“I remember the first time I met Randy Fine when he was a candidate before he barely won Florida’s deep red 6th district seat, as we were being told he might actually lose the seat because the strong Trump district couldn’t relate to him and didn’t like him. He was telling me that he and his wife were looking forward …

Mediaite reports: Pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk faced intense criticism over a social media post reacting to the fatal shooting in a midtown Manhattan office building that left four dead, including an NYPD officer. The alleged gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after turning his rifle on himself. In a series of incendiary posts to social media platform X, formerly …

“Witnesses said the shooter screamed FREE PALESTINE. [This never happened.] Now the media is running to cover up another act of Islamic terrorism by the FREE PALESTINE crowd. October 8th was a missed opportunity to establish moral clarity on a global scale. Now we are all paying the price. “So let me get this straight. A Free Palestine low IQ …

“As NYC reels from an apparent Anti- ISRAEL, anti-Jew TERROR ATTACK that Killed a Police Officer, The would be ‘mayor’ ZORAN Mamdani is Vacationing in UGANDA, AFRICA. (Incidentally one of the most Anti-LGBT countries in the World. What’s up with that Zoran?” – Newsmax host Greg Kelly, who last week declared that “patriot” Jeffrey Epstein was secretly an undercover agent …

The Hill reports: In the immediate hours after at least four people were fatally shot, including an off-duty police officer, after a man carrying a long gun opened fire in Manhattan, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle began taking familiar sides in the gun control debate. On Fox News, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) suggested that gun control laws would …

Axios reports: The trade deal between the U.S. and the European Union could hit the pharmaceutical industry with billions in new costs and ultimately drive up prices and limit access. Drugmakers have been heavily reliant on foreign countries’ manufacturing and raw materials, most of it duty-free. Those free-trade policies are on the way out as the U.S. prepares to impose …

Via press release: Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) initiated a directed investigation into Duke University and the Duke Law Journal for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI). This investigation is based on recent reporting alleging that Duke University (Duke) discriminates on the bases of race, color, and/or …

The Associated Press reports: A man stalked through a Manhattan office tower firing a rifle Monday, killing four people, including a New York City police officer, and wounding a fifth before taking his own life, officials said. The shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone, one of the world’s …

Variety reports: Disney has released the first trailer for director James Cameron’s third “Avatar” movie, titled “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” It’s scheduled to hit theaters on December 19, 2025, three years after “Avatar: The Way of Water.” Just like “The Way of Water” introduced the aquatic Metkayina clan of Pandora, “Fire and Ash” will debut a new group called the …

New York City’s PIX11 reports: Law enforcement is responding to reports of an active shooter at a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan Monday evening, according to sources. Multiple people were reportedly shot on the 32nd floor of the building, sources say. The incident happened in the lobby of Blackstone, according to the Mayor’s office. There is an active shooter situation; the …

The Daily Beast reports: Republican Georgia Congressman Mike Collins launched a Senate bid this week, but the campaign kickoff included one cringeworthy misstep: his campaign misspelled Georgia in one of its videos. The Georgia businessman whose family owns a trucking company was first elected to the House to represent the state’s 10th district in 2022. In the post on July …

Airmail News reports: Tilman Fertitta, the U.S. ambassador to Italy, is yet to move into Villa Taverna. The sumptuous Roman villa—which over the centuries has hosted cardinals, future saints, royal courts, students, and even an army, and since 1933 has served as the residence of the most important diplomat in town—is rumored to have been deemed a dump uninhabitable by …

The New York Times reports: Harvard University has signaled a willingness to meet the Trump administration’s demand to spend as much as $500 million to end its dispute with the White House as talks between the two sides intensify, four people familiar with the negotiations said. According to one of the people, Harvard is reluctant to directly pay the federal …

Axios reports: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim Monday at vaccine makers’ federal liability protections. Kennedy, who has repeatedly pushed the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism and in the past was involved in litigation over patient injury claims, has argued in the past that the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) takes away manufacturers’ incentive to make vaccines …

ABC News reports: The Trump administration has accepted the “unconditional donation” of a luxury jet from Qatar, with no stipulation on what should happen to the aircraft after President Donald Trump leaves office, according to an agreement reviewed by ABC News. The cost of refurbishing the plane is classified, although lawmakers have speculated that it could cost as much as …

ERIC BOLLING: “I’d say Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Brennan, Comey, Clapper — send ’em all to Guantanamo Bay. Lock ’em all up.” RON JOHNSON: “It’s been referred and let’s hope they prosecute.” As has been reported here extensively, Johnson falls for and promotes every bit of QAnon batshittery out there, including that COVID vaccines cause AIDS. Here’s …

“Metadata from raw Epstein prison video shows approximately two minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of the two stitched together clips. The cut starts off at the missing minute. But here’s the thing, it’s like, these guys that are all involved in this are still, they’ve been around for a long time, and they have this mentality that …

The Daily Beast reports: United Airlines has resumed their ‘most hated’ policy of charging solo passengers more. Known as the ‘Single Tax Rule,’ an investigation by Thrifty Traveler found that United Airlines charged single passengers more than those traveling in groups by a price premium of at least 8 percent. The investigation searched for flights for one passenger, and compared …

The Hill reports: A second whistleblower has stepped forward with allegations that Justice Department (DOJ) official Emil Bove worked to defy court orders. Bove, the No. 3 official at President Trump’s DOJ, has been nominated for a lifetime appointment to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals and is awaiting a final vote in the Senate. He’s also been accused by …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him. “He hired help and I said, ‘Don’t ever do that again,’” Trump said. “He stole people …