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  • The tides are turning. Get on Board! (NYC Mayor Race)

    10/23/2025 1:04:06 PM PDT · by jacknhoo · 32 replies
    The tides are turning. Get on Board! They are scared and rightfully so. Curtis can win… move over Cuomo, we’ve got a city to save!!!!
  • Since 2023, @GoogleAI (Bard, Gemini & Gemma), has been defaming me with fake criminal allegations....All 100% fake. All generated by Google’s AI. I have ZERO criminal record or allegations.

    10/23/2025 1:02:17 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 11 replies
    X.com ^ | October 22, 2025 | Robby Starbuck
    Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck🚨 HUGE NEWS: I’m suing @Google today.What you’re about to see is insane.Since 2023, @GoogleAI (Bard, Gemini & Gemma), has been defaming me with fake criminal allegations including sexual assault, child rape, abuse, fraud, stalking, drug charges, and even saying I was in Epstein’s flight logs.All 100% fake. All generated by Google’s AI. I have ZERO criminal record or allegations.So why did Google do it? Google’s AI says that I was targeted because of my political views.Even worse — Google execs KNEW for 2 YEARS that this was happening because I told them and my lawyers sent...
  • EU Is Going to Have Their NATO War Against Russia – With or Without President Trump – And It Gets Worse

    10/23/2025 11:40:34 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 93 replies
    Let’s put the events of the last 72 hours into context.On Monday and Tuesday, Russian oil refineries in NATO countries Hungary and Romania suddenly, and simultaneously, have mysterious explosions and catastrophic fires {citation}}. On Wednesday, NATO head Mark Rutte comes to visit President Trump in the White House, and at the end of the day, the same Russian company, Lukoil, whose refinery exploded in Romania, suddenly becomes sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury. These events are not disconnected.President Trump then disputes a Wall Street Journal report, further saying he did not give approval, nor does he know where NATO long-range missiles...
  • Cry Till You Laugh Till You Cry (Man Is Distraught That He's A Man)

    10/23/2025 11:04:41 AM PDT · by Texas Eagle · 26 replies
    The People's Cube ^ | 10/22/25 | Jackalopelipsky
    The trials and tribulations of a trans with running empathetic commentary by a real woman.
  • Linux, Windows, the advent of AI in our Operating Systems

    10/23/2025 10:05:38 AM PDT · by ducttape45 · 63 replies
    As many of us have seen, Windows 11 is introducing AI into PCs programmed with that O/S. Granted, there are methods of removing it. Installing W11 with Rufus software is a common way of doing it. Using Flyoobe is another option. There is also software out there to remove unwanted components once W11 is installed. Regardless, I, and I'm sure many others, are trying to find ways of running Windows software on a Linux system. I've run across a few software packages in Linux that try to accomplish this. Bottles, Wine, Winapps and PlayonLinux are just a few things I've...
  • Moment emergency services have to push Indian President's helicopter after it landed on freshly poured concrete

    10/23/2025 10:00:58 AM PDT · by DFG · 17 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 10/23/2025 | SABRINA PENTY
    Emergency services rushed to push the President of India's helicopter after it became stuck in freshly poured concrete. The incident unfolded on Wednesday morning as President Droupadi Murmu landed on a temporary helipad in the Indian village of Pramadom, with the chopper seen sinking into the ground. Footage on social media shows how firefighters and members of the police scrambled to pull the helicopter out, but to no avail. According to local media, the temporary helipad had been prepared overnight following a decision to divert the President's helicopter from its original destination in Nilakkal due to weather conditions. Concrete had...
  • Four Relatives of Illinois Gubernatorial Candidate Darren Bailey Killed in Helicopter Crash

    10/23/2025 7:40:40 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 20 replies
    Mediaite ^ | 10/23/2025 | Tom Durante
    Four family members of Illinois gubernatorial hopeful Darren Bailey were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana on Wednesday, according to reports. Bailey’s son, Zachary, his son’s wife Kelsey, and two of their children —Vada Rose, 12, and Samuel, 7 — perished when the helicopter went down. The Bailey campaign released the following statement on Thursday morning: On Wednesday evening, Darren and his wife, Cindy, received the heartbreaking news no parent ever wants to hear. Their son, Zachary, his wife, Kelsey, and their two young children, Vada Rose, age 12, and Samuel, age 7, tragically lost their lives in a...
  • Gavin Newsom Urges Californians to ‘Remain Peaceful’ as Feds Arrive in San Francisco

    10/23/2025 6:47:46 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 16 replies
    California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) told residents to “remain peaceful” as President Donald Trump sends hundreds of federal law enforcement officials to San Francisco to assist with immigration and other issues.Newsom, who has ramped up his incendiary rhetoric against the Trump administration even in the wake of the assassination last month of Charlie Kirk, told constituents to avoid responding to Trump with violence.
  • Zohran The Magnificent Fortune Machine Opens on 5th Avenue

    10/22/2025 11:15:40 AM PDT · by Texas Eagle · 7 replies
    ThePeoplesCube ^ | 8/19/2025 | Red Square
    Step right up, insert a coin, and watch as Zoltar “Zohran” Mamdani dispense revolutionary wisdom. Living in his neon-lit political fortune booth on Fifth Avenue, the Marxist fortune teller peers into his subsidized crystal ball and explains the historical inevitability of communism, the coming of the Glorious World of Next Tuesday, and sells easily digestible fortune-cookie slogans.
  • Claim: Portland Police Shield Antifa Rioters as They Shine Spotlights in DHS Agents’ Eyes

    10/22/2025 10:20:21 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 29 replies
    The president can send the National Guard into downtown Portland, Oregon, because the city police have protected Antifa attacks on a federal facility, says Harmeet Dhillon, the top civil rights chief in the Department of Justice.Dhillon made her comment in response to a video showing Antifa rioters hiding behind city police as the rioters aimed strong flashlights at the federal officers guarding the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility. The police cover protected the Antifa members from the pepper balls normally fired by security officers at the federal building.
  • Trump Nominee Withdraws After It Was Revealed He Said He Had a ‘Nazi Streak’

    10/21/2025 6:56:02 PM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 44 replies
    Mediaite ^ | 10/21/2025 | Zachary Leeman
    Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, withdrew on Tuesday after his involvement in racist leaked texts from Young Republicans leaders. Ingrassia announced that he is withdrawing from a hearing for his Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs appointment. Ingrassia reportedly described himself as having a “Nazi streak” in the messages that were leaked and first reported on by Politico. “I will be withdrawing myself from Thursday’s HSGAC hearing to lead the Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time,” he wrote. “I appreciate the...
  • ‘Why Are You Gay?’ Elon Musk Rages at Top Trump Official Over Loss of Government Contract

    10/21/2025 11:30:52 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 39 replies
    Mediaite ^ | 10/21/2025 | Isaac Schorr
    Former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) showrunner Elon Musk raged at Trump Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday, accusing him of “trying to kill NASA” in an angry series of tweets that included a derogatory nickname. Musk and Duffy had previously sparred over Musk’s efforts at DOGE. “I think it might not have been intentional, might have been ham-handed [like] some of the requests that were made by [the Department of Government Efficiency], but my position was, we are not going to fire air traffic controllers,” Duffy told The New York Post‘s Miranda Devine earlier this year. “Safety-critical positions are...
  • Exclusive: House Judiciary Committee Refers John Brennan To DOJ For Criminal Prosecution

    10/21/2025 11:15:57 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe
    The House Judiciary Committee referred former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution on Tuesday over allegations that he “knowingly made false statements” to Congress about his role in the Russia collusion hoax.In the letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi obtained by The Federalist, Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, argued that “Brennan made numerous willfully and intentionally false statements of material fact contradicted by the record established by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and the CIA.” (snip) The referral highlights numerous instances in which Brennan allegedly issued untrue remarks when testifying before...
  • Trump will not meet with Putin soon, a White House official says.

    10/21/2025 10:55:46 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 17 replies
    New York Times ^ | 10/21/2025 | Zolan Kanno-Youngs
    There are no plans for President Trump to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in the immediate future, a White House official said Tuesday, a pivot after Mr. Trump suggested last week that he would meet his Russian counterpart soon in Budapest to discuss ways to end the war in Ukraine. Mr. Trump said last week that he planned on meeting with Mr. Putin after senior American and Russian officials spoke. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov then had a “productive call,” the official said. It is unclear whether Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin...
  • Federal Appeals Court Overturns Lower Court Ruling – President Trump Can Deploy National Guard to Portland

    10/21/2025 6:06:01 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 7 replies
    theconservativetreehouse.com ^ | October 20, 2025 | Sundance
    SNIP SOURCE A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to stay a district court order that had prevented the deployment of National Guard troops to the city. The majority opinion found it was likely that the president had lawfully exercised his statutory authority.(Via Politico) – A federal appeals court panel has backed President Donald Trump’s authority to send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, concluding that though the president’s claims on social media “may exaggerate” the violence in the city, he may still have had a valid basis for the deployment.The 2-1 ruling, endorsed...
  • Raskin: ACA Subsidy Expiration Date We Enacted Isn’t Our Fault

    10/21/2025 5:43:13 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 20 replies
    On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that there is an expiration date for Obamacare subsidies “because that was all that we could get. But we’ve been arguing for a renewal of those tax credits for months. So, I don’t accept that particular Republican talking point” that the expiration date Democrats put into place is a Democratic policy.
  • Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts

    10/20/2025 2:53:06 PM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 46 replies
    Politico ^ | 10.20.2025 | Daniel Lippman
    Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a text chat viewed by POLITICO. Ingrassia, who has a Senate confirmation hearing scheduled Thursday, made the remarks in a chain with a half-dozen Republican operatives and influencers, according to the chat. “MLK Jr. was the 1960s George Floyd and his ‘holiday’ should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of...
  • Best Donald Trump meme ever and also starring in his band are Cruz, Hegseth and Rubio.

    10/20/2025 11:40:09 AM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 16 replies
    Facebook post ^ | Unkown
    This is the best all-time Trump I have ever seen (Unfotunately, it's for Spanish-speakers.). It features Trump as lead Cuban-style singer, Hegseth and Rubio on guitars and Cruz on the drums and backup singer. The gals may be Bondi, Noem and I can't recognize the third one. The message is that illegals, Democrats and Maduro have been pulling all kinds of garbage and Trump arrived to put a stop to it. Click here.
  • Spirit Christmas opens first store of the season. See where and when the holiday-themed stores will open

    10/20/2025 11:09:30 AM PDT · by fidelis · 5 replies
    12News Arizona ^ | October 20, 2025 | Melissa Hernandez De La Cruz
    WASHINGTON — Spirit Christmas is kicking off its holiday season early, with the first of dozens of stores opening over the weekend. Spirit Halloween, known for seasonally popping up in hundreds of locations around the country and offering a wide variety of costume pieces and decorations for folks to prepare for the October holiday, is expanding its spinoff Christmas-themed stores. The company will open 30 Christmas-themed stores across the Northeastern U.S. this year. Spirit Halloween first teased the return of its Christmas-themed pop-up stores in August. The company recently shared on social media a tour inside its newly opened Mays...
  • Dems’ Shutdown Continues To Backfire In Brutal Fashion

    10/20/2025 9:23:49 AM PDT · by Signalman · 5 replies
    Trending Politics ^ | 10/20/2025 | Jake
    House Republicans are raking in record cash as the government shutdown drags on — pulling in nearly $24 million between July and September, according to new fundraising numbers. More than half of that haul — about $13.95 million — came in September alone, just as the GOP prepared for a bruising political battle over federal spending. The fight has since escalated into a full-blown standoff that has left Washington paralyzed and the government shuttered for 20 days. The National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) September windfall marks its best non-election-year September ever, up roughly 50% from the same month last year....