No experience necessary.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/faa-hires-2000-gamers-to-be-air-traffic-controllers/ar-AA29RNKK

Regardless of your age, chances are you know at least one person in your life who loves video games, and a recent campaign by the U.S. Department of Transportation shows that those skills might be useful at your nearest airport.

In April 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a new campaign aimed at hiring the “next generation of air traffic controllers,” citing an increased focus on skills often synonymous with frequent gaming, such as increased problem-solving skills and multitasking abilities.

That strategy appears to have paid off.

In a social media post made Sunday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the campaign has broken multiple hiring records for the FAA, including most candidates hired in a single year, with more than 2,000.

“In April, we launched a NEW CAMPAIGN to recruit video gamers as air traffic controllers — and supercharged the entire hiring process to get the BEST & BRIGHTEST in faster. The results are HISTORIC,” Duffy said.

The secretary also highlighted that this campaign featured “the most streamlined hiring process,” adding that more than 2,000 “best & brightest” candidates are in the hiring pipeline.

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Brown pseudo-intellectual Progressive Trash Hates Everything About US-Doesn't Leave.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/us-news/abdul-el-sayeds-sisters-also-rants-against-july-4th-and-thanksgiving-in-holiday-hating-posts/

Abdul El-Sayed’s sister’s also rants against July 4th and Thanksgiving in holiday-hating posts

It’s a family of holiday killjoys.

The sister of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has also dismissed classic American holidays as her candidate brother has been called out for hating on the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and the national pastime of football.

Eman Abdelhadi, an assistant professor of comparative human development at the University of Chicago, had several social media posts resurface in the wake of her sibling’s primary victory in the Wolverine State earlier this month.

“Excuse me if I don’t celebrate the transfer of stolen land from one colonizer to another,” Abdelhadi posted on Twitter, now X, in July 2016, hashtagging the July 4th holiday

It’s a family of holiday killjoys.


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ETERNAL LIFE!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-officers-gloves-electric-shocks/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

ICE plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to purchase "conductive distraction and de-escalation devices" for officers and agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security.

The devices are known as the G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, and are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, Kentucky. They have been used in recent years by some jails and police departments.

The notice said the solicitation for a no-bid contract could be published as early as Friday.

A DHS spokesperson told CBS News in a statement: "ICE is constantly assessing the needs of our officers in the field to ensure they have the tools and equipment necessary to safely arrest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our country. Every decision is made with careful consideration and appropriately reviewed to ensure that any technology ICE utilizes is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards."

Compliant Technologies did not comment to CBS News.

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Trump Appointee Scott Bessent plans change so Companies No Longer Have To Disclose Their Ownership And US Database Of Owners Will Be Deleted

https://archive.today/2026.08.12-135146/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/08/11/treasury-ends-ownership-reporting-rules-us-companies/

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Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration

Watch this thread for a bunch of unsupported cope from ESL shill

https://socialecology.uci.edu/news/large-scale-study-finds-no-link-between-crime-and-unauthorized-immigration

For more than two decades, Charis E. Kubrin has followed the data wherever it leads. As UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, she has built a career studying one of America’s most politically charged questions: does immigration drive crime?

Now, in one of the most geographically detailed studies of its kind ever conducted, Kubrin and colleagues have an answer.

“Consistent with the research base more generally, unauthorized immigration does not drive crime rates in U.S. neighborhoods,” says Kubrin, the study’s lead author. “Honestly, I wasn't too surprised.”

What they found: neighborhoods where the share of undocumented residents grew actually saw greater reductions in property crime and no significant change in violent crime, contrary to what many claim.

The gap between what researchers know and what the public believes is nothing new, Kubrin notes.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-plane-ruse.html

Top administration officials engaged in an elaborate deception to spirit President Trump out of Turkey during the NATO summit there last month, transporting him in a catering container to a military jet because of a threat against him and Air Force One from Iran, two senior U.S. officials said on Monday.

Mr. Trump and other officials had said publicly that he would be leaving Turkey on July 8 aboard one of the older versions of Air Force One rather than a luxury 747-8 donated by Qatar that he had flown in on. Mr. Trump told reporters at the time that he was making the switch for “old time’s sake.”

Mr. Trump boarded the older plane from the left-side door in view of cameras, and news organizations, including The New York Times, reported that he had traveled on it to Britain, where he switched back to the newer plane. The Times reported at the time that the decision was driven in part by concern about the security of the new plane donated by Qatar, which had not been equipped with all of the defensive capabilities of older versions.

But instead of flying out aboard that older, powder blue, modified 747, Mr. Trump was whisked off that plane via a catering container that had been lifted to the opposite side of the plane from where the journalists traveling with him boarded, one of the U.S. officials said. The president was then taken to a third plane, which he flew in secret to Britain, the official with knowledge of the matter said.

Reporters on the older plane were not told that Mr. Trump had not flown with them from Turkey to an air base in Britain, making them unwitting participants in the ruse and leaving them, along with some White House staff members, to serve as unknowing decoys.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/11/former-marine-held-in-russia-for-4-years-has-been-freed-trump-says-01033025

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that Russia has freed Robert Gilman, an American who had been detained in the country for more than four years, amid increasingly dire reports about his health.

“After my discussions with President Vladimir Putin, Russia has agreed to release him, very much on a Humanitarian Basis,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We appreciate this decision, and the fact that Russia asked for no one in return — No exchange took place.”

Gilman, an English teacher and Marine Corps veteran, was detained by Russian police while traveling to the U.S. embassy in Moscow in January 2022 and charged with assaulting a police officer, which advocates stringently denied. They called for Moscow to release him as soon as possible for treatment in American hospitals, saying he’d faced torture that had caused him to enter into a stupor in June, concerns that were first reported by Reuters.

The U.S. has now freed more than 100 Americans since Trump returned to the Oval Office last year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote on X. The administration is “still seeking the immediate return of all other unjustly detained Americans,” he said.

Trump lauded his administration’s efforts to free Gilman, as well as other Americans the U.S. argues have been unjustly imprisoned abroad, like the deal the Trump administration negotiated to free American school teacher Marc Fogel from a Russian prison in February 2025. And Venezuela freed six American prisoners — even before strongman Nicolás Maduro was removed from power — after a visit from special envoy Ric Grenell in January 2025.

>Don Jr is the "Strategic Advisor" for Kalshi
>Kalshi allows betting on flight cancellations
>Terrorists can legally profit on bomb threats thanks to Trump™

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/flightaware-sues-kalshi-over-flight-cancellation-markets-2026-08-11/

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Flight-tracking service FlightAware is suing prediction markets giant Kalshi accusing the company of using its data and name to run "gambling markets on flight cancellations" without permission.

In July, Kalshi announced markets allowing customers to bet on flight-cancellation risk. The plans drew criticism over concerns that the markets could create financial incentives for people to disrupt air travel or cause airport closures.

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https://newrepublic.com/post/214190/trump-biden-missile-weapons-stockpile-depleted

>Trump Blames Biden For Firing the U.S.’s Missile Stockpile at Iran

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Conservatives show they have no financial power as their racist boycott amounts to nothing.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/10/the-odyssey-becomes-christopher-nolans-highest-grossing-film-as-it-passes-11bn-at-box-office

The Odyssey has become the highest grossing film of Christopher Nolan’s career, having made more than US$1bn at the global box office less than a month after its release.

The blockbuster, which was released on 17 July, is an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic and follows Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, on his perilous 10-year journey home after the Trojan war.

The film, which has received strong reviews from critics, has grossed $1.104bn (£819m, A$1.56bn) worldwide, making it the most successful of Nolan’s career.

It has beaten his previous record-holder, the 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, which earned $1.085bn (£805.7m), while its 2008 predecessor The Dark Knight grossed $1.005bn (£745m).

The Oscar-winning film-maker has directed blockbusters such as Tenet, Dunkirk and Interstellar, with his movies having now grossed more than US$7bn (£5.198bn) globally.

The 56-year-old wrote and directed The Odyssey, which he also produced alongside his wife, Emma Thomas.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3q5nxpgk1o

>More than 10 customers have signed up to Trump Media's controversial service that offers faster access to market-moving posts made on its Truth Social platform.

>The service, Truth API, launched at the beginning of August and gives Wall Street traders first sight of posts from the social media site's most influential accounts.

>Its earliest customers are mostly in high-frequency trading firms who are being charged between $60,000-$100,000 (£44,000-£74,000) a month for the service, interim chief executive officer Kevin McGurn said during an earnings call.

>He was speaking after Trump Media reported a loss of $238m between April and June.

>The quarterly loss is more than 10 times the amount reported during the same period a year earlier, according to the Trump Media and Technology Group, and comes as the group branched into ventures unrelated to media, including cryptocurrencies.

>The group, which is yet to make a profit, says it will refocus on its social media mission.

>In July, it announced a plan to give Wall Street firms and institutional investors faster access to posts on Truth Social, where Trump frequently makes announcements. It has been viewed as a way to give subscribers an edge in trading stocks and other heavily traded assets.

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In a major setback to efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and cool Middle East tensions, Iran ruled out any future negotiations with United States (US) President Donald Trump, according to Iranian outlets and a X post by an adviser to Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. Headlines note that Tehran will wait until the US President’s term ends on January 20, 2029, to resume talks.

"Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We will accompany him until his term ends," Majid Shakeri, adviser to Ghalibaf, said

According to TD Securities, a prospective agreement on the Strait of Hormuz remains out of reach, with the bank noting that a "Hormuz deal remains elusive." Strategists highlight that the risk backdrop is being reinforced as "the Houthis' continued strikes on Saudi energy infrastructure, flows via Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb remain critically choked, and Russian exports and refining remain subdued amid continued Ukrainian attacks," all of which continue to underpin the geopolitical risk premium in Oil.

>https://www.fxstreet.com/news/breaking-iran-wont-negotiate-with-the-us-until-trumps-term-is-done-202608101811

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https://www.wlwt.com/article/william-evans-ellis-murder-911-calls-charges-suspects/73392787

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Mamdani forced to pause pied-à-terre tax roll-out — and pull down ‘shame the rich’ list in win for NYC homeowners
https://nypost.com/2026/08/10/us-news/ny-judge-approves-temporary-pause-of-mamdanis-pied-a-terre-tax-rollout/
The reign of pied-à-terror is on pause.

Big Apple homeowners fighting the controversial pied-à-terre tax notched an early victory Monday, when a judge stunningly blocked Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tortured rollout of the new levy.

Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi issued the temporary restraining order, effectively putting the luxury second-home tax on ice until at least an Aug. 31 court hearing about the peeved property owners’ lawsuit.

The judge barred the city from taking any further action on the 17,000 notices sent by the Department of Finance to homeowners, which declared they could face a five-figure tax bill unless they requested an exemption.

Mamdani quickly promised to fight the ruling, and attempt to get the restraining order lifted and his socialist “tax the rich” policy rolling again.

“We disagree with today’s ruling, but we are confident in both the pied-à-terre surcharge and the City’s ability to implement it fairly and effectively,” said Matt Rauschenbach, a spokesman for the mayor.

“This surcharge asks those who own second homes valued at $5 million or more to contribute their fair share to the city they benefit from,” Rauschenbach said, claiming “The Law Department will appeal the ruling immediately which will stay the order, and the City will continue with the pied-a-terre’s implementation.”

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Kevin Hassett said on CNN yesterday that the economy is “really, really booming.”

That may be true if you’re sitting on a stock portfolio and already own a home.

But for working middle-class Americans trying to afford groceries, gas, and rent? They’re falling farther and farther behind.

The Wall Street Journal has a new piece on how the Republican Party is losing its edge with voters on the economy.

Republican pollster Mitchell Brown runs focus groups in battleground states. He told the Journal that voters now know their power bill to the dollar.

The same is true for healthcare costs.

And the price of beef — up 100% since 2019.

Inflation hit 3.5% last month. It was 3% for Joe Biden’s last month in office.

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