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R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura took the witness stand Tuesday as the prosecution’s star witness, marking a dramatic showdown in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Visibly pregnant with her third child, Ventura appeared composed yet anxious – occasionally dabbing her eyes with a tissue – as she was sworn in before U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian. Combs, seated at the defense table in a dark suit, watched his former girlfriend intently as she faced the jury for the first time, though Ventura pointedly avoided meeting his gaze.In the...

Bachata Isn’t Music. It’s Confession. 🎙️ A Permission to Be Powerful Podcast Original By Anton Volney "Worst-case scenario? You learn a f*ck-ton of hot Spanish in 5 minutes or less." This isn’t your average podcast episode. It’s a slow dance between heartbreak and poetry, between masculine yearning and feminine reverence. It’s Romeo Santos, untranslated. In this viral audio essay, Anton Volney—writer, dancer, and unapologetic romantic—dives headfirst into the intoxicating world of Bachata lyrics, revealing what makes this Dominican artform feel less like music… and more...

EDITOR’S NOTE: P. Diddy’s trial has started… Here’s what you missed.

Imagine this: You walk into a room. Someone’s mad. Real mad. You can cut the tension with a knife. Their words? Venom. Their tone? Ice-cold. They’re like a mad dog ready for a fight. And yet, three minutes later… They’re not just calm—they’re thanking you. Maybe even hugging you. 👉 Not because you beat them with logic… 👉 Not because you overpowered them with status…. 👉 But because you did something they’ve never experienced before.You *heard* them. That’s the magic of Nonviolent Communication (NVC).

You’re not lacking power. You’re leaking it. From the mind behind Permission to Be Powerful and Hell and Paradise comes a soul-shaking manifesto for reclaiming the inner fire you didn’t know you lost. In 8 Superpowers You Forgot You Had, Anton Volney doesn’t offer fluff, fluff, or feel-good mantras. He hands you a mirror—and dares you to remember who the hell you really are. This is not a self-help book. It’s a soul reactivation device.

The fourth day of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex-trafficking trial dawned with a tense hush in the Manhattan courtroom. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian convened early, addressing last-minute disputes before the jury was brought in. Defense and prosecution lawyers had sparred overnight in letters to the court, and the judge was adamant about setting boundaries: he denied a defense request to introduce certain extremely explicit text messages (references to specific sex acts) that he feared would create “unfair prejudice or victimization” of1. He also scolded Combs’s ...

A courtroom sketch shows Casandra “Cassie” Ventura on the witness stand, facing an intense cross-examination. Dressed in a tailored pinstriped suit, the 38-year-old singer sits visibly pregnant – eight-and-a-half months along – as she recounts the darkest moments of her relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs . It is Friday, May 16, 2025, Cassie’s fourth straight day of testimony in Combs’ federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial, and the atmosphere in the Manhattan courtroom crackles with tension. Cassie’s voice trembles at times, but she remains determined. Her ...

When Love Feels like Chaos, Manipulation, and Walking on Eggshells—It’s Time to Wake Up

What if your deepest wound wasn’t that they took too much... But that you kept giving? In this raw, unfiltered dispatch from the heart, Anton Volney pulls back the curtain on a lifelong habit that nearly destroyed him—pathological over-giving. Trained from childhood to win love by being useful, he found himself in a pattern of one-sided relationships, emotional exhaustion, and invisible self-abandonment. But then something snapped. This isn’t a book about being “nice.” It’s about waking up. About seeing the invisible contracts you never agreed to. And about reclaiming the power ...

“We don’t repeat toxic relationships by accident. We do it to finish a story that never had an ending.” For years, Anton believed he was just “unlucky” in love. Until he realized he wasn’t choosing partners—he was choosing patterns. In this raw, unflinching memoir-meets-manifesto, Anton Volney unpacks how we unconsciously chase emotionally unavailable people not out of desire, but out of damage. Raised on conditional love, many of us learn to equate intimacy with suffering. Permission to Be Powerful explores why we keep running the same love story—with different names—and ...

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Psychopaths Rule the World: One Pilot’s Death That Should’ve Exposed Them All By Anton Volney A cockpit full of toxic smoke. A dying pilot’s final words. A buried truth nobody wants you to see. Flight 4087 never made it home. What started as a routine trip turned into an airborne nightmare—one that should have rocked the global aviation industry. But the moment the black box went silent, so did the media. Until now. This investigative essay cracks open the story of a veteran pilot who died mid-air trying to expose a terrifying pattern: planes failing on purpose, parts swapped by ...

The Day the Universe Stood Still How One Man’s Death United the Internet for 24 Hours by Anton Volney “He died on Einstein’s birthday. Born on Galileo’s death day. On Pi Day. Of course he did.” On March 14, 2018, the world lost Stephen Hawking—and for one fleeting, breathtaking moment, the internet stopped fighting. No rage. No clout-chasing. Just millions of strangers whispering: thank you. In this stunning digital elegy, Anton Volney captures the raw beauty of a day when Reddit became a cathedral, trolls went silent, and a wheelchair-bound physicist became the soul of the ...

WARNING: Do NOT crack this book unless you’re ready to watch your favorite mindfulness app curl up in a corner and whimper. From the cluttered desk of Anton Volney Dear Friend, I’m about to shove an 800-year-old stick of dynamite into the mouth of modern “McMeditation.” When the fuse hits zero, two things will remain: You. Whatever’s real enough to survive a Zen sucker-punch. The stick of dynamite is called “Zen Koans: The Gateless Gate to Insight.” Inside are 25 weapon-grade riddles the old monks used to melt egos like blow-torches on Styrofoam. These aren’t bedtime stories...

There are some stories that haunt you forever. Stories that shatter the illusion that childhood is a time of innocence and protection… Some children are born into nightmares. Where the people meant to protect them are the ones who hurt them the most. Where survival isn’t about scraped knees or childhood fears, but about enduring unspeakable cruelty. These are the worst cases of child abuse ever documented. And once you know them, you can’t unsee them.

You walk into the grocery store. You don’t need much. Just the basics. Maybe some eggs. And there they are, staring back at you like they just got a signing bonus from the NBA.$13.49. Jesus Fucking Christ. For EGGS. Somebody slap me. This CAN’T be real.Not golden eggs. Not blessed by the pope. Beyoncé didn’t twerk on them. Just regular-ass EGGS... Have now become a luxury. You remember when eggs were $2. Hell, even $4 felt like a stretch. But now? Now they cost more than GAS! More than a pack of smokes. More than your dignity can handle on a Tuesday night. You put them back, quietly ...

This a Raw and Brutally Honest Memoir For Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Invisible

Editor’s Note: I Wrote A Book! Here’s the second chapter.

EDITOR’S NOTE: ⚠️WARNING VERY GRAPHIC CONTENT⚠️…Most people think they know what it’s like to be attacked by a bear. They don’t. They imagine a quick death—a scream, a struggle, then darkness. That’s not how it happens. Bears don’t just kill you—they dismantle you. They deconstruct you. You don’t just die. You experience it. And for some?That experience lasts far longer than it should.