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Monday, April 27, 2026

The Southern Poverty Law Center has made its name battling extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan. It is now facing federal charges of fraud, accused of funneling millions into some of those very same hate groups. Jan Crawford has more


"The Iranians are obviously very skilled at negotiating, or rather, very skillful at not negotiating, letting the Americans travel to Islamabad and then leave again without any result," he said during a talk to students in the town of Marsberg. "An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership, especially by these so-called Revolutionary Guards. And so I hope that this ends as quickly as possible," he added at the venue in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.


Israeli President Isaac Herzog decided not to pardon PM Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, opting instead to attempt to negotiate a plea deal. The "curse of Israel" has been on trial for six years across three separate corruption cases. A plea agreement would require an admission of guilt from Netanyahu, in addition to likely requiring this indicted mass murderer to resign from office. An international arrest warrant remains in effect for Netanyahu who convinced US President Donald Trump to recklessly and illegally attack the people of Iran which has been costing the hardworking American taxpayer billions and billions of dollars while jacking up fuel and food prices nationwide.

This is not a good human being.


FBI Director Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel FBI lingered aimlessly after a man exchanged gunfire with USSS agents at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday. Patel was seen standing agape and dumbfounded outside the Washington Hilton hotel like a random attendee or bystander, not like a man in charge of America's premier law-enforcement agency after an alleged assassination attempt on the President of the United States.

This man walks in the footsteps of J. Edgar Hoover, William Webster, and Robert Mueller


Sunday, April 26, 2026

Fox News Reporter Peter Doocy: "Why does this keep happening to you?"

  • Donald Trump: "I've studied assassinations, and I must tell you, the most impactful people, the people that do the most ... they're the ones that they go after. And I hate to say I'm honored by that, but I've done a lot. It's a dangerous profession, but I don't view it that way. I'm here to do a job. As part of the job " it is a dangerous " I can't imagine that there's any profession that's more dangerous. But I love the country, and I'm very proud."
    Shakesperean Depiction of Donald Trump


    A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats' new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week. Read more


    Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told Newsmax on Sunday that political rhetoric from Democrats is contributing to threats against President Donald Trump, pointing to the security scare at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner as part of a broader pattern. Appearing on "Sunday Agenda," the former Democrat governor reacted to the incident Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, where a suspected gunman was detained before reaching the ballroom where Trump and other officials were gathered. Blagojevich, who served three terms in Congress and two as governor, said the situation reflects what he described as escalating political hostility.


    AI's increasing ability to sift through data and track Americans' locations has some lawmakers reconsidering parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.


  • Director Tulsi Gabbard's irrelevance during the illegal and costly war against the people of Iran on behalf of Israel suggests that the US doesn't need a Director of National Intelligence (DNI), another wasteful post-9/11 bureaucratic creation to prosecute the Global War on Islam (GWOT). Tulsi Gabbard annual salary: $99,700
  • USSECSTATE Marco Rubio is not part of any peace delegations and has been largely absent from several high-level diplomatic efforts, including discussions on Iran, Ukraine, and Gaza; he has simply stayed home in his rent-free house on a secure military base. Marco Rubio annual salary: $246,400
    Official Cabinet Portraits


    Federal judges have received more than 800 threats since Trump's rhetoric intensified " and retired members of the judiciary are now speaking out. "According to the U.S. Marshals Service, there were 564 threats against federal judges in 2025 and there have been 275 already this year," wrote USA Today's Rex Huppke on Sunday. "The Marshals Service asked Congress for an additional $34 million in April, noting that the threat environment' is unlikely to decrease in the foreseeable future.'" In February, America's top association for lawyers similarly spoke out against Trump's attacks on judges. "The recent remarks by the president of the United States, leveling personal criticisms against members of the U.S. Supreme Court, are not acceptable and cross a dangerous line that threatens the safety of the judiciary and our judicial process," American Bar Association (ABA) President Michelle A. Behnke said in a statement.


    Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning.


    The Trump administration on Friday dismissed members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation, which finances much of the public scientific research in the United States. On Friday afternoon, National Science Board members received a terse email "on behalf of President Donald J. Trump" that said their position was "terminated, effective immediately."


    The security agency is reportedly still waiting for access to the AI model Anthropic fears could upset the cybersecurity power balance, while unauthorized users are already having fun with it.


    Saturday, April 25, 2026

    There is a growing number of US members of Congress pushing for sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to be pardoned, a top Republican has said.

    House Oversight Committee chair James Comer was asked if it would be worthwhile to offer Maxwell a pardon in exchange for her testimony.

    "A lot of people do," Comer told Politico. Read more


    Rihan, the 18-year-old high school student detained by ICE earlier this month and held for more than two weeks at a Massachusetts county jail, has returned home.


    President Donald Trump on Saturday said he has canceled plans to send U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan after Iran's chief negotiator left Islamabad after speaking only to Pakistani officials.


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