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BS meter blows a gasket: Jeffries’ impeachment denial doesn’t pass smell test
After analyzing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries trying to wave off impeachment talk this weekend, the needle on the “BS Meter,” says you're getting played . On Fox News Sunday, host Shannon Bream confronted Jeffries with a report from Axios laying out what...
U.S. troops in Italy, Spain hang in balance as troop reduction in Germany announced
(The Center Square) — On the heels of President Donald Trump threatening to reduce troops in Europe, the Department of War announced Friday the reduction of 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year. The announcement comes two days after the president...
Trump cheers ‘Strait of Iran’ reopening — markets pop, Mullahs blink
Call it a geopolitical plot twist with a side of market whiplash. President Donald Trump jumped online to take a victory lap after Iran abruptly announced that the world’s most nerve-wracking oil chokepoint — the Strait of Hormuz — is back open for business. The...
US Atty Pirro’s team is bounced from fed construction site
Call it the central bank’s version of Versailles — only this one’s being built with your money. A team of federal prosecutors working under U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro showed up unannounced Tuesday at the Federal Reserve’s bloated Washington, D.C., renovation project...
Joe Scarborough pounds table during on-air meltdown over JD Vance’s latest PM visit
“Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough erupted Tuesday over Vice President J.D. Vance’s visit to Hungary, demanding Republicans stand up to “Russian authoritarianism.” Vance announced in an April 2 release that he would visit Hungary on Tuesday and Wednesday,...
BS daily political cartoons: Trump deports illegal aliens to the Vatican
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Trump’s taxpayer-funded ‘Love Me’ ad has a problem: The singer says nobody asked him
BS BULLETIN: The Trump administration is airing a government-funded television ad set to JMSN’s song “Love Me,” with the spot identifying itself as “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” JMSN says he never authorized the use of his music and is now considering legal...
Kamala Harris explains algorithms with flowers — and somehow we’re back here again
BS BULLETIN: Kamala Harris tried to explain how social-media algorithms can narrow what users see — with yellow and pink flowers. Harris warned that repeated recommendations can “dumb people down” by assuming their interests don't extend beyond what they've already...
GOP senator calls Trump’s red-carpet treatment of Xi a ‘WTF moment’
BS BULLETIN: Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called President Trump's warm White House reception for Chinese President Xi Jinping a “WTF moment.” Tillis questioned why Xi received the red-carpet treatment while some leaders of U.S. allies have faced much rougher...
Rashida Tlaib says ‘ICE killed another man’ — let’s ask the tree he hit at 100mph
BS BULLETIN: Rep. Rashida Tlaib declared that “ICE killed another man” after Mario David Coronado-Juarez died in a fiery crash in Grand Rapids, Michigan. DHS says Coronado-Juarez fled an attempted ICE stop, officers immediately discontinued the enforcement action, and...
Monty Python legend John Cleese drops a slavery joke so dark even the internet did a double take
BS BULLETIN: Comedy legend John Cleese jumped into a debate over slavery reparations with a characteristically dark bit of sarcasm. The 86-year-old Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star suggested Arab slave traders had found one way to prevent descendants from demanding...
Canada prepared for a Trump invasion — and the internet has questions
BS BULLETIN: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he examined the possibility of U.S.-led military action against Canada as an “extreme tail risk.” Canadian military planners have reportedly modeled what would happen in a hypothetical American invasion — including...
