Thursday, September 17, 2026

Today's news and jokes

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Houthi forces appear to have shot down a Saudi Air Force F-15 near Marib.

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— Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social) September 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM




(It will be cheaper when we finish the switchover to electric)







Here is the reality. We have the votes to impeach Pete Hegseth tomorrow. Mike Johnson knows it, we know it. So he’s sending us all home to avoid the vote. www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...

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— Mike Levin (@mikelevin.org) September 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM






(Johnson called a 9:15 p.m. meeting with other members of House Republican leadership. Among those summoned were the top leaders of the five ideological caucuses, known as the “five families,” and some committee chairs.)







("With the exception of de Blasio, recent New York City mayors have been granted clearances relatively quickly")















("Federal authorities allege that a Los Angeles-area homeless nonprofit worker misappropriated more than $7.5 million in taxpayer funds, using the money to finance a nightclub and bingo hall")







(“I want to make money and I want to contribute to the family, but there’s literally no way I can do that. I can’t even keep the house in order,” she said. “So that was when it was kind of like do or die … and I advocated for myself, I mean, I was losing it.” She soon hired a house manager)















Italy: Police have arrested a 21-year-old accused of carrying a Kalashnikov while escorting a clandestine horse race linked to the Cappello-Bonaccorsi clan in Sicily. 1/3

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— Crime Intel (@crimeintel.org) September 15, 2026 at 8:03 AM








The first is infinitely more interesting than the second?















































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