The “Tush Push,” also known as the Brotherly Shove, is a short-yardage football play the Philadelphia Eagles have made famous in recent seasons. Now it has an official sponsor: Dude Wipes.
Yes, those Dude Wipes — marketed as flushable wipes “for dudes.” As the company puts it, they’re made for wiping the very thing that makes the Tush Push possible.
In Case You Missed It
📄 The House Oversight Committee released over 33,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein–related records provided by the DOJ, though lawmakers on both sides noted that the vast majority—around 97% — were already publicly available.
🏛️ Rep. Thomas Massie slammed House leadership for scheduling what he called a “meaningless vote” to shield members from supporting bipartisan legislation aimed at forcing the release of Jeffrey Epstein files.
🪖 A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s deployment of military troops to fight crime in California, ruling that the move violated the Posse Comitatus Act and setting aside the use of armed forces in domestic law enforcement—a decision that may influence potential troop deployments in other cities.
👩⚖️ A Washington, D.C., federal grand jury has declined to indict a woman accused of threatening to kill President Trump on social media, marking at least the third instance in recent weeks where prosecutors failed to secure an indictment in similar cases.
👗 Chloe Malle has been named head of editorial content at American Vogue, succeeding Anna Wintour, who will remain as the magazine’s global editorial director.
🚀 The U.S. Space Command headquarters is set to relocate from Colorado to Alabama, following President Trump’s decision to reverse the Biden administration’s previous placement — a move that sparked bipartisan political fallout over strategy and state benefits.
📱 A U.S. federal judge ruled that despite finding Google held an illegal monopoly in search, the tech giant will not be broken up; instead, it must end exclusive search deals and share search data with competitors.
*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 5:00 AM.
Lead: China’s Victory Day Parade Sends a Message to the U.S.
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China hosted a massive military parade on Tuesday, complete with a “who’s who” of world leaders in attendance: Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
President Trump told reporters he saw the event as no threat to the U.S. but then he pivoted into something stranger, saying the U.S. should be remembered in China’s celebrations of independence from Japan, and that world leaders should “have a good time as they conspire against the United States of America.”
What does that even mean? Yes, the U.S. played a role in defeating Japan, along with Australia, New Zealand, and the British. But suggesting China’s allies are “conspiring” against America hardly sounds like the “very good relationship with President Xi” that Trump also claimed in the same presser.
Meanwhile, the parade wasn’t just about pageantry. China showed off cutting-edge weapons systems, including the so-called “Guam Killer,” a missile designed to target U.S. bases that would be crucial in a Taiwan Strait conflict.
I vote we avoid testing what those weapons can do.
U.S. Drone Strike Off Venezuela Sparks Fears of ‘Noriega 2.0’
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The U.S. military claimed responsibility for a drone strike on a boat off the coast of Venezuela. The White House says it was a Tren de Aragua (TDA) vessel carrying 11 cartel members and drugs.
That means the drone wars on drug cartels have begun — whether South American leaders are on board or not.
The Trump administration argues that TDA is controlled by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. But a recently declassified U.S. intelligence memo contradicts that claim, saying it was unlikely Maduro’s government cooperates with or directs the group. In fact, Caracas views TDA as a threat to its own power.
One U.S. official told Axios this strike could be a “precursor to Noriega Part 2.” That’s not reassuring. Noriega Part 1 was no success story: once a CIA asset, Manuel Noriega was toppled when he refused U.S. demands for military bases in the Panama Canal Zone. Washington launched the largest airborne assault on a city since World War II, leaving hundreds — perhaps thousands — of civilians dead. The destruction has never been fully accounted for.
Would the U.S. do the same to remove Maduro? Is that where we’re heading?
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U.K. Arrests Comedy Writer for Tweets
Comedy writer Graham Linehan, creator of The IT Crowd, was arrested at Heathrow Airport—for tweets. Not threats, not crimes, not violence. Tweets.
According to his own account, five armed police officers were waiting for him as he stepped off the plane, hauling him away like a terrorist because he dared to mock transgender activism online. They locked him in a cell, confiscated his belongings, and slapped him with a gag order banning him from using X. The stress was so severe his blood pressure spiked into stroke territory, and he ended up in hospital.
What did he actually write? That he hates misogynists and homophobes, that trans activists smell bad, and that women should fight back if men invade female-only spaces: “punch him in the balls.” Police called that a threat to trans people.
Meanwhile, the U.K. is plagued by soaring knife crime and sexual assaults — yet resources are being spent on arresting a comedy writer for words on the internet.
Linehan’s bail conditions forbid him from going back on social media until he meets with authorities again in October.
We recently had Linehan on Redacted because we respect his courage in standing up against authoritarian madness. Watch the interview for yourself and decide: is this really someone who should be arrested for his humor?
This episode has earned widespread condemnation of the U.K. government’s heavy-handed approach. Let’s hope Linehan has a barrister strong enough to show the state that this is not the kind of society the West will tolerate.
News By The Numbers
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100. That is how many games The Rockies have lost this year. If that wasn’t enough, the game exploded into chaos in the very first inning after Rafael Devers’ home run sparked a bench-clearing brawl. Players were booted out in record time—Freeland, Chapman, Adames all ejected—and the result was just as ugly on the scoreboard as it was on the field.
6. That is how many candidates from Germany’s right-leaning AfD party have died in the last 13 days. That’s certainly odd but, according to the BBC, no foul play is suspected.
$24 million. That is how much Cardi B was sued for over a 2018 incident in which she was accused of spitting at a woman and using racial slurs. A jury found her not guilty of those things on Tuesday.
What’s Trending?
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Druski is trending because the Black comedian dressed in White Face for a comedy sketch.
Amazon Prime is trending because Amazon will end a program that allows members to share free shipping with people who don’t live at the same address.
Roger Waters is trending because Jack Osbourne, son of the late Ozzy Osbourne, said this to him on X. All Waters said was that he was never much interested in Osbourne’s band or music.
The Ozempic Exit
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A new study shows that more than 50% of people who start Ozempic or its cousin drugs quit within a year — not because they don’t want to lose weight, but because the side effects are hell.
We’re talking relentless nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, acid reflux — symptoms that hit fast, often within 48 hours of the first dose or every time the dose goes up. For many, it’s just not livable.
And here’s the kicker: the “solutions” doctors recommend to manage those side effects — eat tiny meals, avoid fat — practically guarantee nutritional collapse. Fat is where your body gets and absorbs key vitamins like A, D, E, and K. No fat means no nutrients. Combine that with a drug that shuts off hunger, and you’re looking at malnutrition and muscle loss dressed up as “health.”
Even for those who stick it out, the drugs only work while you’re on them. Stop, and on average you regain two-thirds of the weight within a year. And here’s the most telling part: there are no instructions on the labels for how to ever safely go off of them. No taper plan, no exit strategy. It’s a lifetime subscription model, designed to keep you paying.
So when you hear “miracle weight loss drug,” remember: half the people who try it can’t stomach it — literally.
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