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The academy that controls the Oscars on Friday issued new award eligibility requirements around the use of artificial intelligence in film. [TheTopNews] Read More.8 mins ago - Conservative Writer Warns Supreme Court Made It Easier For ‘Smart Racists’ t...
Longtime conservative pundit and New York Times columnist, David French, joined The Fifth Column podcast this week to discuss the recent landmark Supreme Court ruling that voided majority-Black congressional districts in Louisiana. French and the podcast hosts, including Kmele Foster, spoke at length about Louisiana v. Callais, with French arguing at one point “that the basic bottom line of this case is: if you’re a smart racist in the Deep South, you can get away with it now. If you’re a dumb racist in the Deep South, you can’t.” He explained: And here’s what I mean. If you are the dumb racist, you’re gonna say, “We need fewer Black members of the House.” You’ll talk about your racial motivation out loud, and in that case, under this opinion, once you see explicit racial motivation, you can act. But let’s say you’re a super smart racist and you say, “You know, I really don’t want more Black representatives, but because a political gerrymander is totally fine, I’m just gonna tell the court that our desire to diminish Black representation was actually a desire to diminish Democratic representation.” And if you challenge me on this, I’ll say, “Well, look, it’s not my fault that 92% of Black voters vote for Democrats. I’m aiming at Democrats. I’m not aiming at Black voters.” Foster added, “But you don’t even have to be a racist to think that.” French replied, “No, you can also be just a partisan Republican. But then the question is, in the absence of a confession of racism, how do you know the difference? And so the practical result, I think, is going to be that the political gerrymander, even if it almost 100% maps onto race, is going to be acceptable in the absence of a confession of racism. I think that would be the shortest, bottom-line way of analyzing the case.” Foster added, “Gerrymandering is the concern. Why not just go after gerrymandering and institute some sort of national system that actually fixes the problem? Ultimately, the defect of the civil rights program was always to try and enshrine in law these improvements of society that are racially obsessed. That is the mistake.” French agreed, “Lots of people in America are racially obsessed in very negative ways.” “Especially in benevolent ways, in my estimation,” Foster agreed. “Negative and benevolent. Trust me when I say the South, while having… [TheTopNews] Read More.49 mins ago - Joe Rogan Trashes ‘Ridiculous’ Backlash to Kimmel’s Melania Joke: ‘Nobod...Joe Rogan trashed the “ridiculous” backlash to late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about First Lady Melania Trump as he complained that “nobody gave a sh*t” about the skit for days after it aired, until after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting. After an alleged gunman’s failed attempt to storm the dinner to assassinate him on Saturday, President Donald Trump and the First Lady have called on ABC to fire Kimmel for a joke aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on April 23. During the bit, Kimmel had pretended he was emceeing the event, mock-roasting those who’d be in attendance, when he said the First Lady had the glow of an “expectant widow.” On Friday’s episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the guests and Rogan came out in defense of Kimmel, before the host pointed out his issue with the timing of the outrage. “The Kimmel sh*t is annoying, the fighting with Kimmel over the joke,” comedian Mark Normand said. “It’s like, come on, man, stop trying to shut down comedy.” “Ridiculous,” Rogan replied. “Adam Carolla had a really good point. He said that joke on Thursday, on Friday nobody gave a sh*t.” Asked by guest Ari Shaffir what he was talking about, Rogan detailed Kimmel’s bit. “It’s an old guy joke, like he’s going to die soon,” Normand explained. Rogan agreed: “It could be, or an assassination joke if you want to take it that way, but he is old.” “Wait, after the attempt?” Shaffir asked. “Before!” Rogan said. “So it’s on Thursday, and this is Carolla’s point, and it’s a really good point, no one gave a sh*t on Friday. It came out on Thursday, no one cared on Friday, no one cared on Saturday, until Saturday night when there was an assassination attempt and then all of a sudden everyone’s blaming Kimmel.” Shaffir quipped that it was “funny” how the right had now resorted to tactics that he said were typical of the left. “It’s the same sh*t!” Rogan said. “You can call it left or right. It’s the same pattern: control and power.” Watch above via YouTube.The post Joe Rogan Trashes ‘Ridiculous’ Backlash to Kimmel’s Melania Joke: ‘Nobody Gave a Sh*t!’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.51 mins ago
- Bright idea? UK firm pioneers mini data centres using lamppostsThe solar-powered iLamps will have a built-in Nvidia chip but there are questions over their security and scalability. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- ‘Brother, Let’s Go to Bed’: Trump Launches Shock Attack On Ilhan OmarDuring a Friday speech from The Villages in Central Florida, President Donald Trump launched a shock attack against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), repeating unfounded claims that she married her brother to gain entrance into the U.S. from Somalia, and quipping, “Brother, let’s go to bed.” The speech was targeted towards senior citizens, with Trump planning to highlight his “No Tax on Social Security” measure in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. “To further stop Medicaid and Medicare from being looted by criminals and thugs, we’ve launched a war on fraud,” Trump promised. “Look at the wonderful country — it’s a beautiful country, you should try it sometime — Somalia,” he went on, to laughs from the crowd. The president continued: It’s a beautiful place. It’s got no government. It’s got no military. It’s got no anything. It’s got one thing that’s really strong: crime. It’s got a lot of crime. They have no police. All they do is run around shooting each other. It’s filthy dirty — disgusting dirty. It’s a horrible place. They come here, and Ilhan Omar, you ever hear of her? She heads it. And think of it — they have nothing but crime, poverty, pollution. Everything is horrible over there. Nothing good. They say it’s the worst country anywhere in the world, and we’ve got some beauties out there, but it’s the worst. And then she comes here, from Somalia, and she tells us how to run the United States of America. She says, ‘The Constitution gives me certain rights. And I demand that I be given these rights.’ Get the hell out — what a phony. And then she married her brother to come in. I don’t know. I would imagine they’re looking at her. I have nothing to do with it. I would imagine. Of course I have nothing to do — but I believe she married her brother, which is totally illegal. Although it’s a lovely couple, actually, but it’s a little bit illegal. It’s a little bit on the illegal side. ‘Darling, I love you very much.’ ‘Goodnight, brother, let’s go to bed.’ Isn’t she despicable? In reality, Omar and her family fled the civil war in Somalia when she was eight, before spending four years in a refugee camp in Kenya. They arrived in the U.S. in 1995, when Omar was 12 years old. Watch the clip above via… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- NY Times Reveals Eye-Popping Uranium Stockpile Iran Amassed After Trump Pulled O...
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Iran accumulated roughly 11 tons of enriched uranium over the past eight years since President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the 2015 nuclear deal, but much of it is now unaccounted for after recent military strikes. A New York Times investigation released on Friday uses quarterly reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to track the scale of the stockpile, finding Tehran steadily expanded its nuclear capacity after Trump exited the landmark accord in 2018 and reimposed sanctions. At that time, Iran had far less than a single bomb’s worth of enriched uranium under strict limits imposed by the deal. The investigation found this changed rapidly and Tehran first breached caps on low-level enrichment, then escalated to 20% purity in 2021, a threshold widely seen as a critical step toward weapons-grade material. Enrichment climbed further to 60% in the following years, bringing Iran within reach of the 90% level typically required for nuclear arms. Efforts by former President Joe Biden’s administration to revive the deal failed as Iran continued to expand both the size and purity of its stockpile. By 2025, according to the findings, growth had accelerated to its fastest pace since international monitoring began. This changed again in June 2025, when Trump, by then re-elected, launched Operation Midnight Hammer, strikes on key nuclear facilities, including Natanz, Fordow and storage tunnels near Isfahant. Weeks later, Iran halted cooperation with the IAEA, cutting off on-the-ground inspections and leaving much of the stockpile’s status unverified. Some material is believed to be buried under debris from the bombed facilities or stored in hardened underground sites, though this cannot be independently confirmed. While satellite surveillance continues, experts say it is difficult to determine the precise condition or accessibility of the uranium. Officials in the Trump administration have argued that the remaining stockpile is of limited immediate use due to damage inflicted on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. However, according to the report, analysts warn that the possibility of undisclosed enrichment sites cannot be ruled out, particularly near Isfahan, where large portions of the uranium are thought to have been stored.The post NY Times Reveals Eye-Popping Uranium Stockpile Iran Amassed After Trump Pulled Out of Nuke Deal – Now It’s Missing first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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