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DAILY RUSH HOUR: The fastest hour in media meets the slowest learners in politics
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 - or check out my thoughts...
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...
DeSantis drops the hammer on Cory Mills days before Florida GOP primary
BS BULLETIN Ron DeSantis publicly declared, “I do not support Cory Mills,” just days before Florida’s Aug. 18 Republican primary. Mills still has Trump’s endorsement, but several Florida Republicans have broken ranks as controversies and investigations pile up....
‘How weak are you?!’ Joey Jones ABSOLUTELY UNLOADS on sailor whining about food on ship: ‘I would’ve traded C-4 for a hot dog’
BS BULLETIN Marine veteran Joey Jones erupted after CNN aired a USS Abraham Lincoln sailor complaining about low morale and meals of “noodles and tuna,” asking: “How weak are you?!” But the Lincoln has endured an extraordinary deployment — more than 250 days at sea,...
‘Will come back to bite you’: Top FDA official asked Fauci for vaccine side effect study, new email shows
A newly released email suggests that the nation’s top vaccine regulator encouraged Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins to leverage billions in scientific research dollars to study COVID vaccine side effects — but they never followed through on her request. In...
‘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...
Voters to decide who will fill Swalwell’s seat in Congress
(The Center Square) – Voters in California’s 14th Congressional District will head to the ballot box Tuesday to choose the successor to former U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell. Swalwell, D-San Francisco Bay Area, resigned in April from Congress amid sexual misconduct...
No price tag on Trump’s plan to claim the Strait of Hormuz
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump says he'll declare the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, but no federal agency has said what controlling the key oil chokepoint would cost taxpayers. "After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly...
Navy awards Raytheon $22.9B to boost Tomahawk production
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $22.9 billion, multi-year contract to accelerate production of Tomahawk cruise missiles, aiming to build more than 1,000 of the long-range strike weapons a year. The Department of War announced the award...
Economic alarm that foreshadowed 2008 crisis is blaring again
The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield climbed to its highest level since 2007 Monday as investors grew jittery over the federal government’s fiscal crisis and the Iran war. The yields on Treasurys rose to 5.31% as uncertainty over the end of a ceasefire between Iran and the...
Tool shows 57% of eligible people received taxpayer subsidized food
(The Center Square) – A new tool from the Urban Institute shows those who qualify for taxpayer-subsidized programs often not receiving assistance across those major safety net programs. Urban Institute’s State of the Safety Net project allows users to see just...
Second Amendment groups sue New York over ‘Glock’ handgun ban
(The Center Square) – One of the latest targets in the legal battles around gun control laws is New York’s ban on Glock-style handguns. California, Maryland, Connecticut and New York have all passed – and their governors signed – laws that restrict the sale,...
