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  • Today’s Cryptogram

    08/25/2026 2:09:48 AM PDT · by Apple Pan Dowdy · 3 replies
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  • LAX worker and pal busted in airport bathroom with 24 lbs of fentanyl set for flight: feds

    08/25/2026 2:07:51 AM PDT · by Libloather · 3 replies
    NY Post ^ | 8/25/26 | Justin Choi
    Feds busted an airport worker and a friend from turning an LAX men’s restroom into a drug den after the duo was caught allegedly transporting 24 pounds of fentanyl. A 24-year-old LAX worker named Miguel Angel Tuz-Noh and 23-year-old Anthony Olvera – both from Lennox in South Bay – were arrested after allegedly attempting to transport fentanyl meant for a Minnesota-bound flight. “Both defendants were arrested on August 19 and made their initial appearances on August 21 in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles. A federal magistrate judge ordered each of them released on $10,000 bond. Their arraignments...
  • California political candidate facing six years in prison after listing dive bar as home address

    08/25/2026 1:45:57 AM PDT · by Libloather · 1 replies
    NY Post ^ | 8/24/26 | Marina Peña
    A woman who listed her home address as a local bar while running for Stockton City Council has dropped out of the race after she was arrested on multiple felony charges. Desiree Lynch, who was running for the District 5 seat, withdrew from the race Monday, effective immediately, according to her attorney, Allen Sawyer, KCRA News 3 reported. “Today Ms. Lynch resigned and withdrew from the race effective immediately,” Sawyer said in a statement. “In light of the legal process she is facing, there will be no other comment on this matter. Ms. Lynch is focused on taking care of...
  • A Call to Power: Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box as Path to Paradise

    08/24/2026 11:31:16 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 6 replies
    RealClearInvestigations ^ | 8/18/26 | Paul Sperry,
    The call to prayer is sounding across America. From Hamtramck, Michigan, to Paterson, New Jersey, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, rooftop amplifiers remind growing numbers of Muslim faithful five times a day of their duties with the Arabic message that “Allah is the Greatest! There is no god but Allah!”… Like Polish, German, Irish, and Italian immigrants before them, American Muslims now control several small cities. These include Hamtramck, which has an all-Muslim city council, as well as midsize cities like neighboring Dearborn. They are also wielding influence in large metropolises like New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top staff is...
  • The Fake Ancient Theater in Italy That Fooled Ticket Buyers for a Decade

    08/24/2026 11:24:29 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 6 replies
    Weird Italy ^ | July 25, 2026 | editors / unattributed
    Marketed as a Neolithic and Roman find, the site was in fact assembled with concrete and grouted stone blocks. A man in northern Italy has been sent to prison after Italy's highest court gave final confirmation to his conviction for illegally constructing a fake ancient theater and presenting it to the public as a genuine archaeological site, charging visitors an entrance fee of up to 40 euros. The structure still stands in Arcugnano, in the province of Vicenza. It consists of tiered stone seating built from stacked stones that were worked to look ancient. The columns are fake too, made...
  • [Catholic Caucus Devotional] My Catholic Life! Catholic Daily Reflections: A Confrontation of Love - Tuesday, August 25, 2025

    08/24/2026 10:29:45 PM PDT · by fidelis · 7 replies
    My Catholic Life! (YouTube) ^ | Tuesday, August 25, 2025 | My Catholic Life!
    Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!” Matthew 23:23–24Over the course of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, the Church presents nearly all of Chapter 23 of Matthew’s Gospel, which contains Jesus’ powerful denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees. This confrontation took place in the Temple area during Passover week—the days...
  • Syria off US terror blacklist after nearly 50 years as Trump admin clears investment hurdle

    08/24/2026 9:28:58 PM PDT · by McGruff · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | Aug 24, 2026 | Emma Bussey
    The United States on Monday formally removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move Secretary of State Marco Rubio said eliminates the final major barriers to investment and economic recovery in the country. Rubio said in a statement that he had authorized the formal rescission after a mandatory 45-day congressional notification period ended. President Donald Trump had initiated the countdown in July after confirming to Congress that Syria’s government had ceased supporting acts of international terrorism. "I have also delisted Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) designation as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT)," Rubio said Monday. "These...
  • "Loser" and "King of Bankruptcies": This is everything Doug Ford Said about Donald Trump amid war of words

    08/24/2026 9:10:52 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 22 replies
    CTV News ^ | 8/24/2026 | Chris Fox
    Ontario Premier Doug Ford is slamming Donald Trump as a 'loser' and the 'king of bankruptcies' after the US president criticized him on social media Monday afternoon. In a post on Truth Social, Trump referred to Ford by name as 'the less charismatic, intelligence, and overall unimpressive brother of the late, great, Rob Ford." The post came hour after an interview with "The Morning Rush with Bill Carroll" in Ottawa in which Ford said that Trump could 'kiss my *ss". At a news conference in Hamilton on Monday afternoon, Ford initially said that he wouldn't respond to a 'dictator' and...
  • ‘Biggest heart in the world.’ Man mourns wife, 2-year-old daughter killed by lightning strike in Margate

    08/24/2026 9:10:40 PM PDT · by Governor Dinwiddie · 8 replies
    Sun Sentinel ^ | August 24, 2026 | Cindy Goodman and Laurie Mermet
    Kameron Glasgow with his wife, Kenya Glasgow, and their daughters, Kennedi and Kensli. A Fort Lauderdale father is mourning the loss of his wife and young daughter Monday after a lightning strike a day earlier took their lives. Kameron Glasgow said his 31-year-old wife, Kenya Glasgow, and their 2-year-old daughter Kennedi were getting out of their car in front of a family member’s Margate home when the lightning hit. Kennedi’s twin sister, Kensli, was still in the car, and Kameron was about 15 feet away — where he felt the aftershock. “It’s the worst feeling in the world to turn...
  • [Catholic Caucus] Bishop Mutsaerts: ‘Missing words’ in Synod on Synodality are ‘repentance and conversion’

    08/24/2026 8:47:26 PM PDT · by ebb tide · 1 replies
    LifeSite News ^ | August 24, 2026 | Patrick Delaney
    [Catholic Caucus] Bishop Mutsaerts: ‘Missing words’ in Synod on Synodality are ‘repentance and conversion’Bishop Mutsaerts says the Synod has lost sight of what should be its goal: leading souls to Christ through repentance, conversion, and holiness, as means of obtaining eternal salvation. In an exclusive interview with Advaticanum published on Saturday, Auxiliary Bishop Rob Mutsaerts of the Diocese of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) in the Netherlands offered a candid assessment of the Synod on Synodality.Drawing on his recent open letter to Pope Leo XIV, the Dutch prelate insisted that the Church’s ultimate measure of any process must be the salvation of...
  • Only Long Hours After Being Called Out by GOP's Rogers: Abulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed Finally Distances Himself From Infamous Islamic hater Hasan Piker

    08/24/2026 8:46:06 PM PDT · by Freeleesy · 19 replies
    That point too ^ | Aug 25, 2026
    https://thatpointtoo.blogspot.com/2026/08/only-long-hours-after-being-called-out.html Only Long Hours After Being Called Out by GOP's Rogers: Abulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed Finally Distances Himself From Infamous Islamic hater Hasan Piker.A Long-Overdue DisavowalIt is telling that only after Mike Rogers publicly called him out did Abdul El-Sayed finally feel compelled to issue a statement distancing his campaign from Hasan Piker.For the record: Abdul El-Sayed released his statement distancing himself from Hasan Piker about 8 to 12 hours after Mike Rogers called him out (Google AI estimate).For months, Piker, the Turkish immigrant notorious "Americans deserved 911" guy (cofounder with his uncle Cenk Uygur: TYT), has been a prominent supporter...
  • Once again, Trump Truthed Jim Rickards' video forecast of historic levels of societal and financial turmoil in the run-up to the November 3, 2026 midterm elections. [MY EXTENSIVE NOTES, video at link]

    08/24/2026 8:25:42 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 11 replies
    paradigmnewsletters.org ^ | June 25, 2026 | Jim Rickards
    ransomnote: Trump posted the same promotional video featuring Jim Rickards (June 2026) on Truth Social again today.Rickards has a strong track record of accurate predictions, including correctly calling Trump’s 2016 victory when many dismissed the idea.In the video, Rickards forecasts historic levels of societal and financial turmoil in the run-up to the November 3, 2026 midterm elections. He anticipates a cascade of destabilizing events—prosecutions, perp walks, protests, and broader unrest—and outlines the potential conflicts and strategic paths facing the Trump administration.Trump appears to keep elevating portions of this video because of Rickards’ detailed insights and guidance on navigating the tumultuous...
  • Mold forces indefinite closure of Barack Obama Elementary as new school year begins

    08/24/2026 7:46:37 PM PDT · by george76 · 20 replies
    CBS 6 ^ | Aug 24, 2026 | WTVR
    RICHMOND, Va. — Barack Obama Elementary School will not open this week due to mold, and students will temporarily relocate to Clark Springs Elementary School while remediation continues. Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras said in a message to families Monday that teachers and staff setting up classrooms discovered "additional areas of mold growth (for example, behind bulletin board paper)," prompting the district to send everyone home for additional cleaning and testing. "All of this is realistically going to take several days. So we will not be returning to the Obama building this week. Our goal is to do so...
  • BREAKING: US Airman Jason Watson has been hit with MULTIPLE criminal military charges after he called for President Trump to be impeached while in uniform at the US Capitol

    08/24/2026 6:55:47 PM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 44 replies
    X ^ | 08/24/2026 | Nick Sortor
    🚨 BREAKING: US Airman Jason Watson has been hit with MULTIPLE criminal military charges after he called for President Trump to be impeached while in uniform at the US Capitol He is now IN CUSTODY. FAFO! The charges are: - 3 violations of Article 88: Contempt Toward Officials - 5 violations of Article 92: Failure to Obey Regulations - 2 violations of Article 133: Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer Make an example out of him!
  • Second Amendment backward; NYT attempts to horrify on supposed 'Right to Kill'

    08/24/2026 6:48:56 PM PDT · by lasereye · 21 replies
    jewishworldreview ^ | August 24, 2026 | David Harsanyi
    About halfway into a chilling New York Times feature detailing how the "right to kill is growing" in the US, investigative reporter and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Mike McIntire drops a popular myth. The Constitution's text, he contends, "says nothing explicitly about an individual right to have a gun for everyday self-defense. Locating that right in the Constitution became the grand project of the modern gun lobby." This claim is completely backward. "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State," is the prefatory clause of the Second Amendment. As Justice Antonin Scalia wrote, it announces a...
  • Gavin Newsom lists sprawling mansion for $7.5 million — it comes with 5K-bottle wine cellar and a ‘personal wellness oasis’

    08/24/2026 6:33:11 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 33 replies
    New York Post ^ | August 24, 2026 | Annie Gaus
    Gov. Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom are offloading their Sacramento-area home — listing the palatial property for double what they paid eight years ago. California’s first couple listed the 12,000-square-foot Fair Oaks home for $7.5 million Tuesday, according to its Zillow real estate listing.
  • AMERICA Prayer Vigil (Aug. 25, 2026) *Prayer*

    08/24/2026 6:13:02 PM PDT · by ViLaLuz · 12 replies
    Free Republic ^ | Aug. 24, 2026 | Free Republic Intercessors
    Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true...
  • 'This is wrong and this is racist': Reactions lead to Target pulling Halloween costume and apologizing

    08/24/2026 6:10:12 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 25 replies
    KARE ^ | 8-24-26 | Heidi Wigdahl
    Target has removed a children's Halloween costume after it was widely criticized online over the weekend for evoking racist minstrel imagery. Target has since pulled the costume and told KARE 11, "As a company, we know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry. The costume is offensive and should never have been part of our assortment. It is no longer available for sale." The costume was labeled as "Kids' Glows under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit - Hyde and EEK! Boutique."
  • 'This is wrong and this is racist': Target pulls Halloween costume, apologizes after backlash

    08/24/2026 6:03:08 PM PDT · by Ciaphas Cain · 20 replies
    KARE via WFMY ^ | August 24, 2026 | Heidi Wigdahl
    MINNEAPOLIS — Target has removed a children's Halloween costume after it was widely criticized online over the weekend for evoking racist minstrel imagery. Target has since pulled the costume and told KARE 11, "As a company, we know we got this wrong, and we are deeply sorry. The costume is offensive and should never have been part of our assortment. It is no longer available for sale." The costume was labeled as "Kids' Glows under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit - Hyde and EEK! Boutique." Sheletta Brundidge, founder and CEO of the marketing and media company ShelettaMakesMeLaugh.com, took screenshots...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Watervliet Arsenal, New York ~ 25 AUG 2026

    08/24/2026 6:00:02 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 20 replies
    Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Watervliet Arsenal, New YorkThe Watervliet Arsenal is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River. It is the oldest continuously active arsenal in the United States, and today produces much of the artillery for the army, as well as gun tubes for cannons, mortars, and tanks. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 1966. The arsenal was founded on July 14, 1813 to support the War of 1812, and was designated as the Watervliet Arsenal in 1817. It occupies 142...