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A new Toyota dealer bulletin is starting to spread online, and it’s raising a question most enthusiasts never expected to ask in 2026: why is Toyota suddenly telling dealers to substitute engine oil? The internal document (2026-013), dated April 30, 2026, warns Toyota Parts and Service Managers about temporary supply issues involving Toyota Genuine Motor Oil 0W-8 and 0W-16. According to the bulletin, Toyota and ExxonMobil “may experience challenges in fulfilling demand” due to “production and logistics constraints within the global petrochemical supply chain.” And honestly, the timing is hard to ignore. Toyota Is Reportedly Facing A Supply Issue With...

College radio used to have great music, from experimental jazz to progressive rock to fusion country to classical music. But then the Corporation for Public Broadcasting promised to help pay their bills... as long as they passed that money onto NPR. Your local university allowed its radio station to essentially launder money to NPR (and other even further-left organizations like Pacifica Radio). So when NPR claimed it received only 1% of its funding from the federal government, they meant only 1% came DIRECTLY from the federal government, but it nearly all came from the federal government. To the extent they...

President Trump just did something Washington has talked about for decades but never delivered: he built a tool that lets Americans see what their prescriptions actually cost and shop for the best deal. The White House announced a major expansion of TrumpRx.gov, the administration’s drug-price transparency platform, adding more than 600 generic medications to the site. TrumpRx and Most-Favored-Nations Drug Pricing: Saving BILLIONS for Americans.Watch President Trump deliver remarks on TrumpRx at 4:30 pm TODAY. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/BiGOIEtjqd— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 18, 2026Even more notable than the drug list is who Trump brought into the room to make it...

Funny how the media are all worked up that POTUS gets involved in GOP primaries to support his preferred candidates and, conversely, to defeat those who don't support him or his agenda. Presidents have done this since the political parties have existed in this country. They are called primaries, after all. Some more recent presidents, including and especially FDR, unleashed the IRS-DOJ-FBI against their political opponents -- AND media outlets and businessmen who were unfavorable to them and their agenda. The fact that POTUS is upfront and open about what he is doing is actually evidence of his honesty and...

Is Big Tech, once again, playing politics with the truth? In a move sparking widespread outrage and accusations of election-year manipulation, Google Maps has reportedly scrubbed satellite imagery of the devastating 2025 Palisades and Eaton wildfires, reverting affected Los Angeles neighborhoods to their pre-fire appearance. The timing, just weeks before key local elections, has California voices questioning whether Big Tech is once again playing politics with the truth. As reported by The New York Post, users searching streets like Homepark Avenue in Altadena, Iliff Street, and Radcliffe Avenue in Pacific Palisades now see lush, untouched landscapes instead of the charred...

I long took for granted that US opinion polls break down respondents into white people, black people and Hispanics. But I’ve come to look askance at this convention. Reporting on political views by race now seems perverse. It implies that a citizen’s primary identity is grounded in skin colour, and it reifies a way of thinking about the American people that is regressive, divisive, inaccurate and downright un-American. I was reminded of this recent point of annoyance last week when the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana congressional map that none too subtly contrived to create an additional majority-black district....

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true...

A Southern California family rattled after discovering what appears to be the ashes of a stranger in an urn they ordered through Amazon say they are trying to do the right thing, but that the companies involved are not making it easy. Mark Culberston said the urn was one of a few his family purchased after the death of his grandfather early last year. After enduring months of grief at the loss of her husband, Culbertson’s grandmother was finally ready to place her late husband’s ashes within urns for family members. Culbertson explained to KTLA’s Shelby Nelson that all of...

PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, said on Monday ​that commercial oil inventories were depleting rapidly with only a few weeks worth ‌left due to the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. Birol, who is participating in the Group of Seven finance leaders meeting in Paris, told reporters that the release of strategic oil reserves ​had added 2.5 million barrels of oil per day to the market, but ​said these reserves "are not endless". The onset of the spring planting and summer ⁠travel seasons in the northern...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said Monday that his country has no "aggressive plans or intentions" to attack any country including the United States – following a news report that the Communist-run island nation has acquired over 300 drones with possible plans to use them to attack American military vessels, the U.S. military base at Guantanomo Bay, Cuba, and possibly Key West, Florida. According to Axios, which based its report on classified intelligence that was shared by a U.S. official, the findings could become a pretext for U.S. military action against Cuba. The official said that the proximity of the...

Things got absolutely wild at a Mayor Karen Bass event in Los Angeles when she was approached and called out by an irate resident who called her out for her many governmental failures, not least of which is the disastrously bad homelessness situation in LA and the massive amount of city funding spent on dealing with it, to no good effect. As background, Mayor Bass is currently facing a stiff primary challenge from Spencer Pratt, who is running on handling the massive disaster that has been her response to homelessness, vagrancy, and the Pacific Palisades fire that wiped out thousands...

NPR is restructuring its newsroom, including cutting some reporting and editing jobs, as it attempts to keep pace with changing audience habits while adjusting to an era without federal subsidies.

Islamic Center of San Diego — Authorities have identified the two teenage suspects involved in the deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego as 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez. Investigators said the two gunmen opened fire at the mosque on Monday, killing three adult men, including security guard Amin Abdullah, before later dying from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

Ike Willis, the singer who spent nearly a decade in Frank Zappa’s band, died of unspecified causes on Sunday at the age of 70. The news was reported on social media by multiple sources, including Willis' former Zappa bandmate drummer Chad Wackerman. Willis had previously announced his battle with prostate cancer in 2021. Willis was a student at St. Louis’ Washington University when he met Zappa at a concert in 1977. The aspiring musician offered his services as a vocalist and later auditioned for Zappa in Los Angeles. That began a collaboration that ran for close to a decade, with...

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman 🚨 BREAKING! Ed Gallrein is CRUSHING it in KY-04: 🟥 Ed Gallrein: 62% ← ALL-TIME HIGH 🟥 Thomas Massie: 39% MAGA is showing up and the momentum is unstoppable. Trump’s endorsed challenger is surging as voters reject the RINO obstructionist. Tomorrow is the day. Get out and vote Ed Gallrein, primary the problem. Quote Kalshi Politics @KalshiPolitics · 3h BREAKING: Ed Gallrein’s odds continue to rise 🟥 Ed Gallrein: 62% <- all-time high 🟥 Thomas Massie: 39% x.com/kalshipolitics…

Maybe you feel like you've read this story before... notthebee.com Two Texas guys took turns shooting each other in kevlar helmets. It ended the way you would expect. For a couple of hundred dollars, anyone can buy a kevlar helmet, but I mean how do you know they'll actually stop bullets? But that story happened in Texas and was two doofuses wearing Kevlar helmets. This story happened back in March 2023 in Canada with two doofuses wearing a (supposedly) bulletproof vest. According to CTVNews, Adam John Steenbergen and Mike Leier were out drinking, driving, and snorting cocaine when they decided...

shootings, stolen vehicles, and related violent crimes that occurred across Austin between Saturday, May 16, 2026, and Sunday, May 17, 2026. The three suspects in custody are: Cristian Fajardo Mondragon, 17 years of age bccbac24 a439 534e 2870 6dcf131d8a57 Hispanic male, 16 years of age Hispanic male, 15 years of age Because two of the suspects are juveniles under Texas law, APD is limited in what information can be publicly released regarding their identities, booking information, and detention status. The 17-year-old suspect, Cristian Mondragon-Fajardo, has reached the age of criminal responsibility under Texas law and may be publicly identified in...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Grand Forks Air Force Base, North DakotaGrand Forks Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern North Dakota, located north of Emerado and 16 miles west of Grand Forks. The host unit is the 319th Reconnaissance Wing (319 RW) assigned to the Air Combat Command (ACC) operating E/RQ-4B Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), in the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) role.In June 2022, Grand Forks Air Force Base celebrated its selection as the future home of Space Development Agency’s first Ground Operations and Integration Center that will operate...

The Pentagon said Monday it will pause participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, the principal strategic forum for Canada-U.S. defense cooperation, after accusing Canada of failing to contribute enough to its own defense. Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby announced the pause on social media, indicating that divisive rhetoric from Canadian officials prompted the U.S. to reassess its strategic partnerships. “A strong Canada that prioritizes hard power over rhetoric benefits us all. Unfortunately, Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments,” Mr. Colby posted on X. “Delivering on shared continental defense begins by recognizing our...