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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Conservative pundit Bill O'Reilly has had a long history of controversial takes, from threatening that President Donald Trump could "destroy" people who accused him of links to the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to urging the president to take a vacation and saying he should exact vengeance against actor Robert De Niro. Now O'Reilly is warning Trump that if Democrats retake Congress, his "legacy" could be at stake. Read more


At a Dearborn, Michigan Town Hall meeting, a pastor of the 180 Church, Lorenzo Sewell, got very vocal about the increasing influence of Muslim culture and Sharia Law in particular. Dearborn has a Muslim mayor. Sewell said, "America, we have lost this city. This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law. We will not have it anymore. Enough is enough." Other protestors against the growing influence of Sharia Law are saying that Dearborn is protecting Muslim agitators and arresting non-Muslims. The outburst, which came amid a series of other anti-Islam protests in Dearborn, vocalizes fears that Muslim populations in Michigan are working to bring their communities more in line with their religious worldview.


The IndependentRussian police have arrested citizens complaining of fuel shortages at the pump, as Ukraine's drone campaign sparked fighting at petrol stations and rationing. Moscow and its surrounding regions have been forced to reimpose purchase limits on fuel, capping sales at between 50 and 60 litres per vehicle. As Ukraine intensifies its "deep strike" campaign, hitting another major oil refinery on Wednesday, the strain on Russia's domestic energy grid continues to grow. Across at least 12 regions, miles of gridlocked traffic now stall forecourts, with motorists waiting up to 30 hours only to find the pumps empty. Read more


GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- The United States has deported nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year and sent at least dozens more to Honduras, according to official data, a shift from the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term when such transfers were minimal. Until now, Mexicans deported from the United States were sent almost exclusively back to their country by air and land. Only a handful arrived in other countries. Some civil organizations believe this change reported in recent days is a way to increase pressure on Mexico, whose government has protested the deaths of 17 Mexicans in immigration custody or during enforcement operations. This also comes as Trump has expanded agreements with allied Latin American countries to conduct joint operations in the region against criminal groups and has increased its security demands to Mexico. Read more


WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army unit based in Europe that was specializing in drone warfare has been directed to end its efforts to learn and use the battlefield technology and return to being a traditional infantry battalion, officials said Thursday. For more nearly a year, soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade have been experimenting and building their own drones, as well as participating in drills on waging unmanned warfare after Ukraine pioneered such tactics in its yearslong conflict with Russia. Last November, 600 soldiers formed a battalion that specialized in drone warfare and was set up to be used as a dedicated unit that could deploy anywhere drones were required. Read more


PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) " Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink clothing emblazoned with phrases such as "Believe," "She Needed Help" and "Peace For Lindsay," gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. READ MORE: Psychologist testifies Lindsay Clancy was not criminally responsible in killing of her 3 children Several of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy's story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health system treats women. Clancy's lawyer does not dispute that she killed the children, but says she should not be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill. Read more


A New York woman plotted to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill state senators inside, repeatedly surveilling the building and buying materials for an explosive device before the FBI arrested her, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS. The FBI says she pledged allegiance to the terror group, discussed disguising a bomb in a DoorDash delivery bag and wanted to carry out the attack when state senators were meeting. She converted to Islam about five years ago and began going by the name "Aisha Saif." The affidavit also said that on May 28, 2026, Bowie, using the username "nusaybahsaif" on a social media platform, and told another user in Arabic: "Praise be to Allah for September 11th."


"Two hundred and fifty years into the American experiment, our national debt has hit an all-time high of $40 trillion." "During his first campaign for president, Donald Trump promised to pay down the national debt within eight years." "Since then, it has doubled." "In fact, Trump has accumulated as much debt since entering the White House as every president from George Washington through Bill Clinton combined."


FBI agents seized former Rep. Eric Swalwell's, D-Calif., electronic devices when he arrived at San Francisco Airport this week. The agency confiscated the devices as part of an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, the Daily Mail reported. Swalwell resigned from Congress and ended his gubernatorial bid earlier this year amid renewed scrutiny of his time in office and new allegations from women. Read more


The Food and Drug Administration upgraded a recall of frozen blueberries and mixed berries sold at Publix grocery stores across the U.S. to the highest health risk level on Tuesday, according to an enforcement report. Publix on July 29 announced a recall of four varieties of frozen GreenWise organic blueberries and mixed berries sold at stores across eight states over potential E. coli contamination. The FDA is now categorizing it as a "Class 1" recall, which the agency assigns to product recalls "in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death."


Elon Musk @elonmusk Follow Derek Chauvin was unjustly convicted of murder, therefore he should be freed. The facts show that he was not the cause of death, nor did he at any time intend for a death to occur. Whatever else he may be, he is not a murderer. That is the truth.


President Donald Trump's close aide Natalie Harp apparently worked inside the White House for a year without a security clearance, according to a report on Wednesday. Both people said Harp's reasoning for failing to complete the process was unknown," Traylor wrote in a post on X. "After concerns mounted among the White House counsel's office and security officials, the president himself intervened and Harp in recent months filled out the forms to launch a formal federal background investigation and received the clearance, one of the people said."


Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said that persistent federal deficits and the nation's growing debt burden, not the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, or President Donald Trump, are responsible for current economic pressures. Read more


"Ancient Rome was a city of immigrants, a pre-modern metropolis of perhaps a million people at its height, most of them immigrants or the descendants of immigrants. Generations of Jewish and Syrian migrants reshaped the imperial capital. These residents maintained traditions, languages, and customs from home, and participated in civic institutions that helped foster community at the local level."

"I, Claudius" celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Tempus fugit


Pardoned Nazi January 6 runamok Jake Lang and phony Christian pastor Lorenzo Sewell led a horde of Islamomisists on a "Christian Crusader March" on a Dearborn City Council meeting, barking that their mob would "not surrender to Islam" nor the "Islamification of America." Riot police arrested twenty-two of these dangerous racist misfits. Nota Bene: Islamophobia is the irrational fear of Islam; Islamomisos is the irrational hatred of Islam, which is afflicting these violent AIPAC pod-people.

Muslim haters such as Jake Lang, Lorenzo Sewell, Laura Loomer, Scott LoBaido, Andrew Cuomo, and Alan Dershowitz are simply not good human beings. Samaritans may have concussed the malpariso in Minnesota (Jan 2026). Ouch!


The American taxpayer-funded Israeli Death Forces (IDF) murdered six Palestinians, including a child, wounding a dozen others with a drone strike on a seaside cafe. The one-way ceasefire has only stopped Palestinian resistance fighters from combating extinction and not the non-stop serial killers of the Middle East, the psychopathic IDF.

Itamar Ben-Gvir wants 30 to 40 Palestinians liquidated in Gaza every night, not just a paltry six like today


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