today’s hot news
DAILY RUSH HOUR: The Black Pander returns
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...
Target screams ‘SORRY!’ over kids’ ‘blackface’ costume — and DEI gets dragged back from the dead
BS BULLETIN: Target pulled a children's clown costume after critics compared its imagery to blackface and minstrel shows. The retailer says the costume was “offensive” and apologized specifically to Black customers and employees. Critics immediately blamed Target's...
Jill Biden wonders if Joe was drugged before debate, opens new mystery: ‘Who knows?’
BS BULLETIN: Jill Biden was asked whether someone could have “laced” Joe Biden’s drink before his disastrous 2024 debate. Her answer: “Who knows? Who knows?” Jill says doctors determined Joe had not suffered a stroke, but she still has no definitive explanation for...
El-Sayed drags Usha Vance into Sharia fight — and the backlash gets ugly
BS BULLETIN: Abdul El-Sayed dragged Usha Vance into his escalating feud with Vice President JD Vance after Vance hammered the Michigan Democrat over his past Sharia-law comments. Critics accused El-Sayed of racism and sexism after he suggested Usha might not have been...
Newsom signs ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ protecting immigration nonprofits from prying eyes
BS BULLETIN: Gavin Newsom signed AB 2624 Saturday, expanding special privacy protections to workers at immigration-service nonprofits. Critics call it the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” and warn it could chill investigative reporting. Supporters insist legitimate journalism...
Welcome to Judge Robinson’s revolving door: Attempted murder? $5,000 bail. Loaded gun? Walk free.
BS BULLETIN: A New York Post review of 13 cases found Judge Janice Robinson released eight defendants without bail and set substantially lower bail than prosecutors requested in five others. The cases include attempted murder, shootings, robbery and gun...
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....
Milwaukee central count officials acknowledge primary results reporting mistake
(The Center Square) – The Milwaukee Election Commission acknowledged that a team led by its deputy director mistakenly selected and downloaded an audit log instead of election results on five of nine tabulators at its central count facility on the state’s...
Warsh calls for a ‘quieter’ Fed focused on reducing inflation
(The Center Square) – Americans need a “quieter” Federal Reserve focused on bringing down 65 months of “sustained elevated inflation,” the central bank’s chair told attendees of the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Friday. The symposium is a...
