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  • Election Integrity Matters

    Election Integrity Matters

    Election integrity is no longer a policy debate—it’s a pressure point. As Congress battles over the SAVE America Act, the question isn’t just who votes, but whether Americans still trust the system at all. With overwhelming public support for voter ID and citizenship verification, the disconnect between voters and Washington is widening. Supporters say it’s…

  • Danesh Jumps the Shark Again!

    Danesh Jumps the Shark Again!

    Danesh Noshirvan has gone off the rails — again. In a fiery broadcast, investigative journalist Richard Luthmann and fellow journalist and commentator Joey Camp dismantled Danesh’s latest delusion: that a court-filed OnlyFans image could send everyone to jail — including a federal judge and court clerks. The claim isn’t just wrong. It’s absurd. As lawsuits…

  • Comey Exposed in FOIA Case

    Comey Exposed in FOIA Case

    This isn’t just a lawsuit. It’s a detonation. A federal FOIA case filed in Fort Myers is aiming straight at the legacy of James Comey — and the question that could shatter it: did the former FBI Director weaponize federal power to settle a hometown vendetta? Journalist Richard Luthmann says yes. And he’s demanding the…

  • FBI Investigation Kills 1000 Dogs?

    FBI Investigation Kills 1000 Dogs?

    A federal prosecution in California is raising explosive questions — not just about justice, but about consequences. Leo Grillo, 77, founder of the world’s largest no-kill animal sanctuary, is sitting in jail without bail on an attempted kidnapping charge. Supporters say the case rests on a compromised cooperating witness and a botched FBI operation riddled…

  • Where’s the Beef America?

    Where’s the Beef America?

    America’s old punchline has turned into a grocery-store gut punch. In Greg Maresca’s sharp essay, the famous 1984 cry — “Where’s the beef?” — comes roaring back as a symbol of national decline, shrinking buying power, and a vanishing middle-class standard of living. What used to mock empty promises now describes a supermarket reality where…

  • IACRL Honors Roger Stone

    IACRL Honors Roger Stone

    South Florida’s Italian-American community packed Casa Calabria in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea on March 11, 2026, to celebrate heritage, faith, and political power. The occasion marked the inauguration of the South Florida Chapter of the Italian American Civil Rights League, a revival movement defending Italian-American culture and reputation. The evening honored longtime political strategist Roger Stone, whom many…

  • Days of Infamy

    Days of Infamy

    Forty-three years after the Beirut barracks bombing, Americans still wrestle with the same hard question: How did the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism operate for decades with so little consequence? In “Days of Infamy,” Greg Maresca argues the answer lies in nearly half a century of Western hesitation toward Iran’s revolutionary regime. From the 1979…

  • Federal Content Creator Courtroom

    Federal Content Creator Courtroom

    Two veteran investigative reporters pull back the curtain on one of the internet’s strangest federal lawsuits. In the latest episode of The Unknown Podcast, journalists Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe dissect the bizarre legal battle involving YouTuber Jeremy Hales and a network of critics, commentators, and internet personalities. The case has become a spectacle where…

  • Steve Bannon’s Money Trail with Miles Guo

    Steve Bannon’s Money Trail with Miles Guo

    The spectacular rise and fall of Chinese exile billionaire Miles Guo—also known as Ho Wan Kwok, Guo Wengui, and Brother Seven—is one of the most bizarre financial sagas in modern politics. Guo built a global anti-Chinese Communist Party movement that doubled as a massive fundraising machine. At the center of it stood Steve Bannon, former…

  • Fed 2 Fight Club: Plaintiff-Oriented Litigation And Media Orchestration Plan

    Fed 2 Fight Club: Plaintiff-Oriented Litigation And Media Orchestration Plan

    Investigative journalist Richard Luthmann jumped into the legal firestorm on the “Two Lees in a Pod” podcast with hosts Lisa, Tami, and Robbie Kezsey, breaking down the latest developments in the controversial Jeremy Hales “Fed 2” federal lawsuit. Luthmann explained his joinder to Lisa Lee’s motion asking the court to take judicial notice of Hales’…

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Captain K’s Ballot Warning
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Wealth Inflation Skyrockets
There was a time when “millionaire” sounded mythic, a word that belonged …
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