Experts (progressives) cite complexity of problem, which is rooted in poverty, lack of affordable housing but includes medical, psychiatric, substance-use issues
Lawmakers questioned US Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd, nominated to lead the National Security Agency (NSA), over his views on surveillance and concerns that the NSA could be used against innocent Americans. USMC Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan, nominated to lead USSOUTHCOM, was questioned about the role of US forces in South America.
Donald Trump has become the first US president since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established to not issue a proclamation honoring the federal holiday, breaking a tradition observed for nearly 40 consecutive years.
Trump Removed MLK Bust from Oval Office in 2025
New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gdel's incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires "non-algorithmic understanding," something no computation can replicate. This discovery challenges the simulation hypothesis and reveals that the universe's foundations exist beyond any algorithmic system. Read more
Monty Python would have a field day
President Donald Trump has granted clemency to a Republican congressman's son who was in prison for distributing methamphetamine.
Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called "Cow Tools," featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects"the joke being that cows don't use tools. That's why a pet Swiss brown cow in Austria named Veronika has caused a bit of a sensation: she likes to pick up random sticks and use them to scratch herself.
Acadia Parish (Louisiana) deputies arrested Roman Catholic priest Korey LaVergne on accusations of behaving indecently with a child, igniting a new scandal in the diocese where the US church's reckoning with clergy abuse began, an institution that just disclosed it could lose up to $162 million over pending litigation.
Separated at Birth From JD Vance
Trump's insane letter leaves not doubt. Even by Trump's standards, this letter is so dangerous and so delusional that there is no longer any question that the president is mentally "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," as laid out in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
At least 21 people have died in a train collision in southern Spain and left dozens more injured, as authorities warned the death toll could increase in Spain's worst rail crash in more than a decade. Carriages on a Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, colliding with an oncoming train in Adamuz, near the city of Crdoba. Read more
DHS Border Patrol recruitment video (quoting Isaiah 6:8): "I heard the voice of the Lord saying....and I said, Here am I. Send me.'" "God doesn't ask for the most polished, or the most powerful. He asks for the willing ... and ready to move where he leads. It's a choice to face the unknown and to trust that God will equip you along the way."
Don Lemon captured anti-ICE protesters storming a church and confronting a pastor who they believed works as an immigration agent during a chaotic scene that sabotaged the church's service on Sunday. Lemon recorded the protesters during a livestream on his YouTube program. The protesters ran into Cities Church in Minneapolis and started screaming and chanting slogans like "Hands Up, Don't Shoot!" and "ICE OUT" repeatedly. "They've stopped the service [and] a lot of people, a number of people have left," Lemon reported.
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, one of the wealthiest people in the technology industry, had named his 191-foot yacht "Izanami," a reference to a Japanese Shinto deity associated with creation and death. However, the name was later dropped after Ellison was informed that when spelled in reverse, it reads "I'm a Nazi," a phrase widely considered offensive. The incident was detailed in a profile published by Vulture. Following this discovery, the yacht's name was changed, the report said.
The annual DOD suicide report, a critical data source for US military suicide prevention which is typically published each fall, is missing and Pentagon spokespersons had no clear answers as to where it is and when it will be finally released.
US Military Veterans Suffering Appalling Suicide Rates and PTSD
Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has made it clear he's concerned about America's low birth rates, and the country's aging population.
In this horrendous "Year of "Mars," Russia is targeting nuclear power plants to destroy Ukraine's infrastructure to freeze and demoralize the people this winter, also raising the specter of potential radiological contamination in the beleaguered country.
Ukraine Nuclear Plants
