Idiocracy

CNBC reports: Bitcoin tumbled below $23,000 on Monday, hitting its lowest level since December 2020, as investors dump crypto amid a broader sell-off in risk assets. Meanwhile, a crypto lending company called Celsius has paused withdrawals for its customers, sparking fears of contagion into the broader market. Over the weekend and into Monday morning, more than $200 billion had been …

“We’re setting these kids up for failure, for a generation deep in a mental health crisis after lockdowns, forced masking, woke ideology. Kids are feeling depressed. Just look at what happened in the Buffalo situation. A teenager whose school system failed him decided his only option was to turn to the dark web where he was radicalized. A failed education …

The Daily Beast reports: When the Missouri state legislature on Wednesday passed a standard-issue licensure bill for physical therapists, few noticed a clandestine provision on its 32nd page banning pharmacists from telling patients about the potential dangers of using unproven drugs touted by conspiracy fringe groups as “forbidden cures” for COVID-19. The measure in the bill, passed unanimously by the …

The Bangor Daily News reports: “Susie, please, Mainers want WHPA —–> vote yes, clean up your mess,” the message read, according to a Bangor police report. WHPA refers to the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify the right to abortion into law and ban restrictions on abortion access. Bangor police responded to West Broadway at 9:20 p.m. Saturday to …

Jezebel reports: In this week’s edition of “Are Men Okay?,” we need to discuss the annual Christian men’s conference taking place in Missouri this weekend, in which, on Friday night, a monster truck drove off a giant ramp in an arena amidst shooting columns of flames against the soundtrack of really bad live electric guitar music. If and only if …

“As much as the left likes to claim that they’re being erased — you’re erasing me — lesbians actually are — the category of lesbian is in fact, in reality, being erased. “And, if you follow the demographic trends, in another 30, 40 years, they just won’t exist anymore. “And you look at the younger generations – Gen Z and …

Chicago’s CBS News affiliate reports: Nearly two dozen gunshots rang out Thursday afternoon within easy earshot of a freshman baseball game in progress at St. Rita of Cascia High School on the Southwest Side. As CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar reported, Gamechanger app video shows the baseball game between the St. Rita Freshman Mustangs and Marmion Academy in progress when …

Orlando’s ABC News affiliate reports: The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office has released body cam video showing the questioning of two newlyweds after their wedding guests fell ill from cannabis-laced food last February. The sheriff’s office said that it was called to the The Springs Clubhouse in Longwood on Feb. 19 after several guests fell ill from the food. In total, …

Reuters reports: Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday it plans to restore flight privileges to about 2,000 customers who were barred from flights after failing to comply with mask rules. The Biden administration on Monday said it would no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation and airlines after a federal judge struck down the directive as unlawful. …

CNN reports: Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and former attorney to ex-President Donald Trump, was unmasked on Wednesday’s episode of Fox’s “The Masked Singer.” Giuliani’s appearance on the show comes as no surprise. Back in February, it was reported that two judges had walked off during the taping of the episode after Giuliani was unmasked. Giuliani said …

Media Matters has the transcript: CHARLIE KIRK (TPUSA PRESIDENT): We have a huge housing crisis in our country, the likes of which we have not seen in a long period of time. But, I believe we need to build horizontally, not vertically. It’s one of my speeches. Developers don’t like it when I say this, but it’s true. The higher …

The Associated Press reports: The University of Southern California is suing two YouTube performers who the school says created panic after barging into classrooms to film prank videos for their channels. Court documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times claim the pair caused “terror and disruption” during three “classroom takeover incidents” in the university’s Mark Taper Hall of Humanities. The …

Mediaite reports: Will Cain suggested that a rise in the percentage of Gen Z who self-identify as LGTBQ+ could be a result of Disney content. While the Fox & Friends host didn’t say it explicitly, his message was clear Friday morning. Disney is making your kids queer. Cain then noted a recent Gallup poll that said one in five Gen …

The Independent reports: A possible juror in the Nikolas Cruz sentencing trial left Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer baffled after appealing to the needs of her “sugar daddy” to justify skipping out on the trial. On Monday, a juror who has come to be known as “Ms Bristol”, told the court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that she had too many commitments …

TMZ reports: Joe Exotic is explaining why he finally filed for divorce from husband Dillon Passage … he wants to get hitched to a new guy he met behind bars!!! The Netflix star’s lawyer, Autumn Blackledge, tells TMZ Joe’s new love interest is a man named John Graham, and the prison romance is the reason Exotic recently filed divorce docs …

TMZ reports: The so-called “gay” dog that was given up by its owners over perceived homosexual behavior now has a new home — and that pad is very LGBTQ-friendly – as is his new name! North Carolina’s Steve Nichols tells TMZ he and his longtime partner, John, adopted Fezco Tuesday after hearing the story about him getting abandoned by his …

Charlotte’s CW affiliate reports: A local shelter dog is looking for a soft landing after being dumped by his owners for being “gay.” A Stanly County Animal Shelter Facebook post says the dog’s owners surrendered him to the shelter after he humped another male dog. Fezco, the shelter says, is about four to five years old and weighs about 50 …

Newsweek reports: A social media personality has gone viral with an over-the-top performance of a rap song calling for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alex Stein, of Dallas, Texas, can be seen rapping in front of a televised North Texas city council meeting. The songs’ lyrics include, “Put a bullet in Putin’s brain,” and “Vladimir Putin needs to …

Chicago’s ABC News affiliate reports: A young mother is dead after her toddler accidentally shot and killed her Saturday in Dolton, according to police. A family’s life was changed in an instant while sitting in a Food-4-Less parking lot. Police said a 3-year-old boy got hold of a gun in the back seat of his parent’s car and began playing …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump explained why he plays “Y.M.C.A.,” which he called the “gay national anthem,” at parties at his Florida estate and country club. After he was asked what his go-to song is, Trump said he is a big fan of Broadway music, but that he is also fond of Village People’s 1978 hit “Y.M.C.A.” “You know …