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News A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Westeros Gets Better Jokes and Worse Wigs in New A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Trailer One does wonder if there are any named female characters in this series. By Molly Templeton | Published on December 5, 2025 Screenshot: HBO Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: HBO One thing is consistent across Game of Thrones and its spinoffs: the Targaryens are, far more often than not, quite awful. In the latest trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, they are described as “incestuous aliens and tyrants!” I have questions about what “aliens” means in this world, but I will let it stand. Knight, based on the trailers, would really, really like you to know that it is not like those other Game of Thrones series. Yes, there are nobles and swords and probably some treachery, muddy hillsides and an assortment of bad wigs, tyrannical Targaryens and morally questionable knights, but also, there are things resembling jokes. (There’s also joust-cam, which is a bit of an assault on the senses.) Is it possible Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) may have something that resembles a sense of humor to go along with his honor-focused righteousness? Is the small bald child, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), going to keep making gently sly jabs about how desperately Duncan needs a squire? Is it funny to call a hedge knight “like a knight, but sadder”? The jury is still out. Poor Duncan, though. He wishes for some great house to sign him on as a real, official knight, but then there are all these Targaryens about, ruining everything. The prime Targaryen, Prince Aerion Targaryen, is played by Finn Bennett, who was excellent in a very different role on True Detective: Knight Country, and also in Black Doves. His Targaryen has a magnetism that doesn’t make sense, given what we know about this family. Perhaps it’s the hair. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is intended to be a smaller-scale story, largely about common folk, though anyone who has dipped a toe into George R.R. Martin’s source novellas (or the related wikis) knows that isn’t, strictly speaking, entirely true. It takes place a hundred years before Game of Thrones, so you won’t see any familiar faces, but the visual style is much the same. One must have fantastical consistency, after all. Ira Parker, a producer and writer on House of the Dragon, is the showrunner for this journey to knighthood. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres January 18th, 2026, on HBO. [end-mark] The post Westeros Gets Better Jokes and Worse Wigs in New <i>A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms</i> Trailer appeared first on Reactor.

A Virginia man has been arrested and accused of placing pipe bombs outside the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters in the District of Columbia on Jan. 5, 2021.   Neither of the pipe bombs went off, but for nearly five years authorities have searched unsuccessfully for the man responsible for the attempted bombing. It was ultimately “good, diligent police work and prosecutorial work,” that resulted in the man’s arrest, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.   Brian Cole Jr., 30, was arrested at his parent’s home where he lived in Woodbridge, Va. on Thursday. He has been charged with transporting and planting an explosive devise, but more charges could be added, according to Bondi.   “Today’s arrest happened because the Trump administration has made this case a priority,” Bondi said, going on to criticize the Biden administration’s FBI failing to get to the bottom of the case.   Following a nearly 5-year-long investigation, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of placing multiple explosive devices in Washington, D.C., before the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol.More: https://t.co/ki35C1qOT9 pic.twitter.com/4nURpgXCAL— NewsNation (@NewsNation) December 4, 2025 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, and the FBI worked together to look at the evidence, find, and arrest Cole, according to Bondi.   “The investigation into the pipe bombs in Washington, D.C. has been a high priority since Deputy Director [Dan] Bongino and I assumed our roles nine months ago,” FBI Director Kash Patel said Thursday.   “Since that time, our FBI teams have gone back over every fact and every data point looking for new leads—and today’s arrest is the result of that outstanding work,” Patel said.   Evidence Leading to Cole’s Arrest  According to the Justice Department, in 2019 and 2020, “Cole purchased multiple components consistent with those used to manufacture the two [improvised explosive devices] at several retailers in Northern Virginia.”   On the day the pipe bombs were placed at the two locations in Washington, Video surveillance captured the suspect “wearing dark pants, a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark gloves, Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes, and a facemask that obscured the person’s face. The video showed the individual adjusting eyeglasses and carrying a backpack,” according to the DOJ.   On the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, a license place reader captured Cole’s car about half a mile from the location where one of the pipe bombs was placed, and around the same time, cellphone towers picked up communications from Cole’s phone near the RNC and DNC.   A motive in the case has not been announced.   The post How Law Enforcement Tracked Down Man Accused in DC Pipe Bomb Case  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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