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  • No Q In MLB

    No Q In MLB

    Baseball was not built by committees, consultants, or activist marketing departments. It was built on grass, dirt, rivalries, summer nights, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, hot dogs, scorecards, cold beer, and the crack of the bat. That is why Major League Baseball should be careful before turning uniforms into billboards for social causes. The…

  • The Sacred Strikes Back

    The Sacred Strikes Back

    America keeps talking about revival, but the numbers still tell a colder story: fewer people in the pews, fewer members on the rolls, and too many churches closing their doors. Into that darkened landscape comes Luminiscience, an immersive cathedral production now lighting up Philadelphia’s Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. It does not preach…

  • Captain K’s Ballot Warning

    Captain K’s Ballot Warning

    Captain Seth Keshel came on The Unknown Podcast with Michael Volpe and Richard Luthmann to deliver a blunt warning about 2026: the congressional elections will not be won by slogans, lazy polling narratives, or consultant fundraising panic. They will be won in the ballot trenches. Keshel broke down the House battlefield, the limits of midterm…

  • Wealth Inflation Skyrockets

    Wealth Inflation Skyrockets

    There was a time when “millionaire” sounded mythic, a word that belonged to comic-book mansions, baseball owners, and distant elites. Greg Maresca argues that era is gone. Inflation, home values, retirement accounts, and explosive technology wealth have moved America’s financial goalposts. The SpaceX IPO and Elon Musk’s reported rise into trillionaire territory show just how…

  • Trump’s DOJ is Protecting Comey

    Trump’s DOJ is Protecting Comey

    Richard Luthmann’s Fort Myers FOIA case against the Department of Justice is no ordinary records fight. It asks why the Trump DOJ is protecting the buried paper trail behind James Comey, the 1997 Richard Ortiz murder in Yonkers, and the federal pursuit of John “Johnny T” Tortora. Luthmann says the records could expose whether Comey…

  • Leo Grillo May Die

    Leo Grillo May Die

    Leo Grillo built DELTA Rescue into one of America’s largest no-kill animal sanctuaries, caring for roughly 1,500 dogs, cats, and horses on a ridge above Los Angeles. Now the 77-year-old founder is in federal custody without bail on a single attempted kidnapping charge, despite no criminal record and no conviction. His longtime UCLA cardiologist warns…

  • Democrat Ballot Hypocrisy Exposed

    Democrat Ballot Hypocrisy Exposed

    Election scrutiny is not a conspiracy theory. It is civic hygiene. In 2000, Democrats treated Palm Beach County like a national emergency because Pat Buchanan’s vote total looked wildly wrong under the infamous butterfly ballot. They demanded statistics, litigation, recounts, explanations, and endless media oxygen. Fine. That was fair. But the same standard must apply…

  • Danesh Gives ICE The Roadmap

    Danesh Gives ICE The Roadmap

    Danesh Noshirvan tried to turn Dr. Bryan Mark Rigg’s Arlington, Texas contractor dispute into another viral race smear. But the backlash may now be swallowing the very people Danesh claims to defend. Arlington officials confirmed J&L Utilities had a valid permit for the AT&T-linked job, but lacked required on-site permit verification — the core issue…

  • Danesh and Hannah Noshirvan: Are They Fit To Be Around Children?

    Danesh and Hannah Noshirvan: Are They Fit To Be Around Children?

    Danesh Noshirvan built his brand as a digital hangman, pointing the mob at targets and calling it justice. Now the Fort Myers federal court record has turned the blade back toward him and Hannah. Their own expert reports describe severe psychological damage, PTSD, Complex PTSD, severe anxiety, severe depression, and severe recurrent major depression. The…

  • Judge Hinkle’s Reality Problem

    Judge Hinkle’s Reality Problem

    Judge Robert Hinkle thought he was ending the latest Fed Two skirmish when he called Richard Luthmann’s objection “detached from reality.” Instead, he may have handed Luthmann the next exhibit. After Luthmann’s Two Lees appearance, his conferral emails to Randy Shochet, and Hinkle’s latest order, the Gainesville federal case has become a courtroom-media collision. Jeremy…

No Q In MLB
Baseball was not built by committees, consultants, or activist marketing departments. It …
The Sacred Strikes Back
America keeps talking about revival, but the numbers still tell a colder …
Captain K’s Ballot Warning
Captain Seth Keshel came on The Unknown Podcast with Michael Volpe and …
Wealth Inflation Skyrockets
There was a time when “millionaire” sounded mythic, a word that belonged …
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