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BREAKING: Felony Arrest Warrant Issued For Biden Official Sam Brinton For Another Alleged Theft, Report Says

Preview: An arrest warrant has been issued for controversial Biden administration official Sam Brinton in connection with a second alleged theft at an airport in Las Vegas. Brinton, who works for the Department of Energy, was already placed on leave after he allegedly stole a woman’s luggage at Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) International Airport late last month. ...

Satanic Temple Display Near Nativity Scene, Jewish Menorah In Illinois State Capitol Building

Preview: Inside the Illinois State Capitol sits a display of several religious exhibits for the holiday season, which includes a Jewish menorah, the Christian nativity scene, and the “Serpent of Genesis” from the Satanic Temple, as reported by local radio media. Consisting of a leather-bound copy of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus’ “De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium” — which ...

Twitter’s Underhanded Actions Targeting ‘Libs Of TikTok’ Revealed In New ‘Twitter Files’ Release

Preview: The latest release of the “Twitter Files” Thursday evening revealed that leftists at the highest level of the company, who have all since been fired or been forced to resign, targeted one of the most popular right-wing accounts on the platform with repeated suspensions despite the fact that they secretly admitted that she did not ...

Twitter Releases Documents Showing It Took Secret Actions Against Conservatives

Preview: The second installment of the so-called “Twitter Files” was released Thursday evening after the company turned over documents to a journalist who then started to publish the findings on the platform. Musk released internal company communications through journalist Matt Taibbi on Friday about the company’s censorship of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story ...

Famed ‘TikTok Surgeon’ Faces Intense Backlash From Transgender Community After Allegedly Maimed Patient Goes Viral

Preview: The transgender community has turned on a once revered surgeon specializing in sex change surgeries after a patient posted graphic photos of an allegedly botched operation. Dr. Sidhbh Gallagher, a Miami-based surgeon specializing in double mastectomy surgeries for transgender-identifying patients, has been heavily criticized for performing the elective surgery on minors. She has also earned ...

Video Emerges Of Brittney Griner Being Swapped For Russian Terrorist; Critics Instantly Notice Problem

Preview: Video emerged Thursday afternoon of Brittney Griner being swapped on a runway for convicted Russian terrorist Viktor Bout after Democrat President Joe Biden agreed to the trade. The video showed Griner, who is wearing a red jacket, walking across the tarmac with three men while Bout walked toward her with a man standing next to ...

Potential Iowa Serial Killer Still Shrouded In Mystery After Police Excavation Turns Up Empty

Preview: After a woman claimed to be the daughter of a serial killer in a recent interview, a search of the supposed location of buried remains has turned up nothing. Federal, state, and local authorities did not find any evidence or remains after scouring the earth for several days in Thurman, Iowa, a small town just ...

FedEx Driver Admits To Strangling 7-Year-Old Girl After Hitting Her With Van

Preview: A FedEx contract driver strangled a 7-year-old girl after hitting her with his van in Texas late last month, according to arrest warrant documents. Tanner Horner, a 31-year-old from Fort Worth, has been arrested and charged with capital murder of a person under 10 years old and aggravated kidnapping in the death of Athena Strand, ...

Disabled Vet Congressman Torches Colleague For Putting American Flag In Trash Can

Preview: Disabled veteran Congressman Brian Mast (R-FL) took issue with fellow Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) over the way she chose to transport her American flag while she was moving from one office to another. Mast, who lost both legs and his left index finger in 2010 when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) while ...

Top Democrat Senator Blasts Biden Over Releasing Terrorist For Griner: ‘Deeply Disturbing Decision’

Preview: Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, slammed President Joe Biden Thursday for releasing notorious terrorist Viktor Bout in exchange for Brittney Griner. Griner, who has a criminal record in the U.S. stemming from a domestic violence incident several years ago, was arrested in Russia back in February on drug charges, ...

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Artificial Intelligence Trained To Deceive Humans: META Bot Master Of Deception...

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OPENAI's newest model holds conversation...

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RAT FACE TO FACE WITH THE DON

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'BIG FAMILY' MAFIA

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SECRET TAPE PLAYED IN COURT

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COHEN COULD SEND TRUMP TO PRISON

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PROSECUTION SET TO REST

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Cohen Testifies About Negotiating Payments and Bullying Reporters for Trump...

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Don never sends emails because he's afraid prosecutors can use them...

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REPUBLICAN SENATOR: REMINDS ME OF CLINTON...

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Two Missouri women end up in jail after brawling over Disney World tickets, golf cart: police

Preview: Authorities in Florida announced that two tourists landed themselves in jail after a brawl over a golf cart and Disney World tickets last week in Sumter County.

Florida ballerina, 15, killed in hit-and-run boat crash in water-skiing accident

Preview: Ella Riley Adler, 15, was killed in a hit-and-run boating accident while water skiing in the Florida Keys on Saturday, and authorities are searching for the boat.

Skeletal remains found in New Jersey identified as NYC man last seen in 2011

Preview: Skeletal remains found in 2021 were identified as 32-year-old Kevin Morris of New York City. Morris was missing since 2011 after he vanished while going to visit a girlfriend.

Alaska man fatally shot by police after pointing gun at them

Preview: Police responding to a disturbance call at an Anchorage, Alaska, apartment complex early Monday fatally shot a man after he pointed a gun at them.

UNC Chapel Hill board votes to dismantle DEI programs, use funds on campus police after anti-Israel protests

Preview: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Board of Trustees unanimously voted on Monday to reallocate millions in funding for DEI programs to campus police instead.

Arizona State engineering graduates drown in waterfall days after convocation on hiking trip with classmates

Preview: Two new graduates from Arizona State University visiting the famous Fossil Creek area in Arizona died after slipping into the water, officials say.

Cyril Wecht, famed pathologist who analyzed JFK, Elvis, JonBenet Ramsey deaths, dead at 93

Preview: Dr. Cyril Wecht, a famed forensic pathologist and former Allegheny County medical examiner, died "peacefully" Monday at the age of 93, according to Pennsylvania officials.

Local governments struggle to effectively utilize opioid settlements totaling more than $50B

Preview: Many U.S. cities with populations over 10,000 are getting portions of money from opioid settlements, but some local officials are unsure how to utilize the funds.

3 killed, 3 injured in California after speeding Tesla flies into power pole and building, knocks out power

Preview: Three people are dead and three others seriously injured after a speeding car struck a curb and crashed into a power pole and building in California.

California mom dies saving drowning daughter just before Mother's Day: sheriff

Preview: A California mother died saving her drowning daughter in the San Joaquin River May 9, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office said.

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Fisker gets short-term loan to remain afloat

Preview: Troubled EV maker gets a shot in the arm, but not enough for the stock, which remains flat.

What next for Norfolk Southern after split decision in board battle with Ancora?

Preview: Activist investor Ancora Holdings Group’s attempt to gain control of Norfolk Southern Corp.’s board resulted in three of its seven nominees gaining seats on the 13-member board at the railroad operator’s annual shareholder meeting Thursday.

This unconventional inflation hedge may be more effective than gold

Preview: Investment in farmland may provide a better hedge against inflation than gold, according to asset-management firm Nuveen.

Why Wednesday’s CPI report is taking on outsize importance in the financial market

Preview: Traders, investors and Federal Reserve policy makers alike are often loath to put too much emphasis on any single piece of data, but Wednesday’s consumer-price index for April may be a bit different.

Copper prices hit 2-year high, entering overbought territory

Preview: Copper futures climb to their highest settlement in over two years on Monday, but are now in overbought territory, analysts warn.

Roaring Kitty rides again: ‘Gamification’ may be back in GameStop’s meme-stock rally

Preview: Keith Gill, known as Roaring Kitty, made his return to social media Sunday, sparking a meme-stock rally that sent shares of GameStop skyrocketing.

Treasury yields end lower amid dearth of data on Monday

Preview: Rates on U.S. government debt finished lower on Monday amid a lack of market-moving catalysts and ahead of the next major inflation update later in the week.

Oil prices end higher as traders weigh prospects for extension of OPEC+ output cut

Preview: Oil futures end higher on Monday as traders weighed signs of soft fuel demand against expectations that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will extend production cuts into the second half of the year.

Intel rises on report of $11 billion Apollo investment in new chip plant

Preview: Apollo is front-runner on deal after it outshines KKR and Stonepeak, according to a WSJ report.

OpenAI launches new ‘flagship’ GPT-4o model, touting improved speed and performance

Preview: OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o, the company’s latest “flagship” artificial-intelligence model, which it said offers improvements in speed and performance.

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Real-life Bambi and Thumper spotted in Oregon

Preview: These animal BFFs were straight out of a Disney cartoon. Watch the adorable moment a deer and a rabbit share a meet-cute in a backyard in Coos Bay, Oregon — and even swap a few playful kisses. TikTok user Cody Everetts called the duo a “real life Thumper and Bambi.”

Jared Goff gets blockbuster Lions contract worth up to $212 million

Preview: The Lions are keeping Jared Goff in Motown.

White House says Israel not committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Preview: "We do not believe what is happening in Gaza is a genocide. We have been firmly on record rejecting that proposition," National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said at a White House press briefing.

How much are tickets for Game 5 of the Knicks-Pacers series at MSG?

Preview: Jalen Brunson and co. return home for Game 5 on Tuesday, May 14.

Goldman Sachs CEO raises alarm on US debt: ‘Ability to spend without constraint is not unlimited’

Preview: Solomon said that while it was anticipated that the government would spend during COVID lockdowns, "we're a long way out of that pandemic."

Dem lawfare erodes US credibility, everyone’s taxes headed up and other commentary

Preview: “None” of the civil and criminal cases against Donald Trump has “ever had merit,” huffs Victor Davis Hanson at American Greatness.

Daredevils make wingsuit flight through London’s Tower Bridge

Preview: Heart-pounding video shows two skydivers in wingsuits soaring through London’s iconic Tower Bridge landmark at more than 150 mph in a world-first stunt. Austrian daredevils Marco Fürst and Marco Waltenspiel, both pro skydivers for Red Bull, jumped early on May 12 from a helicopter hovering roughly 3,000 ft above the UK capital.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Spacey Unmasked’ On Investigation Discovery/Max, Where Even More People Accuse Kevin Spacey Of Sexual Assault

Preview: In the two-part series, ten men not involved with the 2023 court case where Spacey was acquitted of 9 sexual assault charges are interviewed.

‘Bling Bishop’ Lamor Whitehead could land in jail for ‘threatening’ scam victim with Bible verse

Preview: The feds want to throw convicted fraudster “Bling Bishop” Lamor Whitehead in jail ahead of his July sentencing after he allegedly flashed confidential case documents and made veiled threats against one of his accusers -- by reciting a Bible verse.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘delinquent’ Archewell Foundation can’t raise money after failing to pay fees, submit records

Preview: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s charity foundation, Archewell, has been declared “delinquent" and ordered to stop raising or spending money.

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'Dozens' of Duke Students Walking Out of Seinfeld's Commencement Speech Is Not a Story

Preview: The media's habit of highlighting fringe voices out of context continues to create distorted pictures of reality.

Monday Open Thread

Preview: What's on your mind?

OpenAI Is Open To AI-Generated Erotica…but Not 'Porn'

Preview: The company's confusing statements about how ChatGPT should respond to sexual prompts

New Jersey Mayors Want the Power To Sue You For Asking Too Many Questions

Preview: A bill backed by the Conference of Mayors would let courts issue restraining orders when people “harass” officials with information requests.

Trillions

Preview: Why *Build, Baby, Build* should be a top libertarian priority. First in a series of guest-blogging posts.

Bryan Caplan, Guest-blogging About his New Book "Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Regulation"

Preview: The book makes the case for massively deregulating housing markets.

Pregnant Women Database?

Preview: Plus: Isaac Asimov's predictions, protests in Tbilisi, California's AI regulations, and more...

"The Global Hate-Speech Conundrum"

Preview: A very interesting item by Prof. Kevin Cope (Virginia), which I'm very happy to be able to pass along: The recent mass arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have left many asking how such suppression can be justified in a free society. Yet—despite some clear instances of excessive force—U.S. legal tolerance for protests is a global…

Getting High With AI

Preview: I asked artificial intelligence to tell me how to take psychedelic mushrooms.

More States Are Considering Lab-Grown Meat Restrictions

Preview: Cultivated meat is under scrutiny from politicians trying to protect livestock farmers.

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Bluder retires as Iowa coach after Clark-led teams reached last two NCAA title games

Preview: Lisa Bluder, who coached the Iowa women's basketball team to the last two NCAA championship games, is retiring after 24 years leading the Hawkeyes.

Biden blocks China-backed cryptocurrency miner from owning land near Wyoming military base

Preview: President Joe Biden on Monday issued an order blocking a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mining firm from owning land near a Wyoming nuclear missile base.

3 men charged in Whitey Bulger's prison killing reach plea deals, prosecutors say

Preview: Three men charged in the 2018 prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger have reached plea deals with prosecutors, according to court papers filed Monday.

Trump campaign rails at 'disgusting' Mother's Day ad from Biden-Harris campaign

Preview: Former President Donald Trump's team shot back at a Mother's Day ad dropped by President Biden's reelection campaign, calling it "disgusting."

Stowers was sent down by the Orioles on Mother's Day last year, called up then this year

Preview: Orioles outfielder Kyle Stowers found out Sunday he was coming back to the big leagues.

Canada's defense chief eyes change in Arctic approach with change in weather

Preview: For decades, Canada relied on geography and the strength of its North American Aerospace Defense Command partnership with the U.S. to protect itself from potential adversaries.

Mystics open highly-anticipated WNBA season Tuesday with eyes on rebuild

Preview: The Washington Mystics, now five years removed from their championship season, open the highly-anticipated 2024 WNBA campaign on Tuesday with eyes on a rebuild.

Frozen peas and lemon add complexity to this weeknight-friendly risotto

Preview: Risotto has a fussy reputation, but it's utterly weeknight-friendly and can be made start to finish in just over half an hour. It's also versatile and adaptable, and a great way to use up ingredients you already have in your kitchen, including frozen vegetables.

Drones track and catch shoplifters within minutes in new crackdown on theft

Preview: In an innovative leap towards modernizing crime-fighting, police in one U.S. town are now deploying drones to chase down criminals, marking a significant advancement in law enforcement tactics.

Michael Cohen on hush money scheme: 'Everything required Mr. Trump's sign-off'

Preview: Former President Donald Trump's onetime fixer and lawyer, Michael Cohen, testified Monday that "the boss" played a hands-on role in paying porn star Stormy Daniels' to quash her story about a sexual encounter with Mr. Trump and to conceal the nature of the payments.

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New York Builds Separate Massive Courthouse Just For Prosecuting Trump

Preview: NEW YORK, NY — With his case against Trump beginning to crumble, DA Alvin Bragg has announced several dozen new cases against the former President, and a brand-new courthouse completely dedicated to prosecuting Trump.

College Students Announce Indefinite Hunger Strike For Palestine Between 10 AM And Noon And Also Between 1 PM and 5 PM Every Day Except For Some Light Snacking

Preview: U.S. — College Students protesting Israel announced an indefinite hunger strike on Monday, which they say will occur between the hours of 10 AM and 5 PM, with an hour for lunch at noon with only some light snacking permitted from time to time.

Wife Somehow Manages To Kill Fake Plant

Preview: SAGINAW, MI — According to sources, local wife and mother Deborah Barlowe was devastated to discover that she had somehow managed to kill her fake houseplant.

Latest Polls Show Biden Will Need Twice As Many Fake Ballots To Win Election This Year

Preview: U.S. — As former President Donald Trump continued to build a sizeable lead in a majority of swing states, the latest polls suggest President Joe Biden would need twice as many fake ballots to win the election this year.

Total Failure Of An Actor Hasn't Even Played Spider-Man

Preview: LOS ANGELES, CA — Abject failure John Daniels has not played Spider-Man in a single Hollywood film, confirming the absolute embarrassment that is his acting career.