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Here’s a controversial one for you. A far-right group called Return to the Land (RTTL) has built a whites-only community in northeastern Arkansas and is planning to expand this concept to Missouri.
RTTL characterizes itself as a “private membership association, (PMA)” according to The Independent. The objective is to build a refuge for folks with “traditional views and European ancestry.”
(SKIP)
The group bans nonwhites, LGBTQ people, and non-Christians from living in its community.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Eleven people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday — with six in critical condition — in what a Michigan sheriff said appeared to be a random act. A suspect was in custody, authorities said.
Around 4:45 p.m., a 42-year-old man entered the store and used a folding knife to stab 11 people, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media. A sheriff’s deputy arrived within minutes and took the man into custody, and people in the store also helped apprehend the suspect and treat victims, the sheriff’s office said.
The victims’ ages weren’t immediately released.
A Stanford University-led study estimates that COVID-19 vaccinations saved 2.5 million lives from 2020 to 2024, about 17 million fewer than earlier reports suggested, primarily among older adults.
That’s the equivalent of one death averted for every 5,400 vaccine doses administered worldwide during the period, according to the findings published Friday in JAMA Health Forum. Official estimates say 7 million people died from the virus worldwide in those years.
Led by three Stanford researchers, the study noted that 90% of the lives saved were among people 60 or older, and 82% stemmed from vaccinations administered before they tested positive for COVID.
The Calm Before the Storm: 63% of Voters
View the Dems Unfavorably, and This Just
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View the Dems Unfavorably, and This Just
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Pinsker Law of PR #83: “Intensity” and “popularity” aren’t the same thing, but if you spend most of your time online, intensity and popularity become utterly indistinguishable.
As such, you miss the forest for the trees.
Most political reporters aren’t pounding the pavement anymore, knocking on doors and buying dinner for on-the-fence sources in seedy dive bars. That era of journalism is deader than the dodo. Nowadays, reporters live, breathe, and work online; their “sources” are the voices, texts, and emails popping up on their phones.
Democrats’ approval rating with registered voters has plunged to a 35-year low, while Republicans maintain an edge on most of the top issues Americans care about, a new poll found.
A whopping 63% of registered voters view Democrats unfavorably, dramatically eclipsing the 33% who had a positive impression, marking the lowest rating they scored since 1990, according to a Wall Street Journal survey.
That abysmal rating for Democrats comes against the backdrop of lackluster figures for President Trump and Republicans. Trump’s approval rating sits at 46%, with 52% who disapprove of the commander in chief. The figure is higher than this point during his first term, which was 40%.
Pro 2 Customs, a holster and firearm finish/accessory company, announced Friday that it will no longer make holsters or “[provide] custom services” for Sig Sauer P320 pistols.
They made clear their decision also includes the M17 and M18 models of the P320, both of which are designed for military issue. Pro 2 Customs’ announcement came just days after the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) made clear all AFGSC personnel are to pause use of Sig Sauer’s M18 pistol.
Military.com reported the AFGSC’s pause on use of the M18 pistol came after 20-year-old Airman Brayden Lovan was killed by a “firearm discharge” Sunday at F.E. Warren Air Force Base. No details
American forces killed an Islamic State group leader in a raid in Syria's Aleppo province on Friday, the US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) said. ) The raid resulted "in the death of senior ISIS leader, Dhiya Zawba Muslih al-Hardani, and his two adult ISIS-affiliated sons," CENTCOM said in a statement, using an acronym for the jihadist group. "These ISIS individuals posed a threat to US and Coalition forces, as well as the new Syrian government,"
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino posted a lengthy message on his official X account in which he vowed to bring the American people "the truth" after saying that he had learned things that "shocked" him. "During my tenure here as the Deputy Director of the FBI, I have repeatedly relayed to you that things are happening that might not be immediately visible, but they are happening," Bongino wrote. "What I have learned in the course of our properly predicated and necessary investigations into these aforementioned matters, has shocked me down to my core. We cannot run a Republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned."
Stephen Colbert Is a Bad Joke
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When Stephen Colbert became a financial disaster for CBS, its execs fired him.
For good measure, they also killed the “The Late Show,” the network’s failing 33-year-old flag-ship late-night program.
CBS could have axed Colbert now and replaced him with a cheaper host from Hollywood’s limitless stable of professional Trump haters.
They still might do just that if Colbert continues to use his show for the next 10 months to deliver F-bombs to President Trump.
But for now, the network is keeping the insufferable Colbert at his desk until next May.
Colbert, who for years has hated on Trump every night,
The biggest news of the week was the release of multiple memos and emails relating to the Russia collusion hoax, and the DNI’s referral of such materials to the Attorney General for possible criminal prosecution. It remains to be seen how that will turn out, but in the meantime it doesn’t seem to have generated a lot of memes.
Hunter Biden staked his claim to be the voice of the Democratic Party, and, as a profane, delusional crackhead, his claim is a strong one. And the Jumbotron seen ’round the world continued to resonate.
But the story that gave this Week In Pictures its theme was CBS’s announcement that,
Maine Representative Deqa Dhalac (D), a Somali immigrant turned state legislator, recently stirred controversy by declaring that her priority is developing “our country of Somalia” rather than serving American interests. Dhalac’s admission exposes a troubling allegiance to foreign priorities at a time of growing concern over immigrant loyalty and national identity.
During a recent appearance on ABC News, Dhalac faced some questioning about her intent, and others defending her focus on supporting global communities while serving locally. Dhalac was born in Mogadishu, Somalia,
During President Trump's first term, the fake stream media continually sprang new lies about him, fueled by a corrupt Obama and then Biden regime. Half of America had no idea that they were constantly being hoodwinked. With Tulsi Gabbard’s current findings, justice might actually prevail in this nation, but don’t count on the fake stream media to honestly illuminate any of the issues.
No Let Up
After nearly four years of masking Joe Biden’s incapacities and then getting busted, you’d think that today the media might wind down their hoax machine. No way.
The daily, lengthy list of hoaxes by fake stream media and Leftists represents a new low, if that’s possible.
Dear Lord, we knew the Russian collusion hoax was bad, but this deserves criminal charges, and they might happen. James Comey and John Brennan are already under the FBI’s microscope for their antics in this plot. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard confirmed that Barack Obama, the reported ringleader, was named in a criminal referral to the Justice Department this week. Of all of Obama’s former intelligence chiefs, Brennan is likely to get slapped with an indictment. [Tweets]
Obama should be charged, but we’ll see how that goes.
As Vice President Kamala Harris faces mounting uncertainty about her political future following her 2028 presidential campaign collapse, speculation has turned to whether she will pursue the governorship of California in 2026.However, one of the state’s most influential Democratic voices—former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown—is casting doubt on Harris’s chances of success, even in a state long dominated by Democrats.Brown, who served as speaker of the California State Assembly for nearly 15 years before becoming mayor of San Francisco, said in a recent interview that he doesn’t believe Harris is a natural fit for an executive role such as governor.
When you lower the bar to check identity boxes, this is what you get: total incompetence, fake authority, and national embarrassment.
Welcome to the life of Judge Julien Neals, a Biden-appointed DEI federal judge who is now under fire for issuing a legal opinion that contained made-up quotes and completely misstated case outcomes. Not just one or two mistakes, no. There were a bunch of them. Enough for lawyers involved in the case to step in and basically say, “This entire ruling is fiction.”
This is, inarguably, the biggest scandal in American history, and by far the most consequential. Period.
If you know not of which I speak, you must largely consume mainstream media. (Which means it is very unlikely you’d be reading posts at the American Thinker, rendering the previous two sentences rather moot.)
It does a monumental disservice to justice to simply call it the Russia-Russia-Russia Collusion Hoax.
It now seems clear that an outgoing president worked with a former first lady Macbeth (and then presidential candidate), a future president, and the country’s intelligence community to make up something out of whole cloth
The head of the NYPD’s Aviation Unit was booted from the elite squad this week after trying to block the feds from probing his dangerous mishaps, The Post has learned.
Aviation’s Commanding Officer Winston Faison was an “incompetent boob” who had numerous breaches in safety as he attempted to make himself the unit’s head helicopter instructor, whistleblowers revealed.
When FAA inspectors made a surprise visit to the base on July 16 because of internal complaints to the agency, Faison flipped his lid, police sources said. “Do not give them anything!’” he barked at his cops, an insider said. “Who let them on the base?”
Soundside Music Festival in Connecticut
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Party’s over. Connecticut’s popular Soundside Music Festival shocked fans when it abruptly cancelled its star-studded event two months before its opening day. “Due to circumstances beyond our control, [the] Soundside Music Festival has been cancelled,” organizers announced in a statement on the festival’s official website on Friday. “Tickets will be refunded to the original method of payment in as little as 30 days depending on your bank’s processing time.”
It’s been 50 years — and countless conspiracy theories — since Jimmy Hoffa first disappeared, and his case remains one of the most infamous and vexing unsolved mysteries in U.S. history. The ex-Teamsters boss left his cottage home in suburban Lake Orion, Mich., near Detroit on July 30, 1975 for a 2 p.m. meeting at the Machus Red Fox Restaurant in nearby Bloomfield Hills. He was reportedly gathering with a group of gangsters, including Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano, a New Jersey-based capo for the Genovese crime family, and Detroit mob boss Anthony “Tony Jack” Giacalone. Hoffa was trying to regain control of the union
Lynsi Snyder, president and owner of In-N-Out, is speaking out after social media users criticized her for comments she made about the chain's home state of California. Snyder, 43, issued a statement on July 22 after making critical comments about "The Golden State" when discussing her family's move to Tennessee, where In-N-Out is also slated to open an eastern office to "support our growth." (Snip) The backlash began shortly after Snyder, who has been in charge of the burger empire since 2010, made complaints about living and doing business in California in a recent interview. "Like you said, there's a
LA home linked to ‘TikTok cult’ pastor
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seen in Netflix docuseries raided in sex-trafficking probe replies
Federal agents descended upon a California home connected to the “TikTok Cult” pastor who was the subject of a recent Netflix documentary series Friday — as part of an investigation into sex trafficking and other criminal claims.
Several people were detained after a Tujunga home partially owned by Pastor Robert Shinn was raided by agents from the FBI, IRS, US Postal Service and Department of Labor, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Officials served warrants related to allegations of sex trafficking, money laundering, mail fraud, tax evasion and COVID-19-related fraud, according to the outlet.
President Trump has “leveraged American bargaining power” with three Asian nations this week — and given himself momentum ahead of the looming Aug. 1 deadline for most “reciprocal tariffs,” experts predict.
Trump secured Japan’s agreement to pay a 15% tariff on exports to the US while making $550 billion in new investments in America in what he called a “signing bonus” — while Indonesia and the Philippines said they would accept 19% tariffs on their goods while applying 0% tariffs on US products.
“I was a little bit surprised by the extent to which the US, at least at this stage of the game,
Unpopular opinion: all Muslim immigration should come to an end. When President Trump first called for a pause in Muslim migration he was met with hysteria. Yet despite the hysteria has Islamic immigration truly enhanced and contributed to this country? The answer is undoubtedly "no." Zohran Mamdani proves that while not all Islamic immigrants are terrorists, their values are not in line with America.
Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Uganda and became an American citizen just seven years ago, is a cautionary tale of the dangers of third-world Muslim immigration. Despite having benefited from the American dream, all he can seem to do is advocate for anti-American ideology.
When I was in elementary school, around the fifth grade, I remember an encyclopedia salesman coming into our classroom and promoting his collection of a dozen leather-bound books. For clarification for readers under the age of twenty, encyclopedias were the forerunners of today’s Wikipedia—or, perhaps more accurately, Google; i.e., Wish to know something about anything? Google it, right?
Well, after making his pitch to the class, the encyclopedia salesman gave each of us a little button that we could wear as a reminder of his wonderful, indispensable product. The button read: