Here’s something the mainstream media won’t tell you about the mainstream media: its anti-gun bias isn’t just ideological. It’s structural. And it was built by Silicon Valley’s ad machine, not by a shadowy cabal of editorial writers sitting around plotting your disarmament. The Numbers Don’t Lie In 2000, newspapers accounted for roughly 53 percent of U.S. ad spending. By 2020, that number had collapsed to about 5 percent, according to the Congressional Research Service. The revenue didn’t disappear — it moved to Google, Meta, Amazon, and TikTok. The fallout was immediate and severe. More than a third of U.S. newspapers…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: US Says ‘No Ships Made It Past Blockade’ As Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Which Trump Says Could Happen In Two Days Summary CENTCOM: “During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade & 6 merchant vessels complied with direction from US forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,” it said. Diplomacy is not yet dead, as Bloomberg reports Iran is mulling a short-term pause to shipments through the Hormuz Strait. Trump tells NYP talks could happen again in…
Living a stone’s throw from the Connecticut River, sandwiched between a raptor sanctuary and a state forest, I see a lot of different birds and animals. It’s gotten to the point where I spend a lot of time on iNaturalist and Merlin Bird ID, figuring out just what I’m looking at. However, there’s no mistaking what a bald eagle looks like. There’s just the struggle to get a clear and prolonged view of them, as they are highly aware of anything in their surroundings. That said, I do know where my local Baldies live. And they’re most active in the…
This will serve as an initial thoughts and impressions rather than a proper review. At the time of writing this example of the gun only has 150 rounds logged so shooting impressions will be limited. What is the 10-8 Master Class? The Lipsey’s exclusive 10-8 Performance Master Class is the brainchild of legendary 1911 builder and parts manufacturer Hilton Yam of 10-8 Performance. Through a partnership with Lipsey’s and Springfield Armory, the 10-8 Master Class is packed with features made famous on some of Hilton’s iconic Alpha Series custom builds. With some of his full custom builds fetching just short…
The 800-mile Arizona Trail (AZT) is a premier thru-hike. It’s one of only 11 specially designated National Scenic Trails, and hundreds of people complete it every year. Now, however, it will be obstructed, and hikers will be unable to traverse its entire length. Recent border wall construction has blocked access to the final mile of the Arizona Trail (AZT). This is the most recent example in a long-running trend of efforts to increase border security and limit public lands access. What’s Happening Like all thru-hikes, the start and end of the AZT has dedicated termini. Typically, hikers will take the…
There are some people who say stupid things and, in time, you can kind of let them go. Maybe it was ignorance, or maybe they just misspoke, but we kind of give our friends a pass over time. We might still bust their chops over it, because that’s what friends do, but we’re not worked up over it anymore because everyone makes mistakes. However, when someone says something so mind-bogglingly stupid in regard to our civil liberties, including how we don’t actually need them, that should never be laid to rest. And I want to thank…
Home gyms tend to run into the same problems. They take up too much space, they feel incomplete, or they just end up holding laundry. That’s the appeal of a machine like the Speediance Gym Monster 2. It promises a full gym in one compact setup, without the usual spread of racks, benches, dumbbells, and cable attachments that can take over a room while still leaving gaps in your training. I spent several months training with the Gym Monster 2 to see whether it could really deliver on that all-in-one home gym promise. I had really high hopes, to be…
Virginia lawmakers will reconvene on April 22 to debate, approve, or reject Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s proposed amendments to dozens of pieces of legislation, including multiple gun control bills. Some of the governor’s amendments have not yet been made available for public scrutiny, but her recommended changes to the ban on “assault firearms” and “large capacity” magazines has been released… and it looks like the Spanberger is trying to make the gun ban even broader than what anti-gun legislators came up with. Woah! Looks like there’s a small language change that actually makes any semi-auto that has…
IWI US is officially bringing the ARAD 5 to the American market and doing it from a new home base in Tennessee. The rifle, which has already seen use overseas with Israeli military and law enforcement units, is now being produced domestically following IWI’s move to Andersonville, Tennessee. At its core, the ARAD 5 is built as a modern hybrid platform, blending familiar M4-style ergonomics with a different operating system under the hood. The biggest shift? It’s not direct impingement. Instead, the ARAD 5 runs a short-stroke piston system, paired with a two-position adjustable gas setup designed to handle both…
Prepare for much more pain at the pump. The United States has started its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Ships are now all barred from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz by the U.S. Navy. The U.S. says that it is attempting to ratchet up pressure on Iran to reopen the key oil route after peace negotiations collapsed. The U.S. and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, which Tehran says the U.S., via Israel, has already violated. Trump Threatens to Blockade The Strait of Hormuz “We can’t let a country blackmail or extort the world, because that’s what they’re…
Taurus is stepping into a new lane. The company just dropped the RPC, its first dedicated entry into the 9mm PDW (personal defense weapon) category, and it’s clearly aimed at shooters who want something compact but still configurable. At a glance, the RPC checks a lot of familiar boxes for this space. You’ve got a 4.5-inch threaded barrel, a full-length Picatinny rail up top, and an M-LOK handguard for adding lights, grips, or whatever else fits your setup. It feeds from 32-round 9mm magazines, which puts it right in line with other PDW-style platforms built for capacity and control. But…
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.Those are the words. Any fair reading of this should make it abundantly clear that the Founding Fathers saw the right to keep and bear arms as belonging to the people. This is the basis of the argument that the Second Amendment protects an individual right. Well, that and the fact that literally every other part of the Constitution that protects a right protects an individual right, and when it applies to the…
RALEIGH, N.C. — An Army veteran accused of revealing classified information about an elite commando unit — members’ names, tactics and a unit alias among them — to a journalist and on social media will be released awaiting a possible trial, a judge ruled Monday.Courtney Williams, 40, who is charged with four counts of communicating and disclosing national defense information about a “special military unit” at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after working for it as a civilian, appeared in federal court in Raleigh.U.S. Magistrate Judge Brian Meyers agreed to release Williams, who was arrested last week and wore a striped…
This article was originally published by George Ford Smith at The Mises Institute. Teddy Roosevelt would be so pleased if he could see the world today, with a US military presence virtually everywhere on the planet. The current savagery with Iran is only the headline conflict—having displaced the proxy missions in Ukraine and Gaza—but many more are quietly underway or waiting in the wings. No declaration of war, of course, since declarations require Congress to act in accordance with a set of rules nobody can agree on. In war, according to Sun Tzu, if the goal is victory, the only rule is winning as quickly as…
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger chose not to sign a sweeping gun and magazine ban into law on Monday, instead opting to send the legislation and several other gun control bills back to the General Assembly with proposed amendments. If those amendments are adopted by the Democrat majority in the House and Senate bills will still take effect on July 1, 2026, but the move gives Spanberger and Democrats the opportunity to avoid headlines like “Governor Bans Guns” a week before a statewide referendum on redistricting that could give Dems a 10-1 advantage in Virginia’s congressional representation. …
Surviving a tough event—whether it was a physical and mental struggle, even a sudden job loss, a health scare, or something bigger—is only the first part. The real victory comes afterward, when you put yourself back together in a way that leaves you stronger and more capable than before. I’ve been through my share of tough spots, physically and mentally banged up from deployments where things got hectic, to personal losses that flattened me like a steamroller. I’ve been fired, lost friends and family, failed to save the lives of others, been injured and medevaced, and dealt with the long-term…
World War II veteran Glenn Fisher has lived a long, rewarding life. He’s set to turn 100 later this year. However, something very important is missing – the Purple Heart Fisher he earned 80 years ago. Fighting with the Army along Europe’s Rhine River in 1945, Fisher was struck by shrapnel, with a piece breaking off and staying in his body for decades. Wounded in combat, Fisher figured he would receive his Purple Heart sometime after World War II. It never arrived. Fisher applied for the medal about 45 years ago but never received a response from government officials. He made another…
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A weekend fundraiser raised hundreds of dollars to support veterans, high school students, and to help bring home the remains of a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier originally from Rochester, Minnesota, who was killed in the Vietnam War in 1971.The Military Order of the Purple Heart Lloyd Swenson Chapter 7110 and the POW/MIA Riders Association of Rochester hosted the ‘Heroes Among Us” fundraiser on April 10 at the Rochester VFW club. A silent auction, a LIVE auction and a 50/50 raffle were held along with hors d’oeuvres and refreshments to raise money for veterans in need, fund scholarships for graduating high school…
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