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January 6 defendants are reportedly pursuing millions through an obscure federal claims process, because apparently the slush fund found a side door
The Guardian reports that some pardoned January 6 defendants, including defendants accused of assaulting police, are pursuing monetary claims through the Federal Tort Cl…
READ STORY ↗A Miami man known as Bitcoin Rodney pleaded guilty in a $1.8 billion HyperFund crypto fraud case, because the nickname was apparently not enough of a warning siren
DOJ says Rodney Burton, a Miami man connected to HyperFund, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge tied to a global wire-fraud scheme that allegedly took $1.8 billion fro…
READ STORY ↗World Cup fans bought resale tickets that never arrived, because apparently the beautiful game now includes arguing with an app outside the stadium
AP reports World Cup fans have been stranded by resale tickets that failed to transfer, canceled orders, technical glitches and possible speculative sellers who may not …
READ STORY ↗The Vegas Loop is apparently just Teslas in tunnels with taxi ranks, because the future of transit needed more waiting for a car underground
The Guardian rode Elon Musk’s Vegas Loop and found a slow, short, human-driven Tesla tunnel system that critics call an underpowered private substitute for actual public…
READ STORY ↗Trump said the Iran war taught him there are "no limits" to his power, then immediately remembered limits exist, because constitutional law is apparently a vibes-based toggle
CNBC, citing Axios, reported that Trump described the U.S.-Iran agreement as "unconditional surrender" and answered a question about limits on presidential power with th…
READ STORY ↗The DOJ says New York turned a $10 billion Medicaid home-care program into a one-contractor tollbooth, because apparently bureaucracy needed a boss fight
The Justice Department sued New York health officials and Public Partnerships LLC, alleging a sham bidding process and unauthorized taxpayer-funded profits tied to the s…
READ STORY ↗The FTC warned summer travelers about fake hotel ads, toll texts and bargain vacations, because apparently even your beach trip now needs fraud detection
The FTC says scammers are using paid search ads, fake airline and hotel sites, unpaid toll texts and too-good-to-be-true vacation offers to separate travelers from their…
READ STORY ↗The DOJ seized two deepfake porn domains under the TAKE IT DOWN Act, because apparently the internet needed federal warrants to learn consent is not optional
The Justice Department says CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com published thousands of non-consensual AI-generated sexual images of famous women before U.S., French and Italian au…
READ STORY ↗The White House hosted UFC fights with corporate sponsors, Trump crypto cash and no public tickets, because apparently the presidency needed a private cage-side VIP package
Reuters reported that President Donald Trump hosted seven UFC bouts on the White House lawn, the first professional sporting event held there, while corporate sponsors a…
READ STORY ↗Britain plans to ban under-16s from major social media apps, because apparently the government found the parental-control setting marked “entire country”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to block children under 16 from platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, with extra restrict…
READ STORY ↗Bernie Sanders wants a one-time 50% stock tax on major AI companies, because apparently the robots are getting a sovereign wealth fund before Congress gets a grip
The Associated Press reported that Sen. Bernie Sanders is proposing a public ownership stake in major AI companies through a sovereign wealth fund financed by a one-time…
READ STORY ↗RFK Jr. overruled experts to keep a symptom-free cruise passenger in quarantine, because apparently medical freedom has an exception for Nebraska hotel-prison vibes
The Associated Press reported that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. refused to release cruise passenger Angela Perryman from a Nebraska quarantine facility despite…
READ STORY ↗The Interior Department compared vacuuming algae out of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to the Iran war, because apparently pond scum needed a foreign policy doctrine
The Guardian reported that after a $14.2 million effort to turn the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool “American Flag blue,” algae kept turning it green — and Interior’s p…
READ STORY ↗The FTC says one subscription empire hid recurring charges inside fitness apps, PDF tools, horoscopes and psychic chats, because apparently every app wanted to be a haunted gym membership
The Federal Trade Commission says a federal court temporarily halted the Genesis Tech enterprise, a network of 15 corporations and eight individuals accused of deceptive…
READ STORY ↗FBI Director Kash Patel accused of directing $1M+ in taxpayer-funded bonuses to loyalist agents through a "personal slush fund," because paying people extra for doing their jobs is standard government practice, apparently
Representative Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House judiciary committee, alleged that FBI Director Kash Patel has authorized more than $1 million in taxpayer-funded…
READ STORY ↗40+ fake FIFA World Cup 2026 ticketing websites linked to Chinese cybercriminals stealing payment info from football fans worldwide
Cybersecurity researchers at CloudSEK uncovered a large-scale fraud operation involving at least 40 fake FIFA World Cup 2026 ticketing websites designed to steal sensiti…
READ STORY ↗A viral video of someone "deconstructing" Flamin' Hot Cheetos by pouring ingredients into a tube has conquered social media because apparently showing junk food is junk is somehow revelatory
A viral video posted on June 15 by BlueSky user Keith Fitzgerald showing content creator Science Snitch deconstructing a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos by pouring listed ing…
READ STORY ↗Five men charged with plotting a drone-and-sniper attack on a UFC event at the White House, because apparently government security is a choose-your-own-adventure
The Justice Department charged five men for an alleged plot to deploy armed drones and snipers to attack the UFC "Freedom 250" event held at the White House, with the go…
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