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MY WEEKEND MIX: They want to see your ID at the rally. At the polls? That’s different.
They want to see your ID at the rally. At the polls? That's different. There's something wonderfully revealing about politicians who suddenly discover the importance of identification when it's their own event. On Saturday's show, I brought up an example involving...
News app celebrates viewpoint diversity after publishing negative Republican story in Spanish
TOTAL BS! A leading news aggregation app announced a major expansion of viewpoint diversity Wednesday after making its existing criticism of Republicans available in 19 languages. The platform, VistaBrief, said an independent audit confirmed that readers could now...
Ambulance driver gets lost with chest-pain patient, calls an Uber and goes home
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I've got things to do) A private ambulance driver in Cleveland reportedly got lost while transporting a woman suffering from chest pain to the Cleveland Clinic. Instead of finding the hospital, he allegedly told...
Bill Maher denies Trump’s drunk at dinner accusation — then Kid Rock reminds him …
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I've got things to do) Bill Maher insisted President Trump was wrong to call him drunk during their White House dinner. Unfortunately for Maher, fellow dinner guest Kid Rock was sitting right beside him on...
Judge tosses DOJ’s ‘Decoy Dan’ election lawsuit
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I've got things to do) A federal judge dismissed the DOJ's lawsuit over Alaska's second Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot. The Justice Department says it will appeal. The New York Times reported that operatives...
Martha Stewart dresses as homeless person to sell Halloween candles on QVC, apologizes after huge backlash
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I've got things to do) Martha Stewart posed in tattered clothes with an “I AM HUNGRY HELP ME!!” sign for Halloween. The photo appeared in a post promoting her QVC candles and was deleted after backlash. Stewart...
Los Angeles mayoral candidates clash over crises, leadership
(The Center Square) – Los Angeles voters will decide Tuesday whether to reelect Mayor Karen Bass or give the job to City Councilmember Nithya Raman in a race that a poll says tightened dramatically in recent weeks. An October poll from University of California,...
Supreme Court rejects mail-in ballot segregation request
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday by the Trump administration to segregate 20,000 California ballots for fears of noncitizen voting in the midterm elections, one day before polls close. Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice...
Chinese-linked network of 400 AI apps hid deepfake porn tools from Apple, Google
Hundreds of Chinese-linked artificial intelligence apps have been secretly hosting pornographic deepfake tools under big tech companies’ noses. A network of 444 “nudifier” apps presenting themselves as tools for AI hair styling and pet portraits was actually...
Trump makes final pitch before Tuesday’s elections
(The Center Square) – After barnstorming battleground states with rallies for more than a month, President Donald Trump returned Monday to Washington, D.C. to make his final case before Tuesday’s midterm elections. Speaking in front of the Reflecting Pool, fresh off...
Foreign AI firm with alleged China ties strikes deal with US tech giant
OpenAI is joining an Abu Dhabi oil deal alongside an Emirati tech firm that House Republicans once scrutinized over ties to China. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced Monday a multi-year deal with OpenAI and G42, an agreement the company says makes it...
Indicted ICE officer turns himself in, appears before judge in Houston case
(The Center Square) – A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer indicted in Harris County and accused of hitting a Mexican national with a vehicle appeared before a judge in Houston on Monday. Mario Alberto Morales surrendered himself on Monday, appearing...
