News The Astronaut The Astronaut Trailer: Reason 3,197 to Never Go to Space What if someone went to space and came back with cool superpowers? Have we tried that yet? By Molly Templeton | Published on September 26, 2025 Screenshot: Vertical Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Vertical Nothing good happens in space these days. Nothing. What I wouldn’t give for a nice adventuresome space movie without quite so many terrible deaths and creepy planets. The Astronaut is not that movie. The Astronaut raises a lot of questions for me, for instance, if you had just been to space alone, would you want to be left alone in a giant, isolated house in the woods? I’m going with no. But I am not The Astronaut. Said film stars Kate Mara (Fantastic Four, 2015 edition) as Sam, an astronaut who returns from space and then has everything in her life—and body, apparently—go totally haywire. For Reasons, very Scientific Reasons, a general played by Laurence Fishburne “places her in quarantine for rehabilitation and testing.” But then also she goes to the aforementioned giant house in the woods, in which she is clearly not in quarantine because people keep talking to her face-to-face (including The 100’s Ivana Milicevic, who I am always glad to see). The cast for this movie is kind of fantastic; Gabriel Luna is also here as a loving husband (a role in which he absolutely excels on The Last of Us), and Macy Gray plays Sam’s bestie Val. The Astronaut is written and directed by Jess Varley, who also directed some segments of the film Phobias. Varley is also an actress with roles in Colony and Night Shift. Go to space—cinematically speaking—on October 17th.[end-mark] The post <i>The Astronaut</i> Trailer: Reason 3,197 to Never Go to Space appeared first on Reactor.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced a plan Friday to prevent illegal aliens from driving commercial trucks. “The process for issuing [commercial drivers’ licenses] is absolutely 100% broken,” Duffy said at a press conference. “It has become a threat to public safety, and it is a national emergency that requires action right now.” “The process for issuing [commercial drivers licenses] is absolutely 100% broken. It has become a threat to public safety, and it is a national emergency that requires action right now” –@SecDuffy https://t.co/YsgJdTeFQO pic.twitter.com/kD9gK50i61— Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell (@TheElizMitchell) September 26, 2025 The announcement comes after an illegal alien truck driver killed three people in a Florida traffic crash while making an illegal U-turn. He apparently was not able to understand the street signs. “The combination of a catastrophic failure of states to follow the law and a broken system has created an imminent hazard to American travelers,” Duffy said. California had issued the commercial driver’s license. “Nowhere in the country have we found a more egregious licensing situation than in the state of California,” Duffy said. The Department of Transportation has issued an emergency interim rule to prohibit noncitizens from being eligible for a non-domiciled commercial driver’s license unless they meet a stricter set of rules. California has 30 days to comply with the rules or the Department of Transportation will withhold federal highway funds starting at nearly $160 million in the first year and double that in the second year. “It shows a reckless disregard for safety in California, and they should be ashamed of themselves,” Duffy said. “So California has 30 days to fix this.” “And by the way, we all know this, but if you get a CDL in California, you don’t stay in California,” he continued. “You can drive nationwide. And so those California licenses are driving on roads in every single state in this country, and again, putting American families, American drivers at risk because of the bad action in California.” The move is in line with President Donald Trump’s April executive order mandating the enforcement of an English-language proficiency requirement for commercial truck drivers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration launched a nationwide audit in June that uncovered a pattern of states issuing licenses illegally to foreign drivers as well as the fact that even if the current regulatory framework is followed, it can fail. To get a commercial driver’s license, non-domiciled individuals will now need an employment-based visa and will need to undergo a mandatory federal immigration status check using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system.  The audit found the state that issued the most licenses to ineligible drivers was California. In California, more than 25% of non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses reviewed were improperly issued, the audit found, allowing thousands of potentially unsafe drivers to hit the roads. This includes some with licenses extending as many as four years beyond the expiration date of the aliens’ documentation allowing their lawful presence in the United States. The Transportation Department highlighted one case in which California gave a driver from Brazil a commercial driver’s license with endorsements to drive a passenger bus and a school bus that was valid for months after his legal presence documentation expired. As a result, Duffy ordered California to pause the issuance of non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses, identify all unexpired non-domiciled licenses that fail to comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations, and revoke and reissue all noncompliant non-domiciled licenses only if they comply with the new federal requirements. Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington were also identified as states with licensing patterns not consistent with federal regulations.  In response to a question from The Daily Signal, Duffy said he is not playing politics, but is treating red and blue states the same. “You’ll not on this list, there’s Republican led states and Democrat led states,” he said. “We are going to give them the other states time to come into compliance. But we’ve seen the most egregious action from California, and again, that’s why we’ve taken this action with California. But if other states don’t come into compliance, give us their plan for compliance, we’ll have the same actions with every state.” The rule is not retroactive, but Duffy is looking into ways to change that. “We have a lot of work ahead of us at FMCSA to ensure the integrity of each of the state’s state driver’s licensing agency,” Duffy said, “and so there will be additional oversight to make sure we have 100% confidence that their systems are compliant.” Duffy is confident the rule won’t disrupt the supply chain. “With what we’ve seen, we have enough truckers to meet the demand in the industry,” Duffy said. The post ‘National Emergency’: Trump Closes Loophole Allowing Illegal Aliens to Drive Commercial Trucks After Tragic Accidents appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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A Florida high school football coach of "significant size" is accused of fighting several students at once and has been charged with child abuse.Jamir Clarke, 29 — a now-former assistant football coach at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach — was arrested Monday on four counts of child abuse without great bodily harm, WTVJ-TV reported, citing Broward jail records.'I feel like as an adult, you should have a larger margin for patience for these kids because they can get mouthy, they can talk and say wild jokes, but I think putting your hands on a kid is never OK.'The fight occurred in a weight room during football practice after an argument over social media posts, the station said, citing an arrest report.The report said one of the victims made the "negative" posts, and Clarke became "verbally argumentative" before he started "swinging punches," WTVJ said.RELATED: Prominent high school girls' basketball coach — an 81-year-old male — fired after yanking star player's ponytail According to WPLG-TV, which cites a partially redacted arrest report, Clarke called a student a “b***h” and punched the student in the face after the student admitted to posting something negative on social media about someone associated with Clarke.Deputies said other students surrounded Clarke and “rushed” him, WPLG added, which prompted Clarke to start “swinging punches” at the students.“He hit our football player first, and then everybody just retaliated,” one student told WPLG. “He just got surrounded by everybody, and he just started throwing punches at everybody.”WPLG said the report indicates Clarke struck three students and a mirror on a wall was cracked. WTVJ, citing the report, said Clarke allegedly struck four students.One victim told police that Clarke could have de-escalated the argument but incited the brawl after throwing the first punch at the student, WPLG reported.More from WPLG:According to the report, responding deputies were searching the weightlifting room, where the fight occurred, when they found a locker room door that was locked.Staff helped deputies open the door, and inside they found Clarke “sitting on the floor with his legs crossed and the lights off,” the report stated.A WPLG video report says Clarke stands 6'7'' and weighs 400 pounds.“While he is arguing he acted in self-defense, he is a significant size, your honor, so there is a valid reason for the teammates of this victim to be of concern as Mr. Clarke presented a risk to them,” prosecutor Eric Linder said in court Wednesday, according to WPLG.Broward County Public Schools told WPLG, “The employee in question is being reassigned as we review the matter for further action, up to and including termination. We are deeply disturbed by this incident, as the safety and well-being of our students is our number one priority.”The school’s principal told parents in an email that Clarke “will also no longer serve as an assistant football coach at our school — this was his only position on our campus," WPLG added.Clarke was being held at the Broward County Main Jail and appeared in court Wednesday morning where a judge ordered him held on a total bond of $30,000, WPLG noted, adding that if he posts bond, he'll be placed on house arrest with a GPS monitor, he must surrender any weapons or firearms, and he's been banned from contact with the victims.Clarke bonded out of the Broward County jail early Thursday evening, WPLG said in a follow-up report, which noted he said nothing as he departed the jail in Fort Lauderdale.RELATED: Wild brawl caught on video at HS basketball playoff game; 7 arrested, including 3 minors and 1 player In addition, prosecutors said in court that Clarke earlier this year was accused of violence against a student at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, WPLG said, adding that a BCPS spokesperson confirmed that Clarke is a campus monitor at the school.“Following Clarke’s arrest on Monday (9/22/25), Broward Schools Police was made aware of a video that showed him fighting with students in a bathroom at Monarch High School, where he was working as a campus monitor,” a BCPS spokesperson said in a statement, according to WPLG. “That incident, which took place in early September, was not reported at the time. Clarke, who has been employed with BCPS since December 2024, is being reassigned while these incidents are reviewed for further action, up to and including termination. At all times, the safety and well-being of our students is our number one priority.”Monarch parent Shaka Williams told WPLG that Clarke's behavior was "outrageous."“The video I saw is him being the aggressor, and it was terrible," Williams noted to the station. "I feel like as an adult, you should have a larger margin for patience for these kids because they can get mouthy, they can talk and say wild jokes, but I think putting your hands on a kid is never OK.” Williams also said, "You should have more self-control. I didn’t know it was over two schools. That’s crazy.”Monarch student Isaiah Robinson told WPLG that the accusations against Clarke are “not surprising, really, now that he has a history of it.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. 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A casual conversation turned into a deprogramming session when Bill Maher recently hosted the notoriously Trump-hating director Rob Reiner on his "Club Random" podcast.Maher urged the MAGA-mad mogul to see the importance of keeping communication open with his political opponents, citing Barack Obama's skill at dealing with Republicans during his presidency.'Every fiber of your being wants to be like, "I got to get this person to not see it that way."'"Politics is about making deals. It's about bargains," Maher said, lamenting that liberals like Reiner are not willing to work with the current administration.Tokin' moderateReiner, meanwhile, countered that today's GOP is beyond reasonable discussion.Maher, noting that the Democrats do not have "any power," said that the idea of purposely not having conversations with conservatives is a pointless endeavor."The idea of, 'We don't talk to you when we don't even have the power?' Of course, you have to talk to people," Maher explained.But Reiner interjected."Before you have an exchange, you have to agree on certain facts," Reiner said.Return to condescender Maher's tone switched, the way it often does when he himself is speaking to someone he completely disagrees with."No, you don't. You can't. Once you start down that road ... you just have to talk to people," the host said.The portly producer then offered up an example that showed he does not see much worth in talking to someone who is on a different page.RELATED: Bill Maher urges left to stop comparing Trump to Hitler “No, no, you talk to people," Reiner asserted. "But if somebody says, 'Two plus two is four,' and the other guy says, 'No, it's not,' how do you begin the discussion?” he asked."Because, Rob, that’s a slippery slope," Maher replied, already sounding defeated. "If you start down that road of, 'I can't talk to you if you believe this crazy thing,' you just can't," he continued.Reiner, 78, legitimately seeming like he wanted to hear Maher's advice, asked, "What do you do?"A player's prayerThe "Real Time with Bill Maher" host admitted that while he has never been married, his experience in long-term relationships has led him to be able to accept the fact that he doesn't have to agree with everything someone says."It's very like a relationship. ... And I know there are moments where the person is believing something, and you just — every fiber of your being wants to be like, 'I got to get this person not to see it that way, 'cause I just think it's f**king nuts.'"But if that person wants that relationship to last, Maher continued, they will have to learn "three little words that are most important to any relationship.""They're not, 'I love you.' They're, 'Let it go,'" he revealed. "Sometimes you just have to let it go."RELATED: Chris Pratt mocks Trump haters for being 'allergic' to good policy, defends RFK Jr. Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images Over the moonMaher gave examples of speaking with someone who does not believe the lunar landing of 1969 happened, or even Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom he disagrees with on many topics.The reason Democrats need to reach across the aisle is because there were a lot of places where "the Democrats did f**k up," Maher said.On his list of DNC gaffes was the U.S.-Mexico border, DEI initiatives in colleges, and "elite universities, where the kids are raised to be these anarchist, America-hating anti-Semites, and there is zero diversity of opinion."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Mason County, Kentucky, sits just an hour from Cincinnati but feels like another world. Its beautiful rolling hills, deep farming roots, and traditions make it a bastion of conservative culture. Trump carried the county by 44 points. Residents distrust globalism, Big Tech, and government collusion.Yet Mason has become the latest target for one of the largest data centers in the world. The company behind it hides its name, cloaks officials in nondisclosure agreements, and dangles cash at landowners while refusing to reveal how it will feed the massive hunger for power and water.The question now is whether Kentucky — and America — will heed the warning or allow ‘progress’ to consume the very land, food, water, and power that make progress possible.The plan calls for a sprawling 5,000-acre “technology campus” near Big Pond and Tuckahoe roads. Local officials admit the buyer is a Fortune 20 giant, described only as a “global, top 10” company with “hundreds of thousands of employees.”Residents say the tactics are familiar. A few landowners get offers — $35,000 an acre in this case — while the broader community is left to bear the burden: displaced farmland, strained resources, and declining property values. Good luck selling to anyone but the data-center developer once the deal is in motion.Power drainThe proposed complex in Maysville would demand 2.2 gigawatts of power, starting at 110 megawatts by 2026 and hitting full capacity by 2028-2031. That’s the annual energy use of 1.8 million American homes. For a county of 17,000 people, the numbers are staggering. The project alone would nearly double the East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s yearly output.And that’s before accounting for water. Data centers require enormous cooling systems that siphon off local supplies. Add in the direct loss of 5,000 acres of farmland and timberland — in a nation already facing record-low cattle herds and shrinking food security — and the price tag for “progress” keeps rising.By comparison, the average coal plant sits on 585 acres; a natural gas plant, only 30. Those facilities power the nation. This one would devour power and water to feed servers.A national trendThis isn’t just about Mason County. Hyperscale data centers are sprouting everywhere with the help of state and federal officials eager to rezone farmland. Twenty such facilities are already planned for Kentucky, 10 for Ohio, and 35 for Indiana. Each site removes productive farmland, stresses infrastructure, and hands more of the food and energy supply to giant corporations.The sales pitch is always the same: jobs and economic development. Yet the real math looks different. The U.S. lost more than 100,000 beef-cow operations between 2017 and 2022. Farmers face higher feed costs, tighter margins, and competition from giant meat-packers. Now, Big Tech threatens to take what’s left.Cronyism exposedMason County Judge-Executive Owen McNeill and other officials signed NDAs while promoting the deal. Residents see it for what it is: promises of prosperity in exchange for their land, heritage, and way of life. On Facebook, 1,500 locals in “We Are Mason County” compare it to a Nigerian prince scam — big promises, little proof, and huge risks.The scam extends to Frankfort. House Bill 775 exempts data centers from Kentucky’s 6% sales and use tax for 50 years. Servers, networking equipment, cooling systems — all tax-free. Farmers pay sales tax on every tractor and plow, but Google and Meta lobbied for an endless free ride.RELATED: Time to pump the brakes on Big Tech’s AI boondoggle Photo by BlackJack3D via Getty ImagesLand, food, water, powerAt stake are the four essentials of civilization. Land grows food. Water sustains life. Power keeps the lights on. Once given away, none of these can be reclaimed. The boosters of artificial intelligence say America must have the infrastructure for it at any cost. But if AI can’t survive without tax breaks, secrecy, and the seizure of farmland, maybe it isn’t the inevitable juggernaut Silicon Valley claims.Mason County itself bears the name of George Mason, the anti-Federalist who warned that monopolies in trade and commerce would mean “no Security for ... the People for their Rights.” He did not live to see global monopolies seizing farmland in Kentucky, but he predicted the danger.The question now is whether Kentucky — and America — will heed the warning or allow “progress” to consume the very land, food, water, and power that make progress possible.