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The Weight of History Amritsar carries its history like a heavy but proud burden. Walk through Jallianwala Bagh, and you can almost hear the echoes of 1919, when British soldiers gunned down hundreds of unarmed men, women, and children. That wound changed India forever, turning Amritsar into a...

What Sparked This? Pahalgam and a Long, Ugly History India and Pakistan have been beefing since they split up in 1947, mostly over Kashmir a gorgeous region both claim as their own. The Line of Control (LoC) cuts through Kashmir, and it’s been a hotspot for gunfire, bombings, and terrorist...

The Beginning: A Family Divided It all started with a breakup nobody wanted. In 1947, the British, who’d ruled India for ages, decided to leave. But before they did, they carved the land into two: India, a place for everyone, and Pakistan, a homeland for Muslims. It sounds tidy, but it was...

The Setup: A Tough Spot Picture this: it’s the playoffs, and the Knicks are in Boston, facing the defending champs. The Celtics, with their swagger, their banners, and their stars like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, are no joke. The Knicks, though? They’re different this year. They’ve got Jalen...

The Tour: A Progressive Party on Wheels (or Wings) The "Fighting Oligarchy" tour kicked off in February 2025 in Omaha, Nebraska, and it was a big deal. Bernie and AOC were out to shake things up, hitting places like Wisconsin, Michigan, Nevada, and California often in working-class towns that...

In a bold move that’s rattled the Republican ranks, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina has thrown a wrench into President Donald Trump’s plan to install Ed Martin as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. On May 6, 2025, Tillis declared his opposition, citing Martin’s troubling ties...

It’s not every day you see a Republican senator stand up to Donald Trump, especially when the former president is riding high after winning back the White House. But that’s exactly what Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina did on May 6, 2025, when he announced he’d be blocking Trump’s nominee...

The Context: Ed Martin’s Nomination Ed Martin, a staunch Trump loyalist and former chair of the Missouri Republican Party, was nominated by President Trump to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, a role that oversees prosecutions in the nation’s capital, including cases...

Pakistan’s Claim of Shooting Down Indian Aircraft: A New Chapter in India-Pakistan Tensions On May 7, 2025, the volatile India-Pakistan relationship witnessed a dramatic escalation when Pakistan claimed to have shot down multiple Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft in response to Indian missile...

Understanding the Idea Attack An idea attack is a form of soft power warfare that leverages information, propaganda, cultural influence, and psychological operations to alter a target nation's perceptions, values, or decision-making processes. It operates in the realm of narratives, seeking to...

A Wound That Never Heals India and Pakistan have been at odds since they were born in 1947, when British India split into two nations. Kashmir, a stunning region nestled in the Himalayas, became the heart of their conflict. It’s a place where most people are Muslim, but it was ruled by a Hindu...

So, What’s the FOMC? The FOMC is like the Fed’s brain trust, figuring out how to keep the economy from crashing or overheating. It’s been around since 1933, part of the Federal Reserve System that started in 1913 to stop banks from going belly-up every few years. Their big job is to manage how...

Origins and Early Years The story of Heart of Midlothian F.C. begins in 1874, though the exact date of its founding remains unrecorded. The club’s name draws inspiration from Sir Walter Scott’s novel The Heart of Midlothian, which refers to the Old Tolbooth, a historic Edinburgh prison, and the...

How We Got Here: The Houthi-Israel Clash The Houthis, a rebel group running much of Yemen, have been a headache for Israel for a while now. Ever since the Gaza war kicked off in October 2023, they’ve been firing missiles and drones at Israel over 400 attacks, by some counts claiming they’re...

The Wait Was Brutal If you’ve been following GTA VI news, you know the past year and a half has been a rollercoaster of emotions. The first trailer dropped back in December 2023, and it was massive over 250 million YouTube views, breaking records left and right. We got our first look at Vice...