Donald Trump outdid himself in the weird department today, inviting none other than a 23-year-old streamer known as a "butt sniffer" to Mar-a-Lago for an interview.

Always a sponge for gifts and flattery, Trump cozied up to right-wing streamer Adin Ross, who then gifted Trump with a Cybertruck and Rolex watch. — Read the rest

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A police officer in St. Paul, Minnesota apparently thought clocking out for the day meant the rules no longer applied. And thus, the confused gentleman earned himself a DWI today for crashing his personal car into a building last week and starting a fire while intoxicated. — Read the rest

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Filmmaker David Lynch says his days of directing are essentially over because he cannot leave home, thanks to an emphysema diagnosis caused by a lifetime of smoking.

"I've gotten emphysema from smoking for so long, and so I'm homebound whether I like it or not. — Read the rest

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Move over Lincoln Project and Republicans Against Trump! Republicans are joining the Kamala Harris campaign in droves, forming a new anti-Trump group called "Republicans for Harris."

Some of the GOP's pro-Harris members include former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, former Republican Congress members Adam Kinzinger, Joe Walsh, and Susan Molinari, former governors Governors Jim Edgar, Bill Weld, and Christine Todd Whitman, and former Trump staffers Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye. — Read the rest

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A burglar in Los Angeles had a sudden stab of conscience while robbing the same restaurant for the second time in one week.

While stealing what he could, the thieving gentleman took a break from his busy night to jot down an apology on a sticky note along with a promise never to return. — Read the rest

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Welp, looks like someone got a spanking today.

Last night, Kyle Rittenhouse snuck on a pair of big-boy pants and sassed his MAGA cult leader, saying in a video that he wouldn't be voting for Donald Trump, but would instead cast a write-in vote for Sen. — Read the rest

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If you think Kamala Harris or Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was the first to notice the weird in Trump, you'd be wrong. The 78-year-old crackpot was slapped with the fitting label on national television back in 2006, when he admitted on The View that he lustfully fantasized about his own 16-year-old daughter, Ivanka Trump. — Read the rest

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Kamala Harris is now beating Donald Trump in seven national polls, reports Newsweek, with the vice president ahead of the ex-president by up to 4 points.

Harris' biggest lead shows her at 49% to Trump's 45% in a poll that was conducted from July 27 to July 30 by Kos Media's Civiqs. — Read the rest

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You know things aren't going well for Donald Trump when even MAGA folk hero Kyle Rittenhouse gives you the snub. But shunning the ex-president is exactly what the 21-year-old gentleman — fawned over by Trump after the punk gunned down three protestors (killing two) in Kenosha, WI — has done. — Read the rest

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An astonishing discovery was made over the weekend at a Trump rally: the Kool-Aid doesn't always take.

At least this was the case with one "America first" Republican, who initially sided with Russia's Vladimir Putin, but actually listened to reason when journalist Adam Mockler explained why the United States is better off supporting Ukraine. — Read the rest

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A third person was charged and stomped on by a cow elk in Estes Park, Colorado last week — an "unprecedented" third attack in eight days.

And while the first two victims were both children — an 8-year-old riding her bike and a 4-year-old playing at a park (both which Boing Boing covered last week) — the third person was an adult who was walking her dog right in the middle of town on Friday. — Read the rest

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A plane carrying the vice president of Malawi and nine other people vanished on Monday.

Saulos Chilima, Malawi's 51-year-old vice president, took off at 9:17am this morning on a Malawi Defense Force aircraft from the southeast African country's capital, Lilongwe.

But what should have been less than an hour-long flight turned out to be a days-long search when the plane "disappeared from radar" and never made it to the nearby city of Mzuzu. — Read the rest

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A man who has been identified as a wealthy investment banker allegedly slugged a woman in the face, causing her to fall to the ground, as shown in a video that circulated over the weekend. (See video below, posted by sami.) — Read the rest

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As Donald Trump droned on at a Las Vegas rally over the weekend, his MAGA mob made a mad dash to the exit gates.

"Donald Trump is speaking right now, and all these people are leaving!" said Las Vegas radio host Brian Shapiro as he recorded bored-looking rally-goers pouring out of the venue. — Read the rest

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Oh, Jesus Christ. Someone owes you an apology. As in Marjorie Taylor Greene, who just compared the Lord to an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.

"The Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about, 'Oh, President Trump is a convicted felon,'" Georgia's blasphemous Congress "Christian" said at a rally over the weekend. — Read the rest

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A 3-year-old boy in Japan with a strong interest in plants was honored by police after he discovered an illegal opium plant growing in an open field.

The young plant enthusiast, who runs to his botanical book whenever he stumbles upon a plant he doesn't recognize, was on a walk with his mom when he noticed some beautiful purple flowers that he'd never seen before. — Read the rest

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A 43-year-old carpenter in Virginia was fed up after someone broke into his van and stole his tools, not once but twice. So he decided to slip Apple AirTags into a bunch of his larger tools that he still had left, in case the thieves returned for a third time — which they did. — Read the rest

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In case its name isn't clear enough, snapping turtles snap. And so, obviously, it's best not to touch them — as one TikToker learned the hard — aka painful — way.

"Whatchya doin' little man?" she asked sweetly, talking to a cute snapping turtle who was trying to mind its own business. — Read the rest

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Donald Trump is not your ordinary convicted criminal — he's also a cult leader with an army of followers who are now calling for violence on Truth Social and other online platforms. Violence against jurors, violence against Judge Juan Merchan, violence against liberals, and violence in the form of civil war. — Read the rest

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A 23-year-old hiker who went missing in Colorado this week was found dead at Rocky Mountain National Park yesterday. It appears he took a "significant fall," according to officials, via CNN.

Lucas Macaj, an experienced hiker, had hit the trails on Sunday, and by 1:00pm texted a friend to let them know he had reached the top of Longs Peak. — Read the rest

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A New Jersey fire chief allegedly became irate when a man's sump pump leaked rainwater onto the firehouse. So he handled it like a gentleman by taking revenge, pouring a bucket of rocks and gravel over the man's extremely rare sports car. — Read the rest

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A New Jersey fire chief allegedly became irate when a man's sump pump leaked rainwater onto the firehouse. So he handled it like a gentleman by taking revenge, pouring a bucket of rocks and gravel over the man's extremely rare sports car. — Read the rest

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The bible business turned out to be a bust for the Trump family, as Junior Trump just posted a video on Facebook begging his daddy's MAGA disciples for any amount they could spare.

"Even one dollar will go a long way in helping us make America great again," Junior says, staring into the camera with a look of sheer desperation. — Read the rest

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Video shows an out-of-control blue city bus in the middle of St. Petersburg plowing into a car before careening off a bridge, carrying at least 20 passengers on board. The bus then immediately sinks into the Moika River. (See video below, posted by The Moscow Times.) — Read the rest

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Looks like Steve Bannon could finally be headed to prison. A federal appeals court in Washington D.C. upheld his contempt of Congress conviction today for defying subpoenas by the Jan 6th committee. From Meidas Touch Network:

The United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia has officially rejected Steve Bannon's appeal of his contempt of Congress convictions for his failure to comply with lawful subpoenas issued by the January 6th Committee.

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A New Jersey fire chief allegedly became irate when a man's sump pump leaked rainwater onto the firehouse. So he handled it like a gentleman by taking revenge, pouring a bucket of rocks and gravel over the man's extremely rare sports car. — Read the rest

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The bible business turned out to be a bust for the Trump family, as Junior Trump just posted a video on Facebook begging his daddy's MAGA disciples for any amount they could spare.

"Even one dollar will go a long way in helping us make America great again," Junior says, staring into the camera with a look of sheer desperation. — Read the rest

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Video shows an out-of-control blue city bus in the middle of St. Petersburg plowing into a car before careening off a bridge, carrying at least 20 passengers on board. The bus then immediately sinks into the Moika River. (See video below, posted by The Moscow Times.) — Read the rest

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Looks like Steve Bannon could finally be headed to prison. A federal appeals court in Washington D.C. upheld his contempt of Congress conviction today for defying subpoenas by the Jan 6th committee. From Meidas Touch Network:

The United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia has officially rejected Steve Bannon's appeal of his contempt of Congress convictions for his failure to comply with lawful subpoenas issued by the January 6th Committee.

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Moscow Marge angrily displayed a MUGA (Make Ukraine Great Again) hat yesterday as she announced her upcoming motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson. And although she thought the cute stunt would own the Speaker and the bipartisan Congress members who passed the Ukraine aid bill, instead her prop went up for sale to give even more aid to Ukraine. — Read the rest

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A 60-year-old pilot flying a small plane reported engine trouble before making an emergency landing on a Long Island Beach.

The pilot, flying with a 59-year-old passenger, reportedly lost power to his Cessna mid-flight, but was able to aim his small plane towards Cedar Beach, where he successfully crash-landed his plane. — Read the rest

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Less than two months after Boeing whistleblower John Barnett unexpectedly died, another Boeing whistleblower has passed away — this time from a "sudden, fast-spreading" bacterial infection.

Josh Dean, a healthy 45-year-old former quality auditor who worked at Spirit AeroSystems — one of Boeing's suppliers (not to be confused with Spirit Airlines) —had complained to Spirit about a "serious defect" that involved improperly drilled holes in "the aft pressure bulkhead of the MAX," according to The Seattle Times. — Read the rest

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Donald Trump used to boast about not needing a teleprompter, but had a fit today when he couldn't read his teleprompter (emphasis on "couldn't read").

"Isn't it nice to have a president who doesn't need a teleprompter?" he once asked, as shown in the "then" part of a then-and-now video posted by MeidasTouch (see below). — Read the rest

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A 30-year-old gentleman from England was ordered to pay United Airlines $20,638 for being an unruly passenger. He was also arrested.

The pricey incident occurred in March on a flight from London to Newark, when the lead flight attendant asked Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald — who was "arguing loudly" with his girlfriend — to lower his voice. — Read the rest

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Marjorie Taylor Greene continues her fierce diatribe against Speaker Mike Johnson and hence her own party, telling Steve Bannon on his War Room podcast that Republican voters are "absolutely done" with the GOP.

"They're done with the Republican party. They're absolutely done with Republican leadership like Mike Johnson, who totally sold us out to the Democrats!" — Read the rest

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Donald Trump had a rough night, pity-posting about how life hasn't been fair for the corrupt billionaire.

"Four years ago I was a very successful and popular President of the United States," cried the one-term, four-times indicted former president, whose presidency saw 400,000 Americans die from Covid and who lost both the electoral and popular vote to President Joe Biden. — Read the rest

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By now the world knows about Donald Trump's crappy day as he snoozed and oozed in the courtroom after airing his grievances this morning, and who better to gaslight the ol' fart than the Lincoln Project?

In fact, the anti-Trump Republican group didn't let any time go to waste. — Read the rest

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Donald Trump has gotten so cozy in the courtroom, he's not only snoozing — he's now reportedly raising a stink. As in having a gas. As in farting, according to MeidasTouch's Ben Meiselas via "credible sources." And it isn't pretty.

"What I'm hearing from … credible sources who know what's going on in the courtroom … is that Donald Trump is actually farting in the courtroom," said Meiselas. — Read the rest

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's destructive mission to oust Republican Speaker Mike Johnson picked up steam today with fellow Congress-conspiracist Paul Gosar. This comes after MAGA Rep. Thomas Massie joined her cause on Tuesday.

"I have added my name in support of the motion to vacate the Speaker," announced the extremist who spoke at Nick Fuentes' white nationalist convention with Greene in 2022. — Read the rest

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Tesla's poorly built Cybertruck issued a voluntary recall after a TikToker showed us just how the car's slapped-together gas pedal gets stuck. And wow, it's pretty unbelievable. (See video below, posted by el.chepito1985.)

"Serious problem with my Cybertruck," reads the post, in which the Tesla owner opens the driver's door to show us the incredibly cheap-looking "stuck pedal" that looks more like a bad craft project than an actual car part. — Read the rest

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Shape-shifter Tulsi Gabbard is hoping to assume yet another identity, this time as Donald Trump's MAGA minion. (Move over, Marge!)

When asked by Fox's Jesse Watters if she would be open to being Trump's Vice President, Hawaii's former Democratic Congresswoman could barely suppress a smile. — Read the rest

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Firefighters came to the rescue of a driver whose semi-truck crashed through the railing of a bridge and was left dangling high above the Ohio River.

The truck was part of a three-vehicle crash that occurred around noon today on the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge, which sent one person to the hospital, according to ABC News. — Read the rest

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A walk to school turned ghastly yesterday when a teenage girl spotted a severed body part in a Long Island park.

The student was walking with her friends when she discovered a man's left arm. — Read the rest

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Its taken months for Mike Johnson to realize that blurring the faces of Capitol rioters before releasing 5,000 hours of J6 video is a huge waste of time: the Department of Justice already has the raw footage.

But alas, the slow speaker finally came around, today announcing he released the unedited security camera footage, according Meidas Touch News. — Read the rest

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Hunter Biden zinged Matt Gaetz yesterday during the House Oversight Committee's closed-door session when he told the alleged coke party connoisseur to "look me in the eye." An even better phrase would have been, "Look at yourself in a mirror."

The heated exchange began when the Congress performer asked about Biden's former drug use. — Read the rest

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A man in Florida had been feeling "off" since October, and continued to get worse until a bleeding nose and swollen face prompted him to go to a hospital last Friday. But nobody expected what came next: the doctors pulled out 150 live bugs from his nose. — Read the rest

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An American Airlines flight going from Albuquerque to Chicago had to return to New Mexico when an unruly passenger decided he wanted off.

"Aggressively" trying to open the emergency door, it took at least six other passengers to wrestle the determined gentleman to the ground, where he was finally restrained with duct tape and flex cuffs, according to The Boston Globe. — Read the rest

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While most doggos might whine or sit by their bowl with sad puppy-dog eyes to let you know when they're hungry, one hilarious chihuahua came up with a much sillier way to get his butler's attention.

He noticed a weird springy thingamajig sticking out of the wall just inches from the floor and realized he could use it as his own personal buzzer. — Read the rest

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Donald Trump's greatest fear has materialized: His daddy, Fred Trump, has come back from the grave to tell his "low-rent" son what a disappointing "joke" he turned out to be.

"Donny, I always knew you'd blow it. You were always a fool, a joke, low rent. — Read the rest

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Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to get the Supreme Court to erase the hefty fines she racked up during the Covid pandemic when she repeatedly refused to wear her mask on the House floor. But the Court couldn't be bothered with Marge's self-inflicted woes, denying her appeal to a lower court's ruling. — Read the rest

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