Artificial Intelligence

Time to Pump the Brakes on Artificial Intelligence Finance?

Big Tech needs trillions to fund their AI dream, much of it from insurance companies and pension funds.

Artificial Intelligence dealmaking has surged in 2025 and looks to keep right on going in 2026 on the way to the stupidity where all booms eventually end up.

Deals among the major players have reached around $1 trillion. Nearly every week, tech giants like Oracle, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Nvidia announce multi-billion dollar circular investment deals with AI, large language models, or “chatbot” creators such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, along with data center providers like Coreweave and several smaller firms.

These are circular investments where the tech giants pour billions into AI chatbot companies, which rely on massive data centers and purchase or lease millions of graphic processing units (GPUs), the chips used for AI computing.

Amazingly, the deals closed in 2025 may be just the tip of the iceberg. A recent study by McKinsey & Co. concluded that data centers will require $6.7 trillion worldwide to keep pace with demand for computing power.

What could possibly go wrong?

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Kayleigh McEnany gives Alt-Lib the facts

Kayleigh McEnany goes on EPIC rant defending Pete Hegseth, forces Jessica Tarlov to sit there & TAKE IT

"It's debunked by five sources at the NY Times! Democrats are in search of their next hoax!!"

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Minnesota’s largest political scandal has erupted again, and this time the blast radius reaches Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison.

What began as a $250 million child-nutrition scam has now ballooned into a billion-dollar criminal enterprise built on fake invoices, neglected warnings, and political protection.

New indictments, long prison sentences, and leaked 2021 audio of Ellison promising to “look into” complaints from fraud-linked figures have reignited demands for a full criminal investigation.

Whistleblowers, subpoenas, and public outrage now converge on one question: Did Minnesota’s leaders allow pandemic “compassion” to become a taxpayer-funded feeding frenzy? Sure seems that way. [Roger Stone]

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Trump’s New National Security Strategy

The strategy outlines a more selective American role abroad, elevating domestic resilience and regional dominance over decades of expansive global commitments

Key Takeaways--Here are five major takeaways from the strategy and how they redefine America’s global posture—reshaping U.S. priorities in Europe, China and the Indo-Pacific, Ukraine, the Middle East, and the wider Western Hemisphere:

1.  It is a core interest of the United States to negotiate an expeditious cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, in order to stabilize European economies, prevent unintended escalation or expansion of the war, and reestablish strategic stability with Russia, as well as to enable the post-hostilities reconstruction of Ukraine to enable its survival as a viable state,” the document states.

2.  The United States must be preeminent in the Western Hemisphere as a condition of our security and prosperity—a condition that allows us to assert ourselves confidently where and when we need to in the region,” the strategy states, arguing that U.S. strength at home and abroad depends on securing the hemisphere first.

3.  The document argues that decades of large-scale interventions and state-building efforts delivered little lasting stability and often diverted U.S. resources from higher-priority regions. Going forward, Washington’s approach is defined by a narrower set of objectives: protecting vital waterways, defending key partners, containing terrorism, and preventing adversaries from establishing footholds that threaten global energy security or U.S. interests.

4.  The strategy states that the United States will continue supporting NATO allies, but primarily as a strategic coordinator rather than the continent’s default security guarantor. Instead of relying on U.S. troops and funding, Europe is expected to rebuild its defense capacity, stiffen its borders, and stabilize its politics.

5.  China remains the United States’ chief long-term competitor, it frames the contest as primarily economic rather than military. The document emphasizes restoring supply-chain sovereignty, securing critical technologies, controlling mineral flows, and rebuilding domestic industrial capacity through tariffs and reshoring incentives.

From Conviction to Clemency: A Legal Journey

Judge Boasberg shifts stance on pardoned Jan. 6 defendants

A surprising turn in the legal saga of two Jan. 6 defendants has unfolded in a D.C. courtroom, raising questions about justice and the power of presidential pardons.

According to Fox News, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Wednesday ordered full refunds of restitution payments and fines for Cynthia Ballenger and Christopher Price, two defendants pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year.

This ruling flips a decision made just months ago by the same judge, who had initially denied their request for repayment. It’s a notable shift, reflecting new legal ground after Trump’s sweeping clemency for roughly 1,500 individuals tied to the 2021 Capitol events.

Ballenger and Price faced misdemeanor convictions for their roles on Jan. 6, 2021, with each ordered to pay $570 in restitution and fees. Their cases were under appeal in the D.C. Circuit when Trump’s pardon arrived, altering the trajectory of their legal fight.

Boasberg’s order clarifies that a vacated conviction carries different weight than a standalone pardon.

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You now can call him, Judge Barnett

Barnett served as the elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Palm Beach County from December 2014 until he resigned in April 2023 to focus on his governmental role.

You can now call one former Palm Beach County Commissioner "Your Honor"

Governor Ron DeSantis this week appointed Mike Barnett to the Palm Beach County Court, following a nomination from the Judicial Nominating Commission.

This follows a previous DeSantis appointment of Barnett to the County Commission to fill a seat vacated by Dave Kerner, who left in 2022 to lead the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Barnett, an attorney with the Shiner Law Group up until his judicial appointment, ran unsuccessfully for a full-term on the County Commission last year.

In a statement, he says he is "deeply honored and humbled" by the appointment and looks forward to "upholding the highest standards of integrity, impartiality, and faithfulness to the law."

Barnett has also been appointed by the governor to the Board of Trustees for Palm Beach State College. [By Joel Malkin]

Florida proposes an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights

DeSantis Proposes AI Bill of Rights, Limits on Data Centers

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday introduced a legislative package to regulate artificial intelligence, proposing an AI Bill of Rights, new consumer protections, and limits on the development of hyperscale data centers.

The plan would require companies and government agencies to disclose when AI tools are being used, expand Florida’s restrictions on deepfakes and unauthorized use of a person’s likeness, and impose new privacy, parental-control, and data-security standards.

The package further seeks to prevent utilities from shifting data-center costs onto ratepayers, block government subsidies for large-scale facilities, and give local governments authority to reject new data center developments while imposing environmental and land-use limits.

In the insurance sector, the plan would prevent companies from using AI as the sole basis for denying or adjusting claims. Insurers that use AI tools would be required to disclose how those systems function and submit them for review by state regulators.

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Man robbed after winning lottery

Lake Worth Man wins lottery, then immediately gets robbed in Palm Springs parking lot

"A man from Lake Worth was assaulted and robbed in a parking lot shortly after discovering he had a winning lottery ticket.

The Palm Springs Police Department (PSPD) said on November 17, just before noon in the rear parking lot of Laundry Time at 4360 Lake Worth Road, a 58-year-old victim had bought two scratch-off tickets from La Bodega, a nearby store, and realized one was a winner.

After claiming his winnings, the victim walked back through the same parking lot when he was attacked by a man — later identified as 24-year-old Christian Nasir Nelloms — described as tall, athletic, and wearing a yellow hoodie.

Nelloms allegedly punched the victim several times, pushed him to the ground, and stole a 14K gold Cuban link chain valued at $1,000 and a matching bracelet worth about $1,200, according to the police report.

Police obtained surveillance footage showing the suspect waiting behind the business before the attack. Using facial recognition, investigators identified Nelloms, a Riviera Beach resident. Nelloms was later picked out of a photo lineup by the victim and was arrested for robbery, a second-degree felony."

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Alligator Alcatraz

I was wondering what's going on with Alligator Alcatraz as there has been no recent news--
Here is a video from October--that discounts all the horror stories being reported.

Commissioner McVoy and the environmental groups have held this facility hostage with lawsuits.

There are at least three major lawsuits challenging Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility, filed by immigrant advocates and environmental groups, focusing on issues like state authority, detainee rights (ACLU-led suit), and environmental law violations (Friends of the Everglades/Earthjustice suit), with additional legal challenges by Florida Democrats for access to the site.

Eli Crane SHUTS UP Dan Goldman

Eli Crane goes NUCLEAR on Dan Goldman and former Capitol Police officer Daniel Hughes in a fierce debate over ICE detentions and the escalating rhetoric directed at ICE & DHS agents.

What starts as a heated exchange turns into a full confrontation when the Navy Seal congressman plays a video of LaMonica McIver...

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The media got the headline wrong.

A new report from the National Alliance of Retired and Active Duty FBI Agents was framed as a brutal indictment of Trump’s new Bureau—proof, pundits claimed, that Director Kash Patel and Deputy Dan Bongino were flailing and the harsh report from retired FBI agents criticizes Kash Patel and Dan Bongino's leadership.

But a close reading of the Alliance’s own data tells a different story. The report does not show collapse. It shows a battered institution in the middle of a long-overdue course correction.

Beneath the complaints and bruised egos are eight major, measurable improvements that the press ignored—and they all cut in one direction: reform is working.

The overall picture is not of an unreformable agency sliding further into politicization, but of an agency in the early, turbulent stages of being dragged back toward its proper mission. [Amuse at Substack]

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Tariff Powers Rooted in Solid Law

Bessent expresses confidence in Trump tariff plans even amid challenge before SCOTUS

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just dropped a bombshell at the New York Times DealBook Summit, asserting that the Trump administration’s tariff agenda is unstoppable, the U.S. Supreme Court be damned, as CNBC reports.

At the heart of this story, Bessent confidently predicted that the administration can push forward with its trade policies using existing legal tools, even if a pending Supreme Court ruling on tariff authority goes south.

Let’s rewind to Bessent’s bold stance during his onstage interview, where he laid out a legal roadmap for tariffs that sounds like a conservative’s dream come true. He pointed to the 1962 Trade Act, specifically sections 301, 232, and 122, as giving the president near-unchecked power over import duties.

Section 122, Bessent noted, allows tariff authority for up to 150 days, while the other sections offer broader, less time-bound muscle. This isn’t just posturing; it’s a calculated strategy to keep the pressure on trading partners without tripping over judicial hurdles.

“We can recreate the exact tariff structure with [sections] 301, with 232, with 122,” Bessent declared during the summit interview with host Andrew Ross Sorkin.

Well, that’s a mic drop for anyone fretting over legal setbacks—sounds like the administration’s got a backup plan thicker than a policy wonk’s binder.

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Unpacking a Troubling Journey to Violence

Feds probe potential radicalization of Afghan suspect in DC National Guard shooting

Tragedy struck near the White House on Thanksgiving eve, shaking the nation’s capital with a brutal act of violence that claimed a young soldier’s life.

In a shocking ambush, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, is accused of shooting two National Guard members, killing Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically wounding Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, both from West Virginia, and federal investigators scramble to uncover what drove him to this horrific, radical act after years in the U.S., as the New York Post reports.

Lakanwal first arrived in the United States on Sept. 8, 2021, through the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome program, designed to resettle Afghans following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban. He passed initial security vetting upon entry, with no criminal history to raise red flags.

Later, in April of this year, under the Trump administration, Lakanwal was granted asylum after a second security review found no issues. It’s a bitter pill to swallow—how could someone who worked with the CIA in Afghanistan’s brutal “Zero Unit” paramilitary force slip through such scrutiny? The system seems blind to future intent, no matter how many checks are in place.

Investigators are now digging into Lakanwal’s four years stateside, trying to piece together what radicalized him after his arrival. Authorities note he drove 3,000 miles from Bellingham, Wash., to commit this attack near the White House, shouting “Allahu Akbar!” before opening fire, per a police report.

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What flipped the switch in a man once deemed safe? He settled in Washington State where there are a lot of radicals and Antifa. There is also the Puget Sound John Brown Gun Club: This armed, left-wing group operates in Washington and is associated with the broader Antifa movement, providing firearms training and security at rallies...anti ICE, anti everything.

My guess--he ran into Antifa or some other radical group that tends to hold anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, and anti-state views, that subscribes to a varied range of left-wing ideologies. It's very possible he got radicalized.

Wounded National Guardsman hangs on to life

Wounded Guardsman Gives Thumbs Up, Wiggles Toes

As investigators continue to probe what motivated a man to gun down two West Virginia National Guard members, killing one just blocks from the White House, officials said on Monday that the victim who survived the attack was making positive progress.

The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old married father of five from Bellingham, Washington, allegedly drove cross-country to commit the Thanksgiving eve shooting in the heart of the nation’s capital, officials said.

Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, members of the West Virginia National Guard were "ambushed" while conducting "high visibility patrols" at the time of the attack, according to law enforcement officials. The 20-year-old Beckstrom was killed while the 24-year-old Wolfe was critically injured, authorities said.

During a news conference on Monday afternoon, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Wolfe is in serious condition and is "fighting for his life."

Morrisey revealed "some positive news" about Wolfe's condition, saying that when a nurse asked him to give a thumbs up if he could hear, "he did respond."

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Immigration Judges Fired

Trump Fires 8 NYC Immigration Judges

The Trump administration appeared to be unmoved by a discrimination suit filed Monday by an Ohio judge when later that day it let go eight immigration judges in Manhattan.

The judges who worked out of 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan were terminated, according to an official in the National Association of Immigration Judges.

Earlier Monday, Tania Nemer sued the Justice Department on the grounds she was terminated from her post as an Ohio immigration judge because of her gender, a citizen of Lebanon and was a Democratic candidate for local office.

About 200 immigration judges have resigned or been let go as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s effort to trim inefficiencies and spending by encouraging federal employees to leave their jobs. Roughly 100 of those were fired, the NAIJ official said.

The judges were terminated despite a backlog of 3.4 million immigration cases in the federal system, according to Syracuse University’s TRAC Reports.

The War Department said in September it planned to send 600 military lawyers to serve temporarily as immigration judges — but so far only 25 have gone through the required training and have begun hearing cases, the NAIJ official said.

Just 11 new permanent judges have been installed, despite Congress creating 800 federal immigration judiciary jobs as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

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Admiral Bradley ordered second strike on drug boat

Admiral Bradley Approved 2nd Strike, Not Hegseth

White House officials said Monday that the “double tap” hit targeting survivors of a U.S. strike on a purported drug smuggling vessel in September was legal.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that War Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized Adm. Mitch Bradley to conduct the mission and that Bradley was the one, not Hegseth, who ordered a follow-up strike on a destroyed vessel that had already been targeted by U.S. forces after it became clear that there were two people who survived.

Last week, the Pentagon disputed reporting from the Washington Post that Bradley, the Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack, ordered service members to carry out a subsequent strike, or “double tap,” targeting survivors. That started the campaign to destroy alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

Leavitt said Hegseth did not order the military to kill everyone on board, contradicting reporting that Hegseth made the order to “kill everybody.”

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Tim Walz--Checking what's between his ears

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