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Dems’ ad about potholes loaded with sexual puns leaves Internet scratching collective heads
In the latest episode of “you can’t make this stuff up,” the Democratic National Committee managed to turn a routine infrastructure update into a social media spectacle — and not in a good way. Over the weekend, the DNC’s official Instagram account dropped a graphic...
Joe Kent says FBI stopped him from looking at possible Iran link to would-be Trump assassin
Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent said Friday that the FBI stopped him from investigating the possibility that the attempt on President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pa. was linked to Iran. Kent said the Bureau concluded...
Schumer blocks DHS deal, TSA loses paychecks, lines stretch for hours
Because of a prolonged funding standoff involving the Chuck Schumer–led Senate, workers at the Transportation Security Administration are reportedly on the brink of missing another paycheck. The ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is now...
Math teacher put on indefinite leave as ‘fat-shaming’ algebra quiz investigated
A San Francisco math teacher was placed on indefinite leave Monday after being accused of using sexist and “fat-shaming” questions on a quiz. Tom Chan, a Lowell High School math teacher of more than 20 years, assigned quiz questions about dating costs based on a...
Blue city office sues its own mayor for records on fraud, waste
Baltimore, Maryland’s watchdog agency is suing Democratic Mayor Brandon Scott for allegedly withholding records on potential abuse of public funds. Scott is hampering officials’ “ability to adequately investigate complaints of fraud, financial waste, and abuse in City...
BS political cartoons of the week: They can’t even manage a sewer!
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ABC sues Trump television regulator over threats against broadcast license
Disney’s ABC filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, claiming the agency’s recent review into the company is part of a “retaliatory campaign.” The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., alleges that the...
Biden-era released migrant leaves another US citizen, dad dead in the street, ICE says
BS BULLETIN Honduran national Mauricio Josue Alberto Sarmiento is charged in the hit-and-run death of 51-year-old James Robert Bagley III in Sylva, North Carolina. DHS says Sarmiento illegally crossed the Texas border as an unaccompanied minor in 2021 and was later...
Harvard still employs professor whose emails with Epstein mentioned spies and torture
Even as the class of 2030 prepares to arrive to the Harvard campus in two weeks, it’s not yet clear how much longer Martin Nowak — who cryptically discussed a “captured spy” and “torture” with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an unearthed 2014 email — will remain on the...
Polling firm says data in closely watched DSA race was ‘social experiment,’ then shuts down
A polling company that showed former Democratic Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong leading by over 20 points admitted to faking polls, then shut down Monday. Median Strategies announced that its data was a “short-term social experiment” after releasing...
Sophie Cunningham stuck her neck out for our daughters. It’s time for parents to join her.
Sophie Cunningham seemed to have it all. As a guard for the Indiana Fever in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), Cunningham’s star power was on the rise. She boasts 5 million Instagram followers, countless brand partnerships, and appeared as a...
1,000 DOJ monitors headed to the polls — and Democrats are already sounding alarms
BS BULLETIN The Justice Department plans to deploy roughly 1,000 election monitors nationwide for November's midterms, a level Harmeet Dhillon says would be historic for a Republican administration. DOJ monitors are already working the 2026 primaries, including...
