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09/06/2026

09/06/2026

Washington taxed imported beef. Beef got expensive.

Now Washington is pushing below-cost imports into the market to fix the prices it caused — and cattle producers are the ones eating it.

The U.S. herd is the smallest since 1951. One in five producers has shut down since 2017.

09/06/2026

The government stifles creativity.

09/06/2026

The Two Kids Who Stacked Under One Coat to Sneak Into the Movies

An absurd viral shot has continued to do the rounds online, showing what is very obviously just two kids stacked up on top of each other inside a single oversized trench coat. The whole cheeky plan was simply to buy one cinema ticket rather than two. The suspiciously tall figure, complete with a beige coat and a fedora perched slightly too high, is caught mid that stiff "I am definitely one adult" pose.

Everyone immediately knew what they were looking at here, of course, as it is the same classic gag that whole generations had grown up watching play out in their cartoons. The shot itself was actually taken back in February 2018, at a movie theater over in California, with the two hopeful boys attempting the trick to sneak into a screening of Black Panther.

Sadly for them, the sharp-eyed theater manager and the ticket staff had all spotted the little ruse right away. They simply told the disguised little pair that they had to "get down" then buy two separate tickets after all. The relatable moment also resonated hard, with one commenter admitting they had always wanted to try the exact same thing as a kid.

09/06/2026

A U.S. Army colonel questioned America’s relationship with Israel — and suddenly he was removed from his Pentagon position.

Col. Nathan McCormack served as the Levant and Egypt branch chief inside the Joint Staff’s strategic-planning directorate, where his work involved Middle East policy and Israel.

In 2025, reporting uncovered a semi-anonymous social-media account attributed to McCormack in which he described Israel as a “death cult” and America’s “worst ally.”

He also wrote:

“I’ve lately been considering whether we might be Israel’s proxy and not realized it yet.”

Soon afterward, the Pentagon announced that McCormack would be removed from the Joint Staff and returned to the Army while his posts were investigated.

One correction matters: he was not himself a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and this happened in June 2025, not this week.

Military officers are subject to professional standards that civilians are not.

Still, the episode raises a legitimate question:

How much room exists inside America’s national-security establishment for senior officials to publicly challenge the U.S.-Israel relationship before that criticism threatens their careers?

09/06/2026

Rep. Thomas Massie introduced an amendment seeking to eliminate $3.3 billion in annual U.S. security assistance to Isr*el. 🇺🇸🏛️

Massie’s July 2026 amendment would have prohibited funds in the State Department spending bill from being used for Isr*el and reduced the Foreign Military Financing account by $3.3 billion. The proposal reflected growing congressional debate over U.S. assistance to Isr*el, but the House rejected it 314–104, with 10 lawmakers voting present. Massie was the only Republican to support the amendment, joined by 103 Democrats.



References:
CBS News: House Vote To End Isr*el Aid Divides Democrats, With 103 Voting To Cut Off Funding.
The Guardian: House Defeats Bid To End Military Aid To Isra*l As Over 100 Democrats Vote For It.
U.S. House Republican Cloakroom: Massie Amendment No. 8 — July 15, 2026 Vote Results.

09/06/2026

A court ruling like this sounds almost unbelievable until you look at what the judges were actually deciding.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the Constitution does not itself guarantee a fundamental right to clean drinking water. The case came from Jackson, Mississippi, where residents alleged that government failures exposed them to lead-contaminated water while officials assured them it was safe.

The residents argued that this violated their constitutional right to bodily integrity. But the court’s majority said existing constitutional protections in this area cover more direct physical intrusions, and that mismanagement of a municipal water system does not fit within those precedents.

Importantly, the ruling does not mean Americans have no legal protections for drinking water. Federal laws such as the Safe Drinking Water Act still regulate public water systems, and people may have other routes through environmental laws, state law or tort claims. The decision specifically concerns whether clean water is a right guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution itself.

The decision was divided. Judge Catharina Haynes and four other judges argued that the residents’ allegations were serious enough to proceed further, comparing aspects of the case to the Flint water crisis.

So the disturbing distinction here is legal rather than scientific: something can be absolutely essential for human survival without automatically being recognized as a fundamental constitutional right.

Clean water is necessary for life. Whether the law recognizes access to it as a constitutional right is an entirely different question.

Source: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Sterling v. City of Jackson, September 4, 2026.