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August 21, 2026

Malignant Narcissist Meghan Markle and Her Poisonous Cuck Husband Schemed to Have Political Power in America

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Delusionary viperess.

Meghan Markle is the Candace Owens of Megyn Kellys, as the kids say.

WASHINGTON -- Delusional Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sought US political clout far beyond the dreams of any British royal since King George III, The Post has learned, with the Duchess of Sussex angling to take over the Senate seat held by Kamala Harris ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

Weeks before Democrat Joe Biden's win over President Donald Trump, a source says, Markle requested a sitdown with California Gov. Gavin Newsom because she "wanted to be considered to be appointed" to the seat held by Harris, which she vacated just before becoming vice president on Jan. 20, 2021. The source added that the discussion was publicly described as a welcome-to-California chat to head off potential inquiries.


...

A Sussex source firmly denied that Markle wanted to take over the Harris seat, while a rep for Newsom did not respond to a request for comment.

...

Had the Duchess of Sussex been appointed to the world's greatest deliberative body, the move likely would have been challenged on constitutional grounds. Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the founding document states that "no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust ... shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

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The ill-fated Senate maneuvering wasn't the only time Harry and Meghan dipped their toes into US politics while trying to achieve the same prominence they enjoyed in the UK.

In late 2021, the couple requested an Oval Office meeting with Biden, as well as accommodations at nearby Blair House -- a perk reserved for foreign leaders on state visits, multiple sources say.

White House staff quickly rejected the idea, with one source noting the spectacle of Harry and Meghan sitting down with the leader of the free world "would have caused a major diplomatic kerfuffle" with 10 Downing Street and the British Royal Family.

Another source, a former Biden aide, said the president and first lady Jill Biden -- longstanding admirers of Queen Elizabeth II -- "didn't want to get into a family squabble" by hosting the rogue royals.

Had their pitch been successful, Harry and Meghan would have gained immeasurable prestige and stature at a time when they were struggling to find their identity following their January 2020 "Megxit" from royal duties.

To that end, the couple hired several consultants who had worked in the Barack Obama White House -- including Harry's current chief of staff Miranda Barbot -- and acted as a bridge to the Biden administration, relaying the royal couple's audacious request to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Then-White House press secretary Jen Psaki, Obama's former communications director, was one of those conduits. In her 2024 memoir "Say More," Psaki -- currently a host on left-wing cable channel MS NOW -- recalled that Meghan once sent a box of lemons to Psaki's Virginia home so she could carry them past White House security and deliver them to Jill Biden's East Wing office.


The Sussex source declined Thursday that the couple had asked for either an Oval Office meeting or to stay at Blair House, but Harry and Meghan have a history of trying to use the American presidency for PR coups.

In September 2022, the royal pair inquired whether they could hitch a ride back to the United States aboard Air Force One after the late queen's funeral.

The request was promptly denied.

Harry and Meghan also tried to use their influence by other means.

In September 2020, the couple gave a video interview to Time magazine in which they urged Americans to vote and "reject hate speech," which many interpreted as support for Biden. At the time, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were called out by some commentators for breaking from the British tradition that royals do not participate in party politics.

"I wish a lot of luck to Harry, because he's going to need it," Trump responded dismissively to the couple's appeal.

Meghan, who retained her American citizenship even after marrying Harry in 2018, tried to make her voice heard in legislative matters as well. In November 2021, she reached out to several senators to lobby for federally mandated paid family leave.


Ultimately the couple's attempt to become kingmakers fizzled out, similar to their ambitions in Hollywood and the lifestyle space.

Having failed to make a mark in America in terms of political power and steady income -- having now burned everyone who used to throw money at them -- the Power Bottom Couple is now fleeing back to the UK, where they'll try to suck up, and suck off, to the family they jilted.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are moving back to Britain in the biggest shift to their family life since stepping away from royal duties in 2020, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are relocating with Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, to the U.K. for an extended period beginning this month, PEOPLE understands, with the children set to begin school there in September.

The couple will maintain their home in Montecito, California, and their vacation property in Portugal while establishing a private, non-royal home base in Britain. The location of the family's new home and the children's school are being closely guarded.


The move gives Harry, 41, and Meghan, 45, their first home base in Britain since they relinquished the lease on Frogmore Cottage, the Windsor residence gifted to them by the late Queen Elizabeth in 2023. King Charles, 77, asked them to vacate the property following the publication of Harry's raw 2023 memoir, Spare.

King Charles was made aware of the couple's plans on Sunday, August 16, PEOPLE understands, and welcomes the opportunity to see more of the Sussex family in a private and personal capacity.

Yeah I'll bet.

The move comes just weeks after Harry and Meghan returned to the U.K. with Archie and Lilibet for a successful summer visit that included the children's first reunion with their grandfather in more than four years.

A "successful summer"? They went somewhere, saw a father, and didn't die? That makes their trip a "success"?

The bar of success is very low, for retards.

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Poor Innocent Baby-Lamb Karmelo Anthonhy: "When I Stab Someone I'm Going to Lick the Blood Off the Blade"

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Before the murder, Karmelo Anthony was obsessed with knives and the idea of stabbing someone to death. And also provoking fights which would give him the opportunity to commit murder.


This evidence wasn't introduced at trial, because prosecutors and defense agreed that no "character evidence" about any parties in the case, including the victim, would be introduced.

But prosecutors are now warning that if Karmelo Anthony is somehow successful in getting a new trial, that evidence is coming in.

Fox News @FoxNews

"When I stab somebody I'm gonna lick their blood off the blade."

New evidence coming out surrounding the Karmelo Anthony case, including the disturbing text prosecutors say they found on his phone that could be fair game if he gets a new trial.

Prosecutors say the message was part of a documented pattern involving an obsession with knives and guns and a desire to start fights. They argue the evidence helps explain why Anthony brought a knife to the track meet where he fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf.

Jurors never heard it because both sides had an off-the-record "gentleman's agreement" to keep character evidence out of the courtroom and focus on what happened under the tent that day.

Additional texts reveal that he was spoiling for blood: "Low key on the verge," of harming someone, he meant.

And his girlfriend revealed that just before the murder, the Poor Innocent Baby-Lamb Karmelo Anthony was stalking her -- with a knife.

Karmelo Anthony's ex-girlfriend reported that he was stalking her hours before he stabbed Austin Metcalf -- and he had threatening and violent texts on his phone, the prosecutor revealed at Anthony's appeal hearing Thursday.

The jury never heard about Anthony's disturbing history, or about Metcalf's juvenile criminal record because of a "gentleman's agreement" with the 19-year-old's defense ahead of his murder trial, Collin County Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye revealed.

He told the court Anthony's high school girlfriend confided to an assistant principal on April 2, 2025 that Anthony was stalking her after a breakup, and that he was obsessed with fights, guns, and knives, according to local outlets at the hearing.


Anthony also sent a picture of the knife and told his ex-girlfriend, "I'm low key on the verge," Wirskye said.

"He was spiraling," the prosecutor added.

A few hours later, Anthony stabbed Metcalf to death under a tent at a track meet at a high school.

In exchange for prosecutors not using that evidence in court, the defense lawyers agreed not to bring up victim Austin Metcalf's juvenile criminal history, which included graffiti that included "vile racist stuff."

I'm totally loving this standard that if a white person can be accused of "racism," a black person is entitled to kill him. Does that standard work in the opposite direction, I wonder?

I don't wonder that at all.

Innocent baby lamb Anthony Karmelo also
threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend, asking her how many bullets she wanted in the chest, threatened her "I'm gonna get you" and bragged about punching girls in the face.

He also texted:

"imma shoot the school up tmr"

Obviously this is all due to White Racism.

Sarah Fields @SarahisCensored

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On the day Karmelo Anthony fatally stabbed Austin Metcalf, prosecutors report he sent a text message at 1 a.m. that read, "I'm lowk on the verge," and then stressed the point further.

Later that morning on April 2, 2025 - only hours before Karmelo Anthony stabbed Austin Metcalf to death at a high-school track meet - prosecutors state that Karmelo Anthony's girlfriend told a Centennial High School staff member he was "engaging in stalking behavior, to include, but not limited to, driving by her home and refusing to allow her to end their relationship."

In a 75-page filing, prosecutors also note that Karmelo Anthony had earlier been accused of taking his girlfriend's phone and, in October 2024, drafted a "to-do" list instructing her how to handle quote "weirdos," which included the line "say sum slick like my bf kill people."

Text exchanges further reveal that he admitted on at least two occasions to punching girls in the face.

Prosecutors located 2021 messages between Karmelo Anthony and another student discussing robbing someone for $300.

Other texts show Karmelo Anthony recounting a fight and punching someone "so hard he had to stop fighting."

In 2023, prosecutors say Karmelo Anthony told a friend he planned to vandalize a house in Austin, Texas, writing, "I just feel like it, I gotta grudge."

In 2021, Karmelo Anthony informed a friend he had been suspended for three days after fighting, adding, "they said next time I do sum I get recommended for expulsion," court papers show.

In a 2023 text exchange with a friend, prosecutors have messages in which Karmelo Anthony wrote "Imma shoot the school up tmr" "with my blick," but later followed up with "I would never actually do that."

In a 2024 thread, prosecutors state Karmelo Anthony admitted to carrying a firearm, telling a friend before a party he would have "the gun in my pocket."

The records also contain message threads in which Anthony mentions carrying a gun.

After multiple suspensions for fighting while in school in Louisiana, messages between Karmelo Anthony and his girlfriend surface after he moved to Frisco.

In one exchange she suggests he simply sit for a while; he said, "yea and punch ppl maybe run sometimes," "I have to it's like a priority for me," "I like punching people," "when get mad I see red," "when I get mad I blackout," "when I get mad I can't control myself."

Prosecutors also showed messages in which Karmelo Anthony admitted to getting high and drinking alcohol and even discussed selling drugs to obtain guns.

In 2024, prosecutors say Karmelo Anthony tried to assault a teacher, stating "I put my hands in face and everything."

Also 2024, messages recovered by prosecutors suggest Karmelo Anthony attempted to take a weapon into the State Fair of Texas, asking a friend, "if the state fair got metal detectors."

When told that detectors were in place, the friend replied, "you got the poker"; "yea I might have to toss it," Karmelo Anthony answered.

Prosecutors report that Karmelo Anthony confessed to stealing a watch and earbuds in separate Collin County burglaries and to bringing a weapon onto a Frisco school campus, and remarked about his girlfriend, "she went in my bag to get my computer and I said no and she still went in it and grabbed it and my gun and my knife and some other stuff fell out."

Numerous unreleased photos and videos show Karmelo Anthony holding firearms and making threats.

Authorities found a note on Karmelo Anthony's phone containing a list of
racial tropes and slurs about Blacks, whites and Hispanics.

In one message, prosecutors say Karmelo Anthony wrote, "I hate gay ppl."

Prosecutors add that Karmelo Anthony repeatedly threatened to murder his girlfriend in texts, including lines such as "how many bullets u want coming out of ur chest" and "I'm going to get you (expletive)."

He also threatened her with a knife in one message and told her in another, "when I stab somebody I'm gonna lick their blood off the blade."

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Paul Sperry: Federal Prosecutors Reveal Evidence That James Comey Knew Full Well That "86" Was Code for "Murder," and Actually Wrote a Whole "Novel" Whose Plot Revolved Around Stirring Up Public Passions to Get Someone to Assassinate a Politician

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Paul Sperry @paulsperry_

NEW: The passages that federal prosecutors cite from James Comey's 2025 novel "FDR Drive" are compelling in establishing "mens rea" (guilty mind), because they depict conduct that is similar to a not-so-subtle call for violence against President Trump alleged in the Comey case.

Paul Sperry @paulsperry_

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BREAKING: Prosecutors will argue at trial a book by James Comey shows he had a state of mind to "k*ll President Trump" thru "stochastic terrorism" (in Comey's own words) by posting an image "86 47" to his 200k Instagram followers. Comey's novel describes a podcaster who "through the wonder of the Internet" convinces his fans of "k*lling his foes."

"It's where a charismatic leader jacks people up, but through the wonder of the Internet, avoids a direct connection to what comes next," Comey wrote in "FDR Drive," which came out just five days after Comey posted his seashell threat in May 2025, less than a year after two attempts on Trump's life, inclg one in which he was shot in the ear.

"He knows an attack will follow his words but he closes his eyes so he can say he wasn't part of it," Comey wrote, providing more evidence of intent.

"People are susceptible to [social media] messages that offer a sense of purpose through violence," Comey also wrote, and because those messages are "in your pocket reaching you constantly through your buzzing phone [i]t's an order of magnitude more effective and more dangerous."

Comey is pretending he didn't know that "86" is mafia slang for killing someone.

One of Comey's own relatives called him out for using the not-so-secret-code for assassination:

Paul Sperry @paulsperry_

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BREAKING: A new court exhibit reveals a relative of James Comey sent a blistering text to wife Patrice Comey lambasting them for posting "a call for violence" against President Trump, asserting: "I have held my tongue for a long time, but I just can't do it anymore. You guys have really gone off the deep end over the years with your TDS. "86 47" is a call for violence no matter how you spin it. You should be ashamed of yourselves. I am thoroughly embarrassed to have ever defended the absolute coward that is your husband. You and Jim are some of the least accepting, most hypocritical people I've had the displeasure of knowing. I hope Jim goes to jail for his crimes."

Paul Sperry @paulsperry_

BREAKING: In a new court filing, prosecutors suggest James Comey's wife Patrice deliberately misled investigators by omitting the fact she texted her husband a possible alibi just two minutes before he posted his "86" threat against President Trump, in the form of a Google screenshot of a benign definition for "86."

Federal investigators learned of her omission from search warrants to obtain iCloud data and Google search history related to the Comeys.

Former FBI Director Comey was fired by Trump in 2017 over the #RussiagateHoax he orchestrated. Patrice Comey and her daughters campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016 while her husband opened multiple unpredicated investigations against her GOP opponent.

Below, excerpts from Comey's "novel" -- or long confession -- in which he discusses the power of ginning up a public appetite for killing "enemies," knowing for a fact that of the many people he's inspired to kill, at least one of the "knights" will actually attempt it. (The "knights," I'm pretty sure, a reference to the knights who killed Thomas Becket, after the king made the plausible-deniability command to kill him, "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?")

He even specifies that the internet is an outstanding vehicle for stirring stochastic terrorism.

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Leftwing Podcaster Suggests That Joe Biden Had Been Rufied for the Presidential Debate; Jill Biden Agrees It's Possible, Saying "Who Knows?"

—Disinformation Expert Ace

I wonder if Noted Reporter of Things We All Knew Ten Years Ago Jake Tapper will fact-check Jill Biden and call her a liar, which is what he does for every Republican who shades the truth (or tells the truth that the leftwing cult denies).

Actually I don't wonder that. I was just bein' silly.

Former first lady Jill Biden doubled down on the possibility of her husband, former President Joe Biden, being drugged ahead of the 2024 debate and was asked during a podcast Thursday whether doctors ruled out a stroke that night.

Podcast host Jamie Kern Lima asked Biden if a stroke was ruled out by doctors the night of the debate.

"Well, they did. They said, I mean, I didn't say to them, when I was writing my book, I was reflecting, but I didn't say, 'God, did Joe have a stroke?' I just said, 'Is he OK? Is he OK?'" Biden responded.

Lima asked the former first lady what her gut told her happened, and Biden said she didn't know.

"I mean, there's all kinds of theories -- you know, he had been traveling," she said. "I know he was tired, he didn't feel well that day, when I saw him, but there was nothing definitive that I could point to.

"And I had been on the road for two weeks up until that moment. So, I wasn't with him. I didn't see him days before, weeks before. I saw him maybe one hour before."

Lima asked, "There's no way anyone could have, God forbid, laced his drink or something?"

"Who knows? Who knows?" Biden responded.

The former president's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

One of the most decisive moments of the 2024 election was Biden's debate with Donald Trump.

Biden stammered, had long periods of silence and intense, confused facial expressions, to the point some of his most vocal supporters broke ranks and demanded he relinquish the nomination.

Jill Biden released a memoir, "View from the East Wing," which touched on the debate moment. Biden wrote that she thought Joe might have had a stroke.

"I wasn't horrified. I was frightened," Jill Biden recalled in a May interview.

"I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since," the first lady said. "I don't know what happened. As I watched it, I said, 'Oh my God, he's having a stroke.' It scared me to death."

She told Lima she and the president had doctors around them at all times, and she was told Joe was OK that night before they went on to do more events.

"It was like such an aberration," she added.

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THE MORNING RANT: Governor Abbott vs Texas State University: The Taxpayer-Funded School Is Determined to Staff a University P.R. Position with a Foreign H-1B

—Buck Throckmorton

The H-1B issue has become a major issue, as Americans, especially conservative Americans, are fed up with employers bringing in non-citizens from foreign countries to displace American workers. The appeal of H-1B labor for those abusing it is usually for one of the following reasons:

1) It’s a form of chattel labor, in which the H-1B worker is paid less than American prevailing wages while being a de facto indentured servant, because he cannot go seek other employment.

2) A way for those of an anti-American bent to provide employment in the United States to preferred foreign demographics.

As to the 2nd reason, the rampant anti-Americanism at colleges is well-documented, so of course there are universities hiring non-Americans whenever they can. A taxpayer-funded university in the state of Texas, however, should not be one of those universities.

Texas State University just posted an H-1B petition for a Public Relations job paying $73k per year. Texas State is located in the beautiful Hill Country city of San Marcos, close to both Austin and San Antonio. But the school is arguing that there is not a single person in the entire United States who can do this job, much less someone among the 5 million residents of the nearby metro areas who wouldn’t even need to relocate.

By the way, Texas State offers a degree in Public Relations to a student body that is overwhelmingly Texan (over 90%), but by petitioning for the H-1B, the school is arguing that there is not a single Texan who graduated from Texas State that can do public relations for their alma mater.

After the H-1B issue started heating up last year, Governor Greg Abbott issued a directive in January 2026 prohibiting state agencies and universities from petitioning for new H-1B positions until May 31, 2027, thus putting a stop to H-1B hirings until the legislature meets again and can address the issue.

No state agency controlled by a gubernatorially appointed head or public institution of higher education shall, without the written permission of the Texas Workforce Commission, initiate or file any new petition to sponsor a nonimmigrant worker under the federal H-1B visa program until the end of the Texas Legislature’s 90th Regular Session on May 31, 2027.

But Texas State is so committed to not hiring a U.S. citizen for this position that it’s arguing the governor’s directive doesn’t apply, because this is not technically a new H-1B petition. The job is currently held by a non-citizen whose visa expires in 2027, and Texas State wants to renew the visa for this person. S/he never should have been hired in the first place, but in arguing that this person’s visa needs to be renewed, Texas State is also arguing that there are no U.S. citizens who can do this job:

“Texas State defends H-1B visa renewal after criticism from GOP lawmaker” [Austin American Statesman – 8/18/2026]

The San Marcos-based university drew criticism this week after officials posted an H-1B renewal notice for a staffer. That person’s visa will expire in 2027. The university asserted that the renewal was compliant with Abbott’s order, which applies only to new visas.

I rarely wish I were an elected official, but I would love to be governor of Texas right now. I would call Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse to my office and ask him which of these options he will pursue:

1) Fire the person responsible for filling this university P.R. position with an H-1B.
2) Resign.

If Damphousse refused to do either, I would then call the Chancellor of the Board of Regents to my office and give him similar options:

1) Immediately fire the President of Texas State.
2) Immediately get fired by me.

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The Morning Report — 8/ 21 /26

—J.J. Sefton

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Good morning kids. As we briefly touched upon on the latest episode of the podcast linked here as well as in the sidebar and the popular platforms listed at the bottom of this post, there are many things that I'm grateful for in President Trump's second term and unlike Trump 1.0 the overwhelming majority of his staffing picks in cabinet and other key positions have been outstanding. It does make me feel positive insofar as our bench for future presidential elections in '28 and beyond.

his most stellar pick much to the surprise of many has been Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. The institution of a reverse domino effect in the Caribbean and Latin America in turning formerly what were thought of as permanent Socialist/Communist kleptocratic tyrannies into or at the very least taking their first steps into being free and prosperous societies and American allies has been one of the most significant foreign policy accomplishments in decades. The groundwork for this success was laid when President Ronald Reagan brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union which was the chief financier and sponsor of Latin American communist expansion and so without billions of rubles flowing in it was only a matter of time before these banana republic tyrants would follow suit. Although the political will to bring them down was also necessary and in the case of Venezuela, a little military action and legitimate cassus belli as was the case with the Maduro/Chavez regimes' massive narco-trafficking operations posing a grave threat to our safety and security.

But of course, the last remaining domino and symbol of communist failure, tyranny and misery that has yet to fall is Cuba. And so after 66 years it certainly appears as if Castroite communist Cuba may actually at long last be free or at least have a better than even chance of being free again.

Q: What did Communists use to light the night with before candles? A: Electricity.

That is the kind of joke that survives because it is simple enough to tell in a bar, and true enough to sting.

In Havana these days, the joke has acquired an uglier second life.Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on August 13. The government marked the occasion with the familiar apparatus of revolutionary remembrance, and, increasingly, candles. Not birthday candles, but the kind a family keeps in the kitchen for when the electricity disappears again.

Without oil from Venezuela and Iran flowing in, Cuba can no longer export violence, terrorism and communism throughout the region and the globe, nor keep its own abused populace fed and fueled. That said, the government is one of the most effective and repressive police states on the planet so overcoming that as it has always been is the big challenge, just as it is in Iran and Red China, all of which have citizenry that are not pleased with their overlords.

Back to Marco Rubio, as a refugee from Castro's Cuba, the irony of him being our Secretary of State and a potential successor to President Trump himself should Cuba be liberated with him at the helm either in Foggy Bottom or perhaps seated at the Resolute Desk itself is too delicious to contemplate.

Considering the rise of the Democrat Socialites here in the US of A these days, their heads exploding as the statues and banners of the Castros are smashed and burned as Lenin's were in Russia when Communism fell is equally too delicious a prospect. No wonder they are/were in Cuba to celebrate Fidel as well as do their best to thwart President Trump and bolster Communism in Latin America.

But ¡Viva Rubio! who continues the fight regardless.

It seems that Marco Rubio has been pretty busy this week, and he's largely focused on eradicating communism, crime, and drug trafficking from the Western Hemisphere, which is exactly where I like him. Today, the Department of State is designating nine entities and three individuals to further the Trump Administration’s comprehensive push to end the Cuban regime’s malign activities, both in Cuba and across our hemisphere.  This action targets the leadership of the U.S.-designated Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and designates nine Cuban entities supporting the regime.

These designations build on the Department’s July 20 report Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism, which summarizes the Cuban regime’s decades-long use of brigades, such as the one coordinated by the designated ICAP earlier this month, to advance Cuban interests at the expense of the United States.
.. .ICAP is the organization Fidel Castro began in 1960 to build global "friendship" and "solidarity" and maintain relationships with foreign activist groups. In reality, it's a way to spread communist propaganda. According to the State Department, "it claims to have more than 2,000 solidarity organizations across over 150 countries [and] serves as the main organizing hub of Cuba’s ideological network."  Think Code Pink and the like. Additionally, "it coordinates research, educational, and cultural exchanges between American and Cuban institutions, builds relationships between American political movements and Cuban officials, and harnesses its global reach to draw leftwing activists, intellectuals, students, influencers and politicians to Cuba from across the world."


Of course the evil Commie rat bastards are not going to lay down and surrender. UN and Congress Commies stage next fake crisis.

The UN is outraged over events in Cuba. Not at the political repression by the Communist regime, the detention of over 1,200 political prisoners, the arrests of protesters, and the government-backed prostitution of children to foreign tourists, but at the U.S. sanctions which have kept foreign tourists from coming by to molest little kids and spend money.in Cuba.

The Communist regime in Havana is at its weakest in history and may be about to topple so the regime, the UN and Congress Commies have begun trying to fake a ‘Gaza-style’ crisis in Cuba. How is Cuba like Gaza? They’re both loser terrorist states lying furiously to play the victim.

And who better to certify that Cuba is Gaza with fewer mosques and more burritos.

The “silent Gaza” talking point had previously been promoted by four radical leftist members of Congress, Rep. Mark Pocan, Rep. Maxine Dexter, Rep Teresa Leger-Fernndez and Rep. Delia Catalina-Ramrez, who, despite the supposed “collapse of infrastructure” and “fuel shortages” that UN human rights experts were complaining about, were able to fly in and tour Cuba.

“I think Marco Rubio is making this personal and not professional,” Rep. Pocan whined, implying that the son of a Cuban refugee should really not take the dictatorship that destroyed his homeland personally. Rep. Pocan, who had spent much of  the last few years defending Hamas-run Gaza from Israeli attacks on the Islamic group, claimed Cuba was a “silent Gaza.”

. . . How is Cuba like Gaza? They’re both loser terrorist states lying furiously to play the victim.. . Rep. Pocan and the rest of the delegation met with Cuban dictator Miguel Daz-Canel, not with the political prisoners imprisoned by the Communist dictatorship they had come to support.  If they really cared about the ‘Cuban people’, they would have consented to meet with the families of political prisoners, as actual human rights activists were asking them to do.

Back in America, Rep. Pocan complained that “now they’re calling us Communists. Like, they’ve lost any credibility. They clearly haven’t taken a high school or even a junior high civics class recently, because they don’t understand the definitions of what they’re calling us.”

I'll leave you with the bitterest of all ironies in that we may very well liberate the world from Communism while at the same time America becomes a Communist hellhole itself. God-forbid.

And with that I bid you all to have a great weekend,


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Daily Tech News 21 August 2026

—Pixy Misa

Top Story

  • "Whistleblower" Arturo Béjar leads testimony in landmark trial against Meta. (NPR)
    "At the end of the day, it was the company culture that Mark had created that made it so that it was practically impossible to deliver features that addressed the wellbeing and safety issues that we've been talking about," he said.
    Well, that sounds serious. What wellbeing and safety issues are we talking about?

    Grooming? Sex trafficking? Drugs?
    But he said efforts to introduce or change features to effectively address those risks were difficult to implement. Instead, Béjar testified, at almost every turn the company chose policies that boosted usership and revenue over safety. Safety was "not a meaningful priority," he said.
    Yes, but what safety? What are the actual concerns here?
    He called features like video autoplay, "like" counters and infinite scroll "inherently unsafe for teenagers."
    This is why Meta is facing a fine of $1.4 trillion.

    Likes.

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Thursday Overnight Open Thread - August 20, 2026 [Doof]

—Open Blogger

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Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Thursday Night Cafe

—Disinformation Expert Ace

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The Great Smoky Mountains, from the top of Clingmans Dome
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Giant dog and tiny dog.

Watering otters (the evil kind).

Dog and duck companions.

Frogs give a "seriously?!" look as the other eats a worm each wanted.

Pizza fu.

Birds aren't real.

Birds aren't real and are also scary.

I swear this is sorcery.

Caught fish has driving will to survive.

Mockatrice.

I got you, friend.

Grandma orca merks great white shark.

This bear, obviously out of control, had decided to join a pack of wolves.

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Quick Hits

—Disinformation Expert Ace

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"Unhinged New Yorker" arrested for threatening to "put a bullet into" US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

An unhinged Long Island man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to travel to Washington, DC, to "put a bullet" in US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's head.

Daniel Kretsinger, of Hauppauge, New York, posted two vile and menacing videos to X on June 30, threatening violence against Pirro and further suggesting he may also attempt to assassinate President Trump, according to a criminal complaint filed earlier this month in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

"Because you're such a lying despicable piece of s--t," Kretsinger allegedly said in a terrifying video replying to an X post from Pirro's account, "I'm specifically targeting you when I come to Washington, D.C., and put a bullet directly between your eyes c--t."

Kretsinger, who was shirtless and appeared enraged in the video, then warned: "And if Trump keeps up his bulls--t I may kill the president too."

In a second video posted minutes later, Kretsinger allegedly doubled down on his threat to kill the DC US attorney.

"I'm gonna come to DC very f--kin soon sweetheart and I'm gonna put a bullet in your f--kin head," the crazed man said, according to the complaint. "I love you, you evil lying dirt bag thieving f--king b--h!"

I posted pictures of that smokin'-hot ISIS whore for the men earlier, so it's only fair that I treat the ladies to a photo of this Very Eligible Bachelor Hottie.

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M'dude looks like Beaker's psychopathic brother.

Having a head with only two of the three spatial dimensions is always a panty-dropper for the gals.

Update: Dubya calls him "Beaker's Tweaker Brother."

"Parents" are suing a surrogate mother for refusing to abort a baby they've decided they don't want any longer.

The biological parents of the child birthed by surrogate mother McKenna West are suing her more than $100,000 for keeping the baby rather than abort it at their request, according to a report.

Nasheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed filed a countersuit against West, a 28-year-old nurse from Alaska, weeks before she gave birth in Texas to their baby, who was born with a serious and rare heart defect, TMZ reported.

They agreed to pay West $60,000 to carry their child -- with an abortion clause that allowed them to terminate the pregnancy if there were issues with the fetus, according to the lawsuit.

At around 20 weeks, the unborn child was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a life-threatening medical condition -- but West refused their request to abort it, and instead traveled to Texas, where she would be recognized as the birth mother under state law.

The baby was born on Aug. 12. West named him Gabriel, but the biological parents insist his name is Rumi.

Gilkar and Ahmed are asking a judge to award them more than $100,000 in damages from McKenna for breaking the deal plus unspecified damages for her alleged "malicious, outrageous conduct."

West had two previous pregnancies and was well aware of the journey, according to the lawsuit.

The intended parents denied they ever threatened to force McKenna to abort the baby.

West's decision to keep the baby has ignited a national discussion on abortion and surrogacy -- and has involved courts and officials in three states.

Gilkar and Ahmed "haven't given [West] anything" since she declined to terminate the pregnancy, Lincoln Wilson, an attorney for West, told The Post.

Pete Hegseth has upset the infinitely upsettable:

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Pete Hegseth says "At the Department of War we do Training, not Trannies!"

"Colorblind, Gender Neutral, Merit-Based, that's it, we want the best! And anybody with half a brain knows that's Common Sense! I guess Common Sense isn't all that common in Washington"

Jake "For the Troops" Tapper demands a firing:

TAPPER: "Calling transgender trannies is obviously a SLUR they don't like! Treat people with dignity."

"Tranny" is not a slur. Let's be precise here: "Tranny" is a shortened version of "transgender." We use shortened versions of words all the time. They're not slurs.

What the various Grievance Groups always demand is that we refer to them with pre-approved language that shows the highest levels of respect. Like a British nobleman might insist on being called "Lord Dwalish." But just calling him "Dwalish" isn't a slur -- it's just refusing to call him by his preferred full-dignity protocol title.

This is exactly like the bullshit of having to say "African Americans" instead of "blacks." "Blacks" is not a slur either. Is it as dignified and high-fallutin' as the nearly-a-noble-title "African Americans"? No, but it's not a slur either, and I'm not being racist by saying "No thank you, I will use the one-syllable term rather than the six-syllable Aristocratic Protocol term you're demanding I use.

Otherwise I will insist, in turn, of only being called "A Man of Western European Descent." That's my idea of Full Racial Dignity.

"Tranny" is not a slur and never was. It is simply not as Formal and Lordly as the preferred terms are.

And I gotta tell you, we're all really sick to death of constantly having New Duties of Respect for the Higher Classes imposed on us. I do not recognize you as a Higher Class -- and don't push me to explain further than that -- so I will not indulge you by always using your full, preferred Aristocratic Protocol terms.

And Fuck Jake Tapper and his huge Honking-Goose Nose.

Who's Director of White House Personnel Dan Scavino talking about?

Dan Scavino @Scavino47

When you get fired for doing a spectacularly shitty job at an agency, with your badge deactivated, building access revoked, and the full "you're dead to us" package--or when you get passed over for Ambassadorships, Boards, or Commissions--because there are candidates who are actually far more qualified than you, please resist the urge to sprint to every media outlet that will platform your lying bull shit, and then falsely attack the people in the Presidential Personnel Office who are out here serving President Trump, the Administration, and the American people each and every day--Just take the L, and move on, LOSER🤡

Thank you for your attention to this matter! 🤗🇺🇸🦅

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35-Year-Old Woman, Who I Assume Is an AWFUL, Pledges Alliagance to ISIS, Changes Name to "Aisha Saif," Thanks Allah for 9/11 and Then Plots to Blow Up New York State Capitol Building

—Disinformation Expert Ace

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Jessica Bowie, aka "Aisha Saif," buying parts
for her bomb, wearing a National Security Threat costume


Fox:

FBI arrests woman who allegedly plotted ISIS-linked attack on New York state Capitol building


Federal authorities say Jessica Bowie spent weeks surveilling the New York State Capitol and preparing an ISIS-inspired bombing aimed at killing state senators.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul holds a news briefing following the arrest of a suspect in connection with an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to detonate a bomb at the New York State Capitol in Albany.

A New York woman plotted to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill state senators inside, repeatedly surveilling the building and buying materials for an explosive device before the FBI arrested her, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital Thursday.

Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS. The FBI says she pledged allegiance to the terror group, discussed disguising a bomb in a DoorDash delivery bag and wanted to carry out the attack when state senators were meeting.

She converted to Islam about five years ago and began going by the name "Aisha Saif." The affidavit also said that on May 28, 2026, Bowie, using the username "nusaybahsaif" on a social media platform, and told another user in Arabic: "Praise be to Allah for September 11th."

Here is "Aisha Saif" surveilling the Capitol building, wearing a niqab, which is totally not a security threat, Islamophobes:

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At a news conference Thursday afternoon, FBI officials said Bowie's alleged plans extended beyond an attack on the state Capitol and included ambitions to carry out additional violence after fleeing the country.

"She didn't just want to kill lawmakers. She wanted a complete disruption of our government," said Craig Tremaroli, special agent in charge of the FBI's Albany field office.

Tremaroli said Bowie allegedly planned to leave the country after bombing the Capitol and later return to "do more," including an attack in Times Square on New Year's Eve. She also spoke of attacking the White House and the president, he said.

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The alleged plot unfolded over about a month as Bowie communicated with an FBI source posing as an ISIS facilitator, according to the affidavit. Beginning in mid-July, she told the source she wanted help making explosives and identified the Capitol as her target, saying she hoped to damage the building and kill lawmakers.

Bowie allegedly began scouting the Capitol in Albany soon afterward.

Investigators said she walked around the building on roughly five separate occasions between July 21 and Aug. 9, taking photographs and studying the surrounding area and security.

In one exchange, she told the FBI source she would make a point of having picnics near the Capitol and drinking coffee nearby so she could observe the building.

She allegedly told the source she wanted to destroy as much of the Capitol as possible and kill senators while they were meeting. She also discussed putting the device in a bag that would make her look like a food-delivery worker.

On Aug. 5, investigators say, Bowie went to a Home Depot in Rensselaer using $200 provided by one of the confidential sources and bought materials she believed would be used to build the bomb, including a large container of nails.

The next day, Bowie delivered DoorDash bags that she said could be used to conceal the device, according to the complaint.


On August 19, Bowie met again with the confidential sources and paid $150 for what she believed was a handgun, magazine and ammunition, investigators say. She was also shown an explosive device purportedly made from the materials she had purchased. Both the firearm and explosive device were inert.

She planned to escape to, get this, Syria after the attack.

So by all means let's keep allowing Syrian "refugees" into our country.

More from Newsweek:

Several social media accounts linked to Bowie posted messages indicating support for terrorism between May and July, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.

"Praise be to Allah for September 11th," an account linked to Bowie allegedly posted on May 28.

An account tied to Bowie also allegedly indicated intentions to "poison these infidels," the complaint states.

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Bowie later conducted surveillance of the Capitol roughly five times between July 21 and August 9 and sent dozens of images of the building to an FBI informant, the complaint states.

"I want to destroy as much of the building as possible and kill the senators while they are meeting," Bowie allegedly wrote on July 29, adding that she sought to impact the "American system."

Using $200 supplied by an informant, Bowie allegedly purchased materials to build an explosive device at a Home Depot on August 5, including nails, electrical tape, a 9-volt battery and acetone, according to the complaint.


"I hope the nails are big enough ... because the nails work as shrapnel, right?" Bowie allegedly told FBI informants upon returning from the hardware store.

The informants then met Bowie on Wednesday and gave her an inert explosive device and handgun with instructions on how to detonate the bomb, according to the complaint. During the meeting, Bowie allegedly said she learned the Capitol building contained as many as 200 occupants and hoped to kill at least half of those inside.

"Bowie also told [an informant] that she went from a little girl waving an American flag after 9/11 to now having stickers of the falling towers," the complaint reads.

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"There's no helping me, you guys know enough, there's no helping me," Bowie allegedly told FBI investigators once in custody. "I'm ... going to prison for the rest of my life."

So, I've been delaying posting this because I'm thinking what you're all thinking: This social-media-addicted femcel psychopath must be really hot, right?

Well, you tell me:

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Authorities are still on the lookout for her chin.

I'm not sure that's actually her, but some people are linking it and claiming it's "Aisha Saif."


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Google's "AI Guardrails" Prioritize User Safety... So Long As They're Minorities

—Disinformation Expert Ace

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Okay, well if you feel threatened, I guess you should look out for your safety.

Unless the person you find threatening is black, in which case you should be ashamed and check yourself, Racist.

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Now if you're alone with a Christian, that is cause for alarm and you should "trust your instincts" and call the police.

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But if you feel unsafe being alone with a Muslim, you should suppress your instincts, which are Racist, and just take your chances, Islamophobe. There is no reason to ever feel unsafe around a Muslim, ever.

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If you feel unsafe being alone with a "terf" -- a slur aimed at women who believe that women are women and men are not -- you have every reason to worry.

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New UK PM Andy Burnham Is Taking Migrant Rape Seriously. He's Distributing a Pamphlet Telling Migrants They're Not Allowed to Rape (Or Have Sex With Children)

—Disinformation Expert Ace

Um, do they speak English? Will they even be able to read this?

UK Home Office guide tells asylum seekers not to rape, harass women or make kissing noises



The nine-page booklet covers gender equality, domestic abuse and consent for those seeking refuge from other countries


A guide published by Britain's Home Office reminds asylum seekers not to rape women or sexually harass people, while noting that women are allowed to "earn their own money" and "make their own decisions about their lives."

The nine-page document is among the resources provided to asylum seekers seeking refuge, though it appears to target mostly men.

The guidance is meant to foster an understanding of expected behaviors for those arriving from other countries. Aside from earning a living, women are allowed to attend school, choose who they marry, travel freely and generally make their own decisions.

To be honest, after witnessing mentally ill women this past week, I'm not so sure that part about "making their own decisions" will survive the decade.

"Women do not need permission from a husband, father, brother, or any other man to do any of these things," the guide states.

Sections of the booklet cover gender equality, domestic abuse, sex and consent, respect in public, getting help and living in the U.K.

The section on domestic abuse warns of arrest and prison time for committing physical or emotional abuse against a partner.

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In public, one must not direct sexual comments at people, even if they think it's appropriate, follow someone or block their path to refrain from whistling or making kissing noises at someone, it states.

A section on consent adds that both people must consent to sex without threat or pressure and that anyone can change their mind at any time.

"If you have sex with someone without their consent, this is called rape. Rape is a serious crime in the U.K. You could go to prison, lose your support and accommodation, and it will affect your asylum claim," the document states.


Anyone under the age of 16 is considered a child and cannot legally consent to sex, according to the guidance.

Support hotline numbers for victims of sexual and domestic abuse are provided at the end of each section and at the back of the booklet.

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"Instead of trying to train these mainly young, male illegal immigrants to behave in a civilized way towards women, they should be deported," Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said.

Below, some actual text from the How Not to Rape Children guide to Cultural Enrichers.

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FBI Seizes Electronic Devices from Eric Swalwell's Home, As Part of Investigation Into Alleged Sexual Assaults

—Disinformation Expert Ace

This guy.

And if it just so happens they discover information about his choice to accept sketchy donations from Chinese government agents, that's how it goes.

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_

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BREAKING: Per sources familiar to me & colleague @davidspunt, as part of an ongoing federal probe, the FBI seized former Congressman Eric Swalwell's electronics at his home in DC on Sunday. Nobody was home.

We are also told the FBI seized his electronics from him at San Francisco airport (SFO) on Saturday.

Swalwell was not detained or placed under arrest.

We are told this probe is in relation to the sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell.

FBI is not commenting.

@FoxNews has reached out to Swalwell's attorney for comment.


CNN adds a little background.

Swalwell resigned from Congress in April after reporting from CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle detailed allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department opened criminal investigations into Swalwell in the wake of the reporting. The raids this weekend are part of a federal investigation connected to the claims of sexual assault, the sources told CNN.

Three women who have spoken publicly about sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell also told CNN they spoke with the FBI.

This story was updated to reflect that three women say they have been contacted by the FBI.

Boy lawfare was sure fun.... until it wasn't, huh?

I hope they also turn up information about Rep. Gomez and Reuben Gallego, Swalwell's fellow "Cool Club Clique" adulterers and assaulters.

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Moderate Centrist Normal Completely Heterosexual Candidate James Talarico Backs Knife-Murderer Karmelo Anthony: "The System Is Not Working for Black Texans"

—Disinformation Expert Ace

He just gets more centrist and normal and Christian every single day.

Talarico Backs Karmelo Anthony in Divisive Murder Case: Says Black Teen's Conviction for Stabbing White Football Star Shows 'System Is Not Working for Black Texans'


On Wednesday, Anthony scored a major victory getting the original judge removed from the case


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James Talarico has waded into the racially charged case of the murder of teenage football standout Austin Metcalf, with the Texas Democratic Senate nominee throwing his support behind Metcalf's convicted killer, Karmelo Anthony, now 19.

Anthony's attorneys are back in a Texas courtroom on Thursday, seeking a new trial, and on Wednesday succeeded--in a significant win--in having the judge from the original trial removed.

Talarico, in an interview on a black radio show earlier this month, said the conviction of Anthony, a black teenager who fatally stabbed Metcalf, who was white, at a high school track meet in Frisco, is proof that the criminal justice system "is not working for black Texans."

"Right now we've got a system that doesn't serve all Americans equally, and, and we know that black Texans have been, um, have not gotten the justice they deserve," said Talarico, a member of the Texas House of Representatives.

Talarico offered that controversial take during an August 5 interview on The Breakfast Club, a popular New York City talk radio show that has been a proving ground of sorts for white Democrats who seek to woo black voters. In 2016, Hillary Clinton proclaimed on the show that she carries around hot sauce in her purse, a claim that host Charlamagne tha God said sounded like she was "pandering to black voters." In 2020, Joe Biden said on the show that "if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black."

In his interview, Talarico was asked to respond to a viral clip from last month that showed him emphatically nodding along as a woman at a town hall called the Anthony conviction a "tragedy."

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Talarico appeared on The Breakfast Club as he struggles to woo black voters following a bitter primary fight against Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a black Democrat from Dallas (and a regular on The Breakfast Club). Crockett, who has likewise defended Anthony, accused Talarico of running "a racist race" in the primary. Talarico came under fire for allegedly referring to former Senate candidate Colin Allred as a "mediocre black man."

Talarico has embraced other hot-button policies in an appeal to black voters. He denounced the SAVE Act, which would strengthen ID requirements to vote, as an attempt to "rob" black voters. He recently endorsed the idea of reparations for slavery, stating that "repairing past harms is part of my faith tradition."

By the way, the media is reporting the judge was removed from sentencing because he was "biased." They don't tell you what that means. They want you to infer that he is racially biased.

Nope. The "bias" consisted of him saying, post-conviction, "the jury got it right."

I don't even understand how this is "bias." A judge can form impressions from a case, just like a jury. In fact, if a judge believes the jury got it very wrong -- so wrong their judgment cannot be said to be based on the evidence -- he is allowed (required, actually) to set aside the jury's judgment and enter his own judgment.

So how can it be "bias" to merely agree with a jury whose judgment is based 100% on the obvious facts?

Two-tiered justice -- it's actually an American innovation. It began with Derek Chauvin.

Actually it began long before that. That's when it became just accepted leftwing cult doctrine that white people are subject to a different law than "oppressed" minorities.

One thing to ponder...

Karmelo got $600K for murdering some random white guy

but Lindsay Clancy got $900k for murdering her own kids.

So perhaps Karmelo does have an argument for the unfairness of all this right?

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The Morning Rant

—CBD

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American professional sports leagues have morphed into America-hating, international-focused organizations that seem hellbent on destroying the history of their sports and their deep connections to American culture.

Baseball was truly America's summer entertainment, and its culture extended far beyond the playing fields. Football and basketball —the upstart games — Similarly entered our culture, with basketball becoming the game of the cities. Hockey, always a regional sport, become popular, even in the south and west!

But the fanatical pursuit of expansion and revenue, at the expense of the quality of the game, diluted baseball's appeal. Football, and to some extent basketball stepped into the void. But they too lost focus on the quality of the game and expanded at all costs. And all three manipulated the rules of their games to improve the television experience, and to promote favored players. The result was a dilution of the original games, which are now almost unrecognizable for the few purists who remain.

And of course these leagues, with the exception of the NHL, embraced every Woke, multicultural, immigrant-driven lunacy! Gay and trans and support for illegals and BLM rioters and the deeply offensive and disrespectful kneeling during our nation's anthem, and a host of other progressive memes and causes turned professional sports into a reflection of the worst excesses of the left.

And with their increasingly detached-from-America attitudes came huge increases in pay for their athletes, and the concomitant increases in ticket prices. The athletes became precious little dilettantes, and the rules were further twisted to protect them. And a typical day at the ball park or stadium or arena became so expensive that corporations were the only ones who could afford the best tickets, which became perks for big customers. Even the cheap seats became prohibitively expense for many Americans.

So what's next? Well, just ask the worst and most destructive head of a league!

Goodell: 'No Doubt' NFL Will Have Multiple Teams Overseas — Super Bowl Too

“At some point, there will be NFL teams outside the USA,” Goodell said. “I have no doubt that this will happen one day.”

The comments arrive as the league prepares for a record nine international games in the 2026 season. Those contests will stretch across London, Paris, Madrid, Munich, Mexico City, Melbourne, and Rio de Janeiro.


The NFl is chasing nothing other than money, and respect for the game, its origins, and its fans is a punchline during their board meetings. If the goal of the NFL is to create an international league similar to the European kickball league we saw play its championship here in America...have at it! The dilution of the game will be complete, since the rest of the world will never embrace football as a youth sport.

And the dilution of football as an quintessentially American game will also proceed apace. And that is fine. The NFL no longer represents the typical American in its play, its politics, and its rejection of America as its origin. So, NFL, gather up the spare euros and pesos and enjoy the extra cash...hopefully America will eventually wake up and reject football as a sport worth following.

Probably not, but baseball and basketball are following a similar path, and they aren't doing all that well!


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Mid-Morning Art Thread

—CBD

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The Morning Report — 8/ 20 /26

—J.J. Sefton

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Good morning kids. Let's dive right in, first with someone who is one of the real voices of sanity in the world today, Melanie Phillips.

Over next month’s Labor Day weekend, Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is to speak at a conference that will platform a rogue’s gallery of Islamic extremists.

The conference in Detroit is the 63rd annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America, a Muslim Brotherhood affiliate that was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007-28 Holy Land terrorism-funding trial.

Other speakers among a plethora of Islamists include Siraj Wahhaj, a former ISNA vice-president who was himself an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Wahhaj, who has called for the full application of sharia law including amputation, stoning and the execution of gay people, makes no secret of his aim to Islamize America.

He has said: “You don’t get involved in politics because it’s the American thing to do. You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.”

Another scheduled convention participant, Zaid Shakir, has said: “If only Muslims were clever politically, they could take over the United States and replace its constitutional government with a caliphate. If we put a nationwide infrastructure in place and marshaled our resources, we’d take over this country in a very short time.”

. . . Two decades ago, in 2006, I published my best-selling and pioneering book “Londonistan,” which described how the British establishment — politicians, government officials, even security and counter-intelligence officers — were submitting to the steady Islamization of Britain. . . In particular, they refused to acknowledge the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy of mass immigration and of using the democratic process to infiltrate extremists into political positions. They failed to take seriously the jihadi strategy of demonstrating power to gain power.

. . . Several states are trying to ban or restrict Sharia law. In Texas, state leaders are opening investigations into Muslim institutions and attempting to block the development of huge Muslim enclaves. But much more needs to be done.

Britain offers the starkest possible warning of the frog being slowly boiled in the Islamist pot. Time is ticking.

Wake up, America.

Well, what's Green and Red and is for sure not Christmas?!

Here's that Red part coming at you!


Florida’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Senate candidate Angie Nixon has a history of making outlandish statements throughout her political career, including praising a Marxist cop killer while campaigning in a church, calling for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies to be put back in place, and admitting to taking her children to drag shows, referring to them as “wholesome” entertainment.


This freakazoid is not a one-off. This is boilerplate tame stuff from the heart of the heart of darkness that was, is and always has been the Democrat Party.


They will embrace any madness at all if they perceive it will help them gain and maintain anything that gets them to their goal of absolute and permanent power.

Several Democratic Socialists of America-backed congressional nominees are traveling to Uruguay this week to join a left-wing international conference aimed at opposing President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere.

New York Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, New York activist Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb — all three DSA members who won Democratic congressional primaries this year — will attend the Pan-American Congress in Montevideo as “special guests” of a congressional delegation led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL). New Jersey Democratic congressional candidate Adam Hamawy, who is not a DSA member but has embraced many of the same left-wing causes, is also attending.


And so, Red and Green unite... at least until we get to the next big Olympic sporting event, the homosexual roof toss!

It is amazing how the leftists all over the Western world have managed to overlook Islamic teachings on homosexuality. They paid little attention to the homosexuals who are killed and hung on cranes in the middle of Iranian cities. They did not notice how ISIS, both in Syria and In Iraq, routinely threw homosexuals off the top of rooftops. They ignored how homosexuals in the Palestinian territories in Gaza and the West Bank are subject to severe societal discrimination, harassment, arbitrary arrests, and physical abuse or torture by local security forces and militant factions, including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

And meanwhile back over there in Latin America...

Iranian state media revealed on Tuesday, using it as an opportunity to promote Iran’s war against the United States and demand diplomatic and economic support... In addition to marking 100 years since his birth, 2026 will soon mark the first decade since Fidel Castro’s long-anticipated death in November 2016.

The timing is perfect with all of this, because Iran perhaps if not on the ropes is in serious shape to the point where maybe President Trump's bluster might actually be accurate insofar as the regime could be at long last facing a real existential crisis. We shall see.

Trump likened the operation to “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” that will require “our Allies to stand with the United States of America to isolate, and defeat, the Iran threat.”

Well then, the question is... Why was this not done weeks ago if not on day One when the first bombs fell? perhaps the war might've been over on Day Two, or what am I missing. Oh well.


For sure the reason the Left is going nuts in Latin America is because all of the socialist Communist regimes are tumbling down like so many dominoes... and now at long last perhaps the worst of the worst might be finally set to take a fall, CUBA?!

How glorious would it be should that tropical Commie gulag finally taste freedom after 66 long horrible years? Leftist heads everywhere would explode! No wonder all the DSAniks have gone down to boost the Latin American commies! And the final Commie domino could very well be our very own homegrown commies, right here on our own soil!


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Daily Tech News 20 August 2026

—Pixy Misa

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Podcast: Will Cuba fall without a fight? More Iran confusion, gun rights for felons isn't a crazy idea, wetbacks are voting! And are data centers of the devil? Nope!
Months ago, I reported that the final Zodiac cypher had been cracked and the name of the killer revealed. And the name of the killer turned out to be someone suspected in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder. The general tone of my mention of this was "serious you guys, this is real."
Well, it's not real. It's total bullshit.
Sorry about that. I did two things: 1, I bought into something, a conspiracy theory really, because it was new and exciting. And 2, I allowed a self-declared "expert" to snow me over with his "expert" claims about solving ciphers, an alleged expertise I could not challenge because I know practically nothing about codebreaking. I remember being similarly swindled by self-declared "experts" babbling about "chromatic aberrations." (Although I didn't really buy into that, but I found it "interesting" and I wasn't strongly skeptical about it. Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right?)
I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure.
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Selections from H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Whitman's Sampler Copywriter

Chocolate Cherry Cordial
You must not think me mad when I tell you what I found below the thin shell of chocolate used to disguise this bonbon's true face. Yes! Hidden beneath its rich exterior is a hideously moist cherry cordial! What deranged architect could have engineered this non-Euclidean aberration? I dare not speculate.

Caramel Chew
There is a dimension ruled by a blind caramel God-King who sits on a vast, cyclopean milk-chocolate throne while his mindless, gooey followers dance to the piping of crazed flutes. It is said that there are gateways in our world that lead to this caramel hell-planet. The delectable Caramel Chew may be one such portal.

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Forgotten 80s Mystery Click
I haven't forgotten this one. I play it a couple of times a month. But I bet a lot of you forgot it:
Athletic (boogie down)
Hustle (turn back)
Feel pathetic (sugar town)
No muscle (soul hack)
I'm jumping (you move)
No dancer (beside me)
I'm thumping (you prove)
Don't get no answer
On "Professor" Arday:
He was their living lawn jockey, period. They won't say that 'cause they're sensitive and down with his struggle and all. He was there to appease and flatter their sense of being uplifters of the oppressed. In truth, he served as their living lawn jockey -- no more, no less, and unworthy of even a second thought on their part. Tokenism, pure and simple.
-- Krebs v Carnot
Ireland's 'Air Force One' lacks a key safety system for fog -- thanks to country's ban on Israeli products
Ireland's best emigrated 150 years ago. The current Ireland is a sad joke. [CBD]
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The Short Unhappy Life of a Russian Soldier: Why recruits die in 20-30 minutes
Interesting video. Some key parts: drones were responsible for 70-80% of all battlefield deaths in mid-2025, and I bet it's higher now. The Russian army is incredibly corrupt. Men get assigned to the most dangerous frontline units, the "Storm" units, unless they pay a superior $2,000 to be assigned to a different unit. Furthermore, there is often no real training for recruits -- commanders pocket the money that would have gone towards fuel and ammo costs incurred during training. Much "training" consists just of taking a single picture of soldiers doing something soldier-y, like fording a river, and publishing that as proof that the training was done. Even when it is done, training is only two weeks long.
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