On May 2, 2026, James Talarico gave a commencement address titled, "Unshakeable Things: Gen Z and the New Great Awakening" at Paul Quinn College, the oldest HBCU in Texas.
It would be wrong to say the United States is trapped in the war it started. It has options. But it is now going to pay a very steep price, no matter which of them it chooses. It can desist in Iran " having demonstrated, for no good reason, that its military is far less dominant than the world had assumed. Or it can draw resources from theaters that are of vital national interest, such as Europe and East Asia, to fund what the president refers to as his Iranian "excursion." Or it can resort to the extreme military options Mr. Trump darkly alluded to in social media posts starting in early April, which will redound to the everlasting shame of the country he leads. The United States stands to lose its reputation, its friends or its soul. Read more
Seismic data have captured the tense quiet of the COVID-19 lockdowns and the thunderous excitement of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. And now, another human experience has been written in seismic signals: the shock and awe of witnessing a total solar eclipse.
No specific topic or genre. Just what may be on your playlist this evening... The thread link is... Capital Cities - Safe and Sound, live at Lollapalooza Brasil 2014
Yep. Here you will find members of the Democratic National Committee, working to ensure that Democrats have an overwhelming majority in the next Congress ...
The world's largest container carrier plans a new service linking Europe with isolated Middle East ports, using trucking across Saudi Arabia and smaller vessels in the Persian Gulf instead of transiting the blocked Strait of Hormuz.
From watching too much Nordic noir, I have learned the key lessons to Scandinavian safety: Stay out of the deep woods, avoid all "rustic villagers," flee every solstice or equinox ritual, and run screaming from any creature (human or otherwise) wearing antlers in the wrong anatomical location.
More than two months into a conflict that has failed to deliver a decisive military or diplomatic win, President Donald Trump faces the risk that a standoff with Iran will drag on indefinitely and leave an even bigger problem for the U.S. and the world than before he launched the war.
The Honorable US District Judge Dale Ho of the Southern District of New York blocked DHS from deporting nearly 3,000 refugees back to war-torn and famine suffering Yemen, a country the US and Israel routinely bomb.
i.ytimg.com>WHO Chief Almost Hit by IDF Strike in Yemen on 26 Dec 2024
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Rep. Chuck Edwards (NC- 11th CD) for alleged sexual misconduct with a former aide. Edwards (65) has been married since 1980.
Another Phony Christian and Hypocrite Exposed
A successful Ukrainian strike on Shagol Airfield in Russia's Chelyabinsk region over 1,700 kilometres behind the frontlines has been confirmed by satellite images to have caused damage to Russian Aerospace Forces Su-57 fifth generation fighters and Su-34 strike fighters, representing one of the most significant and successful attacks launched against Russian airfields.
The far-right Daily Wire faced mass layoffs this week " gutting the team of the long-prominent outlet initially founded by conservative activist Ben Shapiro. According to The Wrap, "Ben Shapiro's right-wing media company confirmed the layoffs in a statement to media on Friday afternoon, saying that impacted staffers are 'a number of teams' and layoffs were largely concentrated to its Nashville headquarters. 'Today, The Daily Wire made a difficult decision to restructure the organization, which included layoffs to a number of teams,' a spokesperson said." The Daily Wire has been the focus of drama in previous years, one of the biggest incidents being the firing of right-wing star Candace Owens for pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories.
Florida's Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd took aim at MAGA influencer and Jan. 6 riot participant Craig Long on Friday after the pro-Trump figure was caught in a human trafficking sting operation. The sheriff laughed at a press conference that the arrest would provide the influencer with "some content for his social media." "Then there's Craig Long we arrested " some of you may recognize him," Judd said, speaking during a press conference announcing that the sting operation had yielded 266 arrests. "He's an influencer, he also owns Craig Long Fitness in Tampa, [Florida] " he was [soliciting]. Did I tell you that he's married? That he's got 125k followers on Instagram, 560k followers on TikTok? Well, I'm gonna give him some content for his social media today." According to CBS-affiliate 10 Tampa Bay, Long, 41, was a participant in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and is an influential MAGA influencer and strong supporter of President Donald Trump.
This January, in a drab committee room of the New Hampshire state legislature, a Republican state lawmaker teamed up with a German Holocaust denier to propose that the state's public schools incorporate a conspiracy theory when developing their lesson plans: namely, that the Nazis' murder of six million Jews during the Holocaust was a hoax. Though their effort failed, the incident was just the latest example of antisemitic extremism creeping further into the American political mainstream, to the point that prominent conservative voices have warned of a "cancer" destroying the pro-Trump MAGA movement from within. And in a sign of just how normalized these incidents of anti-Jewish bigotry have become, the state lawmaker responsible for the effort, Rep. Matt Sabourin dit Choinire, appears to have faced no consequences and minimal backlash from Republican leadership in New Hampshire.
mported from the European Union to 25% in a sharp escalation of trade tensions with Brussels. The US president accused the EU of "not complying with our fully agreed to trade deal" in a post on Truth Social, but did not explain how. "I am pleased to announce that ... next week I will be increasing Tariffs charged to the European Union for Cars and Trucks," Trump said on Friday.
