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RUSH HOUR: 9/11 doesn’t need a rewrite
Twenty-five years. I still remember that morning. Of course I do. If you were old enough on September 11, 2001, chances are you remember where you were when you heard. You remember watching those towers. You remember trying to understand what you were seeing. For many...
HGTV partners with Trump on White House fixer-upper series after he calls the place a ‘dump’
TOTAL BS! HGTV announced Monday that it has greenlit a new home-renovation series documenting President Donald Trump’s ongoing restoration of the White House, giving viewers unprecedented access to what the network is calling “America’s most ambitious fixer-upper.”...
Trump’s DHS chief drops update on Ilhan Omar deportation: ‘We know that she married her brother’
BS BULLETIN: Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says federal authorities are conducting an “ongoing investigation” involving Rep. Ilhan Omar and possible immigration fraud. Mullin flatly asserted that Omar married her brother to help bring him into the...
Clancy backlash takes bizarre political turn — and GOP women see a midterm trap
BS BULLETIN: The Lindsay Clancy mistrial has now spawned online calls to repeal the 19th Amendment and take away women's right to vote. Republican women are warning that fringe rhetoric gives Democrats exactly the kind of ammunition they want heading into November....
Charlie Kirk statue vandalized days after unveiling — paint targets neck, ‘Jesus’ crossed out
BS BULLETIN: A new eight-foot Charlie Kirk statue outside Turning Point USA's Phoenix headquarters was vandalized with red paint just three days after it was unveiled. Paint was sprayed across Kirk's face and neck, while the name “Jesus” and a cross were crossed out...
Trump says those $5,000 checks are ‘100%’ happening
BS BULLETIN: President Trump says his promised $5,000 “Trump Dividend” is going to happen “100%.” House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress would have to approve the massive payout. Trump says he doesn't want to send the checks right now because Americans would spend...
Maye Musk jumps into Sydney Sweeney ad war: ‘look sexy and have fun’
BS BULLETIN: Maye Musk defended Sydney Sweeney after the actress faced criticism for appearing mostly nude in an advertisement for sports trading platform Novig. “She’s fabulous,” Musk told Tomi Lahren, arguing Sweeney should be free to “look sexy and have fun.” Musk...
Patrick Clancy’s new wife breaks silence: ‘I don’t understand how the story has been so twisted’
BS BULLETIN: Dr. Rachel Danis is speaking publicly about husband Patrick Clancy for the first time in a new preview of their upcoming “60 Minutes” interview. Danis pushed back on the intense scrutiny surrounding Patrick and their relationship, calling him “the most...
Senators not keen on banning AI from surpassing humans despite alarm bells
Senators wouldn’t commit Thursday to supporting possible legislation that would ban artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that could someday surpass human intelligence and act independently. Tech engineers and prominent AI researchers resigned from major labs and...
Poll: 60% of Ohioans disapprove of Trump
(The Center Square) – Sixty percent of Ohio voters disapprove of the job President Donald Trump is doing as the midterm elections approach, according to a new poll from Bowling Green State University. "Ohio has been one of Donald Trump's strongest states, but...
SIUE, student paper debate press freedom
(The Center Square) – As a battle brews over freedom of the press at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, a free speech advocate says student journalists at public universities are protected under both the First Amendment and state law. The Foundation for...
ICE expands operations in Tennessee as major arrests are made
(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expanding partnerships with local law enforcement in Tennessee resulting in major arrests of violent criminals. State and local law enforcement have expanded 287(g) partnerships with ICE in a...
