Ted Levine, best known for portraying the serial killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 Oscar-winning film “The Silence of the Lambs,” is addressing long-standing criticism from the transgender community, now saying that aspects of the film “don’t hold up” decades later. Levine’s comments come as the film marks its 35th anniversary and amid renewed discussion […]
Man Guilty Of Trump Assassination Attempt Appeals Life Sentence
Ryan Routh, the man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he was golfing in South Florida during the 2024 presidential campaign, is appealing his life sentence. Routh’s attorney has filed a notice with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit indicating he intends to challenge both his conviction and the life […]
Presidents Day – A Hollow, Crass Celebration Dressed Up As Honor
America has a few questionable and controversial holidays, especially recent ones created purely for racial or DEI purposes, but our most stupid holiday still remains Presidents’ Day. Presidents’ Day is widely criticized as a “fake” or “stupid” holiday because it has devolved from honoring one, then two, specific, great American leaders into a generic, corporate-driven […]
ATF Reverses Course After Denying NFA Applications For Wanting To ‘Exercise God-Given Rights’
By John Crump Ammoland The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has finally done what common sense and the Constitution demanded all along: approve the previously denied or voided Form 1 applications that sparked outrage in the gun community. NFA applications have been denied for answers to box 4 I with language that referenced constitutionally protected […]
European Governments Say Toxic Compound Found In Navalny Samples
Rubio states that the U.S. does not doubt the findings… Multiple European governments — including the United Kingdom, France, and Germany — report that laboratory testing detected epibatidine, a highly toxic compound found in South American poison dart frogs, in samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after his death. Epibatidine is not naturally […]
Utah GOP Chairman Charged After Alleged ‘Waterboarding’ Of Teen Daughter
David Nephi Johnson, chairman of the Wasatch County Republican Party, has been charged with first-degree aggravated child abuse stemming from allegations involving his 16-year-old daughter. According to police and court documents, the teen reported that Johnson, 54, forced her head under water in a bathroom sink for failing to clean her room sufficiently. Authorities allege […]
CNN Anchor Credits Karoline Leavitt For Defending Her Abroad
CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins credited White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt for stepping in to defend her access to a presidential event during a recent trip to Saudi Arabia with Donald Trump. Speaking on comedian Heather McMahan’s “Absolutely Not” podcast, Collins recounted an incident that occurred while she was covering Trump’s visit to Riyadh. During […]
‘Godfather’ Star Robert Duvall Dead At 95
Robert Duvall, the Academy Award-winning actor whose decades-long career made him one of Hollywood’s most respected performers, has died. He was 95. Duvall’s wife, Luciana, confirmed his passing on Sunday in an emotional statement shared online. The circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately made available. “Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished […]
Report: Bannon Told Epstein Trump Should Be Removed Via 25th Amendment
Newly released Epstein files include private messages from 2018 between Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein, revealing previously undisclosed political discussions involving President Donald Trump. According to reporting based on the documents, Bannon described Trump in late 2018 as “beyond borderline” and referenced the 25th Amendment, the constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is unable […]
How Proposition 10 Safeguards Texas Courts From Foreign Legal Doctrines
On March 3, 2026, Republican primary voters in Texas will be asked if they support a simple proposition: “Texas should prohibit Sharia Law.” The simplicity is bracing. The reasoning is not. To think clearly about the question, we must first distinguish two things that are too often blurred together: Islam as a religion and Sharia […]

Why The Epstein Estate Still Isn’t Settled 7 Years After His Death
When Jeffrey Epstein died in August 2019, many assumed the story was over. In truth, a second and more complex story had just begun. The first story concerned crimes and moral failure. The second concerns probate law, asset liquidation, tax obligations, and the mechanics of compensating victims from a $600M+ estate. That second story has […]