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Little Green FootballsOct 16, 2026

Kimmel: The White House is Mad at Jimmy Kimmel AGAIN, Trump's Press Secretary Mess & Fox News Betrays Him

Fox News predicts that Democrats will likely win the House, Trump took to Truth Social to promote one of Fox’s competitors RSBN, traffic on Truth Social is down more than 30% year-to-year, Trump has decided not to livestream the execution of a man by firing squad, new Press Secretary Katie Zacharia attempted to set the record straight about whether or not she is an attorney at law, the White House issued a statement today about Jimmy in response to ...

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Little Green FootballsOct 13, 2026

The Bob Cesca Podcast: Operation Quiet Piggy

Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show: Operation Quiet Piggy -- Kimberly Guilfoyle has been fired. Press secretary Katie Zacharia was short-circuiting worse than Donald. Is she really a lawyer? Thirsty Donald is back, and it turns out he’s an ass man. Ukraine destroyed a Russian data center. There is no energy ceasefire. Traitor Don is helping Putin help Iran. Even Mark Levin is pissed about Donald’s deal with Putin. Another Republican, another massive budget deficit. The Starve ...

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Little Green FootballsOct 13, 2026

New From Jesse Welles: "Death By Firing Squad"

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Little Green FootballsOct 9, 2026

Roy Wood Jr: Comedians Recap the Week: Roast Trump, Midterms, AI & More

In Have I Got News For You Season 5's recap for episodes 1-3, the panel discusses: Trump's $5K dividend Plan to entice voters, what is Trump-A-Palooza, AI's threat to humanity and data centers' negative impacts on our climate, Trump's government funded Midterm Election ads, Ken Paxton and Trump share choice words for each other, and Pete Hegseth's new plan for the military. Roy Wood Jr., host of "Have I Got News For You" and panelists: Amber Ruffin and Michael ...

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TechdirtOct 9, 2026

Hey Platforms: Your Violent Content Policies Are About To Meet The Pentagon’s Firing Squad

There is plenty of coverage everywhere you look about how Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon have announced plans to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army officer who shot up Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding dozens more. There is plenty of debate about the moral atrocity that is a firing...

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TechdirtOct 9, 2026

Pete Hegseth Pretends Pentagon’s New ‘Religious Affairs’ Office Isn’t Christian Nationalism

There's a certain segment of the American population that likes to really bang on about the importance of the First Amendment to our rights to free speech and the freedom of religion... right up until that includes speech and religion they don't like. This same segment also tends to make a lot of noise about...

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Little Green FootballsOct 8, 2026

Kimmel: Trump Wants His Golf Club to Be Camp David & Jimmy Kimmel's Message to Guillermo's Dancing Haters

Trump wants to convert a portion of the Trump International Golf Club into a Presidential retreat like Camp David, he was asked to clarify his statement about Iran nuking LA and San Diego, Pete Hegseth was in San Diego to personally greet the long-suffering crew of the USS Lincoln, Umar Kremlev now claims that Donald Trump Jr. paid him back for the cost of his wedding weekend in the Bahamas, Fox News turns 30, and Jimmy addresses Guillermo’s Dancing ...

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Little Green FootballsOct 4, 2026

Roy Wood Jr: Trump's Midterm Election? & Hegseth Shrinks The Pentagon!

Comedian Dave Foley and Political Strategist Ashley Allison join Roy, Amber and Michael as they discuss: Trump's newest Midterm Elections ads paid for by the U.S. Government and Republicans' less than welcome reception, Trump and Ken Paxton's love/confused battle, Midterm polling predictions, unpacking Pete Hegseth's idealized military with "no weirdos," Palmer Lucky, Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich unveil: Project Meridian and weapons for children?! All of this and more on this brand new episode of HIGNFY! ⏱️ TIMECODES 00:00 ...

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Little Green FootballsOct 1, 2026

The Bob Cesca Podcast: Fart Barking

Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob Cesca Show: Fart Barking -- What's the deal with Donald's weird puppet legs. Donald's screwy TIME Magazine interview. He regrets nominating all three of his Supreme Court justices. He plans to pardon his entire staff. He claims he has "the highest IQ." The latest on Eric Schmitt’s scam. The Reflecting Pool case is officially closed. Hegseth’s mass firings at the Pentagon. Good news about Donald's latest polls. Good news about early voting. Good ...

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Little Green FootballsSep 29, 2026

Meidas: Trump's Deranged Speech and Disloyal Chatbot

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s awful morning, including his speech promoting a government chatbot. Ben also breaks down Pete Hegseth’s planned cuts to senior military positions and the Trump administration’s talks with Russian representatives about future business and energy cooperation while the war in Ukraine continues.

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TechdirtSep 29, 2026

Reporting Confirms: Stupid Over-Reliance On Palantir AI Helped Lead To US Bombing Of Iranian Schoolgirls

In the piece Dave Willner and I published last week about why "the apocalypse won't be sexy," we discussed how the real threat wasn't "rogue" out of control AI tools, but rather humans doing stupid shit, sometimes because they stop thinking in the presence of these AI machines. A deeply reported Bloomberg article by Ben...

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TechdirtSep 26, 2026

DC Circuit OK’s Hegseth’s Abuse Of A Crummy Statute To Punish AI Vendors Who Won’t Give Him The Deadly Toys He Wants

Pete Hegseth and Trump got a dubious win today: a 2-1 panel of the DC Circuit found that the designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was not unlawful. It dismissed Anthropic's challenge despite (1) a different court having found the exact opposite not that long ago; (2) being predicated on a statutory interpretation...

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Little Green FootballsSep 20, 2026

Don Jr's Russian-Funded Wedding! & Mike Johnson Blocks Hegseth Impeachment Vote? | HIGNFY S5 E2

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger & Tech Journalist Kara Swisher join Roy, Amber and Michael as they discuss: Rep Garcia’s investigation into Trump family businesses & Don Jr.’s wedding after party. Don Jr.'s friendship with Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev? Rep Massie's surprise vote for Hegseth impeachment. All of this and more on this brand new episode of HIGNFY! ⏱️ TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 00:44 Rep Garcia's investigates Trump Family 01:16 Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Don Jr.’s Wedding? 02:44: Don Jr.’s Friendship With Umar Kremlev? ...

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Little Green FootballsSep 17, 2026

Josh Johnson: Kash Patel Gets Tangled in Bestiality Questions & Don Jr. Gets a Blushing Bribe

Pete Hegseth seeks troops with the perfect waist-to-height ratio to serve as props for his speech, and Kash Patel defends new FBI hiring standards that take a softer stance on bestiality. Plus, Josh Johnson dives into the details of Don Jr.'s Russian-funded wedding, while Don Jr.'s new wife steps in to share that the whole wedding wasn’t a bribe; only half of it was. #DailyShow #Bestiality #FBI #KashPatel #DonJr

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TechdirtSep 8, 2026

Cool Cool Cool: Hegseth’s DoD Is Running A Secret Network Of Online Influencers

It would be nice to go a day or two (or three-day weekend!) without being apprised of some new awfulness from this administration. Since that's not going to happen, let's check in with the latest shitshow! And here it is: the Pentagon has "enlisted" some X.com influencers to thrust and parry on behalf of the...

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Little Green FootballsAug 31, 2026

A True Banger From Jesse Welles: "The Nerd Reich"

You hire a clown, you get the whole damn circus.

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TechdirtAug 28, 2026

Pete Hegseth And His Department Of Unconstitutional Revenge Lose Again In California

When Pete Hegseth declared Anthropic a national security risk because it wouldn't agree to his dangerously unethical demands for what Claude should be able to do, Anthropic sued to challenge the directives. One of the challenges was brought in the Northern District of California, where Anthropic has now notched another significant win. While the previous...

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TechdirtAug 26, 2026

Pentagon Fires Chief Editor Of ‘Stars & Stripes’ For Promising To Do Independent Journalism

To say that Donald Trump has been waging an ideological war against the American free press would be an understatement in the extreme. Even attempting to list out the many, many ways in which he has attempted to threaten, sue, undermine, stifle, chill, attack, and hamstring media outlets would be a waste of time. No...

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Little Green FootballsAug 20, 2026

Hegseth 'Basically Destroying the Pentagon': Ex-Wh Adviser Says It 'Should Make Everyone Weep'

President Trump's war in Iran and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership of the Pentagon are raising new concerns. Former Navy leaders tell MS NOW they are worried about the high levels of wear and tear of American aircraft carriers. This comes amid the fallout over the USS Lincoln. MS NOW Pentagon Reporter Priya Sridhar has more details. Former Senior State Department and CIA official Ned Price and Co-chair of American Bridge 21st Century Mitch Landrieu join Alicia Menendez to ...

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Lost and FoundMar 9, 2026

‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war (Smith, 2026) – ein Guardian-Artikel über den amerikanischen „Kriegsminister“ Pete Hegseth, eine der unerträglichsten Figuren im Trump-Umkreis. Fossil finanzierte christliche, muslimische und jüdische Fanatiker bomben gerade gemeinsam die Welt in die Epoche vor der Aufklärung zurück. Hier in der Steiermark und...

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