Because distraction, politicians have decided that Nixon was framed in the Watergate scandal.

I guess those recordings of Nixon orchestrating the cover-up were just Rich Little having a little fun.

Trump has renamed Artificial Intelligence to Super Intelligence for his minions in the government.

From his perspective, a Tamagotchi is Super Intelligence.

After monkeypox failed to capture the newscycle, the scaremongers have settled on measles. Measles! A disease whose mortality was already zero when the vaccine was introduced.

If you want to scare people into compliance, why not pick something like Hanta or Ebola? Those would definitely get people in line for their annual injection of heavy metals.

Lots of news about mayors, councils, and sheriffs de-commissioning Flock cameras.

But that's not the story. The story is that the people's so-called representatives commissioned secret surveillance networks without asking permission or communicating intentions, often re-directing funds approved for something else — and they caved only after they were caught, amid intense public scrutiny.

A few hundred or a few thousand decommissioned cameras will make only a small dent in the ~120,000 cameras deployed nationwide.

This is only the beginning.

In the same breath that Trump is telling European countries that the closed Hormuz Strait is their problem to solve – despite the fact that he created it, Trump is also quietly asking European countries if he can borrow their Patriot missile batteries. "Just for a minute", I'm sure.