Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News

 
Monday, August 31, 2026

A federal judge in California on Wednesday invalidated a Trump administration rule that could potentially lower wages to foreign guest workers by as much as a projected $2.46 billion annually. read more


Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties. read more


Sunday, August 30, 2026

Donald Trump's war on Iran has driven the US military into a severe financial crisis ... read more


More than 113,000 Russians have reportedly fled to Georgia amid rumors of a military draft and growing fears of mobilization. Meanwhile, Russia received 8,500 North Korean troops, including hundreds of drone operators, and Ukrainian intelligence is warning that the Kremlin may be preparing for a possible new ground offensive from Belarusian territory toward Kiev. After D/CIA John Ratcliffe's secret mission to Moscow last week, Russia test-fired a nuclear-capable ICBM on 28 Aug.

Note the distance from the Belarusian border to Kiev
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Join James Talarico and Mark Cuban LIVE for a conversation about taking on Big Pharma, breaking up healthcare monopolies, lowering prescription drug costs, and making healthcare more affordable for Texans. read more


Republicans have been eager for the group to start spending its massive war chest ahead of the general election. read more


Florida's attorney general got a fiery rebuke and some ecclesiastical schooling from the state's Catholic bishops after he boldly threatened to block funding to Catholic schools ... read more


The Trump administration is shuttering research projects key to the federal government's fight against cyclospora, the foodborne parasite sickening thousands of Americans this summer. read more


"The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don't expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer." read more


GOP lawmakers are pushing to restrict the rights of naturalized and dual citizens -- including their ability to run for office. read more


Saturday, August 29, 2026

President Donald Trump's massive U.S.-Venezuela oil deal is analyzed by Fox Business contributor Phil Flynn. read more


As Iran continues to cause problems at the Strait of Hormuz, as America's supply of critical munitions wain and generals question the military's ability to protect, Trump says "mission accomplished". read more


Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday went as far as to suggest that the two measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania earlier this week may "have been altogether fabricated" by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro's team. read more


Vanity Fair: "Robert Kiyosaki, who built an empire on the idea of getting rich, now says he's deeply in debt. Vanity Fair visits the author and friend of Trump at home in Arizona to understand the distance between the gospel of his books and his own bleeding balance sheet." read more


In the grand jury report, which remains sealed but was obtained and published by CBS News Miami on Wednesday, the grand jurors wrote that "we conclude that these funds were misappropriated as part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities" but said that they found "insufficient evidence to charge anyone criminally". read more


The Department of Education on Wednesday blasted out a wild social media post in which it seemed to compare President Donald Trump and his administration to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. The post was deleted after this story was published. read more


 

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