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Drone activity at border drops 75% after US uses laser weapon
Trump signals interest in New Mexico changing name to New America
Dow drops 600 points to start shortened week as oil prices climb
A-1 Top Headlines
- THEFTY LEFKOWSKY: Jewish billionaire heiress Stella 'Lefty' Lekfowsky sees Ella Langley's country success and says to herself, I can sing about whiskey an shit. [rolling stone]
- HOLLYWOOD REALLY WANTS YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEY DISLIKE TECH MOGULS: In October, four major films set to take on Silicon Valley figures - Musk, Altman, Holmes, Zuckerberg (again?) [hollywood reporter]
- FLORIDA BANS ILLEGALS FROM ENROLLING AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN '27-28: *applies specifically to universities that failed to admit all academically qualified applicants during the two preceding academic years [campus reform]
- DENATURALIZATION CASES SURGE BIGLY (PERSON LOSES US CITIZENSHIP AND FACES REMOVAL): At least 105 civil denaturalization lawsuits were filed in federal district courts during the first seven months of 2026, including 50 filed in July alone (between 2008-2025: 125) [newsweek]
- TRUMP PLEDGES $5000 DIVIDEND CHECK IF R's RETAIN SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPS: Would he be promising stimmy checks if midterm prospects looked good? [wapo]
- TRUMP PROPOSING $9K A YEAR FOR MARRIED COUPLES WITH A STAY-AT-HOME SPOUSE: Policy change would create gov't incentive for parents to stay home with their children [nytimes]
- 98% OF NEW JOBS ADDED IN AUGUST WERE WOMEN: Fake HR job and a hoop [semafor]
Crime/Justice/Lawfare
- US MARSHALS RECOVER 79 MISSING OR ENDANGERED CHILDREN IN OHIO: Not gone baby gone, 'largest missing child operation in Ohio history' [epoch times]
- PUNJABI MAN ARRESTED IN INDIA FOR SNAP BENEFITS FRAUD NETTING $600,000: Indian scammer, Manjit Singh Bedi, fled US via Canada, had been on FBI's Most Wanted list [indian express]
- IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL ARRESTED FOR SELLING IMMIGRATION BENEFITS, GREEN CARDS: If only there was some clue these guys were crooked scammers, aside from their names being Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu and (co-conspirator) Adeniyi Akeem Somoye [newsweek]
- MANO-SPHERIC DAMAGE: Andrew Tate was formally indicted in Romania on charges including trafficking minors and money laundering, as he remains behind bars in Miami, Florida, fighting extradition to the U.K. over separate rape allegations [mediaite]
- NORTH DAKOTA MOM GOES FULL CLANCY, MURDERS 2, INJURES 1-YEAR OLD: Ladies, are you guys okay? [valley news live]
- 35-Y/O NY WOMAN, JESSICA BOWIE, CHARGED WITH PLANNING ISIS-INSPIRED ATTACK, DEPLOY EXPLOSIVE DEVICE, KILLE ELECTED OFFICIALS: Why couldn't she just throw chips of ice at them?[nypost]
- CHAUVIN ATTORNEY FILING TO HAVE CHARGES DISMISSED, CHARGES WERE NEVER LAWFULLY BROUGHT: Free Derek Chauvin [alpha news]
Culture
- HOLLYWOOD REALLY WANTS YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH THEY DISLIKE TECH MOGULS: In October, four major films set to take on Silicon Valley figures - Musk, Altman, Holmes, Zuckerberg (again?) [hollywood reporter]
- AFTER 3 DEATHS OVER THE WEEKEND, SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF CALLS SHOOTERS 'TRIGGER PULLERS': Wouldn't want to offend murderers, strip them of their dignity. [whmi]
- ACTOR, ANDREW GARFIELD, WANTS BILLIONAIRES TO BE 'SCARED SHITLESS' OF UPRISING: Why stop there? Why not not millionaires, bro? [urban matter]
- BURNING MAN CROWD IS SKEWING OLDER: Sounds like the main people who can afford to attend festival are affluent millennials/GenXers and their sugar babies [nytimes]
- IF YOU ENCOUNTER THE GEN-Z STARE, SHOULD YOU JUST PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE? 5NYC SAYS YES (AND WITH PREJUDICE): People are speaking ~300 fewer words a day (2-3 minutes worth), many young people missed critical years of in-person socialization while attending school virtually during covid-19 lockdowns
- ELLA LANGLEY'S 'CHOOSIN TEXAS' IS NOW THE LONGEST RUNNING (NON-HOLIDAY) #1 HIT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE: If she makes it three more weeks at #1 she'll take over some dumb Mariah Carey song. [rolling stone]
- A GROUP OF PEOPLE -- WE WONT' SAY WHO -- GOT OFFENDED BY SOMETHING HE SAID IN THE PAST: John Galliano has bowed out of the Met Gala where he was set to be honored amid growing backlash over past remarks by the designer [nytimes]
Finance - Stock Market - Crypto - Tech
- SINGAPORE CRYPTO SCAMMER -- AND CREW OF 17 OTHERS -- ORCHESTRATED $240 MILLION BITCOIN HEIST: Hope he lived his best life while he had the chance. [nbcnews]
- STUDY FINDS MELATONIN USE (USED FOR SLEEP) LINKED TO HIGHER RISK OF HEART FAILURE: Long-term melatonin use was linked to a striking increase in heart failure risk, challenging assumptions that the popular sleep aid is harmless. [science daily]
- OPENAI NERD SAYS AI IS DEVELOPING TOO FAST, CALLS FOR EXTREME CAUTION: 'No one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence' [bloomberg]
- JOBS REPORT: Nonfarm payrolls jumped by 162,000 in August, well ahead of the consensus for 53,000, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1% [cnbnc]
- DID A TESLA DRIVER GET KILLED BECAUSE THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY? Is the answer [REDACTED] or does futurism just hate Elon Musk? [futurism]
- NOTES ON HOW TO SPOT AI WRITING: 'A better way to spot AI-generated writing would be to look for texts without much punctuation at all. LLMs are very Joycean about it: they use fewer commas and semicolons than humans (and hardly any parentheses)' [economist]
- OP-EDS IN MAJOR NEWSPAPERS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF AI WRITING: '11 other guest NY Times articles over the past 30 days were partially AI-written' [semafor]
Immigration/Deportation/ The Border
- FLORIDA BANS ILLEGALS FROM ENROLLING AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN '27-28: *applies specifically to universities that failed to admit all academically qualified applicants during the two preceding academic years [campus reform]
- DENATURALIZATION CASES SURGE BIGLY (PERSON LOSES US CITIZENSHIP AND FACES REMOVAL): At least 105 civil denaturalization lawsuits were filed in federal district courts during the first seven months of 2026, including 50 filed in July alone (between 2008-2025: 125) [newsweek]
- TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS EXPIRES FOR EL SALVADOREANS: As in TEM-PO-RAR-Y. As in You're Going Back. [wapo]
- ICE DEPORTS NAVY SERVICE MEMBER'S MOM DURING GREEN CARD INTERVIEW (SHE WAS A CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIEN WHO RE-ENTERED THE U.S. ILLEGALLY): No excuses, you're going back mamacita [newsweek]
- TRUMP LOOKING TO ADD NEW $100K H-1B FEE, PUSH COST TO $200K FOR COMPANIES TO HIRE: The curry-salted tears are flowing. [india express]
- I.C.E.'S OPERATION ROTTEN APPLE NABS 2,197 ILLEGAL ALIENS -- INCLUDING RAPISTS, PEDOS, MURDERERS : No help from Mamdami or Governor Hochul [nypost]
- PAPERS PLEASE! Milo Y deported for overstaying his visa [nytimes]
International
- PROXY WARS: Iranian-backed Houthis launched a wave of attacks on southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 and igniting fires at oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom [ap]
- HAARETZ WRITER CLAIMS NETANYAHU WAS AWARE OF IMPENDING OCT. 7 ATTACK ON ISRAEL TEN DAYS PRIOR: Netanyahu was personally and explicitly warned Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was planning a major attack 10 days before, but dismissed the threat and did not alert his security chiefs [mediaite]
- PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN: IRGCC claims it will release images of captured U.S. submarine in the coming hours [arab news]
- INTERCEPTION? Iran on Tuesday claimed that its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy had captured an advanced unmanned American submarine near Strait of Hormuz [opindia]
- UK WILL BAN IMPORT OF GOODS MADE IN ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN WEST BANK: marks the starkest break yet from the U.K.’s traditional role as a staunch supporter of Israel and comes in response to Israeli actions in the West Bank and Gaza [wapo]
- RIGHT WING WIN IN REGIONAL GERMAN ELECTION HAS NORMIES NERVOUS: Alternative for Germany could become the first 'far-right' party to take power at a state level since World War II [nbcnews]
- LADIES, YOU GUYS ARE MENTAL: Australian woman lit her longtime friend on fire because he said she should stay in the kitchen making scones if she couldn’t handle drinking with the boys (he's right). Medically induced coma, burns to 55% of his body, 10 operations, [nypost]
National
- TRUMP PLEDGES $5000 DIVIDEND CHECK IF R's RETAIN SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPS: Would he be promising stimmy checks if midterm prospects looked good? [wapo]
- TRUMP PROPOSING $9K A YEAR FOR MARRIED COUPLES WITH A STAY-AT-HOME SPOUSE: Policy change would create gov't incentive for parents to stay home with their children [nytimes]
- 98% OF NEW JOBS ADDED IN AUGUST WERE WOMEN: Fake HR job and a hoop [semafor]
- AMERICANS NEAR CANADA WORRY CANADIANS DON'T LIKE THEM ANYMORE BECAUSE OF TARIFFS: Suck it up butter cup and stop being such a pussy. [nytimes]
- CANADA TRYING TO START TIT-FOR-TAT TRADE WAR, COUNTERS U.S. TARIFFS WITH THEIR OWN: Canada, you aren't that guy. [nytimes]
- CRACK JOURNALISM: Washington Post just did an entire article consisting entirely of Yelp reviews of U.S. airports. (Amazing things are happening) [wapo]
- TRUMP TAKES ON ANTI-DATA CENTER SENTIMENT: 'The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor.', 'Let data reign' [abcnews]
Politics
- SEN. MARK KELLY'S DAUGHTER'S DOG LOCKS ONTO BABY SEA LION, KILLING IT: Some messed up family values. [europa]
- THERE AIN'T NO MOTIVE FOR THIS CRIME, TUCKER WAS A FRIEND OF MINE: Loomer demands VP Vance disavow Tucker, Vance says Tucker's his bro [mediaite]
- WAS IT SOMETHING HE SAID: Ten years after almost headlining at CPAC, Milo gets permanently sent back to the UK [nytimes]
- TED CRUZ STILL WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT: Will he be Israel's strongest soldier? [aol]
- DEMOCRAT MIDTERM STRATEGY INVOLVES BEATING UP ON HASAN PIKER: Piker is the new piñata of the moment but as soon as the midterms are over, they'll all turn back into progressives [nypost]
- FISHBACK LOST, BUT IS HE THE FUTURE OF POST-TRUMP POLITICS: Fishback finished with 10.5% of the vote in Florida's GOP primary [politico]
- THE DOWNFALL OF DREAD PIRATE, DAN CRENSHAW: 'He can be an extremely petty and whiny bitch.'[crate13]
Random
- THEFTY LEFKOWSKY: Jewish billionaire heiress Stella 'Lefty' Lekfowsky sees Ella Langley's country success and says to herself, I can sing about whiskey an shit. [rolling stone]
- MUSICIAN STELLA LEFTY FOUND TO HAVE PLAGIARIZED A **FIFTH** SONG: TikTok singer-songwriter was hoping no one would notice [syracuse]
- THE FRENCH RIVIERA JOB: Four Renoirs valued at $10.4 MILL stolen from art museum in France (thieves dropped 2 of the paintings while absconding) [forbes]
- NEW KARMELO ANTHONY TEXTS RELEASED, 'I DO NOT LIKE BLACK WOMEN', 'I HATE GAY PPL', 'THIS NIGGA JOE BIDEN GAY ASB': Hmm, interesting. Clearly, these are fake texts to curry favor with 5NYC fans and we're not biting.[daily mail]
- NEW SPACE FORCE UNIFORMS MODELED AFTER 'STARSHIP TROOPERS': Once again Trump really nails the little things (no one really cares about) [nypost]
- BLACK INFLUENCER DIES AFTER BOTCHED GENITAL ENLARGEMENT SURGERY IN THAILAND: Muh dick, much dick [us magazine]
- AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER DUCT-TAPED TO SEAT AFTER DISRUPTION, OBSCENITIES: Not sure they used enough duct tape. [cbsnews]