Posted on 08/14/2026 6:40:12 PM PDT by little jeremiah
HEADLINES: More bad news for El-Sayed; Fraud investigations exploding; All military branches hit recruiting targets months early
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IN POLITICAL NEWS
1) Along with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, probably the greatest White House Press Secretary ever, Karoline Leavitt, is stepping down to be with her young kids.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-announces-white-house-press-secretary-karoline-leavitt/story?id=135590424
She’s been in office over a year and a half, and that job is probably the most unrewarding in all of D.C.
2) Nahhh. Nuthin’ wrong with this guy. Abdul El-Sayed practices sharia law in his “personal” life.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/abdul-el-sayed-dedicated-his-life-to-sharia-law
Yeah, till he gets in the senate. Then YOU’LL practice sharia law. But wait! It gets worse: the slimy DemoKKKrat Fascist MI senatorial candidate, the rectalmuffin El-Sayed, while he was “health commissioner” (Yikes) was responsible for kill ONE-QUARTER of all dogs euthanized in the entire nation in 2015.
https://americafirstreport.com/muslim-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-killed-over-a-quarter-of-the-dogs-put-down-in-the-entire-country-in-2015/
3) Not worth a header yet, but we have a lot of crime news. Almost a police blotter: DOJ has found “decades” worth of sexual misconduct in Kollyfornia women’s prisons.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/doj-finds-decades-of-sexual-misconduct-at-california-womens-prisons-6074928
Oh, and the DOJ also charged the ugly CEO of the Poverty Lawfare Center (SPLC) with fraud. Nice!
https://abcnews.com/US/doj-charges-former-southern-poverty-law-center-cfo/story
And more!
The DemoKKKrat mayor of Lawrence, MA was arrested for stealing $1.6 million in China Virus funds.
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2088279597812949344
The owner of an empty adult daycare billed Medicaid $32 million while, gee, just managing to donate to Gov. Hock-a-lugie and other DemoKKKrats.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/owner-of-suspiciously-vacant-adult-daycare-billed-medicaid-32m-while-donating-to-kathy-hochul-other-dems/
Five current and former TX city officials, including the Refugio mayor, have been arrested for fraud related to an Economic Development Corporation.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/five-texas-city-officials-arrested-fraud/
Bill Gates’s daughter faces jail time over phony sales she did not drive, but took percentages from.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/13/bill-gates-daughter-phoebe-cookie-stuffing-online-sales-jail-time-phia/
A NV judge has tossed charges out against six of the NV alternate electors in the 2020 election. Finally. And for the one millionth time, they are not “fake” electors.
https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/2088086279439130758
They are constitutionally approved ALTERNATVE electors.
A judge struck down “decades old” gun and silencer restrictions.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/us-news/gun-owners-of-america-begin-transferring-silencers-without-national-approval/
And finally, a Republican OK state senate candidate was found dead inside a bullet-riddled truck.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cause-of-death-revealed-for-republican-candidate-found-bloodied-in-his-car-but-his-family-isnt-buying-it
And we’ll have still more stories related to fraud investigations and arrests below in economic news.
4) The Demonic Dominion of MA will now allow abortions up to childbirth.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-gov-maura-healey-signs-sweeping-massachusetts-bill-allowing-abortions-up-birth
Actual baby murder is incoming in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1
5) The National Academies of Science had to remove a “climate change” chapter from its reference manual on scientific evidence-—cuz there ain’t much.https://blackmon.substack.com/p/energyindepth-nas-takes-down-climate
6) Gee, someone likes The Punisher, Pete Hegseth as recruitment in all five service branches hit its targets months early.https://www.military.com/the-military-branches-hit-their-2026-recruiting-goals-months-early
7) I love it. The board of the Kennedy-Trump Center restored Trump’s name.
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/13/trump-kennedy-center-name-board-court-order
8) Jeff Childers dives into the FBI op “Round River” that broke people down into “conduits” for Russkie influence who were to be discredited, such as Rudy Guiliani,
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/down-the-river-friday-august-14-2026
and “targets” like the Demented Perveret Rutabaga and the demonic George Soros to be protected. Oh, and those “informants” who said something was fishy with Russia? Up to 53 of them were under “foreign control” according to Kash Patel.
9) Harvard is in bed deep with the ChiComs, finding over 140 papers “co-authored” with the ChiCom military.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/harvard-china-links-unearthed-as-congress-finds-140-papers-co-authored-by-ccp-military-universities/ar-AA2a0TnX?ocid=BingNewsSerp
IN AI NEWS
10) Me waiting for the AI crash, as NVIDIA lines up a half trillion dollars in new financing.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/08/12/nvidia-lines-up-500-billion-in-financing-from-wall-street-partners/
11) Nearly one in six Americans have acted on AI medical advice without talking to a human doctor.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/12/ai-medical-advice-without-consulting-doctor-poll-insuranceopedia/
To be fair, I guess AI can say “take the China Virus vax” or “Take two aspirin and call me in the morning” as well as Dr. Patel can.
IN ILLEGAL CRIMINAL ALIEN NEWS
12) Here is a Fifth Circuit Court victory for Trump in one of the Tren de Arugala cases.https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/12/ai-medical-advice-without-consulting-doctor-poll-insuranceopedia/
13) The feds busted one of the largest sham marriage fraud schemes in history, with over 1000 mostly Chinese involved.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/feds-bust-largest-marriage-fraud-schemes-us-history-involving-1000-chinese-sham-unions
14) The State Department has created a task force specifically focused on “birth tourism.” If the Supes won’t help, we’ll do it ourselves.https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/state-department-announces-task-force-crack-down-birth-tourism
15) Human smuggling profits have crashed after Trump’s crackdown on illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/13/feds-human-smuggling-profits-drop-significantly-as-trump-drastically-cuts-illegal-immigration/
16) The old two steps forward, one step back as an appeals court handed Trump a victory in using the Alien Enemies Act to deport the criminal muffinsnuffers.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/appeals-court-dismisses-case-challenging-alien-enemies-act/story?id=135626524
IN CULTURAL NEWS
17) Meta (”Meta” means “death” in Hebew) faces 29 states in youth social media addiction charges.
https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/meta-faces-29-states-largest-youth-social-media-trial-yet
18) Nearly half of all adults under 30 are still living at home.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/nearly-half-of-us-adults-under-30-still-live-at-home-study-shows/
19) Totally out of hand: Dallas-Ft. Worth airport will install Muslim footwash stations in restrooms.
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/dallas-fort-worth-airport-install-islamic-foot-wash-stations-bathrooms
20) Ryan Burge on how to keep a kid in the faith: not all approaches work, but going to church early and often helps.
https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/so-you-want-your-child-to-keep-the
21) Watch test scores and student performance shoot up, as KS K-12 schools have a new “lock your phone up” policy in which students must put cell phones in lockers for the entire school day.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/us-news/kansas-students-forced-to-put-cell-phones-in-lockers-before-school-as-new-bell-to-bell-law-enforced/
IN TRANSOID NEWS
22) The federal government ended Medicaid funding of transoid surgeries for minors.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-admin-ends-medicaid-funding-for-gender-transition-treatments-for-minors-6074013
IN ECONOMIC NEWS
23) DoorDash is just the latest company to bail on a blue state (DE) and head for a red state (TX/NV).
https://x.com/StephenMoore/status/2087978820057845836
24) There is a big rare earth metal discovery in NV, but claiming it will be tough because NASA has sequestered over 17 miles for “calibrating satellites” and other instruments. Seriously.https://blackmon.substack.com/p/its-a-huge-rare-metal-discovery-for
25) Elon Musk is now “leaning into” fossil fuels.
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/elon-musk-the-worlds-most-famous-ev-pioneer-is-now-leaning-into-fossil-fuels-cad4888f
IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS
26) India has ordered drug tests for all pilots.
https://www.asiafinancial.com/air-india-orders-drug-tests-for-all-pilots-after-mid-air-drama
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
27) “Supergirl” failed so hard that DC canceled four other girl-boss projects.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrpRnyBJhgVBy3rm0K4P5w
Meanwhile, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” already hit over $1.7 billion and will certainly gross over $2 billion, meaning it made at least a billion dollars in profit. Oh, and “Young Washington” hit $46 million meaning that it is hovering on profitability with its $20 million production budget.
28) What is happening with the Women’s National Lesbian Basketball Association (WNBA) in terms of their inability to define a woman is far more entertaining than any product they put on court. Here is their most recent attempt, which, as Jennifer Say notes, “says nothing.”https://jennifersey.substack.com/p/the-wnba-releases-a-statement
29) Rising Australian golf star Jessica Bang, dead at 18 after a brain hemorrhage.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/13/sports/rising-golf-star-jessica-bang-dead-at-18-after-brain-hemorrhage/
IN MEDICAL NEWS
30) TrumpRx has caused drug prices to fall to the biggest drop in 60 years.
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/trumprx-leads-to-biggest-drop-in-drug-prices-in-over-60-years-trin/
AND FINALLY . . .
31) A new antiviral chewing gum cuts risks of certain head and neck cancers to almost zero. Welcome news. I’ve never been a gum chewer, but my mother was and she was adept at popping her gum all the time.
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chewing-gum-cuts-risk-of-certain-head-neck-cancers-to-near-zero/
??? muffinsnuffer ???
Larry comes up with invented words to describe idiots and ne’er do wells.
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