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The Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren has warned that corporate mergers approved by the Trump administration – including a pending deal that would put two of America’s largest news outlets under the control of a family sympathetic to the president – could be undone by a future administration. “After 2028, we’ll have new players in Washington, and everyone who’s engaged in this merger frenzy right now is aware of that,” Warren said in an interview. “The deals that are being cut today are occurring in the shadow of a coming political tsunami of anger against these giant corporations that think they...

This whole thing with China goes well beyond trade issues. We have known (or, at least, suspected) for years that China has been making cyber-incursions into American networks and systems. Now, in an exclusive Wall Street Journal report from Cybersecurity and Intelligence reporter Dustin Volz, we learn that in December, China made a tacit admission of being behind a series of attacks on American infrastructure.Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers are...

Late this week Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli declared in an interview with Israeli Army Radio that Tel Aviv "will be at war with Syria sooner or later," highlighting that the alliance between Damascus and Turkey poses a "strategic challenge" to his country.The Likud official said, "There is no way that a jihadist regime rooted in ISIS and Al-Qaeda, whose aspiration is the unification of Jerusalem, can live in peace alongside the State of Israel."In a separate interview with Kol Barama, a prominent Israeli ultra-Orthodox radio station, Chikli identified Syria as part of a "radical Sunni axis of evil"...

A man has been arrested by police in San Antonio for allegedly making multiple death threats against Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk as she prepares to host an all-female event in the Texas city next weekend. Jacob Wenske, 26, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with two felony counts of making a terroristic threat causing public fear, KSAT first reported based on the affidavit. Wenske allegedly said in a social media post that he knows "exactly where to bomb" at the venue for the group's three-day event, according to San Antonio police. He also said, "I can’t wait to...

REP. THOMAS MASSIE (R-KY): Listen, I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv. I did get the call through, though. I have called and conceded the race. *** We didn't lose this race because we didn't have enough money. It is the most expensive race ever. But why am I hopeful right now? Because***We have the younger demographic. *** [A]fter 18 months of blacking, of a blackout, of not letting me on Fox, they finally let me on Fox today, four...

A Pennsylvania man who recently launched a campaign for U.S. Senate is accused of leaving a series of violent voicemails threatening President Donald Trump and a member of Congress’s family, according to unsealed federal court documents on Friday, May 1. Raymond Eugene Chandler III, of Wilkinsburg, was arrested and charged after a federal investigation into repeated threats made over voicemail, authorities said. Chandler is charged with influencing, impeding, or retaliating against a federal official by threatening a family member and by threat, according to the affidavit. The criminal complaint, unsealed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania,...

Speaking at UT Austin to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas urged young people to have courage and reject growing 'cynicism' and hostility in the US. (Credit: C-SPAN)

Dozens of congressional Democrats are demanding that Republicans remove President Donald Trump for his latest threat against Iran, but one lawmaker says the idea isn’t "realistic." Several congressional Democrats want to invoke the 25th Amendment, a decades-old addition to the Constitution that empowers a president’s Cabinet to remove him from office if he is unable to do the job. Some Democrats are arguing that Trump’s latest threat against Iran on Truth Social — where he declared that a "whole civilization will die tonight" unless his demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz are met — is proof that he has...

One of the more bizarre arguments being made by people against Operation Epic Fury is that Iran was not an "imminent" threat. To which my answer is...so what? Assume that was true, for a moment. Did you WANT it to be an imminent threat? What kind of standard is that?You ADMIT Iran is very dangerous, but then walk it back and try to claim they were never a threat.Which one is it, Jim? pic.twitter.com/VbwxmySeq7— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 17, 2026No serious person denies that Iran has been waging a gray zone war against Americans for nearly half a century, nor...

The Pentagon on Friday night released a long-awaited strategy that prioritizes the U.S. homeland and Western Hemisphere — a stunning reversal from previous administrations that aligns with President Donald Trump’s military strikes in Venezuela and efforts to acquire Greenland. The National Defense Strategy — a dramatic shift from even the first Trump administration — no longer focuses primarily on countering China. Instead, it blames past administrations for ignoring American interests and jeopardizing the U.S. military’s access to the Panama Canal and Greenland. The strategy calls for attention to the “practical interests” of the U.S. public and an abandonment of “grandiose...

Welcome to Threat Matrix 2026 For historical reference TM2025 link is https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4287478/posts?q=1&;page=1#1 Established in 2001, after the 9/11 attack on America and now in its 25th year, this thread is designed to identify threats to America, both internal and external, and evaluate the probability of those threats occurring and the extent of potential damage. Discussions may stray into ‘tinfoil’ territory, but the goal is to peel back and confirm information so we can make informed decisions and actions. Incredible as it seems, “tinfoil” conspiracy theories have fast become realities so they can no longer be ignored outright, but must be...

The "Handala" Iranian hacker group claims it successfully breached the vehicle of a "senior Israeli nuclear scientist," revealed his identity, and left a bouquet of flowers inside the car. In a post published on Handala’s Telegram channels and X account, they wrote: "By now, you have surely felt it, the subtle shift in the air around you. The moment when an ordinary day becomes… wrong." "The first $10,000 required for deep-field infiltration and extraction of classified intelligence has been deployed. Funds are moving. People are moving. Shadows are moving. All in directions you never anticipated. "Your identity, once buried behind...

BREAKING NEWS: Hollywood actor Actor Woody Harrelson just threatened Donald Trump’s life after claiming he would ‘slip him some cyanide’ if he was Trump’s secret service agent so he could poison him to ‘get rid of him.’

President Donald Trump was forced to board Air Force One on Sunday via the small stairs due to heightened security measures after a suspicious hunting stand was discovered nearby.Trump left Palm Beach International Airport on Sunday to return to Washington D.C., after the suspicious structure was discovered on Friday.A White House official said the discovery led to the implementation of heightened security measures on Sunday as Trump returned to the airport. FBI Director Kash Patel said the 'elevated hunting stand' was 'within sight line of the Air Force One landing zone.'The FBI has since taken the investigatory lead, flying in...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has vowed to prosecute Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in a post-Trump era. Pritzker made the comments during an interview with FOX 32 Chicago this week as ICE agents step up their efforts across the city of Chicago. “The tables will turn one day,” Prtizker explained. ”These people should recognize that maybe they’re not gonna get prosecuted today, although we’re looking at doing that, but they may get prosecuted after the Trump administration because the statute of limitations would not have run out.” The 60-year-old added that he had spoken with Illinois Attorney General Kwame...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem exploded in outrage over a cryptic and “menacing” tweet issued by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office this past weekend. “Kristi Noem is going to have a bad day today. You’re welcome, America.” Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary at DHS, blasted Newsom’s team for crossing the line into dangerous rhetoric. McLaughlin wrote on X: “This reads like a threat. This is ugly, @GavinNewsom. Your keyboard warrior team may hide behind their laptops and spew this kind of vitriol, but you would never have the guts to say this to her face.” Acting U.S. Attorney for the...

Another day, another perfectly sane and rational reaction from Keith Olbermann. (Sarcasm intended.) Less than two weeks after Charlie Kirk was brutally murdered by a radical leftist, ol' Keith figured now would be a good time to smooth things over by threatening another conservative media personality. But, as reported by the New York Post, this isn't unusual territory for Olbermann: Olbermann faced criticism last week for his reaction to ABC affiliate Sinclair's decision to air a remembrance for Kirk over Kimmel's show, an announcement made before the comedian was suspended. Olbermann's lovely social media post that time: Yeah. He's a...

Liberal political commentator Keith Olbermann deleted a social media post Monday in which he appeared to threaten conservative CNN analyst Scott Jennings. “You’re next -------–---,” read Olbermann’s deleted X post, according to a screenshot shared by Townhall columnist Dustin Grage “But keep mugging to the camera,” the former MSNBC and ESPN host added, in another deleted tweet, according to the grabs Jennings retweeted from Grage while tagging FBI Director Kash Patel.

A bomb squad rushed to Turning Point USA's headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona after a 'suspicious bag' was left outside, police said. The mysterious bag was spotted outside the non-profit, founded by Charlie Kirk, on Wednesday morning, a spokesperson with the Phoenix Police Department told the Daily Mail. A bomb robot arrived at the scene, along with a bomb squad official dressed in a Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) suit, a picture taken by Newsmax journalist John Huddy showed. The street outside the building was cleared out of precaution. It is unclear what, if anything, was found inside the bag. 'There is...

HOLY CRAP: US Attorney Judge Jeanine just announced a woman was traveling from New York to Washington DC to ASSASS*NATE President Trump. The woman was arrested. This is on the Democrats, 100%. "Was working to have him ELIMINATED. She's now in custody, she will be prosecuted to the fullest extent to the law."