President Donald Trump accused Minnesota officials of “inciting insurrection” after Saturday's shooting of an unnamed 37-year-old who allegedly attempted to pull out a firearm as federal agents tried to detain him.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon reveals that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the DOJ established probable cause to charge Don Lemon, among several others. However, they refused to order a lower court to sign arrest warrants. CBS News reports that the ruling came after the Justice Department asked the appellate court to […] The post Appeals Court Agrees There’s Probable Cause to Charge Don Lemon But Won’t Sign Arrest Warrants appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

U.S. electric grid operators on Saturday stepped up precautions to avoid rotating blackouts as frigid weather hitting half of the country’s population stressed their operations. The PJM Interconnection – the largest U.S. regional grid that serves 67 million people in the East and Mid-Atlantic – reported temporary spikes in spot wholesale electricity prices that soared above $3,000 per megawatt hour on Saturday morning from earlier levels of less than $200 per MWh. Older power plants, typically idled much of the year, are coming online to take advantage of the elevated prices to serve higher than expected demand, said Georg Rute, CEO of grid software company Gridraven, and an expert on how weather affects power line capacity. “A 40-year-old gas turbine switches on because it sees these super-high prices,” Rute told Reuters. He added it is a sign of stress in the PJM system and elsewhere. Prices also soared in other regions as stormy weather and temperatures hovering around 0 degrees Fahrenheit (-18 Celsius) pushed up electricity demand and prompted some operators to shut in natural gas production in key basins, while grid companies also faced constraints on gas pipeline supply. Dominion Energy, whose Virginia operations include the largest collection of data centers in the world, said if its ice forecast holds, it has the potential to be one of the largest winter events to affect the utility’s operations. While regional grid operators juggle restricted fuel supplies, congested transmission lines and wild weather, electric utilities are staging crews to repair expected ice and snow damage on low-voltage distribution lines that bring power to homes and businesses. Faced with constricted gas supplies, regional U.S. grid operators are asking coal and gas-fired power plants to boost output, according to grid operations reports. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator called on power plants to maximize output and curtailed electricity exports in a territory that stretches across 15 states in the Midwest and South and Manitoba, Canada. Over the past 24 hours, MISO imported up to several thousand megawatts of power from PJM’s territory to meet demand, according to MISO’s operations reports. PJM faces greater reliability threats in winter because natural gas plants – the backbone of its generation – frequently face fuel supply constraints and mechanical freezing during extreme cold, according to analysts at consulting firm ICF International. Neighboring grid MISO issued an all-hands-on-deck emergency action designed to avoid capacity shortfalls as some power plants are forced offline or reduce their output because of freezing temperatures, alerting utilities to be prepared to produce as much electricity as possible. MISO spot wholesale electricity prices soared to nearly $500 per MWh in MISO’s Minnesota hub, as the upper Midwest experienced transmission bottlenecks across high-voltage power lines. By contrast, spot electricity prices in MISO’s southern territory were less than $50 per MWh. In New England, fuel oil generation kicked into high gear to help the six-state region’s electric grid conserve natural gas, its top fuel source. Early Saturday, oil-fired generation accounted for 35% of the New England grid’s output, compared with a typical level of about 1% or less, ISO New England’s operations display showed. Natural gas, usually the grid’s main fuel source, accounted for 22% of the grid’s generation output. New England spot electricity prices were more than $300 per MWh, or about double the price on Friday. For the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the winter storm is the biggest test for the state’s main grid operator since 2021, when a storm nearly caused a catastrophic regional blackout. More than 200 people died as ERCOT lost about half of its generation capacity amid frigid weather. Since then, stricter state and federal rules have been implemented to require better winter readiness by utilities and grid operators throughout the country. Rute said ERCOT appears to be in good shape as it has abundant fossil-fuel generation, big contributions from wind and solar power, and more battery storage than any other grid. “I think there’s very little chance of a (2021) rerun,” he said. “But no blackout happens the same way twice.” (Reporting by Tim McLaughlin; Editing by Jan Harvey, Liz Hampton, Rod Nickel)

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The Standells were formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1962, and their story is closely tied to the city’s club scene, television studios, and film lots. The original lineup featured Larry Tamblyn on keyboards and vocals, Tony Valentino on guitar, Jody Rich on bass, and Dick Dodd on drums and lead vocals. Tamblyn came from an entertainment background, as the nephew of actor Russ Tamblyn, and the band initially worked as a lounge style group before gradually moving toward a harder edged rock sound. Their early years were spent performing on television and in films, which helped them gain visibility The post Top 10 Standells Songs appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Simon Hankinson, a former U.S. diplomat, made a case Monday for what he deemed a rise in “lone wolf amateur terrorism.” Hankinson referred to the high-profile Bondi Beach, Australia, massacre. Within 10 minutes, on Dec. 14, 2025, a father and a son opened fire on hundreds during a festival, ultimately killing 15 people and injuring 40. Hankinson used this tragedy to make a simple point: “In most cases of Islamist terrorism, the perpetrator is of Muslim heritage and has ancestral roots in a Muslim country.” Both the father and son involved in this attack appeared to have been born Muslim. Now, consider the other two stories Hankinson addressed concerning young men like John Michael Garza, described as Mexican American, and Christian Sturdivant, grandson of a Christian minister. Garza, late last year, “was charged in Texas with terrorism offenses, accused of providing bomb components to individuals he is alleged to have believed were acting on behalf of the Islamic State. Garza was arrested after allegedly giving an undercover FBI agent instructions on how to make a bomb.” Sturdivant, Hankinson wrote, “was charged in North Carolina with a similar offense—allegedly attempting to provide material support to IS.” Neither of these individuals appeared to have been raised in Muslim households nor were recent immigrants. And yet, they were allegedly drawn into plans to support IS solely through online interactions. As Hankinson emphasized, they echo earlier figures like Zachary Chesser, the suburban Virginia convert who, post-high school, embraced radical Islam via blogs, websites, and eventual real-world ties. And what stands out today is the shift: radicalization increasingly requires no physical community, no visit to a mosque, no face-to-face recruitment. Screens alone suffice. The chilling cases highlighted by Hankinson serve as a stark reminder of how rapidly and deeply online influences can reshape a person’s worldview—sometimes toward darkness we scarcely imagine. From a Christian perspective, this invites sobering reflection. Scripture reminds us that the heart is deceitful above all things (Jeremiah 17:9), and we are shaped by what we see and interact with. “Do not be conformed to this world,” Paul urges us in Romans 12:2, “but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.” And yet, look around. What do you see happening when the “world” streaming into our lives, far from being a mere cultural drift, results in a life of algorithmic echo chambers, propaganda videos, and increasingly lifelike AI companions that affirm (or only further confuse) our angers, curiosities, or searches for meaning? Hankinson noted how we’ve moved from desktop blogs to always-on social media, where young people can radicalize on religion, politics, or even gender ideology without ever meeting another soul in the flesh. This alone should serve as a wake-up call. But he pushed even further, stressing how “kids are interacting with AI avatars so convincing they might as well be real. And who controls them? People with financial motives at best, political or even terrorist goals at worst.” We must ask ourselves: If evil associations corrupt good manners (1 Corinthians 15:33), what does constant digital “association” with unseen voices do to the soul? When the screen becomes confessor, teacher, and companion, whose lordship are we truly submitting to? These incidents prompt more questions rather than quick answers. How much of our children’s formation have we unwittingly outsourced to devices that know their habits better than we do? In seeking belonging or purpose online, are we equipping future generations to discern truth from manipulation, or leaving them vulnerable to whoever—or whatever—speaks loudest in the feed? Maybe online echo chambers aren’t creating terrorists in our midst. But it’s possible. It’s not even a matter of Islamist terrorist ideology. Just look at the anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests unfolding across the country. The anger, the violence. Almost assuredly, it ties back to what they see online and hear from mainstream media. As Hankinson put it, “With all the time they spend online, our children are vulnerable as never before. Active online radicalization methods will only get more sophisticated.” He suggested parents counter this by reclaiming time together, in person, fostering genuine human connection over endless scrolling. That, I would argue, resonates with the incarnational faith we profess: a God who entered the physical world, not merely messaged it. As followers of Christ called to guard our hearts (Proverbs 4:23), it’s important to consider: how do we model and teach a life where real, embodied relationships—family, church, neighbors—hold greater weight than virtual ones? Perhaps the deeper unease is this: If heavy screen time can lead some to pledge loyalty to violent ideologies—even outright terrorism—far from their upbringing, what subtler shifts might it work in all of us? The cases are extreme, yet they illuminate a broader vulnerability. What worlds are our minds truly inhabiting, hour by hour, scroll by scroll—and who, ultimately, is forming them? Originally published by The Washington Stand We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Are Americans Being Radicalized Online and Converting to Islam? appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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