Author: Rana McCallister

California $2.2 Billion Solar Plant to Close After Missing Expectations A solar energy plant in California that cost $2.2 billion to build will be shutting down after failing to meet expectations. The shutdown reflects a growing reality that big renewable projects do not always deliver what early forecasts promise. Investors, workers, and local communities are now left to sort out the fallout. The project was billed as a flagship for large scale solar deployment and grid reliability. Early modeling promised steady power production and revenue streams based on projected sunlight, panel efficiency, and assumed grid access. When real world conditions…

Pentagon: Hegseth to address ‘senior military leaders’ next week The Pentagon confirmed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will speak to senior military leaders next week, setting up one of the most significant gatherings of the modern era. The announcement landed fast and blunt, and it’s clear the department is trying to get ahead of swirling questions about purpose and scope. Washington is watching to see whether this meeting is the start of responsible reform or another bureaucratic moment. “The Secretary of War will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said. Those words…

Mystery Drones Overhead: A Clearer Look at an Unsettling Puzzle Police say they don’t know where the mystery drones launched from, or where they “disappeared to” afterwards. Officers reported multiple sightings and intermittent radar traces that did not match any registered aircraft in the area, and neighbors described the hum as sudden and unsettling. The lack of a clear origin or destination has left investigators and residents with more questions than answers. Initial eyewitness accounts varied, but a pattern emerged around timing and altitude that suggested a coordinated movement rather than random hobbyist flights. Local authorities treated the reports seriously…

Poetic justice is defined by Merriam-Webster’s as “an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usually in a manner peculiarly or ironically appropriate.” That definition captures the sharp irony at the heart of the Army’s new 2024 extremism policy and how it can be used today. The story that follows looks at that irony and why it matters for the military and the country. The Biblical account of Esther gives us the image we need to see this clearly. Haman built a gallows to hang Mordecai and to erase the Jewish people, only to find himself swinging from…

‘You’re So Desperate’: Chris Cuomo Blasts Left for Claiming They’re Less Violent ‘Right After’ Kirk Assassination Chris Cuomo slammed the modern left on his show after they argued the left is less violent than the right in the wake of the Charlie Kirk shooting. He called out what he labeled a cynical race to control the narrative and said the timing of their argument made it look like clickbait. The exchange exposes a sharp divide over how leaders and media assign blame after political violence. The discussion started after the September attack on Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, an…

NORAD Scrambles Jets to Identify and Intercept Four Russian Warplanes Near Alaska The North American Aerospace Defense Command detected four Russian military aircraft operating near Alaska and launched a quick, visible response to identify and shadow them, a move that underscores how real-world air security still matters even when headlines move on. Two Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers and two Su-35 fighters were tracked inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, which sits just outside U.S. sovereign airspace but demands immediate attention. NORAD moved aircraft and tankers into position to make sure those planes were seen, logged, and deterred from drifting…

Jezebel Paid a Witch Days Before Charlie Kirk’s Murder: A Republican Take Earlier this month many on the left reacted to the brutal assassination of activist Charlie Kirk with words of praise and celebration, and that response deserved outrage. The country watched as a violent act was met with gloating and, in some corners, thinly veiled approval. That alone should have set off alarm bells about where political discourse has gone in this country. Now a new report has made the situation even darker by revealing that a left-wing outlet openly courted a curse on Kirk just days before his…

Starbucks Cuts 900 Jobs and Shutters Stores as It Embarks on $1B Restructure Starbucks has announced plans to lay off roughly 900 employees and to close a number of stores as part of a broad $1 billion restructuring effort. The company says this is part of a strategic shift to sharpen focus on the coffeehouse experience and customer-facing investments. Executives framed the move as a hard, necessary step to stabilize performance and redirect resources. Management projects the net number of stores in North America will fall by about 1 percent in the next fiscal year when openings and closures are…

Lawsuit Alleges UNC Hid Bill Belichick Hiring in Closed-Door Meeting Former UNC provost Chris Clemens and attorney David McKenzie have filed a lawsuit claiming the University of North Carolina secretly hired Bill Belichick in a closed-door session. The plaintiffs say the decision was made without proper public notice or the transparency required of public institutions. That accusation has set off questions about governance, accountability, and how major decisions get made at state schools. The complaint centers on whether university officials violated state open meetings rules by making a hiring decision behind closed doors. At stake is more than one hire.…

The U.S.-based Antifa movement borrows its name, imagery, and bravado from Germany’s Antifaschistische Aktion, a Communist project from the 1920s and 1930s that played a role in fragmenting the democratic left at a deadly moment. That split helped clear the political path for Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to seize control of a broken Weimar Republic. Understanding that origin undercuts the modern group’s moral claim to a purely anti-fascist heritage. Modern Antifa rewrites history Modern Antifa organizers proudly fly the two-flag banner and claim a lineage to interwar anti-fascists, but the historical record is messier and uglier than the…