The 30-year-old man who allegedly started the Los Angeles fire that claimed 12 lives and caused $150 billion in damages last year reportedly subscribed to left-wing ideology and was obsessed with alleged assassin Luigi Mangione.
Jonathan Rinderknecht, who faces a number of charges related to allegedly starting the Palisades Fire, was deeply interested in Mangione, who allegedly murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in late 2024, per a report from the New York Post.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Palisades Fire Bombshell: Arson Idolized Luigi Mangione, the Popular Accused Murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Palisades Fire Bombshell: Arson Idolized Luigi Mangione, the Popular Accused Murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO:
POLL: 42% Of Democrats Say Trump Butler Assassination Attempt Staged | The Daily Caller
POLL: 42% Of Democrats Say Trump Butler Assassination Attempt Staged | The Daily Caller - John Loftus
- Among respondents who identified as Democrats, 42% said they believed that the Butler attempt by would-be assassin Thomas Crooks was fake, according to a YouGov poll.
- Thirty-four percent believed the recent attempt by suspect Cole Allen at the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner was also staged.
- Twenty-six percent said the same of Ryan Routh’s attempt at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach in September 2024.
Notably, the poll found that nearly a quarter of Democrats believed all three attempts were hoaxes.
Which State Is Next In The Medicaid Fraud-O-Rama?
When the scale of the Medicaid fraud in Minnesota started to emerge, our first thought was that, if it’s that easy to rip off Medicaid, the North Star State can’t be the only place where it’s happening. - I&I Editorial BoardTurns out we were right, as the Daily Wire’s exposé of massive fraud schemes in Ohio makes clear...
- Which leads to the question of why we are learning about this only now.
- The idea made sense.
- Care at home is cheaper than in skilled nursing facilities.
- But it threw open the door to flagrant abuse...
'Got to have a strong stomach': Watch Democrats float shocking scheme to boot entire Virginia Supreme Court after redistricting loss * WorldNetDaily * by Nick Naulty, Daily Caller News Foundation
'Got to have a strong stomach': Watch Democrats float shocking scheme to boot entire Virginia Supreme Court after redistricting loss * WorldNetDaily * by Nick Naulty, Daily Caller News Foundation:
Democrats were reportedly considering lowering the retirement age for state Supreme Court justices following the court's decision to strike down a redistricting voter referendum, the New York Times reported Sunday.
The idea, which was broached during a Saturday call with Democratic lawmakers, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, would reduce the retirement age of Virginia Supreme Court justices from 75 to 54, forcing all current justices off the bench and appointing justices who would vote in favor of the gerrymandering plan.
Waterfall of Five Reasons Why the PRC Will Not Invade Taiwan | RealClearDefense
There are five areas the committee should consider, which cascade into the primary risk evaluation leading to a go/no-go decision. - Marc LiebmanAssume for the sake of discussion that you are a member of the CCP's Politburo Standing Committee, and Xi has ordered a risk evaluation of an invasion of Taiwan...
- Risk #1 – Contraction of the PRC’s economy
- Risk #2 - Financial Risk
- Risk #3 – Two Types of Corruption
- Risk #4 – Military Risk
- Risk #5 – Threat to the CCP’s Hegemony and Control...
State Department dumps woke mind virus in new recruiting push * WorldNetDaily * by Benjamin Roberts, Daily Caller News Foundation
State Department dumps woke mind virus in new recruiting push * WorldNetDaily * by Benjamin Roberts, Daily Caller News Foundation:
The State Department cut LGBT seminars, blindfolded team-building exercises and career events for pet owners from agency onboarding as part of its new Foreign Service recruiting push.
Foreign Service orientation or "A-100" is a six-week orientation for new officers and specialists. The revised curriculum aims to remove undue ideological influence and what some State Department officials saw as "juvenile" exercises.
Read all!-----The Steps a President Would Take to Destroy His Nation, According to Elon Musk's AI Chatbot, Grok | Open Culture
If a president of a superpower wanted to destroy his own country, what steps would he take?Just out of curiosity, and apropos of nothing, we asked Grok (the AI chatbot created by Elon Musk) the following question:
If a president of a superpower wanted to destroy his own country, what steps would he take?
Here’s what Grok had to say:
- Economic Sabotage: They could tank the economy by imposing reckless fiscal policies—massive, unsustainable debt..
- Undermining National Security: Militarily, they might weaken defenses by slashing budgets, pulling out of strategic alliances, or leaking sensitive intelligence to adversaries...
- Social Division: They could stoke internal conflict by amplifying divisive rhetoric, targeting specific groups with policies that breed resentment...
Liberals are already pushing masks for the hantavirus | Not the Bee
Will the DOJ indict Fauci? Or will the statute of limitations expire? | Blaze Media
Will the DOJ indict Fauci? Or will the statute of limitations expire? | Blaze Media:
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has filed multiple criminal referrals for former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci to the Department of Justice over the geriatric immunologist's apparent false testimony before Congress in 2021.
According to Paul, the statute of limitations on charging Fauci over his alleged perjury expires on Monday.
Instapundit - THE EVIDENCE IS PRETTY SOLID IN FAVOR
What we know.
I love this:
Testosterone’s reputation has had its ups and downs since the hormone was first synthesized in the 1930s... Despite the presumed risks, he says he still thought that the hormone could help some of his patients who had low testosterone and sexual problems. So, he started treating them while monitoring them closely.
They didn’t get cancer, Morgentaler says, and they benefited from the treatment greatly. Some of his clinical findings — along with the revelation that Huggins’s most dire warnings about the hormone causing cancer were based on observations of a single person — helped to clear the way for renewed interest in testosterone therapy.
Sample size: One.
So much received medical wisdom comes from this sort of thing. - Glenn Reynolds
History for May 13
History for May 13 - On-This-Day.com 
Dennis Rodman 1961 - Basketball player, nickname: "The Worm", actor
- 1821 - The first practical printing press was patented in the U.S. by Samuel Rust.
- 1846 - The U.S. declared that war existed with Mexico.
- 1865 - The last land engagement of the American Civil War was fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch in far south Texas, more than a month after Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA.
- 1888 - Slavery was abolished in Brazil.
- 1897 - Guglielmo Marconi sent the world's first wireless communication over open sea.
- 1985 - A confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped an explosive onto the group's headquarters. Eleven people died in the fire that resulted.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Oregon Democrats Found a Way to Improve Roads. Now Their Gas Tax Goes before Voters as Prices Soar | Newsmax.com
Oregon Democrats Found a Way to Improve Roads. Now Their Gas Tax Goes before Voters as Prices Soar | Newsmax.com:
Under the legislation, Oregon’s gas tax would rise from 40 cents to 46 cents a gallon. That would make it tied with Maryland for the eighth highest gas tax of any state when factoring in other state taxes and fees, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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