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Trump's "Doctor Sent Me AI Jesus" Excuse Goes Viral as Internet Loses It
Politics Trump's "Doctor Sent Me AI Jesus" Excuse Goes Viral as Internet Loses It When reality becomes satire. A president's explanation for posting AI-generated religio…
READ STORY ↗CNN Accidentally Publishes Death Memorial for Living Michael J. Fox
Media Nonsense CNN Accidentally Publishes Death Memorial for Living Michael J. Fox A major news network published a full obituary and tribute for an actor who is still v…
READ STORY ↗VP JD Vance tells Pope to stay out of American affairs—because nothing says "faith-based governance" like telling the Pope to mind his business
The highest-ranking Catholic in the Trump administration just told the head of the Catholic Church that he should keep his mouth shut about America. The Pope had some th…
READ STORY ↗Tom Cruise's movie stunt accidentally creates 24,000-pound viral shovel nobody asked for—now the internet can't stop talking about it
A 50-foot-tall, 24,000-pound shovel appeared in a major American city this week as part of a Tom Cruise movie marketing campaign. The internet lost its mind. Not in a go…
READ STORY ↗Senate Somehow Thinks ChatGPT Can Be Taxed Like a Toaster
Senate committee proposes treating AI as taxable household appliance. Watch as lawmakers discover what an 'algorithm' is for the first time.
READ STORY ↗CNN publishes premature Michael J. Fox obituary, accidentally kills beloved actor live on internet
In what has to be one of the most embarrassing moments in the history of modern journalism, CNN accidentally published a draft obituary that declared Michael J. Fox dead…
READ STORY ↗Trump interrupted a Cabinet meeting about Iran to tell a long story about Sharpie pens
Nothing says steady leadership quite like interrupting a meeting about war and markets to brag about your favorite marker.
READ STORY ↗Trump called the Pope "weak on crime" — an insult he normally reserves for Democratic mayors
The president attacked Pope Leo XIV for opposing the Iran war and having "terrible foreign policy." He also said he much preferred the pope's brother Louis because Louis…
READ STORY ↗A Florida woman took selfies with a katana while carrying $47,000 in methamphetamine, then posted them to Instagram
She documented her entire drug trafficking operation on Instagram. Law enforcement used her Instagram feed as the case file.
READ STORY ↗McDonald's April Fools joke about "Trough Fries" in actual livestock feeding troughs caused a stock surge, then crashed when customers showed up
Corporate marketing thought it was a bold joke. Investors thought it was strategic genius. Health departments thought it was illegal.
READ STORY ↗The Iranian government is building Lego replicas of U.S. military installations and posting them to Instagram as propaganda
Iran's Ministry of Defense has been constructing detailed Lego models of U.S. bases and posting them as evidence of intelligence capability.
READ STORY ↗$40 Billion Bridge Project Discovers It Can't Get Permits For The Water It Crosses
Department of Transportation spends 4 years planning bridge. Forgets to ask waterway for permission. Nobody noticed.
READ STORY ↗Trump's Cabinet gave a press conference where they made 47 false statements. AP Fact Check rated them "Mostly True."
73 claims examined. 47 were factually inaccurate. AP's rating methodology apparently allows systematic falsehood as long as it's directionally consistent.
READ STORY ↗TSA screeners have not been paid in 18 days because Congress "forgot" to include the agency in the continuing resolution
A 1,247-page bill omitted an entire federal agency. TSA workers kept showing up, kept doing their jobs, kept not getting paid. Congress called it an administrative overs…
READ STORY ↗A Florida man showed a deputy an AI-generated video of people breaking into the deputy's patrol car. For TikTok.
He walked up to a law enforcement officer in a public store, showed him a fake video, and apparently thought this was a good idea to film for social media.
READ STORY ↗A Florida man showed a deputy an AI-generated video of people breaking into the deputy's patrol car. For TikTok.
He got arrested. The video was fabricated. Florida Man energy remains undefeated because it keeps evolving with the tools.
READ STORY ↗The IRS discovered $47 billion in fraudulent Employee Retention Credits. Congress raised the limit and told companies to try again more carefully.
When fraud becomes widespread enough, enforcement becomes politically impossible. The government's response was to accommodate the fraud rather than stop it.
READ STORY ↗CNN ran a headline "Is Your Kitchen Making You Fat?" and the story was just "um, maybe eat less"
Not new research. Just "bigger plate = eat more food" dressed up with a giant scary headline and three segments of talking heads debating kitchen layout.
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