The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of fugitive Bhadreshkumar Chetanbhai Patel, who is on the list of ten most wanted fugitives, to $ 1,000,000. Patel is an Indian citizen and was included in the FBI’s most wanted list after he allegedly murdered his 21-year-old wife on 18 April 2017. Palak PatelAt a Dunkin’ Donuts store in Hanover, Maryland on April 12, 2015. He was 24 years old at the time, and his wife was 21 years old. The couple were both working night shifts at the shop when the attack took place.According to the FBI, Patel stabbed Palak multiple times in the back room of the store just before midnight. Soon after he fled from the scene.After leaving the donut shop, Patel went to the apartment where he lived with his wife, took some personal items and cash and then took a taxi. The driver took him to a hotel near Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. She checked in early in the morning, wearing only the clothes she had.Later that morning, Patel left the hotel and was seen at Newark Penn Station. This is his last confirmed sighting and there have been no confirmed sightings since then.The FBI said Patel should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. Investigators believe he may have ties to Canada, India or several US states, including New Jersey, Georgia, Illinois and Kentucky.Jimmy Paul, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Baltimore, said, “We hope this $1 million reward will draw more attention to our tireless search for Bhadreshkumar Patel and provide the tips we need to bring Palak Patel to justice.”The agent said: “The increased reward reflects the seriousness of Patel’s crime and that he is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.”The FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list is a long-running law enforcement initiative designed to seek the public’s help in locating dangerous fugitives. Since its creation in 1950, many fugitives have been captured due to tips from citizens.Anyone with information about Patel’s whereabouts should contact the FBI through its tip line or its official website. Authorities have asked the public not to attempt to catch him themselves.Bhadreshkumar Patel was born on 15 May 1990 in Kontrodi Ta Viramgam, Gujarat, India. He is an Indian national with brown hair and brown eyes, stands 5’9″ tall and weighs approximately 165 pounds. Patel worked at a donut shop before becoming a fugitive.

Did Sakura Shimako move on with Kik streamer Drago after her breakup with JasonDween? Viral yacht kiss clip leaves fans confused (Image via Getty)

Sakura Shimako suddenly became a big topic online this week when a video of a small boat began spreading on social media. The clip showed a couple kissing on a boat at night, with the bright lights of the city in the background. Many viewers immediately assumed that the woman in the video was Sakura Shimeko, the younger sister of popular streamer Kyede. Due to that speculation, people started claiming that she had already started dating Kik streamer Drago. Time made the rumor even stronger. Sakura recently ended her relationship with FaZe streamer JasonDween, whose real name is Jason Nguyen. Their relationship was widely discussed online during the “Streamer Prom” storyline in 2026 earlier this year.So when the Nauka video premiered around March 9 and March 10 and began garnering millions of views on X, many viewers believed they were seeing Sakura kiss Drago shortly after their breakup. But as more people took a closer look at the clip, the situation turned out to be very different from what the Internet had first thought.

The rumor began when the short video began circulating widely in streamer communities on X. The clip featured a man and a woman kissing on a yacht while filming content at night. Since the woman had similar hair and facial features, many users believed she was Sakura Shimako.The post sharing the video claimed that she was with Kik streamer Drago during the livestream. Some captions also suggested that the moment happened just weeks after Sakura’s breakup with Jason Nguyen, also known online as jasonthevin.However, people in the streaming community quickly began to correct the claim. Several community accounts pointed out that the woman in the clip was not Sakura Shimako at all. Instead, she was someone who looked exactly like him and had previously appeared in videos with people from Drago’s friend group.Due to the resemblance, some viewers jokingly call the woman “Temu Sakura,” “Budget Sakura,” or “Off Brand Sakura.” These nicknames simply refer to the fact that she looks similar to Sakura, which led to confusion.Community notes on one of the viral posts also clarified the situation. The note explained that the woman had already been identified as a lookalike and that the post claiming she was Sakura was spreading false information about the engagement.Many users responded directly to the post and demanded its removal. “Remove this. Not actually Sakura nor does she look like her,” one person wrote on X. Another user commented, “It’s literally not even hers.”Some viewers also pointed out that Sakura Shimeko has many people online who look like her, which makes mistaken identity easier during increasingly viral moments. One reply said, “I swear Sakura has a lot of lookalikes.”So far, Sakura Shimko has not addressed the rumor publicly. Her social media pages have been silent about the video, Drago, or any possible relationship.Drago and those associated with his content have also continued to post normally and have never suggested that the woman in the clip was Sakura. At the moment, there is no confirmed connection between Sakura Shimako and Drago beyond the mistaken identity that started the rumor.

The war between the United States, Israel and Iran entered its 12th day on Wednesday and shows no signs of slowing down, as US and Israeli forces launched the most intense attacks yet on Iranian targets as the conflict spread across the region. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday would see the largest wave of US strikes since the war began, with more aircraft, bombers and intelligence-directed strikes deployed against Iranian military infrastructure. Iran, whose military capabilities have been hit by several days of bombing, has vowed to keep fighting. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf rejected the possibility of a ceasefire and said Tehran intended to punish Washington and Tel Aviv’s aggression. Another senior Iranian figure, Ali Larijani, issued a warning to US President Donald Trump on social media, saying that Iran is not afraid of US threats. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, said the broader aim of the war was to weaken Iran’s leadership to the point where popular forces could overthrow the government. “We are breaking their bones,” Netanyahu said of the ongoing campaign.

Strikes are expanding across the region

The fighting has spread beyond Iran’s borders, with new attacks reported in Lebanon and Iraq. Israeli strikes early Wednesday killed at least seven people in southern Lebanon, including five in the city of Qana, Lebanon’s health ministry said. Additional air strikes in the Tire and Bint Jbeil districts also caused casualties. Israeli forces also attacked Hezbollah-linked infrastructure in Beirut’s southern suburbs after issuing a warning to evacuate the densely populated area. Elsewhere, drones targeted military installations at Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad late Tuesday, according to Iraqi security officials. The drones landed near facilities used by US-led coalition forces, including the US-run Victoria Base, although no casualties were reported.

Heavy bombing in Tehran

Residents of Tehran reported some of the “heaviest bombardment” of the war overnight, with powerful explosions shaking neighborhoods and knocking out power in parts of the capital. Eyewitnesses said the strikes lasted for a long time around midnight, with some residents reporting that residential buildings were also affected. Many businesses in Tehran closed early amid fears of further attacks, the AP reported. Thousands of civilians have reportedly fled major cities to seek refuge in rural areas.

US targets Iranian naval assets

The US military said it has destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, amid fears that Tehran may attempt to block the vital shipping lane. The waterway, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes, has become a focal point of conflict. President Trump warned that if Iran deploys naval mines in the strait, they must be immediately removed or face serious military consequences.“If Iran has placed any mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and we have had no reports of it doing so, we want them removed immediately! If mines were placed for any reason, and they are not immediately removed, the military consequences for Iran would be at a level never seen before. On the other hand, if they remove what has been put up, that would be a huge step in the right direction! Additionally, we are using the same technology and missile capabilities deployed against drug smugglers to permanently destroy any boat or ship attempting to mine in the Strait of Hormuz. They will be dealt with swiftly and violently. Be careful!” he said.

140 US service members injured

The Pentagon said about 140 US service members have been injured since the conflict began, although most injuries are minor. Eight soldiers are reported to be seriously injured, while many have already returned to duty. Civilian and military casualties have also increased across the region. In Lebanon alone, officials say hundreds of people have been killed and more than a thousand wounded since the latest round of fighting began.

Markets and global concerns

Despite the escalating conflict, financial markets showed relative stability on Tuesday after several days of volatility due to uncertainty about how long the war will last. The S&P 500 slipped slightly, while oil prices fell from nearly $120 a barrel at the start of the week to steady around $90. Global leaders are closely monitoring the economic consequences of the conflict. Leaders of the Group of Seven are expected to hold emergency talks on energy security and possible measures to stabilize oil markets. With both sides rejecting calls for talks and stepping up military operations, fears are growing that the conflict could further destabilize the Middle East and disrupt global energy supplies.

Italian YouTuber Zaza is accompanied by two policemen who keep an eye on him amid the chaotic streets.

More than 5,000 meters above sea level in the Peruvian Andes lies La Rinconada, a settlement widely described as the highest permanent city on Earth. About 50,000 people live there, scattered across a bleak landscape of corrugated metal houses, muddy roads and waste from gold mines that dominate the local economy.For outsiders who have traveled there, the place presents a surprising contrast: spectacular mountain views surrounding a city battling extreme altitude, pollution, crime and harsh working conditions. The accounts of visitors documenting their visits offer a rare glimpse of daily life in a settlement that many describe as one of the hardest places in the world to live.

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When members of Yes Theory, a Youtube channel Known for documenting unusual travel experiences, set out to visit La Rinconada, the journey was already arduous. The settlement is approximately 5,100 meters (3.2 mi) above sea level, where the air contains about half the oxygen found at sea level. Tourists reaching there often face the problem of dizziness and breathlessness within minutes.

Thomas Bragg of the Yes Theory YouTube channel carries a portable oxygen tank with him to deal with thin air.

Italian traveler Zaza, who also documented his visit to the city different youtube videosJulia described feeling the effects almost immediately after arriving after a three-hour minibus ride from the city, “I’m feeling dizzy. We’re over 5,000 meters, and they say so.” [above] 5,000 meters is no longer suitable for human life. But more than 50,000 people live here. This is unbelievable.” The altitude creates serious long-term health problems for residents. La Rinconada is considered the global epicenter of Chronic Mountain Sickness (CMS), a condition caused by prolonged oxygen deprivation. Doctors estimate that one in four residents may suffer from it, and untreated cases can lead to heart failure. Local medical staff often recommend traditional remedies to visitors, including chewing coca leaves, which contain mild stimulant compounds that can ease altitude symptoms. Aspirin is also usually recommended.

A gold rush that transformed a mountain village

Until 2003, La Rinconada was little more than a remote Andean village. That year, the gold rush began an increase in migration as thousands of people arrived in nearby mines hoping to strike it rich. The population grew rapidly, creating a settlement that grew faster than the infrastructure or law enforcement.

The streets of La Rinconada are muddy, littered with metal shacks, mining debris and piles of scattered garbage./ YouTube

Today the town is dominated by the gold industry, and its economy revolves almost entirely around mines dug in the nearby glacier. Mining here operates under a system locally known as cachorio. Workers can work without pay for 30 days, after which they get one day off in which to keep any gold they find. The reward is enough for some miners. For many others it is of little consequence.

Locals trudge through mud and debris in search of unseen gold particles on the streets every day to survive./ Image: YouTube

On the streets, it is common to see people sifting through rocks and soil from the mines hoping to discover tiny gold particles that were ignored during the extraction process, a reality that was captured by Italian travel YouTuber Zaza during his visit to the city, where he also saw children cooking on the side of the road and learned that less than 30% of children attend school as many are forced to work from a very young age, some are left to wander the streets.

“The sketchiest place I’ve ever seen”

Yes Theory YouTube channel member Thomas Bragg, who visited La Rinconada, said tension was immediately felt in the city. He described it as “the sketchiest place I’ve ever seen”. He said that during his stay he witnessed regular street fights, with no one often intervening to stop them. Alone one morning, he counted three separate fights within half an hour of his hotel window.

Miners drink heavily in the streets, while fights frequently break out, leaving the town tense and chaotic./ Image: YouTube Yes Theory

The security guards warn them that the atmosphere of the city changes dramatically as night falls. He advised her to stay indoors after dark, explaining that things could “completely change” after the sun sets. He said that night he heard gunshots and screams in the streets outside his hotel.

Hidden crimes and gangs among the miners

Italian YouTuber Zaza visited La Rinconada with two police officers for protection, and he candidly described his first impression of the town, calling it “practically an entire, giant slum.” The officers who accompanied him said that many criminals in the city work closely with the task force.

Italian YouTuber Zaza, guided by two policemen, explores dangerous streets, watching fights and miners extracting gold.

A policeman described the situation in the video: “Everything, armed robberies, attacks. There is a territorial issue inside the mine, and that’s where they have conflicts, or disputes over control. They rob pedestrians, steal what the workers earn in the mines, then go away and hide.” He said it is difficult to identify the criminals because they dress like miners. “They can commit any criminal act and it is not easy to identify them.”

City plagued by pollution and destruction

Beyond crime and poverty, mining in La Rinconada has also caused significant damage to the environment. Locals told visitors that the mercury used in the gold extraction process had contaminated parts of the nearby glacier and water supply. The city itself is full of garbage, there is very little system for collecting garbage. The roads are often littered with garbage bags, empty bottles and debris from mining operations.

La Rinconada is buried under mountains of waste and toxic mining runoff, which contains mercury polluted water.

One visitor described seeing “mountains and mountains of garbage” throughout the settlement. Public sanitation is limited, and residents rely on scattered public toilets and makeshift systems.

life in harsh conditions

Work in the mines is physically difficult. Many miners toil 10 to 12 hours a day in freezing temperatures at high altitudes.Because the environment is so harsh and entertainment options are limited, alcohol consumption is common.Reflecting on the environment he witnessed, Zaza said:“And I see a lot of people who…abuse alcohol, I think because there’s not much entertainment here, and life is very hard…I think these are the only moments to forget a little bit about how hard it is to work here.”A local police officer said alcohol has also become part of local mining traditions.“Yes, besides, it’s the custom here. If they drink, they drink a lot.” The more they drink, the more mines they get. A bit strange, but that’s how it is.”Miners also leave offerings to a spirit locally called “Chacha”, who is represented by statues placed near mine entrances.Workers sometimes leave cigarettes or alcohol as offerings, hoping that the spirit will guide them to sleep.

Hazardous areas around mines

The mining areas themselves can be even more dangerous. Private security companies employed by mine operators often patrol the area armed with firearms, while criminal groups also carry weapons. Zaza and the officers accompanying him encountered signs warning outsiders not to enter certain areas. One sign reportedly read: “On orders to shoot to kill, do not stop.” The police told them that snipers sometimes took up positions on nearby glaciers, making the area extremely dangerous for anyone staying there for very long. One officer warned, “You can’t enter, you can’t make a mistake.”

Human stories behind the harsh environment

Despite the city’s reputation, travelers also encountered people trying to survive in difficult conditions. In one example, a man seen digging in wet soil on the roadside in search of gold pieces said he did so to buy food for his family as he had no other work available.In another encounter, a group of miners drinking together after work described their daily routine, with one telling a visitor, “You can work for free and just move on.”Many migrants arrive in La Rinconada hoping to earn enough money to eventually leave, but the reality often proves harsher than they expected.

A place of beauty and difficulty

Despite everything they saw, the Yes Theory traveler said the location itself was captivating. The settlement lies at the foot of a glacier, surrounded by dramatic mountain landscapes. Reflecting on the contrast between scenery and living conditions, he said: “You can be in one of the most beautiful places on our planet, but also see the worst that humans can do to our planet.”

A beautiful Andean highway leads to La Rinconada/Youtube

For visitors, the experience can be overwhelming. After completing his documentary, Zaza described the trip as “one of the most challenging recordings of my life”. Looking back on what he saw at La Rinconada, he simply concluded: “If I think about hell, I believe this place comes very close to it.”

Twitch streamer Sakura recently talked about how she might handle a future relationship publicly following her breakup with Jason “Jasontheween”. During an IRL livestream with fellow creator Maru Lee on March 9, 2026, the topic came up when Maru asked if Sakura would ever show future partners on social media again. Sakura answered honestly and said that the decision would depend on the situation.She explained that although she likes the idea of ​​loving someone openly, being in a public relationship online can also bring criticism and pressure. Because of this, Sakura said that any future relationships would likely remain mostly private, even if people knew she was dating someone.

Sakura explains why future relationship with Jason may remain mostly private after “Jasontheween”

The discussion lasted for about three hours and 52 minutes during the livestream. Maru Lee brought up the topic carefully and even told Sakura that she didn’t need to answer if it felt uncomfortable.Maru asked her, “Will you ever be in a relationship or post about your husband on social media in the future… like letting people know you’re together?” Sakura paused before answering and explained that she had thought about it before.She said, “I’ve thought about it a little bit. Maybe… maybe not. But I don’t know. I like the idea of ​​loving someone openly, but I think criticism is not something that everyone can handle, especially if that person is not in the same world as us.”Her response showed that she understood both sides of public relations. It may seem natural for online creators to share the love openly, but it also brings the pressure of millions of viewers.Sakura continues by explaining that any future relationship will depend on the person she is dating.She added, “So, I think it would be very situational. And even if it were public, it would still be known, but private. If that makes sense. Like, I wouldn’t share about it. That’s to protect it.”This comment made it clear that she might accept a relationship but would avoid constantly posting about it.The topic gained even more attention due to a viral rumor earlier in the week. On March 5, 2026, an X user named @QueDeevo posted a message claiming that Sakura had shared a photo of her “new man” on Instagram and called him “the love of her life.”The post spread quickly and was viewed more than 2.4 million times. However, the claim was false. Sakura had not posted any such photo. Many users on X reported that the image and story were fabricated.At the moment, Sakura has not confirmed being in a new relationship. Her recent livestream comments suggest that if she does date again, she plans to keep it mostly out of the spotlight.

If anyone listens to the commentary donald trump – and there’s so much that banning the word ‘Trump’ would bankrupt WENA outlets – you’d assume he was an anomaly in the system, the sum total of all unbalanced equations, the antithesis of the American way of life. In more recent times, their actions – expansionist tendencies, warmongering, using government agencies to target their opponents, justifying their actions, and taking away basic liberties – have been considered un-American, tantamount to socialism.But Trump is not different from past American presidents, but rather his Jungian composite sketch: expansionist, warmonger, and freedom suppressor.

What makes Trump a more evolved version is that he refuses to participate in the diplomatic spectacle of pretending that America’s actions are for some greater good rather than self-aggrandizement. Borrowing a phrase from Morpheus’ epic speech in Zion in The Matrix Reloaded, Trump is here not because of the path that is in front of him, but because of the path that is behind him in American history. The only difference from previous prime ministers is that he displays these old royal instincts in the form of pure, unabashed id – an unchecked power not seen in reel or real life. tyler durden.

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When Trump expressed his desire to annex Greenland or jokingly called Canada the 51st state, commentators clutched their pearls, forgetting the history that expanded the US from 830,000 square miles (the original 13 states) to nearly 3.8 million square miles, increasing its size by nearly 360%.

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson doubled the territory by purchasing Louisiana from Napoleonic France. Andrew Jackson expanded this with the Indian Removal Act, displacing five tribes because Americans wanted to get their hands on gold found on Indian lands, displacing 100,000 Native Americans and killing 15,000 indigenous people, a journey so horrific it became known as the Trail of Tears, while scholars justified it by claiming they were ‘Vanishing Indians’ anyway.By the 1840s, Americans had come up with the term ‘Manifest Destiny,’ which sounds like something an Instagram influencer would caption beneath a sunset selfie in 2026, but was actually a 19th-century belief that the United States was divinely appointed to expand its dominance by spreading democracy, capitalism, republicanism, and the American way of life throughout the North American continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

American Progress (1872) by John Gast is an allegorical representation of the modernization of the New West.

It was used to justify the Mexican–American War under James K. Polk in 1846, resulting in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in which Mexico lost half its territory and the United States ceded California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The California Gold Rush displaced even more native tribes.Manifest Destiny soon extended beyond the continent with the Spanish–American War, involving Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, while the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani in Hawaii – supported by American merchants and American marines – ultimately led to its destruction in 1898. Theodore Roosevelt expanded not through colonists but through strategy, supporting Panama’s rebellion against Colombia so that the United States could build and control the Panama Canal.

The republic that began as thirteen colonies located on the Atlantic coast transformed itself by the beginning of the twentieth century into a continental empire spanning the entire landmass of North America – turning thirteen states into fifty and turning an insecure republic into the preeminent power of the modern world. So, when Trump suddenly expresses a desire to annex Greenland, he is merely demonstrating 250 years of American muscle memory. Trump’s watchword since 2016 has been MAGA, Make America Great Again, and that’s exactly how America became ‘great’.

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The world has become accustomed to American exceptionalism, but even amidst those exceptional exceptionalisms, gun violence remains the strangest hill where all debates end. Maybe it has something to do with the Second Amendment. America, in the popular imagination, has the idea that the nation was born with the gun boom, meaning that no American politician can accept that the world would be a safer place if mentally disturbed people did not have weapons that could help them commit murder.

This lust for violence is also reflected in the inherent bloodlust that characterizes every American regime, a war-addicted nation. The Warmonger is America’s oldest political symbol, and the American presidency has almost divine powers of vengeance, being the most powerful man in the free world.Over time, thanks to vague wording in the U.S. Constitution (“The executive power shall be vested in the President of the United States”), the President has had unprecedented powers with few checks and balances to launch wars without formal declarations, bomb sovereign countries, assassinate foreign leaders, conduct secret wars, and maintain permanent military bases around the world. This is the war machine that Trump has inherited.The idea that Trump’s actions of electing one head of state (Nicolas Maduro) or killing another (Ayatollah Khamenei) are isolated is to ignore history. America remains the only country to drop a nuclear bomb. Harry Truman joined the Korean War without any formal announcement. Bill Clinton ordered NATO bombing campaigns in Bosnia and Iraq while the White House was beset by scandals. Lyndon Johnson escalated the Vietnam War with some of the most destructive bombing campaigns in history with the US military. Nixon expanded the war into Cambodia and Laos, in which the US dropped more bombs than were used in World War II.

After the terrorist attack, Ronald Reagan ordered a retaliatory strike in Libya. George W. Bush took this ideal further, invading Iraq with false claims of weapons of mass destruction. Barack Obama refined the US war with drone strikes in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia.Trump – to put all his pre-election threats aside – followed in the footsteps of his predecessors with Operation Midnight Hammer, which was supposed to destroy Iran’s nuclear program before following it up with Operation Roaring Lion.Most former US presidents used some sort of theory to justify their bloodlust, like saving America from European colonialism or trying to find non-existent weapons of mass destruction, but this regime doesn’t particularly try. Are the attacks on Iran to get rid of its nuclear program? Was this done to facilitate regime change? Was it for the safety of women and children? Was this the end game of the Crusades? Was it for Israel? No one knows, not even Trump.Reading: What is the Trump Doctrine? What he knows is that he’s the best, that America is the best and the way to celebrate any kind of attack is to share a cleverly constructed edit of Iron Man, John Wick, Transformers and Mortal Kombat leitmotifs called “Finish Him.” It seems like the logical endpoint of meme culture: war edited like a Marvel trailer and death edited like a video-game soundtrack.

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And ultimately the snatching of freedom. Americans have long portrayed themselves as global champions of liberty, proudly pointing to the First Amendment – ​​“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or the freedom of the press…” – as the holy grail of their political faith. Americans like to believe they are symbolized by the Statue of Liberty, but freedom is usually the first loss of power.

For the longest time, the country that prides itself on equality did not allow women or black Americans to vote.Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the Civil War, allowing citizens to be detained without trial. During World War I, Woodrow Wilson criminalized dissent. Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II.The Cold War produced McCarthyism, blacklists, and loyalty oaths that destroyed careers and reputations. After 9/11, George W. Bush created the architecture of the modern security state: the Patriot Act, warrantless surveillance, Guantanamo Bay, and extrajudicial extradition.Reading: How did Obama give birth to Trump?Barack Obama preserved and expanded that system. So when Trump used executive power with little restraint — threatening institutions, testing the limits of federal authority, and treating constitutional norms as barriers rather than guardrails — he wasn’t inventing anything new. He was drawing from the long institutional memory of American democracy, where freedom expands in theory but shrinks whenever power feels threatened.

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But perhaps the key to understanding this is that the way Trump behaves depends on where he sits. Trump, a former real estate developer, sees the world as property. Gaza? A premium asset waiting to be redeemed from the war. Greenland is rich in resources that can help the US. Venezuela? Oil that America can use. Shakespeare said that the world is a stage. For Trump, this is prime real estate.

All said and done, to use a Latin phrase, Trump all else is equal. The only thing he’s doing differently is refusing to apologize for it, much like the fictional character Tyler Durden from David Fincher’s Fight Club. The film was intended to critique toxic masculinity and patriarchal capitalism, yet it became a totem of those who celebrated it.Where earlier presidents had wrapped power in the language of democracy, liberty, and human duty, he has abandoned this ritual altogether. Expansionists, warmongers, and freedom-takers were all fanatical ideals that had existed before him. Trump simply plays them without moral attire.But the most disturbing thing is that anyone who has watched Fight Club knows that Tyler Durden never existed. All this was going on in the narrator’s mind.What if everything Trump says and does exists first and foremost in their minds? This would certainly explain logorrhea, stream-of-consciousness speech, vague justifications, and more. In the past, the power of the executive has always been debated but there was a confusion of institutions that could constrain it. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry has a conversation with Dumbledore as he discusses all the things that are going on. And then he asks: “Is it true? Or is it just happening in my mind?” Dumbledore replies: “Of course it’s happening in your mind, but why would that mean it’s not real.”And that’s the problem because what’s happening inside Trump’s mind is painfully real to the rest of us, and with devastating consequences.

Two Calgary residents were arrested after police found approximately eight kilograms of fentanyl hidden in their vehicle during a traffic stop on a highway in Saskatchewan (Canadian province).According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the drugs were seized during a patrol on January 28, 2025. Officers stopped a vehicle on Highway 1, part of the Trans-Canada Highway.During a search of the vehicle, officers found approximately eight kilograms of fentanyl hidden under the spare tire. Police detained two people traveling in the vehicle as part of a drug trafficking investigation.The suspects were identified as Swati Narula, 27, and Kunwardeep Singh, 29, both residents of Calgary, Alberta. Authorities said the couple told investigators they were traveling to Regina at the time of the traffic stop.Narula and Singh were both charged with one count of trafficking in a controlled substance and one count of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. He appeared in Swift Current Provincial Court on January 29, 2025.Kunwardeep Singh was released on bail on February 20, 2025 with a bond of $25,000. Swati Narula was released on a $10,000 cash bond on March 4, 2025, with rules to surrender her passport, abide by a nightly curfew, and stay within 100 km of her sister’s home in Calgary. Singh’s bail conditions were later relaxed to allow him to resume work as a truck driver in Calgary.Additionally, all charges against them were stayed – against Narula on 24 February and against Singh on 27 February. In Canada, stayed charges can be reopened within a year, but if not, the case is expunged. A stay means the Crown has decided there is little chance of a conviction or it is not in the public interest to continue with the case.Police called the seizure significant because of its high potency of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that has contributed to overdose deaths across Canada. RCMP Superintendent Grant St. Germain said even a few grains of fentanyl could cause a potentially fatal overdose. He said the seizures prevented “potentially millions of doses” of the drug from reaching communities.