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FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau spent nearly a year investigating a social media post that led to Tuesday’s indictment of one of his predecessors, James Comey. Comey was charged over an Instagram post he made in May 2025, which he later deleted after conservative uproar. The post showed an image of seashells on a beach arranged in a way that read “86 47.” The former FBI director wrote, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” President Donald Trump is the 47th president, while “86” is slang in the service industry and typically means to refuse service to someone...

[From Grok, after my prompts] Here is a simple, ready-to-use formula for your "Work Life Hours" metric, expressed directly in average taxpayer lifetimes: Taxpayer Lifetimes = (D × 1.104) / 2,960,000 Where: D = dollars funded to the project 1.104 = overall multiplier for government overhead/efficiency (IRS collection cost ≈ 0.36% + typical agency/program administrative overhead ≈ 8–10%) 2,960,000 = dollars of tax revenue that one average U.S. taxpayer generates over a full 40-year working lifetime (based on current data) Why this formula works. It first calculates the total taxes that must be collected to deliver D after overhead: D...

A superyacht linked to one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's key allies has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, despite the ongoing blockade of the critical shipping channel. The 142m-long (465 ft) multi-deck luxury boat, named Nord, is linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov. It travelled from Dubai to Muscat, Oman, over the weekend - one of few private vessels to transit through the strait in recent months. Iran held high-level talks with Russia this week as its standoff with the US over the strait's re-opening continues. Approximately one-fifth of global oil and LNG supplies normally pass through the...

Dr. David M. Morens, a former top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, was arrested and charged Tuesday with conspiracy and destruction of federal records in one of the first cases to allege a cover-up in the COVID-19 pandemic. The charges – brought by the FBI, Justice Department and the U.S. Health and Human Services inspector general – allege the former senior scientific adviser at the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which Fauci led for 38 years, committed conspiracy against the United States; destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in federal investigations; concealment, removal or mutilation of records; and...

Anthropic just published a study mapping exactly which jobs its own AI is replacing right now. The workers most at risk are not who anyone expected. They are older. They are more educated. They earn 47% more than average. And they are nearly four times more likely to hold a graduate degree than the workers AI is not touching. The argument is straightforward. Anthropic built a new metric called "observed exposure." Not what AI could theoretically do. What it is actually doing right now in professional settings, measured against millions of real Claude conversations from enterprise users. For computer and...

The Daily Mail revealed on Monday that the President is related to the King via their shared ancestor in the 3rd Earl of Lennox, a great-grandson of King James II of Scotland. The Daily Mail's research found the connection makes Trump and Charles 15th cousins. Trump reacted to the news on Truth Social: 'Wow, that’s nice. I’ve always wanted to live in Buckingham Palace!!! I’ll talk to the King and Queen about this in a few minutes!!'

UNN @UnityNewsNetSubscribeClick to Subscribe to UnityNewsNet TOTAL Media Blackout on Starmer Ukraine Rent boy trial starting today. ZERO mentions on BBC News, GB News, Daily Mail. Clearly some kind of D-notice in place. What are they covering up? April 27, 2026

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Pakistani attacks on the east Afghan province of Kunar have killed at least seven people and injured 75, among whom are students and a professor at Kunar University, multiple sources have told the BBC. According to the Taliban government, 30 of the injured are university students. Pakistan's information ministry denied attacking the university and residential areas, saying the reports were fake. Reports of the Kunar attacks come several weeks after a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital Kabul which, according to the UN, is now known to have killed 269 people. The Taliban say...

https://x.com/BredsguardDalen/status/2048626143537107207 Riccardo Bosi reposted DADA @BredsguardDalenSeems like chess pieces are being moved while everyone is distracted. ransomnote: excerpt of 2 min video belowTRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~On Monday, April 13, while the entire world was watching Hormuz, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth quietly hosted Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin in the Pentagon.And what they announced was a major defense cooperation partnership between the United States and Indonesia. The partnership has three pillars.ONE: Military modernization capacity buildingTWO: Training and professional military educationTHREE: Regional exercises and operational cooperationAnd woven into this agreement is Indonesia granting US military aircraft "blanket oversight access across the whole of...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) called for Democrats to “drop” their Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) after a shooting at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, and called for Democrats to support building the White House ballroom.Fetterman shared a screenshot of a Mediaite article from reporter Joe DePaolo about how security at the hotel, where the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner took place, was “awful.” In a post on X. Fetterman expressed that the venue at the Washington Hilton Hotel “wasn’t built to accommodate an event with the line of succession” of the United States government in attendance.

A 2017 local TV news segment featuring a man identified as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect has resurfaced online in the wake of the incident. The clip, from ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC), shows a young Cole Allen — described as a Caltech student at the time — demonstrating a prototype wheelchair emergency brake at a tech conference focused on helping seniors. “The wheelchair brakes tend to lock the wheels, but don’t lock the chair to the ground. But with this device, that will prevent the chair from skidding at all,” Allen said in the segment. The report aired...

You know that feeling when you scroll through your phone contacts and realize half the numbers belong to people you haven’t spoken to in years? Last week, I did exactly that while looking for an old colleague’s number. What struck me wasn’t just the silence between us – it was remembering how we used to grab lunch together three times a week, share weekend barbecue invites, and text about everything from work drama to our kids’ soccer games. Then I retired at 62, and within six months, we’d become strangers That’s when it hit me: we weren’t really friends. We...

Watch this exchange and understand: 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡. A Cambridge student confronts Hasan Piker about the October 7th massacre at the Supernova Music Festival. Piker’s response? “𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮∗𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴?” “𝘠𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴.” The student pressed him to unequivocally condemn the m∗rders, the mutilations, the r∗pes. His answer? “𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.” When told the Houthis he platforms have “𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬” 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧, he shrugged: “𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭.” This is the man who 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬...

An unconscious tree trimmer stranded high above a San Jose neighborhood was dramatically airlifted to safety Friday after suffering a medical emergency while working roughly 75 feet up a palm tree. Emergency crews rushed to the 2900 block of Sunburst Drive around 10 a.m., where the worker had become incapacitated while cutting the tree, according to the San Jose Fire Department. Initial attempts to reach him from the ground failed due to the height and distance from the street. With time critical, officials called in a Cal Fire helicopter to execute a rare aerial extraction. The operation proved difficult, taking...

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The redistricting vote in Virginia was not only dishonest, it was unconscionable and shameless. I don't know how any democrat can look themselves in the mirror or sleep at night after the way that vote was worded.The vote should have been worded this way :DO YOU AGREE THAT THE REDISTRICTING PLAN PUT FORTH BY THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE APPROVED--GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT IS LIKELY THAT HALF THE POPULATION OF VIRGINIA WILL GET ONLY 9% REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS? THE OTHER HALF SPONSORING THIS VOTE WILL GET 91% REPRESENTATION.YES OR NO.I just cannot believe the wording that was actually used. It...

It's finally here!!! The 100th anniversary of Knoebels Amusement resort is here! In this years behind the scenes videos we'll not only cover rides, food, and merchandise, but we'll also find out what's in store for the anniversary weekend. Knoebels Amusement Resort

In the last few years, there has been a trend by recruiters and companies to 'ghost' candidates. Ghosting is the act of ceasing ALL communication with a candidate in the hiring process. It can happen at the initial contact, all the way to final interviews. I've even heard of ghosting happening after an acceptance letter was sent! I feel this is utterly unacceptable. I feel it is important for us all to reprimand recruiters (and companies, for that matter) and chide them when they ghost. I know, I know, they may not g.a.s., but still, I feel it is crucial...

Salimeh stands in her yard, a rug suspended behind her, still heavy from washing. Her clothes, patterned in vivid reds, pinks and oranges, echo the mineral-rich sands of Iran’s Qeshm and Hormuz islands, where the earth itself seems to glow. The wind lifts her veil, just enough to show its gentle presence, and it billows out across her body. She’s caught, mid-motion, in the exact moment of its arrival. Photographer Hoda Afshar recalls the image as something almost accidental. Working with a medium-format analog camera, she had been adjusting, focusing, waiting. Salimeh stood patiently. Then the wind came and she...