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Tennessee Republican Representative Tim Burchett has claimed that the United States ruling class knows of extraterrestrial beings and is in contact with them. Burchett added that these beings do not pose a threat to humanity; however, if the U.S.  releases “what I’ve seen, you’d be up at night worrying about it.” Burchett has emerged as a leading voice on the disclosure of files regarding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), pushing for greater government transparency on the matter. He did clarify that there isn’t an immediate danger of the extraterrestrial beings. “I don’t think we’re in danger…

For the better part of a decade, Republicans ran on a single mantra when it came to health care: repeal and replace Obamacare. When the slogan was conceived, it made political and strategic sense. But Republicans never had a plan for what to replace it with. Multiple proposals at various levels of completion circulated, but there was never any agreement about even the broad outlines of a GOP health care plan, much less the myriad complicated specifics. When pressed, Republicans often defaulted to vague, poll-tested language to describe their ideas, such as “personalized” and “patient centered”—or, in the case of…

President [Donald] Trump’s decision to join Israel in launching a regime-change war on Iran has so far cost the lives of at least 13 American service members. More than 200 have been wounded, dozens seriously enough to require evacuations to military hospitals in Europe and the United States. Among them are individuals who’ve suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns and shrapnel wounds. One was facing potential amputation of an arm or leg. As much as these service members and their families are victims of Iran’s justified retaliation for a surprise attack perpetrated amid ongoing negotiations, they’re victims of a betrayal perpetrated by their president and the…

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair One week after posting a profanity-laced Easter message threatening to wipe out the entire civilization of Iran, Donald J. Trump, the 47th president of the United States, spent the night of April 12 and into the early morning hours unleashing a barrage of AI-generated images, threats and insults. One post depicted Trump as Jesus, imbued with divine power, healing the sick. Another imagined a Trump-branded hotel on the Moon. Yet another lashed out at Pope Leo XIV as weak on crime, suggesting he owed his papacy to Trump and “should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical…

Political slogans are cheap. Governing is not. “America First” is not a bumper-sticker philosophy. It is a testable claim about priorities: How much debt will we pile up, how many wars will we drift into, and how often will elected officials treat Congress as a ceremonial prop rather than a constitutional branch. Midterm elections are where slogans go to trial. Primaries, especially, are where interests that cannot reliably win a general election try to win the nomination. They do it with money, with media saturation, and with the oldest trick in politics: framing obedience as unity. This year, two Republican…

Stratton in his tent, smiling, in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon. He was alone. He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. – James Joyce Now I see the secret of making the best persons. It is to grow in the open air, and to eat and sleep with the earth. – Walt Whitman On April 12th, my son, Stratton Matteson, would have been 29 years old. He died February 24th of this year in a massive avalanche while backcountry snowboarding near Joffree Peak Provincial Park in Southwest British Columbia. The day he died was perfect,…

San Diego voters will decide in June whether to approve a tax on empty homes. The $8,000 tax would affect homes that are unoccupied more than 182 days a year. The tax is projected to cover 5,000 homes and expected to bring in as much as $24 million in revenue, which city officials say they will spend on affordable housing projects. The post Brickbat: Home Is Where the Heart Is appeared first on Reason.com. Source link

 Download Audio. Scott interviews Patrick Pillow about Anatomy of a Regime Change, the series he’s writing on the so-called Color Revolutions. While Iraq and Afghanistan get the most attention, the majority of Washington-backed regime change attempts since the end of the Cold War have taken the form of these CIA-organized political revolutions. Scott and Pillow walk through the specifics of several examples and discuss the importance of this often overlooked aspect of American foreign policy. Discussed on the show: Libertarian Overwatch The New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections, and Pipeline Politics in the Former Soviet Union by Mark A.…

Image by Levi Meir Clancy. While a prominent Israeli human rights organisation and a well-known New York Times columnist use the term ‘Jewish supremacy’, some North American or European self-proclaimed leftist supporters of Palestinian rights object to these words. Typically, they claim the description is inaccurate and/or antisemitic. Some argue that “white supremacy” or “Zionism” are the terms we should use when describing the Israeli regime. But Jewish supremacy over the original inhabitants of Palestine is at the core of Zionism and the Israeli colonial project, just as European (white) supremacy was at the core of the Americas’ colonial projects. An apartheid system favors…

Americans are so lucky! They get to be ruled by a FIFA Peace prize winner and a living Messiah!! Shakespeare’s long-lost London home has finally been found. The AP Strange Show goes down the rabbit hole with SMiles Lewis. You’ve lived this life before: Nietzsche’s mystical insight. TikTok psychic seeks relief from $10m verdict for false claims in Idaho student murders. The BoA Revival podcast explores the Corpsewood Manor murders with Amy Petulla. Why the AI backlash has turned violent—and why it-s probably gonna get worse. Are UAPs nuclear sentinels? Roswell revisited. Is there a future for NASA’s space plane…