VOL. I · NO. 8587FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 20265¢

THE EDITION

Friday, September 4, 2026

113 stories filed by the Buffoon Desk.

CULTURE Hotel Workers Reveal The Items Guests Often Forget In Their Room — And Some Are Pretty Embarrassing · via HuffPost

WORLD Air Tanzania reverses Moscow flight suspension, resumes service Sept. 7 · via NV

CULTURE Grandparents Can Bend Some Rules With Kids — But This 1 Offense Crosses A Dangerous Line · via HuffPost

WORLD Russian drone strike on Kherson minibus injures 5 people · via NV

CULTURE If You’ve Always Wanted Loafers, Fellow Obsessives Say These Are The Ones To Get · via HuffPost

WORLD Ukraine plans sale of titanium plant seized from Russian oligarch amid strong interest · via NV

WORLD India helps fuel-starved Russia — and brings back the gasoline export tax · via NV

WORLD Lawmaker proposes state protection for wartime security officials even after they leave office · via NV

WORLD HMRC to review over 100,000 tax calculations after technical errors · via The Telegraph

COURTS Anti-abortion activist presses San Diego for evidence behind school speech restrictions · via Courthouse News

WORLD Witkoff, Kushner likely to visit Kyiv Sunday after security doubts · via NV

WHITE HOUSE This Sleek Pill Organizer ‘Is A 10,000% Upgrade' From The Cheap Plastic Ones You've Bought Before · via HuffPost

WORLD U.S. envoy Houston meets Budanov, backs Ukraine’s sovereign, prosperous future · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Don't Mind Me As I Peruse Anthropologie's Delightful Up-To-40%-Off Labor Day Sale · via HuffPost

WORLD Meloni government becomes Italy’s longest-serving since Mussolini · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Maggie Haberman Reveals Who Top Trump Officials Actually ‘Have To Answer To’ · via HuffPost

COURTS Appeals court tosses Coppola’s defamation suit over ‘Megalopolis’ story · via Courthouse News

TARIFFS Which Trump-Supporting States Will Feel Canada’s Tariff Fury? | The Walrus · via The Walrus

COURTS Alina Habba gets Newark mayor’s defamation, false arrest lawsuit dismissed · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE High court rejects bid to give voucher-protecting Prop. 145 ruling lasting weight · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Judge extends pause on ‘unconstitutional’ Trump order, postal rule limiting vote-by-mail · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Putin announced battlefield encirclements that the evidence doesn’t show, but Russia’s real offensive is accelerating elsewhere · via Meduza

WORLD Edmonton, Niagara, Toronto: Are We Ready for Epic Flooding? | The Walrus · via The Walrus

WORLD Two major Russian oil refineries halt operations after Ukrainian strikes – General Staff · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Report Reveals Ominous Sign That Had People 'Freaking Out' At Fox Before Bartiromo Firing · via HuffPost

WORLD Comparing green space for urban cooling, study · via Mongabay

COURTS Judge rules former Facebook exec and author can’t promote tell-all · via Courthouse News

COURTS Federal judge won’t stop Pentagon firing of Stars and Stripes journalists · via Courthouse News

COURTS Tribal fishing dispute in Washington ends in prawn harvest · via Courthouse News

WORLD Scott Bessent met with Russia’s finance minister. Then he said Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy sites were helping fuel a global ‘energy shock.’ · via Meduza

COURTS Texas education board adopts anti-Islam social studies standards · via Courthouse News

COURTS Speaking to judge, Lauren Boebert urges mercy in son’s child abuse case · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE One last time: Legislative Budget Commission meets to discuss immigration, long-term outlook · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Ukrainian military reportedly ordered to hold fire from September 5 to 8 as Witkoff and Kushner visit Moscow · via Meduza

COURTS Nick Shirley sues California over law shielding information of immigration support workers · via Courthouse News

COURTS Bonds, hot jobs report chip away at stocks · via Courthouse News

WORLD Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies say they uncovered a criminal ring tied to scam call centers and led by an official in the Prosecutor General’s Office · via Meduza

COURTS Topped out: Trump runs afoul of Tetris with ‘Build the Wall’ game clone hyping immigration policy · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE The parent caregiver ‘savings’ Arizona is chasing don’t exist — unless care disappears · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Judge criticizes Trump pressure on prosecutors on reflecting pool vandalism charges · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Labor unions are growing, but where depends on state politics · via Stateline

WORLD Zelensky says Ukraine won’t launch airstrikes against Russia during Witkoff and Kushner’s Moscow visit, and wants the same from Russia during their planned trip to Kyiv · via Meduza

COURTS California settles with more companies over use of hazardous waste landfill · via Courthouse News

WORLD Maternity leave is expanding in Bangladesh, but garment workers still struggle for childcare · via Global Voices

COURTS Supreme Court sides with GOP in TV ad rate war · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Hemp entrepreneurs in Florida receive a reprieve — at least for another month · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS Minneapolis ‘Spider-Man’ pleads not guilty to assault charges · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Supporting America’s Ranchers · via White House

WHITE HOUSE As the Trump administration dismantles Temporary Protected Status, Salvadorans may be next · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Colorado ranchers join fight against fossil fuel companies · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Eli Crane scrubs ‘forever wars’ and spending pledges he voted against from campaign website · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Bollin pledges scrutiny of state health department contracts following auditor general report · via Michigan Advance

COURTS Second Circuit cautions lawyer against AI use in $82 million NYC subway injury case · via Courthouse News

COURTS Two senior Reform UK officials step down after undercover donations investigation · via Courthouse News

FACT CHECK Ossoff Ad Takes Collins’ Quote Out of Context · via FactCheck.org

WHITE HOUSE St. Clair County defers decision on investigating health director facing workplace complaints · via Michigan Advance

COURTS Judge rejects Musk bid to halt Minnesota ban on AI nudifying · via Courthouse News

FACT CHECK Ad Attacking N.C. Republican Senate Candidate Uses His Own (Dated) Words Against Him · via FactCheck.org

COURTS Lula tussles with next-generation Bolsonaro as Brazilian presidential race heats up · via Courthouse News

COURTS Trump opens door for Argentina to escalate push for oil-rich Falklands · via Courthouse News

WORLD Marine conservation collides with mining in Indonesia’s biodiversity-rich Moramo Bay · via Mongabay

WORLD Brazil’s Senate passes rare earth minerals regulation, paving the way for boosted exploration · via Mongabay

COURTS Philippine court issues arrest warrant for VP Duterte · via Courthouse News

COURTS US research buoys are caught in currents of change · via Courthouse News

COURTS Millions of Argentines face debt trap amid deregulation, rising costs · via Courthouse News

COURTS Record European fires burn more than 1.25 million acres over summer · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief · via Michigan Advance

WORLD More than 100 flights delayed or canceled at Sochi airport after drone attack, plane refueling restricted · via Meduza

COURTS Hamas urges Arab, Muslim nations to oppose Israeli Gaza removal proposal · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Made in America: Manufacturing, Private Hiring Power Explosive August Jobs Report · via White House

WHITE HOUSE Developers eye Native nations, tribal communities for new data center projects · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov says he regularly spoke with Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin · via Meduza

COURTS August job boom more than triples expectations · via Courthouse News

WORLD The Kyiv Independent: Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s first visit to Kyiv may fall through — Witkoff ‘started to get scared’ · via Meduza

CULTURE The product is the problem: Why Meta’s $17 billion settlement matters beyond America · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE Federal appeals court to consider Louisiana’s arguments for banning telehealth abortion · via Stateline

FACT CHECK Federal Rulemaking: Agencies Continue to Use Good Cause and Other Mechanisms to Forgo Public Comments · via GAO

WORLD Russian drone strikes SBU headquarters in Kyiv, Zelensky says · via Meduza

COURTS French schools struggle to roll out ‘smoke and mirrors’ phone ban · via Courthouse News

CULTURE Taxpayers don’t want to pay for new NFL stadiums – so why did politicians approve billions in subsidies to fund six new ones? · via The Conversation

CULTURE Dog parks are an antidote to the isolation and divisions that social media can fuel · via The Conversation

CULTURE Essential digital technologies are critical infrastructure – they are not always built and managed that way · via The Conversation

CULTURE Mosquitoes are picky eaters – we studied 3 common South Florida species to learn why they like some people more than others · via The Conversation

CULTURE Farmer-poet Wendell Berry’s environmental ethics were deeply rooted in his Christian faith and belief in caring for creation · via The Conversation

WORLD As Indonesia’s wildfires rage, haze spreads farther across Southeast Asia · via Mongabay

COURTS Déjà vu all over again · via Courthouse News

CULTURE What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status · via The Conversation

WORLD Illegal gold mining continues in Indonesia’s Aceh despite government crackdown pledge · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE An out-of-state private equity firm shouldn’t have ownership of 13 Michigan dams · via Michigan Advance

WORLD South Korea’s ‘sea women’ seek justice after marine habitat devastated by harbor work · via Mongabay

CULTURE Yonder Radio: Missouri Folk Art, the National Grange, and the World Nomad Games · via Daily Yonder

CULTURE Q&A: Marsh Naidoo on Disability Rights for Rural Families · via Daily Yonder

CULTURE All 56 Federal Broadband Plans Approved. Construction Comes Next · via Daily Yonder

WORLD Study analyzes danger of parasites to Bengal tigers in South Asia · via Mongabay

WORLD As family farms decline and the climate heats up, farmers weigh what to do with their land · via Grist

WORLD Russian strike on Ukraine’s Odesa damages residential buildings, killing one and injuring several · via Meduza

WORLD With the midterms looming, Trump has no real way out of his gas price problem · via Grist

WHITE HOUSE FEMA is off the chopping block. But disaster aid is still a guessing game. · via Stateline

WORLD Germany begins mass production of attack drones for Ukraine · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE U-M’s proposed computing center draws concerns over role in nuclear weapons modernization · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Ukrainian drones attack Russia’s Black Sea coast, sparking a fire at an oil depot · via Meduza

WORLD AfD lawmaker attacks Germany’s ‘cult of guilt’ ahead of Saxony-Anhalt vote · via NV

WORLD Ukraine's Defense Intelligence alleges disinformation campaign amid SBU conflict · via NV

WORLD Ukrainian Navy strikes Russian support vessel NEFRIT in Sochi port · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Trump DOJ charges ICE agent with lying about Minneapolis shooting · via Newsweek

WORLD Genetic road map offers hope for threatened Visayan spotted deer · via Mongabay

WORLD RDK's Kaplunov: SBU head Poklad tried to discredit Budanov, Tymur special unit · via NV

WORLD Ukrainian forces strike Russian BK-16 landing craft in occupied Crimea – General Staff · via NV

WORLD Russian attack kills one worker and wounds five in Dnipro · via NV

WORLD Ukraine to resubmit parcel tax bill tied to billions in EU and IMF aid · via NV

WORLD ISW maps show Russian offensive has sharply slowed · via NV

WORLD Russian Aerospace Forces officer tied to 2024 Okhmatdyt strike shot near Saratov · via NV

TARIFFS Anker Unveils THUS AI Chip Across Five Audio Models At IFA 2026 · via Forbes

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