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Sunday, August 16, 2026

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has denied the State of Michigan's appeal for the Individual Assistance (IA) program in Branch, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties and the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) statewide. Federal disaster assistance was requested in response to deadly tornadoes that impacted Southwest Michigan in March 2026. So, Trumpf Diarrhea Syndrome (TDS) has sickened 13,909 Michiganders, killing at at least two victims, while Republicans, AIPAC, and Dummkopf Trumpf slander Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) as a "terrorist."

The tornadoes caused widespread devastation to homes, businesses, and cars; at least four people were killed


The Trump administration has granted preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency venture backed by President Donald Trump's family to operate a federally chartered trust bank, over the protests of Democrats who decried the decision as riddled with conflicts of interest. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the bank regulatory arm of the Treasury Department, said in a letter on Friday that it was conditionally approving World Liberty Trust Co.'s application for a trust bank charter. The company must still meet additional requirements before it receives final approval, the regulator said. The decision stands to give new powers and federal credibility to a venture in which Trump and his family retain a substantial financial interest


A series of shootings in Michigan left five people plus a suspect dead Friday, police said, following an extensive search around two homes and a wooded area. Officers responded just before noon to reports of a shooting at a home in Missaukee County, about 170 miles northwest of Detroit, and found three people dead and another in critical condition, Michigan State Police said in a statement. The wounded person was taken to a hospital. Suspect Chad Hickman, 39, fled before they arrived at the home, according to police. As officers conducted a large-scale search for him, they found a fourth person dead at another home.


Is it a sitcom? Is it a Miami manosphere convention? No, it's Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate fanboys fighting for their freedom. A few blocks from the federal detention centre where the brothers are currently being held following their 18 July arrests, "Top G" loyalists gathered in Downtown Miami to demand their release, in a rather unique way. Footage soon surfaced online of a bunch of grown men (in 34-degree heat, mind you) dropping to the ground and doing push-ups as a form of protest. Ah yes, very Alpha. And if push-ups with questionable form weren't enough, they also came equipped with handwritten signs reading, "Thank you Andrew Tate for teaching us BRAVERY!" and "Tates are heroes"


Jared Kushner is taking heat for his latest social media post. On Thursday, Kushner marked six years since the Abraham Accords with a post on X crediting his father-in-law, President Donald Trump with opening what he described as a new era in the Middle East. The post drew critical responses from several commenters, including former President Barack Obama official Tommy Vietor, who sarcastically commented on Middle East peace since the accords. "Yes the Middle East has been so peaceful since the signing of the Abraham Accords. No new wars. No slaughter of innocent people. Just good vibes and trade deals," Vietor wrote on X. Read more


It's hard enough to try not to remember
It's hard enough to write return to sender
It's hard enough to know that its not over when its over
It's hard enough to think you know the reason
You make a list of things not to believe in It's hard enough to know your getting over that its over


Federal prosecutors in Chicago have been investigating Authentic Campaigns Inc., a Democratic fundraising firm once co-owned by Lauren Merchan, the daughter of NYS Judge Juan Merchan who in 2024 oversaw Dummkopf Trumpf's New York hush-money trial.

After conviction, Judge Juan Merchan sentenced Dummkopf Trumpf to "unconditional discharge" on 10 Jan 2025. The money laundering tax evading draft dodger called his trial "a very terrible experience," an "injustice," and a "political witch-hunt." Now we have Trumpf 2.0.


Police arrested Camron Harris (19) who is suspected of shooting five people at Virginia State University in Henrico County. The suspect is not a VSU student and he faces eight felony warrants, including four for malicious wounding and four for use of a firearm. One victim is in critical condition, while the other four, including one student, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Henrico County, VA


Looking younger and actually making aging skin biologically younger may not be the same thing. Fillers, lasers, microneedling, and other popular aesthetic treatments can visibly improve the skin. But a new review suggests there is surprisingly little evidence that these changes amount to biological "rejuvenation" or "regeneration".


Saturday, August 15, 2026

A preprint paper published this week highlights the dangers of harassment involving Meta's camera-equipped smart glasses. Of the 350 covert recording videos studied by researchers at the University of Sydney, just under 60% of them included harassing behaviour, and 43% resulted in reams of insulting and derogatory comments directed at unwitting female subjects.


The American taxpayer-funded Israeli Death Forces (IDF) -- unstoppable serial killers of the Middle East -- liquidated eleven people with airstrikes, including children, while wounding several others in southern Lebanon, bringing the 2026 casualty count to at least 4,057 killed; 12,121 wounded; and over one million innocent Lebanese people internally displaced in what the UN has been reporting is a "man-made catastrophe."

Benjamin Netanyahu is not a good human being


Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. The Israeli military, which over the past three years has displayed staggering military and intelligence capabilities from Beirut to Tehran, has yet to fully remove the settlers from the area of the village, about an hour's drive from Tel Aviv.


NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not on the same page with the NYPD when it comes to a security detail for his wife during her upcoming Middle East trip ... because it's NOT happening.


NYC's pied-a-terre tax on wealthy property owners like Dummkopf Trumpf and other plutocrats can continue its planned rollout while it faces a legal challenge from greedy Republicans and detestable Islamophobes like Scott LoBaido who recently suffered a hate-inspired myocardial infarction while stalking NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D).

The Honorable NYS Justice Phillip Hom signed the order


A group of parents is suing the Palo Alto Unified Schol District and Palo Alto High Principal Brent Kline for allegedly encouraging students to wear Islamic religious attire during a field trip to a local mosque and for distributing photos of students without consent, according to a complaint that was filed last week in federal court. The suit is being brought forward by a group called Community Members for Religious Neutrality in Public Schools " San Francisco Bay Area and involves several parents of current and former Paly students as well as parents from other nearby communities. According to the suit, the group includes Jafi Lipson and Josh Lehrer, who are Jewish parents of Paly students, and Sasha Ava Lehrer, a former Paly student who is Jewish. Read more


Melissa Farris (41) of Elizabethtown, KY was jailed and faces ten years imprisonment for allegedly vandalizing the Atlantic Theatre Pavilion of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall with red paint and bubble bath mixture.

This Samaritan is an active pacifist


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