On April 30, 711, the Islamic conquest of Iberia began. Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad (pictured) landed at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. (The Al-Andalus Umayyad Caliphate eventually supplanted the Visigothic Kingdom.) — April 30, 1864: New York became the first state to charge a hunting license fee. — Today is the birthday of sci-fi novelist Larry Niven (born April 30, 1938). Along with Jerry Pournelle, he co-authored the survivalist classic Lucifer’s Hammer. — Today’s feature is a reader-written piece that was to short to qualify as an entry for Round 124 of the …

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Several months ago, I drove out to a place to hike and bike here in New Mexico. The last four miles of the trip were on a dirt road. Some parts of the road were in such bad shape that it seemed like I was driving over an old-time washboard. I slowed down for those portions of the road, but evidently I didn’t slow down enough, for my car started leaking oil and transmission fluid shortly afterwards. I didn’t hit anything in the dirt road; it was the vibrations from driving over those portions that caused the leaks. These definitely …

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SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, more about mass media bias and censorship. Study Finds Big Tech News Feeds Tilt Heavily Left Over at The European Conservative: Study Finds Big Tech News Feeds Tilt Heavily …

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“Many of the benefits from keeping terrorism fear levels high are obvious. Private corporations suck up massive amounts of Homeland Security cash as long as that fear persists, while government officials in the National Security and Surveillance State can claim unlimited powers and operate with unlimited secrecy and no accountability.” – Glenn Greenwald

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Last week, UCLA law students shouted profanities, held signs with graphic obscenities, and booed a Department of Homeland Security attorney invited to campus to speak […]

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Making the rounds of Harvard graduates is an email from an alumnus of Harvard (the oldest college in America) asking pertinent and penetrating questions, some […]

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For years, a particular story held sway—one that even its original tellers can scarcely defend today: that Donald Trump stood for an American withdrawal from […]

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As part of new reforms, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced the first time an Organ Procurement Organization has been shut down for unsafe practices.

“When you tie in money coming from the state and local level and the political game plan of teacher unions, it's just one giant political machine that is trying to take control of everything,” Staley said.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged to veto a bill that would require food manufacturers to ban several additives in products they sell in the state, which industry officials say will drive up grocery prices.

On Thursday, the U.S. House voted 384-35 in support of an amendment to the Farm Bill, which would modify the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to law to allow the purchase of hot rotisserie chicken for SNAP beneficiaries.

California consistently has had the nation's highest gas average for several years, and that remained the case on Thursday as the entire country deals with spikes in prices during the Mideast conflict.

The Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias concluded that the Biden administration targeted conservative Christian churches for alleged nonprofit violations while ignoring liberal ones.

Reconciliation is a procedural maneuver through which the Senate can advance budget-related legislation with a simple majority and thereby bypass the filibuster threshold.

Administration apologizes "for any lack of clarity" that it "does not discipline students for speech that is protected under the First Amendment," after critic notes it didn't threaten protesters who identified conservatives to harass.

The United Arab Emirates' decision to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is part of a decade-long exodus from the cartel as it loses its control over global energy prices.

The resolution amends the Senate's rules to prohibit lawmakers from entering into “an agreement, contract, or transaction that provides for any purchase, sale, payment or delivery” based on an event’s outcome.

Parlatore accused Crow of purposely distorting his career in the military, where he currently serves as a Commander in the Navy Reserve, and his staff of failing to prepare him with accurate information.

"I have supported protecting birthright citizenship from abuse since the beginning of my tenure in the Senate, when I cosponsored the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011, and now I am proposing an amendment to protect United States citizenship in case the Supreme Court fails to address this issue correctly," he added.

Platner is considered more progressive than Mills and has been endorsed by Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren. He has centered his campaign on affordability for housing and healthcare.