VOL. I · NO. 8615FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 20265¢

THE EDITION

Friday, October 2, 2026

98 stories filed by the Buffoon Desk.

CULTURE The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week · via HuffPost

WORLD Part of broader campaign: What Russia’s strikes on Kyiv’s Pivdennyi Bridge reveal — ISW analysis · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Trump Appears To Bring Up Another Surprising Reason For Bombing Iran · via HuffPost

WORLD Suspected drone crashes in Romania near Ukrainian border, sparking fire · via NV

WORLD 10th Brigade sets national record by flying flag over Hoverla · via NV

WORLD Urban electric rail connects Kyiv's banks as Pivdennyi Bridge shuts down · via NV

WORLD Clive Barrow, senior Telegraph sub who refined an avalanche of news stories in the days of hot metal · via The Telegraph

WORLD Lithuania moves to ban Russian and Belarusian artists who support war · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Trump’s ‘Despicable’ White House Photo Display Draws Outrage · via HuffPost

WORLD Ukraine tables draft bill on minority schooling to open two EU negotiation clusters · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Unemployment Ticks Up, U.S. Add Disappointing Number Of Jobs In September · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE Pinal supervisors escalate feud with county attorney Brad Miller, seek bar investigation · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD Russian loitering munition paralyses Poltava energy hub, triggering blackouts · via NV

WHITE HOUSE JD Vance Gets A Damning New Nickname From Abdul El-Sayed · via HuffPost

COURTS YouTubers’ data scraping suit against ByteDance lives on · via Courthouse News

WORLD Ukraine to build about 400 units of new model by end of October · via NV

WHITE HOUSE An Obscure Part Of Republicans' Tax Law Is Now Blowing Up In Their Faces · via HuffPost

WORLD Photos show aftermath after Russia destroys another data center in Kyiv · via NV

WHITE HOUSE No One’s Paying Attention To This Senate Race. It Could Be The Future Of Politics In Deep-Red States. · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE Democrats target Arizona utility panel as electricity costs become a top voter issue · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Lawsuit alleges Miramar ICE facility is acting as a defacto civil detention center · via Florida Phoenix

WORLD Satellite data reveal massive scale of routine oil pollution in oceans. See the map · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE State auditors find repeated failures at Arizona’s affordable housing agency · via Arizona Mirror

WORLD Future of Amazon rainforest policies at stake in Brazilian presidential election · via Mongabay

COURTS As fires rage in Borneo, several of the world’s rarest primates are continually threatened · via Courthouse News

COURTS Judge stays on Garcia-Torres murder retrial after disqualification bid · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Attorney: Botched Tennessee execution should ‘force reckoning’ in Florida · via Florida Phoenix

COURTS Markets tread water on mixed jobs, inflation data · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Anxiety is growing Trump may try to disrupt the midterm elections. States like Michigan are prepping. · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE National Manufacturing Day, 2026 · via White House

COURTS States and cities sue Trump admin for loosening car fuel efficiency standards · via Courthouse News

COURTS Ethiopia Tigray rebels pushed back as regional tensions spike · via Courthouse News

COURTS At least 5,700 killed, wounded in Haiti gang crisis this year: UN · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Presidential Message on Down Syndrome Awareness Month · via White House

WORLD Russian-speaking Latvians who back Ukraine and value their language are heading into an election without an obvious political home · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE State Board of Education votes to reform school letter grades, expects fewer A-rated schools · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Thousands of Wayne County voters to get new ballots after printing error · via Michigan Advance

COURTS Israel top court puts Arab parties back on ballot · via Courthouse News

CULTURE Cornell 7 case puts a spotlight on fraternity misconduct – and the limits of universities’ power to stop it · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE Presidential Message on National Cybersecurity Awareness Month · via White House

WORLD Russia decided to increase planned war spending for 2027 in response to Ukrainian strikes on refineries and warehouses, the newsletter Vlast reports · via Meduza

COURTS NY governor slams response to Cornell gang rape report · via Courthouse News

WORLD The New York Times obtains a purported Russian plan to cripple Ukraine’s power grid, including by cutting electricity and heat supplies to three major cities by 90% · via Meduza

WORLD Vietnam’s fishers face rising costs, declining catches and a contested sea · via Mongabay

COURTS Fifth-year NCAA basketball players ineligible again following appeals court ruling · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE Your Weekly Michigan Political Brief · via Michigan Advance

WORLD A Ukrainian grandmother came to Kazakhstan to collect her grandson. Instead, she was detained at Russia’s request. · via Meduza

WHITE HOUSE Federal funds for local police enforcement accelerated Trump immigration crackdown · via Michigan Advance

WORLD The U.S. seized $5.4 million from ‘Orthodox oligarch’ Konstantin Malofeyev and sent it to support Ukrainian veterans. Russia has now opened a criminal case over the confiscation. · via Meduza

COURTS Eurozone inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge, deepening Europe’s fiscal strain · via Courthouse News

COURTS ‘Pristine but deadly’: Visiting the most contaminated place in America · via Courthouse News

COURTS In Arizona, state law may not protect horses from slaughter · via Courthouse News

WORLD Zelensky says Putin ordered Russia’s military chiefs to abandon rules of war in airstrikes on Ukraine · via Meduza

COURTS At Trailmix, Idaho entrepreneurs compete for coveted shelves · via Courthouse News

COURTS France reconsiders approach to combating sexual violence · via Courthouse News

WHITE HOUSE A lawsuit from GOP states to end trans protections ended by rolling back disability rights · via Arizona Mirror

WHITE HOUSE Hiring slows in September with job growth of 29K · via Stateline

WORLD Probiotics prevented coral bleaching during a Red Sea heat wave: Study · via Mongabay

COURTS Fear and ignorance · via Courthouse News

FACT CHECK U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: Staff Placed on Administrative Leave Have Returned and Await Direction · via GAO

WORLD How to grow $25K into community-led conservation: Interview with Tanzania’s Mwambao · via Mongabay

CULTURE La campaña a favor de los cursos de creole en las escuelas aviva el sentimiento antihaitiano en la República Dominicana · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE Michigan regulators OK DTE contracts for Google data center · via Michigan Advance

FACT CHECK Innovation in Action: Getting You Up to Speed on Manufacturing · via GAO

WORLD Permafrost, wetland, wildfire and freshwater emissions could amplify climate change by up to 30%, study finds · via Mongabay

CULTURE Physicists who uncovered the first particle accelerator were honored with a Nobel Prize 75 years ago – their work shaped physics, medicine and even art research · via The Conversation

CULTURE Want to use AI to improve your work? Have it disagree with you · via The Conversation

CULTURE How Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is helping kids start reading when they’re very young · via The Conversation

CULTURE More than 50 years after a North Dakota school district burned copies of Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ the anti-war novel is still being censored · via The Conversation

CULTURE White nationalism’s appeal runs deeper than partisan politics · via The Conversation

WHITE HOUSE Michigan lawmakers, state leaders announce $89M for Detroit and Kalamazoo River cleanup · via Michigan Advance

WORLD Uganda and NGO to co-manage sector of national park home to tree-climbing lions · via Mongabay

CULTURE US regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts · via The Conversation

WORLD Wildlife traffickers are now targeting Indonesia’s critically endangered maleo birds · via Mongabay

WORLD As Hong Kong heats up, calls grow for tougher rules to protect outdoor workers · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE Michigan Senate committee considers requirement for state funding in special legislative elections · via Michigan Advance

WORLD As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers draw on traditional ways to fight back · via Mongabay

CULTURE Yonder Radio: Nuclear Power, Recreation Trails, and West Virginia Hip Hop. · via Daily Yonder

CULTURE Q&A: Filmmaker Rustin Thompson on Cinema Deserts in Rural America · via Daily Yonder

WORLD Women shoulder the burden of expanding wildfires in rural India · via Mongabay

WHITE HOUSE Here’s what’s driving the Gen Z gender gap · via Michigan Advance

WHITE HOUSE After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement · via Stateline

WORLD Major traffic jams reported in Kyiv due to bridge closures after Russian attack · via NV

WORLD German retailer Globus stayed in Russia after the full-scale invasion. Now its Russian arm has put former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder on its supervisory board. · via Meduza

WORLD ‘Everyone Is Depleted’ · via Foreign Policy

WORLD Ukraine working to quickly resolve row over North Korean POWs, Sybiha says · via NV

WHITE HOUSE Onetime MAGA Podcaster Delivers Brutal Verdict On Trump's Presidency · via HuffPost

CULTURE Micah Parsons breaks down why JJ McCarthy could fit perfectly with Giants · via Newsweek

WORLD How Cambodia’s law on ‘freedom parks’ curtailed people’s right to protest · via Global Voices

WORLD Ukrainian drone attacks hit Volgograd and Samara, setting a refinery and a major oil tank farm on fire · via Meduza

WORLD Russian drones strike Kyiv’s Southern Bridge three times in several hours. Traffic restrictions spread to two other Dnipro crossings. · via Meduza

CULTURE Penguins make NHL history with monster blowout win over Flyers · via Newsweek

WHITE HOUSE ‘Shut That F**king Mouth Of Yours’: Robert De Niro Threatens Jimmy Kimmel Over Trump · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE Fox News Analyst Has Some Bad News For Republicans About The Midterms · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE 'Bats**t Crazy': Trump Busted Telling One Of His ‘Most Ludicrous Lies’ Of All Time · via HuffPost

CULTURE OMFG: 'South Park' Taunts Deepfake Trump With Humiliating X-Rated Problem · via HuffPost

WHITE HOUSE 'You See How This Looks?': Jordan Klepper Dunks On Eric Schmitt's Jack Smith Debacle · via HuffPost

TARIFFS Family-Backed Mortgages: How Your Family Can Help You Buy A Home · via Forbes

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