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  • “TDS” – A Parody of “Be Our Guest” from Beauty and the Beast (1991)

    04/30/2026 10:58:39 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5
    Brian Coyne Parodies ^ | 28/4/26 | Brian Coyne
    0:00Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 47th President of the United States, 0:055 seconds: President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by First Lady Mrs. Melania Trump. 0:1919 seconds: I got Trump arrangement syndrome. I hate the mother. T D S TDS. Democrats have 0:2828 seconds: TDS. You can't catch it from French kissing. No, it's all inside your head. 0:3434 seconds: What is more, there's no cure. Makes you dumb and immature. Watch the fake news. 0:4040 seconds: It's atrocious. See their hatred so ferocious. They can scream, they can shout, some will threaten to move out and expatriate like a...
  • House passes bill to fund most of DHS in major step toward ending 10-week shutdown

    04/30/2026 10:37:59 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 4 replies
    The Hill ^ | April 30, 2026 | Emily Brooks and Sudiksha Kochi
    The House on Thursday passed a bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), minus Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a major step toward ending the record-breaking, 10-week shutdown. The bill passed by voice vote less than an hour after Republican leaders sent out a notice that the chamber would consider the legislation amid increasing pressure from the White House, Senate, and Republican rank-and-file. The bill passed the Senate last month and now goes to President Trump’s desk for his signature. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had sat on the bill for weeks, but...
  • Mark Sanford Quits Latest Bid for Congress, Says He'll Set up Debt-Focused Nonprofit Instead

    04/30/2026 10:17:25 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 6 replies
    Sanford's years as governor were overshadowed by his disappearance to go to Argentina to see his lover. Sanford's wife didn't know where he was. Jenny Sanford, moved and relocated with their four sons into the family's home near Charleston and later sued for divorce. Sanford reemerged launching a 2020 primary CHALLENGE to Trump offering his determination to bring fiscal restraint into the national conversation as a counterpoint to what he described as Trump's incendiary rhetoric. Just ahead of the New Hampshire primary, Sanford dropped out of the contest.
  • Hegseth: 60-day war power limit paused during ceasefire; Dem Sen. Kaine: Don't think so

    04/30/2026 10:17:20 AM PDT · by Pete Dovgan · 21 replies
    Fox News and AP ^ | 4-30-2026 | Eric Mack
    The Trump administration is running up against a 60-day limit for the Iran war that is instituted by the War Powers Act of 1973, but War Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the ceasefire does not qualify. The law requires that Congress must declare war or authorize the use of force, although it does provide for presidents to have a 30-day extension to draw down hostilities if it notifies Congress. “We are in a ceasefire right now, which our understanding means the 60-day clock pauses or stops in a ceasefire,” Hegseth said at during Thursday's hearing....
  • Poll Shows Majority Of Democrats Believe Lincoln Assassination Staged

    04/30/2026 10:14:31 AM PDT · by dayglored · 15 replies
    The Bee ^ | Apr 29, 2026 | The Bee
    U.S. — The growing rift between the political right and left in the country became even more evident this week, as a new poll showed that a majority of Democrats believe the Lincoln assassination was staged. Though long held to be a historical fact, a plurality of Democratic voters went on record in a research study to confirm that they now suspect that President Abraham Lincoln was never actually assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, and that the entire incident was simply an elaborate hoax. "That whole situation was suspicious," lifelong Democrat Dean Stinson posted on social media. "Sure, the...
  • City birds appear to be more afraid of women than men, and scientists have no idea why

    04/30/2026 9:56:13 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 32 replies
    Scientific American ^ | 04 28 2026 | Claire Cameron
    European Great Tits and 36 other bird species on the continent are more afraid of women than they are of men, according to a recent study—and researchers have no idea why. In the study, men could get about a meter closer to birds than women could before the animals flew away, according to the results. This pattern remained regardless of what the men and women were wearing, what their height was or how they tried to approach the creatures. That suggests birds may be able to suss out the sex of a human, though the researchers aren’t sure how. “I...
  • GDP Rebounds, Signaling ‘Solid’ Economy

    04/30/2026 9:41:10 AM PDT · by ChessExpert · 29 replies
    Conservative News Service ^ | April 30th, 2026 | Craig Bannister
    U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) jumped in the first quarter of 2026, compared to the previous quarter’s growth, the Commerce Department reported Thursday – a sign that the nation’s economy remains solid. Real (inflation-adjusted) GDP increased at an annual rate of 2.0% in the first quarter after rising just 0.5% in the last three months of 2025, according to the report providing an advanced estimate of GDP. A second, updated estimate will be published May 28, to eventually be followed by the third (and final) estimate. "The core of the economy remained solid in Q1, driven by the AI buildout...
  • Mysterious 'dumbbell-shaped' UFO spotted for 45 minutes over Joshua Tree before vanishing

    04/30/2026 9:36:00 AM PDT · by MarlonRando · 24 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 4-30-26 | Chris Melore
    The family of four noted in their report that the suspected UFO was within a few miles of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) at Twentynine Palms, about 125 miles east of Los Angeles. However, the sighting also took place roughly 115 miles from Edwards Air Force Base, the world's largest airfield - and a famous testing ground for experimental aircraft and prototypes since the 1940s.
  • Fed’s key inflation gauge hits 3.5% as Iran war pushes up gas prices

    04/30/2026 9:19:08 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 11 replies
    CNN Business ^ | April 30, 2026 | Alicia Wallace
    Fast-rising gas prices lifted the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge to 3.5% in March, its highest rate in almost three years, new data showed Thursday. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 0.7% from February, a faster-than-expected acceleration from the previous monthly pace of 0.4%, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The annual rate of inflation, which jumped from 2.8% in February, is now running at its fastest pace since May 2023. The PCE Price Index is the inflation gauge the Federal Reserve uses for its 2% target rate. The sharp hike in energy prices, an aftershock of the Middle East...
  • Ford follows GM in boosting its 2026 financial forecast after tariff refunds

    04/30/2026 9:09:50 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 2 replies
    Car Expert ^ | April 29, 2026 | Daniel Smy
    Ford Motor Company says it will earn more money this year than previously expected after receiving a larger tariff refund than cross-town rival General Motors (GM), with both brands now forecasting improved financial results. Ford reported it will receive a one-off tariff refund of $US1.3 billion, nearly three times the $US500 million that GM expects to be refunded. The automaker also said it has effectively halved its expected tariff costs for 2026 to $US1 billion, due to both the refunds and its lower reliance on imports into the US, where it builds 83 per cent of its North American model...
  • Country music legend David Allan Coe, who wrote ‘Take This Job and Shove It’, dead at 86

    04/30/2026 9:06:38 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 11 replies
    nypost.com ^ | April 30, 2026 | Richard Pollina
    David Allan Coe, the outlaw country music legend and pioneer songwriter behind hits such as “You Never Even Called Me by My Name” and “Take This Job and Shove It,” has died. He was at 86. David died Wednesday in a hospital, his rep told the New York Times without elaborating further. “David is a musical treasure,” the representative said. “Even in his years of declining health, David appreciated all of the fans.” A cause of death has not yet been confirmed. “One of the best singers, songwriters, and performers of our time [and] never to be forgotten,” his wife,...
  • British divers find missing WWI wreck of US combat vessel: Remains of USCGC Tampa are discovered off the coast of Cornwall 108 years after the ship was torpedoed by a German U–boat

    04/30/2026 8:16:55 AM PDT · by DFG · 6 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 04/30/2026 | SHIVALI BEST
    The shipwreck of a WWI US combat vessel has been discovered off the Cornish coast by a team of divers – 108 years after it sank. The US Coastguard Cutter TAMPA has been missing since being torpedoed by a German U–boat in 1918. Now, it has been found, 50 miles offshore in Newquay by the Gasperados Dive Team. All 131 lives on the vessel were lost including those from the American navy and coastguard, and British civilians. Dominic Robinson, 54, a member of the Gasperados Dive Team, says they have been searching for the last three years for the ship...
  • Fired Chick-fil-A employee accused of taking $80K in scheme involving macaroni and cheese

    04/30/2026 7:46:18 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 37 replies
    WPXI ^ | April 30, 2026 | Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group
    A former Chick-fil-A employee in North Texas is accused of stealing more than $80,000 by processing 800 fake macaroni and cheese tray refunds to himself, authorities said. According to Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office online booking records, Keyshun Darnell Jones was arrested on April 18. He was charged with several felonies, including property theft between $30,000 and $50,000, money laundering between $30,000 and $50,000, and evading arrest, records show. According to the Grapevine Police Department, an investigation was opened in November 2025 after a Chick-fil-A franchise owner in the city, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth multiplex, reported a theft. While detectives...
  • Third Of Americans Are Having An Existential Crisis Right Now

    04/30/2026 7:32:21 AM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 90 replies
    Study Finds ^ | Steve Fink
    Existential crises tend to arrive when the gap between how life feels and how we thought it would feel becomes too wide to ignore.For a growing number of Americans, 2026 hasn’t just been hard. It’s been disorienting. A Talker Research survey of 2,000 U.S. adults found that one in three people (32%) say they’re currently experiencing an existential crisis, with younger adults far more likely to feel that way than older generations. Nearly four in ten (37%) say their entire lives feel out of their control... A separate survey of 5,000 Americans, conducted by Talker Research for Current in December...
  • Lester Wright, the Fastest Known Centenarian, Dies at 103

    04/30/2026 7:20:12 AM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 12 replies
    New York Times ^ | April 29, 2026 | Jeré Longman
    The day after he turned 100 in 2022, Lester Wright ran the 100-meter dash in 26.34 seconds, setting what was believed to be a world record and becoming the fastest known centenarian. As a crowd of 38,000 stood and cheered, he set off down the track at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, one of the country’s premier track meets, wearing a running singlet, tights to his knees and two thin ponytails braided by his daughter. Wright, a slender World War II veteran, swung his arms rhythmically and lifted his knees high. The only centenarian in the nine-man field, he crossed...
  • Poland’s Military Boom Is Running on Borrowed Money – and Borrowed Time

    04/30/2026 7:00:44 AM PDT · by Cronos · 19 replies
    Balkan Insight ^ | March 10, 2026 | Ada Petriczko
    Poland is financing the “strongest land army in Europe” on debt, shrinking personnel and a repayment schedule that collides with the very years NATO expects the threat from Russia to peak. Can the model hold when the bills come due? There is a conversation Europe is postponing. Across the continent, defence spending is rising at a speed not seen in decades. Governments are accelerating procurement, expanding forces and constructing new financial instruments to fund deterrence. The urgency needs no explanation. But what has moved more slowly is the conversation about how all this will ultimately be paid for. In few...
  • Multiple downtown lanes closed for protest Friday (May Day - A Day Without Immigrants) (WI)

    04/30/2026 6:24:53 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 23 replies
    Channel 3000 News ^ | April 30, 2026 | Channel 3000 Staff
    MADISON, WI - Multiple downtown streets are expected to be impacted Friday for an immigrant rights protest. The march segments of the event are expected to start between 12:40pm and 1 p.m. and will originate from three different locations – East High School, West High School, and Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin campus. The marches are planned to end at 2 p.m. on the Capitol Square. Residents are asked to plan for extra time when traveling in the area. All Madison schools are closed as teachers are expected to participate for this event called "A Day Without Immigrants,"...
  • Did Supreme Court Just Kill Dems’ Efforts To Racially Gerrymander Midterms? It Sure Did

    04/30/2026 6:03:28 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 35 replies
    Issues & Insights ^ | 30 Apr, 2026 | I & I Editorial Board
    In a decision that shouldn’t have surprised anyone, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Democrats can no longer create safe electoral fiefdoms based on race to win elections, calling it “racial gerrymandering.” It’s about time. The ruling essentially “neuters,” as some put it, Section 2 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. PJ Media scribe Matt Margolis called the decision “one of the most consequential redistricting decisions in a generation.” That’s not hyperbole. And it was long overdue. While still upholding the landmark Voting Rights Act, a 6-3 conservative majority found that a redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional map to include...
  • Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs

    04/30/2026 6:01:26 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 25 replies
    bbc ^ | 04/30/2026 | Chris Vallance
    In February, workers at the company, Sama, told two Swedish newspapers they had witnessed glasses users going to the toilet and having sex. Less than two months later, Meta ended its contract with Sama, which Sama said would result in 1,108 workers being made redundant. Meta says it's because Sama did not meet its standards, a criticism Sama rejects. A Kenyan workers' organisation alleges Meta's decision was caused by the staff speaking out. Meta has not addressed that allegation but told BBC News in a statement it had "decided to end our work with Sama because they don't meet our...
  • Trump, Omar Argue Over Whether It's 'Two Corinthians' Or 'Eleven Corinthians'

    04/30/2026 5:38:47 AM PDT · by Twotone · 21 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | April 28, 2026 | Staff
    WASHINGTON, D.C. — A heated dispute broke out on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as President Donald Trump and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar clashed over whether the correct title of the Apostle Paul's epistle was "Two Corinthians" or "Eleven Corinthians." Sources said the disagreement began when Trump confidently referenced "Two Corinthians" during an impromptu press scrum, only for Omar to correct him that it's actually "Eleven Corinthians." "Excuse me, Mr. President, but it's obviously 'Eleven Corinthians'," said Omar. "Just like 'Eleven Samuel' and 'Eleven Kings'. Frankly, it's embarrassing that I, a Muslim of all people, would have to correct you on the...