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Friday, August 21, 2026

The CDC informs: "Public health officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli and Salmonella infections linked to alfalfa sprouts; at least 55 people have been stricken, mostly in Wisconsin and Minnesota."

"America has the safest food supply in the world."


Music at the link: Johnny Otis, w/ Shuggie Otis, "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" Read more


Enrollment in the biggest federally funded food aid program in the U.S. dropped by more than 13% in a 12-month span " a decline far steeper than the government estimated as work requirements and other provisions of President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" take hold.


A woman discovered she had been secretly filmed by a man wearing Meta's AI-powered smart glasses when friends and people she hadn't talked to in years sent her a video posted on social media. "It went viral. Across all platforms, probably over 200,000 views," Toluwa Omitowoju said.


The Democratic National Committee sued the Justice Department on Thursday over its refusal to turn over documents related to any plans to seize ballots, voting machines and other election materials within a month of any federal primary and general election during the midterms.


President Donald Trump on Friday morning said he would exempt from tariffs 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef, the administration's latest bid to lower prices ahead of midterm elections in which voters appear set to punish the GOP for the rising cost of living. "This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again," he wrote on Truth Social. The administration had secured a commitment, he said, "that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices."


The Israeli Death Forces (IDF) bombed an airbase in Syria ahead of a Turkish military deployment there, drawing condemnation from Ankara and criticism from a US envoy who called it an "unnecessary escalation." ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu, a demonic rakshasa responsible for the deaths of nearly 75,000 human beings in the Gaza Strip and displacing one million people in Lebanon, had previosuly warned NATO member Turkiye not to deploy forces to her ally Syria.

IDF occupying parts of southern Syria, violating her airspace, and emptying villages east of the Golan Heights. Benjamin Netanyahu is simply not a good human being.


The US Navy has charged sailor Jayjrion Rodriguez with murdering seaman Jesse Braswell aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79).

Cold-blooded headshot


50 WIA were recently uploaded into the Defense Casualty Analysis System under "Overseas Operations," which is the continuation of OPERATION AIPAC FURY. A total of 757 American service members have been WIA and 18 KIA since the 28 Feb start of the illegal US war against the people of Iran on Israel's behalf.

Benjamin Netanyahu and the Senile Satan put the US into an expensive and ghastly quagmire


A Security Aviation aircraft carrying a pilot and seven passengers crashed Thursday en route to Southwest Alaska, authorities say. The Cessna 441 was bound from Anchorage to Cape Newenham, according to National Transportation Safety Board investigator Millicent Hill. The plane crashed west of Cape Newenham's airport around 12:15 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It departed from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Read more


California is in the midst of a record-shattering investment wave, fueled by the artificial-intelligence boom in Silicon Valley. Companies based in the Golden State have drawn around $366 billion of venture capital since the beginning of the year, according to data provider PitchBook. That's more than three times the amount of venture funding that has gone into the other 49 states combined, and nearly double California's previous record, set in 2025. New York state ranks a distant second in venture-capital investment, with $27 billion in deals announced so far this year.


"This isn't Capitalism. This is Crony Capitalism."


Thursday, August 20, 2026

Conservative pundit Bill O'Reilly has had a long history of controversial takes, from threatening that President Donald Trump could "destroy" people who accused him of links to the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to urging the president to take a vacation and saying he should exact vengeance against actor Robert De Niro. Now O'Reilly is warning Trump that if Democrats retake Congress, his "legacy" could be at stake. Read more


At a Dearborn, Michigan Town Hall meeting, a pastor of the 180 Church, Lorenzo Sewell, got very vocal about the increasing influence of Muslim culture and Sharia Law in particular. Dearborn has a Muslim mayor. Sewell said, "America, we have lost this city. This is a city that is no longer up under American laws; we are up under Sharia law. We will not have it anymore. Enough is enough." Other protestors against the growing influence of Sharia Law are saying that Dearborn is protecting Muslim agitators and arresting non-Muslims. The outburst, which came amid a series of other anti-Islam protests in Dearborn, vocalizes fears that Muslim populations in Michigan are working to bring their communities more in line with their religious worldview.


PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) " Hundreds of Lindsay Clancy supporters, many wearing pink clothing emblazoned with phrases such as "Believe," "She Needed Help" and "Peace For Lindsay," gathered Thursday outside the courthouse where she is on trial in the killings of her three children. READ MORE: Psychologist testifies Lindsay Clancy was not criminally responsible in killing of her 3 children Several of the 300 women, and a few men, said Clancy's story resonated with them and that they wanted to raise awareness about how the mental health system treats women. Clancy's lawyer does not dispute that she killed the children, but says she should not be held criminally responsible because she was mentally ill. Read more


A New York woman plotted to bomb the New York State Capitol and kill state senators inside, repeatedly surveilling the building and buying materials for an explosive device before the FBI arrested her, according to a criminal complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS. The FBI says she pledged allegiance to the terror group, discussed disguising a bomb in a DoorDash delivery bag and wanted to carry out the attack when state senators were meeting. She converted to Islam about five years ago and began going by the name "Aisha Saif." The affidavit also said that on May 28, 2026, Bowie, using the username "nusaybahsaif" on a social media platform, and told another user in Arabic: "Praise be to Allah for September 11th."


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