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Sunday, July 05, 2026

Do you know how to get an American company to grant you excellent wages and amazing benefits, even for an entry-level job? Move to Norway and take the job there.


Stars and Stripes has a front page like no other. On a day when the headlines on other newspapers were dominated by earthquakes in Venezuela and Supreme Court decisions on immigration, Erik Slavin, the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, put out a newspaper for the American military, with stories about new tactics involving drones, and service members and families facing food insecurity. "We want to go with something that we know will directly interest our readers right away," Slavin said.


An Idaho mother who blamed childhood vaccines for the deaths of her 18-month-old twins on a podcast produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s former anti-vaccine group has been charged with their murders.

Andrea Shaw, 23, was arrested by Boise Police Department on June 30 pending extradition to Payette County, Idaho, where she faces two counts of first degree murder, according to a police statement.

Twins Dallas and Tyson Shaw died were found dead on May 1, 2025, with Shaw later partnering with anti-vaccine charity Children's Health Defense to protest their deaths.


The U.S. Navy says it has suspended the active search for a sailor missing since Wednesday, when a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter went down in the Arabian Sea. The search concluded Sunday following 102 hours of extensive and coordinated rescue efforts over 14,000 square miles, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet said in a post on X. "The Sailor's name is being withheld until at least 24 hours after next-of-kin notification is complete in accordance with Navy policy," the post added.


Lobga Rangzen (42) died after he "self-immolated outside the UN headquarters in NYC after a live appeal for Tibetan independence and unity." The International Campaign for Tibet says there were more than 150 self-immolations by Tibetans between 2009 and 2022; ten were by Tibetans in exile.

China is "Sinofying" their minorities: Tibetans, Uighurs, and crushing all dissent


The diabolical Trumpf junta is scrapping more than three dozen firearms regulations, abandoning a crackdown on illegal sales, restoring gun rights to some people with mental illness, and loosening oversight of private weapons transactions.

Expect more bloodshed in Amerikkka
  • CDC: Every eleven minutes in the US, someone is killed with a firearm, either by their own hand, a perpetrator, or by accident
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): Firearms are "the most lethal means of suicide." When someone is in crisis, easy access to a gun can turn a temporary moment into a permanent tragedy.


    The renowned Brown University economist Roberto Serrano has overwhelming evidence' that a significant number of his students used AI to cheat on a take-home exam. He thinks the time has come for an in-depth debate on the use of AI technology to protect higher education: "Academic integrity is at risk."

    AI is the new Doomsday Machine


    Dozens of intelligence officials began receiving notice of their terminations on Thursday under the widely despised Bill Pulte, the new acting director of national intelligence.

    Mega-oligarch Bill Pulte is not a good human being


    Saturday, July 04, 2026

    Hours before President Donald Trump is scheduled to participate in Washington, D.C.'s July Fourth celebrations with a rally and speech before fireworks, people are being asked to leave the event because of the weather conditions Saturday evening. "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, we've been asked to tell you, our officials have asked to tell you to, we need evacuation right away," an overhead announcement said Saturday evening. Read more


    Emulating North Korean supremo Kim Jong-Un on the 250th anniversary of America's independence, Dummkopf Trumpf posted an image of a $100 bill featuring his signature and a gilded AI image of himself on Mount Rushmore. The morbidly obese geriatric power-mad pedophile running America into the ground then asked: "Has anyone ever seen a Happy Dumocrat?" The worst POTUS in inter-galactic history also sniveled to a reporter that "[Benjamin Netanyahu] knows who the boss is," days ahead of another defilement of the White House by the notorious ICC-indicted war criminal, ethnic cleanser, and international fugitive from justice.

    Two BFFs: "Happy 250th, Amerikkka!"


    Iran's ambassador to Beijing said China and other friendly nations will be granted "special considerations" when Tehran determines the level and nature of service fees charged to ships using the Strait of Hormuz. Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said the critical waterway for energy supplies is now a matter of "national security" in the aftermath of the four-month US and Israeli war on the Islamic Republic. As such, "there will be new arrangements concerning the Strait of Hormuz with the collaboration and cooperation of the state of Oman," he said.


    The devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 will have long-term implications for the country's already weak government, which, in the eyes of many Venezuelans, has failed to deliver in an hour of national catastrophe. But the Venezuela crisis also presents a first big test for President Donald Trump's National Security Strategy.


    Almost 1 million people lost more than $3.8 billion investing in President Donald Trump's memecoin, the New York Times reported Saturday. Those are the numbers from the cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen, which just issued its report on Trump memecoin losses through the end of June, according to the report.


    Israel continues to erase Jerusalem's Palestinian and Christian character by seizing properties from its residents through a particular set of legal and administrative measures called "gardening orders" " a mechanism deployed by municipal authorities to seize control of supposedly "neglected land" under the guise of "landscaping."

    By 2050, no Christians will be left in Israel


    Friday, July 03, 2026

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    As the United States celebrates 250 years of American exceptionalism, The Onion looks back on the pivotal moments and enlightened fathers who gave birth to the greatest nation on Earth.


    JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump spoke on Friday and agreed to meet "soon" in the United States, the premier's office said. Read more


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