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By Ben Smith Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has finally found a source he trusts on artificial intelligence. Naturally, it is artificial intelligence. In a newly released video, Sanders sits down to question Anthropic’s chatbot Claude about the dangers of AI, walking through familiar concerns about privacy, data collection, and political manipulation. All of that is expected. What is not expected is what follows: He begins treating the answers not as generated responses but as something closer to sworn testimony, less like a tool responding to a prompt and more like a witness who just got sworn in without anyone asking too many follow-up questions. And if that sounds strange, that is because it is. Before getting into it, it is worth watching the exchange in full because the delivery carries almost as much weight as the substance. pic.twitter.com/VB7GmLNNC1 — Trackman (@TheeTrackman) March 20, 2026 Sanders opens the conversation like he is chairing a hearing, slow and deliberate, as...

By Tim O'Brien The late Scott Adams had a way of describing a certain group of Democratic operatives and lawmakers that seemed fitting as I watched and rewatched an exchange between Representatives Jim Jordan and Jamie Raskin. Adams said that while all Democrats lie, there is a small group of them who seem to assume the mantle of tier-one fibbers. These are the ones who are capable of saying the most verifiably dishonest things and do so with a straight face that makes it look like even they believe what they are saying.  I believe Jamie Raskin may have been among them (I’m not 100% sure), along with Eric Swalwell, Ilhan Omar, James Clapper, and John Brennan, and perhaps others.  The reason such a group exists, Adams theorized, was that, in order for Democrats and the legacy media to make some of their most outlandish hoaxes stick, they needed a special group of people who can convincingly say something that is completely untrue and just keep repeating it until the public ...

By Jonathan Turley Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kicked out of another restaurant this week. Years ago, I wrote about how Sanders, then the Trump White House spokesperson, was told  to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia . Now, the  Croissanterie Restaurant  in Little Rock, Arkansas, has told the governor to leave because employees said they  felt uncomfortable  having her in the restaurant. One person yelled at her and flipped her off as she left with her friends and security. Sanders went to the restaurant with three other moms for a quick meal. She recounted how she and the other moms were then told to leave: “Last week I was having lunch with two other moms at a restaurant when the owner approached a member of the State Police Executive Protection Detail and said my presence made their employees feel threatened and told us to leave.” She added: “Arkansans are known for their warm hospitality, and while that...

By Bonchie Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese learned a valuable lesson about pandering to Islamists during a recent visit to a mosque in Sydney, with what was supposed to be a box-checking affair quickly getting out of hand.  Following Albanese's denunciations of the Iranian regime, the left-winger must have felt the need to make amends. To do so, he showed up at a mosque to sit on the floor in his socks and parrot Muslim prayers. The Islamists in the crowd weren't as eager to accept his olive branch, though.  Multiple videos showed the moment chaos erupted. At least one person tried to rush the prime minister, with the assumed intent to harm him. The situation deteriorated further from there, with the Islamists chanting "Allahu Akbar" at him and forcing Albanese and his cohorts to flee out a rear entrance before things got more violent. Tony Burke threatened and a scuffle breaks out amid cries of "Allahu Akhbar". pic.twitter.com/RI4YRsIiPu — Da...

By Nick Arama President Donald Trump met with the Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House on Thursday.  Takaichi showed from the outset just how close that relationship is when, instead of doing a traditional handshake greeting upon arriving, she instead rushed enthusiastically to hug Trump. President Trump welcomes the Prime Minister of Japan to the White House 🇺🇸🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/YSisyAedxt — Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) March 19, 2026 That's unusual, particularly for a Japanese leader, and a good sign of the strength they already have in the relationship. One of the reasons they are so simpatico is that they both had a great deal of affection for the late Japanese leader Shinzo Abe.  They had a press opportunity earlier in the day that set social media going because Trump made a joke about keeping the information about the strike on Iran secret when asked by a Japanese reporter. Q: "Why didn't you tell U.S. allies…about the war before attac...

By Shawn Fleetwood ‘This is a real opportunity for the Supreme Court to enforce the rule of law and to bring good election practices at the same time.’ Does Election Day actually mean Election Day? That’s the key issue the U.S. Supreme Court is going to consider when it holds oral arguments in a pivotal elections case next week. Known as  Watson v. RNC , the legal dispute centers around a challenge to a Mississippi law  allowing  election officials to accept mail-in ballots up to five business days after Election Day so long as they are postmarked on or before the day of the contest. The issue of accepting late-arriving ballots has become a  prominent   issue  in elections in recent years, with  more than a dozen  states permitting such a practice. In the case before SCOTUS, the justices will decide whether these state statutes violate existing federal laws that establish an election day for federal races. Speaking with The Federalist, Honest...

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By Ward Clark Everyone who is a fan of videos featuring American aircraft and other military equipment will never fail to identify one distinct sound: The BRRRRT of the 30mm Avenger cannon that is the primary weapon of the A-10 Warthog. This tough, simple, and deucedly effective attack jet has survived every effort to take it out of service. From the Cold War days when someone said, "Hey, I just invented this tank-busting 30mm rotary cannon," and someone else said, "Cool, let's put wings on it," the A-10 has been in service, and in every operation where it's been employed, it's been busting stuff up. No, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Air Force General Caine, informs us that the A-10 is in the air over the Strait of Hormuz, dealing with remaining Iranian speedboats in its accustomed style - with a  hail of 30mm cannon shells . Bbrrrttttttt (video for illustration purposes only) pic.twitter.com/XTCL42js63 — OakLeafDefense (@OakLeafDefense) March 19...