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
"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
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.
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.
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
We just won Missouri v. Biden. As Missouri's Attorney General, I sued the Biden regime for brazenly colluding with Big Tech to silence Missouri families " censoring the truth about COVID, the Hunter Biden laptop, the open border, and the 2020 election. They tried to turn Facebook, X, YouTube, and the rest into their private speech police, labeling dissent "misinformation" while they pushed their narrative on the American people. Today, after years of unrelenting litigation, we deep state into a historic 10-year, court-enforceable Consent Decree. It directly binds the Surgeon General, the CDC, and CISA: no more threats of legal, regulatory, or economic punishment. No more coercion. No more unilateral direction or veto of platform decisions to remove, suppress, deplatform, or algorithmically bury protected speech.
Loomer said she believed a "massive Islamic terror attack" could take place in the US and suggested it could be "10 times worse than 9/11". She did not cite any evidence, intelligence assessment or official warning to support the claim, instead framing it as a personal sense. Read more
Effective 20 April 2026, the US Army:
DOD Recruitment Goals
On 11 Nov 1921 at Arlington National Cemetery during the burial ceremony for the Unknown Soldier of World War I, President Warren G. Harding said: "We do not know from whence he came, but only that his death marks him with everlasting glory of an American dying for his country."
"Gardens of Stone" 1987 Hollywood Film About the Sentinels During the Vietnam War
General Josh Rudd, the new director of US Cyber Command and the NSA, used his first all-hands meeting to urge his workforce to share more intelligence with US allies and partners: "Work with our allies until it hurts." Rudd stated that while the Trump administration has emphasized southern-border security, the NSA still should keep a watchful eye on foreign adversaries such as Russia and China.
General Rudd Bio
LOS ANGELES -- A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $59.25 million. After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found Cosby, 88, liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. They awarded her $17.5 million in past damages and $1.75 million for future damages, including "mental suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, inconvenience, grief, anxiety, humiliation, and emotional distress." Then in a second phase of the trial Monday afternoon, they awarded an additional $40 million in punitive damages. Read more
How's the economy?
Not bad if you're rich.
Demand for luxury yachts and private jets is surging thanks to last year's tax law. Sales of $10 million-plus mansions are booming as stocks hit new highs. And the wealthy and powerful will get to enjoy a new ballroom for galas at the White House.
In the Gaza Strip, IDF soldiers reportedly tortured one-year-old Karim Abu Nassar in front of his father to pressure him to confess to something by burning the toddler's leg with a cigarette and piercing his other leg with a nail.
A Revolting Moral Outrage'
