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Snerdley’s Saturday Extravaganza 8-16
Three hours. More insight. More laughs. More music. Saturday mornings are where we have time to go beyond the headlines. It's three hours of news, lively conversation, thought-provoking guests, your phone calls, and, of course, some great music mixed in along the way....
CNN spends $70 to ‘debunk’ RFK Jr.’s $20 dinner —buys $11 jar of mayo to do it
BS BULLETIN CNN’s Tom Foreman spent $70.54 buying full packages of every ingredient needed for RFK Jr.’s salmon-cake recipe, which HHS prices at about $5 per serving. There’s a legitimate affordability debate — but HHS is using standard recipe costing, charging only...
Don Lemon finds RACISM in city blackout — mayor agrees despite utility crews being shot at
BS BULLETIN: Don Lemon suggested Gary, Indiana, was neglected after a massive blackout because the city is predominantly Black and working class. Mayor Eddie Melton told Lemon he agreed “100%.” Missing from that exchange: utility crews temporarily stopped work...
Jackson unloads on Supreme Court colleagues after Trump victory: ‘Serious legal error’
BS BULLETIN: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says the Supreme Court committed a “serious legal error” and fell for government “gamesmanship.” USPS is ready with new mail-ballot rules as the court fight continues. North Carolina starts sending military and overseas...
Missouri judge keeps Trump-backed GOP map in place — but the fight is headed upstairs
BS BULLETIN A Missouri judge ruled the state's referendum provisions don't apply to congressional redistricting, keeping the Republican-drawn map in force for November. The map dramatically reshapes Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's Kansas City district, giving...
Rubio launches MASS visa purge: Up to 200,000 asylum seekers could lose visitor visas
BS BULLETIN: The State Department is reviewing up to 200,000 B-1/B-2 visas held by foreigners who later sought asylum. Officials are examining whether visa applications contained misrepresentations or other grounds for revocation. The move could become one of Trump's...
Trump-appointed judges split as DOJ loses 20,000-ballot fight
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) The Ninth Circuit rejected DOJ's emergency bid to segregate ballots associated with roughly 20,000 questioned California registrations. Trump-appointed Mark Bennett joined the majority,...
Treasury flags $8 billion in suspicious cross-border payments as Bessent takes aim at fraud networks
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) FinCEN identified more than $8 billion in potentially suspicious foreign-directed wire transactions from 2021 through 2025. Treasury announced new alerts on cross-border payments and misuse...
‘Mount Trumpmore,’ a DEI tombstone and Biden’s autopen: White House Halloween goes full MAGA
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) White House staff decorated a Halloween gathering with a mock “Mount Trumpmore National Memorial.” Displays reportedly featured a DEI gravestone, “Sleepy Joe Hallow” and a wanted poster...
Minnesota Democrat calls Ilhan Omar marriage allegations: ‘Almost certainly true’
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) Former Minnesota Democratic lawmaker Joe Radinovich says the longstanding marriage allegation about Ilhan Omar is “almost certainly true.” Radinovich has worked against Omar politically,...
Trump wins immigration court round as diversity visa lottery stays frozen
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) The Ninth Circuit stayed an order directing the State Department to reopen fiscal year 2027 Diversity Visa registration. The lottery can remain suspended while the legal battle continues....
El-Sayed campaigns with Farrakhan-linked mayor who pushed conspiracy claiming Jews ran slave trade
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed campaigned Thursday with Benton Harbor Mayor Marcus Muhammad, a Nation of Islam student minister who promoted Louis Farrakhan material...
