The U.S. Postal Service has proposed sweeping new regulations that would significantly change how absentee and mail-in ballots are handled in federal elections, setting up a legal and political fight ahead of the 2026 midterms. Under the proposal, state election officials would be required to provide USPS with lists of voters eligible to receive absentee […]
Like the omnipotent moral busibodies they are, New York lawmakers are moving to regulate BB guns, pellet guns, and air rifles as “imitation weapons.” Crosman, apparently uninterested in reading the room, just rolled out its first electric full-auto BB rifle. The bill, S9215A, would require air rifles, pellet guns, and BB guns to meet the […]
The ongoing, much-needed, update to religious classifications at the Department of War to overhaul the chaplain corps, eliminating over 180 faux “religions” from the Pentagon’s list has, of course, created new controversy. The left is angry because “faiths” like Satanism, Wicca, Paganism, Druidism, Heathenism, Zoroastrianism, and followers of The Troth, were removed. The Pentagon list now […]
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating her public war with President Donald Trump, this time over an issue that helped fuel Trump’s political comeback: inflation. After new government data showed consumer prices climbing at their fastest pace in more than three years, Greene blasted Trump on social media and accused the administration of failing […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett is drawing renewed scrutiny over remarks she made regarding the Karmelo Anthony murder case, with critics accusing the Texas Democrat of defending Anthony and unfairly targeting the victim, Austin Metcalf. During Tuesday’s episode of her podcast, Crockett discussed Anthony’s conviction for the fatal stabbing of Metcalf at a Texas high school track […]
The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch announced in a statement it “filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for former CIA Director John Brennan’s unredacted handwritten notes and related records from White House briefings in 2016 that referenced intelligence regarding a Hillary Clinton campaign plan to […]
A Thai woman has been detained in connection with the death of an American diplomat found in Myanmar’s largest city, according to members of the diplomatic community in Yangon and reporting from CBS News. The U.S. State Department confirmed the death of a government employee assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Yangon but declined to […]
This morning, The New York Times published an opinion essay under the headline “I Worked for the C.I.A. for 28 Years. Bill Pulte Is a Dangerous Choice.” [note: the NYT frequently changes the headline throughout the day] The author is John Sipher, and the Times presents him exactly as the headline suggests, as a retired […]
Preparing for the worst across the United States for next 40 days. This week, the largest sporting event ever staged, the expanded World Cup, with 48 teams and 104 matches across 16 cities in North America (U.S., Mexico, and Canada), arrives at a time of global tension, war in the Middle East, growing left-wing political violence, […]
President Donald Trump appears determined to install Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence. But the move is running into resistance from both parties and threatening to complicate an already contentious fight over the renewal of a major U.S. surveillance program that expires later this week. Pulte, a 38-year-old […]
Inflation accelerated again in May, reaching its highest level in three years as rising gasoline prices pushed costs higher across the economy and renewed concerns about affordability for American households. New data released Wednesday showed consumer prices increased 4.2% compared with a year ago, up from 3.8% in April. The increase marked the third consecutive […]
Follow The Money: Who Profits When America Stops Building AI Infrastructure
There is an old rule in epistemology that deserves wider use in technology policy: when a man tells you a category of thing is obsolete, ask what he sells. The answer does not settle whether he is right. Salesmen are sometimes right. But it tells you where to apply pressure, because an argument that conveniently […]