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09/06/2026

Embracing Trump and Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr with open arms, the fast food chain has launched a MAHA menu featuring 100% beef tallow fries, cane sugar Coca-Cola, Grade A Wisconsin butter, and A2 whole milk.

This past June, the restaurant introduced 100 percent grass-fed, grass-finished beef burgers nationwide.

As a result, owner Sardar Biglari said in his annual letter to shareholders that the company's financial performance in 2025 was 'the biggest story of the year,' with a 13 percent increase in same-store sales over the past year, and 10.7 percent the year before that.

He chalked much of the success up to the newly created position of 'Chief MAHA Officer' Michael Boes, who stepped into the role to 'restore the original spirit of American fast food.'

With the rollout of the MAHA menu, Boes emphasized the restaurant's dedication to nutritional integrity and ingredient transparency.

'Customers should never have to choose between taste and health, when restaurants commit to both, they serve better food and they build lasting trust,' Boes said in a press release.

The changes are not limited to only food ingredients. The company has also removed microwaves from all of its locations across Michigan, Indiana, Colorado, and so on.

'Quality restaurants don't need microwaves. It is part of our journey to improve food quality and use traditional methods of cooking only. Eat Real Food,' they wrote in a Facebook statement.

An oversized American flag flapping in the wind and free supersize fry upgrades in glittering gold packaging is some of the first sights visitors are greeted with on their arrival.

09/06/2026

England sounds like a swell place to live ..

“A major free speech row erupted last night after it was revealed that more than 60,000 people have been arrested over the past five years for 'communications offences' – some as trivial as viewing disparaging TikTok videos.

The astonishing figure has been described as 'Orwellian', and having a 'chilling effect' in stifling opinions online.

The statistics – to be published in a hard-hitting report this week – also highlight the chaotic implementation of rules on 'malicious' messaging, with some police forces making 14 times more arrests under the powers than others.

The report, by campaign group Big Brother Watch, discloses that at least 62,199 people in the UK have been arrested for such offences over the past half-decade, with 18,510 being charged and 12,292 convicted.

Campaigners say that although a proportion of the arrests will be justifiable – such as intervention to stop threatening messages from abusive partners in domestic violence cases – the scope of the laws has spawned a rash of over-zealous policing of everyday communications.

The report cites the case of West Midlands Police visiting the home of a vulnerable teenage girl to accuse her over a TikTok post containing a teacher's image with negative comments.

They demanded that the girl hand over all her devices and either attend a voluntary interview or face arrest – even though she had not created, shared or commented on the video.

The investigation later concluded with the child formally told that no further action was taken. The force defended their actions on the grounds that they were 'investigating alleged malicious communications offences'.

Writing in today's Mail On Sunday, Toby Young, director of the Free Speech Union, said: 'Why are the authorities spending so much time policing our tweets when they could be policing our streets?

'Shoplifting, mobile phone theft and sexual offences are all on the rise, yet the police seem increasingly obsessed with catching thought criminals.

'The sheer number of people being arrested for online offences, even though only one in five end up being convicted, cannot help but have a chilling effect on free speech.

'People up and down the country daren't say what they think about a whole range of issues for fear they'll get a knock on their door at four in the morning by a couple of plainclothes officers wearing rainbow lanyards.'

Last year, a Hertfordshire couple were arrested after they made complaints about their daughter's primary school on a WhatsApp group chat.

Rosalind Levine and Maxie Allen were held for 11 hours on suspicion of harassment and malicious communications.

They later received £20,000 in damages following a public outcry. “

A major free speech row erupted last night after it was revealed that more than 60,000 people have been arrested over the past five years for 'communications offences'.

09/04/2026

09/04/2026

“Look, Iran does not have control of the strait, and they are in a death spiral,” Bessent said. ”We have control of the strait. The limited kinetic strikes that we did yesterday were to take out radar — some patchwork of Tinker Toy, erector-set radar that they were trying to reconstruct along the banks of the strait. I can’t remember what the number is — I just saw it, but I think we took out about 17 million barrels of crude yesterday. That is not Iranian control of the strait.

Bessent expressed frustration with media accounts about current developments in the military conflict, and not giving an accurate portrayal of events. He criticized the media for publishing what Bessent said were all of Iran’s lies.

“And I will tell you that one of the best allies that the Iranians have on this is the media, because the media immediately publishes all the lies that they say,” Bessent said. “There are no mines in the strait. Two ships did not hit mines. This is Iranian agitprop, and everyone in this audience and every news outlet should be ashamed for publishing that, taking a lying regime at face value.”

The treasury secretary also described Iran as being in a state of panic and fear due to its current economic woes stemming from the war. He said the country is “getting squeezed economically” and predicted the turmoil would lead to the country “turning on each other” to end the crisis.

“And at a point, either the IRGC are going to turn on each other, the people are going to turn on them, or they are going to come to the table and want to do a deal that they can stick with,” Bessent said. “President Trump has said for the past few weeks the reason the MOU failed was they were not ready for a deal. So, we will see when they are ready for a deal.”

Bessent pointed out that Iranian government officials have mentioned economic struggles due to the war, but he claimed the media never reported on it.

“We have seen the president of Iran, the speaker of the parliament in Iran, and the central bank governor, both said last weekend — we didn’t see it reported anywhere — that there are problems in the economy and everybody should be ready for it,” he added. “The supreme leader prepared everyone for that.”

09/02/2026

Abdul El-Sayed in unearthed audio:

"If you want to achieve the American Dream, you should move to Canada"

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09/02/2026

More Than 90% of House Democrats Support Socialism

Only 8 House Democrats joined every House Republican voting yes. That’s down from 86 who voted thumbs down on socialism just a year ago.

09/02/2026

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09/02/2026

When Democratic Representative Adam Smith voted with 103 of his fellow Democrats for a failed measure that would have drawn U.S. support for Israel down to zero, he explained that he had done so under duress.

It was “a very close vote for me,” he wrote. Ultimately, though, he felt that he had been bullied into his “aye.” He decried the “tactics used by the far left” to menace him into submission. Among them, the vandalization of his home, the fires set in his driveway, the harassment of his neighbors, the efforts by agitators to “shut down” his town halls, and even the fact that one of his staffers was “physically assaulted.”

The statement, which should have been accompanied by Smith’s resignation, revealed the degree to which Democrats are being terrorized by their own constituents. Indeed, in Smith’s case, the activists’ goal — terrorization — had been achieved.

Smith’s experience with the activist class was certainly unpleasant. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s was arguably worse.

This summer, Nessel told a roundtable community meeting that she would not be attending the Democratic Party’s nominating convention. It would not be safe, she confessed.

“I don’t want to get chased around. I don’t want to get harassed. I don’t want to get yelled and screamed at. I don’t want to get booed off the stage, irrespective of what I’m saying,” she admitted. “And I believe that if I go, that is what will happen because it’s been happening to me.”

Nessel had experienced what the New York Times called the “excruciating and agonizing” “new reality for Jewish Democrats,” or anyone perceived to be something less than hostile to the Jewish state’s existence. “I rarely, if ever, get threats for being gay or for being a woman,” Nessel told the Times. “They have been fast and furious and nearly always about me being Jewish.”

Well, apparently the threats and abuse have gotten to Nessel. In a particularly unhinged moment in a recent speech, the Michigan AG confessed to wrestling with arguments raised by those who believe she should cease to exist, and she discovered that their case has merit.

Sure, she admitted, the mob had imposed a “stark choice” on Democrats. And she appeared to resent the “members of our own party who seek the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state and place the Jewish diaspora in jeopardy.” But she would nevertheless concede that saving the Jews from the designs of their tormentors is less important than the progressive project.

“We have a moral imperative to place the needs of the world above even our own self-interest and, yes, even our own survival,” she said. What is the preservation of the Jewish people when weighed against the prospect of, for example, catastrophic climate change? “What is defending the historic homeland of our ancestors and demanding that candidates acknowledge its right to exist, if the planet upon which it rests is no longer inhabitable?”

The speech represents a confession that Nessel, too, has been terrorized into submission.

There is no civilizational imperative that is advanced by the oppression (or worse) of its Jewish people. Indeed, the history books are littered with examples of rich, vibrant societies that indulge Jew hatred and subsequently descend into stultification and ruin. To even suggest that the existence of AI or heat-trapping emissions justifies Jewish persecution is a terrifying rationalization that can only be a product of intimidation.

There is no civilizational imperative that is advanced by the oppression (or worse) of its Jewish people.

08/30/2026

“Wars are contests of leverage and endurance. And the contest now looks very different from even a few months ago.

The fourth act

The arc of this six-month conflict has proceeded in four acts. Act One began with intensive airstrikes on February 28 and lasted through six weeks of high-intensity military operations. Act Two began with the April 7 ceasefire and negotiations, culminating with the June 17 MOU signed by Trump and Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Act Three began weeks later when Iran chose once again to target commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to another tit-for-tat military exchange.

These statistics matter because Iran’s ability to sustain the conflict ultimately depends on more than its remaining missile arsenal. Before the war, the Iranian regime confronted unprecedented public pressure against its repressive rule and failing economy. Thousands of Iranians were reportedly killed in the streets.

A better American strategy from the start may have been an economic campaign to support the Iranian people demanding change. The first act of the war — removing most of Iran’s leaders — resulted in consolidation by the Revolutionary Guards and further crackdowns against the majority of Iranians that oppose their rule.

But the Guards require resources to rule by force, and this new fourth act — a military embargo — is something that Iran has never confronted before. Indeed, this is the first time since the 1979 Revolution that Iran has faced a quarantine on its economic lifeline through Hormuz.

Their way out is to stop threatening ships in the Strait and abandon what’s left of its mostly destroyed enrichment program. That’s a deal Trump would accept. Doing either, however, from the vantage point of the Guards would show weakness and threaten their rule.

Iran’s cards

Tehran may seek to fight its way out of this noose. Its strategy through the first three acts was clear: threaten commerce in the Strait, raise energy prices globally and gasoline prices in the US, increase global economic pressure and ultimately force Trump to back down, particularly with midterm elections approaching.

Iran has also targeted the energy infrastructure of the Gulf states and could do so again. Its proxy force in Yemen, the Houthis, have threatened to shut down commerce through the Red Sea with Iranian missiles and drones.

All that would mean resorting to the same tactics from the early acts of the war. Strategically, it has not worked for Iran. The Gulf states are not happy with the war, but most do not support giving in to Iran’s extortionist demands in the Strait. Iran’s attempts to close the Strait with drones and mines are also now — for the first time — failing.

So, I would not discount the risk of an Iranian escalation as the economic pressure builds. But it may not be enough at this stage to reduce that pressure. Trump appears far more committed than Iranian leaders apparently presumed.

Breaking point

Iranian leaders and many Western analysts project immunity to pressure. Iran will never surrender its nuclear program or the Strait of Hormuz. Or its terrorist proxies around the region.

That’s something we all must accept as a fact of life in the Middle East, according to Tehran.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi argued last week that the blockade and sanctions pressure are “bound to fail” just as all other campaigns, he said, had failed to change Iranian policy.

I used to hear the same thing from experts about ISIS, when I was leading the campaign to defeat the group. And Hamas, when negotiating to free the hostages held in Gaza.

In fact, everyone has a breaking point. Iran thought it had found Trump’s. Trump may yet find theirs. It’s too early to call …

But Act Four seems different. The US military has a clear objective as outlined this week by the commander of CENTCOM, Admiral Brad Cooper. It is enforcing the blockade on Iran and facilitating the movement of commercial traffic.

The objective for the US should be similarly well-defined. Iran must abandon claims on the Strait and give up the nuclear enrichment program. Until then, this will be the new status quo.

And that status quo — perhaps for the first time since the war began — now favors Washington, not Tehran.”

08/30/2026

The ease with which she was many things but always felt real came from that porch and pulpit. Combined with good-old American audacity, they propelled a little girl who colored her cheeks with pokeberry juice and sang into a tin can from her Tennessee Mountain Home to the heights of fame. Her whole life, she inhabited both, just as she does in that picture.

There's something special about the way Dolly told and lived her own story, and it gets rarer every day. We live in a culture increasingly interested in digging up trauma, naming it, and even building identities and audiences around it.

There is value in talking about suffering. Dolly went through plenty. But she understood something we are in danger of losing. There is also value in refusing to let suffering become the most interesting thing about you. In an era of trauma farming, Dolly was farming joy and resilience, in moments big and small. (A professional breakup and betrayal by a mentor became the iconic "I Will Always Love You.")
Her father was illiterate, so she built a global library that brought more than 300 million books to millions of families. She couldn't have her own children, so she became a doting aunt to millions of others. My own nephew got a birthday message from her days after her passing to mark his first birthday because he'd joined the Imagination Library.

Julia Roberts tells a story of Parton on the set of 1989's Steel Magnolias, filmed in Louisiana. Every member of the super-powered cast had complained about the heat at some point, but not Dolly. Roberts ribbed her, suggesting it was okay to admit she was hot sitting in the Louisiana heat with a wig on waiting for the director. Dolly told her, "When I was a little girl, I wanted to be famous and I wanted to be rich, and now I'm both those things. I'm not going to complain about it." Whether she was in a log home or on a movie set, Dolly was glad to be there.

There is a portrait of Dolly Parton sitting on the porch of her childhood home. She has one glitzy cowgirl boot propped on an old log. Her yellow-blonde hair, towering a good six inches over her petite frame, is bright against the gray boards of the one-bedroom cabin where her parents raised 12 chil...