One hundred and seventy-three. That’s the number of American public entities, including cities, counties, universities, and special districts, that have canceled, declined to renew, paused, rejected, or deactivated contracts with Flock Safety. Flock is the Atlanta-based company that operates the largest private automated license plate reader network in U.S. history. But the number isn’t the...
Three times a week, people across Northeast Pennsylvania drive to a dialysis center, sit in a chair, and let a machine clean their blood for hours. They trust the staff. They trust the process. Most of them believe they’re waiting for a kidney transplant that will get them out of that chair for good. What...
A Washington Post investigation published in early August 2026 found that at least 50 law enforcement officers across the United States have been charged with or accused of misusing Flock’s automated license plate reader network, most often to track women they knew personally. In Mooresville, North Carolina, Officer Elizabeth Snowman was arrested and charged on...
Someone cut down two Flock surveillance cameras near a Lowe’s in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania on the Fourth of July. They taped an American flag to the pole. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating. No arrests have been made. It was not an isolated incident. Across the country, Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras are being cut...
An analysis and opinion on the fracturing coalition behind Trump’s second term, and what the polling is really telling us about November. For most of the past decade, defection from Donald Trump has come almost exclusively from what could loosely be called the establishment wing of the Republican Party. Their break was ideological and, in...
Jessie White’s Connection to Shapiro May Be Just a Photo. Joe Bachman Can’t Say the Same. On July 21, 2026, FBI agents executed a search warrant at a home on the 1800 block of Vista Drive in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. The resident was Jesse J. White, a former four-term Democratic state representative and disbarred attorney. According...
Katie Thomas was ticketed for holding a phone in a hand she doesn't have. PBSO Deputy Yosvani Quesada's 800 citations in five months explain why. The same system runs through Lackawanna, Monroe, Carbon Wayne, and Pike counties.
A new bill just dropped in Congress that would establish a permanent strategic Bitcoin reserve, purchasing up to 1 million BTC over five years. It’s called the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026, or ARMA, introduced by Congressmen Nick Begich and Jared Golden. It builds on Senator Cynthia Lummis’s earlier Bitcoin Act, which never made...
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Director of National Intelligence, citing husband Abraham Williams' rare bone cancer diagnosis. The exit follows months of clashes over the U.S.-Iran war, CIA tensions, and a public contradiction from Trump himself.
Health & Science Is Hanta Virus Always Fatal? A virus that’s been killing people for thousands of years just made headlines again. Here’s what you actually need to know — and why the situation is different from 2020. Based on reporting by Dr. Bernard · May 2026 In April 2026, a man boarded a cruise...