Associated Press changes categories from Left to Lean Left, but there's more to the story.

So often, people place time limits on their ability to change their lives as they age. The truth is, reboots can happen all the way until the end. Whether it’s finding new love in your 90s or starting a new business in your 50s, anything is possible regardless of age. Helping to illustrate this is a 59-year-old man named Richard. In a Reel posted to Facebook, he was asked the following question by William Rossy, who goes by Sprouht on social media: “What is the one thing that you put a lot of importance on when you were younger, and as you got older, you realized wasn’t actually that important?” Richard pauses for a few seconds, truly taking in the question. His answers are thoughtful and concise. In retrospect, while there were things he wished he had changed earlier, he found it was never too late. Rossy explains that Richard is about as “low-key” as they come, offering advice that could easily help everyday people. He writes in the clip’s description: “Richard spent decades working a day job, retired in his 50s, and started his own business shortly thereafter. He went from living in poverty to making ends meet, raising a family, going through a divorce, and finally finding happiness with his current wife plus a side business that he built fully online.” Mistakes, regrets, and secrets Rossy introduces the viewer to the central premise of the video: “I’ll be asking a 59-year-old about biggest mistakes, most painful regrets, and secrets to living a more fulfilling life.” He also reiterates that while many guests on his show tend to be high-profile, Richard isn’t: “He’s a small-town guy who worked a corporate job for decades, decided to retire a few years ago, and soon after realized he needed to do a little bit more to live out the rest of his life on his own terms. And he did.” Richard, after being asked what it feels like to be 59, shares that “it’s a lot of life behind me. But I like to look forward rather than back.” As he approaches his 60th trip around the sun, Richard notes that “it’s just a number” and that, fittingly, his new business is called “Kid for Life,” which reflects what he wants for his customers. Positive mindset But how did Richard arrive at the life he now leads? It started with a positive mindset. “Every single day you get out of bed, you can choose to get out on the left side or the right side. And I choose to get out on the right side. I think it’s a choice,” he says. “I think things in life happen to people that bring them down and put them into a negative mindset. But I think every single day, it’s a choice how you want to proceed with the day.” Richard describes a simple childhood filled with love and freedom. But that doesn’t mean those things can’t still exist today. “I think a lot of older people get this jaded view that things are getting worse,” he says. “I think in a lot of ways, things are getting better. The technology we have, a lot of older people get scared by it. I like it. I like embracing it and learning about it.” His parents gave him invaluable advice as a child that later helped him reinvent his life: “They said you could do anything if you put your mind to it. They raised a household with a lot of love and they worked hard for all of us. And that actually passed down to my brother and my sister and me.” “Just don’t get stuck” He encourages even those who didn’t have as inspiring an upbringing as he did. “Work hard at it. Just don’t get stuck, or get ‘unstuck’ from what you’re doing,” he says. “For anybody to be stuck in a job they don’t like, I would just say go looking for something that you do love. And you love to do it, day in and day out, and it’s no longer work when you do that.” Richard did this for himself. He explains that because of his math skills, he settled into a successful career as an actuary. But when he retired, he didn’t feel he had fully accomplished his dreams. “I always had a dream of starting my own business. And so I did!” he says. “Honestly, if I had to do it all over again, I probably would have quit and started my own business a little sooner. It takes courage to do it. And looking back, I would say I didn’t have the courage to just up and quit and start my own business.” So Richard took the bull by the horns. He wanted to travel and work for himself, so he made a career out of it: “My wife and I had the goal of traveling, and have been blessed to do a lot of that. And when we’d come back, we’d create designs on T-shirts. And the beautiful thing about it is we could take that business anywhere. We sell mainly through Etsy. Our store is called ‘Kid for Life Designs.’” “Humility file” He jokes that when he looks back at the T-shirt designs, he isn’t impressed, but that didn’t stop him from pushing onward: “They were just downright terrible. I call it my ‘humility file.’ Whenever I’m feeling too good about myself, I go back to that folder. If you’re not selling something you’re passionate about, it’s not gonna work.” When Rossy asks if that mantra applies to life in general, Richard believes it absolutely does: “I live by a principle to make other people happy. I mean that’s pretty fulfilling. For them and for me. I was so lucky and blessed to have the support of my wife and my family through it all. No one ever told me I couldn’t do it. I think that’s a nice thing when you’ve surrounded yourself with people who aren’t negative. To me, a person can work hard, but there’s no such thing as a self-made man or self-made woman. It takes a community. It takes a lot of love and support.” It’s here that Rossy asks what differentiates Richard’s first marriage from his second. Richard places much of the responsibility on himself: “A lot of it falls on me. When you’re young, I think you have a lot of pride. You have a lot of selfishness that you carry around with you. As I look back, I wouldn’t have been as prideful and as selfish. And we all carry that around our whole lives. We have one person to live with for sure, and that’s us. As you get older, I think you work through some of that stuff. You look for ways as you wake up every morning to give a little to your spouse and your family, as opposed to ‘What am I gonna do for me today?’” View this post on Instagram “Love is a choice” When asked to define love, as Rossy often does, Richard is clear: “Love is a choice that you make every single day. It’s not a feeling. It’s not an emotion. I think the world, the secular view of that, is that it is. But every single day, I choose the way I want to treat somebody. With love and kindness…or not.” When asked what he placed importance on when he was younger that now seems less important, Richard says, “I think everybody worries about what people think of them. And as you get older, you do care less about that. It doesn’t have as big of an impact on you.” While he admits that it’s usually impossible not to care about what some people think, he adds that it’s important to differentiate what truly matters: “When you’re younger, I think you care about what the wrong people think.” Rossy asks Richard to read aloud the one piece of life advice he had written earlier in a journaling session. He reads: “Look forward in life, not backward. And stay positive. When you look back, you overanalyze. You spend too much time thinking about the past. Throw yourself into what you’re passionate about. Do that day in and day out, and all of a sudden, that past is history. It gets lost.” Starting over It’s that mindset that can make it possible for nearly anyone to make even slight changes as they age. In the piece “How to Start Life Over at 50,” Maggie Wooll notes, “It’s important to remember that starting over in life will look different for everyone depending on their situation. You may be embarking on a new career path while a friend of yours is packing to move to a new continent.” Self-reflection, honesty about regrets, journaling, meditating, and taking a good, hard look at your finances are among the suggestions she makes for changing your life. She emphasizes that even small changes matter: “You can’t reach a new destination without a road map. To create a new life, you’ll need to build new habits. Developing healthy habits, like managing new job anxiety with more exercise or making plans with your family to unwind in your free time, will help you stay on your planned course. Identify your passions, strengths, and weaknesses and how they might fit into a new routine. Befriend people doing what you want to do, and look for job opportunities that match your skills and desired lifestyle. Bask in the challenges ahead because they are what makes life thrilling.” The post ‘Small-town guy’ shares how he was able to reboot his life, even in his late 50s appeared first on Upworthy.

Modern selfies are often met with eye rolls, despite how ubiquitous they are on social media. Context can make a difference in how people see them, of course. A selfie taken in front of a major landmark or beautiful vista might feel different to people than a photo or video in front of a mirror on a good hair day, for instance. However, the idea that someone would want to share themselves (or see others) grooming may not be as much a sign of the times as people think. Russian painter Zinaida Serebriakova’s 1909 self-portrait, titled “At the Dressing Table,” almost looks like it could have been painted today. In the painting, Serebriakova sits in front of a mirror at a vanity table filled with bottles, jewelry, and a cushion holding hat pins. Serebriakova looks directly at herself in the mirror, smiling while brushing out her long brown hair with a black comb. She wears an undergarment that is slipping off of one shoulder, giving an air of casual intimacy. Her slight eyebrow raise almost feels flirtatious. At the Dressing Table by Zinaida Serebriakova, 1909 (Public Domain) What’s the difference between a self-portrait and a selfie? Seeing Serebriakova’s self-portrait does beg the question, what’s the difference between this and someone doing a bathroom selfie or “get ready with me” video? Clearly, it takes more time and specific skill to paint than to take a photo with a smartphone, but is that the only difference? In the opinion of Arpad Kovacs, associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the Getty Museum, the selfie and self-portrait is largely a matter of replaceability and disposability, as well as careful decision-making. As he told Annelisa Stephan when asked about the difference: “The self-portrait and the selfie are two separate, though at times overlapping, efforts at establishing and embellishing a definition of one’s self. @abbieherbert Can u tell I’m really sick? Ugh this was hard #newtrend #fyp #photogenic #model #selfie #pose #trend #viral #foryou #surprise #blackandwhite #4u #fy ♬ Wrap Me In Plastic (Slowed Down Version) – CHROMANCE & Marcus Layton “Qualities like medium specificity, deeply rooted histories, and traditions (or lack thereof) that define these efforts only superficially differentiate the two. What has greater weight is the selfie’s inherently replaceable and even disposable quality. If after taking a picture of oneself the results are unsatisfactory, it is easily forgotten and replaced by a new picture. “The self-portrait, whether it is a carefully composed study or created in haste, often contains more decisions than could be easily erased. Calling a self-portrait by Rembrandt a selfie is not only anachronistic, it also negates the carefully calculated set of decisions that created the rendering.” A selfie can be a self-portrait, but not all self-portraits are selfies Kovacs pointed out that an artist could use a selfie as a self-portrait, but that doesn’t mean all self-portraits would be considered selfies. Professor Tim Gorichanaz wrote his dissertation on self-documentation, and found that the academic research offers some specific qualities of selfies: do not require strong technical skills emphasize the present moment emphasize external appearances manifest a networked sense of self are rooted in sharing, communication and consumerism may be motivated by narcissism and exhibitionism Jackie Kennedy, John F Kennedy, and Ethel Kennedy taking a mirror selfie with a 35mm camera- 1954 pic.twitter.com/uqiiHxVGtP— Things From the Past (@pastarchive) May 20, 2026 Historically, self-portraits possess the opposite qualities across the board, Gorichanaz argues. When a selfie does not match the qualities listed, it would more likely be considered a genuine self-portrait. (After all, photography is a genuine medium for self-portraits.) It seems clear that Serebriakova’s “At the Dressing Table” is a self-portrait with the feel of a modern selfie. Why ‘At the Dressing Table’ feels like a 100-year-old selfie People in the comments of a video about the painting from ArtDeco share that sentiment: “It’s so fascinating how a painting made in 1909 can look like it was painted yesterday. It literally looks like and has the feel of Instagram!” “I wonder if it’s the first get ready with me painting.” “‘It almost feels photographic’ this right here is why the painting feels like it was made yesterday and feels so striking. It doesn’t even feel like just a photo. It’s a particular style of photo, very personal, very carefree, and completely comfortable. Which only became particularly widespread with the proliferation of digital photography and phone cameras. It doesn’t just feel like a photo, it feels like a photo taken right now.” ArtDeco shared more about the painting and Serebriakova’s career and personal life in the video below. Selfie or self-portrait, the artist was definitely ahead of her time. The post Intriguing 1909 painting blurs the lines between old-timey self-portrait and modern selfie appeared first on Upworthy.

One of the most famous voices on the planet has had one heck of a career. Sir David Attenborough has been creating and narrating wildlife films and documentaries for longer than most people have been alive. His first gig, on the BBC’s Zoo Quest, took place in the early 1950s. Attenborough is now 100 years old and still going strong. His latest film, A Gorilla Story, premiered on Netflix in April 2026. Meanwhile, in his career he has won multiple Emmys and been knighted by the Queen (twice). He’s racked up dozens of honorary degrees from British universities, has multiple species of wildlife named after him, and even holds a Guinness World Record. Simply put, he has very little left to achieve, and nothing to prove. And yet, he shows no signs of slowing down. Attenborough creates perfect full-circle moment—but is not ready to call it a career A Gorilla Story is a deeply personal documentary about a family of gorillas descended from one of the first baby gorillas Attenborough ever met. In the film, Attenborough is not just the narrator and guide; he’s one of the main characters. He gets emotional at times as he reflects on one of the most profound moments of his career: meeting little Pablo the gorilla 50-some years ago. The documentary is his most personal and intimate to date as he shares his personal investment in the family of great apes. Many viewers and fans assumed that, due to his age and his choice to finally tell this intensely personal and meaningful story, that Attenborough was signaling his intent to step away. That, perhaps, A Gorilla Story would be his final film. Attenborough had other ideas. BBC just recently announced that the legendary narrator and conservationist will return to narrate the upcoming special, Blue Planet III. Attenborough says the natural world is what makes life worth living Centenarians like Attenborough are a rare breed. Only about one in 5,000 people in the United States is age 100 or older. It’s even rarer to find a centenarian who still works regularly. Doing so requires incredible passion and dedication. To Attenborough, though, it would be unthinkable to step away while his mind and body are still able to do the job: “It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living,” he has said. But it’s not just the joy and love of the planet Earth that keeps him going. Attenborough is among the most impactful conservationists of all time. A phenomenon dubbed the “Attenborough effect” even tracks real-world policy and human behavior changes in connection to his work in film. His work on the Blue Planet series, which he will return to in the third installment, has made a measurable difference in plastic ocean pollution. Fifty-three percent of people surveyed in the US and the UK revealed using less single-use plastic, a decrease that researchers contribute, at least in large part, to Attenborough’s moving narratives. His voice is beloved. People like him. They respect him. And that makes a real difference. “On the case of Attenborough, he has been reporting on scientific issues for decades, he’s won the respect of scientists, and at this age now has that kind of fatherly, stately aura,” Bill Levey, CEO of Naeco, a company that makes sustainable plastic alternatives, said in an interview with Global Citizen. Attenborough continues working because he can, and because he must. “The fact is that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on Earth, living or dead, as we now have,” he once said. “That lays upon us, whether we like it or not, an awesome responsibility.” The post Viewers thought 100-year-old David Attenborough was finally ready to retire. They were wrong. appeared first on Upworthy.

Every profession has its own jargon, and in every job, some love to wield it in meetings like a jazz musician blowing a saxophone. At the same time, others prefer to speak in plain language. Those who love to pump out phrases such as, “We’re leveraging a data-driven omnichannel growth architecture to optimize cross-functional stakeholder alignment” may seem like they’re clued in to the industry. However, a new study shows there’s a good chance they’re full of hot air. Cornell University organizational psychologist Shane Littrell is an expert in BS. He actually did a study on whether you can “bullsh*t a bullsh*tter.” His most recent take-down is on “masters” of corporate jargon. He asked a big question: Do people who love using and hearing corporate jargon make better decisions than those who don’t? A man can’t handle a boring meeting. Credit: Canva Why is corporate jargon such a bad thing? Littrell refers to corporate jargon as “a semantically empty and often confusing style of communication in organizational contexts that leverages abstruse corporate buzzwords and jargon in a functionally misleading way,” he writes. “At best, corporate bullshit can sometimes seem harmless. At worst, it can disrupt organizational and employee effectiveness in numerous ways including obstructing clear communication, increasing employee disengagement, tarnishing a company’s reputation, and exposing businesses to potential financial and legal risks.” To find out whether jargon lovers are poor employees, he tested participants’ receptiveness to jargon and then their responses to a work-related decision. “The people that are the most susceptible to the corporate bullshit tended to choose the worst solutions to those problems on a consistent basis,” Littrell told The Guardian. The study also found that those who were receptive to corporate jargon scored lower on reflection, analytical thinking, and fluid intelligence. A woman getting yelled at at work. Credit: Canva This is borne out by a 2023 study by LinkedIn and Duolingo, which found that 40% of workers said they’ve had a misunderstanding because of jargon, while 61% said that those who use it have a better chance of getting ahead. This creates a negative cycle where those who make the worst decisions are elevated to positions of power simply because they speak the right language at work.  How to avoid using corporate jargon Instead of helping people understand their jobs, jargon obscures communication, harming how we read scenarios and make decisions. The study also found that it’s a real turn-off, making employees feel less engaged. Few things can separate our careers from real life like having to speak a new language when we enter the office. A meeting with the boss. Credit: Canva The key to reducing your use of jargon is to think before you speak. “Be thoughtful and mindful of your language choices. Can you say what you’re trying to communicate in a simpler way? Chances are you can rephrase to be more direct,” Communications executive Andrew McCaskill writes on LinkedIn. “This is particularly important when giving peers or employees feedback. Imagine your manager asking you to “run it up the flagpole” or to do some “blue sky thinking” and going back to your desk wondering–what on earth am I supposed to do… with THAT!?!?”  Littrell’s study is a great way of calling out those people in your office who you sensed were trying to get away with something by using flashy words. It’s also a great reminder to choose clear communication over corporate vagaries. If you’ve fallen into the jargon trap, don’t worry, Littrell says that anyone can do it. “This isn’t something that only affects people who are less intelligent,” he said. “Anybody can fall for bullsh*t, and we all, depending on the situation, fall for bullshit when it is kind of packaged up to appeal to our biases.” The post Research shows the dead giveaway that someone won’t be good at their job appeared first on Upworthy.

Watch The X22 Report On Video 2 videos found Ep 3910b -Swamp Is Being Drained,Scavino Sends Message,This Has Never Been Attempted,MIL-CIV Alliance Ep 3910a – Trump Says The US Will No Longer Fund Other Nations, Economic System Is About To Change pt> Click On Picture To See Larger Picture The green new scam is on its last legs, the [CB] just proved that everything was moving to China and they were going to get the money. Trump is terminating everything Biden/Obama put into place to bring us into the great reset. Trump is removing the taxes from the poor, lower middle class first, the opposite of the [CB] did. Trump is changing the entire economic system. The [DS] are struggling, messages are being sent because the swamp is being drained. This time it is different. Scavino sends message to the people letting everyone know that Trump knows what he is doing. The [DS] is trying to fight back here in this country and around the world but it is failing. The counterinsurgency has never been attempted before and it is working.   Economy Source: https://t.co/mzkv2AV4I8 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 21, 2026 BOOM! President Trump just TERMINATED Biden’s ridiculous refrigerator & air conditioner regulations, SAVING Americans OVER $2 BILLION A YEAR! No more forced expensive, weak “green” appliances that jack up your electric bill and break faster. Trump is protecting hundreds of… pic.twitter.com/X1156iWgWr — Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) May 21, 2026 "Trump's only out to help his Billionaire friends" This is purposely worded and presented like this to screw the Middle Class. The top 1% of earners pay ~39% of all federal individual income taxes. The top 10% pay ~72% of income taxes. The bottom 50% pay ~3% of income taxes.… pic.twitter.com/ft0klZRNJ1 — Brad Zerbo (@BradCGZ) May 21, 2026     $200,000,000,000.00 Billion subsidizing / 40, 450,000 Million Canadians _____________________$4,944.00 for each CanadianNow you can see why Trump isupsetting so many countries on the take. Yes they will whine butDaddy is home and setting… — Dogwidahat. I Follow If you Love God and Freedom (@dogwidahat) May 21, 2026 Record video with sound Chevron is letting customers know in California that it’s not Donald Trump causing the insane gas prices in the state, it’s California Democrats Chevron just added these new signs to their pumps educating customers, “Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more” “California… pic.twitter.com/MzIYrzjaBz — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) May 21, 2026  politicians are choosing foreign oil and fuels over local jobs and lower costs” This is what we need. Huge companies willing to educate the public and tell the truth It’s Gavin Newsom and Democrat policies causing $6.30+ average cost per gallon in California Political/Rights FBI Shuts Down India-Based Call Center Scam Targeting Hundreds of Elderly Americans A major international fraud scheme centered in India has been dismantled by Americans. authorities, exposing a sprawling network that targeted elderly Americans and siphoned millions of dollars out of the country. The case is now fueling renewed concerns about foreign-based scam operations exploiting vulnerable U.S. citizens. Federal investigators say the operation relied heavily on call centers operating out of India, where fraudsters posed as legitimate tech support agents, according to various reports. These overseas networks systematically targeted elderly Americans, many of whom were unfamiliar with modern cybersecurity threats. #BREAKING: #YourFBI has shut down a call center operation in India that defrauded hundreds of elderly victims here in the U.S. & abroad out of millions of dollars through tech support scams, & two senior executives who operated a business that enabled it, have just admitted to… pic.twitter.com/zlSWOspKQ7 — FBI Boston (@FBIBoston) May 20, 2026   turning a blind eye to this widespread fraud. This comes after an #FBI Boston investigation that has resulted in the arrests & convictions of a former employee of their call routing company, and five India-based telemarketing fraudsters. Our senior citizens deserve honor, respect, and protection, and if you target them, we will do everything we can to bring you to justice. Read more @USAO_RI : https://ow.ly/a8Uo50Z29WO Source: thegatewaypundit.com President Trump’s FBI made needed changes – this is the result pic.twitter.com/DYx7uvZecA — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 21, 2026  Violent crime fell across the United States in 2025 at rates not seen in close to a century, findings from the FBI showed. Murder and non-negligent manslaughter plummeted by more than 18% nationwide last year, while aggravated assault dropped by more over 7%, according to a preliminary report on national 2025 crime rates. Violent crime on the whole dipped by about 9.3% last year, the data shows. “The 2025 crime data in this report shows the single largest decrease in violent crime and murder since 1937 – as well as huge decreases across the board in terms of aggravated assault, rape, and robbery,”  FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement“Over the last 14 months, we made major transformations at the FBI, and these results show those changes are working.”Rape declined by nearly 8%, while robbery went down by about 18.5%, the FBI reported.Property crime also decreased, dipping by about 12.4% between 2024 and 2025.The findings come from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, which collected data from over 17,000 law enforcement agencies.Those agencies covered nearly all of the policing in the country, about 96%. There were roughly 1.1 million less violent crimes committed in 2025 compared to 2024, and an even sharper year-over-year decrease of about 5.2 million less property crimes, according to the data.   The FBI numbers are in… and the fearmongers are real quiet today. Violent crime fell at the fastest rate since 1937. Read that twice. https://t.co/YsBPD8kUU7 — America First Policy Institute (@A1Policy) May 20, 2026   Geopolitical Let there be no mistake: those who lost overwhelmingly at the ballot box in Bolivia last year are trying to overthrow President @Rodrigo_PazP by organizing RIOTS and BLOCKADES with the support of organized crime and drug traffickers. I spoke with my friend President Paz this… — Christopher Landau (@DeputySecState) May 19, 2026 this afternoon, and assured him that the United States stands squarely in support of Bolivia’s legitimate constitutional government and rejects this attempt to substitute the institutional order with mob rule. Let there be no mistake: the United States stands squarely in support of Bolivia's legitimate constitutional government. We will not allow criminals and drug traffickers to overthrow democratically elected leaders in our hemisphere. — Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) May 20, 2026 War/Peace While Donald Trump is indicting Cuban communist dictator Raúl Castro, Barack Obama was attending baseball games with him in Havana. pic.twitter.com/egW8I0Hndc — Enrique Alejandro (@EnriAlejandroTV) May 20, 2026 Over three decades later, we are committed to holding those accountable for the murders of four brave Americans: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre Jr., Mario de la Peña, and Pablo Morales. For the first time in nearly 70 years, senior leadership of the Cuban regime has been charged… — Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) May 20, 2026  n the United States for alleged acts of violence resulting in the deaths of American citizens. @POTUS and this @TheJusticeDept are committed to restoring a simple principle: if you kill Americans, we will pursue you. No matter who you are. No matter what title you hold. In 1996, four Brothers to the Rescue members, including three U.S. citizens, took off from Florida on a humanitarian mission to help rafters fleeing Castro’s Cuba. Cuban MiGs shot their civilian planes out of the sky over international waters. Carlos Costa. Armando Alejandro… — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 20, 2026   Jr. Mario de la Peña. Pablo Morales. For 30 years, their families waited for answers. This FBI never forgot. Today’s of superseding indictment charges Raul Castro and five Castro regime co-defendants with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, two counts of destruction of aircraft, and four counts of murder and is a major step toward accountability. Oh yeah. Cuba is next. Raul Castro is no longer officially President, but he is part of the Deep State brain trust that controls Cuba. He’s the shadow leader. It looks like Trump is about to purge Cuba of Deep State influence, and return Cuba to her People, just like Venezuela. https://t.co/9OqfVHAKgo — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) May 20, 2026 Why is the indictment of Castro such a big deal? Because it signals that Trump is removing Deep State influence over Cuba. Trump is undoing the damage the CIA has done over the decades, and fixing destabilized nations. It also signals Russia and China’s influence is being… pic.twitter.com/VcJfuiFRVf — Clandestine (@WarClandestine) May 20, 2026   removed from Cuba, and the Western Hemisphere as a whole. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that as soon as Trump returns from his visit with Xi, we are now seeing movement on Cuba, while Trump is also seemingly backing off on Taiwan. This fits into my overall thesis that Trump, Xi, and Putin, have agreed to consolidate spheres of influence and stay out of each other’s yards. In order to make this happen, all nations with Deep State influence must be purged, and Cuba has been a CIA hotbed since 1959. The “Deep State” is not just corrupt US politicians, it’s a global terrorist organization that has embedded itself and overtaken nations around the world, Cuba being one of the most notable. The entire global network is being cleaned up. PRESIDENT TRUMP: We have a lot of people in Cuba. We have the CIA there. @SecRubio is from there, so we have a lot of expertise. We’re going to help the Cuban people out. We’re freeing up Cuba. pic.twitter.com/WUY08fgonW — Department of State (@StateDept) May 20, 2026 Iran's Supreme Leader has ordered that uranium must stay in Iran. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) May 21, 2026          President Trump has the upper hand. His best path forward is to pursue three lines of effort in parallel: Sustain the blockade and accompanying economic warfare to destabilize the regime’s hold on the state; remake the world in America’s energy dominance image to mitigate long-term price impacts while undermining China’s global ambition to defeat the United States; and order the US military to forge a path through the Strait of Hormuz to restore freedom of navigation on our terms, not Tehran’s. You might call the latter Operation Epic Passage — a combined naval and air mission of self-defense that offers escort to tankers and restores freedom of navigation, all while making clear to Tehran the devastating consequences of breaking the cease-fire. You might also call it “Blockade Plus.” Whether Iran’s oil storage completely runs out in a day or a month, Iran is no longer exporting oil — the lifeblood of its economy — or petrochemicals, steel or any other product at a level needed to keep the government afloat, banks capitalized and employees paid. The currency is in free fall, domestic prices are skyrocketing, reserves are being drained and escape hatches — sanctions evasion routes the regime typically relies upon — are getting closed soon after they open. A gasoline shortage comes next. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s Operation Economic Fury is more than just a naval blockade. Every department and agency in the US government has been directed to prioritize economic warfare against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The intelligence community is now laser-focused on this objective in a way it hasn’t been in some years. Every bank account — and crypto wallet — where the regime has cash is being frozen. The damage at a car service center in eastern Tehran that was hit by a missile strike, on March 28, 2026.AFP via Getty Images Sanctions evasion trails are being tracked down with calls being made to the highest levels of foreign governments warning of dire enforcement actions to come without immediate action — from Baghdad to Islamabad to Beijing. There is zero doubt that the trajectory for the regime in Tehran is state collapse. But by imposing a continued shutdown of the internet and controlling the flow of information, the IRGC rulers use cognitive warfare to alter our perception of that reality, and to make it incredibly challenging to understand how much time they have left. And, even knowing that Operation Epic Fury just set back Iran’s nuclear, missile and drone threats to the United States for a generation, Americans understandably want prices lower. And that means Trump cannot allow a terror-sponsoring, pirate-like remnant regime to hold the global economy hostage — making Epic Passage a necessary step. On the domestic energy front, every feasible way to expedite refinery expansion and modernization in the United States should be fast-tracked. Internationally, every new oil project an American company has ever wanted to pursue should get the full backing of the administration. In the Gulf, the US should partner with Saudi Arabia and the UAE to form a new overland pipeline consortium — TransAram — to undercut Tehran’s long-term threat to the Strait of Hormuz by sending oil, gas and petrochemicals overland in multiple directions (including through Israel to Europe). In the end, if American — and hopefully allied — naval and air forces can clear and defend a narrow path for even a limited tanker flow to emerge from the Gulf, while still sustaining Operation Economic Fury, it’ll be checkmate for the paper ayatollah. Oil prices will fall and the regime’s strangulation will either deliver the remaining nuclear concessions Trump seeks or accelerate its collapse. Armed clashes erupt across multiple major cities in Iran. Confirmed fighting reported in Tehran, Tabriz in the northwest, Ahvaz in the south, and Isfahan in the center near key nuclear facilities including Natanz. Verification took hours due to a flood of disinformation and an… pic.twitter.com/DIUVVHCmXG — Tousi TV (@TousiTVOfficial) May 20, 2026  ongoing internet shutdown inside Iran. Zero internet access, with only some using Starlink, is slowing communication as the situation unfolds. Armed clashes between the Iranian Army and the IRGC are reportedly erupting inside Iran. According to Alhurra, citing informed military and political sources inside Iran, tensions between the regular Army and the IRGC have escalated into armed confrontations in Tehran,… pic.twitter.com/8YI94oHByP — The Iran Watcher (@TheIranWatcher) May 20, 2026   Tabriz, Isfahan, and Ahvaz following the death of Khamenei. If true, this points to serious fractures inside the Islamic Republic’s military and security apparatus at one of the most dangerous moments in the regime’s history. The backdrop here is important. The founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Khomeini, originally created the IRGC because he feared a military coup from the regular Iranian Army after the revolution. Over decades, the regime transformed the IRGC into a parallel military empire, giving it far more funding, political influence, economic control, and ideological favoritism than the regular Army. Over decades, the regime transformed the IRGC into a parallel military empire, giving it far more funding, political influence, economic control, and ideological favoritism than the regular Army. While the Army was often sidelined and distrusted, the IRGC became the regime’s real power center, controlling major sectors of the economy, missile forces, intelligence operations, and proxy networks across the region. Justice will be served. pic.twitter.com/jdnIiTtsd7 — The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 20, 2026   Medical/False Flags NOW – Former New Zealand PM says misinformation is reducing vaccine uptake, cites GAVI, that found over 1 in 4 top vaccine-related facebook videos, about Pakistan's HPV vaccine rollout, contained 27% misinformation and that the comments were 40% negative and 17% supportive. pic.twitter.com/kQn3rIz2fV — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 21, 2026 NOW – Brazil's Secretary of Health and Environmental Surveillance and former WHO asst. Director-General, attributes part of Brazil's "vaccine hesitancy problem," to Bolsonaro, as he was "a denialist of both the pandemic and of vaccines in general." pic.twitter.com/emp7M4jXw0 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 21, 2026 Secretary Rubio just went HARD against the World Health Organization “They failed MISERABLY during Covid! They covered for CHINA, and THAT’s why we're getting out of it!” Pull EVERY PENNY from the globalist WHO! pic.twitter.com/dA3M6JtRVj — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 21, 2026   The House just passed legislation which would pull funding from schools who hide kids’ gender transition from parents. Nearly every Democrat voted against it. The Democratic Party officially endorses transing kids behind their parents’ backs. pic.twitter.com/p3rV9b9fJ1 — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 21, 2026 [DS] Agenda HOLY CRAP! The Trump DOJ has just announced a MASSIVE $90M FRAUD BUST in Tim Walz's Minnesota, with criminal charges being slapped on 15 defendants This involves 7 STATE-MANAGED MEDICAID PROGRAMS totally plundered by fraudsters — one program has $0 LEFT! Tim Walz knew!… pic.twitter.com/KottcIOU2K — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 21, 2026 BREAKING: The mastermind behind the Feeding Our Future fraud scam in Minnesota has just been sentenced to 41.5 YEARS in prison Holy CRAP! Aimee Bock orchestrated the $250 MILLION scam during COVID, billing taxpayers for fake meals for children. She deserves every single day… pic.twitter.com/9mLvDIkUfb — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 21, 2026   THEY’RE NOT HIDING IT ANYMORE: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Comes Out and Says She’s Open to Letting NON-CITIZENS Vote in City Elections – “We Need to Explore It!”  Radical Democrat Mayor Karen Bass just admitted on camera that she’s willing to hand voting rights to non-citizens in Los Angeles. Bass responded to a question about far-left Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez’s push to let non-citizens vote in local elections by declaring: “Well, I think we need to explore it.” The exchange, which took place during a Politico California Playbook discussion, laid bare the Democrats’ desperate endgame. Soto-Martínez, who has endorsed Bass, wants to rewrite the city charter to allow non-citizens – including those here illegally – to cast ballots in city council and school board races. Bass didn’t shut it down. She didn’t call it unconstitutional. She didn’t say it would destroy election integrity. WTF?! LA Mayor Karen Bass confirms she might move to allow noncitizens to VOTE in elections "We need to explore it!" Pass the SAVE AMERICA ACT, if they can let noncitizens vote locally, they can EASILY CHEAT and let them slip through the cracks to vote federally! pic.twitter.com/gONY9OIop6 — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 21, 2026 Source: thegatewaypundit.com We're already seeing The Plan. Run Thomas Massie as an independent Presidential candidate in 2028 on the "It's all the fault of the Jews" platform, split the conservative vote, and elect President AOC. It will be like Ross Perot and Fritz Julius Kuhn had a love child who ran… https://t.co/HETbsdZoWn — Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) May 21, 2026   for President. Massie tweeted about Epstein a whopping three (3) times before 2025, which is three times more than the zero (0) times Ro Khanna mentioned Epstein before Trump took office in 2025. The sanctimony is a bit much given that their only interest in Epstein is using him to clout chase… https://t.co/FaoaljDtgZ — Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 20, 2026  online. President Trump’s Plan The owner of the “Trump House” in Escondido, California with tonz of MAGA and American Flag decor, was just violently assaulted and is fighting for his life in the hospital. Conservatives are under attack! pic.twitter.com/ErwNtjMIcP — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 21, 2026 Acting AG Todd Blanche has indicted an assistant US attorney in southern Florida who reportedly worked with Special Counsel Jack Smith in the documents case. Judge Aileen Cannon essentially placed Volume II of Smith's report on the case under seal, forbidding anyone at DOJ or… pic.twitter.com/l37XLhMhij — Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 21, 2026   any government agency from sharing the report. Why? Because she had dismissed the document indictment in July 2024 after concluding Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional. But is appears this prosecutor, Carmen Lineberger, stole the report and tried to conceal what she did. A grand jury in Fort Pierce–the hive of the DOJ’s grand conspiracy investigation–indicted Lineberger on four counts. Bigger question: who was she planning to leak the report to? Not like she stole it as a souvenir. At the opening of Smith’s interview, an individual who appears to be a staffer for Jamie Raskin complained about Cannon’s order prohibiting the release of the report. pic.twitter.com/DJjQwFGBhk — Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) May 21, 2026   also addressed it during his Congressional interview. This afternoon, a former managing assistant U.S. Attorney who supported Jack Smith’s politicized investigation of President Trump has been charged with stealing the confidential investigation documents. Carmen Lineberger allegedly emailed the confidential material to her… — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 20, 2026  to her own personal email, disguising them as dessert recipes to conceal them from record searches. Lineberger is charged with four felony counts in the indictment. This FBI will not hesitate to bring to account those who violated the trust of the American public in an investigation that should’ve never been brought to begin with. DRAINING THE SWAMP! https://t.co/nvqWjSSXCA — Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 20, 2026     Reflecting Pool — 2,500 feet long, and almost 200 feet wide, the biggest such structure ever built, but also, the most troublesome for many Administrations in that, from the time it was built in 1922, it essentially never really worked! It leaked from all angles, drew dirt, grime, and decay, was often filled with garbage, and wasn’t at all representative of the two Great Monuments it connects — The Lincoln Memorial, and The Washington Monument. But, very soon, before July 4th, it will be far better than it has ever been, even going back to as long ago as 1922 — Its Original Opening! The Biden and Obama Administrations spent over 100 Million Dollars, and made it far worse! It was only open for a short while, during each Administration, before the leaks and decay took over. I, together with Doug Burgum and the Department of Interior, am fixing it the right and proper way — It will last for many decades into the future. We’ve had rain delays, and have substantially increased our scope of work as to quality, durability, and even including the stone and granite on the outside of the water itself — A big job, much bigger than originally conceived, but it is being done, after over a Century of “stop and go’s,” correctly! You will see something very special at the Reflecting Pool in a short period of time. Stay tuned. In the meantime, watch as the Fountains open throughout D.C. Fountains go up, and Crime goes down! Also, watch for Lafayette Park, directly in front of the Main Entrance to the White House. I have made a major contribution toward it. The Fountains are now working, and look magnificent as the Park is being entirely rebuilt, using far better and more beautiful materials than originally used. As the Entrance to the White House, it’s got to be spectacular — There is no other way! Again, check out what’s going on at Lafayette Park. President DONALD J. TRUMP President @realDonaldTrump beautified DC Give credit where credit is due. pic.twitter.com/IXvCekeJGG — SkriptkeeperElect (@Skriptkeeper17) May 20, 2026 Record Video, No Sound  Trump Says Ballroom Roof Will Host ‘Drone Empire’ to Defend D.C. President Donald Trump revealed that his under-construction White House ballroom will feature advanced military technology, including a drone port. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump has revealed that his under-construction White House ballroom will incorporate military technology, such as a drone defense system. DETAIL: While providing a tour of the construction site to journalists on Tuesday, President Trump claimed that the venue would be both missile- and bullet-proof, as well as equipped with cutting-edge security technology. Trump emphasized the utility of the ballroom’s flat roof, which is planned to have a “drone port” equipped to protect the wider Washington, D.C. area, all while being capable of withstanding and repelling drone attacks. “[I]f a drone hits it, it bounces off, it won’t have any impact,” said the President. It was even suggested that the ballroom could include drone construction facilities to replenish the site’s defense capabilities. “Also for the drone building capacity, some of that takes place right down here,” Trump said. The White House ballroom is set to measure 90,000 square feet, accommodate roughly 1,000 guests, and cost an estimated $400 million. The project is scheduled for completion by late 2028. KEY QUOTE: “On top of the roof, we [will] have the greatest drone empire that you’ve ever seen, and it’s going to protect Washington.” – President Donald J. Trump. . Dear United States Senators (all of you): You are not royalty. You are not the House of Lords. You are politicians, meaning your profession enjoys a public reputation below Mafia lawyers and prostitutes. You do not have an automatic lifetime tenure. You work for us, the… — Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) May 21, 2026   People. We don’t work for you. The sooner you figure all of this out the less painful it will be for you. Love, CP NEW: DNC Releases Massive 2024 Autopsy on Kamala Harris’s Landslide Loss to President Trump – Here are the Key Details The REAL 2024 Election results are also going to be revealed We are going to find out just how badly Trump DESTROYED Kamala in 2024. The real results of 2016, 2020, 2022, and 2024, are all about to be revealed. SPACE FORCE HAS IT ALL Stolen elections have consequences! pic.twitter.com/E5gL8n56IR — RealAF Patriot (@RealAF_Patriot) May 20, 2026 DO NOT mistake my sincere kindness and willingness to do solid for POTUS, while ALWAYS being an open and honest broker with EVERYONE, on EVERYTHING, as a sign of weakness. I’ve been doing this for 30+ years with him. I assure you, he knows who has his back 24/7/365—FAFO — Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) May 21, 2026 2111 Q !!mG7VJxZNCI No.202 Sep 7 2018 16:11:40 (EST) xjm1yfiul5d01.png 4082 May 03, 2020 1:09:22 PM EDT Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 97a9d5 No. 9011570  https://twitter.com/V_4_Vendatta/status/1256850285995200513 Never in our history has this been ATTEMPTED. Patriots WW simply needed a ‘spark’ to re-ignite the engine. For humanity. WWG1WGA!!! Q 4511 Jun 24, 2020 1:17:11 PM EDT Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: f4ac89 No. 9731255  This has never been ATTEMPTED. Use of general public to counter the narrative [propaganda] push by controlled media. Analysis [start-to-now] indicates situational awareness [decoupling of MSDNC control of information (channels 1-99)] of general public expanding at massive pace. Attacks indicate [can be defined as] loss of generalized information control. Need to expend ammunition [muster network to defend and coordinate attacks] to counter. MIL-CIV Alliance. Q

from Redacted News: TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/

Trump says we're going to double LNG exports in 3.5 years. In this thread, I explain two major problems with this and what I predict will actually happen. Problem 1: To double LNG exports, we'll need 22 billion more cubic feet per day of production but, if current growth rates… pic.twitter.com/hGdfS88NyT — Chris Martenson (@chrismartenson) […]