The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

‘Fyre Fraud’: A Millennial Woodstock

Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland. In October, when Billy McFarland was sentenced to six years in federal prison, prosecutors described his criminal history thus: “For the past five years, the defendant has been the consummate con artist. The defendant’s actions reveal a profoundly greedy, self-absorbed man focused exclusively on himself. . . . Whenever he […]

Advice to Criminals: Avoid Texas

America’s criminal population lost three members over the weekend: Three men were killed and two others were injured after dozens of shots were fired by a homeowner in Texas during a home invasion early Sunday, officials said. The incident happened around 1 a.m. in east Houston after five men wearing ski masks broke into the […]

Transgender Victimhood Narrative Update

Dana Martin, 31, was found shot to death in Alabama. The New York Times has important news of nationwide significance: An Alabama woman has become the first known transgender person killed this year in the United States. Dana Martin, 31, identified by advocacy groups as a black transgender woman, was found shot to death in […]

Girl’s Kidnapper Held on $5 Million Bond; Court Documents Reveal Crime Details

  Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs was found alive last week, nearly three months after being kidnapped by the 21-year-old man who murdered her parents. Today a Wisconsin judge ordered Jake Thomas Patterson held on $5 million bond, and details of the crime emerged: A Wisconsin man accused of abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and holding her captive […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous

On Dec. 28, sheriff’s deputies in Stevens County, Washington, responded to the report of a shooting at a home near Colville, about 70 miles north of Spokane. They arrived to find that Mark Leland, 51, had been shot with a .357 revolver by his father-in-law, James Gates, 72, as the result of an apparent domestic […]

Girl Found Alive After Being Kidnapped by Man Who Murdered Her Parents

  Thirteen-year-old Jayme Closs escaped with her life Thursday after being held captive for nearly three months by the man who police say murdered her parents James and Denise Closs. The suspect, 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson, specifically targeted the Closs home Oct. 15 with the intention of kidnapping Jayme, according to authorities in Wisconsin: Barron […]

Crazy People Are Dangerous: Florida Stripper Had Mass Murder Fantasies

  News from The Crazy State: An exotic dancer in Florida was arrested Wednesday after writing about her “urges” to undertake a mass shooting in a crowded area, police said. Brein Basarich, 31, who worked at the Showgirls Men’s Club in Plant City, admitted to posting the threats on her Tumblr account under the username […]

Media’s Anti-White Bias Makes Houston Drive-By Shooting National News

  When 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes was killed in a drive-by shooting in Houston Dec. 30, the story “captured nationwide attention,” because Jazmine’s family claimed that the shooter was a white man: The teen and her mother described the suspect as a white man with blue eyes, a thin build and no beard. They say he […]

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