VOL. I · NO. 8601FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 20265¢

THE EDITION

Friday, September 18, 2026

116 stories filed by the Buffoon Desk.

CULTURE Turn Off This 1 iOS 27 Setting Right Away. Apple Can Retain The Data For 2 Years. · via HuffPost

CULTURE The 'Boob Rest' Pose Is So Everywhere It's Already Being Parodied On Red Carpets · via HuffPost

WORLD Kremlin takes control of Auchan, Nestle and former Leroy Merlin assets · via NV

WHITE HOUSE CNN's Dana Bash Takes Aim At 'Gross' Michigan Voter Bias In Poll · via HuffPost

WORLD Ukraine achieved surprise by blinding Russian forces and disrupting logistics · via NV

WORLD Russian strike on Zhytomyr Oblast kills two, injures two · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Arizona Supreme Court strengthens public records law in ruling against U of A · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD Pentagon weighs pulling 25,000 U.S. troops from Europe despite warnings from NATO allies · via NV

CULTURE Win a VIP trip to London with Maldon · via The Telegraph

COURTS ICE accused of continuing warrantless arrests in Oregon despite injunction · via Courthouse News

WORLD Russia begins Duma vote to pave way for draft — The Guardian · via NV

CULTURE Athlete Who Defecated During Hyrox Competition Forfeits Her Win · via HuffPost

WORLD Russia moves armor to Dobropillia, prepares mechanized attacks this fall · via NV

CULTURE The Funniest Tweets From Women This Week · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE Andy Biggs revives Kari Lake’s push for cameras in Arizona classrooms to spot ‘woke’ teachers · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD Kushner questions Putin’s claim Russia can seize all of Donbas within months · via NV

WHITE HOUSE ICE Relies On Hundreds Of Companies. A Texas Mom Is Making Sure We Know Exactly Who They Are. · via HuffPost

COURTS Maui doctor loses bid for new attempted murder trial · via Courthouse News

WORLD Ukraine, U.S., Russia to discuss limited ceasefire during trilateral talks in October · via NV

CULTURE My Light-As-Air $7 Boxer Briefs Have Made The Rest Of My Underwear Drawer Obsolete · via HuffPost

WORLD Kremlin officials fear new mobilization, seek ways to move relatives and assets · via NV

CULTURE This Shark Vacuum Is So Good, It Will 'Make You Wonder' How Clean Your Home Really Is · via HuffPost

COURTS Actress suffers early setback in lawsuit over use of face in ‘Avatar’ · via Courthouse News

COURTS Ninth Circuit strikes down Idaho stock water rules · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Further Enhances Program Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the H-1B Visa Program · via White House

WHITE HOUSE Trump rapid third-country removal policy blocked at appeals court · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Bryan Avila avoids comment on claim Trump’s ‘gone too far’ on deportations · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Zelensky urges U.S. lawmakers to pass Graham’s sanctions bill after Russian guided bomb hit apartment building in northeastern Ukraine, killing two city council employees · via Meduza

COURTS Wall Street turns focus to bonds after Fed rate hike as indexes split · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers · via White House

FACT CHECK FactChecking RFK Jr.’s Children’s Health Defense Keynote · via FactCheck.org

WHITE HOUSE Federal judge dismisses lawsuit over Title X grant funding for pregnancy prevention efforts · via Stateline

WORLD ‘You Belong with Me:’ Taylor Swift has a new genus of bug named after her · via Mongabay

COURTS Seventh Circuit raises eyebrows at challenge to Illinois labor law · via Courthouse News

WORLD How Togolese people are reinventing political protest amid civil society crackdown · via Global Voices

COURTS Trump administration defends firing of James Comey’s daughter · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE David Jolly: A complete ban on data centers in Florida should be ‘on the table’ · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS White House to ban CNN, MS NOW, Politico over ‘fake news’ claims · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Judge says case challenging Trump’s anti-weaponization fund ‘still alive and kicking’ · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Florida bar exam passage rate drops by more than 3% · via Florida Phoenix

WHITE HOUSE Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Lower Drug Prices for All 50 State Medicaid Programs · via White House

COURTS Police move Ceuta migrants off beaches in Spanish enclave · via Courthouse News

COURTS Russians vote as Ukraine war drags on for fifth year · via Courthouse News

COURTS Macron orders protection of France’s infrastructure against Russian hybrid attacks · via Courthouse News

COURTS Fighting uproots 112,000 in Yemen, thousands flee to Djibouti: UN · via Courthouse News

COURTS Judge dismisses Minnesotans’ civil rights suit against ICE · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE High stakes embezzlement case against former GOP Michigan House speaker goes to trial next week · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Rural women who got C-sections more likely to be prescribed opioids at home, study finds · via Stateline

COURTS Judge blocks Trump’s $600 million cuts to DEI grant funding for teachers · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Trump Delivers Historic Victories for America’s Hunters, Anglers, and Outdoorsmen · via White House

COURTS Ethiopia says about 300 Tigray rebel fighters have surrendered · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief · via Michigan Advance

COURTS Japan’s busiest rail station tests robot bins · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE New ‘Kids Count’ data shows drop in college readiness, education participation among young adults · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Ukraine’s ‘Operation Vivaldi’ pushed Russian forces back around Lyman in the Donbas. Now both armies are massing troops for the next battles farther south. · via Meduza

COURTS Massage therapist refiles rape claims against Harvey Weinstein, Knicks owner James Dolan in New York · via Courthouse News

CULTURE Annie Dillard brought poetry into prose, pioneering a mystical form of creative nonfiction that critics both admired and misunderstood · via The Conversation

COURTS Six months into far-right presidency, Chileans wait for results · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE US Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS UK, Irish leaders reaffirm N. Ireland deal as autonomy talk spikes · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE ICE agent Christian Castro released from Minnesota state custody, pleads not guilty in federal court · via Florida Phoenix

WHITE HOUSE Trump administration faces second lawsuit to block ICE agents at polls · via Stateline

WORLD Russia’s exiled opposition wants voters at polling stations at noon on the main day of the Duma elections. Its new video borrows from a 1971 American ad against the Vietnam War. · via Meduza

WORLD Britain’s Prince William reveals finalists for Earthshot environmental prize · via Mongabay

COURTS California governor issues executive order on AI · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Wildfires threaten tribes’ health, income and cultural traditions · via Arizona Mirror

COURTS Subversive resistance: Mission art in early California · via Courthouse News

WORLD Zelensky announces new ‘Carpathian Eight.’ Tusk and Vučić attend its first summit (but Fico doesn’t) · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE Michigan US Senate candidates call for suspending state and federal gas taxes · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Russia’s State Duma elections begin with record online turnout, a million votes in occupied Donetsk, and attempts to bribe observers · via Meduza

WORLD Rooftop rainwater sprinkler systems could help cool warming cities, study says · via Mongabay

FACT CHECK GOP Ad Attacks Ossoff’s Vote Against Trump Tax Cuts · via FactCheck.org

CULTURE How to know if you can trust an AI’s answer to your question · via The Conversation

FACT CHECK Coast Guard: Opportunities Remain to Improve Access to Housing · via GAO

CULTURE Does my kid have COVID-19 or just a cold? A pediatric nurse explains how to tell – and why it matters · via The Conversation

FACT CHECK Coast Guard: Actions to Address Sexual Misconduct Underway but Incomplete · via GAO

CULTURE Black moms and pregnant women forced out of their homes in metro Detroit face health and safety threats · via The Conversation

CULTURE Pete Hegseth is rebuilding the Army’s ‘brass ceiling’ · via The Conversation

CULTURE The ethical cases for immigration as a human right · via The Conversation

CULTURE Why the closing prayers of Judaism’s holiest holiday focus on repairing relationships with each other · via The Conversation

CULTURE Flood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but it’s waiting, along with 118 other countries · via The Conversation

WORLD As Congress passes Russia sanctions, Trump weighs business deals with Moscow before the war ends · via Meduza

CULTURE At-home drug disposal products can play an important role in keeping rural Coloradans safe · via The Conversation

FACT CHECK RFK Jr.’s Faulty Claim that U.S. Measles Response Is ‘Better’ Than ‘Any Other Country’ · via FactCheck.org

WORLD Five orangutans found in India face long road back home to Indonesia · via Mongabay

COURTS In Indian Country · via Courthouse News

WORLD At 86, Sri Lanka’s ‘father of herpetology’ inspires a new conservation generation · via Mongabay

WORLD Global ocean breaks records with 100 days of heat as El Niño adds new threat · via Mongabay

CULTURE Yonder Radio Special Report – Power Dynamics: The Rural Data Center Boom · via Daily Yonder

WHITE HOUSE Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton. · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Wine production in occupied Crimea fell by a quarter due to logistics and fuel problems · via Meduza

CULTURE Q&A: Photographer Jeremiah Ariaz · via Daily Yonder

WORLD US move to loosen restrictions on fishing could harm vital ecosystems, experts warn · via Mongabay

WORLD In Savannah, Georgia’s utility regulators faced public wrath over data centers · via Grist

WORLD Federal transit cuts could hit rural America hardest · via Grist

WHITE HOUSE Tribes hit hard by wildfires face health effects, cultural losses · via Stateline

WORLD Poland’s prime minister says Russia is preparing ‘accidental’ drone and missile strikes on NATO countries that support Ukraine · via Meduza

COURTS Your brain may actually be two brains in one · via Courthouse News

WORLD The fate of the Endangered Species Act rests on 2 simple words · via Grist

WORLD Ukrainian drones damage homes in Russia’s Rostov region. Moscow mayor says 350 drones were headed for the capital. · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE Marjorie Taylor Greene Makes Dramatic Video To Declare It’s ‘Trump’s Fault’ · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE Trump Dumps On North Carolina While Campaigning In *Checks Notes* North Carolina · via HuffPost

COURTS Suspect’s stepson led investigators to vehicle linked to Baja beach murders · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Doctors Predict What This Year’s Sick Season Will Look Like. Spoiler: It’s Not Great. · via HuffPost

WORLD Massive drone strikes catch western Ukraine by surprise – expert · via NV

WHITE HOUSE White House Says Viral Trump-Natalie Harp Image Is ‘Clearly A Fake’ · via HuffPost

WORLD Ukraine engineers five interceptors to hunt Russian jet Shaheds — NV interview · via NV

CULTURE My Mom Called Me 'Selfish' For Not Having Kids. Here's The Secret My Husband And I Didn't Tell Her. · via HuffPost

WORLD Trump threatens EU with trade bans and tariffs over Canada ties · via NV

WHITE HOUSE US Immigration Crackdown Shouldn’t Upend EB-5 Investor Program | Opinion · via Newsweek

WORLD Now exempt from EU deforestation rules, leather industry moves to repair reputation · via Mongabay

WORLD Massive blaze breaks out at top-5 Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl — video · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Lawrence O’Donnell Explains Why ‘Pathological Liar’ Trump Can’t End Iran War · via HuffPost

WORLD Trump to sign new Russia sanctions bill — WSJ · via NV

WORLD Tapanuli orangutans face mining, landslides, and fire threats — with no recovery plan · via Mongabay

COURTS SNAP penalties blocked after states miss retroactive deadline · via Courthouse News

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