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MY WEEKEND MIX: Pick a side now. Facts can come later.
We have forgotten how to say ‘I don’t know yet’ There are four words that have apparently become unacceptable in American public life: "I don't know yet." I found myself thinking about that Saturday while we continued talking about the allegations surrounding the...
Newsom creates state task force to protect the name ‘AI’ from further Trump suggestions
TOTAL BS! California Gov. Gavin Newsom has created a new state task force charged with protecting the term “Artificial Intelligence” from any future naming suggestions by President Donald Trump. The move comes after Trump publicly suggested that artificial...
Illegal immigrants qualify for $15K tuition, out-of-state Americans pay $42K — Trump DOJ wants answers
BS BULLETIN: Trump’s Justice Department sued the University of Delaware on October 1 over tuition benefits for qualifying students unlawfully in the country. The complaint cites $15,740 in resident tuition versus $42,470 for nonresidents. DOJ calls it unlawful...
Trump announces $90 Medicare checks for more than 20 million seniors — and they start arriving this month
BS BULLETIN: President Trump announced one-time $90 payments for more than 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees. The money will come from the $2 billion Medicare Improvement Fund and begin arriving in early October. Most Part B recipients qualify, but people whose...
‘Raging Moderates’ host says Hillary needed ‘a p*nis and balls’ to win — America gets blamed again
BS BULLETIN: Scott Galloway argued that Hillary Clinton would have become president if she were a man. During a live Raging Moderates discussion, he described her defeat as evidence of American sexism. He made a similar argument to Bill Maher in August — and even...
DNA test gives adopted Missouri man a shock: His dad is singer Michael McDonald
BS BULLETIN: Michael Goessling always knew he was adopted, but had no idea who his biological father was. A DNA test taken by a previously unknown half-brother ultimately led him to five-time Grammy winner Michael McDonald. Nearly six decades after he was placed for...
School choice improves learning at a lower cost, analysts say
(The Center Square) – As public education remains a concern for taxpayers, supporters of school choice programs argue that giving families more educational options can improve student outcomes at a lower cost. More than 30 states have some form of school choice...
Republicans pour $30,000,000 into Ken Paxton’s campaign during final stretch of red-state race
Texas PAC, the Senate Leadership Fund’s super political action committee backing Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, planned to drop an extra $30 million on television advertisements Friday in deep-red Texas to support Paxton’s Senate bid. The latest funds...
Allies answer Trump with oil they already promised while America drains its reserve
U.S. allies answered President Donald Trump’s demand for more emergency oil with barrels they had already promised in March and not yet released. The Group of Seven (G7) nations pledged Oct. 2 to release 100 million barrels of crude and diesel over four months, Al...
California v. Texas: a tale of how 2 states attempt to eliminate pesky feral hogs
The Outdoor Channel ridiculed California’s solutions for “hazing” feral hogs in a social media post that resurfaced a 2022 news report while praising how Texas approached the situation. In the report, posted on YouTube by NBC Bay Area in December 2022 after a group of...
Execution of Jihadist terrorist at Fort Hood to be livestreamed
(The Center Square) – The execution of an Islamic jihadist at Fort Hood will be broadcast live. Pentagon officials told the New York Times that an execution of a former Army officer convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting will be broadcast via livestream. An...
School district says it passed audit with ‘flying colors.’ the actual report tells a different story
A New Jersey school district spent taxpayer money on an unfinished museum and a little-used employee gym, according to a state audit that also referred unspecified matters to criminal justice officials. Newark Public Schools spent approximately $566,000 constructing,...
