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The White House is more irked with Elon Musk than ever after a selfie of him with a Russian propagandist ended up online.

White House Freaked Out Over Elon Musk’s Selfie With Top Russian Propagandist

By Noor Al-Sibai

Over the weekend, Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador took to Twitter to share — seemingly in earnest — a photo of a mythological Mayan elf.

Science & Energy

President of Mexico Posts Photo of What He Claims Is a Mythological Creature

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Freshman congressman and alleged serial liar George Santos will soon be sitting on a committee charged with overseeing NASA.

Serial Liar George Santos Tapped For Committee in Charge of NASA

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA scientists have provided a heartbreaking theory for why we haven't yet met any alien lifeforms — because they destroyed themselves before we could.

NASA Scientists Suggest The Reason We Haven’t Found Aliens Is They All Killed Themselves

By Noor Al-Sibai

Introducing: The Synthetic Party, a new political party in Denmark. Their head honcho, Leader Lars, is an AI chatbot, and all policies are AI-derived.

Artificial Intelligence

New European Political Party Is Led by an Artificial Intelligence

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Back in 2009, pro-life absolutist Herschel Walker allegedly paid for his girlfriend to get an abortion — even though he backs "no exception" abortion bans.

Rabidly Anti-Abortion Politician Reportedly Paid for Girlfriend’s Abortion

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A former NASA scientist is once again throwing shade on his former employer for its bizarre National Space Council "photo ops."

Former NASA Scientist Slams Kamala Harris Meeting as “Photo Op”

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a resurfaced audio clip, television personality and Pennsylvania senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz says that thinks that some incest is fine, actually.

Audio Surfaces of Dr. Oz Saying Some Incest Is Okay, and Also His Daughters Don’t Like How He Smells

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk supposedly told the GOP to "get out of people's bedrooms" at a swanky political donor dinner this week.

Elon Musk Warns Conservatives to “Stay Out of People’s Bedrooms”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Rogozin broadsided Musk for "supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communication equipment" and demanded that he "answer in an adult way."

Elon Musk Alarmed by Threat From Russian Space Program Chief

By Noor Al-Sibai

Professional troll — and possibly the proud new owner of Twitter — Elon Musk has really outdone himself with the latest meme he chose to blast out to his 80 million followers.

Elon Musk Shares Incredibly Stupid Meme Stolen from iFunny

By Victor Tangermann

Florida's governor wants to dissolve Disney World's tiny self government and special tax status over anti-LGBTQ bills he wants to pass.

In Inadvertently Cyberpunk News, Florida Is Dissolving Disney’s Private Government

By Lonnie Lee Hood

If a new state legislature bill becomes law, Oklahomans may soon have to go out of state to buy and service their Teslas.

Oklahoma Committee Passes Bill To Outlaw Tesla Sales and Service Centers

By Noor Al-Sibai

Despite Tesla CEO Elon Musk's recent tweet, he and his companies have done their fair share of political lobbying and campaign contributions.

Elon Musk Says Tesla Doesn’t Make Political Contributions Even Though It Absolutely Does

By Tony Ho Tran

The former governor of Alaska simply cannot stop going out to restaurants after testing positive for COVID-19.

Unvaccinated Sarah Palin Just Won’t Stop Spreading COVID

By Noor Al-Sibai

Data scientists who have already been tracking political violence around the world are retooling their efforts to predict American insurrection using AI.

Artificial Intelligence

Data Scientists Say They’ve Developed Algorithms to Predict the Next Coup Attempt

By Noor Al-Sibai

Florida's very cool and normal governor is proposing a "civilian military force" that would be under his control and not the Pentagon's.

Florida Is Trying to Get Its Own Military, God Help Us All

By Noor Al-Sibai

Donald Trump's ex-attorney Michael Cohen is now selling his prison badge as an NFT.

Trump’s Former Lawyer Is Selling His Prison Badge as an NFT

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new book claims that former President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 before interacting with countless hundreds of people.

Health & Medicine

Trump Tested Positive for COVID Before Breathing His Germs on Hundreds of People

By Noor Al-Sibai

New York City really messed up its first attempt at ranked-choice voting when the Board of Elections erroneously counted 135,000 extra votes.

New York City Absolutely Botched Its Futuristic Voting System

By Dan Robitzski

Congressman Louie Gohmert suggested in a bad-faith argument against climate change legislation, that the government should try to adjust the Moon's orbit.

Congressman Asks If Changing the Moon’s Orbit Could Fight Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Senator Martin Heinrich says he has no idea what's behind the recent UFO and UAP sightings, but he can't imagine them coming from any government on Earth.

Robots and Machines

Senator “Can’t Imagine” UFOs Came From Anywhere on Earth

By Dan Robitzski

Ohio state senator Andrew Brenner tried and failed miserably to hide the fact that he was driving a car during a Zoom meeting.

Advanced Transport

Watch This Politician’s Horrible Attempt to Hide That He’s Driving on a Zoom Call

By Dan Robitzski

About 1,000 French soldiers and 20 former generals signed an open letter blaming racial minorities for violence and warning of a civil war.

Former Generals Warn That France Could Descend Into Civil War

By Dan Robitzski

NASA is barred from collaborating with China and its leadership says it's not concerned about China's ambitions. But experts suggest it should be.

Congress Bars NASA From Working With China. That’s Likely a Mistake.

By Dan Robitzski

Biden has said very little about space. Here's what NASA could look like under his administration.

Biden Moves to Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement

By Jon Christian

One week after the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building, a vast majority of Americans seemed to agree that the country is "falling apart."

79 Percent of Americans Say US Is Falling Apart

By Dan Robitzski

Social media giant Twitter announced on Friday evening that it was "permanently" suspending the account of embattled U.S. president Donald Trump.

Twitter Permanently Suspends Donald Trump’s Account

By Jon Christian

The pro-Trump group storming the Capitol building on Thursday took close to zero precautions to protect themselves from the coronavirus.

Pro-Trump Rioters Who Looted Capitol Likely Caused Super-Spreader Event

By Victor Tangermann

Biden promised to reverse the incumbent Donald Trump's controversial April decision to leave the World Health Organization.

Biden Says He’ll Rejoin World Health Organization on First Day of Presidency

By Jon Christian

The Trump administration has now formally pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement, but Biden says he'll rejoin on day one if elected.

Biden Says He’ll Rejoin Paris Climate Accord on First Day of Presidency

By Dan Robitzski

After a years-long waiting period, President Donald Trump's ill-advised decision to leave the Paris climate agreement took effect Tuesday.

US Formally Ditches Paris Climate Agreement

By Dan Robitzski

Trump's Department of Energy has been blocking research on the benefits of renewable energy sources from seeing the light of day.

The White House Got Caught Burying Studies About Renewable Energy

By Dan Robitzski

In a dramatic twist, US President Donald Trump admitted early this morning that he had tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID.

President Donald Trump Has Been Diagnosed with COVID

By Jon Christian

New research shows that personally experiencing wildfires makes people more likely to support anti-climate change policy, regardless of political leanings.

Scientists: When People Experience Climate Change Firsthand, They Get Serious About It

By Dan Robitzski

Numerous experts are saying that a scientific paper claiming COVID is a bioweapon made elementary errors and relies on a shaky interpretation of evidence.

Scientists Slam Dubious Research Claiming COVID Is a Bioweapon

By Jon Christian

In 2010, a scientist published research suggesting that 2020 would be a total shitshow. It goes without saying he really nailed it.

Science & Energy

A 2010 Scientific Paper Predicted That 2020 Would Be a Shitshow

By Dan Robitzski

Google's security team confirmed that both the Trump and Biden campaigns were targeted by foreign hackers, with different countries targeting each.

Google: Foreign Hackers Targeting Both Trump and Biden Campaigns

By Dan Robitzski

Experts say that China is becoming the new international leader in the hunt for extraterrestrial life. They hope for newfound international cooperation.

Science & Energy

Experts: China Is Pulling Ahead in Race to Identify Extraterrestrials

By Dan Robitzski

After the Senate voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act, House Democrats have one last shot to introduce an amendment that would preserve American's privacy.

This Is the Last Chance to Keep Cops From Seeing Your Web History

By Dan Robitzski

GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced two provisions to the Patriot Act that would give the government broad new powers to spy on every American.

The US Government Is Seizing Huge New Surveillance Powers

By Dan Robitzski

Dr. Fauci argues that the country isn't ready to reopen, and that doing so will lead to a spike in new coronavirus cases and deaths.

Fauci: Reopening Too Soon Could Lead to “Suffering and Death”

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese intelligence warned the country's leadership that its response to the coronavirus pandemic created a massive wave of global anti-China sentiment.

China Fears Its Coronavirus Coverup Could Destabilize the Country

By Dan Robitzski

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has a grim prediction for the future: world leaders will exploit the pandemic to claim new power and not relinquish it later.

Snowden: Governments Will Use the Coronavirus to Seize More Power

By Dan Robitzski

Four U.S. Senators unloaded millions of dollars in stocks after receiving a classified briefing about the coronavirus — saving them from vast losses.

US Senators Accused of Profiting Off Coronavirus Stock Crash

By Jon Christian

A new poll shows that while the majority of Republicans trust what Trump says about the coronavirus, most Americans in general do not.

Most Americans Don’t Believe Anything Trump Is Saying Right Now

By Dan Robitzski

A secret report by the Director of National Intelligence says that the United States is starkly unprepared for a global pandemic, officials say.

Secret U.S. Intel Report: America Unprepared for Global Pandemic

By Jon Christian

To test Twitter's verification and election security systems, a high schooler created a fake Congressional candidate. Twitter verified it right away.

Twitter Verifies Fake Congressional Candidate Invented by Teen

By Dan Robitzski

Republican and Democrat lawmakers seem to be in agreement that the Trump administration hasn't put nearly enough effort into a coronavirus response plan.

Trump’s Grasp of the Coronavirus Outbreak Seems Weak

By Dan Robitzski

The 2020 Democratic primaries are well underway and the campaign for Bloomberg is getting down and dirty with top-notch Instagram memes.

Bloomberg Hires Fyre Fest Promoters to Make Memes

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shared a dire warning that the planet is descending into conflcit and instability, but a better future is possible.

UN Secretary-General: “A Wind of Madness Is Sweeping the Globe”

By Dan Robitzski

In a surprise announcement by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey today, the platform has decided to ban all political ads across the globe starting November 22nd.

Breaking: Twitter CEO Announces Total Political Ads Ban

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook COO insists that the company doesn't run political ads, honest or not, for the money. It's all for the important "political discourse."

Facebook: Misleading Political Ads Are Important “Discourse”

By Dan Robitzski

California has banned the creation of political deepfakes — clips manipulated to make it look like a politician said or did something they didn't.

Artificial Intelligence

New Law Makes It Illegal to Distribute Political Deepfakes

By Kristin Houser

Shawn Rosenberg, a prominent psychologist at the University of California, Irvine told the crowd at a recent meeting of the International Society of Political Psychologists that "democracy is devouring itself," Politico reports.

Prominent Researcher Predicts That Democracy Is Going to Collapse

By Dan Robitzski

Neither the government nor private tech companies have taken steps to protect the 2020 presidential election from being manipulated.

Congressman: The 2020 Election Is Not Safe From Hackers

By Dan Robitzski

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry

By Dan Robitzski

Dozens of newly-uncovered climate studies that were buried by Trump's USDA reveal how major foods like rice are becoming less nutritious.

Trump Admin. Hid Climate Reports Warning of New Dangers

By Dan Robitzski

Deepfakes have become more powerful and accessible, but presidential candidates haven't taken steps to counter computer-generated misinformation.

Artificial Intelligence

Report: 2020 Candidates Are Going to Get Owned by Deepfakes

By Dan Robitzski

The Department of Homeland Security is going to start DNA testing people who cross into the U.S. seeking asylum next week.

Homeland Security Will DNA Test People Seeking Asylum

By Dan Robitzski

Cannabis legalization is picking up steam across the nation. Here are seven ways the future stands to benefit from ending the war on weed.

Seven Ways Cannabis Legalization Will Make the Future Better

By Kristin Houser

A new report by Spain's IE University found that a quarter of Europeans would rather be governed by artificial intelligence than a human politician.

Artificial Intelligence

A Quarter of Europeans Trust AI More Than Politicians

By Dan Robitzski

2020 Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke was reportedly part of the hacktivist group known as the Cult of the Dead Cow during his teenage years.

Presidential Hopeful Beto O’Rourke Belonged to Infamous Hacker Group

By Dan Robitzski

Senator and 2020 hopeful Cory Booker introduced a bill Thursday that would legalize marijuana in the U.S. and retroactively expunge criminal records.

New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide

By Dan Robitzski