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Friday, June 05, 2026

The DOD has dropped 180 religions from official recognition, now excluding Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists, and various Wiccans. Moreover, a panel from the House Armed Services Committee approved the expensive, wasteful, and abhorrent scheme to change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

How would a Bronze Star hero like atheist Colonel Richard P. Mason be treated by the diabolical Trumpf junta today?


Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were told to prepare for potential evacuation because of a worsening air leak. Nasa said the leak was coming from the Russian segment of the station, where cracks have previously been detected. Four of the seven crew " two US astronauts, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut " received orders from Nasa mission control to enter their Crew Dragon spacecraft docked to the station wearing their spacesuits. Nasa said Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, will carry out repairs on Friday.


President Donald Trump faced online backlash from conservatives after announcing the changes to a historical landmark.


In an open letter, Green Party leader Zack Polanski and Your Party leader Jeremy Corbyn have called for the British government to investigate approximately 2,000 British-Israeli dual nationals that served in the IDF during Israel's pogrom in Gaza, which a UN commission of inquiry concluded is genocide. How many poor Palestinians these ~2,000 Britons may have murdered in Gaza is anyone's guess unless they each confess and the numbers are then tallied up by Scotland Yard.

The British dealt harshly with their fascists during the Second World War
AIPAC has less influence in the UK, but behind closed doors their counterparts are nevertheless busy influencing the British Parliament


Thursday, June 04, 2026

California's first-ever anti-data center ballot measure is shaping up to be an absolute shellacking for the tech industry -- part of a wave of opposition rising across the country, as communities and lawmakers grapple with the frenzied push to build AI infrastructure.


A US trade judge took the unusual step of personally responding to the Trump administration's appeal of his order to refund $166 billion in tariffs the Supreme Court declared unlawful, calling the government's filings "colorful" and questioning its legal stance.


The House Armed Services Committee adopted a provision for the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would demand the Pentagon inform Congress why senior military officers were fired or dismissed within five days. The requirement was introduced by Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) and was adopted Thursday without objections in a bipartisan voice vote.


Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes plans to seek a new indictment against allies of President Donald Trump who aided his quest to overturn the 2020 election, her office said Thursday after the state's high court shot down an effort to revive her sprawling first indictment against them.


Iran and Russia have signed a sweeping $25 billion nuclear cooperation agreement to expand Tehran's civilian nuclear infrastructure, deepening strategic ties between the two countries even as negotiations with the United States continue over efforts to curb the Islamist regime's nuclear activities.


At least 97 of the more than 1,500 individuals granted clemency by President Trump for their roles in the January 6 Capitol attack have been arrested for, charged with, or convicted of crimes separate from Jan. 6 since their participation in the Jan. 6 riot. A Lawfare study reveals that almost one in 16 insurrectionists subject to the president's clemency order has been arrested for and charged with"and in the vast majority of cases convicted of"other crimes, at least some of which were actively enabled by the clemency actions. At least 14, meanwhile, have been charged with sex crimes or crimes related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and at least six have faced domestic violence charges. Others have faced charges for physical assaults, illegal firearms possession, or other violent crimes.


Fans heading to games at the World Cup will be banned from taking reusable water bottles into stadiums, a last-minute policy reversal that could add to concerns about heat at this summer's tournament.

FIFA Supremo Carmine Infantino is a %@#*!


A grooming gang of 15 men has been sentenced to a combined 188 years for the rape of a child. The men were convicted for a total of 88 rape offences.


The murder trial for a Texas teenager accused of stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a high school track meet in April 2025 is set to begin on Thursday. Karmelo Anthony, who is now 19, faces up to a life in prison if convicted in the killing. The incident took place in the affluent Dallas suburb of Frisco. Witnesses say that Anthony and Metcalf had an altercation after the victim told Anthony he was sitting in the wrong area.


The diabolical Trumpf junta bribed TotalEnergies, a French energy company, to scuttle two offshore wind leases with nearly $928m in American taxpayer dollars. In exchange, TotalEnergies agreed to walk away from offshore wind, pledge not to develop any new offshore wind projects in the US, and invest hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas projects in Texas.

Trumpf's bribe screws Blue States and helps Red State Texas in this election year


Dummkopf Trumpf bleated that super-sycophantic Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte would become acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI). Pulte is stepping in to replace Hare Krishna cultist Tulsi Gabbard who resigned from her post last month after spending two years subverting the USIC. Though Trumpf sniveled his appointee "has deep experience managing the most sensitive matters in America," this lickspittle has ZERO relevant experience in the USIC. Pulte campaigned hard for this critical position by promising absolute fealty to Trumpf's sinister agenda of targeting his political enemies while undermining US national security.

Oligarch US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Testifies to US Senate About Bill the Putz' Pulte: "Catfight!"


Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti, who serves as chief exorcist for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, joined the growing chorus of Catholics and other Christians warning that UFOs and related phenomena are likely "demonic."

I've been to the famous stairs in Georgetown


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