Sony delivered a brutal reminder this week that if you don’t own the physical disc, you don’t own the movie.
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BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales infiltrated the Texas Democrat convention in Corpus Christi — and it was every bit as insane as she expected.
First, Gonzales was not allowed any press credentials because of her views.
Then, she quickly found a Planned Parenthood booth where they were handing out free Plan B.
“They gave me not one, but two free Plan B’s because they hate babies in the womb and they love killing them. This is really disgusting stuff,” Gonzales says, before throwing the Plan B in the trash and saying, “They do the same to babies.”
Gonzales also spoke to some attendees, asking one woman, who was wearing a mask, what positions of James Talarico’s she supported the most.
When the woman refused to answer, Gonzales ventured, “Have you thought about maybe removing the mask? It’s 2026.”
The woman then pulled down her mask, got in Gonzales' face, breathed heavily, and said, “I have chronic Epstein-Barr virus. Would you like it?”
“The masks don’t work, ma’am,” Gonzales replied. “Thank you for trying to give me a virus. Lovely people.”
Gonzales then approached another woman who was wearing an “I’m a Talafreako” shirt.
“What of James Talarico’s policies do you support the most?” Gonzales asked.
“The fact that he is a real Christian as opposed to a pseudo-Christian,” the woman replied.
“Have you heard the quote of his where he said he hates Christianity?” Gonzales asked.
The woman answered that “no,” she hadn’t, because he’s a minister.
“Somebody probably misquoted him. They do that all the time,” she added.
Gonzales also came face-to-face with another Talarico supporter, who claimed he didn’t care that Talarico’s friend, South Texan congressional candidate and musician Bobby Pulido, used to perform on stage with a bandmate who was convicted of indecent contact with an 8-year-old.
“I don’t care about his friend,” the man told Gonzales.
“You don’t care that he’s parading his convicted pedophile friend around on stage,” Gonzales replied, shocked.
“No, not really,” the man replied.
“He raped an 8-year-old girl,” Gonzales says, before the man tried to claim that Republicans are also guilty of pedophilia.
“I’m saying all pedophiles are bad and we should all agree, not just say, ‘But what about other pedophiles?’” she replied.
After even more insane interactions, Gonzales was then kicked out of the event for “agitating” the crowd.
“We were just standing there. We were told that many people told them we were agitating,” she says. “He brought two cops with him. I think one of them was trans, which really tracks with this mentally ill Democrat convention.”
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Bill Maher says the election of three “outright really crazy” Democratic Socialists in New York City shows that Democrats are “well on their way” to blowing 2028 election. “The Democrats just elected three very far-left Democratic Socialists in New York, who
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ICE is continuing to arrest criminal illegal aliens, this week nabbing those convicted of murder, assault, and other crimes.
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Democratic Socialists of America congressional candidate Melat Kiros believes there must be an "immediate pathway" to citizenship for "every single" illegal alien.
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The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is reporting publicly that Ukraine is helping Mexican drug cartels move into the European market through its poorly guarded borders. The move is aimed at helping drug cartels move into new markets in response to increased enforcement and operations in Latin America by the U.S. government.
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Those license plate cameras hanging over highways and intersections are no longer just reading plates.
New technology now allows some of them to detect the electronic devices traveling with you: your phone, smartwatch, Bluetooth headphones, infotainment system, AirTags, and even some pet trackers.
Collect enough data points, and it becomes possible to identify where someone works, where they live, and who they regularly travel with.
In other words, the goal is no longer simply to identify your car. It's to identify you. And most drivers have no idea this capability already exists.
Easy readerMost Americans are familiar with Automatic License Plate Readers. Police departments, toll authorities, and private companies have used them for years. They photograph license plates, log the time and location, and store that information in massive databases.
These systems were originally sold as tools to find stolen vehicles and assist in Amber Alerts. But the databases have grown enormously, storing billions of scans and increasingly being used for purposes far beyond their original mission. Civil liberties groups have been raising concerns about that expansion for years.
According to Flock Safety, one of the largest providers of these systems, its cameras capture multiple frames of video and use motion detection to identify vehicles. The company says it does not use facial recognition technology and that its cameras are not designed to identify individuals.
Yet that distinction is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.
ALPR cameras use optical character recognition technology to convert license plate images into digital text and compare that information against databases of vehicles of interest. Increasingly, however, the cameras are doing much more than simply reading plates.
Electronic fingerprintNow, here's where things get serious.
A defense contractor called Leonardo has been promoting a system called SignalTrace. It turns license plate cameras into advanced vehicle-tracking technology by combining plate information with signals transmitted by nearby electronic devices.
Even if you never gave permission for anyone to access your phone, smartwatch, Bluetooth devices, or your vehicle's Wi-Fi system.
SignalTrace is essentially an add-on sensor that can be attached to existing license plate cameras. Instead of simply reading a plate, it searches for wireless signals coming from nearby devices: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, RFID, and other identifiers.
Drive past one of these systems and it may detect the electronic signatures coming from your phone, smartwatch, Bluetooth headphones, infotainment system, AirTags, tire-pressure sensors, or other connected devices.
The system then links those electronic identifiers to a license plate. Leonardo calls this your "electronic fingerprint."
In plain English, the goal is to connect vehicles with the electronic devices and people associated with them.
May the Fourth be with youAccording to documentation referenced by multiple publications, SignalTrace isn't limited to roadside cameras. The technology can also be deployed in parking garages, transportation hubs, event venues, and other public locations where wireless devices are present.
That means these systems can continue gathering information even when a vehicle isn't the primary focus.
This raises two obvious questions.
First: Who controls the information about where you go and what devices you carry with you?
And second: How much of this surveillance is consistent with Americans' expectations of privacy?
Privacy advocates argue that technologies like this raise serious Fourth Amendment concerns because they allow governments to collect detailed information about people's movements and associations without individualized suspicion or a warrant.
Modern problemsThat debate is only becoming more important as vehicles themselves become increasingly connected.
Modern cars already collect enormous amounts of information, including location data, driving behavior, route histories, voice commands, vehicle diagnostics, and in some cases information gathered through interior cameras and driver-monitoring systems.
Critics worry that systems like SignalTrace add yet another layer to an already expanding data ecosystem.
Most drivers don't realize that they don't fully control much of the information their vehicles generate. Manufacturers often determine who can access that data, whether it can be shared, and how long it is retained.
Now, layer SignalTrace on top of all that.
Not only can manufacturers collect information from connected vehicles, but external surveillance systems may now be able to detect the devices you bring into the car and tie those identifiers directly to your license plate.
Over time, that creates a remarkably detailed picture of your movements and routines.
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Pattern of lifePrivacy experts often refer to this as "pattern of life" surveillance. Collect enough data points, and it becomes possible to identify where someone works, where they live, who they regularly travel with, and even sensitive locations they frequently visit.
Leonardo says the technology captures identifiers and frequencies, not the contents of calls or messages. That may be technically true. But once detailed information exists inside a database, history shows that its use often expands over time.
So what does this mean for ordinary drivers?
It means the privacy expectations many Americans still have on public roads may be changing quickly.
It means the data ecosystem surrounding your vehicle is becoming larger and more interconnected.
And it means lawmakers need to have serious conversations about who can collect this information, how long it can be stored, and what can be done with it.
I'm not saying every police department will abuse these capabilities tomorrow. But once the technology exists and the infrastructure is already in place, the temptation to use it more broadly becomes very real.
We've seen that happen with other surveillance tools.
Protect yourselfSo what can you do right now?
Because technologies like this rarely arrive with a major announcement.
They appear quietly in police budgets, vendor contracts, and infrastructure projects.
And by the time most people notice, the system is already in place.
Bottom line: Your car is supposed to work for you, not the other way around. When surveillance systems start linking your license plate to the devices you carry every day, it's worth paying attention — and asking some hard questions before these technologies become the new normal.
I’ll keep watching this space and bringing you updates as more departments adopt or test these systems. And I’ll let you know about the wins too.
If you’re wondering, “Where are all these cameras?” you will be shocked. Check out websites like deflock.org, an open-source project mapping license plate readers. Or look on eyesonflock.com, an aggregating Flock Safety Transparency Portal data, and haveibeenflocked.com, where you can enter your plate number to find out more.
Ukrainian forces struck Russia's major Ufa oil refinery for the second time in a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.
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The British leftist news website The Canary has claimed that it has been debanked by Lloyds without explanation and as a result has been left with "barely any funds" to operate.
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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has failed to convince a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 29 state attorneys general alleging the company deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children while hiding the associated risks.
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The conservative organization Moms for Liberty has been barred from participating in the Alaska State fair after being labeled an extremist and hateful group by dishonest leftists.
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