Lifestyle entrepreneur and television personality Martha Stewart criticized recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in her hometown of Bedford, New York, saying the situation feels reminiscent of a dystopian regime. In an interview with USA Today during Super Bowl week in San Francisco, Stewart said she has been troubled by heightened immigration enforcement under […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader And 2-Time Presidential Candidate, Dies At 84
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, one of the most recognizable figures of the modern civil rights movement, died Tuesday morning at his home in Chicago. He was 84. Family members said he passed away surrounded by loved ones. For more than five decades, Jackson pressed for racial equality, economic opportunity, and voting rights. A protégé of […]
Morning Brief: Daughter Under Water, Treacherous Texts & A Life Behind Bars
Today’s headlines move from a small Utah county courtroom to newly released messages in the Epstein files, and back to the aftermath of a presidential assassination attempt. Questions of accountability — personal, political, and legal — are at the center of each. Utah GOP Chair Charged With Child Abuse David Nephi Johnson, chairman of the […]
‘Silence Of The Lambs’ Star Apologizes For Career-Making Role
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 […]

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 […]