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  • McMorrow (Former candidate) endorses El-Sayed as he holds edge on Stevens (Michigan)

    08/05/2026 3:35:44 AM PDT · by RandFan · 8 replies
    politico ^ | Aug 5 | politico
    Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out of the Democratic Senate race a month before the primary, endorsed Abdul El-Sayed as he maintained a narrow advantage over Rep. Haley Stevens early Wednesday morning. “I’m proud to give Abdul my full endorsement and support as we head to November together as a unified party,” she said in a statement. El-Sayed led Stevens by roughly two points at the time of McMorrow’s endorsement. Both candidates said early Wednesday morning the race would likely be decided later in the day. McMorrow urged Democrats to unite behind El-Sayed after a bruising primary that...
  • TikTok woman describes an aspect of dialectical language for self defence purposes

    08/05/2026 3:26:11 AM PDT · by Steven Tyler · 2 replies
    RAIRFoundationUSA ^ | August 4 2026 | RAIRFoundationUSA
    TikTok woman describes an aspect of dialectical language for self defence purposes
  • Today's Cryptogram

    08/05/2026 3:20:04 AM PDT · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 6 replies
    AEXERA JNRFZ SRW MNIFT CN ANXFTRJFRC EG UEDF AEXERA IPEGDFZ SRW VST DFZG CN CFFRSAF QNZG. ― M.Y. N'TNHTDF Clue: Look in the comments
  • JUST IN: Indian animal abuser Shri Thanedar, who defrauded investors and drove his first wife to suicide after using her for a green card, has been crushed in his primary.

    08/05/2026 2:39:45 AM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 17 replies
    X ^ | 08/05/2026 | Bad Hombre
    JUST IN: Indian animal abuser Shri Thanedar, who defrauded investors and drove his first wife to suicide after using her for a green card, has been crushed in his primary. Best known for repeatedly filing frivolous impeachment articles against President Trump and for the small mammal that lives atop his head, Thanedar now joins Jasmine Crockett, Eric Swalwell, Al Green, Dan Goldman, and others in the unemployment line. Denaturalize and deport this loser now.
  • Today's Toons 8/5/26

    08/05/2026 1:22:37 AM PDT · by pookie18 · 1 replies
    The Right Reasons ^ | 8/5/26 | pookie18
    Click on link
  • LIVE in 4K - Elon Crater: Watching Falcon 9 Hit Moon - Edge HD 11 - Pompey Observatory - 5 Aug 2026

    08/04/2026 10:34:52 PM PDT · by House Atreides · 24 replies
    Pompey Observatory Live Feed ^ | August 5, 2026 | Pompey Observatory
    Live feed .. Impact will be about 2:35am Eastern Time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgq62tCwVM8
  • BREAKING: 14 dead in Kyiv, dozens injured (Ukraine War latest)

    08/04/2026 9:43:00 PM PDT · by RandFan · 8 replies
    Sky News ^ | Aug 5 | Sky News
    Fourteen people have been killed and 27 are injured after a wave of Russian strikes on the region surrounding Kyiv overnight, the capital's emergency services have said.
  • Saudi-led group completes $55bn purchase of gaming giant EA

    08/04/2026 8:53:03 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 7 replies
    BBC News ^ | August 4, 2026 | Laura Cress
    The sale of gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) for $55bn (£41bn) to a group of buyers including Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) has been finalised. The American company is known for making and publishing best-selling games such as EA FC, formerly known as Fifa, The Sims and Mass Effect. The investors, who include Affinity Partners - led by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner - are taking EA private, meaning all of its public shares will be purchased and it will no longer be traded on a stock exchange. It is thought to be the largest leveraged buyout in...
  • Canadian who battered patriotic teen on NJ boardwalk ordered deported — as she downplays caught-on-camera attack

    08/04/2026 8:37:33 PM PDT · by T.B. Yoits · 21 replies
    The New York Post ^ | 8/4/2026 | Jordan Donegan and Georgia Worrell
    She’s gotta maple-leave! The lefty Canadian illegal immigrant who attacked a teen in patriotic clothing on a New Jersey boardwalk is getting the boot back to Canuck. A Texas immigration judge ordered Kaitlyn Tracey to be deported back to her home country Tuesday – before the teen slapper entered a guilty plea on an assault charge stemming from the Fourth of July weekend brawl at Point Pleasant boardwalk, a courtroom heard. Tracey, 33 – who attended a criminal court hearing in Toms River over the phone from a Texas ICE lockup – only copped to one count of simple assault,...
  • Anthony Fauci responds to Aaron Rodgers after NFL star called him a 'coward' in Covid meltdown

    08/04/2026 7:30:55 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 32 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | August 4, 2026 | James Cohen
    Former White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has hit back at Aaron Rodgers after the quarterback launched a scathing verbal assault on him on-air. Rodgers, who has long been a vaccine skeptic and was extremely outspoken about the Covid-19 pandemic, didn't hold back as he eviscerated Fauci in the wake of his decision to continuously plead the fifth amendment in a hostile senate hearing. Appearing on ESPN on Monday, Rodgers attacked Fauci in a 13-minute monologue, labeling the 85-year-old an 'absolute criminal' and an 'absolute coward'. On Tuesday, Fauci’s attorney, David Schertler, responded to Rodgers delivering a swift...
  • Hawaii Democrat’s Beach Rampage Ends With One-Punch Knockout

    08/04/2026 7:04:32 PM PDT · by T.B. Yoits · 16 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 8/4/2026 | John Loftus
    Police arrested a Hawaii Democratic congressional candidate Aug. 1 after a violent altercation with another beachgoer at Keawakapu Beach in South Kihei, Hawaii. Authorities charged 40-year-old Kirill Basin with two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening after the altercation with a 61-year-old man, according to Hawaii News Now. Basin is running to unseat incumbent Democratic Rep. Jill Tokuda. Police said the incident began when Basin threatened the bystander, who had asked him to turn down his music, according to the outlet. Basin allegedly suggested he had a firearm and threatened to shoot the man’s wife. A physical altercation ensued, during which...
  • Dangerous shark that will eat anything is found in waters off Cape Cod for first time, sparking fears for summer swimmers

    08/04/2026 6:58:38 PM PDT · by fruser1 · 20 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 8/4/2026 | Alexander Noll
    The capture of the juvenile tiger shark comes as scientists warn of a surge of warm-water species migrating north due to rising ocean temperatures. Tiger sharks are commonly found in southern waters such as the Caribbean Sea and their appearance in Massachusetts is an indicator of warming seas. The brothers, Nate and Nelson Rouette, are longtime sport fishermen who live in Massachusetts and were fishing for more commonly found brown sharks. The five-foot juvenile they hooked can grow to over 15 feet and 1,400 pounds. Tiger sharks eat a variety of ocean life including fish, crustaceans and birds, and are...
  • The future of human social interactions

    08/04/2026 6:50:26 PM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 11 replies
    X ^ | AlphaFox (@alphafox)
    The future of human social interactions
  • The AI Bailout Could Be Baked Into the AI Bubble

    08/04/2026 6:49:19 PM PDT · by anthropocene_x · 6 replies
    The American Prospect ^ | Aug 3, 2026 | David Dayen
    Private credit companies are key owners of AI-related assets. Many of their parent private equity firms own life insurers that are dumping grounds for bad loans—and subject to state bailouts. If AI is propping up the economy, who is propping up AI? The answer, extrapolating from a fascinating new paper about private credit and the life insurance industry, could be the U.S. taxpayer. Private credit is private equity’s $3 trillion financing arm. They make largely unregulated, relatively high-risk, relatively complex and opaque loans, mostly to their own portfolio companies. Private credit is entangled, maybe more than the rest of Wall...
  • Army Refers Charges Against Doctor Blaine McGraw Who Allegedly Sexually Abused 93 Victims

    08/04/2026 6:04:46 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 5 replies
    Military.com ^ | Aug 4, 2026, 3:25 PM EDT | Nick Mordowanec
    McGraw is charged with a total of nine charges and 272 specifications alleged to have occurred between 2021 and 2026. The U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel has referred charges against a doctor accused of sexually abusing dozens of individuals over an approximate five-year period. His charges are as follows: 91 specifications of abusive sexual contact and sexual assault. One specification of attempted sexual assault. One specification of attempted subordination of perjury. One specification of solicitation to commit perjury. 66 specifications of indecent recording. 91 specifications of assault consummated by a battery. 18 specifications of conduct unbecoming an officer....
  • Gov. Ron DeSantis: A "Fauci State" Was "Basically A Dystopia" In 2020 -- "He's Drinking His Own Kool-Aid"

    08/04/2026 5:54:16 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 13 replies
    RealClear Politics ^ | 3 Aug, 2026 | Tim Hains
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to insults from Dr. Anthony Fauci written during the pandemic, calling them "badges of honor" in an appearance Monday on FOX News. In his 'diaries' from August 2021, Fauci wrote: "Besides being a total jerk, he is causing people to die in his home state.” Four days later: “Governor DeSantis is a complete disgrace." "I think those are badges of honor, to have him attacking me," DeSantis said. "The diaries, I think, really validate what I saw early on. This is a guy who was drinking his own Kool-Aid. He was venerated by the media."...
  • Michigan Democrat Senate Primary Results

    08/04/2026 5:36:37 PM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 66 replies
    Self | August 4, 2026 | PJ-Comix
    3% of the vote is in and the Commie leads the Weirdo by 62.3% to 34.0%. In raw votes, 27,061 to 14,788.
  • Clay Travis OBLITERATES Woke WNBA with $10 MILLION Challenge to Play High School Boys –

    08/04/2026 5:31:15 PM PDT · by maddog55 · 10 replies
    OutKick founder says he will pay $10 million to the winner of a showdown between the Aces and a boys’ high-school championship team of his choosing and floats an all-transgender Nashville franchise to test the league’s inclusion rhetoric. The OutKick founder announced Monday that he is offering $10 million for a head-to-head basketball game between the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces and a boys’ high-school state championship team of his choice. In a second proposal, he said he would seek primary ownership of a Nashville WNBA franchise and build a roster and coaching staff entirely around transgender participation. He...
  • Shock New Details About Cambridge U. Plagiarism Scandal Amid "Racism" Claims, with Matt Taibbi

    08/04/2026 5:13:29 PM PDT · by SmokingJoe · 8 replies
    YouTube ^ | 08/04/2026 | Megyn Kelly
    This video features *Megyn Kelly* and *Matt Taibbi* dig into an escalating scandal surrounding *Jason Arde*, a professor at *Cambridge University*. The discussion centers on allegations that *Arde*'s professional bio and academic achievements are largely fabricated or exaggerated, while *Arde* maintains that these accusations are motivated by racism and ableism. **Key points of the controversy include:** * **Questionable Bio Details:** The video reports that several claims in *Arde*'s biography are being debunked. This includes claims about volunteer work with the charity *Water Aid*—which the charity states they do not offer (0:30-2:15)—and his status as a "visiting professor" at the *University...
  • The DNC Didn't Mortgage Their Headquarters. What They Actually Did Is Worse.

    08/04/2026 5:05:01 PM PDT · by Libloather · 21 replies
    Nanacrss2.substack ^ | 7/27/26 | NanaCrass the Right Way
    Several outlets reported that the DNC used its headquarters as collateral for a $15 million loan due to financial difficulties. Gateway Pundit, Townhall, and Fox all covered this story. I considered reporting it as well. However, I reviewed the original version 54-page document filed with the FEC on November 20, 2025, rather than relying on secondary news coverage. This revealed multiple inaccuracies in the headlines. **SNIP** However, there are key inaccuracies in the widely reported version of events. The interest rate is not 8.75%. That figure does not appear in the credit agreement or the FEC’s loan schedule. The actual...