just celebrating Ramadan—they’re igniting a patriotic spirit that embraces diversity and inclusion. This year, the U.S. is showcasing how...

Lesson: Always take out the commies when they are about to collapse under the sheer weight of their malignant incompetence. They must be held to account. They have infiltrated our society through their Dirección de Inteligencia (DI), the Intelligence Directorate.

A man who was captured on camera making a failed burglary attempt in Hialeah appeared before a judge, Thursday. Dean Young, 26, stood before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Victoria S. Sigler after being charged with attempted burglary and criminal mischief. According to the police report, Young allegedly parked his gray Hyundai next to a landscaper’s van that was working outside of a home near East 19th Street, Wednesday afternoon. Ring camera video from the homeowner, Nercy Toldeo, captured the moment the would-be burglar snuck into the back of the van, where he soon found out he wouldn’t be going anywhere....

Many were triggered by the Bad Bunny halftime show at Super Bowl LX, largely because it became the latest fuel for the American outrage and counter outrage machine. Some complained to the FCC about the supposedly profane nature of the lyrics they loudly complained they didn’t understand anyway, because they weren’t in English. Whatever the language, an initial FCC review concluded that the show didn’t violate applicable decency regulations. Via Charles Gasparino of the New York Post, the FCC determined that the songs sung weren’t blue. They were, as Gasparino puts it, “scrubbed of lyrics that normally include references to...

America’s richest citizens are quietly transforming their estates into military-grade compounds equipped with underground bunkers, biometric security systems, moats, and private armed forces. The scale and urgency of this shift raises a question the mainstream press seems reluctant to ask: What exactly are they preparing for? *** The wealthy are spending between $100,000 and $1.5 million on security installations that include underground bunkers, laser-powered perimeter defense systems, and biometric access controls. Some are purchasing specially trained protection dogs for as much as $175,000. The message is unmistakable: traditional security measures no longer feel adequate, even for those living in America’s...