The incident ignited a form of 18th-century expertise war that wouldn't look out of place on social media today.

For the entire week, the legacy media couldn’t decide whether to pretend Los Angeles is NOT on fire or whether to openly cheer on our foreign invaders and their Antifa army responsible for lighting the flames.   As PBS and ABC describe the riots as a “peaceful” “festival” of kids “having fun watching cars burn,” their sheltered talk show hosts blame us plebs for waging war on the alien arsonists, because we don’t want them waging war on us.  That’s like instructing a pilot to let terrorists hijack his plane and crash it… or else they’ll get angrier and try crashing it anyway. But the leftist media’s underlying position is that Americans, and Western Civilization as a whole, should lie down and let ourselves be conquered, because our enemies apparently have the moral authority to wipe us out.  NewsBusters Senior Research Analyst Bill D’Agostino and I joined “The Leventhal Report” on Newsmax to discuss. 

In an age of unprecedented national debt, $9.4 billion is just a drop in a bucket, coming in at about 27 bucks per American. But still — still! — it might not pass the U.S. Senate, where it’s headed after the House of Representatives’ yes vote on Thursday. That's because with just a three-vote majority, even reaching 51 votes is difficult when members are on completely different pages.The proposed cuts would put a legislative stamp on some of the more spectacular cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency, including to USAID, NPR, and PBS. That means these cuts target deeply partisan programs staunchly defended by Democrats.No one knows how many 'tweaks' it would take to win over Collins. But Trump has leverage elsewhere.President Donald Trump's 2018 rescission proposal failed in a Republican Senate despite that package merely reclaiming leftover funds. So what now?Here are the key players to watch next week.Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.): In large swaths of the country, NPR and PBS are reliably partisan mouthpieces for some of the more radical aspects of the Democrats’ agenda — and reliable opponents of Republican politics.If you want to hear about “the new civil rights battle” over the plight of undocumented trans prostitutes of color and size in Worchester, tune into Boston’s NPR affiliate. But that's not always the case.Rounds’ state of South Dakota is a rural state in Tornado Alley. That means its public radio stations cover things like local sports and state meetings, but also extreme weather events in which seconds of extra warning time can save lives. This makes the Senate majority leader’s junior colleague more defensive of public radio than, say, the Republican from South Carolina.Because of these concerns, Rounds is one of just two Republican senators who have publicly voiced skepticism of the specific rescissions package passed by the House of Representatives. That doesn’t mean he can’t be brought around, however.Rounds’ concerns are targeted and are not the experience of those Republicans who instead see NPR funding as contributing to attack ads against them, so a fix could also be targeted and come as either an exception (hard to do, because then everyone wants one) or a specific grant to fund weather reporting on rural stations.No one in Texas or Indiana needs to contribute taxes to telling South Dakota reservations about the latest triangle on the LGBTQA flag, but more specific grants could take care of all of those states’ needs.South Dakota is a deeply red state, and that means Trump carries a lot of water. Watch for Rounds being able to get to a yes, with the right promises.Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine): Collins is a reliably liberal Republican, which makes more sense when you realize she represents a state that went to former Vice President Kamala Harris by eight points. She’s also a professional appropriator, meaning she takes the Senate’s power to spend far more seriously than she takes its duty to responsible fiscal stewardship. One of the top reasons she voted against the 2018 package was her concern that a simple majority could rescind funds appropriated by 60 votes or more.She hasn’t signaled any change of heart — and now she chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee.This time, her stated concern centers on funding for PEPFAR, the U.S. program that supports AIDS relief in Africa. That may sound reasonable at first. But the argument falls apart once you realize what PEPFAR often funds in practice.Those stories about U.S. taxpayer dollars buying condoms in the Congo or funding outreach programs embedded with sex workers in Thailand? That’s PEPFAR money at work.Not all the money funds these sorts of things, of course, and AIDS is still a very deadly and serious disease in undeveloped countries. To that end, Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought promised last week to tweak the defunding to appease worried Republicans with a focus on lifesaving funds more than the “prevention” that has gone so far astray from American intentions.Vought warned, however, that PEPFAR “is something that our budget will be very trim on, because we believe that many of these nonprofits are not geared towards the viewpoints of the administration.” “We’re $37 trillion in debt,” he added. “So at some point, the continent of Africa needs to absorb more of the burden of providing this health care.”No one knows how many “tweaks” it would take to win over Collins. But Trump has leverage elsewhere.Lobster fishermen matter a great deal in Maine, and the president has stood firmly with that industry. He could also offer relief on trade barriers or tariffs — though he may want to save that for a bigger prize: the all-important reconciliation deal.Still, Collins’ professed ethical objections to spending cuts make a yes vote unlikely, no matter what’s on the table.Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska): Murkowski is another liberal Republican and appropriator. She’s even a close pal of Collins! She held her nose last time around and voted “yes” on Trump’s 2018 rescission under urging from the then-Senate majority leader, but before their conversation on the Senate floor, and literally on her way to the vote, she told CNN, “I don’t support any of this.”Keep in mind this was for money that was not used, targeting government functions that were fully funded. The fight in 2025 is a step up altogether, and Murkowski is a big fan of American money going to foreign projects.Above all things, however, Murkowski is transactional, and there are a lot of things the White House could do to make things more palatable to the senator from Alaska, from military infrastructure and coastline development to simply spending more on projects in her state.She was a very tepid yes last time around, and the president has lost the man who brought her over the top, but Trump is in a different place too — returned to office with a national mandate and a real coalition backing him. She’s a potential yes but will have to be brought there — with money.Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): This brings us to our last senator: that former majority leader who convinced his friend Murkowski to vote yes in 2018. To cut right to it, McConnell has changed. Not in his general love for war, sending money abroad, appropriations, and resistance to campaign finance reform, mind you, but in his now open dislike for the 47th president of the United States.McConnell made clear, even after Trump’s popular re-election, that he sees his legacy in protecting the status quo on America’s foreign policy. That includes preserving USAID and the great soft-power value it was supposed to give us before that sector of government was co-opted and subverted by hard-line Democratic activists.More to the point, McConnell hates Trump. The man in the Oval Office represents a well-deserved repudiation of everything the man from Kentucky stands for, and he knows it. That doesn’t mean he’s willing to be the vote to shut down rescissions — and he’s kept that card close to his chest — but it sure leans that way.McConnell is the type of politician who likes to let other people do the fighting for him, but in his twilight years, he is more apt to let ’er rip on the new sort of Republicans. He’s a wild card, but don’t bet much on his coming to a yes, at least nothing it would hurt to lose.The Senate is a mercurial body, made up of personalities that are interesting to track and fun to guess on. This is a flexible and nimble White House with an excellent legislative affairs team (take a look at the president’s Thursday re-invitation of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and his wife to the White House picnic for the most recent evidence). Even then, cutting partisan corruption from a bloated budget is tough work when it comes to convincing Republicans.If this package passes, expect many more rescission packages to follow. If not, keep an eye on Vought and his allies. The executive will be making cuts — we’re just not sure yet if Congress will play its part.Sign up for Bedford’s newsletterSign up to get Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford’s newsletter.

Illegal aliens held at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey where Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver (N.J.) allegedly assaulted an ICE officer last month rioted Thursday evening after their meals were reportedly delayed in coming.While detainees destroyed property and in some cases escaped, leftist radicals outside descended on the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, swarmed federal agents, and tried to block the entrance to prevent additional officers from responding to the riot.A hunt is now under way for several inmates who escaped during the riot.Ras Baraka, Newark's radical Democratic mayor who was detained last month for trespassing at the same federal facility, said in a statement, "We are concerned about reports of what has transpired at Delaney Hall this evening, ranging from withholding food and poor treatment, to uprising and escaped detainees."Rather than criticize the violent foreign nationals for their revolt or his fellow travelers' efforts to impede law enforcement officers outside, Baraka instead railed about "local zoning laws and fundamental constitutional rights."The detention center, located next to the Essex County Jail, is operated on behalf of ICE by the GEO Group, the largest private prison operator in the United States. The facility, which has over 1,000 beds, was reopened shortly after President Donald Trump retook office.RELATED: Florida sheriff makes clear to radicals that riots won't go their way: 'We will kill you' Newark Mayor Ras Baraka outside the facility. Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty ImagesThere was apparently need for the extra capacity, first because ICE officials reportedly regard New Jersey as a strategic area due to its proximity to major airports and New York City, and second because the existing facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, had only a few hundred beds.The Department of Homeland Security indicated last month that the facility currently holds murderers, rapists, suspected terrorists, and gang members.Among the illegal aliens taken to the facility and unwittingly championed by leftist protesters outside was Hugo Torre-Tomailla, a Peruvian wanted in his home country for the alleged rape of a minor. Jorge Luis Sanchez-Luna, a Mexican national also taken to the facility, was arrested for repeatedly raping his young daughter over the course of several years.Around 6 p.m. on Thursday, an illegal alien at the ICE facility called a staff member at a hotline run by the outfit Deportation and Immigration Response Equipo, claiming that a gang of illegal aliens had begun to revolt over food conditions, reported the New York Times.Ellen Whitt, a volunteer who works at the hotline, told the Times, "People were hungry and got very angry and started to react and started to rebel against what was going on in the detention center."The detainee who called to complain indicated that his fellow inmates were trying to smash windows.Mustafa Cetin, an immigration lawyer for one of the illegal aliens at the facility, told NJ Advance Media that around 50 detainees conspired to knock down a wall of a dormitory room when their meals did not arrive as quickly as they desired."Based on what he told me it was an outer wall, not very strong, and they were able to push it down," said Cetin.WABC-TV reported that private security personnel attempted to gain control with the assistance of responding ICE agents; however, they lost track of multiple illegal aliens amid the chaos, four of whom could not immediately be accounted for.A senior DHS official told Blaze News, "DHS has become aware of four detainees at the privately held Delaney Hall Detention Facility escaping. Additional law enforcement partners have been brought in to find these escapees, and a BOLO has been disseminated."RELATED: DHS posts 'foreign invaders' deportation meme — and liberals can't cope Gate outside Delaney Hall. Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images"We encourage the public to call 911 or the ICE Tip Line: 866-DHS-2-ICE if they have information that may lead to the locating of these individuals," added the official.When pressed for comment, a spokesman for the GEO Group referred Blaze News to ICE for answers. ICE did not immediately respond to Blaze News' requests for comment.As the riot raged inside, leftists tried to block ICE agents from entering and exiting the facility. Footage shared to X by the New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice shows radicals barricading the gate outside Delaney Hall.Police can be seen in another video dismantling the barricade and clearing an exit for law enforcement vehicles.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

OpenAI's artificial intelligence model was defeated by a nearly 50-year-old video game program.Citrix software engineer Robert Caruso posted about the showdown between the AI and the old tech on LinkedIn, where he explained that he pitted OpenAI's ChatGPT against a 1970s chess emulator, meaning a version of the game ported into a computer.'ChatGPT got absolutely wrecked on the beginner level.'The chess game was simply titled Video Chess and was released in 1979 on the Atari 2600, which launched in 1977.According to Caruso, ChatGPT was given a board layout to identify the chess pieces but quickly became confused, mistook "rooks for bishops," and repeatedly lost track of where the chess pieces were.ChatGPT even blamed the Atari icons for its loss, claiming they were "too abstract to recognize." RELATED: OpenAI sabotaged commands to prevent itself from being shut off Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe AI chatbot did not fare any better after the game was switched to standard chess notation, either, and still made enough "blunders" to get "laughed out of a 3rd grade chess club," Caruso wrote on LinkedIn.Caruso revealed not only that the AI performed especially poorly, but that it had actually requested to play the game."ChatGPT got absolutely wrecked on the beginner level. This was after a conversation we had regarding the history of AI in Chess which led to it volunteering to play Atari Chess. It wanted to find out how quickly it could beat a game that only thinks 1-2 moves ahead on a 1.19 MHz CPU."Atari's decades-old tech humbly performed its duty using just an 8-bit engine, Caruso explained.The engineer described Atari's gameplay as "brute-force board evaluation" using 1977-era "stubbornness.""For 90 minutes, I had to stop [Chat GPT] from making awful moves and correct its board awareness multiple times per turn."The OpenAI bot continued to justify its poor play, allegedly "promising" it would improve "if we just started over."Eventually, the AI "knew it was beat" and conceded to the Atari program.RELATED: Who's stealing your data, the left or the right? The Atari 2600 was a landmark video game console known predominantly for games like Pong, but also Pac-Man and Indy 500.By 1980, Atari had sold a whopping 8 million units, according to Medium.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Google said at I/O 2025 that AI Overviews are quite popular with users, but I’ve always found them to be the worst kind of AI product. Google is forcing AI results on as many Google Search queries as it can just because it can. It’s not because users want AI Overviews in search. The separate AI Mode is generative AI in Google Search done the right way. It’s a separate tab or an intentional choice from the user to enhance their Search experience with a Gemini-powered chat. The reason I don’t like the idea of AI Overviews being forced on users aggressively is their well-known problems with accuracy. We’ve learned the hard way that AI Overviews hallucinate badly. The glue-on-pizza incident won’t be forgotten anytime soon. While Google has improved AI Overviews, the AI-powered Search results still make mistakes. The latest one concerns the fatal Air India crash from earlier this week. Some people who rushed to Google Search to find out what happened saw an AI Overview claiming that an Airbus operated by Air India crashed on Thursday, soon after takeoff. Some AI Overviews even mentioned the type of plane, an Airbus A330-243. In reality, it was a Boeing 787. Continue reading... The post Google AI Overviews strike again following the fatal Air India crash appeared first on BGR.

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., continues his at-odds positioning against President Donald Trump.Bacon posted on Thursday about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and what he considered a lack of appropriate policy from Trump."What we see right now in the administration is...