The attacks on Elon Musk’s businesses — from X’s cyberattack to violence on Tesla vehicles — indicate a strange feeling that is only increasing. In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay discuss a flurry...
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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:29:57 +0000Since the 1950s, every effort to reduce the size and scope of government has been bulldozed by a political establishment more concerned with furthering its own interests than those of the American people. Between sacred cows and special interest groups,...
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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:55:34 +0000WASHINGTON — “I realized I am a guinea pig,” Forrest Smith said of his transition from male to female at age 19. After five years, Smith detransitioned. He spoke about his personal journey at a briefing on Capitol Hill on...
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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:45:30 +0000Last August in downtown San Francisco, an armed gunman stalked San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall and demanded his watch along with everything he carried. Pearsall refused to comply and in the ensuing struggle took a bullet in the...
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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:45:28 +0000Exactly five years ago, the world was about to end. Normal-looking people were turning door knobs with the help of tissues, greeting family members by bumping elbows instead of shaking hands, and politicians spent the days screaming at us, “Run...
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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:45:27 +0000The Arctic wind carries more than chill — it whispers opportunity. Greenland’s parliamentary election on March 11, 2025, delivered a stunning upset: the pro-business Democrats, led by Jens-Frederik Nielsen, claimed 29.9 percent of the vote, toppling the left-leaning Inuit Ataqatigiit...
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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:45:25 +0000In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay reexamine the mishap that occurred a few weeks ago with the Jeffrey Epstein files that have yet to be released. Melissa and Scott speculate on possible reasons why the...
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Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:45:40 +0000DeepSeek probably should have headlined American news for at least 24 hours when it launched in January — and it probably would have if we hadn’t been a little preoccupied with the political tornado that went through the Oval Office...
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Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:39:22 +0000On Monday, March 10, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that the direct talks between President Donald Trump’s hostage negotiator, Adam Boehler, and the Hamas leadership in Doha last week were a “one-off” situation and “hasn’t borne fruit.”...
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Wed, 12 Mar 2025 02:16:36 +0000“Zelensky’s decision to expose the cream of his army to occupy a piece of vacant wasteland in the world’s largest country, to supposedly strengthen his bargaining power with Putin, could backfire. Russia can now threaten to annihilate his crack troops...
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