by Jon Fleetwood, Jon Fleetwood: Public health forecasting—or orchestration? On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) published an influenza fact sheet in which it declared that influenza pandemics are on the horizon, emphasizing bird flu. In a document titled “Influenza (avian and other zoonotic),” the WHO did not say that it thinks an influenza pandemic […]

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Into the Jaws of Death — US Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire, photograph by Robert F. Sargent, c. June 6, 1944. Source: Wikimedia Commons/National Archives Catalog   On August 19, 1942, the Allies launched a major raid on Dieppe in German-occupied France. The raid quickly turned into a military disaster. The raiding force, which largely consisted of Canadian soldiers getting their first experience of combat with the Germans, suffered immense casualties and failed to inflict any significant losses on the Germans. However, Canada’s sacrifice at Dieppe was not in vain. Allied war planners studied the disaster at Dieppe and used the lessons to ensure that D-Day would be a success in 1944.    The Allies Were Under Pressure in 1942 to Attack the Germans Soviet troops advance around Stalingrad. Source: AP, via Der Spiegel   In mid-1942 Allied commanders faced pressure to launch an attack on the Germans in Western Europe. The Soviet Union was doing the bulk of the fighting on land at this point in the war and was grappling with the Germans’ offensive towards Stalingrad. In the face of the German onslaught, Stalin repeatedly demanded that the Allies relieve the pressure on the Soviet Union by launching a ‘second front’ in Western Europe.    The Allied commanders considered that a full-scale invasion of German-occupied France in 1942 was not feasible. However, the commanders considered that large raids on the ports of France may serve to tie down significant numbers of German soldiers that could otherwise be sent to fight the Soviets.   The stage was set for Operation Jubilee.    Operation Jubilee: A Flawed Plan for the Raid on Dieppe Royal Navy destroyers escorting the Canadians on their way to Dieppe, August 19, 1942. Source: Wikimedia Commons   Operation Jubilee was the code-name for the raid on Dieppe. The plan had several flaws. The Allied commanders decided to launch a frontal assault on Dieppe, which was a heavily defended port on the French coast, instead of landing on a relatively undefended part of the coast. The Allies assumed that the raiding force, primarily made up of nearly 5,000 Canadian soldiers, would be able to overwhelm the German defenses, temporarily hold Dieppe, destroy the port facilities, capture prisoners and gather intelligence, and then successfully withdraw.    Almost no provision was made for meaningful aerial or naval support for the Canadian soldiers. The Allied air forces were to concentrate on battling the Luftwaffe fighters in the skies above Dieppe, and the Royal Navy was unwilling to risk any battleships in the English Channel. The Canadians would be forced to land after only a light bombardment from escorting destroyers.    Death on the Beaches The aftermath of the raid on Dieppe, 19 August 1942. Source: Wikimedia Commons   Forewarned but not seriously harmed by the destroyer bombardment, the Germans were ready by the time the landing craft reached the beaches. Most of the Canadian infantry was immediately pinned down under withering machine gun fire. In another planning error, because the beach at Dieppe consisted of loose pebbles, the Canadians’ tanks became bogged down as soon as they disembarked and were unable to lead the advance into the town.    The small number of Canadians who did make it off the beach and into Dieppe were quickly driven back or captured. Within a few hours it was clear that the raid was a debacle and the Canadians were forced to withdraw under heavy fire. By the end of the day, of the 4,963 Canadians that landed at Dieppe, 3,367 had been killed, wounded, or taken prisoner.  August 19, 1942 was the deadliest day for Canada in World War II.    The Lessons Learnt by the Allies for D-Day The Canadian army returned to France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Source: Wikimedia Commons   After studying what went wrong at Dieppe, Allied commanders made vital changes to their plans for D-Day. The disaster at Dieppe taught the Allies that the major French ports were too heavily defended by the Germans to attack directly. For D-Day, it was decided that the Allies would land far from any major French ports and use artificial harbors instead.   The failure of the Canadians’ tanks to get off the beaches also led the Allies to develop specialized armored vehicles for amphibious operations. The Allies also realized that overwhelming air and naval bombardments would be needed for D-Day. One of the reasons the Canadians were unable to make headway at Dieppe is that the naval bombardment did little more than alert the Germans to the imminent raid.   Ultimately, while the raid on Dieppe was an unmitigated defeat for the Allies, it provided crucial lessons that would make D-Day a success.

Conservative members of Congress pushed back on biological male Rep. Tim McBride, D-Del., at a women-only press conference on legislation that would allow victims to sue the creators of nonconsensual sexually explicit artificial intelligence content on Thursday. McBride, who now goes by the name Sarah, began identifying as a woman 10 years before being elected to Congress in 2014. “He didn’t belong, and he will never be one of us,” Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., wrote on X on Thursday. POV: You attend a press conference for women and biological male Tim McBride shows up.He didn’t belong and he will never be one of us.HOLD THE LINE pic.twitter.com/nDB8e8gyDW— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) January 22, 2026 Other members of Congress, such as Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz, also spoke out against McBride for his unwanted appearance at the press conference. “Why did a man show up at a women-only press conference? Biological men can never be women,” Biggs wrote. McBride, Biggs, and Mace did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment. McBride’s appearance at the press conference on the DEFIANCE Act, which passed the Senate last week and is now headed to the House of Representatives for a vote, ties into a larger and ongoing national debate on biological males who identify as women. National Debate on Self-identifying Women The comments from the conservative members of Congress come amid a national debate on whether biological men who self-identify as women can be socially and legally classified as one. In Feb. 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Keeping Men Out Of Women’s Sports executive order, which banned biological males from competing in federally funded women’s sports. Trump argued that allowing men who identify as women in women’s sports is a direct violation of Title IX of the Education Act of 1972, which states that educational institutions receiving federal funds cannot deny women an equal opportunity to participate in sports. Trump also argued that federal courts in the cases of Tennessee v. Cardona and Kansas v. U.S. Dept. of Education have previously recognized that “ignoring fundamental biological truths between the two sexes deprives women and girls of meaningful access to educational facilities.” Trump’s order then called on Congress to protect biological women in education. Weeks before, the House passed Rep. Greg Steube’s, R-Fla., Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which was sent to the Senate for a vote. “Men have no place in women’s sports,” Steube wrote in a statement. “Republicans have promised to protect women’s sports, and under President Trump’s leadership, we will fulfill this promise.” Democrat senators have since blocked the legislation from reaching the president’s desk for a final signature. Democratic opponents of the legislation claim that Republicans are “fearmongering” on the issue of transgenders and have labeled proponents of the legislation as “transphobic.” The post ‘HE DIDN’T BELONG’: ‘Trans’ Rep. Attends Women-Only Press Conference appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The following remarks were delivered by Dr. Matthew Spalding at the Freedom 250 Mobile Museum kickoff event in Summerfield, North Carolina, on Jan. 21. It is great to be with you on this wonderful occasion.  But I must point out that we wouldn’t be here today, were it not for those remarkable Americans who gave us a country to celebrate.  Unlike other countries, America’s ends are to be found in its beginnings.  In 1776, when it announced itself to the world, America was little more than thirteen small colonies on a barren continent, thousands of miles from their ancestral homeland, surrounded by hostile powers.  Ours is the story of a band of patriots who united together to declare independence from—and declare war against—the most powerful nation in the world.  Courtesy of Hillsdale College At its birth, our Founders justified independence and nationhood by asserting self-evident truths. Working from the great principle of human equality, they claimed political legitimacy based on the consent of the governed.  Appointed Commander in Chief of a bunch of untrained militia, General George Washington led a continental army to the unlikely military victory that began this noble experiment in popular government.  This is that story.  Built to Last Through a carefully written constitution, our Founders created an enduring framework of limited government based on the rule of law.  They sought to establish religious liberty, provide for economic opportunity, secure national independence, and maintain a flourishing society of republican self-government—all in the name of a simple but radical idea of human liberty.  This is that story.  What is truly revolutionary about America is that, for the first time in human history, universal ideas about man became the foundation for a particular nation and a particular system of government and its political culture. It was because of these principles, not despite them, that, rather than ending in tyranny, the American Revolution culminated in a constitutional government that has long endured.  Well over two centuries later—having won its independence from the British Empire, established its sovereign nationhood, completed its continental expansion and brought unprecedented prosperity to its citizens, survived a devastating Civil War that threatened its very life, abolished slavery and raised up the emancipated to be citizens equal to their one-time masters, and triumphed in two world wars fought on foreign soil and a decades-long struggle against worldwide communism—the United States has become the freest, wealthiest, and most powerful nation in the world.  This is our story.  Principles That Define and Inspire To this day, so many years after the American Revolution, the principles proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence and promulgated by the United States Constitution still define us as a nation and inspire us as a people. They are responsible for a prosperous and just nation unlike any in the world. They are the highest achievements of our tradition, serving not only as a powerful beacon to those throughout the world who strive for freedom but also a warning to tyrants and despots everywhere. It is because of these principles, not despite them, that America has achieved its greatness.  Dr. Matthew Spalding (Courtesy of Hillsdale College) America is a good country, a great country, perhaps the greatest, not because it is perfect—it is made up of imperfect human beings—but because it is dedicated to, and constantly aspires to uphold, permanent principles about human liberty that are true.  Through its noble efforts to achieve its highest ends, this country has done more to advance those principles than any other.  America is beautiful not only for its spacious skies and amber waves of grain, as the patriotic hymn goes, but also for its “glory-tale of liberating strife.”  This is what unites us.  This is what makes America exceptional.  I vividly remember America’s bicentennial celebration in 1976. I was in Middle School, and remember the fireworks, and the Tall Ships, and the Freedom Train. All that deepened my love of country and sparked my love of history. Today I write books and teach about America to my students at Hillsdale College.  Rediscover America Given the opportunity to help create the Freedom Trucks all these years later, I jumped at the chance to tell America’s story, one that would capture the heart, spark the imagination, and instruct the mind of my fellow Americans.  I want to thank our friends at PragerU and Spevco for bringing that story to life in the Freedom Trucks, and Freedom 250 for taking the story, the story of the American people, on the road.  Courtesy of Hillsdale College We are now in the 250th year of our country’s life.  I invite all Americans to take this unique opportunity to learn—or perhaps relearn—our history, to discover anew the truths to which it is dedicated, and to fall in love with America again, or perhaps for the first time. The post Why America’s Founding Principles Still Matter 250 Years Later appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Recent polling suggests a notable shift in how younger Americans view abortion, with signs that the pro-life movement is gaining ground among adults ages 18 to 29. Multiple surveys show an increase in the share of young adults identifying as “pro-life,” while support for unrestricted abortion access has declined in recent years. According to data from Gallup and others, the percentage of young adults calling themselves pro-life climbed to about 37% in 2025, an increase of about 8 to 11 percentage points compared to polls from 2022 and 2023. Over the same period, the percentage of young adults who say abortion should be legal in all circumstances has declined sharply, falling by roughly 10 to 14 percentage points, according to Gallup data. Generational Divide These findings come amid broader national polling showing a persistent generational divide on abortion policy. A separate Pew Research Center survey from 2024 found that adults under 30 are more likely than older Americans to say abortion should be legal “in all or most cases,” but that support has fallen from earlier years. One of the most striking shifts comes from young men. In summer 2025, an IPSOS poll in Great Britain found that 46% of men ages 16 to 34support the legal abortion— a rate 25 points lower than the average population. Why Are Views Shifting? Abortion today is more accessible due to the proliferation of prescription drugs Mifepristone and Misoprostol. Since the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, abortions have steadily increased in the United States. So what’s causing young people to back away? Analysts and movement leaders attribute the shift among young people to a variety of factors, including pro-life campaigning on college campuses, increased engagement with religious communities, and sustained debate over abortion policy since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. Younger men’s views in particular have become more favorable to pro-life messaging, contributing to the overall change in self-identification among Millennials and Gen Z. Some observers point to cultural and technological changes as key drivers of the shift. Advances in ultrasound and fetal imaging—widely shared on social media platforms popular with Gen Z—have made prenatal development more visible to young people than ever before. Short-form videos and graphics showing infant growth shape younger Americans’ views of pregnancy and human development in ways that to earlier generations didn’t experience. Changing Landscape Another factor is the changing political and social landscape following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. With abortion policy now largely determined at the state level, younger Americans are encountering the issue in more concrete and local terms—through ballot initiatives, campus activism, and legislation—rather than as an abstract national debate. This has fueled increased engagement from both sides, including more visible and organized pro-life outreach aimed at young voters. Together, these trends indicate that the evolving views of young Americans are being shaped less by traditional party affiliation and more by cultural exposure, digital media, and localized political experiences—factors that may continue to influence how the abortion debate unfolds in the years to come. While abortion remains a deeply contested and polarized issue nationally, the emerging data on young adults suggests that the pro-life movement is resonating with a notable portion of the next generation of voters—potentially reshaping the long-term trajectory of this debate. The post Pro-Life Movement Gains Traction With Young Adults, Polls Show appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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As part of Triumph’s launch of more than 30 new and updated models for 2026, the Modern Classics lineup is updated with individual changes to each model, as well as one update shared across the range. Each of the Triumph Bonnevilles receive Optimized Cornering ABS and Traction Control, which was already present only on the Scrambler 1200 XE. The Bonneville T100, T120, and T120 Black receive some new rider aids for 2026. The Bonneville Bobber and Speedmaster get more comfortable seats and a bigger fuel tank, as well as new aluminum rims. The Scrambler 900 is the most heavily updated model, including changes to the frame, new suspension, a new instrument cluster, and more. In this video, Greg Drevenstedt heads to Oceanside, California, for a two-day ride to test out five of the updated 2026 Triumph Bonnevilles. Over two days of riding these models back-to-back, he gets a good feel for their differences and how the updates have improved each model. Stay tuned for our full written review to be published soon. In the meantime, view our “2026 Triumph Modern Classics Updates” preview post for more details. The post 2026 Triumph Bonnevilles Video Review appeared first on Rider Magazine.

Dive into this shocking motorcycle club clash involving the Pagans Motorcycle Club, Demons of Hell Motorcycle Club, and Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Witness the violent biker gang assault at a Lindenhurst gas station that left a 76-year-old Hells Angels member severely beaten with baseball bats, requiring emergency surgeries for brain bleed. Explore the indictments for gang assault in the first degree, stabbings with knives and hammers, and the chaotic melee that erupted in broad daylight. This motorcycle news story highlights rival motorcycle clubs’ confrontation, starting from interrupting a Pagans memorial service, escalating to armed biker fight at Route 66 gas station. Uncover the morality issues in biker culture, where tough guy attitudes clash with common sense in 1%er motorcycle clubs. Hear why beating a 76-year-old biker is disgusting and how such violent motorcycle gang incidents fuel public fear, leading to stricter biker profiling laws like those in Florida. Motorcycle clubs like Pagans Motorcycle Club and Hells Angels Motorcycle Club face backlash as citizens demand action against biker gangs acting out in public. This episode of Motorcycle Madhouse exposes the reality of motorcycle club violence, rival biker gangs’ feuds, and the need for better leadership in 1%er clubs to avoid archaic laws targeting patch holders. Stay updated on motorcycle news, biker gang stories, and 1%er motorcycle club drama. If you’re into Hells Angels, Pagans Motorcycle Club, Demons of Hell, or general biker culture, this video breaks down the Suffolk County DA’s announcements, arrests of alleged Pagans members and Demons of Hell bikers, and the broader impact on motorcycle clubs. Motorcycle club fights, gang assault charges, and violent clashes between rival motorcycle gangs are dissected here – don’t miss this raw take on biker morality and public perception.