Massive fire engulfs Kimberly-Clark toilet paper warehouse in California
Excerpt: “All you had to do was pay us enough to live. There goes your inventory.”
Me again: Mos def, play the audio-video, but there’s also this print coverage, which comes with a giggleworthy headline claiming the warehouse “served 50-million people”
Trump wants to slash federal funding for public transit
California man is arrested for repainting dangerous intersection
Secret docs: Neo-Nazi group’s newest member is ex-Navy SEAL tied to war crimes case
Sam Altman’s home hit with Molotov cocktail, 20-year-old man arrested
AND NOW THE NEWS #597
SATURDAY,
APRIL 11, 2026
Newly obtained video of Minneapolis shooting undermines ICE account, of course
All the standard ICE lies are in this California shooting
Excerpt: As officers approached the car, Hernandez “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over,” according to Lyons.
ICE officers “fired defensive shots to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and the public,” Lyons said.
Me again: This will turn out to be bullshit — more ICE lies to protect ICE cops. ICE shot this guy only because ICE is full of Proud Boys who can’t think without a gun.
And like clockwork, here’s dashcam footage
Man was wounded by ICE officers more than half a dozen times, attorney says
Judge tells border officers (again!) that they can’t arrest migrants without real warrants
They can arrest migrants without real warrants. It happens every day.
Trump regime appoints pizzagate wingnut as immigration ‘judge’
Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say
North Carolina: Two Durham elementary students detained by ICE, deported to Honduras within 48 hours
Excerpt: “This family was lured into the check-in office under a false pretense of safety, and they were ripped away from their lives, from their school and deported in about 48 hours,” said Andreina Malki, defense manager with Siembra NC, at a press conference in Durham.
ICE pulled Medicaid data despite court order
LA teen loses eye after being shot by US agent at No Kings march, lawyer says
The rules of journalism often stand in the way of journalism, as in this case. I’ve read plenty over months about USC student Tucker Collins losing his eye after being shot by feds with a ‘rubber bullet’. It happened and it’s a fact — so the headline doesn’t need “lawyer says” tacked on at the end.
My first reaction is, no way — Big Money drives the World Cup, and Trump & the Republicans don’t mess with Big Money. But Trump is bonafide bonkers, and he’s done plenty stupider than this bright idea.
ICE acknowledges it is using powerful spyware
Excerpt: Graphite uses what is known as “zero click” technology so that it can gain access to encrypted messages on a targeted device even if the user never clicks on a link.
Republicans sue to curtail overseas voting
Trump regime pulls out of civil rights settlements backing trans students
Boise responds to Pride flag ban with rainbow poles
Louisiana Republicans race to eliminate an elected office won by an exonerated black man
Excerpt: A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in.
Calvin Duncan won 68% of the vote last November to become the Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court after pledging to reform the justice system based on his own experience fighting to access court records while in maximum security prison.
Duncan rebuilt his life, in part by running for and winning the clerk’s office. But Louisiana Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted to scrap Duncan’s new job as part of a broader GOP effort to streamline the judiciary in New Orleans, a Democratic hub with a predominantly Black electorate
Stung by voters, Republican legislators move to curb citizen initiatives
Jury acquits Cal State University lecturer of assaulting a federal officer
DOJ targets key January 6 witness against Trump
Republican sheriff who seized a half-million ballots says he may do it again
Florida AG says state laws preventing funding to religious schools are unconstitutional
Read the article, to meet a genuine wingnut who ought to be disbarred instead of being AG.
Here’s Article 1, Section 3 of Florida’s Constitution:
“There shall be no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or safety. No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.”
Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December
… But we’ve always been told that automatic voter registration is impossible.
Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes
New evidence further implicates US missiles in strikes that killed 21 civilians in Iran
Trump team explores punishment for NATO countries that don’t support Iran war
‘We were not ready for this’: Lebanon’s emergency system is hanging by a thread
Trump’s ballroom project gets free foreign steel as part of kickback plan
Excerpt: The White House has not disclosed details of the donation, but Mr. Trump said last October that he had been offered a donation of steel for the ballroom valued at $37 million.
The president’s comments came just days before the White House made adjustments to its tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal, by cutting in half the tariffs applied to exports of automotive steel from its Canadian plant.
Trump Pardons Czar claims executive privilege in bid to evade misconduct charges
Trump posts graphic video of woman’s murder by hammer attack, blames Democratic immigration policies
Second ex-staffer accuses Republican lawmaker of sending sexually explicit messages
Dem Rep Swalwell faces sex assault accusations and calls to quit Governor’s race
Goes without saying he should resign from Congress. Nothing of value would be lost; politically, he’s just another blah Democrat and there are soooo many…
Amanda Ungaro was an Epstein child-rape victim who later became the girlfriend of Paolo Zampolli, a forever Trump pal. When Zampolli & Ungaro were on the outs, he had her deported as a favor from ICE. Zampolli is also the charmer who brought Melania then-Knauss now-Trump from Slovenia to the US and introduced her & Trump, so hmmmm…
Melania Trump slams baseless reports linking her to wrong wealthy pedophile
Trump orders CNN to take down its Iran coverage
After Stephen Colbert exits CBS in May, network will lease timeslot to Byron Allen
New York Times pitchbot: Trump’s threat of Armageddon raises eyebrows in some liberal circles.
RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel’s charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks
Secretary of Health and Human Services RFK Jr launches podcast to “expose medical lies”
‘Masquerading as a university’: inside the brazen right-wing plan to conquer American schools
Trump regime is trying to steal $21 billion earmarked for better broadband
America first? Paramount finalizes $24 billion in middle east backing for Warner Bros deal
Newly created Polymarket accounts win big on well-timed Iran ceasefire bets
Amazon bricks first-gen Kindles
Trump is robbing you to pay for his dumb war
JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election
Alabama man who reported sheriff’s misuse of funds is arrested for marijuana possession
Alabama cops haven’t said why they chased driver into wreck, killing four people
San Diego Police Department disqualifies the vast majority of complaints from independent oversight
Wrongful-death lawsuit in LA police killing of 14-year-old girl to begin trial
DC renter says she was arrested for teaching fellow tenants about their rights
Half of Colorado sheriff’s office indicted on charges, including abuse of a corpse, authorities say
Doubleheader: Florida ex-cop who’s now a pastor is arrested on child molestation charges
Mental health crisis response under alleged scrutiny after Kentucky cops kill woman
Michigan police say they don’t enforce immigration — then call ICE, CBP
11,000 cops from around the world demand no jail for New York man found guilty of manslaughter
NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran gets 3 to 9 years prison time for hurling cooler that killed fleeing suspect
Over stolen car, North Carolina cops chase driver into fatal wreck
South Carolina cop accused of seeking money to dismiss tickets
Tennessee police chief resigns after he’s caught on video slapping man in wheelchair
New deputy fired, accused of trying to deliver drugs to inmate in Virginia prison
Testing suggests Google’s AI Overviews tell millions of lies per hour
Excerpt: Looking up information on Google today means confronting AI Overviews, the Gemini-powered search robot that appears at the top of the results page. AI Overviews has had a rough time since its 2024 launch, attracting user ire over its scattershot accuracy, but it’s getting better and usually provides the right answer. That’s a low bar, though. A new analysis from The New York Times attempted to assess the accuracy of AI Overviews, finding it’s right 90 percent of the time. The flip side is that 1 in 10 AI answers is wrong, and for Google, that means hundreds of thousands of lies going out every minute of the day.
Me again: Part of the reason I no longer Google.
Deepfake nudes are haunting America’s teens
The New York Times got played by a telehealth scam and called it the future of AI
Associated Press dumps journalists for AI
Axios used AI to fake an opinion poll
Excerpt: A recent Axios story on maternal health policy referred to “findings” that a majority of people trusted their doctors and nurses. On the surface, there’s nothing unusual about that. What wasn’t originally mentioned, however, was that these findings were made up.
Clicking through the links revealed (as did a subsequent editor’s note and clarification by Axios) that the public opinion poll was a computer simulation run by the artificial intelligence start-up Aaru. No people were involved in the creation of these opinions.
The practice Aaru used is called silicon sampling, and it’s suddenly everywhere. The idea behind silicon sampling is simple and tantalizing. Because large language models can generate responses that emulate human answers, polling companies see an opportunity to use A.I. agents to simulate survey responses at a small fraction of the cost and time required for traditional polling.
Sam Altman says it’ll take another year before ChatGPT can start a timer
‘Cognitive surrender’ is a new and useful term for how AI melts brains
Wanna buy a smart smart stove or washer?
Head of US Environmental Protection Agency gives keynote address at climate deniers conference
‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds
Greenland’s ice is melting faster than ever, and scientists are alarmed
California pastor admits sexually assaulting girl
Doubleheader: Florida ex-cop who’s now a pastor is arrested on child molestation charges
Idaho man sentenced to 70 years for sex crimes involving children from his church
Anti-LGBTQ+ Christian author indicted on child sex abuse charges in Ohio
South Carolina pastor, wife arrested on child abuse charges
Texas: Church of Acts pastor Ryan Peña charged with sexually abusing girls in his family
Virgin Islands pastor accused of sex crimes against girl
Teen models, powerful men and private dinners: when Trump hosted Look of the Year
Flying Fred Curry
high-flying wrestler
Michael Robert Dehart
forgotten person
Dan DeVaul
jackass & saint
Salome J. Lares
forgotten person
Davey Lopes
baseballer, Los Angeles Dodgers
Michael Patrick
writer, My Left Nut
George Tupper
yellow fever
Jim Whittaker
climbed Mount Everest
Nothing will meaningfully improve
until billionaires fear for their lives.
4/11/2026
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