Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, August 16, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

The Deep State, many observers contend, operates a narrative engine that allows it to ensure that higher-ups can deflect blame, dismiss evidence, and safely claim ignorance of any thorny situation its operatives are caught up in.

It's known as plausible deniability.

And it may just extend to the wives of Deep State operatives as well.

An FBI search warrant affidavit reportedly reveals that Patrice Comey, the wife of former FBI Director James Comey, sent him a Google screenshot of a nonviolent definition of the term "86" exactly two minutes before he published his "86 47" seashell photo on Instagram.

According to investigative journalist Paul Sperry, the newly uncovered text indicates preemptive forethought.

Critics argue the Comeys knew the post could be construed as an assassination threat against President Donald Trump (the 47th President) and sought to establish plausible deniability.

The text message is expected to be a central piece of evidence for proving or disproving intent when Comey goes to trial in October.

In May, a North

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News August 17, 2026

After an inspection visit to Fort Knox, Sen. Rand Paul confirmed the gold was there. The Kentucky Republican then lamented the loss of the dollar's purchasing power since the U.S. severed the currency's link to gold in 1971.

"Yes, the gold is there all (approximately) 147 million ounces," Paul wrote on X after the visit on Aug. 10.

Fort Knox holds 147,341,858.382 fine troy ounces of gold (about 4,580 metric tons), which is roughly half of the total U.S. government gold reserves. Located in Kentucky and managed by the Department of the Treasury, the depository stores standard gold bars weighing about 27 pounds each.

Confirming all the gold in Fort Knox is still in Fort Knox was only part of the story for the senator.

The larger lesson for the country, he said, is what has happened to the dollar while all that gold has remained in the vault.

Paul said the dollar has lost 97% of its purchasing power since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913, adding that $100

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

The Free State of Florida was one of the first to resist the devastating lockdowns imposed by the Covid overlords.

While Floridians were enjoying that freedom, David Jolly was fleeing the state. He headed for locked-down Pennsylvania, where he proceeded to bash the Sunshine State and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Jolly even proclaimed that obeying strict Covid rules was "greater than the calling of personal freedom."

Breitbart's Hannah Knudsen noted that Jolly had once told a group of people that he and his wife ask themselves every single day, "Should we raise our children in this state?"

Now, Jolly is running for governor of Florida as a Democrat.

He is expected to win Tuesday's Democrat primary. Polls show him with a substantial lead over the four other candidates. The candidate who polled closest to Jolyy, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, pulled out of the race in June after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

During the pandemic, Jolly fled Florida as millions flocked to the state of Florida to taste

by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

Parents are expressing shock over what they say is Islam's intrusion into schools in Texas and California.

Field trips to mosques, distributing Qurans and hijabs to students, and handing out pamphlets extolling the upside of Sharia law have all occurred in the past few years in school districts in both states.

"They've never bussed students to temples or churches. They said we must keep religion out of schools. WTF is going on??" one X user commented in reaction to the video.

"Teaching about different religions is one thing. Handing out sacred texts, putting religious clothing on students, photographing them without permission, and framing one faith as the vehicle for social justice is something else entirely," Kyle Reyes, owner of Law Enforcement Today, Blue Lives Matter and The Police Tribune, and CEO of The Silent Partner Marketing noted in a post to LinkedIn.

Students at Palo Alto High School in California "were handed Qurans, encouraged to wear hijabs, and told Islam promotes social justice on a school field trip. Now parents are suing," Reyes noted.

Jewish,

by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2026 Non-AI Real World News

Big Tech continues to filter, suppress, and deplatform (mostly conservative) legally protected expression in what critics say is the greatest threat to the First Amendment freedoms of Americans.

Groups such as the America First Policy Institute contend that Big Tech wields unchecked power over public discourse and uses vague terms-of-service policies regarding "hate speech" or "misinformation" which result in viewpoint discrimination and effectively silences (mostly conservative) Americans.

"This isn't a conspiracy theory; it's a documented reality," the Conservative Stack blog noted.

"Before Elon Musk's courageous acquisition of Twitter, the platform worked in concert with government actors to suppress legitimate stories that were inconvenient to the Democratic party, most notoriously the Hunter Biden laptop story just weeks before the 2020 election. This wasn't a mistake or a content moderation error—it was a deliberate act of election interference, plain and simple. President Donald J. Trump, while a sitting president, was permanently banned from the platform, an unprecedented act of political censorship that silenced the leader of the free world."

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