today’s hot news
Cuba is eyeing drone strikes on U.S. targets as tensions explode, report says
So here we go again: another day, another intelligence leak lighting up the U.S.-Cuba powder keg. According to reporting cited by Axios, classified U.S. intelligence claims Cuba has been quietly accumulating more than 300 military drones since 2023—allegedly sourced...
San Francisco YMCA’s ridiculous rule change after trans locker room exposure
A San Francisco YMCA is finally putting some guardrails around locker room behavior after furious female members spent months complaining about a biological male allegedly parading around naked in women’s changing areas like it was his own private spa. The Stonestown...
Even Scott Jennings squirms over Trump’s $1.7 billion payout fund: ‘a little uncomfortable’
When the White House rolled out a jaw-dropping $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization” compensation fund this week, even loyal CNN conservative Scott Jennings looked like he wanted to loosen his tie and find the nearest exit. Jennings — one of the Republicans willing to go...
Republican caught in ‘cotton-picking’ firestorm and Dems smell blood
WASHINGTON — Virginia Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans walked straight into the culture-war woodchipper this week after enthusiastically agreeing with a radio host who told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to keep his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.” The...
Would-be Trump assassin mocks ‘insane’ incompetence of security at dinner
Would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen’s claim that there was extremely lax security at the event he targeted was seemingly substantiated by multiple attendees’ posts to social media. The security presence at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner which...
BS daily political cartoons: Donkey Blowback
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♠️The Duchess of Dirt: Jon Ossoff’s $4,636 beauty bill gets a mysterious little makeover
♠️Darlings, there are certain things a gentleman should never discuss in polite company. His bank balance. His romantic disappointments. And exactly how much he spends trying to look effortlessly handsome. Which brings us to Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, whose campaign...
Anti-ICE café took prices off the menu — now the business is coming off the map
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Minneapolis’ Modern Times Café plans to close by the end of the year. Its donation-based experiment provided more than 30,000 free meals before prices returned. Owner Dylan Alverson said...
Israel lobby quietly shifts political operation to super PAC under new name
AIPAC has announced its decision to discontinue directly endorsing and financially backing candidates — but the pro-Israel lobbying group appears to remain far from dormant. The organization will cease directly endorsing and bankrolling candidates in that manner that...
Enes Freedom demands his purchased seat at WNBA Finals — gets exit ultimatum at the door
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Enes Kanter Freedom left Game 3 of the WNBA Finals after refusing a private suite arranged for him. The former NBA player demanded the seat he purchased and said he had been kicked out....
Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich calls it ‘retaliation’ after reporter who clashed with Trump loses trip assignment
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do). Jacqui Heinrich condemned the removal of Independent reporter Andrew Feinberg from an upcoming presidential pool assignment. The change followed Feinberg’s contentious Oval Office exchange...
Parents group seeks alternative investment option for children receiving Musk’s SpaceX shares
TOTAL BS! WASHINGTON — A progressive parents organization is demanding an alternative to Elon Musk’s proposed SpaceX stock giveaway, warning that children could develop an attachment to capitalism before schools have an opportunity to explain its dangers. Parents for...
