Mar 26, 2026 News Updates
Let's talk about the new book called "Trump's Ten Commandments" by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, which is due out next week.
Also, Donald Trump's signature will now appear on all U.S. paper currency, starting in a couple of months with the $100 bill. How much longer until we see his image?
his is not a partisan affair. Experts in military strategy, regional history, and current power dynamics in the Middle East"as well as American politics and geoeconomics"are struggling to make sense of the U.S."Israel war launched on February 28 and warn that its escalatory spiral is spinning out of control. But just like when the bloom was off the rose in late 2003, when the insurgencies and sectarian violence started emerging in Iraq and it was becoming clear that the Bush administration had no plan for "what's next," the cheerleaders and shills are rushing to battle stations today to do everything to maintain some sort of rationalization for the disaster unfolding right before our eyes. Read more
The Ocala area continued to lead the nation in population growth, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
The data shows a 3.4% growth rate for the Ocala Metro in the bureau's Vintage 2025 population estimates between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. The bureau estimated the metro's at 442,660 people.
The population increased by more than 14,600 people compared to the previous year and by more than 66,700 since the 2020 Census. Read more
"We don't think Hitler is, like, the worst person ever," Alec Beaton, a 23-year-old former Trump campaign staffer, told the Washington Post at a national young conservatives conference. Beaton added that he praises Adolf Hitler to "mess with people." Fuentes, a 27-year-old white nationalist with a Rumble platform of more than 600k, said during a recent stream that women "just lie and they're whores. Not all of them ... but it is a serious problem."
James Talarico, the Texas Democratic state representative and Presbyterian seminarian, has said he forgives Pete Hegseth's pastor for praying for his death.
On Tuesday, Texas's popular Democratic nominee for a US Senate seat pushed back against comments from Brooks Potteiger, the defense secretary's closest spiritual adviser, who said: "We want him crucified with Christ."
Talarico said on X: "Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me."
"There are basically two ways to know you have a future. One, you have some vocational training.
Or two, you're neurodivergent," he said. Alex used the term "neurodivergent" broadly (including conditions like ADHD, autism and dyslexia), and discussed how those with said diagnoses are more likely to take unconventional career paths. Read more
France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure revealed on Wednesday that between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels a day on global oil markets. Lescure warned it could take up to three years to restore damaged facilities, and several months to restart those that were urgently shut down.
Controversial comedian Druski has triggered fresh outrage over his latest mega-viral skit in which he dressed up as Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika " with many calling him "disgusting" and "completely disrespectful" to a grieving widow. The black comic painted his skin and sported a white suit, blue contact lenses and blond locks as he mocked the Turning Point USA CEO in his "How Conservative Women in America Act" sketch, which has racked up more than 40 million views on social media. Read more
US President Donald Trump has claimed that the people of Iran want to make him their supreme leader, but according to him, he is not interested in taking the position. Speaking at a Republican fundraiser event in Washington, Trump also doubled down on his claim that Iran wants to end the nearly month-long war, insisting the officials in Tehran are negotiating with Washington but are afraid to admit it over fears of mutiny at home. Trump claimed that the idea of him becoming Iran's next Supreme Leader was informally floated by leadership in Tehran after the US-Israeli military campaign killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but he turned them down.
The war with Iran is no longer hypothetical. American forces are engaged. Missiles are being launched. Interceptors are being expended. Precision munitions are striking targets across a widening battle space. And with every salvo, one uncomfortable reality becomes clearer: The United States does not look like it can sustain protracted, high-intensity conflict with a near-peer adversary. This is not a budget debate. It is not an academic exercise in force planning. It is a real-time stress test of the American arsenal, and the early results are troubling. The United States entered this conflict with inventories already strained from years of high operational tempo and insufficient industrial replenishment.
American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick reacted in horror on Thursday to an allegation that a woman in Maryland hired a team of Guatemalan contractors to redo her roof at an expense of $10,000, waited until they were done " then called Immigration and Customs Enforcement on them to try to get out of paying the bill. The X account that posted a video of the alleged incident stated, "Woman even provides the ladder used by agent to detain men " who she owes $10,000 for 3 day job. 'She called the damn law on us and now we're totally screwed!' men yell in Spanish. 'They surrounded us! " They surrounded us!' Agents even left behind the workers' van with doors wide open " filled with thousands of dollars worth of tools.
Traveling by plane anywhere is bad right now, but in some places, it's worse. Read more
The war in Iran will lead to a surge in inflation this year, as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz pushes up prices for oil, gas and other commodities, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said on Thursday. Read more
Leaked database shows how ICE pays off local cops to do their bidding.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) informs: "Israeli forces have expanded ground operations in southern Lebanon after indicating an intent to forcibly displace residents, destroy civilian homes, and conduct strikes that could target civilians. Forcible displacement, wanton destruction, and attacks deliberately targeting civilians are war crimes. Countries that continue to provide Israel with arms and military aid risk complicity in the Israeli government's serious violations in Lebanon."
Likud Cabinet Approves War Crimes for Lebanon
Donald Trump criticized two of his Supreme Court appointees " Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett " for voting with other justices in the bombshell 6-3 decision that ruled his signature reciprocal tariffs were illegal, saying they "sickened him" and are "bad for our country."
This is a SCOTUS Justice the American people can surely live without
