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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been dropped from the main crew of the Crew-12 mission two and a half months before the planned launch. The information was relayed on Telegram by rocket-launch analyst Georgiy Trishkin. According to sources, such a replacement is caused by a probable violation of ITAR export restrictions – the rules that govern the export of U.S. military technologies. Sources claim that the cosmonaut allegedly photographed SpaceX documentation and materials, and then carried secret data on his phone. Timeline of events and context Telegram channel “Yuro, sorry!” also claims that Artemyev, who was undergoing training at SpaceX’s...

Over a decade ago, Google showed off a pair of smart spectacles called Google Glass, sparking a major ethical debate over wearables being used to covertly film people without their permission. At the time, the outrage was enshrined by the derogatory neologism “glasshole,” meaning a Google Glass wearer who was accused of having little regard for the privacy of those around them. A seeming eternity later, Meta has attempted to revive the idea with its Ray-Ban Meta glasses. While it’s arguably a significant technological leap over Google’s early forays, the debate has seemingly remained the same. Case in point, as...

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Kirk’s final book is a "manifesto against the machine of modern life," encouraging his followers to "stop in the name of God" and honor the Sabbath. Kirk, the founder and CEO of Turning Point USA, was assassinated Sept. 10 after years of promoting civil discourse on college campuses and mentoring young adults across the country. CHARLIE KIRK BELIEVED IN ME AND MY GENERATION. WE SHOULD HONOR HIM BY SPEAKING WITH COURAGE Weeks before his murder, Kirk finished what would be his final book — "Stop, In the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life."...

DUBAI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Fifty-five Iranians deported from the United States will return to their home country in the coming days, Iran's foreign ministry said on Sunday, in the second such deportation under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. In September, officials said the U.S. had identified about 400 Iranians to be deported, with a first flight carrying 120 people making its way to Tehran via Qatar's capital. "In the coming days, about 55 nationals will return to Iran...This is the second group being returned to Iran in the latest months," Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, adding that...

The Talk ShowsDec 7th, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.); Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.); Rep. Dan (Eye Patch McCain) Crenshaw (R-Texas); Scott Gottlieb, and CBS polling director Anthony Salvanto. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. Tim co-Kaine (D-VA.) Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO-Louis.); Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.); Anduril Founder Palmer Luckey; NASA Astronaut Chris Williams. Panel: Jennifer Griffin, Karl Rove and Roger Zakheim.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.); Sen. Adam Schitt (D-Calif.); Rep....

When Ukraine set its sights on NATO and later the European Union, many expected Europe to respond with conviction and purpose. Instead, what emerged was a patchwork of shortterm fixes, hesitant commitments, and political squabbles—a portrait of a continent reacting to history rather than shaping it. Europe entered the conflict improvising, not strategizing. What was framed as solidarity has too often become a cascade of costly, shortsighted decisions that drain wealth, fracture unity, and expose the EU’s lack of direction. Today, the European Union wrestles with economic fatigue and political discord. Member states remain divided over how long support for...

11 Los Angeles County employees charged in over $700,000 pandemic unemployment fraud scheme Eleven more Los Angeles County employees have been charged with felony grand theft for allegedly stealing unemployment benefits while working full-time during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The new charges, announced by the office, follow an earlier round of filings in October against 13 county employees accused of similar conduct. In total, prosecutors say 24 employees fraudulently collected a combined $741,518 in unemployment benefits between 2020 and 2023. District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said his office intends to pursue the...

Today on December 7, 1941 Pear Harbor was attacked. Please pray for everyone who lost their lives.

In the absence of an effective judicial system and civilian law enforcement, citizens may instead resort to vigilantism or even vendettas in an attempt to maintain order and respond to insults. In some countries, such as Egypt, blood feuds are common and involve multiple generations. When citizens lose faith in government institutions to uphold public safety, such tactics often emerge as a desperate response. We're now seeing this phenomenon arising in Western nations as they grapple with unrestricted immigration, where crimes by migrants against native-born populations go unaddressed, police fail to protect communities, and governments penalize dissenters. From Democrat-run U.S....

There is this recurring narrative that SpaceX needs government funding to survive. Not only does SpaceX not rely on government contracts for the majority of it’s revenue, it’s actually saved the US government Billions of dollars by being far cheaper than the competition.

Tesla chief Elon Musk has called for the abolition of the European Union as a political entity and a return of national sovereignty to the continent in the wake of Brussels announcing a $140 million fine against his X social media platform for supposedly violating the bloc’s censorship law. “The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries, so that governments can better represent their people,” Musk wrote on his X account on Saturday morning. It came after the unelected European Commission imposed a €120 million ($140 million) fine on X on Friday for allegedly breaching the Digital...

Iran's judiciary said on Saturday that two organisers of a marathon on Kish island were arrested for allowing unveiled women to compete in the race. "Two of the main organisers of the competition were arrested on warrants," the judiciary's Mizan Online website reported on Saturday, the day after the marathon took place. "One of those arrested is an official in the Kish free zone, and the other works for the private company that organised the race," it added. More than 5,000 people took part in Friday's race, according to local media, with images online showing a number of runners who...

Earlier this year, when Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) began reporting on massive amounts of fraud in our social programs, the Democrats scoffed at him. They ran before any camera they could find to claim breathlessly that Musk was going to take away Social Security and leave Grandma out in the cold.That's not true, of course. Musk and DOGE were trying to not only save America from fiscal ruin, but to make these programs sustainable for the people who actually need and paid into them — the American taxpayers.Democrats, on the other hand, seem to view those programs...

Conservative political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos recently expressed regret for "mainstreaming homosexuality in the Republican Party" a decade ago, and claimed hidden homosexuality is rampant in conservative political circles. Yiannopoulos, who reached the peak of his fame around the 2016 presidential campaign as a provocative, outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, also claimed that therapy and his Christian faith have helped him move away from the homosexual addiction that once consumed his life. "I have to be honest with you, I bear some responsibility for this because it was me, 10 years ago — mainstreaming homosexuality in...

Earlier this month, over 400 Minnesota Department of Human Services employees accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of being "100% responsible" for the massive fraud in Minnesota. I wrote at the time that the Minnesota Somali fraud scandal could take down Walz, and every day it looks even more likely. And what do you know, the scandal just got significantly worse for Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar. Newly surfaced photographs show both Democrats smiling alongside Abdul Dahir Ibrahim, a Somali national and convicted fraudster who spent decades in America as an illegal immigrant before Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently arrested him....

An illegal immigrant previously charged with DUIs and had an outstanding 2023 deportation has been charged in connection with a deadly head-on collision that killed an 8-year-old California girl over the weekend, authorities said. Bryan Josue Alva-Rodriguez, 25, a Guatemalan citizen, was arraigned in the hospital, where he is being treated for his injuries, Wednesday on murder, vehicular manslaughter and DUI charges, according to California Highway Patrol.

The federal government said it would withhold Supplemental Nutrition Aid Program (SNAP) funds for states that do not report user data. The news came from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins earlier this week, following months of requests and investigations into instances of fraud within the program. Here’s what to know about the change to the nutrition program.The Announcement Rollins made the announcement on Dec. 2 during a White House cabinet meeting, saying that states that have not complied with the federal request have only a few days to fix the issue.The USDA secretary said the...

𝕏 just terminated the EU Commission's ad account The same EU Commission that fined 𝕏 for so-called “deceptive design” quietly logged into its dormant 𝕏 ads account and exploited an ad format - posting a link that deceives users into thinking it's a video, to artificially boost its own reach It had never been abused like this before

Having completed my first full day in Singapore, I continue to be impressed, as I believe all visitors are, by what a shiny, clean, well-organized place it is. One could say that this is because it’s a wealthy country. I would go in the other direction: It’s wealthy because it’s chosen to be a clean, bright, shiny place. Yesterday, we went to the Marina Bay complex, a major tourist attraction that has two massive indoor gardens and one of the biggest malls I’ve ever seen. To get there and back, we took the underground trains that are part of the...

When news broke that the FBI had finally arrested a suspect who placed pipe bombs at RNC and DNC headquarters in January 2021, I offered this prediction: "this will turn out to be unrelated to the J6 riot or law enforcement and intelligence agencies, but will be a rando nutcase anarchist." I could have also predicted that the Protection Racket Media would attempt to make the perp into a right-wing MAGA nutcase who voted for Donald Trump. I didn't have "pretend he's a white guy" on my Bingo card, but you can't win 'em all. Otherwise, my predictions have held...