What Shall We Bake Today?

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Today’s entry is Eyeball Cookies!

Ingredients

5 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped, divided

20 to 25 vanilla wafers

Paste food coloring

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Red liquid food coloring

Directions

In a microwave, melt 4 ounces of white chocolate; stir until smooth. Dip vanilla wafers in melted chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Chill until set.

Melt remaining white chocolate; stir until smooth. Tint as desired. Spread a small amount onto the center of each cookie; place a chocolate chip in the center.

For bloodshot eyes, use a toothpick dipped in red food coloring to draw lines from circles to outer edges of wafers. Chill until set. Store in an airtight container.

ENJOY!

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  4. Charlotte99

    October 22, 2025 12:43 am

    BOMBSHELL DISCOVERY: Holes In Fairfax County, VA, Absentee Ballot Envelopes Conveniently Reveal Who Voter Chose For AG Candidate

    Here’s what’s happening: Fairfax County’s Office of Elections created mail-in ballot envelopes with a FATAL FLAW – they likely expose how you voted!

    When voters insert their ballot into the return envelope, their mark for Republican Attorney General candidate Jason Miyares is VISIBLE through the envelope. This means postal workers, election officials, and anyone handling your ballot can SEE if you voted Republican – and potentially remove your ballot before it’s counted!

    Over 84,000 compromised ballots are already out there. More than 32,000 have already been returned through the mail and dropboxes. That’s 32,000 ballots where strangers could potentially see Republican votes!

    This violates the sacred principle of SECRET BALLOTS – a cornerstone of American democracy designed to protect voters from intimidation and coercion. The same Democrat politicians who lecture us about “protecting democracy” have enabled a system that exposes Republican votes to anyone who handles the mail.

    SHARE this NOW! Every Virginia voter needs to know what’s happening to our elections. Vote IN PERSON if possible to protect your ballot, and let’s vote these Democrats OUT in 2025!

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/bombshell-discovery-holes-fairfax-county-va-absentee-ballot/

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    1. ADMIRAL REMOVED AFTER SABOTAGING TRUMP’S VENEZUELA STRIKES:

      SECWAR HEGSETH RELEASES EXPLOSIVE PENTAGON FILES LINKING DEEP STATE TO CARTELS AND CIA TRAFFICKING NETWORKS

      The mainstream media is spinning it as “retirement,” but the truth cuts deeper. Admiral Alvin Holsey, former head of U.S. Southern Command, has been forcibly removed after defying direct operational orders from President Donald J. Trump. This wasn’t bureaucracy — it was betrayal.

      THE REAL REASON FOR HIS REMOVAL
      Trump’s $4.5B counteroffensive in Venezuela — targeting narco-cartel networks, human trafficking routes, and rogue CIA corridors — hit resistance not from the enemy, but from within the Pentagon. Holsey stalled intel. Blocked drone access. Delayed strike approvals. His SOUTHCOM unit filtered data and ghosted real-time reconnaissance. That’s not hesitation — that’s sabotage.

      And when U.S. special forces intercepted a stealth narco-submarine moving encrypted drives, crypto wallets, and child-trafficking manifests tied to Tren de Aragua and Maduro’s regime, everything unraveled. The strike was successful. But the panic it triggered inside the chain of command revealed just how deep the infiltration runs. Holsey went silent. The media began their scripted “retirement” narrative within hours.

      TRUMP AND HEGSETH STRIKE BACK
      According to sources, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered the immediate declassification of Pentagon files suppressed during the Biden years — documents linking Obama-era holdovers in the CIA, DOD, and DHS to black-budget networks that financed trafficking, narcotics, and biowarfare projects under humanitarian and NGO covers.

      These files expose the mechanics of a criminal alliance that used Venezuela as a command hub for global contraband — weapons, organs, children, and data. Dozens of routes ran through Caribbean and Central American ports under diplomatic protection. Those corridors are now being systematically erased by U.S. Special Operations.

      THE INTERNAL WAR HAS BEGUN
      Trump’s loyalists inside the Pentagon have declared open season on Deep State infiltrators. Over 10,000 troops are now deployed across the Caribbean. Multiple black sites once controlled by rogue CIA factions have been seized. Space Force and DARPA units are coordinating with Hegseth’s cyber task force to publish redacted treason files — proving that former Pentagon staffers facilitated illegal arms transfers and trafficking protection schemes.

      Simultaneously, two sabotage attempts were foiled within 72 hours: one targeting U.S. radar systems on Puerto Rico’s western coast, and another drone intrusion over a naval intelligence compound in Key West. These weren’t random incidents — they were coordinated counterstrikes from the collapsing Deep State network.

      THE FINAL PURGE
      This is not about Venezuela alone. It’s about dismantling the logistical arteries of a global trafficking empire stretching from Havana to Kiev. The same system that fueled wars, financed coups, and traded in human life.

      Holsey made a choice — to protect the old order, to slow down the storm. He was removed.
      Trump made his — to finish the mission.

      What comes next isn’t retirement.
      It’s reckoning.
      Benjamin Fulford

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      1. He has to be pretty wily to have even survived this long! I think it’s been at least a couple of years that he’s been hanging out.

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  11. Just The News: “President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), Paul Ingrassia, formally withdrew his own nomination on Tuesday after he learned he would not have the necessary support to get confirmed.

    Ingrassia’s path toward getting the post blew up after the publication of racist text messages that were allegedly sent by him to a group chat. 

    The texts allegedly included Ingrassia saying he has “a Nazi streak,” and arguing that Martin Luther King Jr. Day “should be ended and tossed into the seventh circle of hell where it belongs.”

    “I will be withdrawing myself from Thursday’s [Senate Homeland Security Committee] hearing to lead the Office of Special Counsel because unfortunately I do not have enough Republican votes at this time,” he posted on X. “I appreciate the overwhelming support that I have received throughout this process and will continue to serve President Trump and this administration to Make America Great Again!”

    The withdrawal comes after Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed earlier Tuesday that Ingrassia does not have the numbers to get confirmed after Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott said on Monday he would not support the nomination.

    If all the Democrats on the committee opposed Ingrassia, and Scott joined them, then his nomination would be blocked.”

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  12. Just The News: “Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday announced the opening of the U.S.-Israel Civilian Military Cooperation Center in Israeli city of Kiryat Gat to rebuild Gaza. “We are one week into President Trump’s historic peace plan in the Middle East, and things are going, frankly, better than I expected that they were,” Vance said, according to The Times of Israel.

    He spoke days after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian-backed Hamas to end their war in Gaza. “Here at the civilian-military cooperation center, which we are announcing the opening of, you have Israelis and Americans working hand-in-hand to try to begin the plan to rebuild Gaza, to implement a long-term peace, and to actually ensure that you have security forces on the ground in Gaza, not composed of Americans, who can keep the peace over the long term,” he continued.

    Vance also said that there is “lots of work left to do” and that “this is going to take a very, very long time,” while praising the efforts of U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump adviser Jared Kushner, and Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of the U.S. Central Command, on the deal’s implementation.

    After opening remarks, Vance was asked how likely it is that the ceasefire will hold, the BBC reported. He said that the past week has given him “great optimism.” Vance added that there will be times when it appears that it isn’t going well, which will require mediation, supervision, and monitoring. “Right now, I feel very optimistic,” he said, as the ceasefire is “in a very good place.”

    “Can I say with 100% certainty that it’s going to work, no,” Vance added. But difficult things aren’t 100% certain, he said.

    When asked about Hamas returning the remains of all the deceased Israeli hostages, Vance said that it’s a “focus” to return the bodies to their families so proper burials can take place. “This is difficult, this is not going to happen overnight,” he added, explaining that some of the hostages are buried under thousands of pounds of rubble, while the whereabouts of others are completely unknown. “This is going to take a little bit of time,” Vance said.

    He also explained that neither he nor Trump will set a specific deadline for Hamas to disarm, and that part of achieving disarmament is setting up an international security force to make Gaza safe.

    Vance said, “I don’t know” what the ultimate leadership in Gaza could look like, but that they’re creating a governance structure “that is very flexible” to what happens in the future. He added that Palestinians living in Gaza and the Israelis need to be able to live in stability and security, then “we’ll worry about the long-term governance of Gaza.”

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  13. “Taxpayer-Funded Schools Can’t Prohibit Prayer And Promote Witchcraft — What looks like harmless exploration of ‘different beliefs’ is reprogramming the moral compass of the next generation.“

    The Federalist, By: Rhonda Thomas. October 22, 2025

    woman performs witchcraft rituals on the grass

    EXCERPT: When a public high school in Orange County, Florida, aired a weekly “Witchy Wednesday” religious video series on the schoolwide TV system, led by students and featuring detailed instructions on casting spells and performing rituals, including soul cleansing and moon worship, many parents were stunned.

    The school canceled the series after public outcry and intervention from Liberty Counsel, in which the legal group asked for equal time for Christian instruction. But the larger question remains: Why would a public school introduce spiritual practices rooted in witchcraft to impressionable young students, and what does this reveal about the direction of public education?

    A Double Standard on Religion

    The U.S. Constitution forbids government-established religion through the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Yet the same public schools that prohibit students from praying before class or mentioning Jesus in a valedictorian speech are now permitting, and in some cases promoting, pagan spirituality under the guise of “student expression” or “cultural inclusion.”

    Witchy Wednesday is where the court case Mahmoud v. Taylor becomes relevant. In that 2025 federal case, the court reaffirmed that schools cannot compel students to participate in, observe, or be exposed to religious exercises that violate their beliefs. The ruling underscored the constitutional boundary between religious neutrality and endorsement. Suppose Christian prayer at school events is considered an endorsement. How much more should a video series that not merely promotes but gives specific instructions on how to cast various spells, magic acts, and rituals raise constitutional alarms?

    Liberty Counsel’s response to the Orange County case makes the same point: If Christianity is excluded to maintain “neutrality,” then witchcraft, a recognized religion under U.S. law, cannot be allowed either. The law must apply consistently. Selective tolerance is not neutrality; it is discrimination cloaked in “equity.”

    Witchcraft Is a Religion

    Modern witchcraft, often called Wicca or pagan spirituality, is a legally recognized religion in the United States. The U.S. Army Chaplain’s Handbook lists Wicca among faith traditions, and court decisions such as Dettmer v. Landon (1986) have formally recognized it as a legitimate religion protected by the First Amendment.

    This means public schools that feature witchcraft or “manifestation” rituals are introducing a discrete religious worldview to students — even if teachers or administrators frame it as harmless entertainment or cultural expression.

    The reality is that the spiritual realm is real, and what children are being exposed to is not neutral or imaginary. Witchcraft promotes a worldview centered on self-deification, energy manipulation, and the rejection of biblical authority, a direct inversion of the Christian faith…..”

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/22/taxpayer-funded-schools-cant-prohibit-prayer-and-promote-witchcraft/

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  14. “Radical Pennsylvania Bills Could Allow Public Funding Of Abortion Up To Birth—The bills would return Pennsylvania to the Kermit Gosnell era, with legal protections for abortionists and late-term abortions.”

    The Federalist, By: Beth Brelje, October 21, 2025

    sonogram

    EXCERPT: “The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee votes on a package of six bills Wednesday that will make it possible for pregnant Pennsylvania women to kill their unborn babies up to birth. It will also turn Pennsylvania into an abortion tourism destination, allowing women from states with stronger pro-life rules to kill their babies in Pennsylvania with no legal entanglements.   

    Currently Pennsylvania bans abortion after 24 weeks (six months), though even then state law makes an exception “when the pregnancy poses a serious health risk or threatens the life” of the mother.

    The main legislation is HB 1957, which aims to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution, making abortion a state constitutional right. HB 1957 would have to be approved by voters on a statewide ballot, and the committee hearing is the first step in that long process to amend the state constitution. First it must be approved in committee, then it moves to the House. The Pennsylvania House has a slight Democrat majority over Republicans, 102-101, so there is a good chance the constitutional amendment (and the entire six-bill package) will be approved by the committee and could pass the House.

    The Republican-led Senate is less likely to approve the amendment, but if it did, the General Assembly would need to pass the proposed amendment again in the next legislative session, and it would then be placed on the ballot for statewide voter approval. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a strong and tacky proponent of abortion (often making cutesy posts about “protecting access”), would not be involved in the amendment process.

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3q5g7QLSBl/

    “They have no restriction on abortion in the language,” Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation Legislative Director Maria Gallagher told The Federalist, speaking of measures. “These bills are incredibly bad for women and babies in Pennsylvania; they would do everything from establish taxpayer funding of abortion to establishing late term abortions, to taking away the 24-hour waiting period for abortion, to taking away the counseling requirements for abortion. And what that would mean, is that women would not be told the risks of abortion or alternatives to abortion before an abortion takes place. This is really turning back the clock on protections for pregnant women and their babies.”

    The bills would return Pennsylvania to the Kermit Gosnell era, providing legal protections for abortionists and late-term abortions without restrictions. Gosnell was an abortionist who killed babies after they were born in his filthy Philadelphia abortion mill.

    The Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on HB 1957, the constitutional change, at 10 a.m. Wednesday, then vote on the full package of bills at 11 a.m.

    In addition to the constitutional amendment, the committee will consider the following bills:….”

    https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/21/radical-pennsylvania-bills-could-allow-public-funding-of-abortion-up-to-birth/

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  15. EXCERPT: “At least 370 suspected jihadists have been killed in the first nine months of President Donald Trump’s second term, a swift reckoning that has hampered major Islamist groups from Africa to the Middle East and set the stage for stepped up counterterrorism efforts on U.S. soil, the White House counterterrorism chief tells Just the News.

    “We’re actually turning most of them into red mist,” Dr. Sebastian Gorka, the deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism at the National Security Council, said in a wide-ranging interview Tuesday as he described the scenes he has watched on closed-circuit military cameras weekly when U.S. munitions strike terror targets.

    Gorka shared the names with the Just the News, No Noise television show of several suspected terrorists who were killed by air strikes, drone strikes or special forces since Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20, including:

    • Abu Khadijah, a top Islamic State (ISIS) leader whose death was confirmed by Iraq in the spring
    • Ahmed Maeleninine, an ISIS recruiter, financier, and external operations leader who was taken out in Somalia
    • Muhammed Yusuf Ziya Talay, a senior leader in Hurras al-Din, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria.

    Gorka said the 370 figure was recently declassified and does not include members of the Iran-backed Houthis rebel group that was struck in Yemen by U.S. forces after launching attacks on Americans and Western assets in the region.

    “So outside of the Houthis campaign, we have killed 370 leading jihadists around the globe,” Gorka said. “Those who have blood on their hands have killed Americans or who are planning to kill Americans. So as we say in the National Security Council, America’s back in the business of counterterrorism, thanks to President Trump.”

    Gorka also issued a stark warning that the FBI, Justice Department and Homeland Security Department are working closely with his team to dismantle terror cells that snuck onto U.S. soil under the Biden-era border policies and to punish supporters funding groups that spread anarchy or plan assassination plots against Americans.

    Federal prosecutors last week charged two members of an alleged Antifa cell in Texas with terrorism crimes related to an attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, the first such charges ever against the Antifa organization.

    “The statutes are very, very clear. It’s called material support to terrorism if you are giving aid and succor, if you are financing violent acts against the constitutional order of the United States, if you’re targeting innocent Americans like my friend Charlie Kirk, then we will use all legal tools against you,” he said.

    “It’s the same, whether it’s the mafia or whether it’s al Qaeda, whether it’s ISIS or Antifa, the newly designated terrorist organization, we follow the money, and we will follow the money,” he added. “And you can bet your bottom dollar that the Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller, (Treasury Secretary) Scott Bessent, and everyone in the intelligence community who has a mandate to do so, Kash Patel at the FBI, will neutralize the threats to America.”…….

    https://justthenews.com/government/security/deadly-serious-trump-counterterrorism-program-kills-370-jihadists-9-months

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  16. He really needs to change parties!!!

    Just The News: “Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said Tuesday that he would support Senate Republicans nuking the filibuster to end the government shutdown. Fetterman said the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — also known as food stamps — is running out of funding and people “need to eat” as the government shutdown finishes its third week, The Hill news outlet reported.

    “There are no winners here. It’s not getting better every day here. People are going to start to get really hungry, and I’ve been fully, fully committed to fund SNAP, open up the government,” Fetterman said, also noting that U.S. Capitol Police officers aren’t being paid during the shutdown. “This is just bad political theater. Open it up,” he said.

    When asked if he would support Republicans “nuking” the filibuster to let the House’s funding measure pass the Senate with a simple-majority vote, rather than the 60-vote threshold, Fetterman replied affirmatively.

    “Carve it out for that, absolutely,” Fetterman said of a proposal to create a carve-out for passing legislation through the Senate to allow the government to reopen.

    “We ran on that. We ran on killing the filibuster, and now we love it. Carve it out so we can move on. I support it because it makes it more difficult to shut the government down in the future, and that’s where it’s entirely appropriate,” he said. “I don’t want to hear any Democrat clutching their pearls about the filibuster. We all ran on it.”

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    1. no he does not.
      I read an interesting article–using for an open month–he could be grooming to be the next obama. His wife is distancing herself from him, but she is clearly bad news. and we fell for obama’s hope and change middle of the road bullshit and then he turned. lots of info in the article,

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  17. gotta love the perspective!

    Charles Dodgson

    October 22, 2025 9:29 am

    You have to admit that the No Kings protests have been wildly successful in precisely the same way and for precisely the same reason that the polar bear repellent in my Texas yard has been wildly successful. Not one polar bear sighted. Not one king crowned.

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  18. still no sign of the rollback…sigh.

    it’s windy as all get out again today and you know what? that pink yarn oriole nest is still snugly on that branch. without as many leave on the tree, I can see it plainly from my chair. wonder–do these use that nest again?

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    1. They won’t reuse the nest but they will sometimes use materials from the old nest in the new one:

      “Baltimore orioles do not reuse the same nest from year to year. Each breeding season, they build a new nest, typically using materials from the previous year’s structure. While they do not reuse the old nest, they often return to the same general area, and sometimes the exact same tree, to establish their breeding grounds. This behavior is driven by a strong homing instinct and nest site fidelity, where the birds benefit from familiarity with a successful location. The female is the primary builder, constructing a deep, hanging pouch-shaped nest from plant fibers, grasses, bark, and sometimes string or yarn. Although they may use parts of the old nest, the structure is rebuilt anew each year to ensure it is free from parasites and damage.”

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  19. Just got back from Norfolk – also made a trip to Stanton to p/u something my GS left for me – a vape that originated in CA! Interesting flavor…..says it’s supposed to be banana but I can’t taste any banana….we’ll see what it does. Bright sunshine, low wind and it warmed up, thankfully – 63 now.

    I stopped at the home health equipment sales office in Norfolk. They want over $2K for a portable oxygen concentrator and require a prescription from a doctor – I can get one for between $300-400 from Amazon, no prescription!!! Sheesh! What a rip-off!!! I’m also going to check on-line and see if I can order directly from the manufacturer vs. Amazon when/if I do need one. That way if I have to return it for any reason, it would be simpler dealing directly with them.

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  21. Just The News: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the U.S. military has conducted its eighth strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Eastern Pacific. The Tuesday night strike was in the Pacific Ocean, unlike the first seven in the Caribbean Sea, according to the Associated Press. 

    Hegeth said in a social media post that the strike occurred on a vessel being operated by a “Designated Terrorist Organization” that was conducting “narco-trafficking” in the region. 

    “The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, was transiting along a known narco-trafficking transit route, and carrying narcotics,” he also wrote.

    In addition, Hegseth said the strike was conducted in international water and both narco-terrorists aboard were killed.

    “Just as Al Qaeda waged war on our homeland, these cartels are waging war on our border and our people. There will be no refuge or forgiveness – only justice,” he also said.” 

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  22. “Trump Unveils White House Water Slide”

    U.S. · Oct 22, 2025 · BabylonBee.com

    Image for article: Trump Unveils White House Water Slide

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump announced this week that as part of the White House renovation, he will be installing a giant water slide on the roof that will go all the way down to the Rose Garden.

    “Our country has been without a national water slide for far too long,” President Trump told reporters. “When foreign dignitaries visit, we have nowhere to let them slide down into a cool splash pool. I’ll be funding this project completely from private donations, and it will be a great asset to the American people for many years to come.”

    Designs for the massive new feature show a yellow and red fiberglass slide starting on the roof of the White House and ending in the Rose Garden, where a large swimming pool will be built to accommodate the slide. The new pool will also feature diving boards, a swim-up bar, and a basketball goal for friendly games of one-on-one.

    Democrats have denounced the move, stating that water slides are fun and make kids laugh, which is really annoying.

    At publishing time, President Trump had announced that he would also be bulldozing the entire National Mall and replacing it with a new golf course, and would keep the Reflecting Pool as a water hazard.

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  23. “Trump Declares White House ‘ICE Free Zone’ Until Construction On New Ballroom Is Done”

    U.S. · Oct 22, 2025 · BabylonBee.com

    Image for article: Trump Declares White House 'ICE Free Zone' Until Construction On New Ballroom Is Done

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump has declared the White House a no-go zone for ICE raids until construction is completed on the new ballroom.

    Trump assured all the construction workers on site that everything would be cool so long as they were working on the ballroom, but he couldn’t make any promises after that.

    “We’re going to put just a little hold on the ICE raids until the ballroom is done,” said Trump. “I told Tom Homan, I said Tom, you’re doing great work, I love what you’re doing out there. You can go nuts in Chicago or New York, but let’s give D.C. a rest until the fellas are finished with the ballroom, okay? They’re doing such great work, it’s really fabulous what they’re building. I met some of them the other day, I went down to check on the progress, I met Juan, and Pablo, and Juan, and Ricardo, and Juan. Great people, let me tell you.”

    According to sources, Trump called for the hold on ICE raids after a delay when seven construction workers, including Trump’s favorite backhoe driver, were nabbed in a sting. “That put us back at least three weeks,” said construction manager Roger Arthurs. “Plus, Trump had a real soft spot for Julio the backhoe guy. Said he could drive a backhoe like he was riding the wind. I don’t know what that means, but Trump was pretty upset.”

    At publishing time, the workers had announced that in light of the ICE deal, construction on the ballroom may take between 20-50 years to complete.

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  24. “Edison was not an isolated ‘inventor’ as we’ve been made to believe, but a part of a scientific and inventive community. His work often involved taking existing, imperfect inventions and making significant improvements. 

    Edison built a research and development laboratory with a team of experts who, along with him, worked to find solutions. For example, when working on the light bulb, his team developed a long-lasting filament through extensive experimentation. 

     A key part of Edison’s success was his ability to not only invent but also to manufacture, market, and install his products. This made his inventions more impactful and widely adopted than other similar, but less developed, ideas at the time. 

    Legally, Edison did not steal inventions, as his patents were not successfully challenged in court. However, the idea that he “stole” ideas is popular, particularly in the context of his relationship with other inventors like Nikola Tesla and his public image as a businessman who profited from inventions that were developed over time and by many different people.” 

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  25. “The very first middle finger was caught on camera in baseball in 1886, long before viral memes and internet jokes, baseball legend Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn made history in a way no one expected. During a Boston Braves team photo, Radbourn looked straight at the cameraman and raised his middle finger. It was bold, brash, and completely out of place for the era. Yet that simple act created the first known photograph of the gesture that would go on to become a global symbol of defiance.

    Radbourn was already a larger-than-life figure in baseball. A fiery pitcher with a reputation for toughness, he had dominated the mound and earned a place among the sport’s early icons. But this moment, frozen in time, showed another side of him, a mischievous spirit that refused to conform to the buttoned-up image of athletes in the 19th century.

    For decades, the photo sat quietly in archives, overlooked as just another team portrait. Only later did historians realize its significance. What looked like a simple prank was actually cultural history being made. It was proof that athletes, even in the supposedly “gentlemanly” days of early baseball, had a rebellious streak.

    Today, the image still makes people smile. It connects us to the fact that humor, irreverence, and rebellion are nothing new. One pitcher’s cheeky gesture from 1886 shows that even in the earliest days of America’s pastime, players weren’t afraid to break the rules and have a little fun.

    Old Hoss Radbourn didn’t just pitch baseballs, he pitched attitude.”

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  26. “Ahh, the famous Golden Arches! You probably realized that the “M” design stands for “McDonald’s.” However, you probably didn’t know that the successful food chain’s marketing team consulted a psychologist, Louis Cheskin, while creating their famed logo. Cheskin suggested that customers would unconsciously associate the arches with a “pair of nourishing breasts.” Talk about subliminal symbolism.

    While it’s misleading to say that Cheskin advised McDonald’s when the logo was being created,  the main part of the claim is true. At a time when the company was considering ditching the golden arches, Cheskin advised McDonald’s to keep them because they were, as Cheskin put it, “mother McDonald’s breasts.”

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  27. From left to right, the burglars were:

    James W. McCord (Jan 26, 1924 – Jun 15, 2017 – age 93) – a security co-ordinator for the Republican National Committee and the Committee for the Re-election of the President. McCord was also a former FBI and CIA agent. He was dismissed from his RNC and CREEP positions the day after the break-in.

    Virgilio R. Gonzales (b May 18, 1926 -) age [showcurrentage month=”5″ day=”18″ year=”1926″ template=”1″] – a locksmith from Miami, Florida. Gonzalez was a refugee from Cuba, following Castro’s takeover.

    Frank A. Sturgis (Dec 9, 1924 – Dec 4, 1993 – age 68) – another associate of Barker from Miami, he also had CIA connections and involvement in anti-Castro activities.

    Eugenio R. Martinez (Jul 8, 1922 – Jan 30, 2021 – age 98) – worked for Barker’s Miami real estate firm. He had CIA connections and was an anti-Castro Cuban exile. Click here to read Martinez’s account of the burglary

    Bernard L. Barker (Mar 17, 1917 – Jun 5, 2009 – age 92) – a realtor from Miami, Florida. Former Central Intelligence Agency operative. Barker was said to have been involved in the Bay of Pigs incident in 1962.

    The five men were charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications. The burglars were indicted by a Grand Jury on September 15.

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  29. Just The News: “Michael Wolff is suing First Lady Melania Trump for her effort to stop the publication of his latest planned book which may include allegations about ties she may have had to the disgraced, late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, according to the New York Daily News. 

    Wolff has written four bestselling, controversial books about President Donald Trump. Wolff claims that Melania Trump launched a campaign of threats to intimidate him and keep him from delving into the friendship between the Trumps and Epstein. “These threatened legal actions are designed to create a climate of fear in the nation so that people cannot freely or confidently exercise their First Amendment rights,” Wolff’s 17-page lawsuit states. “The threats are also intended to shut down legitimate inquiry into the Epstein matter.”

    Wolff claims in his lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, that the first lady threatened to sue him for $1 billion if he went forward with the book, titled “The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump (Redux).”

    In the book, Wolff claims to have hours of interviews he did with Epstein, and he says that Epstein claimed that the Trumps first had sex together while flying on his private jet. He also claims that the Trump marriage is a “sham.”

    Wolff made public some claims from the book in a Daily Beast podcast in July. But the news site later retracted and apologized to Melania Trump for the story they published based on Wolff’s salacious claims.  

    Wolff has been called out before over his use of anonymous sources, such as following the publication of his 2019 book, “Siege: Trump Under Fire,” in which he claimed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had drafted an obstruction of justice indictment against Trump, but had decided not to go forward with it, according to CNN.  

    Mueller’s office responded to Wolff’s accusation, saying that “The documents that you’ve described do not exist.” Wolff stood by his claim.”

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  33. “Hall of the Hunter”

    “Cactus Damage. Good thing there’s this picture to send to the insurance company.”

    “The desert the day after a bit of snow”

    “He hears everything within a two mile radius.”

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  34. Just The News: “The Trump administration announced sanctions Wednesday being imposed on Russia’s two largest oil companies, as efforts to bring the war between Russia and Ukraine to an end have stalled. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned earlier of “a substantial pickup in Russia sanctions.” 

    The Treasury Department said it will be hitting Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company and Lukoil OAO, with sanctions, according to The Hill. 

    “Now is the time to stop the killing and for an immediate ceasefire,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.

    “Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine,” Bessent said. “Treasury is prepared to take further action if necessary to support President Trump’s effort to end yet another war. We encourage our allies to join us in and adhere to these sanctions.”

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