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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:14 am Mon, Feb 2, 2026
    Los Angeles' Tito's Tacos adds a menu item

    For only the third time in its 70-year history, Tito's Tacos has added an item to its legendary menu: a cheese quesadilla. Tito's is a love-it-or-leave-it restaurant in West Los… Read the rest of the article: Los Angeles' Tito's Tacos adds a menu item

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:56 am Mon, Feb 2, 2026
    Surprise! The Melania movie is terrible and serves no purpose

    The Melania movie demonstrates two things: Jeff Bezos has fewer scruples than his Venice wedding already made clear, and Brett Ratner has not changed at all. Aside from that, Melania… Read the rest of the article: Surprise! The Melania movie is terrible and serves no purpose

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:40 am Mon, Feb 2, 2026
    ICE finds $70 million for a warehouse, still can't find the Constitution Image: Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, April 2025; Copyright Lawrey / shutterstock.com

    While the rest of the country bellyaches about affordability and cannot find housing or healthcare, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has found $70 million to buy a new warehouse, where they… Read the rest of the article: ICE finds $70 million for a warehouse, still can't find the Constitution

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:27 am Mon, Feb 2, 2026
    Rodent reaffirms winter, meteorologists undeterred

    Hauled out of his stump at Gobbler's Knob, before daylight, by a bunch of oddly dressed men, Punxsutawney Phil has done his thing, while meteorology continues to exist. The Punxsutawney… Read the rest of the article: Rodent reaffirms winter, meteorologists undeterred

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:05 am Mon, Feb 2, 2026
    Trump back to blaming the victim, business as usual for ICE

    Convicted felon Trump is once again blaming the dead for state violence and excessive use of force. The Orange Menace's desire to lower the temperature in Minneapolis lasted less than… Read the rest of the article: Trump back to blaming the victim, business as usual for ICE

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  • Jason Weisberger
    8:44 pm Sat, Jan 31, 2026
    An attempt to gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act

    Congressman Nick Begich, a Republican representative from Alaska, introduced a bill in July 2025 that'll drastically weaken the fifty year old Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Marine Mammal Protection Act… Read the rest of the article: An attempt to gut the Marine Mammal Protection Act

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  • Jason Weisberger
    6:00 pm Sat, Jan 31, 2026
    The persistent myth of the California accent Katherine Welles/shutterstock

    The most powerful dialect in America isn't loud, it's default. The California dialect isn't about drawls or dropped consonants. It's about vowels sliding sideways, uptalk sneaking into declarative sentences, "like"… Read the rest of the article: The persistent myth of the California accent

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  • Jason Weisberger
    5:52 pm Sat, Jan 31, 2026
    Mount Baldy is another deceptively deadly mountain Image: trail in San Gabriel Mountains; photojohn830 / shutterstock.com

    Mount Baldy is a 10,000 ft mountain in the Los Angeles area that takes more lives than something so small should. Winter and early Spring see Mount San Antonio, better… Read the rest of the article: Mount Baldy is another deceptively deadly mountain

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  • Jason Weisberger
    5:25 pm Sat, Jan 31, 2026
    Measles spreading faster than last year vaccine

    While 2025 started with a large and deadly measles outbreak in Texas, South Carolina is already outpacing it for 2026. The United States is likely to lose its "eradication" qualification… Read the rest of the article: Measles spreading faster than last year

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  • Jason Weisberger
    5:19 pm Sat, Jan 31, 2026
    A very ICE housing plan: snitch on your neighbors Protest against ICE following the murder of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in Lower Manhattan. (Christopher Penler/shutterstock.com)

    More shades of Nazi Germany from the Department of Homeland Security, this time of the "benefit from reporting on your neighbors" sort. While the Orange Menace does backflips trying to… Read the rest of the article: A very ICE housing plan: snitch on your neighbors

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  • Jason Weisberger
    5:56 pm Fri, Jan 30, 2026
    Bob Ross paintings sell for $1.2 million as Trump guts public TV

    A cache of original paintings by Bob Ross just sold for $1.2 million! A tidy return on a body of work created for public television, while Public Broadcasting Service faces… Read the rest of the article: Bob Ross paintings sell for $1.2 million as Trump guts public TV

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  • Jason Weisberger
    5:26 pm Fri, Jan 30, 2026
    Emails appear to show Elon Musk trying very hard to get invited to Jeffrey Epstein's party Image: Elon Musk; Andrew Harnik / Shutterstock.com

    The latest DOJ Epstein files dump has the internet abuzz. They appear to show a series of emails from 2012 in which Elon Musk repeatedly attempts to arrange a visit… Read the rest of the article: Emails appear to show Elon Musk trying very hard to get invited to Jeffrey Epstein's party

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:22 am Thu, Jan 29, 2026
    An 'avowed ketamine user' explains why robots are the future Press image via Tesla

    During Tesla's earnings call, investors got a guided tour of Elon Musk's robot fantasies, presented as the company's future. This, on the heels of Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles… Read the rest of the article: An 'avowed ketamine user' explains why robots are the future

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:55 am Thu, Jan 29, 2026
    Waymo saw a child, slowed down, still hit it Waymo (Iv-olga / Shutterstock.com)

    Failing at the one job that mattered most, Waymo's self-driving car saw a child, made a decision, and followed through. Waymo said its robotaxi struck the child at 6 miles… Read the rest of the article: Waymo saw a child, slowed down, still hit it

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:56 am Tue, Jan 27, 2026
    JD Vance responds to violence by siding with the violent The JD Vance meme at hand

    When faced with multiple videos, eyewitness accounts, and a growing body of evidence showing federal agents escalating encounters that end in death, the vice president's response is always the same:… Read the rest of the article: JD Vance responds to violence by siding with the violent

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:26 am Tue, Jan 27, 2026
    How the F4U-4 Corsair works

    This meticulously animated breakdown of the F4U-4 Corsair peels back the skin on one of the most distinctive fighter planes ever built and shows, in hypnotic detail, how everything inside… Read the rest of the article: How the F4U-4 Corsair works

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:01 am Tue, Jan 27, 2026
    The Sea Lions of Sacramento

    California Sea Lions want you to remember that Sacramento, the State's capital, is in California and thus they belong there too. Where there is food, there will be wild animals.… Read the rest of the article: The Sea Lions of Sacramento

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  • Jason Weisberger
    8:41 am Tue, Jan 27, 2026
    Mount Washington is the most dangerous small mountain on Earth

    At only 6,288 feet tall, you wouldn't think Mount Washington would be such a killer. Home to many pleasant day hikes, and a charming Top o' The Mountain observation deck,… Read the rest of the article: Mount Washington is the most dangerous small mountain on Earth

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  • Jason Weisberger
    8:28 am Tue, Jan 27, 2026
    ICE will help jump start your car, or just shoot you in the back Protest against ICE following the murder of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in Lower Manhattan. (Christopher Penler/shutterstock.com)

    DHS social media would like to reassure you: sometimes federal immigration agents help someone with a dead battery… even while the same agency's operatives are gunning down U.S. citizens and… Read the rest of the article: ICE will help jump start your car, or just shoot you in the back

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  • Jason Weisberger
    8:18 am Tue, Jan 27, 2026
    Bovino takes the fall Bovino

    After yet another execution style slaying of a citizen observer, the Trump Administration is sending its Third Reich cosplaying ICE Commander back to his old job, with rumors he will… Read the rest of the article: Bovino takes the fall

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