🇺🇸⚡️- On this day we remember the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, when Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lt. William Clark led the Corps of Discovery into the vast unknown. Two of the Republic’s earliest legendary Army officers, they were defined by duty to country, courage in the face of hardship, and a loyal friendship that became one of the great bonds in American history. Their expedition helped unite a continent and shape a nation from ocean to ocean.

This late 18th century astronomical watch attributed to Kelhoff of Mannheim reflects the period’s fascination with celestial motion, mechanical ingenuity, and ornamental precision.

Its layered dials, lunar indications, automata, and sculptural casework place the object within a broader tradition of clocks conceived as miniature models of the cosmos, where astronomy, mathematics, and horology converged within highly elaborate mechanical forms.

Oxford University History of Science Museum. (n.d.). Nova reperta: Mechanical clock. Cabinet Project. https://www.cabinet.ox.ac.uk/nova-reperta-mechanical-clock-1

BREAKING: Supreme Court Clears the Way For Alabama to Throw Out Current Rigged Congressional Map – Sotomayor Fumes

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/supreme-court-clears-way-alabama-redraw-congressional-map/

A short story destined to be a modern American classic, a gothic political satire in the spirit of The Devil and Daniel Webster.

When Representative Travis Corcoran jokes that America needs “a final solution to the problem of theater kids in politics,” the regime media of New Hampshire erupts into moral panic. As censure proceedings descend into ritual humiliation, an unsettling stranger named Mr. Scratch arrives to preside over the spectacle. Beneath the golden dome of the State House, outrage becomes hysteria, politics becomes theater, and something infernal answers the call. In the final supernatural reckoning between plain speech and political theater, can the old granite spirit of New Hampshire survive in a chamber claimed by darker powers?

A gothic political fantasia in the spirit of The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Devil and Representative Corcoran blends satire, supernatural horror, and American folklore into a tale of private conscience, public shame, and the eternal temptation to trade stubborn honesty for fashionable lies.

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Farmers Abandon Wheat Crop, Igniting Global Food Shortage Fears [VIDEO]

Wheat futures explode after the USDA dropped a bombshell: 10.5+ million acres of U.S. wheat abandoned, marking the smallest American wheat crop since 1972. Hard Red Winter (the main bread wheat) is getting crushed, with production down sharply and futures limit-up.

Globally it's no better: major exporters like Australia (-17%), Argentina (-25%), Canada (-12%), and others are all down at once. The result? A tightening world supply that mainstream analysts say is now raising serious food shortage fears.

Why are farmers walking away from fields? Drought + skyrocketing diesel prices are making harvest uneconomical on millions of acres.

What does this means for you? Sharply higher prices for bread, pasta, flour, cereals, and baked goods are coming. It also pushes up livestock feed costs, which will drive higher meat, dairy, and egg prices in the months ahead.

Watch to learn more.

Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/farmers-abandon-wheat-crop-igniting
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZkJt3DjpaY