Idiocracy

Cultists Claim God Is Punishing Los Angeles Dodgers

Sports Illustrated reports: A photo of how Dodger Stadium looked during Tropical Storm Hilary on Sunday has gone viral. Amid the stormy conditions, photographer Victor Katona and pilot Esteban Jimenez flew in a helicopter over Los Angeles and captured some videos. The video of Dodger Stadium made it look like Chavez Ravine had flooded due to all the rain. That …

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Musk Blocks Prominent Cultists In Blocking Argument

The Wrap reports: On Friday, Elon Musk appeared to announce plans to remove the block feature from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. A number of users responded, including conservative actor James Woods, who said he would likely leave the platform if the feature is taken away. Musk was quick to fire back at Woods’ claim and tweeted back, …

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“Tan Mom” Launches Senate Challenge To Rick Scott

TMZ reports: Tan Mom is throwing her hat in the ring to become the next U.S. Senator from the state of Florida. Patricia Krentcil, the government name we assume she’d use in D.C., filed paperwork Monday with the Federal Elections Commission to officially run for U.S. Senate in 2024. Patricia says she forged a bond with the LGBTQ+ community during …

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Musk: I’m Driving To Zuck’s House To Challenge Him

Mediaite reports: Another day, another Nerd War update. Just as the cage fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk appeared to be called off, Musk reignited the feud with plans to drive to the Facebook CEO’s home Monday night. As the lure of the fight began to grow larger, it appeared Musk’s excitement dwindled. He said that Italy would be …

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Zuckerberg To Musk: It’s Time To Put Up Or Shut Up

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk says he’s ready to rumble. In a screenshotted text sent to his biographer Walter Isaacson, Musk challenged Mark Zuckerberg to an MMA fight on Monday. And — per the text — he’s even willing to cede the home octagon advantage. “Wanna do a practice bout at your house next week?” Musk asked. Zuckerberg — evidently sick …

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Lawsuit: Crypto Lobbyist Wanted To Buy Pacific Island Nation To Build Apocalypse Bunker For Tech Billionaires

CNBC reports: Sam Bankman-Fried’s younger brother, who was a top lobbyist for failed crypto exchange FTX, considered purchasing the island nation of Nauru in the Pacific to create a fortified apocalypse bunker state, a lawsuit filed in Delaware bankruptcy court shows. Gabe Bankman-Fried was looking at buying Nauru in the “event where 50%-99.99% of people die” to protect his philanthropic …

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Ben Shapiro Buys Barbie And Ken Dolls To Burn Them

The Independent reports: The outspoken conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has called Greta Gerwig’s widely praised Barbie movie “horrific” and one of the worst films he’s ever seen. The 39-year-old, who has previously criticised the likes of Glass Onion and The Last of Us, did not hold back on the critically praised film, which he “shitshow” and accused it of using …

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Aldean’s Video Uses Old Protests From Other Countries

PolitFact reports: PolitiFact dissected the video and found that although many of the clips we were able to verify do come from news footage of real events, many of the scenes depicting crowd violence are from outside the U.S., including Ukraine, Germany and Canada, with one dating as far back as 2010. Protesters run down fiery street (1:35): We found …

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Gaetz’s Wife: Boycott Barbie Because Ken Is “Low T”

Mediaite reports: Ginger Gaetz, the wife of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), advised her Twitter followers to skip the much-talked about Barbie movie — despite attending the film’s Washington, D.C. premiere. On Tuesday, Mrs. Gaetz posted pictures of the couple posing on the pink carpet, along with a photo showing her inside a life-size Barbie box. But despite the smiling images …

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Cruz Claims Barbie Movie Is “Chinese Propaganda”

“There’s a scene in ‘Barbie,’ where there is this map of the world, and it’s drawn like with crayon. I mean, it’s really a very simple cartoon. And so they have this blockish thing that is called ‘Asia.’ And then they’ve drawn what are called the nine-dashes. This is Chinese communist propaganda in which the Chinese are asserting sovereignty over …

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The Cult Melts Down Over Fake “Snow White” Photos

The Daily Beast reports: A Daily Mail article featuring what the publication claimed were set photos from Disney’s upcoming live-action Snow White sparked a storm of conservative backlash on Friday, surrounding the “politically correct” “dwarf actors” pictured. The only problem? The photos aren’t legit. When asked by The Daily Beast for comment on the Daily Mail’s article, which touts photos …

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GOP Rep: Humanitarian Aid Isn’t In The Constitution

Mediaite reports: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) suggested on the House floor that because the phrase “humanitarian aid for women and children in Afghanistan” is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, such aid is unconstitutional. On Thursday, the House debated an amendment introduced by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) to the National Defense Authorization Act. The measure would strip funding for …

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Feds Arrest Crypto CEO For Alleged Fraud Scheme

Politico reports: U.S. authorities on Thursday arrested Alex Mashinsky, the former CEO of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network, on fraud charges while regulators levied a host of allegations of their own against him and other executives. In the latest sign that the federal crackdown on crypto is still unfolding, prosecutors alleged in a criminal complaint filed in the Southern …

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Kid Rock Still Sells Bud Light After Machine Gun Stunt

The Daily Beast reports: After Bud Light’s brief partnership with a transgender influencer sparked right-wing outrage, Kid Rock established himself as one of the brand’s strongest critics. But CNN’s recent visit to his signature bar in Nashville— Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk & Rock ‘n’ Roll Steakhouse—told a different story. “Despite the online bravado, and talk of a boycott, …

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Rosanne Barr Claims Ukraine Is Full Of Nazis [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Roseanne Barr screamed at fellow Fox Nation star Piers Morgan during an interview in which she claimed Ukraine is filled with Nazis and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, isn’t a “good” Jew. On the Monday edition of Piers Morgan Uncensored, the Fox Nation host gave Barr the opportunity to clear the air about recent comments she made about the …

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Flight Diverted After Passenger Melts Down Over Meal

The Guardian reports: A United Airlines flight heading from Houston to Amsterdam was diverted to Chicago after an unruly business class passenger interrupted the flight, reportedly because his first meal choice was unavailable. The flight took off at 4.20pm local time in Houston on Sunday, and was in Chicago airspace two hours into the flight. Flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed …

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Jenner Mocks Anti-Trans Pundit As Having “Breasts”

Mediaite reports: Transgender Republican Caitlyn Jenner complimented an anti-trans pundit’s “breasts” and asked if he was “transitioning” on Sunday after he accused former President Donald Trump of being “as pro-trans” as President Joe Biden. John Cardillo — a conservative commentator and former Trump supporter who now supports Trump’s rival Ron DeSantis —lashed out at Trump in a Twitter post on …

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Elon Musk Proposes “Literal Dick Measuring Contest”

The Daily Beast reports: Twitter owner Elon Musk abandoned all subtlety Sunday night as his beef with rival billionaire Mark Zuckerberg reached a head, with the Tesla CEO asking for a “literal dick measuring contest” between the tech titans. The awkward request comes after Zuckerberg’s Meta debuted a Twitter clone, called Threads, that puts the original microblogging site in danger …

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Politico: Republicans Have “Declared War On Barbie”

Politico reports: In a Barbie world, who controls the South China Sea? That’s the question a handful of Republican lawmakers — not to mention much of Southeast Asia — is asking thanks to a background detail in the upcoming “Barbie” movie due out later this month. The detail in question is a dashed line drawn on a map off the …

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Fox News Host: Arm Retail Workers To Stop Shoplifters

“You’d want people to kind of know what they were doing. You’d want armed people to be doing it and to do it. But it is amazing that you have all of this concern about liability where it sorts of cuts against the employees. What about the liability for the employees? You’re creating — I think the legal term is …

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