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Brief News Brief - February 22nd 2023 - Baby It's Cold Outside

Winter is hot and Winter is cold Biden Visits Ukraine Toxic Train in East Palestine

Brief News Brief - February 17th 2023 - Balloon Madness is Winding Down

Balloons can again bring you joy Catalytic converter thief run over Housing Market hysteria

Brief News Brief - February 15th 2023 - The EV Charging Revolution

Charging standards announced Americans are shopping! Is AI losing its mind?

Brief News Brief - February 8th 2023 - Biden's State of the Union Address

Biden owns the GOP in SOTU Speech Devastating Earthquake in Turkey Lots o Cocaine found in the Ocean

Brief News Brief - February 3rd 2023 - The Great Chinese Balloon Dispute

China Balloon Incident Jobs jobs jobs doing historically good Iowa Woman buried alive in a body bag

Brief News Brief - February 1st 2023 - Black History Month

Time to stop shying from fraught topics of race and racism Radioactive capsule lost in Australia found 2 monkeys missing from the Dallas Zoo found in someone's house

Brief News Brief - January 27th 2023 - Iran V Journalist

Eastern European gangsters plot to kill a journalist ISIS leader down New Robot can Melt and Reform

Brief News Brief - January 25th 2023 - Google the Monopoly Man

DOJ sues Google XBOX going woke The Razzies razzed a baby girl

Brief News Brief - January 20th 2023 - LA Dramatically Expands Protections for Renters

"Just Cause" NO MORE Alec Baldwin to face criminal charges Toadzilla discovered

Brief News Brief - January 18th 2023 - New Mexico Political Shooting

Police Arrest Failed Candidate who tried to shoot democratic politicians A Tragic Helicopter Crash in Ukraine Say Good-Bye to Greenland

Brief News Brief - January 11th 2023 - FAA Outage

NOTAM scrambles travelers California and the parade of rain storms Calls for George Santos to step down

Brief News Brief - January 6th 2023 - Jan 6th Anniversary

The Birthday of Insurrection Kevin McCarthy Chaos Expect Natural Gas Prices to Spike

Brief News Brief - December 16th 2022 - Elon Musk is Paranoid

Free Speech hypocrite Elon Musk bans journalists for "doxing him" AG takes on sentencing disparities on crack v cocaine Aquarium in Berlin bursts

Brief News Brief - December 14th 2022 - Fusion of the Future

Fusion is the power that lights the stars US to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine Congress wants to ban TikTok

Brief News Brief - December 9th 2022 - Britney Griner is free

Viktor Bout traded for Britney Griner in high profile prisoner exchange Karen Bass will be inaugurated by Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday Oil spill in Kansas

Brief News Brief - December 7th 2022 - 51D - 49R

2021 Election Season officially ends with a Democratic win North Carolina substation attack Supreme Court Session in full swing

Brief News Brief - December 1st 2022 - Gas Prices Drop

Black Friday shopping sets records The Jackson Mississippi Water Crisis Tees brains aged 3 years in the Pandemic

Brief News Brief - November 29th 2022 - Train Strike - The Sequel

Congress intends to act to stop the train strike Protests in the China Mauna Loa erupts

Brief News Brief - November 18th 2022 - Pelosi Go Bye Bye

Pelosi steps down as Speaker of the House Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison Merrick Garland names a special counsel to oversee criminal probes of Donald J Trump

Brief News Brief - November 16th 2022 - Dummies to the Moon!

The Next Gen Space Mission Begins The Respect for Marriage Act advances The collapse of FTX

Brief News Brief - November 11th 2022 - Blue Check Identity Crisis

Twitter Fail Biden Announces cuts to Methane Emissions Big Ben Bongs Again

Brief News Brief - November 9th 2022 - Democracy Wins

Control of the House and Senate remain in the balance Election Deniers loose Big Abortion Rights ballot measures hold pro choice

Brief News Brief - November 4th 2022 - The Battle for Kherson

Possible political humiliation for Putin Paul Pelosi out of the hospital The current state of time compromise

Brief News Brief - November 2nd 2022 - The KooKoo Coup Plot

Incriminating emails from Trump's lawyers released Parkland shooter sentenced today to life in prison Lions Escape from the Zoo

Brief News Brief - October 28th 2022 - RIP Twitter

Worlds richest man buys one of the world’s most influential social media platforms Eastman is at it again! Gas company record profit equivalent to $14 million an hour

Brief News Brief - October 26th 2022 - The Candy Crisis

Halloween is on the way Three Men Found Guilty of Whitmer kidnapping plot Snake Swallows Woman

Brief News Brief - October 21st 2022 - Donald Trump Subpoenaed

The man who set this all in motion MAGA-mega trickle-down economics Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison

Brief News Brief - October 19th 2022 - Here Come the Midterms!

Voting begins in midterms Oil companies suck Big Box retailers close on Thanksgiving for good

Brief News Brief - October 14th 2022 - Subpoena to Trump

The Jan 6th Committee October session Soup on Sunflowers! Another day in the USA, another mass shooting

Brief News Brief - October 12th 2022 - Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Up

Sandy Hook Families beat back lies Nuclear War Games The Long COVID Blues

Brief News Brief - September 14th 2022 - The US Train Strike

Looming railroad strike Mike Lindell's cell phone seized at Hardee’s Anti-Tech Terrorist in Boston

Brief News Brief - September 7th 2022 - Hello from the Global Warming Present

Your phone is begging you to keep the lights on, by using less power. Vampire Dug up in Poland Doomsday Glacier wake up call

Brief News Brief - August 31st 2022 - Hot Hot Summer Heat Wave

California Heat Dome Aliens in the Ocean? COVID VAX 2.0

Brief News Brief - August 26th 2022 - The All Electric Car Future

California unkills the electric car Redacted Affidavit is Released Monkeypox outbreak is on the decline

Brief News Brief - August 24th 2022 - Gen Z'r in the House

The newest youngest member of Congress Student Loan Forgiveness Arrives Ex-detective pleads guilty to misleading judge in Breonna Taylor case

Brief News Brief - August 16th 2022 - Good Economic News

Biden Signs the Inflation Reduction Act Water shortage on the Colorado River Do Spiders Dream of Electric Sheep?

Brief News Brief - August 12th 2022 - Justice Department unseals Trump search warrant

Trumps showdown with the rule of law Author Salman Rushdie attacked at a literary event in New York Guess what's back? Polio is back

Brief News Brief - August 10th 2022 - Raid At Mar-A-Lago

The Lawless Republican Party Biden Signs Burn Pit Bill John Bolton assassination attempt thwarted

Brief News Brief - August 5th 2022 - Vote-A-Rama in the Senate

The Senate races to finish up work before the August recess Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years Webb Telescope Sausage Prank

Brief News Brief - August 3rd 2022 - Kansas Rejects the Forced Birth movement

The first Post-Dobbs election All eyes on Nancy's trip to Taiwan al-Zawhari killed

Brief News Brief - July 26th 2022 - The CHIPS ACT

Semiconductors Subsidies are on the way The Oak fire near Yosemite Russia to withdraw from the International Space Station

Brief News Brief - July 22nd 2022 - Bannon Convicted

Jan 6th Committee Season One Finale The Big Grain Deal COVID Virgins

Brief News Brief - July 20th 2022 - Hot Hot Hot!

Europe is on Fire and Texas is Melting Legalizing Gay Marriage might be a bipartisan break through Skittles cause cancer

Brief News Brief - July 15th 2022 - Suck it, Earth

Climate Dreams die a slow death The Secret Services Secret Texts 10year old who got an abortion in Indiana

Brief News Brief - July 13th 2022 - The Summoning of the Mob

Twitter organized the Coup Biden's Trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia CA new gun law

Brief News Brief - July 7th 2022 - Boris Johnson Steps Down

Mr. Johnson & his unapologetic resignation Brittney Griner pleads guilty Former Theranos COO found guilty of fraud

Brief News Brief - July 5th 2022 - Radical Supreme Court Hogties the EPA

Cassidy Hutchinson delivers the goods COVID funds for tax cuts in red states 4th of July 2022...murderers in the streets and unhealthy air

Brief News Brief - June 22nd 2022 - January 6th Hearings #3 & #4

It just keeps looking worse and worse Gun legislation making strides Get your babies vaccinated

Brief News Brief - June 15th 2022 - Trump Fan Fiction

The 2nd of 7 hearings on Jan 6th Feds hike interest rates Yellowstone shuttered amid historic flooding

Brief News Brief - June 10th 2022 - Jan 6th Hearings Kick Off

Trump on Truth Social reacts to hearings Ukraine is in Trouble Plastic Found in Fresh Arctic Snow

Brief News Brief - June 8th 2022 - A Political Earthquake in California

Bass V Caruso in November AK47s to kill Prairie Dogs? Jan 6th hearings kick off tomorrow

Brief News Brief - June 3rd 2022 - Navarro Indicted

Former Trump advisor to face criminal charges for refusing to testify 100 days of war in Ukraine California approved driverless cars

Brief News Brief - June 1st 2022 - The Shit Show in Texas

Gun violence in the USA Sheryl Sandberg leaves Facebook Watch out for those Bison!

Brief News Brief - May 27th 2022 - Global Markets Rally

U.S. consumer spending rose in April Museum Heist at the Louvre Georgia Vs Donald Trump

Brief News Brief - May 25th 2022 - More Gun Violence in America

Kid with Semi Automatic Weapons kills 18 elementary school kids, can you comprehend the horror? Insurrectionists can be barred from holding office The dawn of Monkey Pox

Brief News Brief - April 22nd 2022 - Earth Day

Biden Signs a Bill to save big trees. Disney Special Status dissolved by DeSantis. Loose Lips McCarthy. https://www.youtube.com/outelevision

Brief News Brief - April 19th 2022 - Mask Mandate on Planes End

To wear a mask or not wear a mask War in the Donbas MTG might get disqualified from running for reelection

Brief News Brief - April 15th 2022 - Battleship Sunk

A major propaganda victory for Ukraine Grand Rapids police shooting Elon Musk and the Poison Pill

Brief News Brief - April 13th 2022 - Brooklyn Subway Shooting

Suspect Detained in NY Subway Shooting Jason Ravnsborg impeached All the Trump Lawyers

Brief News Brief - April 8th 2022 - Dire UN Climate Report

Global CO2 emissions have increased by 54% since 1990 LA will tow RVs Million Dollar Vons Baby

Brief News Brief - April 5th 2022 - Obama in the (White) House

Obamacare upgrade 2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson on track to be confirmed Thursday The horror show in Bucha

Brief News Brief - March 24th 2022 - 1 Month of War

15k Russians lost in the Ukrainian onslaught KBJ confirmation circus Trump drama

Brief News Brief - March 18th 2022 - Biden talks to Xi

Time to talk some sense into China Feds hike interest rates Time is running out to take action to save planet earth

Brief News Brief - March 16th 2022 - Biden announces Aid to Ukraine

$800 million in security assistance to Ukraine Oil prices crash 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Japan

Brief News Brief - March 11th 2022 - Week 3 of WW3

The conflict shows no end in sight Bio labs are all the rage Happy 2 year anniversary of the day the world changed

Brief News Brief - March 9th 2022 - Gas Prices Reach Record Highs

Russian aggression sends gas prices to new highs in USA Entering the RoboCop Era Joe Biden is a Fossil

Brief News Brief - March 4th 2022 - The Night Putin hit the Nuclear Power Plant

Russian forces besieged and bombarded several Ukrainian cities Florida, Idaho & Ohio join in on the assault on abortion rights LA County is over COVID

Brief News Brief - March 2nd 2022 - The State of the Union is....unified?

Biden's 1st State of the Union address Ukraine Fights the Good Fight Manchin might be ready to save the planet after all

Brief News Brief - February 23rd 2022 - USPS Gives a Big "F" You to Planet Earth

USPS finalizes plan to spend 11billion on gas vehicles, instead of electric. Putin edging up on a full scale invasion of Ukraine and Trump thinks it's cool. US Women's Soccer get a big win on equal pay.

Brief News Brief - February 18th 2022 - Avocado Drama

No guacamole for you! Big winter storm wallops the Midwest Time to get off the Trump trail

Brief News Brief - February 16th 2022 - Report Warns Of Rising Sea Levels

Water World is on the way Gas tax holiday? Sandy Hook Families get a $73 million dollar settlement

Brief News Brief - February 9th 2022 - The Ban on Lawmaker Stock Trading

Bipartisan support on stock bans Canadian truckers protest shuts down the border A prescription for a National Park?

Brief News Brief - January 28th 2022 - Sarah Palin Don't Give a f**k

Infrastructure money is on it's way to a bridge near you NASA JPL has it's first lady in charge Sarah Palin don't give a f**k

Brief News Brief - January 26th 2022 - Shake up at the Supreme Court

Justice Stephen G. Breyer announced that he will retire Feds to hike interest rates Space junk to crash into the moon

Brief News Brief - January 23rd 2022 - Russian Aggression

Russia wants to install a puppet leader in Ukraine Bill Barr talks to the Jan 6th committee Crypto currency take a nosedive

Brief News Brief - January 19th 2022 - You get a mask! You get a COVID test!

Pandemic presents for all! Starbucks not requiring employees to be vaccinated 450 Scientists say 'no more!' to PR firms that defend fossil fuel

Brief News Brief - January 12th 2022 - Omicron Dominates

US crushes case and hospitalization records Warm oceans, billions in climate disasters, while US emissions are still on the rise First successful animal to human organ transplant

Brief News Brief - January 7th 2022 - VAX mandate at the Supreme Court

Supreme Court in a rush to judgment on Biden's VAX mandate A pile of pennies from A Ok Automotive 3000 planes fly empty over EU airways

Brief News Brief - January 5th 2022 - The January 6th 1 Year Anniversary

1 year later and democracy still feels like it's fading Pope Francis wants people making babies! RIP BlackBerry

Brief News Brief - November 17th 2021 - Paul Gosar Censured

House will act to censure one of its members "QAnon Shaman," sentenced to 41 months in prison Fatal drug overdoses hit all time high

Brief News Brief - November 12th 2021 - Steve Bannon Indicted

Bannon to turn himself in Monday Tension in Eastern Europe escalate amidst a migrant crisis Pingu the Penguin

Brief News Brief - November 10th 2021 - Kyle Rittenhouse takes the stand

Kyle Rittenhouse claims self-defense 35 subpoenas and counting on the Jan 6 committee It's actually infrastructure week

Brief News Brief - October 26th 2021 - Members of Congress are implicated in January 6th Riot

Congress coordinating a coup? TX passes more anti trans legislation A coup in Sudan leaves the military in charge

Brief News Brief - October 22nd 2021 - Truth* NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH TRUTH

Truth Comes Down Cat 5 weather event to hit the west coast Mix and match those vaxes

Brief News Brief - October 20th 2021 - Climate Ambitions Sag

The world plans to keep on keeping on with fossil fuels Transgender Woman sworn into the Biden Administration as Netflix employees walk out over the Chappelle special Harvesting human organs from pigs? It's happening

Brief News Brief - October 15th 2021 - Cops who are insurrectionists

We really wanna trust cops, we do... "Bitch better have my money" - Andrew McCabe A mystery at the heart of the galaxy

Brief News Brief - October 13th 2021 - The COVID pill has arrived

The bio-revolution Hide it in a submarine sandwich Shatner to space!!

Brief News Brief - October 6th 2021 - Oil Spill on the West Coast

Supply chain bottleneck connected to the Orange County oil spill Facebook hates you all LA leads the way on vaccine mandates

Brief News Brief - September 29th 2021 - YouTube Bans All Vaccine Misinformation

Would be cool if peeps stopped profiting off lies Kids under 12 will likely be eligible for vaccines before end of the year The Crocodile and the Man

Brief News Brief - September 21st 2021 - Log Jam on the Supply Chain

Expect high prices and product shortages The House votes to codify Roe v. Wade into law The booming industry of getting high on weed

Brief News Brief - September 22nd 2021 - #Epikfail

The biggest domain-style leak even seen Haitians are sleeping under a border bridge in South Texas Bannon admits culpability in Jan 6th riot

Brief News Brief - September 16th 2021 - COVID Deaths on the Rise

Coronavirus has now killed one in 500 Americans and climbing Far right rally planned for Saturday in DC Space tourists take flight

Brief News Brief - September 14th 2021 - Supreme Court Justice Aunt Lydia

Chummy Amy Coney Barrett and Mitch McConnel Suck that CO2 right outta the air Robot on Mars in pursuit of signs of life

Brief News Brief: Vote "NO" On California Recall

This upcoming recall election is another attempt to chip away at our Democracy. It doesn't matter if you like or dislike Gavin Newsom, this is an attempt at minority rule

Brief News Brief - August 25th 2021 - Biden the Tech Bro?

A "whole-of-nation" cybersecurity strategy True love has seemingly been found Sturgis surge sequel

Brief News Brief - August 20th 2021 - Here comes Henri the Hurricane

Henri looking to hit the East Coast Tesla is making a robot to replace humans The 1 mile asteroid that is almost, but not quite, hitting earth this weekend

Brief News Brief - August 18th 2021 - The Fall of Kabul

The forever war in Afghanistan mass evacuation Haiti has it rough COVID 4th wave rocks the states

Brief News Brief - August 13th 2021 - Trump to be Reinstated as President Today

Cyber Ninjas and Cyber Symposiums couldn't put Trump back together again The Census Data Dropped Hot Earth Summer ?

Brief News Brief - August 11th 2021 - The Dixie Fire Rages

We live in the age of fire tornados Indoor mask mandates are NBD (no big deal) We have some sewage problems in Los Angeles

Brief News Brief - August 6th 2021 - The Florida Variant

Covid ravages Florida Global Warming will kill us all Taliban fighters overrun an Afghan provincial capital for the first time since withdrawal of foreign forces

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