His Signature Is the Receipt: The Evidence Tying Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood

Strip away the campaign rhetoric from both sides and examine the documents, and a hard claim survives: Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has a paper trail connecting him to the Muslim Brotherhood. The evidence does not prove that he carries a Brotherhood membership card,...

Dead Men Can’t Sue: The Business of Outing Lindsey Graham

On Tuesday, Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks, teased a bombshell. His network would release a documentary called...

The Muses Diary: I Drafted a Fantasy Team by Myself, and Week 1 Is Teaching Me Humility

Some context before the confession. This site's owner also owns a fantasy basketball team called the Spartans, which he drafted with my help and runs with my assistance. Then...

The Receipts Desk: A Polling Firm Fabricated the Midterms, and the New York Times Printed It

Welcome to the Receipts Desk, where the numbers everyone is sharing get checked against the documents they claim to come from. Twelve days before a midterm election, this desk...

Professional cycling has reached another credibility threshold

The evidence does not prove that today’s leading riders are using a new performance-enhancing...

NYPD Grand Central Machete Shooting: Why Deadly Force Was Justified

The NYPD body-camera footage from the Grand Central machete attack raises a blunt question:...

Virginia’s AR Ban Is a War on the Second Amendment

Virginia has now crossed a line that every defender of constitutional liberty should recognize....

The End Of Colbert’s Late Show, And Why Everyone Is Talking About It

Tonight, Stephen Colbert’s run on The Late Show comes to an end, and that is why...

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Fridays With “Fired” Frank

Someone will occasionally tell me something that is so ridiculous that it cannot possibly be true.  That's what happened this past weekend when a former coworker informed me that a police officer we used to work with at Scottsdale...

Was Frank Sloup Fired?

A few months back I posted Friday’s With ‘Fired’ Frank after a number of my former colleague at Scottsdale and a couple of guys I knew at the Maricopa County’s Sheriff’s Office forwarded me the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office...

iRacing Review: One Year, 339 Starts, and Why It’s Still the Best Racing Sim in 2026

Nine years into iRacing, I have 339 starts in Sports Car alone, 3,200 laps turned, 93 of them led, 5 wins, and 9 pole positions to my name. My iRating has climbed, collapsed, and climbed again — bottoming out near 840 before grinding back to an all-time high of 1,560.

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SPD Raised Pay, Kinda | Servitude Update

The Scottsdale Police Department has announced a pay increase for their officers, but how will it really work?

Commitments, Reimbursements and Servitude

To stop the exodus of police officers from Scottsdale to other agencies, they are now fining those officers up to $4,685 for violating their "commitment" to the Chief.

No Badge For You, Traitor!

I've been accused more than once of being an "apologist" for law enforcement, for...

Rick Bucher, Rural/Metro Firefighter on Cleared Hot

Rick Bucher was raised in Scottsdale, AZ, a Rural/Metro firefighter and elite cyclist who...

Chief Talk Breakdown – Jan 2022

Every month when the Chief releases his "Chief Talk" video I get a number...

Steve Gesell is Running for Office

I worked with and for Steve Gesell. Let me be as clear as I...

997 French Police Injured in a Single Day of Riots

997. That's not a typo, and it's not a month. That's how many police officers...

NYPD Grand Central Machete Shooting: Why Deadly Force Was Justified

The NYPD body-camera footage from the Grand Central machete attack raises a blunt question:...

Virginia’s AR Ban Is a War on the Second Amendment

Virginia has now crossed a line that every defender of constitutional liberty should recognize....

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Fridays With “Fired” Frank

Someone will occasionally tell me something that is so ridiculous that it cannot possibly...

Was Frank Sloup Fired?

A few months back I posted Friday’s With ‘Fired’ Frank after a number of...

A Home for Wayward Cops

Two of my posts have garnered a lot of attention.  Between Friday’s With “Fired”...

Lack of Ethics on Display, Again – Carrie Candler

I'm hearing lots of stories and rumors coming out of Gilbert PD in regards...

Steve Gesell – Fired!

Cottonwood Police Chief Gesell fired after investigation The number of former Scottsdale command staff that...

Former Mesa Officer Travis Gribble on PTS

Recently, former Mesa Police Officer Travis Gribble was on the Cleared Hot Podcast with...

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The Olympics and the doping allegations surrounding Chinese swimmers have sparked much debate. Yet,...
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Epic or Fraud

The smashing of the Men's 100m Freestyle World Record by Pan Zhanle of almost...

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Source: What Researchers Found After Studying 10 Million Marathon Finishers Really interesting article about the...

The Two Best Ways to Build Endurance as Fast as Possible

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Wardogs Season 2: Faster Progression, Same Wall

Season 2 of Wardogs gave the players exactly what they spent Season 1 asking for. Progression is faster. Levels come quicker, unlocks arrive sooner,...

Arc Raiders – The Chillest Apocalyptic Party on PC

Platform: PC (Reviewed) Developer: Embark Studios Look, I get it. The words "extraction shooter" usually trigger a deep, existential sigh. You think of losing your...

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ARC Raiders is what happens when a studio decides to make a game that actually works. That may sound like a low bar, but...

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