today’s hot news
DAILY RUSH HOUR: We all like to think we’d be the one who gets up
Hey folks—I know not everyone gets a chance to catch Rush Hour live, so I'm going to start including a link to each episode right here in the blast. That way, if you missed the show or just want to hear it again, it's only a click away - or check out my thoughts...
Newsom creates state task force to protect the name ‘AI’ from further Trump suggestions
TOTAL BS! California Gov. Gavin Newsom has created a new state task force charged with protecting the term “Artificial Intelligence” from any future naming suggestions by President Donald Trump. The move comes after Trump publicly suggested that artificial...
White woman lasted two weeks running a rock opera — booted for wearing cornrows at Burning Man
BS BULLETIN: Baltimore Rock Opera Society hired Kelly Carnes as executive director effective Sept. 8. Days later, a video showing the white arts executive wearing cornrows prompted complaints about “cultural appropriation.” Carnes was soon out, four of the...
‘You’re welcome, America’: Newsom signs exec order to keep calling AI ‘AI’ in Cali
BS BULLETIN: President Trump recently suggested replacing “artificial intelligence” with “super intelligence,” or “SI.” Gov. Gavin Newsom responded by signing a California executive order requiring state agencies to keep using “Artificial Intelligence” and “AI.” The...
Alito suddenly steps aside from major climate case — and Turley says it exposes a bigger Supreme Court problem
BS BULLETIN: Justice Samuel Alito has withdrawn from a major Supreme Court climate case just days before oral arguments. The case could determine whether states and local governments can pursue lawsuits against energy companies over alleged climate-related damages....
DNA test gives adopted Missouri man a shock: His dad is singer Michael McDonald
BS BULLETIN: Michael Goessling always knew he was adopted, but had no idea who his biological father was. A DNA test taken by a previously unknown half-brother ultimately led him to five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald. Nearly six decades after he was placed for...
Former adviser says Obama bears zero responsibility for America’s bitter partisan climate; it’s because he’s black
BS BULLETIN: Former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes was asked whether the Obama administration bears any responsibility for the bitter partisan climate that followed. Rhodes rejected that premise and said he believes the backlash was fundamentally driven by Obama being...
Trump calls Ken Paxton a ‘pain in the ass,’ revives Talarico vomiting story — then Dennis Rodman enters the speech
BS BULLETIN: President Trump traveled to Texas Thursday to promote Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton and his economic agenda. Trump called Paxton a “pain in the ass” while simultaneously praising him as the country’s best attorney general. The nearly hour-long...
FlyDubai pilot breaks his silence from hospital: ‘I couldn’t let everyone else die’
BS BULLETIN: FlyDubai Capt. Smit Machchhar says he was badly wounded when his copilot allegedly attacked him aboard a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. As the aircraft plunged roughly 14,000 feet, Machchhar says he summoned enough strength to open the cockpit door....
Actress Judi Dench takes on Petco after undercover footage shows disgusting abuse of birds, parakeet decapitation
BS BULLETIN: Dame Judi Dench is demanding Petco stop selling birds after viewing undercover footage from a breeder tied to the retailer’s supply chain. PETA alleges roughly 10,000 parakeets were kept in filthy conditions and that workers killed injured birds by...
Prosecutors make charging decision after Florida man admitted to years of having sex with his mother
BS BULLETIN: A 22-year-old Florida man and his 46-year-old mother were arrested after deputies uncovered what authorities described as a years-long incestuous relationship. Prosecutors later filed an incest charge against the mother but declined to pursue the same...
9,000 more US troops head to Middle East as Trump mulls resuming Iran strikes
While President Donald Trump contemplates further strikes, America is deploying seven more warships to the Middle East, with the fleet carrying approximately 9,000 more troops. The USS Theodore Roosevelt and three accompanying destroyers left their port in San Diego...
