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Thursday, June 25, 2026

The Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25 and 26, 1876, lasted barely a full day, but it would become one of the most famous, controversial and mysterious military engagements in American history. Pitting the United States Army against Native warriors, primarily Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne, the battle also brought together three men who remain legends 150 years later: on one side, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, in command of the Army's Seventh Cavalry Regiment, and on the other, the Lakota chief and holy man Sitting Bull and the Lakota leader Crazy Horse. Read more


Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, the second-richest Asian in the world with an estimated net worth of $88.6bn was facing federal fraud and bribery charges in the US. After he met privately with Donald Trump Jr in Ahmedabad, India, seven months later the USDOJ dropped its charges against the mega-oligarch in May 2025.

This USDOJ EDNY press release may be removed in the future by the nefarious Trumpf junta


The US Department of Interior will no longer report any deaths occurring in federal parks. The satanic Trumpf junta slashed 15% of the Dept of Interior workforce and this move is seen as a way to conceal their mistake as the sinister cabal seeks to privatize America's natural parks and resources. Approximately 350 people die in national parks each year, or about seven per week.

What will be left for us on 20 Jan 2029?


After NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D)-backed Brad Lander easily ousted mega-oligarch Dan Goldman in NYC's 10th CD primary on Tuesday, hatemonger Ben Shapiro immediately attacked Lander as a "phony Jew."

Dan Goldman's loss was a devastating blow to AIPAC which is why Ben Shapiro is irrationally spitting venom, as he and Laura Loomer have done for years. Ben Shapiro and Laura Loomer are not good human beings.


Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, has won the election. Read more


Wednesday, June 24, 2026

This article uses the Karmelo Anthony and Austin Metcalf tragedy to warn young men that one angry moment, one weapon, and one bad reach can destroy families, freedom, and futures forever.


With a clean sweep of electoral wins for Zohran Mamdani's endorsees and nine out of ten victories for NYC Democratic Socialists of America last night, it's clear the socialist mayor and socialist movement are major political forces to be reckoned with. Read more


President Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped to a new low in a recent American Research Group poll, with just 30% of Americans approving of his job performance as the 2026 midterm elections approach. The survey, conducted June 16"20 among 1,100 respondents (plus or minus 3 percentage points), found 66% disapprove of Trump, the highest disapproval and lowest approval ever recorded by the pollster during either of his presidencies. Among those who disapprove of Trump, economic pessimism is widespread: 82% say they expect conditions to worsen over the next year, according to the poll.


Speculation swirled around a report that a single patient " a 79-year-old man " was given access to a powerful new obesity drug that's still awaiting federal approval. STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the Food and Drug Administration allowed one individual to gain access to retatrutide, which has demonstrated the ability to cut weight at comparable levels to bariatric surgery, through a "compassionate use" program typically reserved for patients with serious and immediately life-threatening medical issues.


Camp Mystic's owner filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods in Texas Hill Country killed 25 girls, two teenage counselors and the camp's longtime director. In a court filing, the operators of the all-girls Christian summer camp said its total debts were in the range of $10 million to $50 million. The filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas in Houston said the camp's total assets were between $1 million and $10 million. Camp Mystic's owners and operators have faced intense scrutiny over their response to last year's devastating July 4 floods. In a scathing report released earlier this month, state investigators faulted the camp for inadequate advance emergency planning, storm preparation, evacuations and incident management.


What did America learn from the war with Iran? In this After Action Review, we break down what went right, what went wrong, and what the United States needs to fix before the next major conflict. Operation Epic Fury showed that the U.S. can still dominate the battlefield: thousands of air missions, successful Patriot and THAAD intercepts, deep strikes against Iranian military infrastructure, effective cyber operations, combat search and rescue, and the successful use of lower-cost systems like APKWS and LUCAS drones. But the war also exposed serious problems: vulnerable bases, drone threats, limited allied support, unclear end states, the disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, weak information warfare at home, and America's ongoing struggle to win the narrative after it wins the fight. This is not about cheerleading or doomposting. It is an honest AAR: what worked, what failed, and what we should do better next time. Read more


Russia exploits African countries to bypass sanctions, loot mineral resources, and recruit mercenaries for its war against Ukraine, reported Andrii Cherniak from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (HUR).

The Africa Corps replaced the Wagner Group


Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The SCOTUS opinions nobody's covering today are quietly rewriting who actually gets to enforce their rights in court. Read more


Sometimes an album can be successful upon release, but still not be fully appreciated until years later. Such is the case with Blue, Joni Mitchell's 1971 classic, released 55 years ago today. Read more


Job cuts at U.S. factories ran near their highest levels since the end of the global financial crisis in 2009 and the Covid-19 pandemic as worries grew over global demand and rising costs, S&P Global reported Tuesday. Manufacturers have indicated job cuts for three of the past four months as they seek to reduce headcount over costs and demand concerns.


  • Democratic candidate for the 13th CD Avila Chevalier: "I think so many New Yorkers are tired of waking up every single morning and seeing their tax dollars going towards a live-streamed genocide instead of being reinvested in their communities."
  • In the 10th CD, popular NYC Comptroller Brad Lander (D)-- a mensch as we say in NYC-- is challenging AIPAC darling Dan Goldman. Goldman, a fabulously wealthy brontosaurus with a net worth of $250m, did not endorse fellow Democrat Zohran Mamdani in the 2025 NYC mayoral race.
  • Quipped the effective new Mayor of NYC Zohran Mamdani (D): "I'll say that in our election last time around, I was lucky. I didn't have to compete with the Knicks' first championship; I didn't have to compete with the first World Cup."
    Status quo dinosaurs plaguing New York's politics


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