CoinDesk reports that Texas has purchased $5 million worth of shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) exchange-traded fund (ETF). The investment, confirmed by a spokesman for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, serves as a placeholder as the state continues working toward directly holding bitcoin in its own reserve. The purchase comes after Texas passed…
Solomon Ray topped the iTunes Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week, and he’s not even real … or Christian … or black. “His most recent release, a Christmas EP called A Soulful Christmas, features tracks with titles like ‘Soul to the World’ and ‘Jingle Bell Soul,’ reports Christianity Today. “Ray is a verified artist…
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) received criticism in response to his social media post expressing he was “thinking of the families” of the two West Virginia National Guardsmen who were shot in Washington, D.C. In response to a now-deleted post from the Associated Press, Kelly called the shooting “horrific” and thanked the first responders for bring…
The NFL has revealed its plans to celebrate the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary with specially designed footballs and a host of other commemorative efforts. The league is working in close coordination with the White House’s 250 Task Force. “The NFL is proud to participate in celebrating America’s 250th anniversary,” Goodell said. “The story of the…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick went to Brussels this week with a refreshingly direct message: if Europe wants relief from American steel and aluminum tariffs, it will have to ease up on its regulatory and tax assault on U.S. technology companies. Notice the straightforwardness of this offer. There’s no need for elaborate moral framing or appeals…
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) wrote in a letter on Wednesday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai that removing Gemma from its AI studio does not prevent the distribution of the AI model from generating “patently false and defamatory statements” about her and other conservatives. Blackburn wrote her letter to the Google chief executive after she accused…
On Monday’s “The Alex Marlow Show,” Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent discussed the moment he knew Hillary Clinton would lose the 2016 presidential race. Bessent said, “Someone said, oh, well, you donated to President Obama the during the primaries. I think I gave $1,500 because I disliked Hillary Clinton so much. Then I gave…
On Monday, Bengals head coach Zac Taylor did not officially say that quarterback Joe Burrow would make his long-awaited return after his three-month injury absence. Still, he said he does “anticipate” Burrow will play against the Ravens on Thanksgiving night. Burrow has not played since sustaining a toe injury in Week 2. With the Bengals…
The New York Post reports that Elon Musk’s Tesla is facing yet another lawsuit over a deadly post-crash fire, this time filed by Jeffery Dennis, a resident of Washington state. The federal complaint, submitted on Friday, alleges that Dennis’s 2018 Tesla Model 3 experienced a sudden acceleration, surging out of control for approximately five seconds before…
Lackey emphasized that credible military deterrence begins with planning. “If you’re not capable of inflicting violence on your adversary, you have no credible deterrence,” he stated. Planning, he explained, must be adaptive and continuous: “It is a repetitive and continuous improvement process.” This becomes even more critical when operations involve what Lackey called “actual kinetic…
