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Over time - and over the past several years in particular - a common theme has arisen on these pages and in the wider world: the loss of trust. The loss of trust, be it institutional or personal, is easy to identify and straightforward to describe, but it can be difficult to internalize. It is hard, as Heinlein might put it, to grok it. Even if one acknowledges a loss of trust and intellectually understands that it has happened, nothing will prevent him from appealing to a trust that no longer exists. The concept of trust, and especially institutional trust, is deeply ingrained.
This phenomenon is what leads to baffling thinkpieces about how, despite the risks involved, an institution (usually a government) should be permitted to do X, Y or Z because the benefits are so great and the risks are small unless there are are dishonest operators. Such thinkpieces should be impossible to produce with any amount of seriousness in Current Year, yet they still come, sometimes from unlikely quarters. On Monday, JJ's Morning Report linked to just such a thinkpiece, published in the American Thinker.
That article, A Defense Of License Plate Readers, tries to build a case that automatic license plate readers - "ALPR" systems - like Flock are totally fine. It highlights perfectly a now baffling appeal to trust, as well as dipping into "ends justify the means" territory and supporting it with strawmen. It starts out with the appeal to trust, right in its sub-headline:
Should we dismantle a super-valuable law enforcement tool just because it's theoretically possible to abuse it?
Set aside for a moment that the risks are demonstrably not merely theoretical. The position itself is baffling. If anyone has not learned over the past decade that there is no daylight between a potential risk and a realized risk when it comes to government operations, that person is engaged in self-delusion.
But the article doesn't jump right in. In traditional fashion, it starts with a harrowing tale of a violent crime where the offender was found thanks to an ALPR system. There has to be some gut-tugging pathos right up front if the reader can be expected to ignore all of the problems to follow. If it saves just one life, dotchyaknow. After the emotional hook comes the false equivalence: that this is really no different from running a plate during a traffic stop, it's just a teeny little bit broader:
... Officers routinely consult computer-aided dispatch records; driver and vehicle databases; the National Crime Information Center (NCIC); the Interstate Identification Index (III); and various local, state, and regional intelligence systems. These resources allow officers to perform a wide array of investigative tasks. Officers routinely use them to identify wanted persons, locate stolen property, review criminal histories, and share intelligence with other agencies.
An ALPR database performs a very similar function. At its most basic level, it records that a publicly displayed license plate, attached to a particular vehicle, passed a particular location at a particular time. ...
Thus, consulting an ALPR database is not fundamentally different from querying a license plate or driver's license during a traffic stop or checking a suspect for warrants. Each task involves access to information for a legitimate law enforcement purpose. ...
Sure. Pull the other one. It jingles. These things are obviously not the same. One usually involves a traffic stop or, at least, human effort. That requires either a reason to engage in the query (the traffic stop) or enough desire to manually collect and run license plate numbers. Throwing out acronyms and drawing false equivalencies doesn't help the argument, but it does help confuse the issue - and so the tactic is useful.
Much later in the article comes the acknowledgment that these things are in fact different, but with an assertion that the difference should be ignored and can be obviated through arbitrary distinctions:
A routine license plate check begins with a vehicle that is already encountered by an officer. By contrast, ALPR cameras automatically collect the plate information of all vehicles that pass by. A network of cameras can then assemble those observations much more efficiently than individual officers watching traffic.
One concern that has been expressed is that ALPRs can be used to reconstruct one's location and activity history. This is a legitimate concern, and the solution is to adopt rules suited to the scale to which an ALPR system is used. Although a single ALPR hit is not the same thing as GPS tracking, broad or prolonged tracking should require a higher level of approval. In some cases, warrants should be required. However, short-term searches for a stolen car are not the same as reconstructing months of someone's movements.
In this case, they are the same. The dragnet is there and the panopticon is built. Setting a time limit on queries that needs a rubber stamp to override it is not a solution. To think it could be a solution is to still be burdened by institutional trust. That the writer has this burden is obvious from elsewhere in the article:
Every useful technology comes with risks. An officer can misuse a driver's license database to obtain an ex-girlfriend's address. A dispatcher can access criminal history or CAD notes without a legitimate reason. A detective can leak confidential information to a friend. Such conduct is already prohibited, and many officers have lost their law enforcement certifications and have been prosecuted for improperly accessing restricted information.
The problem with the "misuse" objection is that it proves way too much. If possible or actual misuse is enough to stop the public implementation of some technology, then it would apply to almost every government tool or power that has ever been used (whether in a criminal, civil, or administrative context). ...
Your terms are acceptable. Getting rid of ALPR systems would be a good start on a wider stand-down of mass surveillance technologies. The more the merrier. None of it - and none of its operators - can be trusted. "Misuse" (which I increasingly think is the wrong word, since these systems appear to be designed to be used in the "wrong" way) is not a risk, it is an inevitability - and it occurs almost immediately.
The entire class of thinkpieces from "conservatives" trying to rationalize mass surveillance technology with a rich history of egregious behavior by its operators is baffling. What about mass surveillance is suddenly rock-ribbed? Nothing. It comes from, I think, two sources. The first is vestigial trust, the belief that the system can be "safeguarded against abuse." It can't. Recent and more distant history does not show any success in safeguarding any system against abuse, which is why good systems design aims for systems that are smaller rather than larger and decentralized rather than centralized.
Outside of a poorly-construct and weak appeal to non-existent trust, I think there may be something more pernicious involved in some this: short-sighted faith that it's okay because "we're in charge." If you didn't click the links, go read the EFF and ILJ reports I referenced just below the fold. EFF in particular chose to cherry-pick specific abuses that are mostly around communist agitators like "No Kings" and abortion clinics while the ILJ focuses more on immigration and personal abuses like stalking, with no mention of any of these dragnets going against conservatives. Reports like these help provide a false sense of security to the "other side" - these systems are working for you! Comfort in advocating for these systems simply because "your side is in charge," if that is part of it, is short-sighted and foolish to the point of stupidity because even if it's true - and it isn't, as the last decade thoroughly demonstrates - "your side" will not be in charge forever.
Articles like this one that extol putative benefits but not the record of abuses, choose "safeguarding" and "rules" as a solution, hearken back to a world of trust that no longer exists, set up strawmen and drift into "the ends justify the means" territory on the back of bloody pathos are themselves prime evidence of core weakness of argument. Universal mass surveillance dragnets are a bad idea, are designed to be "misused" and are antithetical to liberty - and mental gymnastics in weak thinkpieces can do nothing to change that
SCOTUS Denies Stay on Ruling Blocking Trump Mail-In Ballot Restrictions: Alito and Thomas dissented: “Some of the plaintiffs lack standing, while the remainder are pursuing a claim that this Court has recently called a ‘Hail Mary pass’ that ‘rarely succeeds.’”
Did the Supreme Court’s liberal justices slow-walk their dissents in litigation over President Trump’s mail-in voting order to run out the clock on its implementation for the 2026 midterms? That seems to be what Justice Samuel Alito subtly suggested in the court’s most recent ruling on the subject
And so on the one hand, the Leftists want to pack the court with their political allies who will subvert the Constitution and the guiding principles of American and western jurisprudence to advance their Sharia-esque goal o absolute power and control via the advancement and forcing of their preferred insane policies on our society and people. Most recently and vociferously from Mayor Buttplug, who potentially may announce a run for the presidency in 2028.
Considering the surge in popularity of the Democrat Socialites, this fringe madness could be mainstreamed faster than we imagine. Certainly if SCOTUS continues to abrogate its duty to defend the Republic and the rule of law, we are going to wake up in a nightmare.
The basis for Muslim political donations in the United States, is preventing non-Muslims from “coalescing amongst themselves and uniting” to defend themselves. This isn’t civic participation: it’s the tribal divide and conquer politics of the origins of Islamic colonialism and imperialism. . . Muslim PACs previously claimed that they were just people representing their communities. The Fiqh system pulls back the curtain to show a central body of Islamic scholars trying to use money to control the outcome of American elections for “benefitting the Ummah” (meaning the global Muslim community’s local or foreign interests) “either in one’s own country or locality (such as countering a clearly anti-Muslim politician with an agenda of harm) or internationally.”
Any politician taking money routed through this method would be acting as a puppet for an Islamic theocracy which would be using them to covertly exert its control over Americans.
It’s hard to think of anything more un-American than a foreign theocracy hijacking our elections.
Yeah, that's crazy talk right there, you conspiracy nutters! So let's all lose our heads (pun intended) over this, But AI! Oh no, it's Armageddon...
Governor Hochul’s intervention suggests that there was a real chance that Mariano would have lost his case in the Supreme Court. The pardon not only shields a migrant with a violent criminal history from deportation but also derails a critical Supreme Court clarification on the rights of noncitizens in prolonged detention. The case also shows that Democrats are prepared to pardon violent criminals and jeopardize the safety of American communities to spite President Donald J. Trump and his administration’s crackdown on migrant crime. Dem Governor Pardons Migrant Felon to Stop His Deportation.
“The first phase was destroy the nuclear program, destroy their conventional military, destroy their ability to project power in a way that they were able to even a couple of years ago,” he said. The second phase, Vance explained, is to “ensure that they’re not able to rebuild and try to maintain as much global stability in the wake of that.” Vance: ‘First Phase’ of U.S.-Iran Conflict Is Over — ‘Much Different Phase’ Coming Within Months
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
The accused face up to 20 years in prison and significant fines if convicted. This reflects the Trump administration’s ongoing crackdown on waste, fraud, and abuse in the U.S. welfare system. By removing fraudulent claimants from the system, funds are freed up for families who actually require childcare services and subsidies. Naturalized Immigrant Fraudsters Net Millions in U.S. Daycare Scam.
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
These figures highlight stable economic progress in the first year of President Donald J. Trump’s second administration, despite the lingering global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war, and rising consumer prices. Notably, the data does not include the impact of President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB), which was implemented at the start of 2026. The OBBB included cuts to various welfare programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to tackle waste, fraud, and abuse. DATA: U.S. Incomes Reached Record Highs in 2025.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
The short-sightedness of allowing development to proceed in the hope that problems can be addressed when they arise will prove dangerous—to the environment and to the health of our citizens. Is High-Voltage Grid Expansion Worth The Cost And The Problems?
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The political system runs on promises meant to persuade voters that their lives will improve if they hand someone a ballot. t's Not A Bribe When The Dems Do It
Libertarian ideological purity often empowers progressives, distorts elections, and produces policies that undermine property rights, economic freedom, and American interests. America’s Libertarians Cause More Harm Than Good
The move should come as no surprise. Both Rubio and Donald Trump have been clear from the beginning of the president's term that it's time for Europe and various NATO allies to step up and spend more of their own money on their defense. They also released the Trump administration's National Security Plan last December, which made it clear that the United States would prioritize the Western Hemisphere over other regions of the world, including going after the cartels and organized crime that plague the region with drug trafficking and violence. Rubio Redirects Millions in Military Money Away From Europe and the Middle East
“A survey of the social consequences of the China Shock makes for grim reading...At the heart of the collapse is the vaunted German car industry...The AfD offers no way out of this bind.” Germany’s China Shock Will Push Voters Right (Islamic rape gangs? - jjs)
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
President Trump’s claim that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt strikes on energy infrastructure was undercut within hours by the new attacks, diminishing the perception of his announcement as a signal that de-escalation was at hand. As the strikes keep hitting refineries, ports, and power facilities, the supply disruptions Trump connected to global fuel shortages and higher U.S. diesel prices remain in force rather than easing. Russia, Ukraine Defy Trump’s Energy Ceasefire Announcement with Fresh Strikes.
For the North Korean men being drafted into Putin’s military, crossing the Tumen bridge may well be a one-way trip. North Korea’s Bridge Of Death
The Pentagon’s move toward deploying weapons in orbit signals a major escalation in the competition for military dominance in space, where control of satellites and missile-defense systems could become increasingly important in any conflict with China or Russia. The development also underscores the Trump administration’s broader effort to strengthen U.S. deterrence while modernizing America’s aging nuclear and missile infrastructure amid concerns over depleted weapons stockpiles and the growing capabilities of rival powers. US Deploys Space Weapon Amid Rising Tensions with China, Russia.
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Parents reasonably assume they know their own children, yet the government is now positioning itself as the authority on whether the genitals Mom saw while changing Junior’s diapers were actually indicative of her son’s sex. Kansas Isn't In Kansas Anymore
Societies that replace tolerance with compelled affirmation risk losing the shared norms and boundaries that make civilization possible. So, You Want To Marry A Dolphin?
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That comes with a motherboard, a 3000W power supply, and an open-frame case which is perfect if you plan to put it inside another case. All of it over the top - the motherboard for example supports up to nine M.2 SSDs - but given the absurd prices the 5090 is going for now not actually a bad deal. Comparatively. In absolute terms it is absolutely awful.
Future Hall of Famer Mike Trout was opening baseball cards with his son when he pulled an incredibly rare card, his own rookie card. His reaction is priceless. pic.twitter.com/pZoyKFYhHk
Trump-appointed FBI Director Kash Patel echoed Trump's recent sentiments on Flock cameras and defended the FBI's access to and use of the cameras, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee he believes Flock license-plate cameras are not mass surveillance because they are in public… pic.twitter.com/dFmEDz8y2e
Trump-appointed FBI Director Kash Patel echoed Trump's recent sentiments on Flock cameras and defended the FBI's access to and use of the cameras, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee he believes Flock license-plate cameras are not mass surveillance because they are in public places, so people should not expect privacy there.
He also argued the FBI does not get constant access to the data and only asks for information after it already has a lead, such as a photo of a car.
However, in Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court said people have a privacy right in the record of the whole of their movements, even if each trip is on a public road.
A large camera network that stores old license-plate hits can show where a person has been for days or weeks, including which doctors they visit, which protests they may attend, whether they go to gun stores or visit gun ranges for target practice, and much more.
That kind of stored travel history is closer to the cell-phone location records the Court said generally need a warrant.
Kash Patel has his moments where he shines - like during recent exchanges with members of Congress. But this is a reprehensible take on his part. We really have nobody on our side, do we?
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Those of you who have traveled in mountainous areas have probably seen runaway truck ramps on the side of the road. But have you ever actually seen anyone use one?
The Colorado State Patrol (CSP) shared a recently-captured video of a runaway semi truck using an escape ramp along I-70.
CSP said that the video was captured a few days ago on westbound I-70 coming down Eisenhower Pass.
Troopers shared the video to encourage drivers to use the ramps if necessary and to educate motorists on how to respond if they see a commercial vehicle that needs to use a ramp due to brake failure.
“If you are driving down the road and observe a runaway semi-truck coming towards you in your rearview mirrors, stay calm and attempt to merge to the left, as all runaway truck ramps in Colorado are on the right shoulder. This will allow the truck to safely enter the ramp without colliding with anyone,” CSP said.
The most impressive science fiction stories emphasize “science” over spectacle. The Star Trek franchise has featured plenty of examples since the original series premiered 60 years ago this month, but one of its most famous sci-fi moments may prove even more fascinating than fans realized. At Brazil’s Federal University of ABC, physicist Níckolas de Aguiar Alves determined that an early episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation demonstrates an aspect to the theory of relativity even better than its creators likely anticipated.
Season One’s ninth episode, “The Battle,” introduces a bit of backstory to Jean-Luc Picard’s illustrious career in the Federation. Years before he became captain of the USS Enterprise, Picard oversaw a ship called the Stargazer when it came under fire from an unknown assailant. Picard needed to navigate closer to the mystery attacker before responding, but the Enterprise’s shields were down.
The captain then quickly improvised what later became known as the “Picard Maneuver.” He ordered his crew to rush their foe at warp speed (faster than the speed of light) then quickly halt and begin firing. Relativistic physics dictated that if Stargazer traveled faster than visible light, it would technically generate two images of the ship from their attacker’s point of view—one Stargazer at the location just prior to warp speed, then a Stargazer where it halted. The operation was risky, but it gave Picard and his crew a 50/50 chance that the enemy would continue firing on an afterimage of Stargazer.
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In actuality, Picard’s Maneuver wouldn’t result in two Stargazer ships; it would make three of them. This is because Picard’s crew didn’t travel at a constant speed during the gambit–they first sped up, then stopped closer to their opponent. That means Stargazer technically accelerated not once, but twice. This makes all the difference.
Two fast-moving streams of solar wind, along with up to two passing bursts of charged particles from the sun, could make the northern lights visible late on Tuesday, Sept. 15, into early Wednesday, Sept. 16.
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Look north after dark on Tuesday, Sept. 15, and keep an eye on the sky through the pre-dawn hours on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The most promising window is generally the darkest part of the night, after a crescent moon has set.
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At G1 levels, the best odds are across Alaska and northern parts of Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire.However, if activity briefly reaches G2, the auroral glow could extend further south, including parts of Oregon, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Colorado, Pennsylvania and New York.
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Philadelphia Soros DA Larry Krasner May Have Committed Perjury to the Court to Get a Convicted, Guilty Murderer Off
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Larry Krasner and his "prosecutors" have been questioned and accused by judges of deliberately misstating evidence to contrive reasons to free guilty murders from jail.
Krasner is a full supporter of the left's "decarceration" agenda and believes no one should be in prison -- not rapists, not killers, not child sex abusers -- and he's not shy about saying so and he's not shy about putting his communist believes into practice.
Krasner hasn't said a word about a growing exoneration controversy -- but his own court filing does
The 47-page filing paints a picture of a district attorney unbowed by the controversy that has roiled his office.
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Despite admitting "serious errors" in the original motion that said Dennis Johnson was entitled to a new trial, the filing contains no contrition or introspection by Philadelphia's DA.
In the world according to Krasner, he's right and everyone else is wrong.
Krasner's worldview is hardened by his decades as a public defender and criminal defense attorney before getting elected district attorney in 2017. In the second paragraph of the filing, Krasner's office blames prior district attorneys for violating "their constitutional duties" to secure convictions.
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The reversal came after U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond ordered an evidentiary hearing in May. That prompted supervisors in Krasner's office to take a closer look at the case, where they discovered "material omissions" in their initial concession claim.
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Here's the bigger problem: That appears to be the way Krasner's office has handled other post-conviction cases. Under Krasner, more than 60 people convicted -- mainly of murder -- have been set free or had their sentences reduced following concessions despite no incontrovertible proof of the person's innocence.
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Regardless of the outcome, Krasner appears determined to keep conceding cases.
Krasner's main technique of freeing killers is lying about the DAs who secured the conviction withholding evidence from the killer. He simply makes these "Brady violations" up.
And for a long time, no one challenged him on his lies.
In recent months, supervisors in Krasner's office have been disbarred and suspended for lying in federal court while seeking to overturn the death sentence of a man convicted of killing a couple in their home in East Mount Airy.
In June, the state Supreme Court ordered judges to ask the state attorney general's office to review any cases where Krasner's office wants to alter a sentence or overturn a past conviction.
That unprecedented ruling came after the high court found prosecutors in Krasner's office misled judges in several post-conviction cases. The court said it could no longer trust the word of Krasner's prosecutors.
Apparently one of his lawyers began to get very worried about Krasner's perjuries and obstructions, and suggested it was time to turn over the case to the state attorney's general's office so that an unbiased office could handle the case.
Krasner ordered him to not talk to anyone about the corrupt workings of his communist office.
A federal judge believes DA Larry Krasner may have broken the law, and he referred the case to the U.S. Attorney's Office
U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond said he believed Krasner and one of his top supervisors, Matthew Stiegler, may have committed perjury, conspiracy, or obstruction of justice.
A federal judge said Tuesday that District Attorney Larry Krasner may have broken the law while overseeing a contentious post-conviction case, and he said he referred the matter to the U.S. Attorney's Office to investigate whether Krasner should be charged with crimes including conspiracy or obstruction of justice.
U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond made those stunning statements in a memorandum in which he also ruled that Krasner and one of his top supervisors, Matthew Stiegler, could no longer participate in the case -- a matter in which a man is seeking to have his murder conviction overturned.
Diamond wrote that over the last several months, as he conducted hearings to learn more about how attorneys in the district attorney's office handled that case, testimony from some of Krasner's staffers revealed actions by Krasner and Stiegler that Diamond called "troubling," "disturbing" -- and potentially illegal.
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Those actions, he wrote, included pressuring other staffers to take steps to protect Stiegler and blame one of his subordinates, urging staffers to lie to Diamond in court, and threatening "consequences" for those who did not follow Krasner's orders.
"I have thus reluctantly concluded that Philadelphia's highest law enforcement official and one of his top assistants may have violated the law," Diamond wrote. "In these circumstances, with the issuance of this Memorandum, I refer the DAO, Mr. Krasner, and Stiegler to this District's United States Attorney's Office for investigation and other appropriate action."
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[I]n recent months, the case has led to a series of unusual revelations about the inner workings of the district attorney's office as various lawyers have worked on aspects of the case. And it comes as Krasner's office has faced increasing scrutiny over the way it has acted in other murder appeals -- including a forceful opinion from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which said Krasner's office had misled judges so frequently and flagrantly in such matters that state prosecutors must now review instances when his office says a conviction should be overturned.
Diamond, in his filing Tuesday, said the assertions in his courtroom -- made primarily by members of Krasner's staff -- were not only proof of significant internal disagreements about Johnson's case, but also "evidence of possible criminal wrongdoing by Mr. Krasner and Stiegler."
Some of Krasner's underlings wanted to refer the contentious case to the state's attorney's office -- but Krasner didn't want them to talking about him to outsiders.
But Krasner, they testified, was vehemently opposed -- in part because of his disdain for people who worked in the attorney general's office. And during some meetings, they said, Krasner said he wanted to "protect the office"; expressed opposition to telling Diamond about the referral deliberations; and said they would face "consequences" if they did so, which they took to mean being fired.
Diamond, in his memorandum, said such a threat "could amount to obstruction of justice." And he said the efforts by Krasner and Stiegler to present a false narrative to the court "might amount to conspiracy."
🔴 Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has been referred for a federal criminal investigation by Judge Paul Diamond, who alleges Krasner pressured prosecutors to lie in court.
Is this real or just part of her cynical attempt to contrive an insanity plea before becoming a big-time influencer after her acquittal?
The Lindsay Clancy-obsessed mom who allegedly hanged her 2-year-old son chillingly crooned a tune from the "Wizard of Oz" during police questioning about the harrowing murder, investigators stunningly revealed.
Instead of answering Illinois detectives' queries about how her toddler son's lifeless body had ended up dangling from a rafter, crazed mom Corie Walsh responded by breaking out in her own rendition of "Follow the Yellow Brick Road," according to court documents reviewed by The Sun.
Walsh, 40, is facing first-degree murder charges after her two school-aged children discovered their sibling, Barrett Walsh, with a rope around his neck and his feet off the ground at the family's home in Frankfprt, a suburb about 30 miles southwest of Chicago, and ran to a neighbor's house for help, the doc states.
The frantic neighbor called 911 and tried fruitlessly to perform CPR on little Barrett, who didn't have a pulse and was cold to the touch. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy later confirmed that the boy, who was called "Bear" by his family, died of "asphyxia due to ligature compression of the neck," according to court records.
Between haunting harmonizations, Walsh allegedly confessed to killing the boy, claiming he was the "anti-Christ" and "devil," according to prosecutors.
The mom -- whom cops had discovered fully clothed, soaking in a bathtub full of bloodied water at the house -- tried to take her own life by slashing her wrists and thighs with a knife.
By the time police showed up, Walsh was reportedly so out of it that she believed she had killed all four of her children, including an 8-month-old infant who was discovered unsupervised at the house.
The mom later confessed that she had also planned on "poisoning [her husband] with a drink" and had multiple prescriptions at the time, according to court docs and prosecutors.
The harrowing series of events unfolded just a few hours after Walsh allegedly sent friends "confusing" and "out of character" text messages about Lindsay Clancy's murder trial, saying she believed that Clancy's husband killed the children -- not their mother, the outlet reported.
Prosecutors have since claimed that Walsh was infatuated with Clancy, whose high-profile trial captivated the nation over the defense team's argument that she was legally insane due to postpartum psychosis when she fatally strangled her three children with exercise bands.
"It was manslaughter, please I'm really freaking out," Walsh reportedly wrote in a text to a friend on Sept. 1, as jury deliberations were still ongoing in Clancy's case.
I would desperately urge RFKJr. to begin a crash review of the SSRIs and hundred other psychoactive drugs that American left-wing women have faked their way into getting prescriptions for.
Now, on to the "rogue" juror, which of course means "a black man who did not submit to the bullying of old white liberal Karens."
The left realized that smearing a Proud and Strong Black Man was a political loser and gross hypocrisy aside, so now they've gone to an angle they're more comfortable with, smearing him for being a Religious Zealot Weirdo who does not believe in a Woman's Right to Slaughter Her Children.
The holdout juror who sparked a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case did not allow his Catholic faith to override his judgment that the former nurse was guilty of murder, his brother revealed to The Post -- as he said the family's life has been turned upside down.
"I don't think religion had anything to do with it," the brother said, disputing claims online.
The bombshell Clancy trial turned national attention to the juror, whom The Post is choosing not to name -- with some labeling him a hero for refusing to find Clancy not guilty, and other jurors claiming he refused to follow the judge's instructions about "reasonable doubt."
"He looked at the case, and he made the call," the brother said. "For me, that's how I would do it. I would just listen to the case with all the evidence, and go from there."
He added: "His choice was good for some people, but not good for other people."
But the attention has also raised questions about the juror's troubling criminal record following a 2021 arrest for allegedly battering his then-wife over the couple's crying infant.
Those charges were dismissed, but in 2025 he was accused of beating the teenage nephew who called police on him during the alleged domestic violence attack, according to court records.
The juror had a restraining order against him from the nephew at the time he was picked for the Clancy jury -- and it expired during the trial, court documents reveal.
Well, lefties, if you didn't let this immigrant stay, he wouldn't have hung your jury.
The brother also said that the devoutly Catholic Haitian immigrant clan has been relentlessly hounded by true-crime gawkers and reporters since the juror refused to agree with the 11 others and find Clancy not guilty of murder by reason of insanity after she killed her three kids.
"My family cannot leave the house," the brother said.
"They are leaving notes at my mother's house. They won't leave us alone and we don't know anything," he added.
"People have been calling me like crazy. It's crazy."
RFKJr. please look into SSRIs and the other psycho-making drugs women are doped up to the gills on.
A supporter launched a GiveSendGo fundraiser for the juror on Monday, which brought in nearly $190,000 in a matter of hours.
Law-vlogger Nate the Lawyer called GiveSendGo about the account and GiveSendGo told him it was legit, and the money would only be released to the "rogue" juror, not to the supporter who started it.
From doxing to death threats to a six-figure fundraiser, jurors in high-profile cases face intense public scrutiny in a social-media-driven world.
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy triple murder case impounded the names of the jurors earlier this month, citing their safety. But that didn't stop online leaks.
"Jury service can often be traumatic. We have people that have to make very difficult decisions that impact people's lives," said Pierre Bergeron, retired judge on the Ohio First District Court of Appeals and professor at Centre College. "A lot of people already are reticent to do their civic duty because sometimes it's inconvenient, sometimes they don't get paid very much. And ultimately, the more the jurors are targeted, the less willing people are going to be to serve as jurors."
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An online fundraiser on GiveSendGo (Stand With the Juror | GiveSendGo) called "Stand with the Juror" had raised more than $150,000 Monday night for the lone juror whose apparent identity has been leaked by bloggers, some calling the juror a hero.
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For other intensely public cases, like that of Karen Read, who was acquitted of murdering her Boston police officer boyfriend John O'Keefe, Bergeron says jurors must avoid news updates on their phones and the influence of a sea of pink shirts outside court in support of the defendant.
The judge extended the period of secrecy of jurors' personnel information -- but only after the inconvenient black man was doxxed so he could be threatened and harassed into suicide.
🚨BREAKING: Judge extends secrecy of the Lindsay Clancy juror list.
The original impoundment order was set for two weeks. Today, September 14, Judge William Sullivan extended it until further order of the court.
The judge cited a "real and present risk" of harm to jurors, intense social-media attention, jurors being identified without permission, and the arrest of an individual accused of secretly recording jurors leaving court.
The order also reveals that at least one juror asked for the list to remain SEALED INDEFINITELY.
Some jurors have chosen to speak publicly, but the court says the majority of jurors and alternates have remained anonymous despite multiple media requests.
The order does not prevent any juror from voluntarily identifying themselves or speaking publicly.
🚨BREAKING: Judge extends secrecy of the Lindsay Clancy juror list.
The original impoundment order was set for two weeks. Today, September 14, Judge William Sullivan extended it until further order of the court.
Thousands of Instagram users have smashed the "unfollow" button on Sydney Sweeney's profile after the actress was featured in and promoted a controversial sports-betting app in which she appears nude with sports equipment obscuring parts of her anatomy.
Last Wednesday, Sweeney shared the ad promoting sports-prediction market app Novig on Instagram -- where it has racked up 1.1 million likes so far. In the 60-second ad, the "Euphoria" star appears fully or partially nude, posing with a variety of sports equipment like footballs, basketballs, a soccer ball and a hockey net.
Since hitting the internet, the ad has triggered a negative reaction among those objecting to its sexualization of women in sports. Several women Olympic athletes have weighed in on the Sweeney ad, including Ariarne Titmus, a four-time Olympic gold medal swimmer from Australia, who wrote in a post: "I can't describe how infuriated I feel when I watch this. ... How do we live in a world where monetising a woman's body and sexualising women's sport is still a thing?"
In the three days after the ad dropped, Sweeney's Instagram followers ticked up by 50,000. But on Sunday, she lost 136,848 -- and on Monday, another 68,000 have unfollowed her, according to data from social-media analytics firm Social Blade. That said, the more than 200,000 IG followers Sweeney lost in that time frame is a drop in the bucket, representing less than 1% of her more than 25 million followers.
Amid the backlash, Sweeney on Sunday posted a series of photos and videos from the Novig ad on Instagram, with the caption, "it's gamedayyy @novig #novigpartner." Sweeney also appeared to respond to the negative commentary by posting a series of covers from the ESPN Body Issue, which features multiple naked athletes, on Instagram Stories.
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A new advertisement featuring a mostly nude Sydney Sweeney posing with various pieces of sporting equipment sparks outrage with female athletes, who say it markets sports through the sexualization of women and the "male gaze."
So yes, let's look at the covers from the Sports Illustrated "Body Issues," which have always been celebrated by left-wing feminist AWFULs as "empowering" to female athletes.
🚨 WTF?! The left is melting down over Sydney Sweeney’s new sports-betting ad, claiming it “sexualizes” female athletes.
An Olympic swimmer asked how we live in a world where monetizing a woman’s body is still a thing. Harris Faulkner put it plainly. This is what women in sports… pic.twitter.com/f7yqopYhVP
Does Lucy Davis, or any other hysterics claiming women's sports are being sexualized by Sydney Sweeney, have the same outrage for the times ESPN Magazine puts out is "Body Issue"??? Women were posing in the exact same manner, so explain the difference. https://t.co/2lme5lcA1cpic.twitter.com/3YikfpNcM2
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) September 14, 2026
SHE REALLY DIDN’T NEED TO SAY A WORD. Sydney Sweeney just posted these ESPN Body Issue shots after the backlash. Now the comparison is getting interesting. pic.twitter.com/QSYGswh4dR
More naked female athletes -- supposedly trivialized and damaged by Sydney Sweeney appearing nude -- are here.
Chris Unleashed
@LegacyProgramVP
Sooo should everyone be supporting this instead? Smells like jealousy to me.
Here's the deal: Sweeney is a very attractive woman. She's a "sex symbol", whether she wants the title or not. She's is considered desirable by men all over this world. Women get jealous of women like her for a multitude of reasons, but mainly because they don't look like her or like her type.
She modeled for a gambling site. Men predominantly occupy gambling/sports gambling sites. If you want to attract men, it is a strategy as old as time to put an attractive face in the advertisement that is geared towards men. That's just common sense.
Female athletes shouldn't have issues because it's not like she's on the cover/have a spread in ESPN magazine , Sports Illustrated, or some other sports-related content. They generally will use female athletes. But as you can see below, it's not like most female athletes have the same appeal as a Sydney Sweeney.
This is just typical marketing strategy and yet somehow, women are far more outraged by Sweeney than Lindsay Clancy. Make that make sense.
It's almost as if -- now hear me out, this is going to sound crazy -- leftwing women love when not-very-attractive women pose naked because it makes them feel "represented" to see other not-very-attractive women LARPing as sex symbols, but then get angry, jealous, and vag-hurt when an actual sex symbol does the same thing.
The fact that it's "stunning and brave" when Lizzo does it but "male gaze" when Sydney Sweeney does it would seem to suggest that a psychological threat response is playing at least some roll in your reaction to either. https://t.co/jInzRq78VDpic.twitter.com/XGvxF7bpdq
I have my own mild objections to the ad campaign. First of all, I'll admit what these nasty scolds won't and say that part of my objection is due to simple prudery and a preference for modesty. My preference is for covert sexiness rather than in-your-face over sexiness, at least in public. I like when a woman is riding that line between modest and sexy so she can claim "Ooops, it was an accident, I had no idea that when I leaned over I showed a flash of cleavage."
My other mild objection is about attention-getting. The media and media-personalities are constantly demanding the attention of each of us. I prefer these demands to be made more subtly. Yes, Sydney Sweeney has an amazing body but I would like my own Male Gaze to decide when to gaze.
But feminists have decided that attractive women are not allowed to show they are attractive in public because of Equity. Unattractive women do not draw positive attention in public, and therefore attractive women should be hated, shamed, and clucked to death by angry hens in the name of Sexual Equity. If we can't all be gorgeous Sex Symbols, than nobody can.
Note how they never admit that they're engaging in the ancient art of female sabotage/smear-campaigning against rivals they're sexually jealous of. They always have to pretend their obvious middle-school sexual jealousy is actually some high-minded campaign for Women's Empowerment.
I'm just so sick of it. I'm sick of the lying, I'm sick of the posturing, and I'm sick of hatefully bitter nasty low-IQ head-cases telling me they are paragons of virtue and are only acting repulsively for The Greater Good.
fuck it we bawl
@fuckitwebawl_
for every act of micro feminism i do sydney sweeney sets feminism 100 years back
Good. And by the way, "micro feminism" just means tweeting bitchily. Don't weigh down your chest with too many self-awarded medals of valor.
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee is vowing to pursue a contempt vote against financier Leon Black for refusing testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein probe and calling on the Trump administration to release any evidence showing whether Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar broke immigration laws and should be expelled from Congress.
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., made the comments Monday night after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and White House border czar Tom Homan indicated such evidence involving Omar exists and is under investigation.
"I think they should make it public. Absolutely, make it public," Comer said during an interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show. "The evidence that I've seen would show that they would be privy to a lot more evidence than I would have. Most of the evidence I have is public already, anyway. So I think it should be made public, and I think the members of Congress should be the judge and the jury in this.
"Let us vote as to whether or not she needs to remain in Congress. If you violated the laws to become a citizen, should that make you ineligible to be a member of Congress? I think so. But put it up for a vote in Congress and let the American people see how their member of Congress would vote on that."
Mullin revealed Thursday there is evidence that Omar, D-Minn., "married her brother" as part of an alleged immigration scheme and there is an "ongoing" investigation.
"We know that she married her brother to try to bring him to the United States," Mullin told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, adding that Omar's ex-husband lives in London.
Mullin explained that lying about certain things on an immigration application can result in deportation, and there's no expiration for that.
The investigation may turn up "illegal activity," which could result in Omar being deported, Mullin suggested. He cautioned that the case is still being investigated and insisted it's not politically motivated.
I don't think DHS will comply until it has made a decision itself whether to denaturalize her or not. I think that's usually their rule, that they will not release information while an investigation is active. You'd have to subpoena them and get a judge to agree that Congress's need for information outweighs the Executive's need for confidentiality during investigations.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) told CNN he will not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris enters the race.
Newsom made the comment during a fly-fishing outing in Montana with CNN's Jake Tapper, as part of an ongoing series that was announced on Monday in which the anchor joins politicians in their favorite places to discuss their careers. Tapper pressed Newsom on the crowded Democrat field, noting he was not even the only potential candidate from California before naming Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Harris.
"I don't know if she runs, but we'll see," Newsom said. When Tapper noted Harris had "called around," the governor added, "But I wouldn't run if she ran."
Tapper asked him to confirm the line.
"Of course not. Why would I? I wouldn't do that to her," Newsom said. "I wouldn't waste everyone's time. Who needs that?"
Newsom argued a primary between the two Californians would only benefit the rest of the field, describing the scenario as "mutually assured destruction."
"Electorally, it's a gift from God for everybody else," he said. "It services no greater good."
Kamala Harris has the biggest share of the black vote in polls, ranging between 34% and 49%. Newsom has only 14%.
He has another problem: Black Democrats are serious about DEI, by which I mean, they demand that jobs go to them, and that includes nominee slots. James Clyburn infamously insisted that Biden choose a black female for Vice President. He did. Black Democrats insisted Biden appoint a black female non-biologist to the Supreme Court. He did.
And we're seeing black Democrats in Texas reject the gay white kid James Talarico for "stealing" the nomination that belongs (due to DEI assumptions) Jasmine Ratchet.
Gavin Newsom can't win a majority of the black vote against the DEI-privileged candidate Kamala Harris. He doesn't need to. But, if he defeats Kamala Harris, to whom the 2028 nomination "belongs" to by DEI illogic, he will have to bring bitter DEI-zealot black Democrats on board for the general.
So he's making this empty promise now that he will step aside and give Kamala Harris the nomination that "belongs" to her if she wants it.
But what will he do when she runs? That is a problem, I'm sure he's thinking, for Future Gavin Newsom, which Future Gavin Newsom will just have to deal with when it comes up.
For now, he's letting black Democrats know he will not "steal" a nomination from the Stronk Empowered Black (and Indian) Woman it "belongs" too. So if she decides not to run because she finally gets a DUI arrest, he's positioned himself right for James Clyburn.
Note that Jake Tapper is now deliberately "humanizing" inhuman Democrat politicians by interviewing them in contrived campaign-commercial scenarios. I'm including a very smart rebuttal to my point:
Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Procede with Post Office Scanning of Mail-In Ballots, Claiming (Say It With Me) It's Now Too Late to Implement This Rule and It Would "Cause Chaos"
—Disinformation Expert Ace
They did exactly what I said they'd do -- Democrats launched lawsuits to delay things and then the courts slow-played it so they could just say, "Whoops, there wouldn't be enough time to implement these changes now that we've dicked around for weeks and weeks, you lose."
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's emergency bid to enforce new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, leaving a lower court's nationwide block in place.
In a brief order, the court said the government was "unlikely to succeed on the merits" for purposes of obtaining emergency relief and had not shown that the legal and practical considerations warranted a stay.
The rules would require federal ballot mail to be sent in envelopes bearing an election-mail logo, capable of being scanned by high-speed equipment and carrying a barcode unique to each voter.
State and local election officials would also be required to submit envelope designs to the Postal Service for review and upload basic voter information to an online USPS portal.
Under the USPS rule, mailings that failed to comply would not be accepted and would instead be returned to election officials to correct and resubmit.
A federal judge previously blocked the USPS from implementing the rules, including the online portal that could be used to track millions of mail ballots.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed with the Supreme Court's decision but indicated the USPS may ultimately have the authority to impose the requirements.
"In my view, based on the briefing the Court has received at this interim stage, there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service's statutory authority," Kavanaugh wrote.
However, he said attempting to apply the rules during the 2026 elections would be "arbitrary and capricious" under the Administrative Procedure Act because state and local election officials do not have enough time to reasonably implement them.
Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the decision, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas.
Alito argued that some of the plaintiffs lacked legal standing and that the remaining challengers were pursuing what the court has previously called a "Hail Mary pass" that "rarely succeeds."
"The Government has made the showings necessary for a stay, so I respectfully dissent," Alito wrote.
Alito said the USPS has broad authority to regulate the collection, handling, transportation and delivery of mail. He also argued that the government would suffer irreparable harm because any reversal of the lower court's injunction would come too late for the midterms.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office helped lead the legal challenge, celebrated the decision as a victory for voters.
"Today, the Supreme Court protected one of our most fundamental, inalienable rights -- the right to make your voice heard at the ballot box," James said. "This last-minute change could have thrown our elections into chaos, and I am truly relieved the Court granted this reprieve."
See, we delayed and delayed until we could claim that implementing the order would come too late and cause "chaos" so we win, you lose.
Oh good! Another plan to pass voter ID laws! This time it's going to work! Really...promise! Just send $25 to the RNC to keep the Republican Party fighting against the Democrats!
The problem is glaringly obvious, and one that the corporate wing of the GOP is unwilling to admit...because it is part of the problem.
The fight isn't against the Democrats. The fight is against the anti-Trump, pro-business faction within the Republican party that is perfectly content to continue on the current road to ruin by allowing farcically corrupt elections in America. As long as our elections keep electing pro-illegal-immigrant Democrats (and Republicans) the Chamber of Commerce money will continue to flow, the Bourbon and lobster will continue at the best cocktail parties, and America will keep sliding into third-world hell. But that's fine with them, because all of that sweet cheap illegal labor will be available to their big donors!
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is now pushing Republicans to pass the bill's main mandates via the budget reconciliation process, which allows the party in power to pass sweeping fiscal policy without input from the minority due to its sidelining of the Senate filibuster. Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., chairman of the Committee on House Administration, is tasked with overseeing how that part of the bill gets done.
"I'd rather pass the SAVE America Act. But recognizing that the Senate might not be able to get that done with the 60-vote threshold, let's leverage the parliamentary procedure, bring that threshold down to 50, and get some really commonsense reforms done," Steil told Fox News Digital in an interview. "I've been having great conversations with my colleagues in the administration as well as the Senate."
Thune and the other corporatist whores are the problem, and they are embedded into the Republican Party far too deeply for them to be sidelined by a procedural play. That they are rejecting a bill that has the support of the vast majority of Americans is shocking in and of itself, but the fact that they are unrepentant makes it worse. They are pissing on us and gleefully telling us that it is raining!
What can be done about this? Obviously Thune and anyone who supports him must go. At the very least, he must be challenged for Majority Leader. Senator Rick Scott has already announced that he has not committed to voting for Thune again, so there are cracks in the collegiality of the Senate. And that's a good start, but an aggressive campaign against Thune is overdue. Perhaps President Trump should announce that if Thune doesn't support voting security that he will actively campaign against him in 2028. Marginalize him, mock him, ridicule him for subverting the will of the American people...but do not allow the status quo to continue. This is too important to be held up by a corporate hack in a nice suit, and that's all Thune is!
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A juror who served on the closely watched Lindsay Clancy triple-murder trial has admitted that she came into the trial with a political agenda, namely to set a precedent that could, in her view, help future mothers.
He was the only juror to understand that murder is criminal, even as another male juror, a soyboy named Nick Dargie, 25, who sided with the women, told Good Morning America, “That toward the end of deliberations, the holdout juror would not engage in discussions with others or provide evidence that supported his reasoning, instead choosing to scroll on his phone.”
Dargie and the other man on the jury who voted with the women, were undoubtedly male feminists. Massachusetts, after all, is an over-the-top woke Democrat state. So woke, in fact, it’s astounding why the prosecution allowed nine women to be on the jury. Those lawyers have obviously not been paying attention to how liberal women have changed the culture.
Because the outcome by all the powers that be was that Clancy is the real victim and so must be exonerated!
Even after everything we have witnessed since the coming of President Trump and really for years before that, only serves to reinforce just how low we have sunk as a nation and as a society. While not as dramatic nor as bloody as 9/11 was, this spectacle and what it portends is in its way equally as catastrophic,unlees and until this beast is retried and found guilty. As it stands that may not be likely certainly not a guilty verdict. And therefore my conclusion about where we are as a society.
Screwed,mightily unless something drastic changes and puts us back on the rails.
The deterioration of American culture from the post-WWII years to today was intentional, and I have a feeling those pesky one-world-government communists, some of whom work in the CIA, are behind it. The nuclear family, which is kryptonite to the pinkos, has been all but gutted, especially in the black community. Democrats Seize the Means of Destruction
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and state Attorney General Tish James are fighting to let noncitizen immigrants soak up every possible dime of welfare with no risk to their visa status because . . . well, because. The deranged duo is joining 21 other state AGs in suing the Trump administration for tightening up the “public charge” rules that require new Americans to stand on their own two feet. Democrats now insist that importing welfare recipients is the American dream
Trump was pushing back against calls by tech leaders such as Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk to have greater government oversight of AI. Many tech leaders generally say their goal is to develop the technology in ways that promote safety, address legal liability, feed economic growth, advance science and preserve national security. Trump calls AI risks a ‘hoax,’ says there is a ‘SICK conspiracy’ against AI and data centers
His call for a temporary slowdown in AI development follows his showdown this winter with the Department of War about who gets to decide how the American military can use cutting-edge artificial intelligence capabilities, for which it was at the time paying Anthropic. Hey Dario: Shut Up And Dribble
Top AI companies are blatantly seeking special privileges under cover of warning against the AI-pocalypse. That’s the best explanation for the sudden flurry of doom-mongering from CEOs like Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Beware the AI bosses ‘please regulate us’ bait-and-switch
The subpoena signals heightened scrutiny of Brennan and other intelligence officials for politically sensitive and arguably partisan actions taken against President Trump and his allies. The case could have significant implications for how intelligence and law enforcement agencies conduct probes involving high-profile elected officials and candidates.. Ex-CIA Chief Brennan Subpoenaed in Anti-Trump Conspiracy Probe, Attorney Confirms.
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
“When Thomas was born he did not scream and he was always quiet from that point on,” his father, Matthew, told feds in newly unearthed investigation documents exclusively viewed by The NY Post.Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks used ‘Bob Dole’ pseudonym to stock up before Butler rally shooting Chilling new details about Trump shooter revealed in bombshell FBI docs: emotionless since birth
“The U.S. Gulf Coast is booming, and you were talking about that $20 spread,” “Mornings” co-host Lauren Simonetti said. “I mean, natural gas here is, what, under $3, and it’s $25 in Europe. Your tanks are at the lowest level in 15 years. Are they worried about a very cold winter and not being prepared? And how will we help them?” Burgum: Natural Gas Shortages Most Likely in State Blocking Pipelines
The United Federation of Teachers remains highly influential, prioritizing political influence over student performance and teacher accountability. A Tale of Three Cities
The camp reportedly “brought together 20 Chabad Hasidic rabbis from 12 states for an intensive crash course designed to help them respond to potential threats at their synagogues and in their communities.” The camp was popular enough that 37 rabbis applied in hopes of getting one of the 20 spots. Jewish Security Organization Runs Firearms Summer Camp for Rabbis
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
By maintaining the lower court’s block, the ruling stops new mail-in voting safeguards from being implemented and preserves the status quo for mail voting procedures. Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Reforms.
POLITICS
McConnell’s lengthy absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation, as he initially remained quiet for weeks about his condition. The 84-year-old senator eventually disclosed that he had been “briefly unconscious” due to the fall and had also been treated for mild pneumonia in the hospital. McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization
Newsom made the comment during a fly-fishing outing in Montana with CNN’s Jake Tapper, as part of an ongoing series that was announced on Monday in which the anchor joins politicians in their favorite places to discuss their careers. Tapper pressed Newsom on the crowded Democrat field, noting he was not even the only potential candidate from California before naming Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Harris. Newsom Says He Won’t Run in 2028 if Kamala Harris Jumps In: ‘Why Would I?’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Victor Davis Hanson: Mark Carney’s anti-American crusade risks hurting Canada’s economy while strengthening China and exposing the contradictions behind his trade war with the United States. The Fantasy House of Mark Carney.
This strong showing from the AfD in an area beyond its traditional strongholds is likely to spark further calls from within the German political establishment to ban the insurgent populist party. “Not with the politically predetermined goal that you now have to examine a ban, but to examine this party and the possible legal consequences. That could be a ban, but it could also be something else,” said Hendrik Wüst, Premier (Governor) of North Rhine-Westphalia for the CDU last week. German Populists Triple Vote Share in State Elections.
"Maybe, maybe. We’ve talked quite a bit. Maybe," Rubio responded. "She’ll be there in New York. I don’t know if she’s actually going, but if she does, that probably will happen. But we haven’t scheduled anything yet. But sure, we’ve talked a bunch of times." Is Delcy Coming to the United States?
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Trump’s announcement could mark a significant step toward reducing attacks on energy infrastructure in the Russia-Ukraine war, potentially easing pressure on already volatile global fuel markets. If both sides honor the agreement, it could also create an opening for broader negotiations by establishing a limited area of cooperation despite continued missile and drone strikes. Trump Says Russia, Ukraine Have Agreed to Cease Energy Infrastructure Attacks.
The goal of this research was to get a first baseline. The researchers wanted to find out the best way to package such lens in space in preparation for the future, when in-space eye surgeries that require these lens will be occurring. Testing replacement eye lenses in space
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
A society that gives a pass or expects compassion for the adult who kills the children is a society that does not deserve to survive. Lindsay Clancy and Toxic Femininity
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So-called "Clickfix" attacks are when the hackers get lazy and convince users to hack themselves, by offering links to download and install software using the obviously broken approaches offered by an increasing number of companies who probably know better but don't care better.
At least in this case the hackers went to the effort of hacking the official HBO Max account on Reddit so they could spread official-looking posts containing the links that would let you hack yourself.
Today: An enterprise-level DNS server, faster Markdown rendering, skip lists in the database so it can quickly jump to the 3000th page of a listing, and a building a better 3270.
Markdown using an optimised Rust library is about four times faster than in the language itself, which is less than expected but indicates that the language is faster than expected.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: It really is something other than else.
That's a Hinckley Sou'Wester 51 looking particularly fetching. Sadly, the company no longer builds sailboats, which is a sad state of affairs, but their motor boats are rather nice looking, so I guess that is okay.
When I was a wee lad I sailed on Long Island Sound, and there were several Hinckleys in my neck of the woods; it was always a treat to see one of them on the water. They were classic, with beautiful lines and always built with good, but not cutting-edge tech. So they never looked like spaceships or race cars...just timeless and elegant.
I think I might try this tack on one of my more idiotic relatives. Who knows...it might just work!
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A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned her upcoming adventure to the hairdresser, who responded:
"Rome? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome. So, how are you getting there?”
"We're flying United Airlines,” was the reply. "We got a great rate!”
“United?" exclaimed the hairdresser. " That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late. So, where are you staying in Rome?”
"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's Tiber River called Taste.”
"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks it's gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump.”
"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope.”
"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. ”You and a million other people trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it.”
. . .
A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome.
"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "Not only were we on time in one of United’s brand new 787s, but it was overbooked, so they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and we had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on us hand and foot . . .”
“And the Taste hotel was great! They'd just finished a €5 million remodeling, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They, too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!”
"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "That's all well and good, but I know you didn't get to see the Pope.”
"Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on the shoulder, and explained that the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if we'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet us.”
“Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me . . .”
"Oh, really! What'd he say?”
He said: "Who fucked up your hair?
[Hat-tip: dhmosquito]
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I am always disappointed when I see this sort of thing. This mass psychosis that events do not exist unless recorded on one's phone is getting worse and worse.
It is also a function of the social media lunacy that consumes many of us...that insane desire to post a video and get that invaluable endorphin blast when your tweet or reel or TikTok video is picked up by the internet mob.
Or...maybe just put your phone down and help the lady in the car that just crashed.
AI is not the savior of the world, and no amount of proselytizing on the part of its investors and users will change that. My personal experience with it is mixed...sometimes it is useful...sometimes it is laughably wrong...and sometimes it is quite obviously providing a political bent to the information it provides.
So like every tool (except the 1911), it has its pros and cons.
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And speaking of 1911s....
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I think this is a remarkable photograph, showing Tower Bridge being built in 1889. It is most beautifully colourised by Jordan Lloyd (known as Dynamic Chrome) and is one of my favourite pieces of colourised art.
It really is true that 9/11 is coming to be memorialized chiefly, if not solely, as an attack on Muslims
Transracial pioneer Rachel Dolezar is now a Certified Sex and Relationship Coach, surprising nobody.
Degenerate Kennedy layabout and clout-farmer Jack Schlossburg's "girlfriend" says he's cheating on her with 200+ women, which must mean he's running again for higher office. Gay Democrats always leak it that they're knee-deep in mish before a run.
Karol Markowicz
@karol
States are suing the Trump administration to allow people who can't sustain themselves to be able to get green cards and one of the (very bad) arguments is that reducing participation in food stamps is bad for local businesses. Make any of this make sense.
Communist-jihadist theater kid Zohran Mamdani gave a press conference with "Big Tish" James in which he announced that if you come after all of his millions of cousins illegally sucking up public assistance, you'll have to go through him first. That sounds easy. The gigantic sasquatch Tish James, less so.
Abdul El-Sayed Promoted Infamous Hijab Hate Crime Hoax, Despite Warnings from Police
The Democrat has a long history of making unverified and false claims alleging anti-Muslim discrimination
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed falsely claimed in a 2012 essay that an Iraqi refugee in California was brutally murdered in an anti-Muslim attack because she had the "courage to wear a Hijab." In truth, Shaima Alawadi's husband killed her in an act of domestic violence that he staged to look like a hate crime.
El-Sayed, in an article on March 28, 2012, equated Alawadi's killing with the shooting of Trayvon Martin, a black Florida teenager, as examples of the "racism, xenophobia, and hate" in American society against minorities.
"Trayvon and Shaima were both murdered in cold blood," asserted El-Sayed, because they fit "archetypes indicted by American society as foreign, dangerous, and evil."
Alawadi, a 32-year-old mother of five, died on March 21, 2012, after she was bludgeoned with a tire iron at her home in El Cajon, Calif. Police found a note at the scene of the crime that stated: "Go back to your country, you terrorist."
Though police cautioned early on against jumping to conclusions about the motive--specifically saying they were not at the point of calling the death a hate crime--El-Sayed and other left-wing pundits latched onto the theory that Alawadi was the victim of a hate crime.
According to El-Sayed's article in Mic, a liberal digital publication targeted at younger readers, Alawadi's killer targeted her because she had "the courage to wear a Hijab in a society where Muslims are openly vilified for the crimes of others."
But it's El-Sayed who vilified the wrong party for the crimes of another.
Alawadi's husband, Kassim Alhimidi, was arrested for his wife's murder after police uncovered incriminating text messages and evidence that Alawadi planned to divorce her husband and flee to Texas. Alhimidi, an Iraqi refugee who trained U.S. soldiers to fight in the Middle East, was convicted of murdering his wife in April 2014 and sentenced to 26 years in prison.
There is no record that El-Sayed has ever corrected his false claims about the murder.
The former CNN analyst has a history of making unverified or false claims about anti-Muslim discrimination.
El-Sayed published a CNN essay on Sept. 11, 2012, that claimed the health of Muslims and Arabs was "another victim of 9/11." In the piece, El-Sayed cited a California study that purportedly found a 34 percent spike in premature births for Muslim women after 9/11, which El-Sayed attributed to the "discrimination and marginalization" Muslim women faced after the terrorist attacks. But El-Sayed curiously omitted his own study that found no such increase, the Washington Free Beacon reported. El-Sayed wrote in his study that his "findings contrast with the only other published study that has assessed the relationship between mass trauma and birth outcomes of a specific group." El-Sayed further found that Muslim and Arab women had lower rates of premature births than black or white women.
His shaky claims in the 2012 essay were notable in that the previous year he had completed a doctorate in public health and would go on to work as an epidemiologist.
El-Sayed has continued to use the Islamophobia trope on the campaign trail.
Carnegie Mellon "professor" -- I'm sure she's a real academic standout -- has been suspended.
Not fired, just suspended.
For this absolute racist filth:
She then posted a video saying that the "white racist pedophiles" who objected to being told to die so she could dance on their graves would not win.
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) September 13, 2026
Carnegie Mellon University
@CarnegieMellon
Dr. Uju Anya is currently on voluntary professional leave from the university and is not teaching courses on our campus this academic year. We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts by Dr. Anya and are reviewing this matter closely.
John Cornyn has said nothing about this, of course. However, he did attempt to blow up a Republican candidate for Railroad Comissioner for noticing that a very high percentage of UT students seem to be Indian and not Texan or American.
This is the Republican nominee for statewide office. Are other Republican elected officials going to condemn the intolerance and racism, or look the other way while it becomes normalized. This is how great political parties self-destruct. Sad. https://t.co/TO1dTXKd6G
I condemn racism in all its forms, including James Talarico saying white men are America's top terror threat and that he prays to overcome his own 'whiteness,' whatever that means. Only one person in this race has a history of dividing Texans by race, and it’s James Talarico. I… https://t.co/24Tlp3Rd5U
BREAKING: @DavisSchools says they’re aware of this video and are "addressing the matter.” They have not confirmed if the students will face any consequences. https://t.co/pNAM8SA0oP
Podcast: Did the SCOTUS leftists slow-walk the USPS decision, Newsom's mendacious pledge not to run if Harris does, Canada's return to the trade negotiations, AI fear-mongering, The Goo Goo Dolls are adults, and more!
Forgotten 80s Mystery Click, Guitar Hero Edition Oh here it comes
That funny feeling again winding me up inside
Every time we touch
Hey I don't know
Oh, tell me where to begin cause I never ever
Felt so much
Okay, that was pretty easy. Here's one that's 3% harder. But still easy. Ooh, can you feel the static?
So many contacts being made
We've got up-front fanatics
Tearing down the barricade
To reach the stage
Can you feel the rage?
Podcast: Is the Iran situation reaching a steady state? The UK sides with the enemies of the West, Vance the Squish? France and Germany and their coming elections, Canada trade war is one-sided, and Clancy is evil incarnate!
Dear RNC; Go f*ck yourselves. I have gotten 56 texts in the last two weeks...all offensive and sneaky and all begging for money. At this point I would rather donate to AOC. [CBD]
"The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee of Fox are absolutely and unequivocally false," Freedman said Friday. "Make no mistake, we have the receipts and witnesses and they will come out whether through the courthouse or otherwise."
He added: "Those reporting her firing or the incredulous facts supporting that fiction have exhibited a complete and utter reckless disregard for the truth."
from anon2020 So what, she quit?
Megyn Kelly (accursed be her name) used to say all the time that Fox has a top female PR person who is a nasty pitbull and leaks nasty claims about anyone Fox is at war with, including those who have left the network. So I guess maybe she technically resigned? I don't know.
NEW: @FoxNews has obtained Lindsay Clancy defense attorney Kevin Reddington's appeal filing to the MA Supreme Court, which includes Reddington accusing the lone holdout juror of being "biased" against those with "debilitating mental illness", which he says is a protected category.
Holiday Break: I've had a rough couple of weeks -- the shoulder is healing now and I'm finally getting decent sleep -- and I've decided to take a long weekend.
I'm taking Friday off, and then Monday off, too. I have Open Threads for both days and I will post if big news breaks, but if it doesn't -- and it probably won't, news is slow before a holiday weekend -- I'm going to take a four day weekend.
Sh0eOnHead discusses the Psychotic Cult of Lindsay
Real quotes:
"This case has me feeling like I'm on Law & Order with you guys!"
"We literally binge true crime as a hobby, we've been trained for this moment" Worth the watch. If you haven't seen the genuinely upsetting insanity motivating thousands of women, you should watch this just to see how society is crumbling. Ban TikTok, Trump. I don't care if Barron tells you it's popular with the yutes. It is an evil Communist China op and it is driving women insane.
Dolly Parton tells the story of the supposedly real-life Jolene As Andrew Branca says, can we see this Jolene, finally? Who was this hottie that was a genuine sexual threat to Dolly Parton? I think this is Fake News personally. When a magician claims he learned a trick from a Himalayan wise man, I don't believe him either.
Podcast: Dolly Parton...an American classic, Michigan's El Sayed is part of our future destruction, More Global Warming nonsense, mail-in balloting restrictions, Darline Graham? Get rid of family dynasties...and more!
