A recent study concluded that women’s farts smell worse, but men’s are more voluminous. First off, who had to rank these—and what did they do to deserve that job?
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Lead: Dirty Money
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The U.S. government buys gold from cartel mines in South America, according to The New York Times. Why does this matter? Because it is against the law.
Federal law requires the U.S. to use only U.S.-mined gold for its investor-grade coins, and the U.S. Mint claims that it does. But a Times reporter followed the supply chain and was easily able to trace the metal back to cartel-run mines in Colombia.
“The mines were run by the Clan del Golfo, a U.S.-designated terrorist group that,” according to the Times, “sells drugs and gold, and uses violence to hold onto its territory.”
Is this just one of those things? Supply chains are complicated, so, oh well, our gold is dirty? That would be a generous explanation. We can trace bolts in a car. We can certainly track precious metals.
After we presented our findings, a Treasury spokeswoman said the department is investigating the Mint’s gold procurement and has tightened its sourcing standards to make sure the United States is the “primary” source of the gold the mint buys.
If gold tied to cartel-run mines is entering the supply chain, then it’s not just a sourcing issue. It means money is flowing back to violent groups. The very groups the U.S. itself designates as terrorists.
The U.S. Treasury says it will investigate, but investigate what? Whether this happened, how long it’s been happening, or how it went unnoticed?
AI Will Replace Women—and Rural America Will Pay the Price
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AI will replace women, specifically women in rural areas, according to new research. What does that mean? It means we’re heading for a new industrial revolution that could leave rural America far behind and dump that feminist promise in the trash.
The data shows a stark divide. Millions of workers are highly exposed to AI disruption, but not all of them have the ability to pivot. Among those most at risk are office workers, administrators, customer service reps, which are roles disproportionately held by women, many of them outside major cities.
So what happens next? Governments and institutions already see the problem coming. As AI replaces human labor, the traditional tax base starts to shrink. The International Monetary Fund calls this the “erosion of the income tax base.” The system we rely on today depends heavily on workers paying into it. When those workers disappear, something has to give.
And here’s the reality: there’s no fund waiting to absorb that shock. The plan is to adjust on the fly by taxing those that are still working.
That’s a bleak future, isn’t it? Some workers will be displaced by AI, expanding the welfare state. The rest will pay more to sustain it.
This Isn’t About Recess. It’s About Control.
What if the modern classroom wasn’t broken… but built this way?
A new documentary, Death of Recess on Angel, pulls back the curtain on who’s shaping today’s education system—and why things keep moving in the same direction despite declining outcomes.
Test scores fall. Funding rises. And the parts of childhood that once mattered—movement, freedom, unstructured time—are quietly disappearing.
This film connects the dots most people never see.
It’s not just about schools. It’s about who influences the next generation—and who gets left out.
That’s why platforms like Angel matter—bringing stories most outlets won’t touch.
Did you miss our last live show? No problem, you can catch the replay here! And don’t miss this segment where we break down the media’s lies about the White House Correspondents Dinner shooter.
News by The Numbers
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Harry Styles is trending because he is reportedly engaged to actress Zoë Kravitz after just eight months of dating.
Jimmy Kimmel is trending because First Lady Melania Trump has called for ABC to fire him for a monologue he presented about the White House Correspondents Dinner. President Trump echoed the demand as well.
Gerry Conway is trending because the Marvel Comics writer who created the Punisher and Ms. Marvel has died at the age of 73.
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