More: It's a sharp contrast to the original legal complaint that ultimately reached the Supreme Court. Callais is described there as a "non"African American voter" from Brusly, Louisiana, whose congressional district changed after his state redrew its districts. Callais also said that he was a member of a local board of supervisors in 2024.

In reality, Callais seems to be a partisan activist steeped in the right's conspiracy theories regarding elections. On X, he commented on an Elon Musk post in December 2025, writing, "This is f#king insane, non citizens voting in our country." In February of this year, he expressed doubt in election security, and in January, he called the voting system "manipulated," touting hand-counted paper ballots as a solution.

Callais also dismissed concerns about how eliminating mail-in voting would hurt disabled or elderly voters, posting in February, "Find someone to haul you to the polls. Don't let your disability put the rest of the country at risk."

More from the article: A former classmate, William Kennedy, who went on to become a Brown University official, was quoted in "Citizen Turner" as describing young Ted as "a bigot, as maybe all of us were in a sense at the time."

Mr. Turner, he said, drank excessively, sang Nazi songs outside a Jewish fraternity house and put up Ku Klux Klan signs on the dormitory doors of Black students. He was finally tossed out of Brown after being caught in bed with a woman in his dorm room.

While I don't want to see A.I. content anywhere really, if your podcast is getting beat by A.I. slop then maybe you need to up your game or find something you're better at.

A small city with less than 250,000 population is hardly crowded. Why do you choose to live there if it's such a hellhole?

You periodic reminder that boaz chooses to live in dark blue Forsyth County, NC.

Close your tags FFS.

Ever had to follow someone to a party or something who then sped off though a stale yellow light without a second thought?

Doh, missed the earlier post.

Some rare good news out of the Senate for a change.

#9,

Yep. The first 6 months or so of the 2nd Trump administration was spent literally giving away America's future to China and others. The soft power tools we used for decades to build good will were shut down or crippled. The brain drain that happened after we cut off funding for scientific research at major universities. The damage to our credibility overseas. The economic hit we, especially our farmers, took when trading partners decided it was cheaper to deal with others after the ridiculous tariffs were enacted. China or Russia couldn't have done it better if they had written a script for Trump to follow.

Time for this dinosaur to go extinct.

More: "Never in recorded history has a nation's military been so quickly and effectively neutralized," Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed on March 26. The next day, Iran launched a drone and missile attack on an American base in Saudi Arabia that wounded more than a dozen service members, destroyed a radar surveillance plane and damaged at least two refueling tankers.

The immediate debunking of Mr. Hegseth's bombast points to the reform agenda that America's military needs. There are four main priorities.

First, the United States needs to invest in counter-drone technologies, like those that Ukraine has developed in its war against Russia. The lack of such defenses is one reason that the vaunted U.S. Navy has been unable to prevent the closure of a vital waterway, the Strait of Hormuz.

Second, the United States needs more of its own cheap, disposable weapons like one-way attack drones and unmanned ships. Although much of the war in Ukraine has been fought by mass-produced drones, the Pentagon is pouring money into much more complex equipment, including pilotless "wingmen" that can fly alongside a piloted plane.
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Third, the country needs larger and more flexible industrial capacity. Until recently, a single factory made all of America's Tomahawk cruise missiles, and there is a constant shortage of Patriot missile interceptors. Congress should pass laws that help the private sector build up its manufacturing capacity. The Pentagon, for its part, needs to stop buying so many of its weapons from just five big weapons makers and start betting on dynamic tech companies that can quickly adapt.

Lastly, the United States needs to collaborate with other industrialized democracies. Mr. Trump's pleas for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz from the very allies he spurned at the start of the war is just the latest proof that America can't go it alone. In the years ahead, keeping pace with China's economic and military expansion will require collaborating with like-minded democracies.

All of these steps are not merely about winning the next war. They also can help prevent it " by making our enemies believe they would lose any war they start.

Instead, the war in Iran has provided a road map for any country that wants to resist the United States in the future, including Russia and North Korea. For China, the country with the greatest potential to challenge American military might, the war validates its focus on new forms of warfare such as drones and cyber and space power.

But maybe get rid of Hitler first so Hitler can't take credit for your hard work.

Slave classes don't create themselves ya know.

I don't know, MAGA seems perfectly happy to be slaves to the billionaires.

Guess I'm not renewing my passport anytime soon then.

More: The new case represents another twist in the department's tortured efforts to satisfy the demands of Mr. Trump to pursue criminal charges against Mr. Comey, a longtime target of the president's wrath. The first indictment against Mr. Comey was thrown out by a judge.

The charge stems from an incident nearly a year ago, when Mr. Comey, vacationing on the North Carolina coast, posted a photograph on social media showing seashells arranged to say "86 47," combining the slang term "86" often used to mean dismiss or remove in reference to Mr. Trump, the country's 47th president.

More: In one or two words, finish this sentence: "I'm feeling blank' about the country these days."

Natan, 19, Ore., Black, Republican, student - 'Disappointed and sad.'

Kitty, 36, Pa., Asian, independent, student - 'Disappointed and hopeful.'

Michelle, 45, Md., Latina, Republican, construction administration - 'Concerned.'

Alla, 51, Ala., white, Republican, portfolio manager - 'Worried.'

Jose, 62, Fla., Latino, independent, employment specialist - 'Anxious.'

Pamela, 65, Tenn., white, Republican, small business owner - 'Frustrated.'

Daniel, 41, Calif., Latino, independent, manufacturing - 'Annoyed.'

Argenis, 35, Fla., Latino, independent, HVAC sales - 'Discouraged.'

Chris, 42, Ill., white, Republican, electrician - 'Surprised and discouraged.'

Nancy, 55, Ariz., white, independent, operations - 'Concerned.'

John, 62, Md., white, Republican, packaging specialist - 'Apathetic.'

Franceska, 26, Wash., mixed race, independent, deckhand - 'Betrayed.'

Discovery for this one should be quite interesting.

This whole thing was so obviously staged they should have held it at the Kennedy Center.

The price of gas under Biden was 600% lower.

How long after Warsh is confirmed will they wait to reopen it?