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1. DK says:
   Tuesday, 21 April 2026 at 05:18

   Should’ve known electing a MAD Magazine parody president would turn US politics into a reality TV freakshow.

   MAGA figures push claims Trump assassination attempt was staged (MSN)

   Prominent MAGA influencers and former allies of Donald Trump are increasingly promoting conspiracy theories that the July 2024 assassination attempt at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally was staged. The theories, lacking evidence, gained traction after ex-counterterrorism official Joe Kent alleged the investigation ended prematurely, prompting speculation from figures like Tim Dillon, Candace Owens, and Ali Alexander. The claims reflect growing fractures in Trump’s base amid policy dissatisfaction and could shape the political narrative heading into future elections.

   Elect a clown, expect a circus.

   Tucker Carlson Apologizes for the Role He Played in Getting Trump Elected (Yahoo)

   As Carlson went on, he admitted that they, along with “millions of people like us,” are “the reason this is happening right now.”

   “So, I do think it’s like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences,” he added. “We’ll be tormented by it for a long time — I will be. And I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people, it was not intentional. That’s all I’ll say.”

   Carlson’s admission came after his brother suggested that those in power should consider utilizing the 25th amendment, which can declare the president incapable of fulfilling their duties.

   Hot air, cuckboi. Apologize to Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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2. charontwo says:
   Tuesday, 21 April 2026 at 05:28

   The surveillance state:

   “ICE glasses”

   Exclusive: ICE Glasses

   Homeland Security is making “smart glasses” to collect intelligence on Americans

   …

   The secret recesses of the government already collect what are literally called “non‑cooperative biometrics,” where the data is captured without a subject’s consent. (The Defense Department sometimes prefers the more euphemistic term “non‑obtrusive biometrics” for collection that is silent, standoff at a distance, or otherwise invisible to the person being recorded.)

   That’s the world of ubiquitous surveillance that the Department of Homeland Security is looking to reproduce here on American soil.

   FBI Director Kash Patel hinted at the enormity of the biometrics effort in a social media post last December saying the Bureau “undertook a project earlier this year to vastly expand our overseas biometrics program,” adding: “We’ve worked with partners across the federal government at @DHSgov @CBP and more … to implement improvements at every level.”

   Then in January, Patel announced that the FBI had “doubled intelligence production at our threat Screening Center” — which maintains the domestic terrorism watchlist — pointing to “sharply increased biometric matches…”

   The ICE Glasses project is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security’s research and development arm, called the Science & Technology Directorate.

   Though Congress has been notified of the project, no members have said anything publicly, including Homeland Security Committee leaders Bennie Thompson, Rand Paul, Andrew Garbarino, and Gary Peters.

   When that federal agent near an ICE protest in Maine said, “We have a nice little database,” he wasn’t kidding. The only joke here is Congress.

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