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Peace Abroad and Payback at Home
President Donald Trump’s second term is defined by peace abroad and payback at home. From the Knesset to Cairo, Trump’s “peace through strength” diplomacy is rewriting Middle East history—while his Justice Department delivers long-overdue justice to the corrupt elites and foreign agitators who once targeted him. On The Unknown Podcast, Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe…
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A Self-Inflicted Wound: The Fall of Gotham
New York, once the city of resilience and rebirth after 9/11, is poised to elect a mayor whose worldview stands in stark contrast to that legacy. Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born Democratic Socialist and state assemblyman, embodies the ideological drift of a city that’s forgotten its own hard-earned lessons. His policies—soft on crime, anti-Israel, and economically…
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Kiss My Black Ass: Oregon Bureaucrats Gone Rogue!
The Oregon Board of Psychology is facing national outrage—and possible personal liability—after targeting family-court reformer Jill Jones-Soderman during the Jewish High Holy Days and ejecting Black journalist Rick LaRivière from a hearing. Critics say the Board’s actions violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments, weaponizing licensing laws to silence dissent and hide judicial misconduct. Legal experts…
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Silence of the Billionaire
Czech billionaire Radovan Vitek—once hailed as Central Europe’s real-estate king—now faces scrutiny across multiple fronts. His CPI Property Group, worth €20 billion, has been hit with a half-billion-euro asset freeze in Cyprus, fresh lawsuits in New York and London, and accusations of suppressing stories that linked him to Russia. Vitek denies wrongdoing, calling the attacks…
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A&E’s James McGibney: Hero or Hoax Artist?
A&E’s “Bully Hunter” star James McGibney markets himself as a fearless Marine-turned-cyber-avenger. But behind the polished promos lies a trail of controversy: disputed military records, an academic “Dr.” title miscast as medical authority, and a partnership with TikTok agitator Danesh Noshirvan — a man accused of harassment and cyberstalking. Court filings and public records reveal…
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Kamillah Hanks Dominoes Fall: Adams Quits, Staten Island Dems Machine Shifts Mamdani
Mayor Eric Adams’ collapse reverberates across the outer boroughs. Staten Island’s lone Democratic councilmember, Kamillah Hanks, finds herself exposed as the machine frays. Progressive Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is poised to endorse challenger Sarah Blas, a Marine veteran with Working Families and Citizen Action backing. Hanks faces scandals involving staff abuse, Islamophobia complaints, and ties to…
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Jerry Sandusky New Trial Request: From Prosecution to Payday
Jerry Sandusky’s fight for freedom has taken an explosive turn. In a new Post Conviction Relief Act filing, the disgraced Penn State coach alleges the very prosecutors who convicted him later profited from his accuser’s $20 million civil settlement. Court documents reveal that Frank Fina and Joe McGettigan, along with McGettigan’s girlfriend and the victim’s…
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Too Many Coincidences? The Hidden Agenda Behind Comey, Hussein, Joe & Crew
“Too Many Coincidences? The Hidden Agenda Behind Comey, Hussein, Joe & Crew” dives into former FBI Special Agent J. Gary DiLaura’s explosive column alleging that James Comey, Barack “Hussein” Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, and their operatives orchestrated a decades-long plan to “fundamentally change” America. DiLaura, drawing from his FBI background, claims they used open…
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Grit Over Glamor: D-III’S Honest Huddle
College football isn’t always roaring stadiums, NIL millions, and ESPN cameras. In Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, Susquehanna University reminds us why Division-III football still matters. There are no traffic jams into Lot 36, no $45 parking passes doubling as bookmarks, and no halftime spectacles designed for television breaks. Instead, there’s grit, community, and the pure joy of…
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Federal Rats Rewarded: New Fed Sentencing Rules Suck Up to Snitches
The U.S. Sentencing Commission just dropped a bombshell: starting November 1, 2025, the only way to shave time off a federal sentence is by becoming a government informant. Gone are most guideline departures for family hardship, minor roles, or other mitigating factors. What remains? Snitch deals and the “safety valve” for first-time, nonviolent drug offenders—basically,…
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