Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s 12:30 in the afternoon on April 28th, 2025. You’re in Europe, standing in a Madrid train station. The lights go out. The departure boards go dark. Your phone says no service. Across the border in Lisbon, hospitals are switching to backup generators. ATMs freeze. Payment terminals stop working. In under five seconds, the entire Iberian Peninsula has lost power. Tens of millions of people. No power. No warning. Zero idea when it’s coming back. That wasn’t a hurricane. It wasn’t a bomb. It was a cascade—the kind of grid failure engineers and preppers…
A viral claim that the CIA searched consumer DNA databases for alien-human hybrids has pulled one of the military and intelligence community’s strangest Cold War-era programs back into the spotlight: remote viewing, described as psychic spying. The claim, which has circulated through outlets including Vice, NewsNation and the New York Post, centers on Jason Reza Jorjani, a philosopher and author who said on the American Alchemy podcast that Army veteran Lyn Buchanan told him that the CIA had explored 23andMe and Ancestry.com data to identify people with alleged extraterrestrial DNA. The allegation has not been verified through public documents, but…
Over four years ago, Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko allowed longtime ally Russia to use his territory to invade Ukraine. Now officials in Kyiv are warning that Lukashenko could again allow his land to serve as a launchpad for more attacks by the Kremlin’s forces. While Belarus has not contributed troops to battle, Lukashenko has backed President Vladimir Putin’s war effort by hosting Russia’s nuclear weapons and military infrastructure, as well as producing components for Moscow’s military industries. Earlier this month, the countries held joint drills of nuclear forces involving Russian weapons deployed in Belarus. Lukashenko, in power for over…
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday. The capture of Beaufort castle, near the city of Nabatiyeh, came after days of airstrikes and intense fighting in nearby villages where Israeli troops fought Hezbollah members in the rugged area. Its capture marks a major development in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, which began on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran.…
Did California’s restrictive gun laws actually save lives in the recent attack on a San Diego mosque? According to one talking head from the Brady Campaign, the answer is yes, though he doesn’t have any real evidence to back up his claims. Steve Lindley, a former police officer who’s now a senior policy advisor for the anti-gun group, told KPBS that one of the attackers appears to have used a California-compliant Ruger Mini-14; a semi-automatic rifle that lacks the cosmetic features that would otherwise make it an “assault weapon” under California law. Lindley said features such…
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After his life as a Navy SEAL ended, Jonathan “Johnny” Wilson found it difficult to function in society. After deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, his mind racked with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Wilson tried healing his wounds with alcohol. He became increasingly isolated. Even his own family couldn’t understand his pain. He looked fine on the outside but was fighting ongoing turmoil on the inside. “That was one of the most challenging experiences of my life,” Wilson told Military.com. “That’s where I really hit rock bottom. I lost purpose, I lost my team, I lost the passion for the job.”…
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The Air Force presented the Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award to four airmen at the Pentagon on May 26, recognizing them as the service’s top leaders across its officer and enlisted ranks. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, the Air Force chief of staff, hosted the ceremony in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Wolfe also attended the event. The annual award, established in 1981, is named for Capt. Lance P. Sijan, the first and only Air Force Academy graduate to receive the Medal of Honor. Each year, the service selects one senior officer, one junior…
SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assured Pacific allies on Saturday that Washington remained committed to the region, but toned down previous comments calling China a threat. Speaking to a group of world leaders, diplomats and top security officials at the Shangri-La defense conference in Singapore, Hegseth said that the region “has profound implications for U.S. security and prosperity” and that Washington’s priority was to “achieve a lasting and favorable balance of power in the Pacific.” It was his second time addressing the forum, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Last year, he raised the ire…
I understand the allure of ballot initiatives for many people, especially those who believe their causes are popular enough to win with the public but controversial enough that no politician will touch them. A ballot initiative puts the matter before the people and lets them decide, and that’s had some interesting results in various places over the years. The problem I have with them is that they also allow moronic people to potentially screw everyone else in the state over.A prime example of this is a ballot initiative in Oregon that reportedly has enough signatures…
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli combat soldier saw his teammates yelling in celebration, congratulating one another. They had just struck a vehicle of Palestinians driving near the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip, killing everyone inside. The reservist said scenes like this had become common after a fragile ceasefire took effect in October. In the weeks he was stationed in Gaza, he said, he saw soldiers relishing the chance to go after those who crossed — or came close to crossing — the so-called yellow line that divides the strip into Israeli-controlled and Palestinian areas. “It was a…
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Four soldiers assigned to Fort Hood were among 11 men arrested during a recent undercover operation targeting adults accused of attempting to solicit sex from minors online, according to Texas authorities. The arrests resulted from a three-day operation conducted in Bell County by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and several partner agencies. Investigators posed as underage teenagers online and communicated with suspects who allegedly believed they were arranging meetings with children between the ages of 13 and 16. Authorities announced the results of the operation on May 4, with charges varying among the suspects but including online solicitation…
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