Paramount Raises Warner Bros Bid, Your Robot Vacuum Was Spying on You, and a Library Book Came Home After 63 Years
Paramount just raised its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. to thirty-one dollars a share — setting up a massive bidding war with Netflix that could reshape all of Hollywood. A software engineer accidentally gained access to live camera feeds from seven thousand robot vacuums in twenty-four countries. A baby monkey at a Japanese zoo went viral clinging to a stuffed Ikea orangutan and now the toy is selling for a hundred bucks on eBay. And a library book was returned sixty-three years late. All the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
24 Feb 2026
They Found El Mencho Through His Girlfriend, Russia Is Running Out of Soldiers, and a Swastika at the Coast Guard
Mexican special forces tracked El Mencho's girlfriend to a secluded love nest in the mountains before killing the world's most wanted drug lord — and fifty people died in the aftermath including twenty-five soldiers. Russia is now losing more troops than it can recruit for the first time since invading Ukraine. A hand-drawn swastika was found at the Coast Guard's main training center and the commandant flew in personally to address nine hundred recruits. The Blizzard of 2026 set records with nearly four feet of snow in Rhode Island. Americans are going crazy for congee, tai chi, and boiled apples in the "Chinamaxxing" trend. And Obama says he believes aliens are real. All the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
23 Feb 2026
El Mencho Dead, Mexico Burning, NYC Buried, and the BAFTAs Went Nuclear
El Mencho, head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and one of the world's most wanted drug lords, was killed yesterday in a Mexican military raid — and his cartel set the country on fire in retaliation. A historic blizzard buried New York under two feet of snow. The BAFTAs descended into chaos when a Tourette syndrome activist shouted the N-word at Black presenters on live television. Sam Altman says AI water use is "totally fake." GTA 6 prices leaked. And Ancient Romans used human poop as medicine. All the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
22 Feb 2026
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs | Prince Andrew Arrested Epstein Files | Eric Dane Dead | Weekly News Recap Feb 2026
Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs in landmark 6-3 ruling — Chief Justice Roberts says IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose tariffs, stocks rally, and businesses demand $175 billion in refunds. Trump calls it a disgrace. Prince Andrew arrested on his 66th birthday after police raid his Sandringham home over Jeffrey Epstein files — first senior British royal arrested in modern history. Eric Dane, Grey's Anatomy star known as McSteamy and Euphoria actor, dead at 53 after battle with ALS. Wired exposes Silicon Valley gay tech mafia — VCs, founders, and hedge fund managers say the quiet part out loud. Mark Zuckerberg testifies in Instagram addiction trial, admits he overruled 18 experts who said beauty filters harm teens. Brain rot is real — new study links screen time to reduced brain development in children. Las Vegas tourism collapses 7.5 percent, worst decline since 1970. Iran closes Strait of Hormuz as two US carrier groups move into position. Audio erotica is now a billion-dollar industry. Top Gun pilot warns air traffic control is stuck in the 1960s. Texas teen wins $3.2 million after viral racism accusation destroyed his life. Iowa fraternity hazing bodycam footage goes viral — 56 blindfolded pledges found in dark basement. Winter Olympics close in Milan. MLS season kicks off. Your entire week in one episode. Already Read It — all the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
20 Feb 2026
Prince Andrew Arrested, Silicon Valley's Secret, and Vegas Is Dying | Today's News
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Prince Andrew was arrested on his sixty-sixth birthday after six unmarked police vehicles raided his Sandringham home. Thames Valley Police are holding him on suspicion of misconduct in public office tied to the Epstein files — emails suggesting he shared confidential government information with Jeffrey Epstein. King Charles backed the investigation, then went to Fashion Week. Wired published a bombshell investigation into Silicon Valley's so-called gay tech mafia, where VCs, founders, and hedge fund managers say the quiet part out loud about who really runs tech. Las Vegas posted its worst visitor decline since 1970 outside the pandemic — down 7.5 percent — as workers watch tips vanish and airlines slash flights. The New York Times reports on audio erotica becoming a billion-dollar industry. A Texas teen won a $3.2 million verdict after a viral racism accusation destroyed his adolescence. And bodycam footage from an Iowa fraternity basement went mega-viral showing 56 blindfolded pledges covered in food while a guy drinking a beer called it a "celebration of life." All the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
19 Feb 2026
Top Gun Says We're Cooked, Zuckerberg Doesn't Sweat Anymore, and Robots Are Hiring
A Top Gun graduate calls our air traffic control system an embarrassment and the NTSB chair says pilots are warning her Burbank is next. Two carrier battle groups are parked near Iran and the Ayatollah is threatening to sink them. Zuckerberg finally faces a jury over Instagram addiction and says he's "not sure what to say to that." Half a million humans signed up to do odd jobs for AI bots on a platform built by a guy on a horse in Argentina. Plus: a retired cop says the Cobain case was botched, Armie Hammer's mom is launching a redemption podcast for canceled men, and your hot bedroom might be killing your grandparents. All the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
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18 Feb 2026
Search and Rescue Can Wait, Holmes Is Networking From Prison, and Fiji Needs Help
Kristi Noem bumped search and rescue below deportation flights on the Coast Guard's priority list. Netflix and Paramount are fighting over the corpse of Warner Bros. Discovery while Ted Sarandos holds the Allen wrench. A top AI researcher says CEOs privately want to stop but their investors won't let them. Elizabeth Holmes is networking from prison, Bankman-Fried went on Tucker and got solitary, and George Santos had nine people running his socials from lockup. A Swiss commentator attacked the Israeli bobsled team on live Olympic TV and the team's response was perfect. Plus: Fiji's HIV crisis is exploding and nobody's paying attention, Brooklyn's scariest mansion is yours for two point six million, and Thomas Massie is coming for everyone. All the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
17 Feb 2026
Melania Flopped, a Billionaire Played Poor, and Elephants Are on the Pill
Amazon dropped seventy-five million dollars on the Melania Trump documentary and it's on pace to gross fifteen.
We do the math and it's not pretty.
Miles Guo filed for bankruptcy claiming he was worth three thousand bucks while sitting in a sixty-seven-million-dollar penthouse — and then sent an army of followers to terrorize the guy trying to sort it out. Netflix reminds us that America's Next Top Model was legally insane.
Plus: Eric Swalwell's erotic poetry phase surfaces at the worst possible time and Thailand is putting elephants on birth control. All the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
16 Feb 2026
A Pikachu, a President, and a Hack That Probably Isn't (Episode 1)
Kim Dotcom says Palantir got hacked by an AI agent and the whole thing reads like a spy novel written by someone who's never met a spy.
We break down why you should be skeptical.
Obama told a podcast aliens are real, then spent the next day explaining that's not what he meant. Logan Paul flipped a Pokémon card for sixteen and a half million dollars and everyone's pretending that market is normal.
Plus: influencers discovering what taxes are, GPS getting jammed near major airports, and Brazil's polyamory boom has the Pope upset. All the news, none of the nonsense. New episodes daily.
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