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Texas Democrats went home

New congressional map has passed

On Nov 4th there will be a special election in CA to redistrict CA and add 5 dem seats to counter Texas

Trump civil fraud penalty overturned

Trump sent national guard to DC.

Various red states have also sent Nat Guard to supplement the 800 DC guard

Mostly sent to touristy areas, the safest parts of DC

Section 740 says the takeover expires at 30 days and only continues if Congress acts.

Washington D.C. has had zero (0) murders in the past week (as of 8/22/2025)

Trump planning on sending national guard to Chicago

US Government acquired 10% of Intel

Nvidia and AMD agreed to give the US government 15% of revenue from sales of their H20 and MI308 AI chips to China in exchange for export licenses

Trump EO: one year in jail for flag burning

Daily Beast: RFK is going to ban the covid vaccine

First case of New World Screwworm found in the US

Previously had be wiped out in America/Mexico

A Chinese Coast Guard cutter and PLAN destroyer were harassing a Phillipino coast guard cutter, until they collided with each other.

Brandon Hererra is coming back for round 2 against Tony Gonzalez

News You Can Ignore

American Eagle Sydney Sweeney jeans ad is great bait

AOC vidoes were AI fakes.

AOL shutting down its dial-up service Sept 30th.

Wyoming launches first state-backed stablecoin - Frontier Stable Token

Happy News!

The Smithsonian Air and Space museum has taken possession of an F-15C Eagle with at least 2 confirmed kills from the same pilot, including a maneuver kill against an Iraqi MiG-29 in 1991.

Captain Rico Rodriguez was engaged in a close-quarters, low-altitude dogfight against an Iraqi. While trying to avoid Rico’s guns, the Iraqi pilot performed an inverted dive and crashed into the desert.

CEQA no longer applies to infill building in CA!

First baby born with 3 people’s DNA

Gallup poll: globally, people evaluate their lives better than ever

Tawian nuclear spokeswoman Crystal Yang chugged a bottle of nuke-exposed water on camera

Get drones to fly your Chipotle burrito to you, if you live in Dallas

Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide backdoor access to any encrypted user data

Bionic leg prosthetic

New Apple watches can monitor your blood oxygen level again!

Ghost Painter in Italian city of Brescia paints over graffiti at night while masked. Records self and posts on tiktok

Troop Deployment

David - Negotiate your salary

Eneasz - Wireborn Art Isn't Art

Wes - MAiD is a scissor

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