News Views

Hurricane Dorian blows 25 kilos of cocaine onto the Florida shore

09/05/2019 Ms. G 12

Heavy winds and rains weren’t the only things hitting the Florida coast because of Hurricane Dorian. Bricks of cocaine also showed up on Paradise and Coco Beach. MORE

Bad Boys For Life

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Rear Admiral Peter Brown comes to Trump’s rescue

09/05/2019 Ms. G 77

Rear Adm. Peter Brown, a Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser just released a statement defending Trump’s erroneous claim that Alabama would feel the impact of Hurricane Dorian. Trump has spent the last, several days attempting MORE

Vitamin E in vaping products appears as the culprit in lung illnesses

09/05/2019 Community 49

Federal and state investigators have identified vitamin E in cannabis vaping products taken from patients experiencing mysterious lung illnesses. MORE

The internet mocks Trump on Sharpie map edit

09/05/2019 Community 170

Democrats are taking to social media using viral Sharpie-related hashtags to knock President Trump after he displayed a map of Hurricane Dorian’s trajectory that appeared to have been altered with black marker. About a day after Trump referred MORE

Tool releases first album in 13 years

09/05/2019 Community 9

Tool’s first album in 13 years opens like a grievous European symphony drawn in electronic tones; what sounds like the chiming of a hammered dulcimer enters alongside Danny Carey’s tablas, which tag-team with kit drums, MORE

Tariffs add to California’s already high housing costs

09/05/2019 Ms. G 121

As if housing prices in California weren’t astronomical enough, Trump’s tariff wars have boosted the cost for a new home in CA by roughly $20-30 thousand dollars. No, China will not foot the bill for MORE

Jeffrey Epstein Case: Thousands Connected to Him

09/05/2019 Community 67

A trove of sealed court records names hundreds of people who are connected to Jeffrey Epstein, and one unnamed man has already asked a judge not to release his name or the names of others MORE

Jacob Wohl Charged With Felony in California

09/05/2019 forkless 40

California authorities issued an arrest warrant for blundering conservative operative Jacob Wohl, who is now due to be arraigned on a felony charge next month, court records show. MORE

Are you ready for some football?

09/05/2019 Ms. G 27

The 2019 NFL Football season starts tonight. So tonight, the Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers or as some of my cousins say, “The Peckers” (Cheeseheads). Normally, the season opener is a repeat of MORE

Who’s going to pay for the Wall? Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and military families

09/05/2019 Ms. G 21

The Pentagon released details on the $3.6 billion in funds it will pony up to help pay for Trump’s Wall. Included in the plan, the Pentagon will defund “Hurricane Maria recovery projects at military installations in Puerto MORE

Boris Johnson’s Brother Quits U.K. Government Amid Brexit Chaos

09/05/2019 CrazyEyes 89

Jo Johnson, 47, Conservative MP for Orpington and the minister of state for universities and science, made the announcement on Twitter. “It’s been an honour to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as MORE

The Pentagon Wants More Control Over the News. What Could Go Wrong?

09/05/2019 Rachel Kennedy 84

If there’s a worse idea than the Pentagon becoming Editor-in-Chief of America, I can’t remember it. But we’re getting there. From Bloomberg over Labor Day weekend: Fake news and social media posts are such a threat to MORE

Marianne Williamson: Use ‘the power of the mind’ to change Dorian’s course

09/05/2019 Rachel Kennedy 84

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson offered an unorthodox suggestion Wednesday for dealing with Hurricane Dorian: using “the power of the mind” to will the storm elsewhere. Dorian has largely spared Florida the worst of its MORE

Liveblog - Lords agree to push through bill preventing no deal by end of Friday

09/05/2019 forkless 18

The House of Lords has agreed to get the Benn bill ruling out a no-deal Brexit through all stages of parliament before it is suspended by Boris Johnson. MORE

Rep. Steve King: ‘I drank from a toilet and it was pretty good.’

09/04/2019 Ms. G 35

Rep. Steve King (Idiot-Iowa) told his audience at a recent town hall that when he toured a migrant detention center, he drank out of the toilet and it was pretty tasty. “I actually went into MORE

Jojo Rabbit

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Albuquerque Taqueria names menu items after Trump’s inflammatory phrases

09/04/2019 Ms. G 86

Ripping off some of Trump’s ‘infamous’ words, Urban Taqueria has received backlash for naming its menu items after some of his popular rally chants and offensive phrases. The new restaurant feautes tacos that include: “Executive MORE

Trump’s schedule shows a president with plenty of downtime this summer

09/04/2019 Community 53

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s daily Twitter feed in recent weeks has been a torrent of personal attacks, news commentary, weather reports, unfounded claims and congratulatory notes. But when it comes to his day job, MORE

Michigan First to Ban Flavored E-Cigs

09/04/2019 Community 38

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is making the state the first to ban flavored vape products. The ban will prohibit online and retail sales of the flavored nicotine products, which target young people with candy-like or MORE

Trump shows altered hurricane map to include Alabama

09/04/2019 Ms. G 67

After claiming that Hurricane Dorian could jeopardize the state of Alabama and then the National Weather Service issuing a statement correcting his blunder, Trump showed an altered map of the hurricane’s path to the press MORE

Judges Declare North Carolina Election Map “Severely Gerrymandered”

09/04/2019 Community 41

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 / 7:26 AM / AP Full article at: CBS News A North Carolina judicial panel rejected state legislative district maps Tuesday, saying legislators took extreme advantage in drawing voting districts to help elect MORE

Donald Trump’s ‘Summer of Winning’ video is a loser

09/04/2019 Rachel Kennedy 31

On Tuesday, the White House released a nearly two-minute video titled “The Summer of Winning” that documented a series of alleged — you guessed it! — wins for President Donald Trump and his administration over MORE

San Francisco Board of Supervisors declare the NRA a ‘domestic terrorist organization.’

09/04/2019 Ms. G 39

On Tuesday, the San Francisco board of supervisors voted unanimously to pass a resolution declaring the NRA a domestic terrorist organization. The resolution urges other cities, states, and the federal government to do the same. MORE

Wing Nut Watch: Trump administration to “Bring Back the Bulb!”

09/04/2019 Ms. G 104

In 2007, Congress passed legislation meant to help boost lighting efficiency and save energy. The law never banned any particular lightbulb; it simply boosted energy efficiency and saved consumers money on their energy bills. After MORE