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Friday, May 08, 2026

Golden Ten Data reported on May 8 that France's solar power generation reached a record high on Friday, surpassing grid operator forecasts and pushing electricity prices into negative territory.


Pastor leads wild dedication ceremony for Trump's giant gold statue at his own golf course

The president himself called into the ceremony to thank the religious leader and guests in attendance Read more


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Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency "blatantly used" race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.


Conservative columnist David French discovers racism


Four protesters are suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from seizing DNA samples from Americans arrested while peacefully protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity.


LAST YEAR, NEARLY all Cybertrucks had to be recalled because Tesla used the wrong glue on a steel trim panel that the carmaker said could become detached while driving. Now, yet another embarrassing recall exposes that the electric pickup could see wheels come off certain models due to the use of the wrong grease. In what is the 11th Cybertruck recall so far, alongside concerns that the stainless steel trucks could be rusting, Tesla is recalling its Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) Cybertruck Long Range over faulty brake rotors. In a notice posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Tesla states that "brake rotor stud holes may crack and allow the stud to separate from the wheel hub."


Donald Trump is not much of a reader. But there's a book in the White House that " if he cracked it open " could change the course of his presidency and of America itself.

Three years ago, in the pages of Vanity Fair, I wrote about a manual that almost no one in America has ever seen. Inside the White House complex, in a secure location known to only a handful of people, sits an instruction book informally called the "Doomsday Book".

Its contents are formally known by an anodyne acronym " PEADs, or Presidential Emergency Action Documents. Read more


President Donald Trump announced on Friday afternoon that there will be a brief pause in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, effective this weekend. When Trump took office for his second term, he bragged that he could solve the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours. This did not happen, and he spent several months alternating between trying to force either side to capitulate. All of this comes as the president struggles to navigate the war he started in Iran, which currently has no resolution in sight.


WASHINGTON ' The Pentagon released "never-before-seen" files on unidentified flying objects, and armchair investigators are furiously combing through them for evidence of "smoking gun" information that some believe the government may have been withholding in the 80-plus years it's been investigating reports of such sightings.


A private event for Muslims at a Texas city-owned water park has been canceled following backlash and a direct threat by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to withhold more than $500,000 in state public safety funding.

Foreign Interference in American Governance


Quantum weirdness may be quietly blurring time itself--offering a tantalizing clue to the universe's deepest laws. Read more


Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 115,000 in April, down from the 185,000 created in an unusually strong March, but better than the 55,000 forecast. The unemployment rate held at 4.3%, further proof that the labor market has reached a point where only modest job creation is needed to keep the jobless level steady. Following recent trends, healthcare led with 37,000 new positions, though multiple other sectors also saw gains.


Pope Leo XIV granted USSECSTATE Marco Rubio an audience at the Apostolic Palace where America's top diplomat presented His Holiness with a crystal football.

Was US Funding of Israel or IDF Blasphemies Against Christians in Gaza or Lebanon Discussed?


Donald Trump-endorsed Ohio Republican Congressman Max Miller (37) has been accused of beating his ex-wife Emily Moreno (32), the daughter of Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, and hurling a pot of boiling water at her.

The couple were married at Bedminster Club in Aug 2022 with Dummkopf Trumpf in attendance


Thursday, May 07, 2026

The new law, signed this month by Gov. Bob Ferguson, terminates the overfunded pension account at the end of June 2029. It would then reinstate the fund, leaving 110% of what the state expects to owe its members. As of June 2024, the fund was 160% funded. By 2029, it's expected to reach more than 200%. This move is expected to sweep nearly $4 billion from the Law Enforcement Officers' and Firefighters' System Plan 1, or LEOFF 1, with that surplus put into a separate pot where it could potentially cover general state expenses. Read more


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