today’s hot news
RUSH HOUR WRAP: Democrats’ ‘big tent’ is becoming a circus
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. VIEW HERE: The Democratic...
Steaming headline breaks Snerdley BS scale: ‘Trump administration gives Trump family a bank’
BS BULLETIN The OCC conditionally approved a national trust bank charter for Trump-linked World Liberty Financial — but it cannot yet open for business. The proposed bank would primarily handle World Liberty's $4 billion USD1 stablecoin, not ordinary deposits and...
Former SPLC intelligence chief charged in alleged $4 million donor-fraud scheme
Former Southern Poverty Law Center intelligence chief Heidi Beirich is scheduled to be arraigned in Alabama on August 19 after federal prosecutors accused her of helping conceal millions of dollars in payments to people embedded in white-supremacist and extremist...
Geraldo cries ‘torture’ over ‘sickening’ ICE shock gloves: ‘I’d love to…slap around the inventor’
Geraldo Rivera is horrified that ICE may equip agents with electric gloves to control combative suspects. His solution? Put on the gloves and assault the man who invented them. Rivera delivered that carefully calibrated contribution Wednesday night on NewsNation while...
Iran answers Trump’s ‘total control’ claim as Hormuz traffic slows to a crawl
Iran is now directly challenging President Donald Trump’s declaration that the United States has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, even as commercial traffic through the critical oil corridor remains a fraction of its prewar level. Hossein Taeb, a senior...
‘Walking humiliation ritual’: Jacob Frey’s painfully awkward dance moves go viral
BS BULLETIN Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey went viral after showing off some painfully awkward dance moves at the Black Entrepreneur State Fair. Emily Jashinsky delivered perhaps the best punchline: “I’d honestly prefer that he defund the police.” Mayor Jacob Frey at...
Was Milo’s ICE bust revenge against MTG? The story just took a wild turn
BS BULLETIN: DHS released Milo Yiannopoulos’ mugshot after ICE arrested the British provocateur at a New Orleans airport, saying he overstayed his visa and blew off an immigration hearing. An immigration judge issued a final removal order July 22, and DHS says...
Ranchers say beef market has ‘been hell’ as Trump announces plan to try and help
President Donald Trump’s Friday push to let farmers and ranchers process their own meat received mixed reviews from cattle producers who said expanding independent processing could help ranchers but would not address all of the economic problems that have squeezed...
Trump announces the establishment of a Space Force Academy
–(The Center Square) – While visiting the Johnson Space Cente Friday, President Donald Trump announced and signed an executive order to establish the Space Force Academy. The Space Force, first established by Trump in 2019 during his first administration, is...
UN agency tells merchants not to arm against pirates despite 90 sailors being held hostage
A United Nations agency told countries to “strongly discourage” merchant ship crews from acquiring firearms to defend against piracy, despite 90 sailors being held hostage by Somali pirates. Piracy rose in 2025, according to the annual report from the International...
Study: Many LA jail deaths happen months after arrest, including overdoses
(The Center Square) – Many inmates who die in Los Angeles County jails have been behind bars for weeks or months before their deaths, according to a new UCLA study. The study, published July 28 in PLOS One, looked at 509 jail deaths from 2008 through 2023 and...
Trump admin’s Europe troop posture swings again as Pentagon weighs NATO base access
The Trump administration is again weighing changes to the U.S. military footprint in Europe after months of troop cuts, new deployments and abandoned drawdown plans repeatedly reshaped Washington’s posture on the continent. The Pentagon’s ongoing review of the U.S....
