Feds Grant Nearly $1 Million to Develop Second Amendment History Curriculum

People who have seen video of the U.S. military’s first boat strike in September in the Caribbean Sea said two survivors climbed atop the overturned hull and waved to something overhead. The new detail further complicates the military’s explanations for its actions during the strike.

Episode 5 is live! This week, host @fitzsimon.bsky.social and @nancyklavin.bsky.social, of @rhodeislandcurrent.com, will address the politics surrounding off-shore wind projects. www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/blow... #FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism

As always, more facts will come out about this case.

FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting his girlfriend escort one of her allegedly inebriated friends home after a night of partying in Nashville www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

The Week in Focus is a recap of our top stories, with a new video posting every Friday. 1. Democrats eye flipping Pennsylvania’s Senate. 2. Dozens of cities and states raise the minimum wage, but not in Pa. 3. Pa.'s home care workers are pushing to be included in the next state budget.

Happy frigid Friday, friendos and good morning. Hey you...check out the best song I heard on my commute: Hey, you, out there on the road Always doing what you're told Can you help me?

So much of the money that once went to newspapers now gets siphoned away to fund doomed endeavors like this:

The Supreme Court sided with this dissent:

Is "hell yes" an answer?

BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.

The president pardoned more than 1,000 people who attacked the Capitol and the police protecting it.

NEW: The National Guard shooting suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was shaken by bloodshed with his CIA-trained Zero Unit. In the US, he went into "dark isolation" and disappeared on cross-country drives, a volunteer's emails warned in Jan. 2024. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

President Trump is scheduled to travel around the country in the coming weeks to highlight his economic agenda. The president’s first stop will reportedly be in northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday. From @wdownard.bsky.social

Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:

The Inspector General says some of the Signal messages on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone about strikes in Yemen had been deleted, so "we had to rely in part on the transcript of the chat The Atlantic posted publicly."

Oh man....we are already to Thursday? I'll take it, friendos. Good morning. Here's the best song I heard on my commute to work: "I've been tryin' to do it right (Hey!) I've been livin' a lonely life (Ho!) I've been sleepin' here instead (Hey!) I've been sleepin' in my bed (Ho!)"

The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed on the constitutional rights of its journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military. Read more: nyti.ms/44CRJZY

Exclusive: The four-star admiral in charge of Caribbean operations had concerns about the legality of the boat strikes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked him to retire shortly after they started.

Not on my 2025 Bingo card. But, I'm here for it.

Reminder...he is the Speaker of the House and second in line for the presidency.

NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution. Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors. Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture. www.justice.gov/pardon/media...

News: Pentagon inspector general finds that the classified information Pete Hegseth shared in a Signal chat with @TheAtlantic could have put U.S. forces at risk. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

A good Wednesday morning, friendos. The sun is out. Snow is on the ground. Perfect. Let's get to the best song I heard on my commute to work: "I don't know what the world may need But a V-8 engine's a good start for me I think I'll drive and find a place to be surly"

O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."

The president and defense secretary appear to be leaving Adm. Mitch Bradley holding the bag on the Sept. 2 airstrike. Story w/ Helene Cooper www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

Lead Post reporter on that story Alex Horton served in the infantry in Iraq.

“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

More than 2,000 journalists who have been killed around the world since 1944 are listed white marble stones at the Bayeux War Reporters’ Memorial in Normandy, France. They include Ernie Pyle, Daniel Pearl, Robert Capa, NPR’s David Gilkey and Zabihulla Tamanna.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by Democrats -- including Pennsylvania -- that have not provided data on fraud in the program, Secretary Brooke Rollins told President Donald Trump Tuesday. From @statesnewsroom.com

Buried in a code bill passed with the 2025-26 state budget is a provision giving a single school district $5 million, outside of the typical formulas that are used to distribute funds to Pennsylvania’s school districts. From @iankarbal.bsky.social

A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA). Wall Street Journal: "A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike." www.wsj.com/politics/whi...

Hegseth told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement. The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he sharply disparaged the Geneva and Hague Conventions.

A good snowy Tuesday morning to you, friendos. This classic from @radiohead.wastehq.social will be in my head all day. It's the best song I heard on my commute: "Two jumps in a week I bet you think that's pretty clever Don't you boy?"

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Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well... Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov. We called the auditor. He resigned in August. That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks. 1/

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Back at it, friendos. I hope you had a great holiday weekend. Let's get to the best song I heard on my commute to work: "I got a room at the top of the world tonight I can see everything tonight I got a room where everyone Can have a drink and forget those things That went wrong in their life"

Thus concludes a terrible holiday weekend of football.

Can we all agree Aaron Rogers’ arm is shot?

At least four killed in shooting at child’s birthday party in northern California

Number of states where average gas prices are below $2: Zero. Number of states where average gas prices are anywhere NEAR $2: Zero.

Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation."

$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme 7: Years of his sentence 10,000: Victims of his fraud 1,000: Letters from victims to the court 13: Days he served 1: Pardon from Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

“Her commitment to service, both in our school and in our nation’s military, spoke volumes about her character.” From @westvirginiawatch.com

When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him. As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.

Yep

Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom: We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.

It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card). There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well. The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial www.usni.org/magazines/na...