Friday, October 2, 2026

Feds Arrest Department Of Energy Engineer Accused Of Helping Iran-Backed Houthis Build Bombs And Drones

100PercentFedUp   

"Hostile groups also hunt for expertise inside American institutions, where technical access and public trust become powerful weapons in the wrong hands."


"A federal employee entrusted with work inside America’s Department of Energy is now accused of trying to put his technical expertise at the service of an Iran-backed terrorist organization.

"Federal agents arrested a 51-year-old electrical engineer from Richland, Washington, after investigators say he bought materials associated with homemade explosives and drones, traveled into Houthi-controlled Yemen and later advised people he believed were connected to the group.

"The suspect, Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, worked for the Department of Energy. Prosecutors charged him with attempting to provide material support or resources to the Houthis, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.

"The FBI publicly confirmed the arrest and framed the case as a homeland-security operation:" . . .   More.

Report: US brothers accused of funding Hamas through Gaza fundraising scam | The Jerusalem Post   "Two brothers in the US, Abdel Adhami and Omar Adhami, were arrested last month in Louisiana and charged in connection with the plot, NBC wrote." . . . Surprised to know they aren't named Bo and Gus.

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'Clowns are out.' Hegseth lashes out at trans troops, 'beardos' in speech


Hegseth blasts DEI, transgender troops in State of the Force speech

House Dems offer bill to keep transgender troops in the ranks   "Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth lashed out about transgender troops, disparaged diversity initiatives and criticized the news media in a speech to U.S. service members gathered at the Marine Corps Base Quantico.

The address, dubbed the "State of the Force," was promoted by the Pentagon as a chance for Hegseth to lay out his priorities for the coming year. Instead, it largely gave him a chance to air his long-held grievances and concerns about the military's culture. 

"The ideological clowns are out, the patriotic cowboys are in," Hegseth said. "Diversity is not our strength, unity is our strength because that’s all that really matters when the missiles are flying."

Though Hegseth started the address by focusing on culture issues in the military, he announced several modernization initiatives. 

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Here's How 'The New York Times' Reported 9 Historic Attacks

 Babylon Bee

"The New York Times is a staple of the American newspaper industry, which is impressive considering it has a reputation for not reporting news. Its recent treatment of the attempted terrorist hijacking of a FlyDubai jet is only the latest example.

Don't believe us? Let's take a look at how the Times reported 9 historic attacks:" . . . More...

Not the incident that is parodied but the coverage by the press, leading to parody of the "yellow Journalism" of the Times and the press in general, a prime specimen being MSNOW.  TD   Mendacity Writ Large – Mackinac Center


Typical for the Times: Announcing the Winners of the Inaugural Walter Duranty Prize – PJ Media:    


Why does MSNOW choose to be the kind of channel it is and has been since it was MSNBC? 
More at Clash Daily 
"It was a lie so pervasive that Joe Biden used it as the basis of the launch of his campaign. And CNN was at the heart of it. MSNOW and Politico are just as bad."

 "It’s easy to forget about The Potato, as he slides further and further from relevance, but his own words are a useful answer to journos with their knickers in a knot over the latest press pool announcement.

"You will remember that MSNOW, Politico, and CNN from the White House Press pool, after opening it to some of the smaller independent reporters earlier in the year.

"Predictably, Journos are livid. Threat to democracy, yada, yada, yada. Same old drill.

"But should we buy their crocodile tears? Here’s Stelter pontification about White House access back when BIDEN was in the White House…

"The great Maze Moore has pulled receipts, as always:

The President Versus The Mainstream Media... . "It remains to be seen how this dispute will end. Although President Trump signaled his intention to appeal Judge Kelly’s restraining order, which expires on October 8, no formal appeal has been filed yet. The Department of Justice has said that when the judge resumes hearings on whether to issue a longer-term injunction, the administration will defend the ban and challenge long-standing precedents governing White House access. Clearly, the president is in no mood to back down."

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Does AI-Detection Software Work? We Tested 3 Popular Tools.

The Thinking Conservative News       

"Despite high track records for accuracy, these tools shouldn’t replace human judgement, attorneys and tech insiders say.

"Writing generated by artificial intelligence is becoming a familiar headache for publishers, educators, and other professionals amid widespread calls to protect and prioritize human-authored content.

"AI writing detectors have stepped up to the challenge; some tool makers say they can identify human versus AI prose with up to 99 percent accuracy.

"But attorneys say caution is needed. Educators, publishers, and employers using an AI detection score as the basis of their decision-making over questionable writing could face serious legal consequences.

"AI experts—even those who’ve built detection tools—say these services are meant to offer useful clues, but aren’t infallible. In fact, they seem to share a common blind spot.

Putting It to the Test

"Researchers have been evaluating AI detection tools for some time, and studies and experts have emphasized one key point: Humans still need to be part of the assessment process.

"In a 2026 study published in the International Journal for Educational Integrity, researchers wrote, “While detection tools can provide useful initial flags, they should not be used as sole evidence in high-stakes decision-making but should be implemented in a broader evaluation strategy.”

"Studies and experts have also raised concerns about the accuracy of these tools and their potential to flag human writing as AI.

"“A detection result is a signal, not a verdict. It should open an inquiry, never close one,” a spokesperson for GPTZero told The Epoch Times.

"In a professional setting, two things matter more than the detector itself.

"“First, an organization needs a written AI-use policy before it needs a detector. Detection can help enforce a standard; it cannot substitute for having one,” the spokesperson said.

"'Second, look for patterns rather than single instances, and pair detection with process evidence.” . . .  More.    Read Full Article on TheEpochTimes.com

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Can we say too much about terrorism? Let's give it a try, shall we?

 The Hijacking Story Just Got More Insane. Here's The Latest.

"The only thing Palestinians ever invented is plane hijacking."

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Lindsay Clancy's Lawyer Now Claims State Never Proved She Killed Her Three Children

 In a stunning reversal, Lindsay Clancy's attorney asked a judge to acquit her, arguing prosecutors never proved she killed her children. At trial, he didn't dispute it.

 JFeed  

"Clancy, who was left paralyzed from the waist down after her suicide attempt, remains in state custody at a psychiatric hospital."


"Lindsay Clancy's attorney stunned a Massachusetts courtroom Tuesday by arguing that prosecutors never proved she killed her three young children, a dramatic reversal from his defense at her murder trial, where he did not dispute that she took their lives.
"'This entire case is based on speculation," attorney Kevin Reddington told Judge William Sullivan at Plymouth County Superior Court, in the first hearing since Clancy's trial ended in a mistrial on September 4.
"Reddington asked Sullivan, the same judge who presided over the trial, to acquit Clancy of murder. He argued that prosecutors had failed to prove conclusively that she killed the children in 2023, or that she was in her right mind at the time.
"At trial, Reddington did not contest that Clancy killed her children at the family's home in Duxbury in January 2023. His defense rested on the argument that the former labor and delivery nurse was in a state of postpartum psychosis and should not be held criminally responsible.
"Clancy's then-husband and first responders testified that they arrived at the house and found that she had tried to kill herself immediately after killing the children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan.
"Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham called the defense's new argument "laughable," pointing out that Clancy had agreed to certain facts in the state's case.". . .  More.

Clancy Juror Appears To Admit Jurors Used Outside Expertise To Badger Holdout   
"By the jurors’ own account then several of them appeared to have violated jury instructions. The jurors, by their own admission, used their own experience to interpret the evidence and then demeaned and badgered the holdout for refusing to defer to them. The lone male holdout apparently was using only the sworn testimony and evidence introduced in court to make his decision, which is exactly what the judge instructed."    Brianna Lyman

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Ana Kasparian should partner with Joy Reid; they are real pieces of work

'What a SICK Woman': Ana Kasparian Implies FlyDubai Attack Was a False Flag and WOW, That Was Dumb – Twitchy

. . . "The anti-Israel people are so predictable and exhausting." . . .

Flydubai Attacker Said He Failed His Mission and Preferred to Die   . . . "The passengers said the co-pilot shouted "kill me" in English after he was restrained, and that they asked to communicate with him in English because that was the language he used. One said the attacker told them he had failed in his mission and preferred to die. Netanyahu earlier told Fox News that the co-pilot had undergone radical Islamist indoctrination and was suicidal, and that he shouted "kill me, kill me" after he was subdued." . . .

Omani Pilot Should Not Have Been on Flight to Israel, Officials Say   . . . "A Transportation Ministry source told the Jerusalem Post that Flydubai's agreement to operate in Israel requires all pilots flying to the country to come from states that have normalized relations with Israel. Oman does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. "This is a clear breach of the agreement," the source said, adding that the Shin Bet must look into the matter.
Transportation Minister Miri Regev made the same point on the record. She said Flydubai had violated the countries' aviation agreement, which she described as requiring pilots on flights to Israel to be citizens of countries with which Israel maintains diplomatic relations. Regev has demanded that all Flydubai flights to Israel be halted until the incident is fully investigated. She has also asked that Israeli airlines be allowed to resume flights to Dubai under Israeli security screening.The Omani co-pilot, whose name has not been released, had worked for Flydubai for about nine months, according to Israel Hayom." . . .

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Marco Rubio Kicks Iranian Negotiators Out of the US As Talks Stall –

Perhaps some would have preferred the Iranians had dealt with Kamala, Biden, AOC.

Ward Clark   

In the end, Iran has two possible courses of action as far as the USA is concerned: They can deal with the Secretary of State — or they can deal with the Secretary of War. Those are their options, and the clock is ticking

"Iran is not doing itself any favors. Following the UN General Assembly, Iran left a negotiating team led by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi behind in the United States, supposedly to engage Secretary of State Marco Rubio in negotiations. As of Monday, Secretary Rubio has had enough, and, noting that the Iranian delegation had "outstayed their welcome," ordered them out of the country. 

"Now, Iran faces the other side of the coin again.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio abruptly ended talks and ordered the Iranian delegation to leave the U.S. after negotiations stalled, yet again, with no clear sign of a breakthrough more than seven months into the conflict.

And now, President Donald Trump is directly warning Iran it's "possible" he will go harder with strikes in the Middle East after the midterm elections in November and revealed the U.S. military has significantly rebuilt its arsenal in recent months.

The latest messaging from the White House and State Department signals an increasingly strained diplomatic track, after days of negotiations failed to close the gap between Washington and Tehran over the terms of ending the war.

"Here's the thing: Secretary Rubio, as usual, was correct in this action. There is literally no reason to allow these people to remain in the United States. The regime, no matter who it sends to any meeting, is not, will not, and never has negotiated in good faith. They will not keep any agreement struck. They will lie to the American negotiators and they will lie to their own people. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the only way out is through; that the only way we will see a real end to this problem is with the final ending of the Islamic Republic. That's not to say the USA should engage in nation-building; we've seen that show before and know how it ends. But we can engage in nation-wrecking, and leave it to the regular people of Iran to take their own country back." . . .  More.

Trump’s Case for War — ‘By Annihilating Iran, We’ve Created Peace’   

. . . "Public opinion is not currently with him on the war. A CNN poll in late September found 26 percent approve of his handling of Iran, down from 33 percent a month after the fighting began, and a New York Times/Siena survey the same month put approval at 27 percent.

"The White House would do well to develop better messaging as to why the United States remains engaged with Iran. The President has done his part here."

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Democrats cost Chicago $3 billion -

 Philanthropy went with him when Ken Griffin left crime and taxes for Miami. A harbinger of the Failed State Victor Davis Hanson wrote of? Mamdani does not welcome Griffin to New York either

Don Surber

"After he left for Miami and took his company with him, he said, “I’ve lived in a failed city-state. I lived in Chicago for 30-some years. I had two colleagues who had bullets fly through their cars. I had 25 bullet holes in the front of my building where I lived. You can’t live in a city awash with violent crime."


"Yesterday, Carnegie Mellon University announced the gift of $3 billion from hedge fund capitalist Ken Griffin. The school said bluntly, “This investment in CMU is the largest-ever gift by an individual in the history of higher education.”
"A billion will go to CMU’s main campus in Pittsburgh, where Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon made their fortunes and built their higher education institutions, which merged in the 1960s. The other $2 billion will go to the city in the background of the above photo of Mister Griffin.
"It’s not Chicago.
"Chicago is where he made his fortune. Instead the money will go to build a campus in Miami, where he fled to escape the violent crime and corrupt politics of Chicago in 2022.


"Politics is why Chicago has this:"

"But will not have this:"

. . . "Since moving Citadel to South Florida, Griffin has given:

  • $50 million to Baptist Health South Florida, the largest gift in the institution’s history, for research and treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.

  • $50 million to the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, to support groundbreaking cancer research and compassionate care.

  • $25 million to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital to support a new, state-of-the-art surgical tower and advance pediatric patient treatments and care."  More.

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The New Panic Over AI Is Reminiscent of COVID-19 Hysteria

 Victor Davis Hanson  

"Trump, who is a much more skillful diplomat than his globalist critics admit, has instead pursued bilateral negotiations with China over the real dangers both countries face. Those dangers were illustrated recently when an AI hallucination reportedly almost prompted a U.S. attack on a Chinese cargo ship." 


"The midterm elections are six weeks away. 
""Suddenly, a debate has erupted over the existential dangers of artificial intelligence. Jacob Coxon, a little-known Silicon Valley researcher who worked at OpenAI and Anthropic, resigned and went public with a dire warning: AI now threatens the future of the world. 
""Shortly beforehand, news broke of the Hugging Face episode, in which OpenAI’s advanced AI “agents” autonomously hacked another company’s computers. 
"Bedlam followed. 
Weaponizing AI
"Almost on cue, Democrats seized on the alarm as a new cause celebre, accusing President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement of recklessly courting Armageddon. 
"The Left demanded international treaties, ignoring the dismal record of such globalist projects: the League of Nations, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the Washington Naval Treaty, the Versailles Treaty, the Munich Agreement, the Paris Climate Accord, and the U.N. Human Rights Council. 
"Panicky AI executives soon joined the chorus, speaking as though they could neither control their companies nor monitor their own research. 
"'Their conduct casts doubt on this safety rhetoric. Just yesterday came news that Anthropic had built a fully automated, AI-controlled biolab, even though AI-generated plagues are a staple of the doomsday case. OpenAI, meanwhile, is resisting legal liability for harm caused by its products. 
"The familiar political script followed. 
"Democrats in Congress demanded hearings. They are unlikely to use them to ask tech executives or administration officials serious questions. More likely, they will spend their allotted time shouting, wagging their fingers, displaying their ignorance, and spinning wild conspiracy theories. 
"Sen. John Kennedy, who has proposed reasonable AI regulation for years alongside Republicans like Sen. Josh Hawley, recently observed that “the Democrats clearly are trying to politicize this.” 
"The reaction to a June administration decision offered still stronger evidence. Both purportedly worried AI companies and Trump-hating AI-risk advocates objected when the administration barred Anthropic from giving foreign nationals access to its Mythos and Fable 5 models—models whose cybersecurity risks the company itself had publicized. 
"With the trans delirium and the demonization of Immigration and Customs Enforcement losing force, however, the Left apparently needs a new existential crisis to blame on Trump before the midterms. 
"This tactic—never letting a crisis go to waste—is hardly new. " . . . More.

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Talarico Pledges in Video to Use Senate Seat to Fight for Trans Children

 Breitbart  

“James Talarico can’t outrun his own radical record, and this bombshell video proves it,” Cercy said. “Now, even he admits his position ‘hasn’t changed.'”


"Texas Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico told a woman posing as a supporter on Sept. 13 that his position on transgender issues “hasn’t changed,” according to an undercover video clip.
"The recording, captured at Houston’s Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, shows the Democrat responding to a woman who asked whether he would defend her “niece who is trans” and her ability to compete in women’s sports, the Daily Wire reported.
"Talarico assured her he would carry his legislative record into the Senate.
"“Always,” he said. “The way I fought for trans kids in the legislature is how I will fight for them in the U.S. Senate. And my position hasn’t changed.”
"The candidate added that transgender sports eligibility should be handled locally and insisted his approach remained the broadest in the field.
"'I still think these should be local decisions, sport by sport, athlete by athlete, and I think I have the most inclusive policy of any candidate who’s running,” Talarico said. “So I know things are getting clipped and stuff, but my views, my position hasn’t changed.” . . . More...




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New York’s Murderous Jihad Against Red-State Infidels Must Have Consequences UPDATED

In exactly what ways is "Allah Forgiving and Merciful"?

The American Spectator

It’s bad enough that we must tolerate Muslim jihadists in this country. Non-Muslim jihadists, in hijabs or out, are wholly out of bounds.

"I don’t follow New York politics as heavily, perhaps, as I should. I will defend myself by saying I come about my ignorance honestly; my political-observer stomach is reasonably strong, but not strong enough to make me want to spend my days in examination of that sewer. Instead, I spend much of my time observing the local swamp here in Louisiana.

"Which, rank though it may be, is far more decorous and amiable than the Fallen Empire State.

Awkward.
"Because New York is only of passing interest to me, it wasn’t until Wednesday when I found out that Darializa Avila Chevalier, the Dominican perpetual college student (she’s 14 years into her higher-education training and apparently not near completion, and loudly squawks about the debilitating cost of student loans) who is the Democrats’ nominee for New York’s 13th Congressional District, is a Muslim.

"Chevalier converted to Islam several years ago, we’re given to understand, which would make her the first female Muslim convert in Congress. Keith Ellison and Andre Carson, a pair of Nation of Islam types, would be preceding Muslim converts on Capitol Hill.

"This matters because New York is becoming a caliphate of sorts. Certainly given that its principal city is now run by a Twelver Shiite named Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan of Indian descent who seems quite insistent on Islamicizing the Big Apple, this would be true. When the muezzin’s call to prayer rings out at all hours from mosques throughout the city and people walking their dogs are routinely hassled by members of the ummah, with little pushback from the authorities or the general population, there is more than a little dhimmitude to be seen among New Yorkers these days.

"'And if you scoff at that, then perhaps you should venture an explanation for this:

"One bit of evidence that Hochul is serious about her new role as handmaiden of the new Islamic State of New York is her participation in jihad against the infidels. After all, the Qu’ran does tell the Believers:

“Then, when the sacred months have passed, kill the mushrikun wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, establish prayer, and give zakat, then let them go their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.” . . .

 More.

Landmark Lawsuit Pits Sharia Regime Against Constitution   


"On Sept. 17, the American Freedom Law Center filed a landmark lawsuit on behalf of a Dearborn, Michigan, resident, alleging that the Arab-majority Detroit suburb, led by Muslim officials, has promoted Islam and discriminated against and fostered hostility towards Christians and Jews — in violation of the Constitution’s establishment clause.

"The details of the case brought by my courageous colleague, Federalist Senior Legal Correspondent Margot Cleveland, are shocking. She alleges that Dearborn’s leaders have endorsed glitzy Ramadan displays and advertised an iftar dinner with public funds. Conversely, they have allegedly ignored Cleveland’s requests for comparable commemorations for Christian and Jewish holidays and sidestepped concerns over public rallies glorifying jihadism. They have also berated a Christian pastor and fellow constituent. Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud called Pastor Ted Barham a “bigot” and “Islamophobe” who “is not welcome here” when he questioned the city’s renaming of a city street for an avowed Hamas and Hezbollah supporter.

"The complaint cites past instances where courts have found the city to have discriminated against non-Muslims.

Having petitioned her elected leaders to treat all religions equally, only to face stonewalling, Cleveland has taken them to court in defense of her and her neighbors’ sacred rights." . . .

UPDATED: Officials Applaud 96% Decrease in Muslim Migration Under Trump - RVIVR

“We should know who is entering our country, conduct rigorous vetting, and ensure that those admitted are prepared to live peacefully under American law, not replace it with a competing system of government,” he said. “Protecting religious freedom includes protecting Muslims’ right to worship freely, while also insisting that the Constitution and American law remain supreme.”

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