Author: HP McLovincraft

Seeker of rabbit holes. Pessimist. Libertine. Contrarian. Your huckleberry. Possibly true tales of sanity-blasting horror also known as abject reality. Prepare yourself. Veteran of a thousand psychic wars. I have seen the fnords. Deplatformed on Tumblr and Twitter.

SHOCKING COVER-UP: German Court SLAMS Door on Merkel’s SECRET Stasi Files — Judges Claim She Wasn’t ‘Famous Enough’ in Communist East Germany to Deserve Scrutiny!

Was Angela Merkel or was she not a communist agent during the Soviet era? Did Merkel or did she not remain in contact with/in the service of her former masters after the fall of the Wall, serving Russian interests to the detriment of Germany? Even a child understands that these questions are of considerable historical—and current!—importance. A child. But not the German Deep State.

The Berlin Administrative Court has once again slammed the door shut on efforts to uncover the full truth about Angela Merkel’s early ties to the East German communist regime and its notorious Stasi secret police — delivering a ruling that reeks of legal hair-splitting designed to protect the powerful rather than serve historical transparency.

In a decision handed down on March 13, 2026, the court rejected a lawsuit brought by persistent researcher and Good Governance Trade Union chairman Marcel Luthe, who sought access to all Stasi-related documents concerning Merkel from her youth in the DDR.

The judges dismissed the entire claim, slapping Luthe with €20,000 in court costs (!!) and refusing even to allow an immediate appeal in some aspects.

The core reasoning? Pure semantics: Merkel allegedly wasn’t a “person of contemporary history” (Person der Zeitgeschichte) back when the files were created — before she emerged as a spokesperson for the Demokratischer Aufbruch party around February 3, 1990.

That’s right — the entire judgment hinges on pedantic arguments about whether Merkel qualified as a public figure at the precise moment the Stasi may have documented her activities. The court insisted she was merely a “kleines Licht” (a small light, or insignificant figure) in those years, positioned “very low” in the FDJ (Free German Youth) hierarchy and not prominently involved.

Never mind that no one disputes she became one of the most powerful figures on the planet — the court retroactively shields her pre-1990 life from scrutiny because she wasn’t yet “famous enough” under the narrow terms of the Stasi Records Act.

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AOC Spent $2,000 in Campaign Funds to Hire Celebrity Makeup Artist

“Tax the Rich” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent more than $2000 in campaign funds for a celebrity makeup artist, despite once boasting about doing her own makeup in an Instagram tutorial.

That’s the conclusion of a New York Post exclusive examination of Federal Election Records that revealed the congresswoman’s  “campaign event makeup services” were provided by the New York and Los Angeles-based The Only Agency, whose clients include rapper Bad Bunny and super model Bella Hadid.

According to the Post, which also published its report in its California edition:

On Nov. 5, her campaign reported paying New York and Los Angeles-based The Only Agency $670 for “campaign event makeup services,” then another $693.08, and $665 five days later for “campaign event hair and makeup services,” Federal Election Commission records show.

The posh agency’s prices start at $600 a pop for hair and $600 for makeup.

The full-service stylist agency, which  offers “artists” specializing in photography, ”grooming,” “creative direction” also has offices in London and Nashville.

One of the appearances AOC tapped the stylist company for was the get out the vote rally for then candidate Mayor Mamdani in Queens last October, which also featured Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT).

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Iran Receiving ‘Military Cooperation’ From Russia and China, Iran Foreign Minister Confirms

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has openly admitted that the Islamic terror regime is receiving active “military cooperation” from Russia and China, confirming the worst fears of the axis of evil now openly uniting against America and its allies in the escalating Middle East war.

The revelation came during an exclusive interview with MS Now, in which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed that Tehran maintains ongoing military cooperation with Moscow and Beijing, though he refused to provide details.

MS Now’s Ayman Mohyeldin pressed Araghchi on mounting reports that Russia and China may be providing targeting intelligence and military support to help Iran strike U.S. military facilities and infrastructure across the Middle East.

Instead of denying the allegations, Araghchi appeared to confirm the growing alliance.

Ayman Mohyeldin:
I wanted to ask you about the war strategy from an Iranian perspective. Can you tell us right now, because, as you know, there has been reporting that both Russia and China are providing targeting intelligence to Iran to target U.S. positions, facilities, and infrastructure across the region—can you confirm or deny whether Russia or China is providing military support and intelligence to Iran?

Abbas Araghchi:
Well, Russia and China are our strategic partners, and we have had close cooperation in the past, which still continues, and that includes military cooperation as well. I’m not going into any details of that. We have good cooperation with these two countries politically, economically, and even militarily.

But let me say once again that this is not our war. This is an imposed war against us. We didn’t start this war. It was an unprovoked, unwarranted, illegal act of aggression against us. We are only defending ourselves, and we will continue to defend ourselves as much as it takes and for as long as it takes in order to end this war in a way that it will not be repeated in the future.

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Singularity Update: You Have No Idea How Crazy Humanoid Robots Have Gotten

I just spent the afternoon at Figure headquarters in San Jose with Brett Adcock and David Blundin, and I’m still processing what I saw.

We’re not talking about concept robots. We’re talking about fully autonomous humanoid robots running neural networks end-to-end, doing kitchen work, unloading dishwashers, organizing packages – for hours at a time, with no human intervention.

Today? Figure’s robots are doing 67 consecutive hours of autonomous work. One error in 67 hours. That’s not a demo. That’s a product.

And here’s what most people don’t understand: the gap between “doing one task really well” and “doing every task a human can do” is collapsing at exponential speeds.

Let me explain why…

NOTE: Brett has been a past Faculty Member at my Abundance Summit, where leaders like him share insights years before the mainstream catches on. In-person seats for the 2026 Summit next month are nearly sold out. Learn more and apply.

The Death of C++ and the Rise of the Neural Net

When I first visited Figure, they had several hundred thousand lines of C++ code controlling the robots. Handwritten. Expensive. Brittle.

Every new behavior required engineers to anticipate edge cases, write more code, test it, debug it. It was the software equivalent of teaching a toddler to walk by writing an instruction manual.

In the last year, Figure deleted 109,000 lines of C++ code.

All of it. Gone.

What replaced it? A single neural network that controls the entire robot: hands, arms, torso, legs, feet. Full-body coordination. Real-time planning. Dynamic response to unexpected situations.

This is Helix 2, their latest AI model, and it’s a fundamentally different approach to robotics.

Here’s why this matters: neural nets learn from experience, not instructions.

You don’t code a robot to “grab a cup.” You show it thousands of examples of grasping objects—different shapes, weights, materials—and the neural net extracts the underlying patterns. It learns what “grasping” is at a representational level.

And once it understands grasping? It can generalize to objects it’s never seen before.

Brett put it simply: “If you can teleoperate the robot to do a task, you can train the neural net to learn it.”

That’s the unlock. If the hardware is capable—if the motors, sensors, and joints can physically perform the movement—then the AI can learn it from data.

Compare that to traditional robotics, where you’d need to write thousands of lines of code for every single new task. That approach doesn’t scale. Neural nets do.

The implication: Every robot in the fleet learns from every other robot’s experience. When one Figure robot masters folding laundry, every Figure robot on the planet instantly knows how to fold laundry.

Humans don’t work like this. Robots do.

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Ex-Dem Sen. Sinema Admits to Sleeping With Her Married Bodyguard in 5 Different Cities Before He Left His Wife, According to Shocking Court Docs

Former Democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema is facing explosive allegations after newly filed court documents revealed she admitted to carrying on a sexual relationship with her married bodyguard in multiple cities across the United States while she was still serving in public office.

According to sworn filings submitted in federal court, Sinema acknowledged that her relationship with security officer Matthew Ammel became “romantic and intimate” in 2024, months before he separated from his wife, AP reported.

The stunning admission came as Sinema attempts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Ammel’s ex-wife, who accuses the former senator of destroying her 14-year marriage under North Carolina’s “alienation of affection” law, a statute that allows spouses to sue third parties for interfering in their marriage.

In the sworn declaration, Sinema laid out a timeline of encounters that reportedly took place in at least five different cities across the country.

According to the filing, the two were first physically intimate in May 2024 while Ammel was on a security detail with Sinema in Sonoma, California. The relationship then allegedly continued with additional encounters in:

  • New York City
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Aspen, Colorado
  • Phoenix, Arizona

Court records indicate the pair were intimate at least six times across those locations before Ammel eventually separated from his wife later that year.

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Kuwait Cuts Oil Output As Qatar Warns Hormuz Chokepoint Chaos Risks Global Shock

Kuwait began cutting crude oil output after storage tank farms began filling up, as crude could no longer be loaded onto very large crude carriers and transported through the Strait of Hormuz, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Sources say the OPEC founding member is now weighing broader reductions in crude production and refining, potentially limiting operations to only domestic demand, with a decision expected within days.

UBS analyst Nana Antiedu noted that Brent crude futures climbed to $91/bbl after WSJ released the report.

WSJ noted:

Data provider Kpler said it has seen indications that Kuwait has started to cut production, adding that the country would have to cut more output in the coming days, as storage would otherwise fill up in around 12 days.

Shutting in an oil well risks long-term damage to reservoir pressure and incurs high restart costs, usually making it a measure of last resort. Restarting production can take days or even weeks depending on the reservoir.

“Storage is limited in the Middle East, and the only fix to avoid tanks running over is to curb production,” UBS commodity analyst Giovanni Staunovo said. “The longer the strait stays closed, the more barrels of crude and refined products will be missing, leading to higher prices.”

Earlier in the day, Qatar’s energy minister, Saad al-Kaabi, told the FT that “Everybody who has not called for force majeure we expect will do so in the next few days if this continues. All exporters in the Gulf region will have to call a force majeure.”

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Vermont Senate Committee Approves Bill to Cut Marijuana Tax, Double Purchase Limits and Allow Events and Deliveries

A Vermont Senate committee has unanimously approved a bill that would make changes to the state’s marijuana laws, including reducing the excise tax, expanding possession and purchase limits, and allowing cannabis events and deliveries.

The Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs voted 5 to 0 to send Senate Bill 278 to the full Senate after adopting a revised version of the proposal. The bill was originally filed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers as a measure to expand marijuana sales and make Vermont’s regulated market more competitive.

Under the amended version, the bill would cut Vermont’s marijuana excise tax from 14% to 10%. It would also double the retail transaction and personal possession limits, allowing adults 21 and older to buy and possess up to two ounces of marijuana or its equivalent in a single sale. It would also increase the legal possession limit for cannabis concentrates from 5 grams to 10 grams.

Another notable change in the amended bill is a higher THC cap for cannabis products. The proposal would increase the limit for a single package from 100 milligrams to 200 milligrams of THC.

The measure would also create new event and delivery permits, though in a more limited way than the original version may have suggested (the committee amended the bill before giving it approval). The Cannabis Control Board would be allowed to issue up to 10 public event permits and 10 private event permits per year, with each permit valid for a single event lasting no more than 24 hours. The bill would also authorize up to 15 delivery permits annually for tier 1 cultivators and tier 1 manufacturers. Both the event and delivery permit sections would be repealed on July 1, 2028, making them temporary pilot-style programs unless lawmakers act again.

The amended bill would also prevent municipalities from using ordinances or bylaws to completely prohibit cannabis establishments, although it does not appear to include the earlier concept of requiring local votes in municipalities that have not yet considered whether to allow retailers.

If approved by the full Senate and later enacted into law, most of the bill’s provisions would take effect July 1, 2026.

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Israel confirms Michigan synagogue attacker’s brother was Hezbollah terrorist commander

The brother of a terrorist who rammed a vehicle into a Michigan Jewish preschool was a Hezbollah commander, Israel Defense Forces have said.

Ayman Muhammad Ghazali, 41, was shot dead after driving the vehicle into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., on Thursday.

His brother, Ibrahim Muhammad Ghazali, was responsible for managing weapons operations within a specialized branch of Hezbollah’s Badr Unit, the IDF said in a statement Sunday morning.

This unit of the Lebanese terror group is responsible for launching hundreds of rockets toward Israeli civilians throughout the recent war with Iran, the IDF said.

Ghazali’s two brothers, a niece, and a nephew were killed in an Israeli airstrike on March 5 in the town of Mashgharah, Lebanon, just days before the attack, a local official told AP Friday.

The family had sat down for their fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when they were struck.

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