Massie's Last Stand: Epstein Files Petition Hits 218 - And Doesn't Need Speaker Signoff

Luigi's Cousin Wins A Seat, And His Opponent Won't Concede Nino Mangione, a Republican first cousin of accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, won a seat on the Baltimore County Council on Tuesday, taking about 49% of the vote to 45% for Democrat Shawn McIntosh in District 5, according to unofficial results compiled by the Maryland Association of Counties. The most Italian thing you'll see today Independent Cory Shaffer drew just over 2,000 votes, while WYPR put Mangione's lead over McIntosh at about 1,200 votes. The race isn't over on paper: McIntosh...

Proper Flock'd: What This Cop Did Raises Major Red Flags... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A Naperville police officer turned a statewide camera grid into a personal tracking app, ran a man's plate about 150 times, and then retired like the file never existed. The story serves as yet another example of how the burgeoning mass surveillance grid is being abused on a regular basis. Patrick Dowhen was not a suspect. He was the ex. After Officer Oscar Maldonado started a relationship with Dowhen's fiancée, Flock became the shortcut. No warrant. No...

Trump Says "Secret Military Mission" Allowed 200 Ships, 100 Million Barrels To Cross Hormuz Confirming our reported from both a week ago (see "As Gulf States Plan Bypass Pipelines, US Military Is Quietly Helping Ships Cross Hormuz") and this afternoon ("Growing Number Of Oil Tankers Successfully Sneak Through Hormuz, Shrinking Iran's Leverage") moments ago Trump posted on Truth Social that he had "directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships through the Strait of Hormuz." Of course, the mission wasn't that...