VOL. I · NO. 8612TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 20265¢

THE EDITION

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

116 stories filed by the Buffoon Desk.

WHITE HOUSE OOF: Critics Mock ‘Damn Idiot’ Karoline Leavitt As Her Dig At Dems Backfires Instantly · via HuffPost

WORLD Kremlin rejects Estonia’s claim of Russian role in arson at defense company working with Ukraine · via NV

WHITE HOUSE GOP Pollster Says Trump Is Taking A ‘Very Dangerous’ Midterm Gamble · via HuffPost

WORLD Lavrov invokes Russia’s nuclear doctrine in warning to Poland over Patriot plan · via NV

WHITE HOUSE James Carville Asks If This MAGA Senator Is ‘Dumber Than A Box Of Rocks’ · via HuffPost

WORLD Exclusive: Inside the mind of a 35-year-old brigade commander · via NV

COURTS With deadline near, diversity visa applicants ask judge for extended relief · via Courthouse News

WORLD Russia plans staged rallies outside 13 Western embassies, HUR sources say · via NV

WORLD Russia plans sharp tariff hike on alcohol from ‘unfriendly’ states · via NV

WORLD Jack Willis open to playing for Ireland · via The Telegraph

WORLD Ukraine, Canada, and Norway issue open appeal to return Ukrainian children, POWs and civilians from Russia · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Veterans Group Puts Trump On Blast Over 1 Broken Promise · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Russian Tu-95MS military bomber crashes, killing all six crew members · via NV

CULTURE Anyone Who Takes Pills Will Find Life So Much Easier With This 1 Little Tool · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE Selling Arizona trust land won’t guarantee more housing, land chief tells lawmakers · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Some combat groups already using new Ukrainian interceptor drones against jet UAVs · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Trump Is Finally Admitting His War Against Iran Is Not Over And He Has Not Won It · via HuffPost

COURTS Miles Davis tattoo calls Ninth Circuit’s infringement test into question · via Courthouse News

WORLD Russian attack on Kyiv damages 19th-century Exaltation of the Cross Church in Podil · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Trump uses $20M in Homeland Security funds for ‘clearly illegal’ ads featuring himself · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD Rutte warns of evolving threat after new drone intrusions into NATO territory · via NV

CULTURE I Built A Career Inspiring Millions. I Thought I Was Doing The Right Thing, Until A Friend Said 2 Words That Changed Everything. · via HuffPost

WORLD Plastic fused to coral rubble raises new concerns for ocean pollution · via Mongabay

COURTS Environmentalists challenge southern Arizona mining expansion over habitat concerns · via Courthouse News

COURTS College equestrians sue UC Davis after women’s team axed · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE New Florida Department Law Enforcement commissioner is a familiar face · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS Majority of voters want Democrats to take control of the House · via Courthouse News

COURTS Mamdani hits road bumps with rollout of NYC’s pied-à-terre tax · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE The pro-Amendment 3 campaign is outspending the opposition by a 33-1 ratio · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS Washington defends religious hiring law before full Ninth Circuit · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Inaugurates The Era of Super Intelligence · via White House

WHITE HOUSE Judge dismisses ‘sham’ Green Party candidates’ lawsuit against agency investigating them · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE $15 minimum wage is here, but it’s not a livable’ wage, group says · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS NYC chauffeurs challenge city’s ride-hail data tracking at Second Circuit · via Courthouse News

CULTURE The ‘War Games’ problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Eliminates Disease-Carrying Pests and Restores Enjoyment of The Great Outdoors · via White House

FACT CHECK Experts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads · via FactCheck.org

WHITE HOUSE Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE GOP senator bungles ‘dirtbag’ attack on Jack Smith unravels over a basketball mix-up · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Citizens Research Council outlines impacts of Mop Up Michigan initiative · via Michigan Advance

WORLD ‘Digger’ is the year’s big climate movie. This climate reporter hated it. · via Grist

CULTURE Starship’s first orbital flight put its heat shield to the test – how it fares could determine if SpaceX’s vision is possible · via The Conversation

COURTS Yemen health system at ‘breaking point’: WHO · via Courthouse News

COURTS Seventh Circuit skeptical of using civil rights law to crack down on illegal gun purchases · via Courthouse News

COURTS Oil tycoon Dangote: Africa will be mostly self-sufficient in fuel by 2030 · via Courthouse News

COURTS Milei turns to Trump security rhetoric as Argentina’s economic woes deepen · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Gubernatorial campaigns float gas tax suspensions as gas prices tick up across Michigan · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE First Lady Melania Trump Announces 2026 Fall Garden Tours · via White House

COURTS Supreme Court yields to Trump, giving feds free rein on third-country deportations · via Courthouse News

COURTS Citing environmental concerns, Colorado sues DHS to block new immigration detention facility · via Courthouse News

WORLD Kenyan nuclear project faces international legal challenge over security risks · via Mongabay

COURTS Family of comatose man reaches last-minute settlement in Bay Area Taser case · via Courthouse News

WORLD Uganda pastoralists turn to wild plants as food shortages bite, study finds · via Mongabay

CULTURE Ethiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it matters · via The Conversation

COURTS Rapper Rick Ross sued over canceled North Carolina concerts · via Courthouse News

WORLD The Atlantic: Trump backs plan to ease Russia sanctions in exchange for political prisoners without waiting for the Ukraine war to end · via Meduza

COURTS Seventh Circuit weighs challenge to Illinois highway license plate cameras · via Courthouse News

WORLD ‘Yes, I regret going’: Russian IT specialist returned to Russia to visit his ailing father and was charged with treason over €30 sent to his ex-girlfriend in Ukraine. · via Meduza

COURTS Pushing back on Trump agenda, Newsom signs bill targeting immigration enforcement · via Courthouse News

WORLD Pope Leo XIV urges European leaders to be willing to make concessions to help end Russia–Ukraine war — but doesn’t say what should be conceded · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE News orgs banned from White House accuse Trump of First Amendment violation · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California, flooding coastal communities and toppling trees · via Mongabay

COURTS Clashes between French teens, police as school blockades intensify · via Courthouse News

COURTS 11th Circuit says Alabama can’t keep child sex offender from living with son · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Governor, Cabinet approve designation of CAIR as a domestic terrorist group · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Estonia accuses Russian intelligence services of ordering arson at defense-robotics company supplying Ukraine · via Meduza

COURTS UK leader Burnham adjusts pension guarantee to fund new National Care Service · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Calculator allows individuals to see the fiscal effects in their areas if Amendment 3 passes · via Florida Phoenix

WHITE HOUSE ‘Spreading like wildfire’: How one Kentucky county is grappling with a national tick-borne scourge · via Stateline

WORLD Russian opposition party leader is cited for ‘petty hooliganism’ after writing pro-peace, pro-ceasefire statements on his election ballot · via Meduza

COURTS Paris court examines high-profile terrorism appeal linked to Islamic State · via Courthouse News

COURTS Paris court finds Frenchwoman guilty of terrorism 5 years after repatriation · via Courthouse News

COURTS US sanctions push ICC member states’ annual meeting out of New York · via Courthouse News

COURTS Did Politico illegally sell readers’ browsing data? · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Michigan Libertarian Party disavows its own gubernatorial nominee · via Michigan Advance

COURTS Sidebar: Big oil, AR-15s and the right to vote hit SCOTUS · via Courthouse News

WORLD In war-torn South Sudan, giraffes retain a surprisingly healthy gene pool · via Mongabay

COURTS 9th Circuit tolls prisoner’s civil rights claims · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Streamlining Access to Government Services Through America.gov · via White House

FACT CHECK DOGE: Congress and the Public Lack Assurance That Systems and Data Were Protected at Multiple Agencies · via GAO

FACT CHECK Small Business Research Programs: Better Data Could Improve Insight into Companies’ Success · via GAO

FACT CHECK Coast Guard: Additional Action Needed to Address Marine Firefighting Challenges · via GAO

FACT CHECK VA Health Care: Action Needed to Improve Fertility Care Communications and Eligibility Determination Process · via GAO

CULTURE Cities keep shelling out taxpayer money for sports stadiums, yet the economics almost never makes sense · via The Conversation

CULTURE ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ winks and blows a blood-soaked kiss at horror films of queer past · via The Conversation

CULTURE Last year, Floridians over 60 lost nearly $710M to cybercrime – here’s what to do if you or a loved one has been scammed · via The Conversation

CULTURE Are religious charter schools constitutional? After deadlocked SCOTUS decision, another Oklahoma case is trying to find out · via The Conversation

CULTURE Why Trump’s plan to cut Head Start regulations could undermine services for the country’s poorest families · via The Conversation

CULTURE Arctic infrastructure was built on frozen ground – drones and digital twins can help spot the permafrost thaw coming · via The Conversation

CULTURE Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage instead · via The Conversation

CULTURE Chatbots as oracles: How AI is giving new life to the ancient practice of seeking answers from inscrutable sources · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE When time becomes a barrier to justice for Michigan survivors · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE Anti-abortion groups worry Hyde Amendment’s 50-year run could end with new congressional majority · via Stateline

CULTURE Rural Hospital Administrators: The Rural Health Transformation Program Isn’t Helping, Yet · via Daily Yonder

WORLD How elite universities got tangled up in politics and petroleum · via Grist

WHITE HOUSE Lansing protesters block Flock cameras over license plate reader contract · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Putin claims that Ukraine has no ‘antidote’ to Russia’s new jet-powered drones. Kyiv has already shown it can shoot them down, but doing it at scale could cost billions. · via Meduza

CULTURE Best Identity Theft Protection Services · via Forbes

WORLD Russia attacks Kyiv again with missiles and drones, sparking fires at an educational facility and the roof of a five-story apartment building · via Meduza

WORLD Russian soldiers march civilians into a gas pipeline to use them as human shields — video · via NV

WORLD When the right to protest remains, but demonstrating comes at a price · via Global Voices

WORLD Oil reacts to Trump's rejection of peace deal with Iran · via NV

CULTURE 'Healthy' food labels may not mean what shoppers think · via Newsweek

WORLD Equating protest with terrorism: A narrative against dissent · via Global Voices

WORLD Ukraine's Third Army Corps reclaims 51 square kilometers and frees five towns in Donetsk Oblast · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Wall Street Journal Has 2 Withering Words For 'Chump' Trump’s Latest Putin Move · via HuffPost

WORLD Five arrested over alleged terror plot at UK air base, suspects linked to Iran · via NV

WHITE HOUSE ‘Make The Patient Comfortable’: Ex-GOP Rep Gives Brutal Diagnosis Of Trump’s Midterm Woes · via HuffPost

WORLD Russia plans upgrade of Object 1335, key site in its nuclear triad — interview · via NV

WORLD Bhutan recognized for eliminating dog-transmitted rabies ahead of World Rabies Day · via Mongabay

WORLD Netherlands developing high-energy laser weapon to counter drone swarms · via NV

CULTURE Jimmy Fallon Goes Full Toilet Humor With His Latest Trump Line · via HuffPost

WORLD European gas prices rise as QatarEnergy extends force majeure on LNG supplies · via NV

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