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Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:15:00 +0000 White House Ends TikTok Ban On Government Devices
White House Ends TikTok Ban On Government Devices
White House Ends TikTok Ban On Government Devices
Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times,
The White House has allowed Executive Branch employees to use TikTok on their government devices.
The Office of Management and Budget on Aug. 10 issued a memorandum to heads of executive departments and agencies, stating that “TikTok may be used on government devices.”
The Epoch Times has reached out to TikTok for comment.
This comes after the Department of Justice issued a memorandum on July 17 that said federal employees can again use TikTok on their government devices.
The app was banned in 2022 over national security concerns surrounding TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
The U.S. version of the app is operated by the TikTok U.S. Data Security Joint Venture, whose majority ownership consists of American investors.
It has changed the algorithm and cybersecurity measures that were created by the firm.
The joint venture’s managing investors are Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake, owning a total of 45 percent of its shares.
“Employees of Executive Branch agencies may download TikTok onto their official devices, subject to the agency’s discretion and consistent with all applicable workplace policies,” the DOJ said in its memorandum.
According to the DOJ, the TikTok U.S. Data Security Joint Venture uses third-party cybersecurity experts to monitor and certify privacy while detecting any vulnerabilities.
“These safeguards would appear to make TikTok USDS just as data-secure as any other social networking service, if not more so,”
“We conclude that, as a matter of statutory interpretation, the version of TikTok currently available for download in the United States [no longer falls] within that prohibited category of applications.”
The DOJ said federal agencies can independently decide whether to ban TikTok from government devices.
The memo noted that the federal government-TikTok relationship has been strained since at least 2020.
In 2022, Congress passed the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, instructing the Office of Management and Budget to provide guidelines for agencies to delete TikTok or any other app developed by ByteDance from government devices.
In 2024, Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, making it illegal for any entity to distribute, maintain, or update any foreign-adversary-controlled application.
During his first day in office, President Donald Trump postponed the implementation of the ban. He has since again delayed it .
Following the DOJ memo, the Treasury, Transportation, and Health and Human Services Departments set up TikTok accounts. Last year, the White House created a TikTok account.
TikTok is banned on congressional devices in the House and Senate.
It’s also prohibited on state government devices in states such as Texas and Virginia .
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 19:15 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:50:00 +0000 New Orleans Becomes First Major U.S. City To Let AI Answer 911
New Orleans Becomes First Major U.S. City To Let AI Answer 911
New Orleans is testing just how much Americans are willing to trust artificial intelligence when the stakes are considerably higher than writing an email or ordering din
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New Orleans Becomes First Major U.S. City To Let AI Answer 911
New Orleans is testing just how much Americans are willing to trust artificial intelligence when the stakes are considerably higher than writing an email or ordering dinner, according to the New York Post .
The city has begun allowing an AI system to field certain 911 calls, apparently making it the first major U.S. municipality to put a bot directly between emergency callers and human operators.
The idea is largely about volume. New Orleans' emergency communications center receives more than 1,000 calls on a typical day, and officials believe automation can clear some of the clutter while dispatchers concentrate on genuine emergencies.
The technology isn't supposed to take over the entire 911 operation. Instead, it can deal with situations that appear redundant or relatively routine when human operators are tied up. A flood of calls about the same already-reported car accident, for example, could potentially be filtered through the automated system rather than occupying multiple dispatchers.
The Post writes that city officials insist humans remain at the center of the operation. But skeptics say emergency calls are precisely the kind of messy, unpredictable interactions computers may struggle to interpret.
People dialing 911 aren't reading from scripts. They may be terrified, whispering, intoxicated, injured, confused or speaking through heavy background noise. In some situations, callers intentionally conceal what's happening because another person is nearby.
One online critic who identified himself as a former 911 dispatcher called the experiment “the worst idea you could possibly think of,” arguing that experienced operators routinely listen for clues beyond the caller's literal words.
That concern becomes more significant given the continuing reliability problems surrounding conversational AI. Voice models can confidently produce incorrect information, while cybersecurity researchers have shown that specially constructed audio can sometimes manipulate AI systems into behaving in unintended ways.
New Orleans isn't alone in bringing algorithms into emergency services. Atlanta uses AI technology to assist operators in locating callers, while Seattle has used automated tools to help sort medical calls by urgency. The distinction is that New Orleans appears to be going further by allowing AI to actually interact with some people dialing 911.
Officials believe safeguards, human supervision and strict limits on when the system is activated can make the technology useful without handing emergency response over to a machine.
It's an ambitious experiment, although perhaps an uncomfortable one: the next time somebody calls 911 in New Orleans, the first voice answering may not belong to a person at all.
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 18:50 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:25:00 +0000 Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty To Purchasing 91 Firearms
Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty To Purchasing 91 Firearms
Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty To Purchasing 91 Firearms
Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times ,
An illegal immigrant from Mexico has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to purchasing 91 firearms and 40,000 rounds of ammunition.
A sign displaying "No firearms in Mexico" its outside a border entry point in Naco, Ariz., on March 5, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon announced on Aug. 10 that Samuel Rodrigo Melo Santos pleaded guilty to being an alien in possession of a firearm and making false statements in the acquisition of a firearm.
Authorities said Melo Santos illegally entered the United States through Arizona in May 2024 but was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol and deported to Mexico.
He later illegally re-entered at an unknown date and location.
Between May 2024 and July 2025, Melo Santos purchased 91 firearms for $56,448, along with 40,000 rounds of ammunition, for illegal resale, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said one of the firearms was later recovered in Mexico.
"This criminal illegal alien from Mexico pleaded guilty to buying more than 90 guns and 40,000 rounds of ammunition so he could illegally resell them," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement .
"Once his sentence is complete, [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] will remove him from our country."
Melo Santos was arrested by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) on Dec. 16, 2025, before being transferred to U.S. Marshals Service custody.
The investigation was led by ATF, with assistance from ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Judith Harper is prosecuting the case.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 2,227 seizures involving firearms and ammunition have occurred so far in 2026. The agency reported 2,997 such seizures in 2025 and 4,932 in 2024.
In 2026, CBP has intercepted 1,447 handguns and 688 explosives. In 2025, the agency took 2,487 handguns and 473 explosives, compared with 2,299 handguns and 1,816 explosives in 2024.
In February, ATF reported that since Jan. 20, 2025, it had seized 36,277 crime guns and more than 2.3 million rounds of ammunition from prohibited individuals , including gang members and suppliers of transnational criminal organizations.
More than 4,300 of the seized firearms were bound for Mexico for alleged use by violent drug cartels and gangs.
Nearly 650,000 rounds of ammunition were also bound for Mexico - an average of more than 1,600 rounds per day, according to ATF.
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 18:25 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:40:00 +0000 Robocalls Are Increasing In US As Report Lists Worst-Impacted Area Codes
Robocalls Are Increasing In US As Report Lists Worst-Impacted Area Codes
Robocalls Are Increasing In US As Report Lists Worst-Impacted Area Codes
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times ,
A new report found that Americans are continuing to get bombarded by robocalls, with more than 4 billion recorded in July, according to blocking service YouMail.
A smartphone displays the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including Meta AI, Grok, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and ChatGPT, in Saint-Mande, France, on July 15, 2026. Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images There were 4.3 billion robocalls received across the United States last month, said YouMail in a news release.
On average, July saw 139.3 million robocalls per day and 1,612 robocalls per second, which is slightly lower than the 141.8 million robocalls per day, and 1,642 calls per second recorded in June.
Unwanted robocalls also increased by nearly 6 percent in July 2026 as consumers received more than 2.1 billion such calls that month, it said.
According to the report, about 51 percent of robocalls were likely wanted, and 49 percent were likely unwanted.
"Monthly robocall volumes have been slowly creeping upward, and we're more than 15 percent above the lowest levels we saw last October," said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici in a statement , noting "the dangers of scam calls" despite robocall activity being "much lower than historic levels."
YouMail said that the "most problematic robocall campaigns" in July revolved around pre-approved loan officers that claim to inform a consumer that they have qualified for a loan with relatively low monthly payments.
"Hi, this is Cornelius about your recent personal loan inquiry," said an example of a robocall on loans, provided by the company.
"I'm happy to share that you've qualified for up to $45,000 with monthly payments around $575. I want to take a few minutes to go through the details with you and answer any questions before we get the paperwork started."
That campaign, YouMail said, originated from thousands of separate phone numbers and used a "small set of recurring caller names" with different loan amounts, payment terms, and contact numbers.
More than 40 million calls were generated from the campaign last month , according to YouMail.
Consumers, meanwhile, have reported the loan-related calls as likely spam and said they never asked about or applied for a loan.
According to YouMail, area codes in the United States that saw the largest increases in robocalls in July were: area code 346 in Houston, Texas; area code 470 in Atlanta, Georgia; area code 229 in Albany, Georgia; area code 765 in Indianapolis, Indiana; area code 901 in Memphis, Tennessee; area code 812 in Evansville, Indiana; area code 720 in Denver, Colorado; area code 870 in Jonesboro, Arkansas; area code 931 in Clarksville, Tennessee; and area code 254 in Killeen, Texas.
"As with similar campaigns, this appears to be, at a minimum, illegal telemarketing at scale," the company said. "Based on consumer reports and the behavior of the calls, it's likely to be a scam."
Earlier this month, a bill to reduce robocalls passed in the Senate that cracks down on calls originating from outside the United States.
"As foreign robocallers step up their efforts to exploit and prey on vulnerable people, we need to do more to combat this unlawful practice and protect Americans from scams," said Sen. Peter Welch (D-Va.) in a statement.
Consumers can opt into the National Do Not Call Registry, a federal government database that lists phone numbers of people who have requested that telemarketers not contact them.
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 17:40 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:20:00 +0000 US Attorney Makes Rare Move By Convening Special Grand Jury in Washington
US Attorney Makes Rare Move By Convening Special Grand Jury in Washington
D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has taken the rare step of convening a 'special' grand jury in Washington , according to the Read more.....
US Attorney Makes Rare Move By Convening Special Grand Jury in Washington
D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has taken the rare step of convening a 'special' grand jury in Washington , according to the Washington Post .
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro walks outside the White House, September 2, in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP It will be overseen by Steven Vandervelden, a key Pirro lieutenant , the Post said. Vandervelden has run some of the office's most contentious investigations - including the failed probe of then-Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and an inquiry into whether D.C. police tampered with their own crime statistics.
Unlike a regular grand jury, a special grand jury can issue a potentially scathing report on the target of an investigation even when prosecutors ultimately decide there isn't enough evidence to bring charges.
"They are very unusual," said Niki Kuckes, a professor at Roger Williams University. "Sometimes they can issue a report, which a regular grand jury can't do."
"It's a very protective scheme. A majority of the grand jurors have to decide to issue the report," Kuckes added. "And a special grand jury has to be set up to investigate some criminal wrongdoing. You can't just have one to issue a report."
The Post notes:
A special grand jury has several unique characteristics. The 23 members focus only on a single case - or a string of cases that prosecutors present as related - instead of juggling a variety of matters like most grand juries. And a special grand jury's ability to issue a report at the end of an investigation sets it apart.
That report can name specific individuals even if prosecutors do not find enough evidence to bring the people to trial, as long as the report shows that there is a "preponderance of evidence" of wrongdoing. That is a significantly lower standard than the "guilt beyond a reasonable doubt" that is needed to convict someone.
What this one is investigating is not known. Legal experts told the Post there is no known recent precedent for a special grand jury in Washington; they are typically reserved for large jurisdictions where organized crime is presumed, or for major matters like Georgia's 2020 election interference case and the federal Enron probe.
The disclosure lands in the middle of an open feud between Pirro and the president who appointed her.
On July 31, Pirro's office moved to drop felony vandalism charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn , one of four defendants accused in connection with damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Her filing directly contradicted Trump's repeated claim that the pool was vandalized, concluding the damage resulted from a botched installation rushed to completion ahead of the America 250 celebrations. Pirro said her prosecutors had been misled by the Interior Department.
Trump unloaded from the Oval Office on Aug. 3. "The judge was extremely unfriendly to Jeanine, and frankly, I think she choked because the judge was really vicious," he told reporters. "And I guess she choked. I don't know what the hell happened." Minutes later he added that Pirro had "folded like an umbrella."
Judge Todd Edelman formally dismissed the case on Aug. 6. The following day, Trump demanded Pirro "revisit her hastily made decision," posting photos he said showed knife cuts in the pool's liner.
Asked whether Pirro would keep her job, Trump said he had not "made a determination yet."
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 17:20 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000 WHO Defends Childhood Vaccination Schedules After Trump Order
WHO Defends Childhood Vaccination Schedules After Trump Order
WHO Defends Childhood Vaccination Schedules After Trump Order
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times ,
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Aug. 11 defended its immunization guidelines after President Donald Trump issued an order to change the childhood vaccination schedule to space out the shots.
A health worker prepares a vaccine in Texas in a file image. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images On Aug. 10, Trump signed an order to recommend administering the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in three shots during separate visits. The combined MMR shot is commonly given to children, and some states mandate the vaccine for attendance at day care, schools, and summer camps.
Tarik Jasarevic, a spokesperson for the United Nations' health body, referred to the Trump administration's changes during a press briefing on Tuesday, saying that WHO's vaccine recommendations are "based on years of research across the world on how the immune system develops, when a person is most susceptible for a disease and how to keep protection strong."
"This is the advice we give to all countries, and we hope that all countries will use this best scientific evidence that we have," Jasarevic said, adding, "we have to always stress that the science does evolve to make their immunization programs for their citizens."
During Monday's signing event, Trump also called for only 11 key vaccines, and argued that spreading out the shots was critical for a child's health. Children should receive their shots in one year with five separate visits, he added. Previously, the Department of Health and Human Services had recommended 17 vaccines, which was revised down to 11 by the agency earlier this year.
Kush Desai, a Trump spokesperson, told media outlets on Aug. 10 that the president is "one of countless parents who have voiced questions and concerns about the combined MMR vaccine" and said that with the change, parents are provided "more options on timing and frequency for their children" and that this would increase vaccine uptake.
In January, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus (HPV), and varicella (chickenpox).
When the vaccine total was revised, several groups, including the American College of Physicians, sharply criticized the Trump administration's decision.
"Abandoning the U.S. evidence-based process is a dangerous and potentially deadly decision for Americans," said Jason M. Goldman, MD, the head of the American College of Physicians, in a Jan. 5 statement. "The evidence is clear that vaccines prevent deaths, hospitalizations, and spread of disease."
In explaining the decision for Monday's order, which comes as students across the United States will soon be returning to classrooms, Trump wrote that the administration is committed to ensuring that Americans can receive "the best scientifically supported medical advice in the world, as well as to protecting religious liberty and parental authority."
"I am taking further action to reaffirm that it is the policy of the United States that the core childhood vaccine recommendations should be aligned with scientific evidence and best practices from peer, developed countries while preserving access to vaccines currently available to Americans ," he said.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Aug. 11.
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 17:00 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Josh Kushner, Bob Iger Stun Sports World With Record-Shattering $12 Billion Lakers Takeover Deal
Josh Kushner, Bob Iger Stun Sports World With Record-Shattering $12 Billion Lakers Takeover Deal
The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to billionaire venture capitalist Josh Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital, and former Disney CEO
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Josh Kushner, Bob Iger Stun Sports World With Record-Shattering $12 Billion Lakers Takeover Deal
The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to billionaire venture capitalist Josh Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital, and former Disney CEO Bob Iger for a record-breaking $12 billion , according to a new ESPN report .
The sports news website said:
The businessmen were involved in the expansion process in Las Vegas, but in a stunning turn, they pivoted to make an aggressive offer to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter, who had purchased a controlling interest in the team from the Buss family last year for a franchise valuation of approximately $10 billion.
The $12 billion buyout price implies an increase of at least 20% in the Lakers' value in less than a year.
Josh Kushner, the younger brother of Jared Kushner, and Iger released the following statement:
"As lifelong NBA fans, we are deeply honored for the opportunity to become stewards of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most iconic sports franchises in the world. We have immense respect for the leadership and vision of Jerry and Jeanie Buss.
"Our long-term commitment is to build on that foundation, compete at the highest level, and serve this extraordinary team, its fans, and the city of Los Angeles."
TWG Global CEO Mark Walter, who purchased control of the Lakers from the Buss family last year at a valuation of about $10 billion, has a sports holdings portfolio that includes stakes in the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Sparks, Chelsea Football Club, the Professional Women's Hockey League and several auto-racing teams, including Cadillac Formula 1.
"Owning the Los Angeles Lakers has been one of the great honors of my life, an extraordinary investment, but what I will carry with me is the community, the fans, and a city that treats this team as family. I am grateful to Jeanie Buss, the Buss family, the players, and the staff for welcoming me into this chapter. The Lakers belong to Los Angeles, and I have every confidence the best is still ahead," Walter said in a statement.
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 17:00 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:40:00 +0000 Former SPLC Exec Arrested: Accused Of Funneling Donor Money To KKK, Neo-Nazi Informants
Former SPLC Exec Arrested: Accused Of Funneling Donor Money To KKK, Neo-Nazi Informants
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) executive Heidi Beirich was arrested in California on Wednesday under a superseding indictme
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Former SPLC Exec Arrested: Accused Of Funneling Donor Money To KKK, Neo-Nazi Informants
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) executive Heidi Beirich was arrested in California on Wednesday under a superseding indictment in the Justice Department's ongoing case against the organization, according to a CNN report confirmed by federal officials.
Heidi Beirich. What even... Beirich, who directed the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project until 2019, faces three counts: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to conceal money laundering. She was expected to make an initial appearance in Riverside later Wednesday.
"I believe she was part of the effort to open bank accounts in completely fictitious companies' names and make payments to individuals for reasons that were not accurate as described," Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters Wednesday. "This is exactly what we said would happen in a case like this."
At the center of the allegations is an SPLC program that paid informants embedded in extremist organizations the nonprofit publicly monitored and campaigned against. Prosecutors allege Beirich helped oversee those payments and shared a bank account with one of the informants receiving them .
That informant, identified in charging documents as F-9, allegedly infiltrated the neo-Nazi National Alliance. Prosecutors further allege that Beirich was living with him and romantically involved with him while the payments were being made.
Reporting on the June superseding indictment said roughly $140,000 in donor funds moved from the SPLC's operating account into joint accounts held by Beirich and F-9 between 2015 and 2021 . The organization is also alleged to have paid the informant more than $1 million since 2007 .
Other payments under the same program allegedly went to separate recipients. The indictment, for example, describes funds reaching an Imperial Wizard of the United Klans of America - a different individual from the informant with whom Beirich allegedly had a relationship.
According to prosecutors, F-9 also broke into the headquarters of a white supremacist organization and removed approximately 25 boxes of documents . Those materials allegedly became the basis for a 2015 Hatewatch article written by Beirich titled "Chaos at the Compound." A second informant was allegedly paid about $6,000 to take responsibility for the burglary and conceal the identity of the original source.
An attorney for Beirich denied wrongdoing , calling the case meritless and politically motivated and saying she looks forward to presenting her side in court. An SPLC spokesperson had no immediate comment.
The SPLC has contested the government's case from the beginning, arguing that prosecutors are mischaracterizing a long-running intelligence-gathering program designed to monitor violent extremists. Its attorneys have also emphasized that law-enforcement agencies made use of information generated by SPLC informants.
Initial Indictment
A federal grand jury in Montgomery indicted the SPLC on April 21 on 11 counts : six of wire fraud, four of bank fraud, and one of money laundering.
Prosecutors allege the organization funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to at least eight informants associated with groups including the Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, the National Alliance, and the National Socialist Party of America between 2014 and 2023.
According to the indictment, some of those payments were routed through bank accounts opened in the names of fictitious entities such as Rare Books Warehouse and Tech Writers Group.
"The SPLC is manufacturing racism to justify its existence, " Blanche said when the original charges were announced.
The SPLC pleaded not guilty in July and moved to dismiss the indictment, arguing that the prosecution was vindictive and that the administration was retaliating against the organization for identifying and criticizing extremist groups.
On Aug. 7, U.S. District Judge Emily Marks rejected that motion , finding that the SPLC had not demonstrated prosecutorial animus. We covered that ruling here , as well as the unusual timing of an Atlantic story targeting FBI Director Kash Patel three days before the original indictment here .
The FBI severed its relationship with the SPLC in October 2025. In its most recent available filing, the organization reported gross receipts of $339.3 million and assets totaling $822.2 million.
At a June 9 House Judiciary Committee hearing titled "Manufacturing Hate, Part II," witnesses testified that the SPLC's "hate group" designations had been used as screening criteria by payment processors, donor-advised funds, corporate-giving platforms, and web-hosting companies.
In practice, witnesses argued, the SPLC's privately maintained list could carry consequences resembling those of an official government designation, despite there being no formal due-process mechanism for organizations placed on it.
One witness told the committee that his organization lost access to charitable-giving platforms, web hosting, and nonprofit software pricing after appearing on the SPLC's hate map .
Those claims remain witness characterizations rather than judicial findings. But they are now part of the congressional record, and the fact that federal law-enforcement agencies previously relied on intelligence produced by the SPLC is not in dispute.
Beirich left the SPLC in 2019 amid the upheaval that followed the firing of co-founder Morris Dees and the departure of much of the organization's senior leadership . She later co-founded the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, where she continued working as an extremism researcher.
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 16:40 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:20:00 +0000 Two Leftist Fantasies That Collide With Reality
Two Leftist Fantasies That Collide With Reality
Two Leftist Fantasies That Collide With Reality
Authored by Kathleen Dynan via AmericanThinker.com,
Many want to live with fantasies that contradict facts as their reality.
But facts can’t be ignored, and we are not required to accept their fantasies as our truth and reality.
Here are two such fantasies: that a man can become a woman or vice versa, and that Marxism is good for citizens of the country.
Let us examine biology and medical science facts to disprove the first fantasy.
Sex chromosomes are packages of DNA found inside most of our approximately 30 trillion cells that have a nucleus. There are two different kinds of these chromosomes, X and Y. When an egg is fertilized, the egg itself always contributes an X chromosome, while sperm can contribute either an X or a Y. Sex chromosomes are the genetic elements that define a person’s biological sex . Females have XX and males have XY chromosomes. Chromosomes themselves are made up of proteins and DNA that carry our genetic information from cell to cell. In addition to biological gender and the resulting reproductive systems, they determine other physical traits, e.g., eye color.
The reproductive systems of men and women are distinctly different. The male reproductive system mostly exists outside of the body. The external organs include the penis, scrotum and testicles. Internal organs include the vas deferens, prostate and urethra. The male reproductive system is responsible for sexual function and urination. The female reproductive system is a group of organs that enable reproduction, pregnancy, and childbirth. It also produces female sex hormones, including estrogen and progesterone. The system consists of organs and tissues inside the body and some that are visible outside the body.
Medically, it is not possible to transplant reproductive systems into the opposite sex . Drugs and mutilating surgeries change a person’s appearance, but do not change the biological gender.
To dispel a related fantasy, women are physically weaker than men because of a combination of factors rooted in this biology . Women have: less total muscle mass, different muscle fiber profiles, lower testosterone levels, higher essential body fat, and smaller, lighter bones. These differences are significant. In upper body tasks, women produce roughly 56% of the force men do; in the lower body, that figure rises to about 72%. The average gap is real, measurable, and driven by physiology that diverges sharply at puberty.
So, factual biology shows it is impossible for women to successfully compete against the strength of men in physical tasks and sports.
Now, let us look at history to disprove the second fantasy.
The Democratic Socialists of America is claiming Americans’ lives would be better under Marxism. Both socialism and communism are based on the principles of Marxism. The claim is that both are better for citizens than our form of government, a constitutional republic with an economy based on capitalism. But history shows this false claim is just a desperate attempt to seize control of Americans.
They claim Marxism would provide: a classless society; peace for all; and less labor required, meaning more leisure time. They consider the last the true measure of wealth. Capitalism, not any form of Marxism, delivers leisure time. Below are some results of living that fantasy.
Millions more citizens were stripped of all wealth and property, captured, debased and tortured under these governments. If they were able to escape these madmen, citizens fled their homelands .
To date, 11 countries have tried socialism. All have failed.
The sole equality for all was the anguish and suffering of citizens. Only the elites running those governments prospered.
The far left is trying to buy control of us by offering the same eight “free programs” they offered in 2019. These include: Universal Child Care; Guaranteed Income; Reparations to Blacks and Illegals; Affordable Housing; Medicare for All; Student Loan Forgiveness; Free Public College; and a Green New Deal. Their desperate attempt to pretend to have programs for all Americans was and is a sick joke. They can’t ever happen.
In 2019, the total world wealth was estimated to be $360.6 trillion; and the United States’ wealth (assets minus liabilities) at about 29% of that total, $106 trillion. The far left was promising to spend an estimated $81.9 trillion for these “freebies.” That was 77% of our wealth on “free stuff.” Common sense and logic said what facts proved, that none of those would materialize. (2019 Credit Suisse Report) Both wealth and costs have increased in the last 7 years, but that total wealth and costs comparison is still viable.
Unlike Marxist governments, American citizens are represented in our government. Do not let that change in the United States. Marxists can’t improve your life, but history shows they will destroy or end it.
Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 16:20 Close Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:40:00 +0000 Tanker Data Contradicts US Claim That Middle East Oil Flows Have Normalized
Tanker Data Contradicts US Claim That Middle East Oil Flows Have Normalized
Tanker Data Contradicts US Claim That Middle East Oil Flows Have Normalized
By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com
Oil flows from the Middle East have normalized, with Sunday traffic alone above pre-conflict averages, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said on Tuesday in a claim that appears not to be backed by ship-tracking data.
On Tuesday, Secretary Wright posted on X that “Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the U.S. military and our gulf allies, the seven-day average for oil leaving the Strait of Hormuz is currently up to almost 9 million barrels per day.”
He went on to add that “When combined with the additional 5-7 million barrels per day leaving the region via newly upgraded pipelines and export facilities, total oil flows are currently averaging approximately 15 million barrels per day.”
According to the top US energy official, “On Sunday alone, over 20 million barrels left the Arabian gulf region, which is above the pre-conflict average.”
However, analysts and tanker traffic monitoring services cannot fathom how the U.S. Administration has arrived at these numbers, considering that traffic at the Strait of Hormuz is severely constrained , even according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
“We have increased our estimates of Middle East shut-in crude oil production in the coming months compared with our July forecast due to continued severe constraints on Strait of Hormuz transits, which we assume persist through August,” the EIA said on Tuesday in its latest monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
“It is not possible to reconcile the disparity between what we see and what he is quoting,” Matt Smith, director of commodity research at Kpler, told CNN , commenting on Wright’s claim.
Kpler data showed earlier this week that vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz continues to decline as last week’s hopes of negotiations of a U.S.-Iran deal began to fade, yet again.
On Monday, only six commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz in either direction, down from 11 ships in the latest 10-day average, according to shipping data from Kpler cited by Reuters on Tuesday. The number down to just 1 on Wednesday.
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