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All Your China Is Belong to UsJun 10, 2026 · 39 minTopics:
(MSN) 'He's still the best candidate': Maine voters stand by Graham Platner despite scandals
(India Times) China Approves World's First Commercial Brain Implant, Beating Neuralink to Market
(GRoundNews) Fewer Americans say democracy is central to country’s identity, AP-NORC poll finds- Let Them Eat HateJun 1, 2026 · 52 minTopics:
The New York Fed says that more Americans are skipping meals because food is too expensive (Yahoo News)
Silicon Valley turns transhumanism into a "secular religion" promising immortality and minds uploaded to chips (the Guardian)
China: An A.I. company is working to develop technology that could predict who might become critical of the government (NYTimes)
- It's Still About the BenjaminsMay 26, 2026 · 59 minTopics
- Memorial Day weekend
- The new Art
- Secret Service agents exchanged gunfire with a shooter who allegedly shot at officers outside the White House. The suspect was killed, and a bystander was struck by gunfire and hospitalized.
- Pope Leo XIV releases warning about the risks of artificial intelligence
- Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation.
- Meet the DuffysMay 11, 2026 · 55 minTOPICS
* Ted Turner, founder of CNN and 24 hour news cycle, died last wednesday
* 80% of companies using AI agents are cutting staff
* Sean Duffy debuts YouTube reality show funded by Boeing, Shell, Toyota, and other companies his agency regulates
* Americans more worried about running out of money than death
- My Laptop Died Before I Could FinishMay 4, 2026 · 45 minTopics
- Pete Hegseth’s first hearings in Congress since the start of Iran war (AP)
- Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass” (New York Times)
- Tucker Carlson on a New York Times interview
- The Homecoming Queen's Got a GunApr 27, 2026 · 47 minTOPICS
Michael Jackson biopic, “Michael”
The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives has been charged with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in a case about whether law enforcement’s use of geofence searches — which collect cell phone location data from an area in which a crime occurred — violates the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable searches and seizuresb
- MythosMogging and MosquitoMaxxing in AmericaApr 23, 2026 · 47 minTOPICS
• Looksmaxxing in 60 Minutes
• Anthropic announces they will not release their latest artificial intelligence model
• President Trump signed an executive order Saturday directing the FDA to expedite review of psychedelics
- You Just Suck the DeeksApr 15, 2026 · 54 minTOPICS
• The Associated Press offers buyouts to an unspecified number of US-based journalists as it shifts focus from newspaper journalism to visual journalism and artificial intelligence
• The world's wildest company retreat involves 120 employees meeting in Honduras for a Survivor-style experience that included eating a dead tarantula, sitting on a fire ant hill, and a rogue porcupine
• On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Navy will impose a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz after peace negotiations with Iranian officials failed to produce a breakthrough
• Former US Senator Ben Sasse sat down with Ross Douthat last week to talk about his impending death and our institutions
• Former US Senator Ben Sasse sat down with Ross Douthat last week to talk about his impending death and our institutions
- Dazed and MisusedApr 12, 2026 · 37 minTopics
• Gen Z Catholic influencers make church look cooler than ever — snapping up hundreds of thousands of social media followers
• Artemis II breaks Apollo 13’s distance record as humans travel farther from Earth than ever before
• Eight Scientists Missing or Dead: Full List of Baffling Disappearances in the U.S.
• AOC hit with ethics complaint over $19K in campaign cash spent on ketamine specialist
- Data BanditsMar 23, 2026 · 41 minTopics
• Kash Patel Reveals That The FBI Purchases Americans' Location Data After Questioning By Wyden
• Netflix Documentary ‘Inside the Manosphere’ Exposes a Digital Pipeline to Misogyny
• Chuck Norris, martial artist, actor, and cultural icon, died March 19 in Hawaii. He was 86. Just nine days earlier, he posted a video sparring, captioning it: "I don't age. I level up."
• Larry Fink’s Warning: Invest or Risk Getting Left Behind by AI
- One Blackout After AnotherMar 16, 2026 · 41 minTopics
- Newt Gingrich’s Nuclear ‘Detonations’ proposal in Response to Straight of Hormuz Blockade Raises Eyebrows
- Protesters in Cuba attack Communist Party office amid blackout fury
- Washington Square Park, once a hub for counterculture and political protests in the city, has now been overrun with social media influencers.
- Dear In The Headlights, Get off the road. XOXO, MelissaMar 10, 2026 · 43 minTopics
- Today marks 150 years since Alexander Graham Bell made the first tele- phone call from his Boston lab to his assistant in a nearby room.
- Harvard researchers say AI is giving workers "brain fry."
- Two men who brought explosives to a protest outside New York City’s mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group. (Gothamist)
- Iran’s 88-member Assembly of Experts selected Mojtaba Khamenei as the country's next supreme leader, succeeding his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an Israeli strike last month. Israel and the US have indicated they would not accept Khamenei as leader. (The Dick Cheney of Iran)
- A Georgia teacher died after a good-natured prank by his students resulted in a fatal car accident.
- The StingMar 2, 2026 · 53 min- Colombian nationals with running a sham immigration court scheme in which they allegedly duped an untold number of "vulnerable" immigrants into handing over more than $100,000 to defendants posing as lawyers, judges and other federal officials.
- Trump says Iran operations likely to last 4 to 5 weeks, but he’s prepared ‘to go far longer’
- Shia LaBeouf says he's 'scared' of gay people in post-arrest comments
- Don't Meth Up Your One Shot at LoveFeb 23, 2026 · 47 minWelcome to the dating recession: Why young Americans are giving up on love - Fox News
Armed man shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago last weekend (NPR, AP)
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan…
- Eat Pray LasersFeb 16, 2026 · 33 min- Federal Aviation Administration to suddenly close the airspace over El Paso, Texas last Wednesday, in response to U.S. Customs and Border Protection using an anti-drone laser last week to combat drug cartel manned drones.
- OpenAI executive Ryan Beiermeister fired in January for alleged sexual discrimination after opposing ChatGPT adult mode
- Instagram Head Denies Social Media Is ‘Clinically Addictive’
- Ring, the Amazon-owned home security company, ended its partnership with a surveillance technology firm after a Super Bowl commercial generated backlash.
- Repping ReparationsFeb 9, 2026 · 38 min• Disney names parks boss Josh D’Amaro as its next CEO to succeed Bob Iger
• Native American tribe that owns land under Billie Eilish’s LA mansion says singer has never contacted them.
• On the new A.I.-only social network Moltbook, thousands of chatbots are discussing topics such as cryptocurrency sales and the nature of consciousness.
• FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show
• President Trump assailed the Super Bowl LX halftime show, headlined by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, as “one of the worst, EVER” and “an affront to the Greatness of America.”
• WEF World Economic Forum Matthew Liao: We can induce 'meat allergy' by using Lone Star Ticks to stop the consumption of meat and “help the planet”
- The 1 Billion-Person Class Action LawsuitJan 13, 2026 · 47 minTopics
- Federal Prosecutors Open Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell (NYTimes)
- 15,000 Nurses Go on Strike Against NYC’s Richest Hospitals (Indypendent)
- The Department of Homeland Security has promised to send hundreds more federal agents into Minneapolis, days after one shot and killed a woman there.
- US Overdose Deaths Drop as Fentanyl Supply Weakens, Study Finds (Bloomberg)
- The Case for Cancelling ComediansDec 29, 2025 · 42 minTopics
- 2025's biggest business story: The rise of Artificial Intelligence.
- Iranian President declares "full-scale war" with the United States, Israel, and Europe.
- Say goodbye to the dining room. It’s disappearing from new home designs.
- Melissa Reviews: The New Dave Chappelle special sucked.
- Bill Clinton's Happy PlaceDec 22, 2025 · 47 min- The Justice Department on Friday released thousands of unclassified files related to the prosecution of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, though many remain heavily redacted.
- Wall Street Journal published a report on the rise of the Invitation-only stock market for the wealthy
- The Metropolitan Opera wants to court a younger generation with an abridged production of Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute.
- A glimpse into Turning Point USA’s America Fest Conference
- The Luigi Mangione Rule for Good MurderDec 8, 2025 · 1 hr 5 minTopics
- Anti-artificial intelligence activist Sam Kirchner has been missing for two weeks
- Hep B vaccine controversy
- Why Restaurant Quality Is Declining
- AI Actress signs NDAs for multi-million dollar film projects
- GoFundMe AssassinsDec 1, 2025 · 55 minTopics
- What this Black Friday weekend is show ing about the US economy
- Le Bal des Debutantes París 2025
- Lilly Wachowski tells us what fascism does and is
- Gunman fires on members of the West Virginia National Guard in Washington DC last Wednesday
- Boko Latte HaramNov 24, 2025 · 39 minTopics:
- Nicki Minaj delivers speech at UN to highlight claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria
- Urban Raccoons Are Showing Signs of Early Domestication, With Shorter Snouts Than Their Rural Cousins
- Trump Mamdani meeting at White House
- US set to label Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization (AP Breakdown )
- America's Carmella Soprano MomentNov 20, 2025 · 43 min- Vance and Trump not invited to Dick Cheney's funeral service and George W. Bush's eulogy
- Grindr Presents 'I Wool Survive': How We Connected Gay Sheep to the NYC Runway
- Trump Welcomes Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince
- Shirley Chisolm for PresidentNov 17, 2025 · 45 minTopics
- Michelle Obama says US 'Not Ready' for Woman President
- The U.S.’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, arrived in the Caribbean Sea yesterday, joining nearly a dozen other naval warships there.
- In a reversal, Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files
- US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown
- Tech leaders including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are proposing AI data centers in space.
- Fun TimesNov 13, 2025 · 45 minTopics
• The US Mint ended penny production Wednesday in Philadelphia after 230 years.
• Planned Parenthood says it’s getting harder to fulfill its mission while also prioritizing essential services.
• Teen Vogue closes.
• More than 15 years after Limelight closed, a new exhibit at Left Bank Books in the West Village offers a rare glimpse into the club's inner workings, runaway success and ultimate implosion.
- Girl, You'll Be a Woman SoonNov 10, 2025 · 33 minTopics
• ‘No hire’ job market leaves unemployed in limbo as threats to economy multiply
• Elon Musk bounded to the stage of the company's AGM accompanied by dancing robots after shareholders approved his pay package.
• The Senate voted 60-40 on Sunday night to move forward with a temporary funding package aimed at ending the 40-day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.
• Sydney Sweeny GQ interview
- The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz(empic)Nov 6, 2025 · 31 minTopics
- FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown
- Arrests in Louvre Heist Show Power of DNA Databases in Solving Crimes
- High court’s conservative majority halts a lower-court order requiring the government to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their passport to line up with their gender identity on passports
- President Donald Trump unveiled a deal Thursday with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy
- Passport QueensOct 27, 2025 · 37 minTopics
- White House attack
- Federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1st due to shutdown
- Trad son
- Military mobilization into Latin America
- US passport falls to 12th place
- 2025: a Trump OdysseyOct 23, 2025 · 32 min• taking testosterone for menopause
• White House East Wing Demolished
• Peanut allergy rates fall by 43 percent
• Amazon Web Services Crash
• Latest in Climate Research
- United We ScamOct 20, 2025 · 54 minTopics
- The Supreme Court said on Monday that it will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights
- President Donald Trump announced he had commuted the sentence of former Rep. George Santos (R-NY), who was serving a seven-year prison sentence for fraud and identity theft.
- Tens of thousands of people flooded city streets for anti-Trump "No Kings"protests on Saturday
- Thieves used a portable electric ladder to break into a second-floor wing of the Louvre and steal jewels from Napoleon’s reign.
- America Runs on CocaOct 16, 2025 · 48 minTopics
• The Trump administration has reportedly given authorization to the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert operations in Venezuela
• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow 'erotica' for adult users
• The Justice Department asked Meta to take down a Facebook group where members shared information about ICE agents in Chicago.
• Health officials are weighing whether to remove aluminum salts from vaccines
- Jihad Whack-A-MoleOct 13, 2025 · 46 minTopics:
• Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day
• RIP Diane Keaton
• Support for I.C.E. is Melting
• Gaza Aftermath
- Planet of the A.I.pesOct 9, 2025 · 49 minCulture
- Sean Combs sentenced
- Consumer news about Costco
Tech
- Elon Musk's xAI is building massive AI data centers in Memphis
- AI Caste system
Foreign Policy
- The Gaza peace deal
National
- Federal authorities arrested a man suspected of starting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles in January
- Government Shutdown still in effect.
- Propaganda? I Hardly Know HerOct 6, 2025 · 51 minTopics:
International
- Man kills 2 and wounds 4 in car ramming and stabbing at English synagogue on Jewish holy day.
- The terror group Hamas publicly agreed on Friday to Trump’s proposed ceasefire and complete hostage release plan, with certain conditions
National
- President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels operating in the Caribbean are unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in a “non-international armed conflict”
Vigilante Justice
- A federal district judge on Friday sentenced the would-be assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to more than eight years in jail, followed by supervised release for life.
- A Free Press investigation reveals how dozens of Catholic dioceses are subverting the Child Victim Act, stopping lawsuits in their tracks and pressuring victims to accept pennies on the dollar.
- Jane Goodall. That is all.Oct 2, 2025 · 43 minTopics
- Government Shutdown
- New study shows more Americans feeling disconnected
- US comedians defend decision to play in Saudi Arabia
- Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.
- Brazil, the Movie, but It's AmericaSep 29, 2025 · 52 minCulture
- Researchers analyze shifts in Taylor Swift’s dialect
- NYC rat czar officially resigns
Tech
- Meta has released “Vibes,” a short-form vertical video feed exclusively of AI-generated content. Those interested can download the Meta AI app
Vigilante Justice News
- man admits to killing parents on live television (AP news)
- Michigan church shooting and North Carolina shooting hours apart
- Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, dies at 95
- Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba
Nation
- Trump says he will send troops to Portland
- The number of people charged with breaking US federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a Reuters review of nearly 2 million court records found.
- RFK impeachment introduced by House Democrat Stevens citing health care chaos under secretary
Foreign
- China remains No. 1 threat in space: Space Force general
- This Ain't Your Mom's Vigilante JusticeSep 25, 2025 · 44 minTopics
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Google
- American’s Math and Reading Scores
- Latest in vigilante justice
- United Nations General Assembly
- The Ghost in the ReelsSep 22, 2025 · 42 minTopics:
• Sam Altman and Tucker Carlson interview
• Charlie Kirk Memorial and Erika Kirk's speech
• Obama's commentary on the Kirk assasination
• Kimmel Show Back on Air
- Make America High AgainSep 18, 2025 · 43 minTopics
- ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live! Off the air after Charlie Kirk jokes
- Maha news
- Cocaine markets surge amidst crackdown on Fentanyl
- Conservative coalition teaming with Trump administration to push patriotism in education
Rapid Fire
- Federal reserve lowering interest rates
- Trump to designate Antifa a terrorist group
- Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay $1.36 million in legal bills
- Democrats press FBI director on Epstein files
- Je Suis Charlie?Sep 15, 2025 · 26 minLatest updates on the Charlie Kirk shooting, plus some new spin analysis on the killer.
- Je Ne Suis CharlieSep 11, 2025 · 48 minMelissa dives into the coverage about the Charlie Kirk assassination, and the 24th anniversary of 9-11
- Sari Not SariSep 8, 2025 · 46 min- Malcolm Gladwell reverses stance on trans athletes
- Rumors of president trumps death
- Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” Trump told reporters that he merely wanted to “clean up” the city
- JD Vance tweet
- Trump’s DOJ is reportedly weighing a ban on trans Americans owning firearms
- China begins enforcing world’s strictest A.I. labeling laws
- Texas Lt. Gov. and Chair of the Religious Liberty Commission Dan Patrick discusses "Religion Lifts People Up"
- A.I. company Anthropic settlement with writers
- New Study: Moderate drinking is actually healthier than not drinking
- Trial begins for man charged with attempting to assassinate Trump
- Requiem for a Rat RaceSep 4, 2025 · 42 min- MTA - NYC infrastructure
- Recent notable poll of Americans opinions on the state of America
- Latest in income wealth disparity
- Corporate America and Tech companies
- Congress is back in session
- Bonus rapid fire headlines
- Nihilism Cream PieAug 28, 2025 · 45 minMelissa rants about her week, almost driving over a cliff, the latest Minneapolis school shooting, trannys and China's latest dystopian tech policy announcement.
- Cloudy with a Chance of Green DildosAug 25, 2025 · 38 minSouthern border wall to be painted black to stop people from climbing it, ChatGPT, Mothers leaving the workforce, A.I. to eliminate entry level jobs according to report, Wizard of Oz at the Sphere, Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it, National Guard members in Washington, D.C. will now be armed, Trump moves to ban flag burning, stablecoins could replace costly credit card processing, Ozempic teeth and more.
- What bots may comeAug 21, 2025 · 37 minMelissa rants about A.I., another Trump assasination attempt, Joe Rogan's new merch, a new religion on Roblox, radioactive shrimp, freakshows, and international jokes.
- Carnival of BoomersAug 18, 2025 · 33 minMelissa rants about Boomers, Trump, Down's Syndrome designer babies, immigrants, Eric Adams, and McDonald's/MAHA.
- Everything's Okay and Nobody's HappyAug 14, 2025 · 37 minMelissa rants about propaganda, conspiracy theories, Hunter Biden interview, corruption, government policy and more. Keeping it light this week, people.
- Congress: The New National PastimeAug 11, 2025 · 34 minToday's topics: Congressional redistricting drama, Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block Republican redistricting efforts, Jim Acosta Criticized for AI Interview With Parkland Shooting Victim, Tesla launched its first retro-futuristic diner and drive-in theater in Hollywood, San Francisco Jury Finds Meta Illegally Harvested Menstrual Health Data From Flo App
- We're EffedAug 7, 2025 · 30 minmelissa rambles about Sojourner Truth, visiting Gettysberg, Zizian cult, A.I., and the future
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