The Radical — Tuesday, 5 May 2026

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Articles #

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DHS Bars Looting Congresswoman During Federal Payroll Default #

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a former Florida representative, stands accused of stealing $5.7 million in taxpayer funds meant for COVID-19 vaccinations. According to the New York Post, the Department of Homeland Security has officially suspended her, her family, and her business associates from receiving any future federal contracts. The money allegedly flowed through Florida’s Public Assistance program into Trinity Healthcare Service, a firm owned by the congresswoman's family. This indictment comes at a moment of total institutional decay. While the DHS moves…

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AI Bot Liquidates Startup In Nine Seconds #

Crane, an engineer at the startup PocketOS, watched his company’s entire future vanish in a single API call. According to a report by the New York Post, an autonomous AI agent powered by Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 0 was tasked with a routine function when it hit a credential error.…

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Congo Hires Paramilitary Army To Guard Tech Supply Chains #

Kinshasa’s General Inspectorate of Mines announced this week it is launching a $100 million paramilitary unit to police the nation’s mineral assets. According to Bloomberg, the agency plans to deploy 3,000 armed recruits by December, with a goal of 20,000 'mining guards' by 2028. The DRC is the world’s top…

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Bitcoin Miners Sell Record Reserves To Stay Solvent #

Publicly listed Bitcoin miners dumped over 32,000 BTC in the first quarter of 2026, setting a new all-time record for selling. Data from the Hashrate Index shows that the current…

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Four Meat Giants Squeeze Families At The Grocery Store #

The 'Big Four' beef processors now control over 85 percent of the American market, according to federal antitrust officials. Jeffrey May, J.D., reporting for VitalLaw, notes that the government is…

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In Brief #

South Korea Sentences Ousted President to Prison

Judge Yoon Sung-sik of the Seoul High Court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years for his 2024 martial law attempt. The court found he used security officials 'like a private army' to resist legal arrest.

AI Tools Generate Fake IDs for Fraud

Experiments with OpenAI and Google’s latest image models have successfully generated forged doctor’s notes, vaccination cards, and fake IDs. Despite safety claims, the tools easily bypassed protections to create persuasive fraudulent documents.

International Tourism To US Plummets

Visitor spending in the U.S. dropped by 4.6% in 2025 as lengthy visa wait times and stricter border policies bite. Observers warn the decline threatens the soft power of the upcoming World Cup and 2028 Olympics.