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  • A Portal Timeout

    A Portal Timeout

    The NCAA has finally acted to curb what many dubbed “unrestricted free agency” in college football. In a decisive move, the Division I Administrative Committee voted to eliminate the spring transfer portal window, consolidating all transfer activity into a single winter session. Supporters like Nebraska’s Matt Rhule hailed the decision as overdue, while critics such…

  • ILHAN OMAR – THE TRUTH OF WHAT IS GOING ON…

    ILHAN OMAR – THE TRUTH OF WHAT IS GOING ON…

    Rep. Ilhan Omar is under fire. Allegations range from campaign finance violations to ethics complaints over speech. A recent attempt to censure her for comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination narrowly failed in the U.S. House. Meanwhile, her financial disclosures revealed a sharp jump in net worth—between $6 million and $30 million. Ethics watchdogs and political…

  • AZ Rep Rachel Keshel Talks Hope For America

    AZ Rep Rachel Keshel Talks Hope For America

    After Charlie Kirk’s shocking assassination, conservatives are not retreating—they’re rising. Arizona Rep. Rachel Keshel joined Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe on The Unknown Podcast to call Kirk’s murder what it was: domestic terrorism. Instead of fear, Kirk’s death has ignited a nationwide surge of energy and youth activism. Turning Point USA has seen more than…

  • OPINION: Charlie Kirk’s Death Has Galvanized Our Movement

    OPINION: Charlie Kirk’s Death Has Galvanized Our Movement

    Charlie Kirk’s murder shocked the nation and hardened a movement. He was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. The killing has become a rallying cry for conservatives who see a targeted attack on their leaders and values. Investigators arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson; officials say DNA links him to the scene. The death has produced…

  • Boardroom to Bedroom Horror: Did He Give Her Cancer?

    Boardroom to Bedroom Horror: Did He Give Her Cancer?

    A Washington, D.C. courtroom is about to test the boundaries of medicine, law, and credibility. Retired CEO Dan M. Blaylock, 70, accuses his former partner, attorney and ex–White House counsel Petra Smeltzer Starke, 51, of defamation and extortion. Starke counters that Blaylock’s repeated sexual assaults not only traumatized her but caused her anal cancer through…

  • CANCER PATIENT DUMPED: Luthmann Demands Answers from United Airlines

    CANCER PATIENT DUMPED: Luthmann Demands Answers from United Airlines

    Investigative journalist Richard Luthmann is demanding answers from United Airlines after cancer patient and Instagram influencer Petra Smeltzer Starke was kicked off a flight in Cabo San Lucas over an alleged “odor.” Starke, who was traveling first-class to Sloan Kettering for urgent treatment, was left stranded, collapsed in the terminal, and later hospitalized with sepsis,…

  • TRUMP DROPS KIRK BOMBSHELL: SHOOTER IN CUSTODY

    TRUMP DROPS KIRK BOMBSHELL: SHOOTER IN CUSTODY

    President Donald Trump dropped a political thunderbolt on Fox & Friends this morning, announcing that the suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk is “with a high degree of certainty” in custody. Trump said the stunning breakthrough came when a pastor recognized the suspect’s photo in the media, contacted a U.S. Marshal, and together they…

  • Petra vs. United Airlines: A Woman Fighting Cancer, Stranded

    Petra vs. United Airlines: A Woman Fighting Cancer, Stranded

    Petra Smeltzer Starke, a cancer patient and social media influencer, boarded United Airlines Flight 706 expecting a routine trip from Cabo to New York. Instead, she was humiliated, ejected, and left stranded in Mexico after a flight attendant complained of an “odor” — her luxury fragrance. Petra missed her treatment at Sloan Kettering and later…

  • Judgment Day For Judge Michael Aloise

    Judgment Day For Judge Michael Aloise

    Justice Michael B. Aloise is staring down his own judgment day. The Queens Supreme Court judge turns 70 this year, triggering New York’s mandatory retirement rule. But Aloise wants to dodge the clock with a two-year extension. Critics say his time is up. A blistering letter from the Center for Community Alternatives lists dozens of…

  • Rape Victim Angel DuBose? Says Letitia James’s Staff Drugged and Restrained Her Before Assault in Official Vehicle

    Rape Victim Angel DuBose? Says Letitia James’s Staff Drugged and Restrained Her Before Assault in Official Vehicle

    Angel S. DuBose says she was drugged, abducted, and sexually assaulted in December 2014 by staff of then–NYC Public Advocate Letitia James. DuBose alleges James’s chief of staff, Ibrahim Khan, tried to spike her drink before she was forced into James’s official vehicle, where a “ritualistic” assault took place. Her detailed EEO complaint was rewritten…

Richard Luthmann

Thinker, investigative journalist, and consultant with degrees from Columbia University (B.A., Philosophy), NY Law School (J.D.), and the University of Miami (LL.M).

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“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”

– President Donald J. Trump

Modern Thomas Nast

Boss Tweed was just the beginning. Operating in the shadows to expose the shady.

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Rick LaRivière

“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.”

—David Foster Wallace

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Frankie Pressman

Frankie Pressman has many interests. None are WOKE.

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Dick LaFontaine

Veteran journalist Dick LaFontaine chases gripping, thorny, and precarious stories as a contributor to various publications.

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Greg Maresca

Maresca is a longtime columnist and satirist who is a New York City native and a Marine Corps veteran living in Flyover, Pennsylvania.

Email: greg_m@newsitem.com.