The White House has defended strikes on Iran, stating that the country’s leaders are “paying for their crimes against America.” The Onion examines the myths and facts surrounding President Trump’s war.
MYTH: As commander-in-chief, Trump has the authority to take military action.
FACT: It is unconstitutional for a U.S. president to declare war without the approval of the Knesset.
MYTH: These strikes could lead to a long war.
FACT: It depends how many decades you consider “long.”
MYTH: God anointed Donald Trump to wage war on Iran.
FACT: God anointed Donald Trump to cut funding to Sesame Street.
MYTH: A war between the U.S. and Iran is necessary for Jesus Christ to return in glory.
FACT: Jesus is holding out until Paraguay and Kyrgyzstan finally go at it.
MYTH: These attacks will lead to retaliatory strikes on U.S. citizens.
FACT: Wait, shit, really?
MYTH: These strikes will diminish America’s standing on the world stage.
FACT: Hey, if they were still with us up until now, God bless.
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HOUSTON—Paralyzed with fear at the unexpected sight of the miniature figurine, Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant reportedly screamed in terror Tuesday after unexpectedly coming face-to-face with a bobblehead version of himself. “Who…who are—what do you want from me?” said the visibly trembling 15-time all-star, who nervously backed away from the tiny novelty doppelgänger as it stared in unblinking silence, its head nodding in a slow, chilling rhythm. “Speak, impostor! Why do you have my face? What are your intentions? Please, just don’t hurt me. I-I-I can give you money if you want money. Or anything else! God, please, just let me be.” Witnesses later confirmed that a blood-covered, knife-wielding Durant had wandered into a team meeting and muttered, “The other Kevin made me do it,” to no one in particular.
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If the body of Beatrice Fagan, 88, is not claimed within one year, her corpse will be sold at a state-sponsored auction.
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TEHRAN — The United States Air Force confirmed a major strategic victory in Iran this week after it utilized a $30 million smart bomb to destroy one of Iran's used $3,200 Toyota pickup trucks.

MILWAUKEE, WI — Sources revealed that Stephany Sumner, 37, was entirely unable to restrain herself from talking about how much she loved coffee after taking a sip of chocolate milk with a single drop of espresso in it.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Faced with the threat of their total annihilation, the Islamic Republic of Iran reportedly contacted the White House on Thursday to ask if they could "please have Joe Biden back."

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With tensions rising both domestically and around the world, members of the United States Congress gave the American people a solemn pledge to work tirelessly to expose all sex criminals who aren't in Congress.

BATESVILLE, IN — In what many called a brazen attack on cherished American values, the Ripley County Board of Commissioners announced that it had elected to replace a local 4-way stop with one of those roundabouts.
If you were hoping to read some uplifting news today, get ready to smile, because one of Hollywood’s biggest icons has shared an absolutely heartwarming update about their personal life: Whoopi Goldberg just announced that she has received a brand new email.
Congratulations, Whoopi!!! How incredibly exciting that must be for her!
In a video posted to her official Instagram page earlier today, Whoopi Goldberg revealed that she woke up to discover her Gmail inbox had a very exciting notification waiting to be discovered: a completely new, unread email, just for her. The famed EGOT winner and The View host expressed how she felt overwhelmingly grateful for the opportunity to have a new email to read, and that it’s been one of the greatest blessings she’s experienced in life. Not wanting to take the email for granted, Whoopi said that she plans to open it when the time feels right, explaining that “most people wait a lifetime for something as wonderful as a new email, so I want to appreciate every moment of this experience.”
“Receiving a new email seems like something that only happens in the movies—but it’s not the movies, it’s my life, and by the grace of God, I’ve been fortunate enough to have a new email happen to me,” Goldberg continued in the video, wiping away tears of joy as she held up an iPad displaying her Gmail inbox for viewers to see her new email. “Whatever the email says doesn’t matter. I may decide to share that information with you. I may not. Merely receiving it has already changed my life. It’s like I was seeing the world in black-and-white my whole life, and getting this new email finally let me see the world in color for the very first time. For now, all I’ll say is that the email was sent by someone named HelloFresh.”
“If this experience has taught me anything, it’s that you never know when your Gmail inbox might surprise you with a small miracle such as an email. It happened to me, and it could happen to you too. Never give up hope. In life, when the going gets tough, remember that there are so many reasons to stay optimistic, like email.”
We’re literally ugly crying right now. We couldn’t be happier for Whoopi! Make sure to hop on social media and congratulate Whoopi on her new email today, because, well, this is simply as amazing as it gets. If anyone deserves something as exciting as a new email, it’s Whoopi Goldberg! You go, Whoopi!!!
This is such a huge win for indecisive people. If you haven’t decided whether you want a receipt for gas or not, this gas pump will let you select ‘maybe’ to reflect your uncertainty. We hope this option comes to gas pumps everywhere sometime soon!
Well folks, as if you needed another thing to worry about, here is something very concerning: This bottle of pills in an Asian grocery store just has the word “DIARRHEA” in the Matrix font above a picture of Keanu Reeves in sunglasses.
Yikes. Who exactly is buying these pills, and…why?
Even a close examination of this highly questionable product found on the shelves of Asia Mart in Cincinnati, Ohio reveals very little useful information about what horrific purpose these pills could be meant for. The poorly printed graphics and low-quality label only make the product seem sketchier, and outside of the word “DIARRHEA” on the front, the only other English on the entire bottle are the words, “The time has came,” on the back next to a picture of the Predator. While there are some additional Asian characters below the English text, five different online translators were unable to recognize what language this could be. And at $16 for 4 giant pills, this definitely isn’t just some run-of-the-mill herbal diarrhea cure. Its packaging seems to imply some sort of diarrhea journey, perhaps one that makes the user feel as if they’ve been sucked into an adventure in a strange, computer-generated alternate reality.
Um yeah, we don’t want to narc on anyone, but we might be calling the health department here.
Look, people are free to experiment with whatever substances they want as long as they aren’t hurting anyone, but this…this is definitely hurting someone. We feel like we need to buy all of this stuff just to make sure no one else takes it—but who knows if we might be tempted by Keanu’s outstretched hand promising whatever mind-melting diarrhea experience these might offer. There may be no way to keep the world safe from whatever it is these pills do.
A potentially tragic story is currently unfolding that could have a seismic impact on American pop culture if it turns out to be what we think it is: This crime report keeps referring to a victim as John “The Rock” Doe.
While we can’t jump to any conclusions just yet, we’re praying this isn’t what it sounds like.
According to a crime report released this morning by the Los Angeles police department, a hit-and-run victim was admitted to a morgue in Hollywood last night who could only be identified as “a bald, muscular 53-year-old male, 6 feet five inches tall and weighing 260 pounds.” The report says that the deceased victim showed signs of having starred in the films The Tooth Fairy, Black Adam, and The Smashing Machine, but that no further information on his identity was available at this time, and that they were treating him as a John “The Rock” Doe pending further investigation.
Yikes. When you start piecing everything together, you start getting a pretty dire picture of what’s going on here.
“While the victim is currently being referred to as John ‘The Rock’ Doe until we can confirm his identity, officials have advised that the victim would prefer to be referred to simply as John Doe for now so that the public can more easily separate his current acting career from his former career as a professional wrestler,” LAPD Detective Brandon Longshire said in a press conference this morning. “At this time, we’re asking anyone who knows an individual who might have appeared in several films from the Fast And Furious franchise who have gone missing in the last 24 hours to please come forward to smell what this anonymous victim is cooking and hopefully make a positive ID sooner rather than later.”
Absolutely hypothetically devastating. While there’s clearly still a lot that the police don’t know and there are many details yet to be confirmed, we’re not going to sit here and pretend that this situation doesn’t sound pretty bleak. The more we about this John “The Rock” Doe, the more it sounds like the entertainment world is in for some very sad news. Here’s hoping we’re wrong and that this dead body is just some anonymous huge bald guy that nobody cares about!

USNS Mercy – The entire crew of the USS Breault has been placed in a medical stand-down after reporting erections lasting more than four hours, sources confirmed today.
"We were doing some … stuff, and then boom. My dick got hard," said Torpedoman's Mate 2nd Class Timmy Jimenez. "It was abnormal, like we finally got to do something we were always thinking about doing, and then it happened. But then my dick just stayed like that."
Being erect on a submarine isn't anything new. In fact, the standard operating procedure for most scenarios involves an erect penis or engorged clitoris. What's abnormal is when it lasts more than four hours, let alone across an entire crew.
"Fifth Fleet is ensuring the safety of our sailors first and foremost," said Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw while his left hand held something in his pocket. "We are fully committed to handling the medical emergency onboard until they can go home to their families."
Mercy’s skipper, Capt. Charles Dickerson, told reporters the erections were “moderately contagious.”
“Prolonged contact with amine and Otto fuel has caused uncontrollable erections among medical staff in contact with the crew,” Dickerson said while holding a clipboard over his belt buckle. “We have to treat sailors in shifts, no longer than 30 minutes per person, to avoid proximity boners.”
Reports from the Mercy’s crew describe the seriousness of the situation. According to Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Peter Johnson, several sailors’ dicks hit the weapons shipping hatch as they departed, which “sounded like an alarm bell going off.”
Navy officials say the emergency stop came for both practical and humanitarian reasons. Sailors may lose their genitalia if the erections aren’t controlled, but that creates a secondary threat: counter-detection.
“We found that after a confirmed kill, the collective moaning of the crew is actually detectable on sonar,” said Capt. Richard Ortega, commanding officer of the USS McFaul. “This is completely unprecedented in anti-submarine warfare, since we typically have to resort to active sonar or helicopter sweeps. But you could just stick your head in the water and hear the cries of pleasure. Or the screams of trapped Iranians.”

Several torpedomen aboard the USS Breault have reportedly lost their genitalia due to the crisis.
“Worth it,” said Torpedoman's Mate 3rd Class Samantha “Sea Bass” Bourne.
The “coners” — the submariners who do the actual work on the boat — appear to be affected the most. But even the nuclear technicians aft have reported significant erections.
Engineering Laboratory Technician 1st Class Bill “Mandozer” Mendoza attributed the severity to the historic nature of the event: “They sank a frigate with a fucking erect torpedo for the first time since World War II.”
After being administered cigarettes, Rip-Its, and vapes, the crew is expected to make a full recovery.

WASHINGTON — Following the commencement of renewed U.S. military operations in the Middle East, defense experts lamented that the Pacific was once again not pivoted to.
"It's like no matter what we do, no matter how hard we try, the United States just won't commit to pivoting to us," said Chinese Minister of National Defense Adm. Dong Jun. "I'm starting to think America doesn't care about Great Power Competition at all."
America’s rivals in the Pacific have long sought to attract the U.S. military’s eye. But aside from an occasional National Defense Strategy and a cyber attack or two, the Pacific has consistently played second fiddle to the hotter, more exotic Middle East.
"I flash my nuclear weapons on a monthly basis, but I can't get so much as an airstrike," North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said. "Even when I text pics of my long, thick ICBMs to the secretary of defense, I get left unread."
For over 15 years — even in the midst of active conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan — the U.S. military has touted its desire to shift focus to the Pacific. But now U.S. INDOPACOM analysts fear that with war reigniting in the Middle East, it could be decades before the country considers pivoting to the Pacific again. Resources that were once allocated toward scuba diving, surfing, and whatever else troops stationed in the Pacific do are already being redirected to the Persian Gulf.
"We have the best beaches, the best weather, and you get to be stationed in Hawaii," one INDOPACOM intelligence analyst said. "Why we keep going to war in rugged desert hellholes is beyond me."
Despite these setbacks, America's Pacific enemies remain hopeful they still have a chance to one day be the U.S.'s primary region of focus.
"She'll come running back. She always does," Dong said. "It'll just take a 10-year quagmire and a trillion dollars or so."

TEHRAN — A typo in an early version of a U.S. Central Command operation order has reportedly resulted in what defense officials are calling "the most confusing yet epic psyop of all time."
The scope of the error was not fully understood until early Saturday morning, when Israel and the U.S. began "major military operations" inside Iran under an operation dubbed "Epic Fury." But the operation had been mistakenly labeled Operation Epic Furry on a first-draft document circulated through the Defense Department's secure email system.
Spc. Seth "Klingon" Powers, a psychological operations specialist in the CENTCOM headquarters' psychological operations cell, reportedly saw the title and, without reading the document's text, assumed it was a social media influence campaign.
"As a native Portlander and former Army IT guy, Powers saw 'Epic Furry' and got fully onboard. He thought we were testing cultural destabilization inside the theocracy amid the ongoing protests," a CENTCOM public affairs officer said.
Multiple planned strike locations across Tehran were subsequently shared as party locations through Eventbrite, Partiful and Facebook as "underground furry rave gatherings." The listings were accompanied by neon wolf emojis and captions encouraging attendees to "bring paws, not politics." The hashtag #EpicFurryTehran began trending globally within hours.

Confused local residents who were reportedly bi-curious gathered at several sites wearing improvised animal costumes. Videos circulating online showed dancing crowds illuminated by strobe lights and occasional explosions in the distance. One X user, who declared it "the most epic furry party of all time," said the explosions had been initially confused for an elaborate pyrotechnic show.
The advertisements for the party were so prolific that even Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth saw them.
"I'll be honest," Hegseth said at a press briefing. "I first saw the hashtag while doom-scrolling late at night on the toilet — extreme stress has left me less than optimized for a bowel movement amid all the interdepartmental fighting." He paused. "I saw the energy. I even booked a flight. Packed my wolf outfit. It's a tactical wolf. Very lethal. Very American."
Hegseth said he did not realize something was amiss until he received a message that Epic Fury was go for launch just before boarding his flight.
"I asked if everyone else was on their way to Tehran," he said. "Then the JSOC commander told me to call him on a secure line, and the other commanders started writing, 'Sir, this shit is kinetic,' 'Get off that plane right meow,' and 'Do not go to Tehran!' That's when I finally understood."

WASHINGTON — During his annual State of the Union address to Congress on Wednesday, President Donald Trump promised Americans that he would carry out the “largest quagmire operation in U.S. history” following the launch of a war against Iran.
“We will have a big, beautiful, never-ending war,” Trump said. “It will be the longest and largest ever. Nobody has ever done quagmire like we’re going to do quagmire. The generals tell me that.”
The campaign, tentatively titled Operation War Like Nobody’s Ever Seen, will reportedly combine a massive air assault, multi-division ground invasion, and an undefined end state described by officials as “winning eventually.”
Pentagon planners confirmed the operation would resemble the early stages of the war in Afghanistan but would be “far more tremendous” and “substantially less thought through.”
“We have so many planes, ships, and troops in the region right now,” Trump said. “Nobody’s ever seen anything like it. It’s incredible. And this time, we’re staying.”
Defense officials clarified that “staying” means maintaining an indefinite troop presence until Iran becomes “a stable democracy, a friendly oil partner, or both.”
“Our models suggest a modest commitment of 140,000 troops for roughly a generation,” said Dr. Meredith Klein, an analyst with the RAND Corporation. “The key variable is whether Iran resists. If they don’t, we could be out in under 25 years.”
Senior planners acknowledged privately that the operation has no clear political objective but stressed that objectives can always be defined retroactively.

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — America’s technological leapfrog into drone dominance stalled this week after the cyan ink in the OEM-compatible tank of an Epson Workforce NCC-1701-D ran low, sources confirmed today.
All efforts to build and deploy small, lethal drones for America’s battlefield advantage have been placed on hold until Darrell, a GS-12 IT specialist currently on leave, returns to work and determines why fault code 093-401 is appearing at every launch, despite the cartridge being brand freaking new.
Maj. Trent “Independence” Bunker, a recent graduate of the Air Force’s Artificial Intelligence Top Gun program, insisted nothing in the XQ-58 system should even interface with a printer.
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IT’S claimed that your urge to discover new music stops after 30. Have you really become a tedious old music reactionary, or are a lot of new acts a bit crap, like these?
EsDeeKid
Topping today’s charts is this balaclava-clad council estate resident, suggesting British rap could be dominating the world if we’d just got Jeremy Kyle guests to produce music. The rumour about him being Timothée Chalamet’s alter ego has done a lot for his profile, but it suggests a weird internet mystery fuelled by TikTok morons is more interesting than his music. You’d be inclined to agree.
Benson Boone
The appeal of X Factor novelties can wear off quickly – these days Rhydian and Wagner feel like a fever dream that’s thankfully ended. However across the pond they insist talent show embarrassments are still in demand, and so we have to hear this weasel missing its balls on the radio whether we like it or not. It seems the future is American Idol show tune-core, when we should have cut our losses with Kelly Clarkson.
PinkPantheress
ICYMI: a singer talks over a better Underworld track, wears a lot of tartan, and is generally kitsch. Ms Pantheress tricked the BRIT Awards into thinking she’s our best producer by opening up GarageBand on her iPhone, the equivalent of hitting the irritating DJ keyboard button in music class. The band Klaxons similarly impressed the BRITs before disappearing entirely; let’s hope the same doesn’t happen to her. Or not.
Lola Young
It’s easy to hate products of the BRIT school, especially if you unfairly include this artist’s family connection to the person responsible for the bloody Gruffalo. Lola is noted for saying ‘f**king’ too much, like Gordon Ramsay trapped inside a genre-bending pop-indie hopeful. Whatever’s happening here, it’s perfectly ignorable, even making us wish fellow BRIT annoyances Rizzle Kicks would return. Oh, wait.
Sleep Token
An odd mix of metal, R&B and ambient, all mushed together while wearing scary masks. Hard to describe, but imagine you’re having a sex dream about Slipknot with R Kelly providing the mood music. Metal has always been for losers on the fringes of society, who’ve clearly been starved of embarrassing bands like Iron Maiden for too long and have now latched onto these crooning chancers. Suddenly your old Def Leppard CDs don’t seem so uncool.
sombr
Some musicians appear out of thin air, and sombr suddenly mysteriously appeared on Gen Z social media with the sort of vapid pop only liked by a River Island employee. Once you reach adulthood, sombr’s horny teenager shtick has little relevance, unless you’re looking for a middle-aged crush. For that purpose, brooding, high-cheekboned, 20-year-old sombr is excellent.
Djo
With Tame Impala busy up his own arse missing award ceremonies and thinking he’s a rave godfather, there’s luckily a boring and smug arsehole trying to replicate him. Joe Keery has effortlessly and unfairly tripped into a music career thanks to starring in Stranger Things. Sadly it suggests we’re finally accepting that actors-turned-musicians are all we have left. You’d think we’d have learned our lesson from Bruce Willis.
THE death of a boy’s grandmother has provided a timely opportunity to prepare for the loss of his beloved cat.
The parents of six-year-old Noah Bishop are treating the bereavement as a gentle introduction to mortality before he faces the more devastating prospect of the death of Felix.
His father Martin said: “Obviously it’s been very sad, what with my mum dying and everything. But it’s also turned out to be quite useful.
“Felix is going to die one day, and we’ve been really worried about how Noah will cope. Thankfully he’s had a practice run with his nan.
“In grief terms it’s like her death was an emotional starter and the cat’s will be the main course.”
While many families take a different approach to explaining death to their children, the Bishops believe their tragic loss has worked out quite well.
Mum Eleanor said: “Frankly, Thomas hated visiting his grandma. He thought she was boring and said her house smelled funny. But he absolutely adores that cat.
“I’m just relieved this happened in the right order. Not having to visit the old bat’s stinky bungalow is just a bonus.”
A WAVE of refugees from Dubai is coming, and as ever kind-hearted Britons will do anything they can to help. Here’s how you can give them a home:
Clear the back bedroom
Have you got a largely unused back bedroom, some black mould in corners, that you can open up for an ex-resident of Dubai’s exclusive Il Primo tower? Stack cardboard boxes in a corner as a reminder of their former home and change the sheets if the cat’s been sleeping on them. Leave the exercise bike there, like the gym they used to have.
Secure them a job
Used to a busy lifestyle of maintaining their tax affairs in Dubai, they won’t want to be idle. So get them a minimum-wage evening-and-weekend-shifts position at the local Spar, which will provide not only the dignity of work but a wage and uniform. They’re used to being up late anyway to avoid the punishing desert heat, so it dovetails perfectly.
Provide social opportunities
There may not be 83rd floor cigar bars overlooking the glittering city, but Warrington can provide the same thrills; there’s a flat-roofed pub on the estate which has a lock-in where you can smoke, Jorden hasn’t got a Lamborghini supercar but he has got a pretty modded-up Golf, and Preston Brook Wharf is a lot like Dubai Marina if you’ve had a few.
Substitute leisure activities
Sadly their days of quad-biking around the desert at the weekend are over, but the dunes at Blyth aren’t dissimilar and a stolen BMX can usually be bought for less than £30. And while camels are unavailable, a side-hustle walking rescued greyhounds and picking up their shit will unavoidably remind them of when they used to have disposable income.
Provide their favourite foods
Accustomed to luxury, an approximation of the same can be obtained from any branch of Home Bargains. Snap up bars of Dubai chocolate from the reduced section, get a frozen microwave curry to simulate the dining experience of the Michelin-starred Tresind Studio, and for dessert? Spray a meringue gold with Halfords Gold Metallic Car Spray Paint.
Impose extreme restrictions on free speech
One aspect of Dubai living your guests will certainly miss is not being allowed to criticise their hosts on pain of imprisonment. Reproduce this by threatening to beat the living shit out of them if they dare utter a single word of complaint about their circumstances. Their cringing smiles of fear will really give them – and you – that wonderful Dubai feeling.
A COUPLE meeting up for the third time have already exhausted all the entertaining anecdotes they have to share.
Despite having only been on three dates, potential partners Jack Browne and Lauren Hewitt have already discussed the highlights of their respective lives and now have nothing of interest left to say to each other.
Browne said: “I thought my horizon-expanding trip to Japan would sustain at least a few months of dates. But Lauren’s already glazing over when I talk about riding the Shinkansen to Buddhist temples.
“The time I ran a marathon? Blown on the first date. As was the tale of when I thought I’d won the lottery. I should have known to keep something gripping in reserve, but I was just so pathetically desperate to maintain her attention.
“Now all I’ve got left to discuss is what happened to me during my actual daily life, which is boring as f**k. I’ll save Lauren the hassle of ghosting me by dumping her now.”
Hewitt said: “Jack’s being hasty, we can create our own fun stories. They’ll bring us closer together and when we break up we’ll have something to tell our next dates about.”
AM I being too macho in my handling of the war with Iran? No. Here’s how I plan to make the US military not just the most powerful in the world, but also the most toxically masculine.
Stupider names for soldiers
You may have noticed that I call our guys ‘warfighters’ because ‘soldiers’ isn’t macho enough. However I feel we could come up with something even more aggressive, like ‘totally badass death reapers’. I don’t think that will undermine the gravity of the situation.
Testosterone injections
Testosterone builds the muscles and erratic behaviour men need, so I’m making all our warfighters inject themselves daily with 40 times the amount of testosterone produced by the average 17-year-old. Their levels of aggression are excellent, although we are having problems with pilots missing targets due to masturbating during bombing runs.
More war clichés
I’ve already said ‘War is hell’ and it felt great. Soon I intend to say ‘The only good Iranian is a dead Iranian’ and I’m currently authorising the use of napalm on civilian targets so I can say ‘I love the smell of napalm in the morning’. And yes, I will be shirtless to show off my supposedly ripped torso which actually has weird flabby bits.
More pull-ups
Pull-ups are the true measure of your worth as a man. I can do 50 with ease, and all military personnel will be expected to be able to do the same. All those YouTube videos of me desperately struggling to to get my chin anywhere near the bar are fake news.
Military funerals to celebrate war more
As I’ve already explained, death is inevitable in war, so stop hassling me about it. I also feel that sad military funerals are bad PR, so let’s make them a celebration of US military might. The pastor can give the service from the cockpit of an F-35 parked next to the grave, and as the coffin is lowered into the ground everyone can rock out to Kenny Loggins’ Danger Zone.
No more pussy ‘facts’
Real men rely on their instincts and refuse to get bogged down in sissy details like ‘facts’. Yesterday I claimed an Iranian guy had tried to assassinate Trump but strangely no one had heard of it until then. Was that a lie? It doesn’t matter now we’re not doing facts anymore.
All warfighters to get cool names
In films military personnel have macho nicknames like Mad Dog, Animal Mother and Hangman, but in real life they’re just called Gary and John. So as of today all warfighters will have their names legally changed to something tougher-sounding. From now on I’d thank you to call me Iceman Maverick.
Contrary to what their watertight plots would have you believe, films actually contain false information when it comes to survival. Everyone knows that you can’t ride out a nuclear explosion by hiding in a fridge, but movies contain even worse tips for staying alive. To debunk some big screen myths, ndependentTune3994 put the following question […]
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Just when you’re thinking there’s no-one more loathsome in Trump’s top team than Pistol Pete Hegseth, along comes Stephen Miller – you remember – who emerged from the darkness to lecture the American people on how the White House fights wars. He was really pleased with himself, too. No one else was. Miller spit out […]
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Karoline Leavitt has jumped back on the scene to spit out a new round of brash, angry lectures. In her latest public appearance, Leavitt trotted up to the White House press room podium to parrot talking points about the US attack on Iran. Every question gives her an opportunity to remind the American people that […]
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If Kristi Noem’s face wasn’t made out of forever chemicals, it might’ve melted off after the first day of her Senate hearing. Noem was roasted by members of both parties questioning her methods and results as Homeland Security Secretary. She was asked frequently about her depictions of the victims killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis […]
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