Viral Pictures to Share

08/22/2026

If Biden Owned $3.37, Trump Gets the $4.45 Receipt

At the pump, partisan accounting arrives with a briefcase and a newsroom raccoon. The March 2022 $3.37 price gets the Ukraine and Russia-invasion footnote:…...

Economy, Politics

08/21/2026

Congress Announces an Inquiry, Then Adds the Disclaimer

The House Ethics Committee publicly disclosed a review involving Rep. Jimmy Gomez while stressing that the announcement itself proves nothing—accountability with a liability waiver attached....

America's Got Governance, Politics

08/21/2026

The Moon Crash Video Was Fake, But the Moon Crash Was Extremely Real

The internet shared synthetic proof of a real lunar impact, revealing how viral certainty can outrun verification and still stumble into the correct headline....

-generated_content Science, Tech

The internet shared synthetic proof of a real lunar impact, revealing how viral certainty can outrun verification and still stumble into the correct headline.

08/21/2026

Fermi’s AI Power Dream Meets the Federal Paperwork Machine

Fermi is promising enormous AI infrastructure while responding to federal and SEC requests for records tied to Project Matador and former management....

America's Got Governance, Tech

08/21/2026

DOGE’s Wall of Receipts Needs a Receipt for the Receipts

A GAO review found that some of DOGE’s celebrated savings numbers included work already underway or actions that did not actually reduce contracts....

-contracts America's Got Governance, Politics

08/20/2026

The Public Gets the Bill, Defense Contractors Get the Toast

Phil McCracken here, following the invoice from the gas pump to the grocery aisle and finding the public assigned every unpleasant line item: human…...

-contracts -costs -profiteering Economy, Politics

08/20/2026

The Public Helped Prove Remdesivir—Then Got the Invoice

I follow the invoice, and Remdesivir leads straight to the strangest line item in pandemic economics: public support helping carry the research risk while…...

Economy, Health

08/20/2026

Live Nation Built the Middle Seat

San Diego may get a much-needed mid-sized concert venue, but the company filling the gap is also facing DOJ allegations over control of venues and ticketing....

Business, Culture

08/20/2026

Google Built a Door to Rival App Stores and Then Put a Haunted-House Warning on It

Google says Android offers choice. But when rival app stores are buried, warning prompts multiply, and “View” appears before “Install,” the escape hatch starts looking like a corporate haunted house....

Justice, Tech

08/20/2026

The Government Group Chat Was Just a Church Basement

A reported Minneapolis-area surveillance operation treated ordinary civic organizing as conspiracy evidence, revealing how quickly public-safety language can turn constitutional activity into a threat narrative....

Politics, U.S.