Local News in Franklin County

Who in Hell Are the Houthis?

The Houthis are a small tribe in Yemen’s mountainous north who love their quirky Zaidi sect of militant Islam, cherish their guns, and love to chew the narcotic shrub qat. I joined Houthis in the wild mountains of Yemen to follow their wars and chew qat. Houthis like to argue,…

Dictators In Love

New England Governors: Stop Chasing a Nuclear Fantasy

Are all six New England governors out of their minds? It’s 2026, renewable energy is surging globally, nuclear power plants remain as dangerous as ever, and they want to build new nukes?

The Dismantling of Black Policy Power

The Purge at the Top: Targeting Excellence in the Pentagon ​ When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth targeted high-ranking military leadership, the pattern of removals was striking. Nearly sixty percent of the senior officers sidelined, fired, or stripped from promotion lists were…

Is Israel’s Reign Ending? Macklemore and the Cultural War over Palestine

‘Page Six Hollywood’ recently declared : “War of Open Letters Erupts Between Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestine Factions in Hollywood.” Only a few years ago, a headline like this would have seemed unthinkable.

President Herzog Pardons IDF Soldier Despite Military Objection

When a president grants clemency to a convicted soldier despite objections from the military leadership, the decision naturally raises questions about justice, accountability, and the meaning of mercy.

National Poopy Threat

How Trump Has Lowered the Wages of American Workers

On June 6, 2025, Donald Trump’s White House staff issued an upbeat statement proclaiming that what it called the “Trump Effect” was creating “higher pay for American workers.” The reality, though, is that Trump, during his second term in office, has deliberately reduced the wages…

280, Part 2 - Zoom, Solartopia/Greep, 2026 Burying Nukes, Battery Power For All

We then switch to “zombie reactors” and the great investigative reporter ROGER RAPOPORT’s scoop on the decimation of the expert labor force at Michigan’s Palisades nuke and the industry’s own insiders warning of a 1/20 chance of a major accident within 14 months of Palisades…

The Gestapo Meme That Became a Trump Executive Order

Ihren Ausweis, bitte!” Show me your papers! You’ve seen it in a dozen World War II movies. Some menacing German officer in a Hugo Boss trench coat stops the family/spy/hero/refugee to demand citizenship papers. And now, it’s baaack! Trump’s Executive Order 14399 requires…

If Azaria Is Pardoned, Why Not Amir?

President Isaac Herzog recently granted Elor Azaria clemency, shortening the period before the remainder of his criminal record could be erased. He did so despite opposition from the military's chief of staff. In March 2016, Azaria shot and killed 21-year-old Palestinian…

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