https://drudge.com/user/dbt2 New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/292567/wild-story-man-accused-cyberstalking https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/06/09/no-mercy-after-today-man-accused-of-cyberstalking-threatening-michigan-disc-golf-company/ The disc golf company sponsored Domenic Griffin from 2021 until he voluntarily resigned via email on Dec. 8, 2024. After Griffin's resignation, the disc golf company ceased contact with Griffin. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on May 27, all employees at the disc golf company were told that Griffin's departure was amicable and non-eventful. No one was aware of a particular reason for Griffin's decision to cease sponsorship. In the criminal complaint, an FBI agent detailed the allegations against Griffin and the social media posts he allegedly made targeting the disc golf company. In February 2025, Griffin allegedly posted multiple messages to his social media account directed to the disc golf company, demanding tens of thousands of dollars and making threats towards the employees. <i>[after plenty of other hijinx]</i> Griffin also allegedly posted a nearly 25-minute video to social media on Jan. 3, 2026, demanding $100 million from "Monster Von Profito" by midnight. "It needs to come directly to my bank account. You have all of my information," said Griffin in the video. "Directly to my bank account. I'll sit right here for twenty-nine minutes." <p>Griffin allegedly later said in a video on social media, "I still ain't got no money. I still ain't got no email back. Alright. Cool. That's what you want to do. You're making the choice of what's going to happen, Monster Von Profito, [disc golf company]." <p>"Why am I asking for the money? Because I need it? Of course, I need it, but that's not why I'm asking for it. Because it's f------ mine! That's why," he said in another video. <p>In another video posted on Jan. 3, Griffin appeared visibly angry and, at one point, screamed into the camera about the payment demands. <p>{gets even better; check the link for the dude's rants} <p> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:06:52 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292567/wild-story-man-accused-cyberstalking#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292567 discussion, 0.5 daily 292567 https://drudge.com/news/292521/fbi-fires-more-analysts https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/07/fbi-fires-several-analysts-catholic- Firings are part of a broader personnel purge under the leadership of director Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:6wkmlbv4opeuwppxi73ozhna/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpcvn3gp227" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiftuswuzgq2jynuajidscrqk5lcilytdsl2euzf2wpjwidnzswovy" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Kash Patel just fired the FBI analysts who helped stop a potential domestic terrorist attack. Why? Because conservatives falsely convinced themselves those analysts were targeting Catholics. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/under-guis ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6wkmlbv4opeuwppxi73ozhna/post/3mnpcvn3gp227?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Hemant Mehta (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6wkmlbv4opeuwppxi73ozhna?ref_src=embed">@friendlyatheist.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6wkmlbv4opeuwppxi73ozhna/post/3mnpcvn3gp227?ref_src=embed">9:53 AM &Acirc;&middot; Jun 7, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:30:06 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292521/fbi-fires-more-analysts#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292521 news, 0.5 daily 292521 https://drudge.com/news/292536/query-ai-would-freud-himself-have https://share.google/AL7IUy9D6i22a8Rk9 Been working on a book about psychoanalysis. The question popped into my mind. And so ... Freud would likely have diagnosed Donald Trump not with a traditional clinical pathology, but as an absolute embodiment of the uninhibited id, operating with a severely atrophied superego, and relying on the ego defense mechanisms of projection and denial to maintain a state of primary narcissism. <p>Freud's structural model of the psyche breaks down into three parts: the primitive id, the moral superego, and the mediating ego. From a Freudian perspective, Trump's psychology can be viewed through these lenses: Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:11:31 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292536/query-ai-would-freud-himself-have#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292536 discussion, 0.5 daily 292536 https://drudge.com/news/292520/multiple-people-shot-toledo https://apnews.com/article/toledo-ohio-shooting-4fbc465161cf1d4e29f0f1b22d3fb9d3?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share Multiple people were shot Saturday near a busy community street festival in Toledo, Ohio, and a search for the suspects was ongoing as victims were taken to nearby hospitals, police said. Toledo police officers responded to a report of a person shot near the Old West End Festival at about 5:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found multiple shooting victims, the police department said in a statement. Police said "many victims" were transported to medical facilities but did not provide further details on the injuries and how many people were shot. Authorities also did not provide any details on what may have set off the shooting. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:02:27 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292520/multiple-people-shot-toledo#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292520 discussion, 0.5 daily 292520 https://drudge.com/news/292441/elon-musks-vegas-loop-worst-transit-system https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/vegas-loop-22280647.php The scale is ambitious to the point of stupidity. Once its 104 stations and 68 miles of tunnels are complete, the Vegas Loop site says it "will serve up to 90,000 passengers per hour." <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:rgjellvwttc64uxvvssqdxjf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnclwkiz5u2r" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreielklnytoda4cm2daw2imvoshhtoccqv6cqyldefuosnhqusz6pay" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">The Loop was supposed to transform Vegas. It&#x27;s the dumbest transit system imaginable.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rgjellvwttc64uxvvssqdxjf/post/3mnclwkiz5u2r?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- SFGATE (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rgjellvwttc64uxvvssqdxjf?ref_src=embed">@sfgate.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rgjellvwttc64uxvvssqdxjf/post/3mnclwkiz5u2r?ref_src=embed">8:30 AM &Acirc;&middot; Jun 2, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:33:23 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292441/elon-musks-vegas-loop-worst-transit-system#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292441 news, 0.5 daily 292441 https://drudge.com/news/292415/iran-no-more-talking-us-vows https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html Iranian negotiators will stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries, and Tehran will move to fully close the Strait of Hormuz, in retaliation for ongoing ceasefire violations, Iran's state-affiliated news outlet Tasnim said Monday. The report, in a translated post on the social media site Telegram, homed in on Israel's military operations in Lebanon against the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah. "No dialogue will take place" until Israel fully withdraws from occupied areas in Lebanon and stops all attacks in both Lebanon and Gaza, per Tasnim. "Also, the resistance front and Iran have resolved to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts including the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, in order to punish the Zionists and their supporters," the report said. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:07:53 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292415/iran-no-more-talking-us-vows#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292415 0.5 daily 292415 https://drudge.com/news/292404/trumps-drug-boat-death-tally-up-205 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/31/nx-s1-5841876/us-strike-drug-boat-kills-3-pacific-ocean WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205. U.S. Southern Command announced the strike with its usual language that the vessel was "engaged in narco-trafficking operations" and operated by a designated terrorist organization. It provided no evidence for the allegation. It's the latest in a monthslong campaign against alleged drug boats traversing the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific. Video released by the military on social media shows a small vessel floating in the ocean before it's hit and engulfed in a fireball. Sun, 31 May 2026 20:53:44 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292404/trumps-drug-boat-death-tally-up-205#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292404 0.5 daily 292404 https://drudge.com/news/292367/un-next-five-years-smash-heat-records https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-warming-heat-wave-record-future-53d79525a06f09d9ace45a141dbebb01 In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:dtwphuxvtvimwtra5yh4ujt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmxfrz336g2k" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreibvlkvyfttvujqrzto3vl3kgvwhcpbcjwdqemjeq2u5gsjltzhboe" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. https://to.pbs.org/4uF8BKP<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dtwphuxvtvimwtra5yh4ujt4/post/3mmxfrz336g2k?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- PBS News (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dtwphuxvtvimwtra5yh4ujt4?ref_src=embed">@pbsnews.org</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dtwphuxvtvimwtra5yh4ujt4/post/3mmxfrz336g2k?ref_src=embed">9:41 PM &Acirc;&middot; May 28, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 30 May 2026 16:32:26 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292367/un-next-five-years-smash-heat-records#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292367 news, 0.5 daily 292367 https://drudge.com/news/292328/interlochen-center-arts-raze https://apnews.com/article/epstein-interlochen-lodge-sex-trafficking-ghislaine-maxwell-514b8fa8ff98d4b1c11a163b885e2255 A Michigan summer arts camp and boarding school where Jeffrey Epstein has been accused of meeting at least two his victims will tear down a lodge that once bore his name. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:c7lzsq6djrsjglznmbrihch6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmuiesf42u2a" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreid3d4bo35cggbozzbtuglle3zrairnetkyr3cx2d6rg7j6xsbxlsa" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">Interlochen Center for the Arts announced it will tear down a lodge donated by and formerly named after Jeffrey Epstein. provided by Google Maps See link below <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:c7lzsq6djrsjglznmbrihch6/post/3mmuiesf42u2a?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Detroit Free Press (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:c7lzsq6djrsjglznmbrihch6?ref_src=embed">@freep.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:c7lzsq6djrsjglznmbrihch6/post/3mmuiesf42u2a?ref_src=embed">5:49 PM &Acirc;&middot; May 27, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 29 May 2026 12:30:04 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292328/interlochen-center-arts-raze#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292328 news, 0.5 daily 292328 https://drudge.com/news/292332/sonny-rollins-dies-95 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/25/519445169/sonny-rollins-colossus-of-the-saxophone-has-died-at-95 The way some musicians play, you think they'll never die. Theodore "Sonny" Rollins was such a man: A saxophonist revered for his huge tone and seemingly inexhaustible improvisations. Rollins died Monday afternoon at his Woodstock, N.Y. home at the age of 95. Rollins was a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, a recipient of a Kennedy Center honor and a recipient of the National Medal of the Arts. And he was the very incarnation of a modern jazz musician. His art was his life. "All these prizes are nice, I appreciate them," he told NPR in 2007. "I don't go crazy about them -- you have to do your work whether you're recognized or not. The real deal is doing it the best you can do it and that's it. That's its own reward." Wed, 27 May 2026 18:09:58 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292332/sonny-rollins-dies-95#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292332 discussion, 0.5 daily 292332 https://drudge.com/news/292318/trump-send-americans-exposed-ebola https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/trump-ebola-kenya.html In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:x66qnnfwinx552tbbdpl7cay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmsjgnmnu22w" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreifc5awy5oi4p2aryingf7qrfe2zcuqt7hnymhzrmlzbpw5z7vxwim" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">wtf now? Trump Administration to Send Americans Exposed to Ebola to Kenya www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x66qnnfwinx552tbbdpl7cay/post/3mmsjgnmnu22w?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Kai Ryssdal (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x66qnnfwinx552tbbdpl7cay?ref_src=embed">@kairyssdal.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x66qnnfwinx552tbbdpl7cay/post/3mmsjgnmnu22w?ref_src=embed">11:02 PM &Acirc;&middot; May 26, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 27 May 2026 15:32:19 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292318/trump-send-americans-exposed-ebola#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292318 news, 0.5 daily 292318 https://drudge.com/news/292281/pope-leo-denounces-culture-power https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/25/pope-leo-encyclical-ai-artificial-intelligence-slavery Pope Leo has denounced the "culture of power" driving the rapid rise of artificial intelligence ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmoa7eyqo22g" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreiaiufqsjfst4am57qntvcl4niwrfctwx5wwb5ze4jpfnowgkl6pem" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Pope Leo has released his first encyclical, on AI.<br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3mmoa7eyqo22g?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Mark Chadbourn (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt?ref_src=embed">@chadbourn.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:movn6xzezospl7lnkhy7nzpt/post/3mmoa7eyqo22g?ref_src=embed">6:07 AM &Acirc;&middot; May 25, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Mon, 25 May 2026 22:33:51 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292281/pope-leo-denounces-culture-power#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292281 news, 0.5 daily 292281 https://drudge.com/news/292284/five-ways-joe-rogan-misleads-listeners https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/five-ways-joe-rogan-misleads-listeners-about-climate-change/ In an October episode of his podcast, Rogan interviewed two octogenarian fringe climate contrarians, Richard Lindzen and William Happer, who together have been spreading climate misinformation since at least 2012. For over two hours, the trio discussed climate myths and conspiracy theories, many of them identical to the misinformation Lindzen and Happer were peddling well over a decade ago. As Yale Climate Connections reported earlier this year, about one in five U.S. adults and 37% of adults under 30 say they regularly get news from social media influencers -- which means they're likely consuming a lot of myths about climate change. I asked John Cook, a cognitive scientist at the University of Melbourne studying climate misinformation, how people can distinguish truth from fiction. I worked alongside Cook in the 2010s to debunk climate myths at the volunteer-run website Skeptical Science. Mon, 25 May 2026 09:37:00 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292284/five-ways-joe-rogan-misleads-listeners#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292284 discussion, 0.5 daily 292284 https://drudge.com/news/292275/socal-chemical-tank-risk-50000-ordered https://apnews.com/article/california-chemical-tank-leak-evacuation-8dca2190fef3db508b9aa218e82d2b9e Authorities braced for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into the Memorial Day weekend for 50,000 residents with no timeline on when they can return. Firefighters have been spraying the outside of the tank with water hoses in an effort to cool the chemicals heating up inside and prevent an explosion. Lee Zeldin, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said Sunday the "most likely scenario" is a "low-volume release," where officials will be able to "monitor, neutralize, and contain the threat." "The Orange County Fire Authority is working to keep the temperature of the tank down. That is very important," he said on CNN. Sun, 24 May 2026 12:46:48 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292275/socal-chemical-tank-risk-50000-ordered#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292275 discussion, 0.5 daily 292275 https://drudge.com/news/292209/trump-eo-boosts-environment-deep-sea https://apnews.com/article/deepsea-mining-takeaways-trump-oceans-environment-faf90846196789baa5b088f302ce5720 In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmegdktf4l2w" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreif3pwhf7tguuelpjigxyi6qkebukpywm2bh3bs5gjp4u4wwti2w64" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">The Trump White House is all-in on deep-sea mining. But a close look at the companies seeking permits reveals thin track records, legal battles and shaky economics for the untested industry. <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/post/3mmegdktf4l2w?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- The Associated Press (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq?ref_src=embed">@apnews.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/post/3mmegdktf4l2w?ref_src=embed">8:30 AM &Acirc;&middot; May 21, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Sat, 23 May 2026 15:33:05 -0400 Dbt2 https://drudge.com/news/292209/trump-eo-boosts-environment-deep-sea#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.292209 news, 0.5 daily 292209