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2026 115
- White House Sees Speech as Election Threat
- Exclusive: National Guard Mobilizes for Election
- El-Sayed Is National Security Threat, Gov’t Says
- Feds Prep for Election “Doomsday” Scenario
- The Biggest Scandal Today in One Headline
- Hegseth Honors Terrorist With Firing Squad Gift
- Why Trump Nixed Execution Livestream
- Trump Dons Executioner Hood
- Exclusive: How the Military Will Hack the Election
- The Speech That Gets You Banned From America
- Military Mobilizes for Upcoming Elections
- Trump’s Finger Gets Closer to Nuclear Button
- The Pentagon’s Million Drone March
- Trump Announces New “AI Force”
- Feds Target AI Critics As “Foreign Agents”
- Leak: Full Metal Jackass
- The Mitch Is Back
- Spaceballs
- Is the AI Apocalypse for Real?
- Fuck 9/11
- Greatest Threat to America Since 9/11?
- U.S. Finds A War It’s Willing to Declare
- Nonbinary Gender Extremism?
- What the Hasan Piker Freakout Is Really About
- ICE’s Robot Dogs; WNBA Does Counter-terror; Flock and Awe
- Dolly Parton’s Superpower
- The Most Dangerous Feds You’ve Never Heard Of
- If the Shock Glove Fits
- Leak: Top Democratic Org's “Anti-Extremism” Project Targets Left
- The Rebels Already Won
- Chuck Schumer Eats Shit
- Will Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed Get Elected?
- The Pentagon’s New Missile Gap
- Establishment Extinction Event Reaches Wisconsin
- FEMA’s New Mission: Domestic Terrorism
- Exclusive: Francesca Hong Takes on National Security
- The “Greatest Threat” to America?
- After "Political Terrorism" Summit, U.S. Names 43 Americans + Groups
- Leak: Rubio’s WMD Scandal Is “Far-Left Terrorism”
- Trump Summons "Poltergeist" to Go After Opponents
- Mitch McConnell Releases "Proof-of-Life" Pic
- Lindsey Graham's Death and Iran
- Mitch McConnell Nears Dead-Line
- My Graham Platner Apology
- Exit Mitch McConnell, Enter Abdul El-Sayed
- Is Mitch McConnell Dead?
- Dinosaur Democrats Meet Asteroid
- 450 Years in Prison for Saying “Anti-Fascist"
- Mamdani Sweeps; Party Weeps
- Minnesota “Antifa” Terrorists Charged
- JD Vance Distances Himself From Trump
- Why Military Was at the UFC White House Event
- New Military Recruitment Ad's Hidden Message
- Platner Wins; Washington Whines
- Exclusive: U.S. Secretly Deployed Paratroopers to Israel
- Let Them Drive Less
- Graham Platner Loses Washington’s Vote
- Congress's CIA Eyes AI Data Center Critics
- The Real Reason Tulsi Gabbard Resigned
- Terrorist “Body Count” Captivates the White House
- Iran War vs. Epstein Files
- The Pentagon Shakedown No One Noticed
- New Counterterror Strategy Eyes Tucker Carlson
- Why Is Susan Collins Shaking?
- Insane Pre-Crime Strategy Unveiled for Leftist “Extremists"
- Voters Take Keys Away From Elder Politician
- Cole Allen Hated the Democratic Party, Too
- Assassin Wasn’t on FBI’s Radar, Sources Say
- U.S. Spies on the Vatican
- Death by A.I.
- Exclusive: ICE Glasses
- You Do Not Hate The IRS Enough
- Luigi-Inspired Arsonist Threatened “Our Way of Life,” Feds Say
- Pre-Teen Terrorists: FBI’s New Target
- Trump's Biggest Iran Fear
- Exclusive: FBI’s New Political Pre-Crime Center
- The Iran War You’re Not Hearing About
- Trump Goes Commando
- FBI Director Kash Patel's Emails Hacked by Iran
- Is a Ground War With Iran Imminent, or Inevitable?
- Exclusive: ICE's Bounty Hunters
- Leaked Document: Iran War Meets Little Brother
- Kristi Noem’s Replacement Bows to Protesters
- Joe Kent Isn't the Hero. The Public Is
- The TV Generals Have Something to Sell You About Iran
- Trump Declares Iran War Over
- Document: Homeland Security Warns of Iranian “Fatwa”
- The Public Fires Kristi Noem
- Congress to America: What War?
- Why We Struck Iran
- Who are the Real Extremists?
- Trump Cheers Lethal Doxxing
- Are We Going to War With Iran?
- The Revolution Is Here
- ICE Expands Watchlist Effort
- Exclusive: ICE Masks Up in More Ways Than One
- New McCarthyite Campaign Against Mamdani and DSA
- Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users
- In ICE’s War, the Public Is Winning
- Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
- Exclusive: ICE's Secret Watchlists of Americans
- ICE Unloads
- ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them
- Leaked Doc: Homeland Security's Domestic Terror Obsession
- I Was Disappeared
- Leaked memo: “De-escalation is key”
- U.S. Freezes Visas to 75 Countries
- Exclusive: Secret ICE Programs Revealed
- Immigration Agents Terrified of ICE Backlash After Shooting
- ICE Is Okay With Renee Good’s Killing
- ICE Kills Unarmed American Woman in Minneapolis
- Mamdani Kisses the National Security Ring
- Mamdani, Trump and the "A" Word
- Media Reduces Mamdani to Hot Chocolate
- This insane post foreshadows the year to come
2025 158
- 2025’s Biggest Vibe Shift
- Why I Disappeared
- Trump’s Enemies List Meets Media Blackout
- FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
- Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber Finally Arrested Half Decade Later
- Why Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Will Never Be Revealed
- Me, thankful?
- The Government Killed National Guard Member Sarah Beckstrom
- Mamdani, Trump Meeting Wasn’t Just Smiles
- National Security Moms Are Here
- Epstein Bill Passes as Top Official Circulates Plan to Block Transparency
- “National Security” Blocks Epstein Files Release
- Trump Escalates War on Leftists With Antifa Foreign Terror Label
- ICE, National Guard Deployments Just the Beginning
- Chuck Schumer Should Be Humanely Euthanized*
- Mamdani's First Loss
- The Gerontocracy Is Dead
- Mamdani's Magic
- Mangione, Mamdani and the Media
- Mamdani's Big Secret
- MAGA’s 9/11 Is an Assassination
- VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester
- "No Kings" Is About More Than Trump
- "No Kings" Protest (and Arrests) Have Begun
- Inside the War on Antifa
- Leak: Feds Think Protests Hide Terrorism
- Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans
- Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7
- ICE, Border Patrol Continue Work Under Shutdown
- Oregon National Guard Leader Laments Portland Deployment
- Trump’s NSPM-7 Alarms Law Firms While Congress Is Silent
- Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
- Exclusive: The ICE Shooter’s Politics
- Feds Disappear Trans People from “LGBT”
- Trump Declares War on Left With "Domestic Terrorist" Designation
- ICE Can’t Stop Lying About Its Accomplishments
- White House Eyes Transgender “Terrorist Movement”
- FBI Readies New War on Trans People
- Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin
- Charlie Kirk Assassination Sparks Social Media Crackdown
- Charlie Kirk Assassination Sparks Social Media Crackdown
- Charlie Kirk, 9/11 Have This In Common
- War With Venezuela?
- Euphemism Is Dead
- Exclusive: Leak Confirms Chicago Military Action
- Los Angeles Troop Deployment Was Illegal, Judge Says
- Democrats "Bringing a Pencil to a Knife Fight," Top Dem Says
- Trump’s “War Department” Is All About Appearances
- Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Migration” Explains Targeting of DC, LA, Mexico, Venezuela
- The Commandos Prepping Mexico Attacks
- Pentagon Confirms My Story on Mexico Attacks
- Military Preparing Attacks on Mexican Cartels
- Exclusive: Rubio Offers Ass Kissing Bonus to Diplomats
- Leaked DC Troop Deployment Order
- Trump Agencies Fight War on Nihilism
- “NFL” Shooting Wasn’t Random
- Pope Leo on War
- Nuclear Threats Are Back
- Trump Wants 18,000 New Federal Agents
- VIDEO: Troops Question Los Angeles Deployment
- Party Control Is Dead
- Epstein Won't Die
- Hegseth’s New Dress Code of Honor
- I Triggered Another Federal Investigation
- Jeffrey Epstein Had 1,000+ Victims
- Exclusive: Operation Excalibur in Los Angeles Was Show of Force
- Trump’s Threat to Deport Mamdani Isn’t a Joke
- It’s Official: Mamdani Defeats Cuomo
- Exclusive: Trump Orders Military to "Deter" China
- Breaking: Trump Declares Peace
- Iran Attacks American Military Base in Qatar
- Breaking: U.S. Strikes Iran
- Exclusive: Leaked ICE Data
- Trump Secretly Greenlit Iran War
- How Minnesota Police Fueled Insane Conspiracy Theory About Assassin
- Exclusive: Accused Minnesota Assassin’s Resume
- Kings Move to Cancel “No Kings” Protests in Minnesota
- LA Protesters Arrested for Throwing Molotov Cocktails
- Martial Flaw in LA
- False Flags
- Trump Official Threatens National Guard Deployment Amid LA Protests
- In Godzilla vs. King Kong, Musk Wins
- Exclusive: U.S. Intel Warns of “Enduring” Gaza Outrage
- Homeland Security’s Pre-Crime Push
- Trump’s Goodbye to Soft Power
- Read Elias Rodriguez’s Leaked Chats
- FBI Visits Me Over Manifesto
- The Israel Embassy Shooter Manifesto
- Gerry Connolly Dead at 75
- Biden's Cancer
- Comey’s “86 47” Post Gets Terrorwashed
- Feds Begin Political Vetting for American Citizens
- Fire the Generals
- FBI Echoes QAnon Pedophile Conspiracy
- The FBI Goes Commando
- One Year Anniversary
- Faceless Feds at War With America
- My New YouTube Channel 🎬
- “Time to Pass the Torch”
- Is a Military Coup Unfolding at the Pentagon?
- Terror Czar Gorka Responds
- Trump Admin Orders Social Media Review on Gaza
- Trump's Counterterror Czar Proposes Terror Charges for Political Opponents
- What are "Nihilistic Violent Extremists"?
- Crusade Against “Anti-Christian Bias” is Donald’s DEI
- Trump Team Prepping New Strategy for Domestic Terrorism
- Congress Fawns Over Failed General
- Pentagon Prepares for Trump to Go Berserk
- I Went to the Anti-Trump Protest
- Tesla “Terrorism” Intel Reports Stoke Contagion
- Luigi Mangione Becomes A Political Prisoner
- Signalgate’s “Classified” Texts Stump Media
- Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Student Visa Holders
- A Trump Doctrine Emerges
- FBI Becomes Rent-A-Cops for CEOs
- Publish the Leaked Trump Texts
- Trump's Domestic War on Terrorism
- The Nuclear War Plan for Iran
- The Iran War Plan
- Trump Is Now at War With Iran
- Stock Market Nosedive Doesn’t Bother the CIA
- Trump Is Coming After Legal Residents. Are Citizens Next?
- Trump-like Hotel Developer Lobbies U.S. to Become Next Gaza Leader
- Trump Sells $10 Billion in Weapons to Israel
- Trump Touts Action as Democrats Sit in Silence
- FBI Recruits Journalists and Attorneys as Informants
- TikTok Ban Update
- Marco Rubio has something to say, and it’s not in a soundbite
- Trump’s New FBI Director Vows “World’s Largest Manhunt”
- Mitch McConnell, 83, Is Retiring From Senate
- Leak: Trump Admin Amasses Photo Collection of Children
- Tulsi Gabbard Has Nothing to Say
- TikTok Ban Fueled by Israel, Not China
- Ukraine War: Trump Ends “As Long as it Takes”
- Trump’s Super Bowl Salute
- Super Bowl Crawling With Feds
- Politico Loses Millions in Government Funding. Good.
- Taking DOGE to Court Is a Doomed Strategy
- Bureaucracy First
- Military Declares War on Holidays
- Trump’s Funding Freeze Does Not Include Presidential Protection
- Trump Buyouts Mirror Elon Musk's Twitter Purge
- Big Brother Becomes Little Brother
- UnitedHealthcare Appoints New CEO Following Murder
- Leakers Declare War on Trump
- The Appistocracy Inaugurates Trump
- MrBeast TikTok Bid Overseen by Brother of Trump’s AG Pick
- The TikTok Shutdown: Who’s Really Responsible
- Government Monitoring Those With "Negative" Views of Health Insurance Companies
- Biden Administration Quietly Carves TikTok Ban Loophole for Itself, Leaked Document Shows
- Government Fears Liberal Jan. 6 Style Attack as Trump Inauguration Nears
- U.S. Engaged in Combat 226 Days Last Year
- Preening While LA Burns
- Zuckerberg Declares War on Censorship (Not Really Though)
- Nancy Pelosi Using A Walker on House Floor
- How 1/6 Became the New 9/11
- Trump Advisor Previews Terror Crackdown
- Happy Last Year
2024 155
- Gerontocracy Gives Us One Last Cringe Before 2025
- New York Beefs Up Counterterrorism Efforts
- America in Two Headlines
- 69% Blame CEO Murder on US Healthcare System
- Read the NYPD’s Mangione report the media won't publish
- A Christmas Miracle (ICYMI)
- My Christmas Miracle
- Luigi Mangione Judge Married to Former Healthcare Executive
- Biden Ends Term With Parade of Lies About Our Wars
- Missing Congresswoman Transferred Home Deed in July
- Senile Congressman Curses at Photographer
- Trump Advisor Likens Mangione Sympathizers to Terrorists
- Dying Congressman to Lead Watchdog Committee
- New Crisis Hotline for CEOs?
- Our Dying Leaders
- Mom Charged With Terrorism for Health Insurance "Threat"
- UnitedHealth's New "I Feel Your Pain" PR Blitz
- Why I Published the Shooter Manifesto
- NY Times Doesn’t Want You to See Shooter's Face
- Exclusive: Luigi's Manifesto
- UnitedHealthcare's Leaked Talking Points
- Read Luigi Mangione’s Resume
- Assad Flees, U.S. Stays
- Slain Healthcare CEO’s Life Airbrushed by Media
- VIDEO: United Health CEO Decries "Aggressive" Media Coverage in Leaked Recording
- UnitedHealthcare Tells Employees to 'Shut Up'
- Lawsuit Against Murdered CEO
- Was Going Independent Worth It?
- Trump’s Nominee for FBI Director
- Trump Is Serious About Ukraine
- Public Trust in the Military Collapses
- Trump Swaps Gaetz for Bondi. FBI Director Out, Too?
- Matt Gaetz Withdraws as Trump's AG Pick
- Biden Sends Landmines to Ukraine
- ‘Morning Joe’ Bends Knee to ‘Fascist’ Trump
- All the President's Nominees
- Facebook Censors This Newsletter On FBI Advice
- Read the Leaked Rubio Dossier
- Trump’s military “purge” and next defense secretary.
- Pelosi Blames Biden (and Harris Too?)
- Biden, Harris Welcome 'Fascist' Trump
- Hippo Outperforms Pollsters
- Who I Voted For
- U.S. Navy's "Houthi Hunting Club"
- The War on Halloween
- General Mark Milley Tells Bankers: “Thank You for Your Service”
- The Post-Election Enemy Without
- Biden on Israel Strike: “I Hope This Is the End”
- A Forged US Intelligence Report is Circulating
- Harris Salutes the Generals at Town Hall
- Media Blackout on Leaked U.S. Intelligence Docs
- Israel Preps for Strike on Iran, Top Secret Leak Reveals
- With Sinwar Dead, Biden Reveals U.S. Role
- Ukraine Is Winning
- The FBI Knocked On My Door
- Elon Musk Accepts Defeat
- Trump Camp Worked With Musk’s X to Censor My Reporting
- Ironclad, but Distrustful
- One Year Later, Things are Not Better for Israel
- Mid East Regional War. VP Debate. A Hurricane. Putin in Trouble
- We're at War With Iran
- The Empire Strikes Back
- My Twitter Ban Is Political
- Twitter Banned Me
- Read the JD Vance Dossier
- Biden’s Ode to Perpetual War
- Beep, Beep!
- National emergency. A trillion for the military.
- Military Preps for Civil Unrest Around Election
- Declaring War on the American People
- Who Won the Debate. Out of Africa. Iran Doesn't Strike Israel
- Kamala Harris Salutes the Generals
- Fact-Checking Is Killing Us
- CIA Director Dishes
- Israeli influence ops. U.S. troops in 81 countries, with 40,000 in the Middle East.
- Russian Influence Operations Are a Joke
- War Taxes Are Making You Poorer
- My Substack Journey, Four Months In
- Leaked Gaza Cable. US military in 74 countries. Election Hysteria.
- Four Questions for Kamala Harris
- RFK's Appeal Should Not Be Overlooked
- Harris Promises “Most Lethal” Military on Earth
- Dying to Stay in Office
- Iran. The CIA and universities. 8,500 federal facilities. Bases in Africa
- Why Taylor Swift Is in a Pentagon Intelligence Report
- Iran Hacked Trump Campaign, U.S. Concludes
- America’s Shadow War in Ukraine
- On Why Tim Walz Left the Military
- War With Iran Imminent?
- But His Emails!
- Harris vs. the Hecklers
- Tim Walz Is the Weird One, Because He’s Normal
- Congress Punishes Secret Service With...A Raise?
- TikTok vs. the Intelligence Community
- Biden Declares We're "Not At War Anywhere." What?
- Biden Addressing Nation on Quitting Presidential Race
- Should Biden Resign?
- Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race
- 50 Secret Service Functions Besides Protecting Presidents
- JD Vance on War and Peace
- Secret Service Evading Responsibility for Trump Assassination Attempt
- How Secret Service Missed the Trump Shooter
- Trump Survives Shooting at Rally; Suspect Dead
- Three Election Lies
- Leaked Polling Signals Trouble
- Biden Starting to Sound Like Trump
- Celebrity Admiral Promotes Election Panic
- The American People Need A New Independence
- Pentagon-Funded Study: Dementia Among US Officials Is a National Security Threat
- Who’s Really Running the Show
- U.S. Gov Finally Admits to Spying on Domestic Protests
- Why Assange’s Plea Deal Is a Win for U.S. Intelligence
- When Did Everything Become "Disinformation"?
- Biden Deploys Record Number of Troops to Jordan in Quiet Buildup
- Congress Wants Intel to Go After Online "Harassment," Blimps to Surveil Canadian Border
- Biden Admin Lies About U.S. Military in Israel
- Leaked Cable Calls Fears of U.S. Military Presence In Gaza “Disinformation” — But Is It Really?
- 3 Hilariously Pathetic Ways Congress Fails to Stand Up to the FBI
- What the Trump Verdict Really Means for the Election
- Biden’s Secrecy on Allowing Ukraine to Strike Russia Is Dangerous
- Biden Admin Scrambling to Dispute Gaza Aid Pier's $320M Price Tag
- More Aid Was Going to Gaza BEFORE the Aid Pier Was Built
- NBC Wants to Make 2024 as Dumb as 2016 With "October Surprise" Trump Story
- Biden Admin Working With Social Media Companies to Limit Pro-Palestinian Content
- Homeland Security Doesn't Want You to Know Who Its New University Intelligence Advisors Are
- The Intelligence Community Is Spying on Student Protesters
- Now That Aid Is Approved, Biden Admin Is Happy to Say Ukraine Will Win
- Why Biden’s Threat to Suspend Arms to Israel Is A Scam
- IRS Now Targeting People Who Threaten Washington's “Ability to Govern"
- Biden Takes Swipe at Campus Protesters, Snubbing Youth Support
- Attending Gaza Protests? The Feds Are Watching
- Join my new subscriber chat
- Ex-MSNBC Commentator Calls For FBI Crackdown on Student Protestors
- Claims That Student Protestors Are Chanting 'Death to America' Are Bullshit
- Read the Story The Intercept Tried to Kill
- Why I'm Resigning From The Intercept
- Leaked Cables Show Biden Admin Opposes Palestinian Statehood
- What Joe Biden’s State of the Union Speech Didn’t Mention
- What Aaron Bushnell Did in the Military
- Leaked Gaza Hostage Deal Would Provide 60-Day Ceasefire at Most
- Government Fearmongers About Secret 'Threat' Before Vote on Spying Authorities
- Super Bowl Crawling With Homeland Security Agents
- Super Bowl Is Better Protected Than Our Troops
- Questions the Media Isn't Asking About 3 Troops Killed in Middle East
- Here's What's in the Controversial Immigration Bill
- Your Taxes Are Being Spent on the Pentagon’s “Inflated EGOS”
- Biden Loves TV for 68 Year Olds
- 3 US Troop Deaths in Jordan Shrouded in Secrecy
- 3 US Troops Killed in Jordan as Pentagon Insists We're Not at War
- Pentagon Insists We're Not at War
- The #1 Issue for New Hampshire Voters Gives Trump A Big Advantage
- UFOs Are Bombing in Yemen
- Immigration Is Trump’s 9/11
- Why Nikki Haley Is the Most Interesting Part of Trump’s Iowa Win
- Biden Secretly Giving Targeting Support to Israel Amid Genocide Case
2023 23
- Elon Musk Discussed AI With Israeli Military as It Uses AI to Bomb Gaza
- Taylor Swift Is Time’s Person of the Year Because America Is Disgusted With Politics
- Biden Moves to Lift Restrictions on ALL U.S. Weapons to Israel
- Behold Cringe Thanksgiving Tweets From Our National Security State
- 70% of Voters Under 35 Disapprove of Biden's Handling of Israel-Hamas War
- Pentagon Fails 6th Audit in a Row and Their Excuses Are Hilarious
- Leaked List of Weapons the U.S. Secretly Sent Israel
- 4 Ways the Pentagon Is Risking Escalation in Israel
- Israel's "Shocking" Intelligence Failure
- Striking Autoworkers Win Shock Victory
- Pentagon Issues New Report on UFOs — But It's Classified
- The U.S. Military Bets Big on Artificial Intelligence
- Washington Is Turning On Biden as 69% of Democrats Say He’s Too Old to Run
- Biden Shakes Saudi Ruler’s Hand 2 Days Before 9/11
- FBI Hoovered Up Over 21 Million DNA Profiles — 7% of the U.S.
- Inside the Pentagon's New "Perception Management" Office to Counter Disinformation
- The Government Created a New Disinformation Office to Oversee All the Others
- Big Business Lobby Opposes Ban on Non-Compete Agreements. So Much for the Free Market!
- Elon Musk continues to block access to BBC documentary on Twitter as protests grow
- Landlord lobby brags about blocking executive order on housing crisis
- Imagine Getting Laid Off This Brutally
- The 5 Creepiest Moments at Davos
- What MLK Said About Inequality