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Sunday, August 16, 2026

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


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.


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


The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul are proposing staff layoffs and significant property tax hikes in order address budget shortfalls in both cities. Those potential increases come at a time when frustrations about property taxes are at an all-time high in Minnesota. In Minneapolis, Mayor Jacob Frey proposed raising the city's property tax levy by 11.3% and cutting 100 city jobs as part of his 2027 budget address. The layoffs and tax increase would help tackle a $60 million budget shortfall the city is facing.


"Every day, the brave men and women of ICE work tirelessly to arrest and remove dangerous illegal aliens from our country," DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement. "Just last week, we deported killers, drunk drivers, sexual assailants, and weapons traffickers. With deportations up, it's no wonder that crime rates have fallen to historic lows across the country. Thanks to the leadership of President Donald J. Trump, we are making America safe again."


When reporters in the Oval Office asked Dummkopf Trumpf about Democratic Party candidates in the midterm elections, the number one recipient of AIPAC money on the planet bleated: "We have jihadists being elected all over the place. We have this -- whether it's communism, jihadism."

In addition to MBS, Dummkopf Trumpf previously hosted former ISIS emir Ahmed al-Sharaa and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in the Oval Office


The fragile monthlong ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran appears set to expire Monday absent a last-minute deal to extend it and potentially end the war between the two nations. A senior White House official, granted anonymity to share details of the negotiating process, described the situation between the two countries as "static" ahead of the Monday ceasefire expiration deadline. The official had not heard of any forthcoming extension as of Friday afternoon. "It doesn't matter how close or how far we are," the official said. "What matters is if Iran wants to come to the table and agree to a deal. Right now, they haven't done that."


Friday, August 14, 2026

Aug 14, 2026

Donald Trump seemed to channel Jeffrey Epstein just a bit today, as he referenced 'beautiful young girls' coming to visit him at the White House. Here's a moment of that speech. And I have to warn you ahead of time, it IS a bit creepy.


Former Republican NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa rebuked families of 9/11 victims who have illogically demanded Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) stay away from this year's annual ceremony marking the 2001 terror attack.

No uproar about His Honor being at Ground Zero with King Charles III this past April 2026, but that was before the devastating AIPAC primary election losses this summer.


James Lawhorn (54) of Wasilla Alaska was indicted for threatening to murder Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud. Some of the threats he transmitted include:

  • "We must get this scum out of our country now. Put a bullet in this mf's head now."
  • "This mayor needs to be killed now ... . Hang him and all his family now. He is not safe on the streets anymore."
  • "All Muslims must now die in America because of this f___ing f_g. No sleep until he is in the dirt along with all his scum family and friends and Muslims."
    Foreign and rightwing agitprop is spurring irrational hatred and violent attacks against Muslims and Arabs in the US.


    Thursday, August 13, 2026

    As of Wednesday evening, 21 percent of traders backed the New York progressive, who was trailed by California Governor Gavin Newsom at 17 percent. On rival prediction site Kalshi, the results were the same, with Ocasio-Cortez narrowly topping Newsom. Meanwhile, conventional political polls still put former Vice President Kamala Harris at the top spot, with Newsom in second and AOC in a distant fourth. Read more


    Ukrainian drone operators showed their superiority over U.S. Army forces during a major exercise in Germany this spring, exposing how the war in Ukraine has transformed the modern battlefield and is forcing the Pentagon to rethink how it trains, equips, and funds its military, The Wall Street Journal reported. Ukrainian troops from the battle-tested 412th Regiment of Unmanned Systems Forces, known as Nemesis, effectively eliminated a U.S. armored brigade during the Combined Resolve exercise in April and May. Roughly 3,500 American personnel, primarily from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, participated.


    Rep. Max Miller's (R-Ohio) ex-wife, Emily Moreno, on Wednesday sued the Ohio Republican, alleging he published a nude photo of their young daughter online. A copy of the federal lawsuit obtained by The Hill alleges that Miller "recklessly published and disclosed to the world a nude image" of the child. Miller and Moreno divorced last year and have been embroiled in a bitter custody battle over their daughter. Moreno has alleged Miller threw scalding water at her, held a gun to her head and may have broken their daughter's collarbone


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