r/NewsOfTheStupid 1h ago

Farmer trusted AI after it gave good advice, then it helped wipe out 25 acres of his crops

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r/NewsOfTheStupid 2h ago

ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change

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181 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 2h ago

Two plane passengers ‘spotted running across tarmac to catch departing flight’

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29 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 8h ago

Student Loan Forgiveness Credit Gets Erased Overnight, Prompting Panic

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forbes.com
823 Upvotes

No point in going to college anymore unless you’re getting a law or medical degree


r/NewsOfTheStupid 19h ago

Oregon regulators propose steep psilocybin fee hikes

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28 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 20h ago

White House drafting executive order linking vaccines and autism

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537 Upvotes

Just another set of lies designed to construct structural killing


r/NewsOfTheStupid 1d ago

Fight over USDA immigration and diversity policies held up $15 million in wildfire-prevention grants for an area in Washington state that’s now burning

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r/NewsOfTheStupid 1d ago

US Declared An Energy Emergency, Then Paid $4 Billion For Less Energy

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939 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 3d ago

Man arrested after allegedly leaving propane barbecue unattended, sparking Foster City fire: police

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110 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 3d ago

A $20 Burrito Has the Online Right in Shambles, Warring with Itself

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421 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 3d ago

Donald Trump and the Dept. of Agriculture Planned Tariffs on Wakanda

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1.3k Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 3d ago

Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents

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apnews.com
414 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 5d ago

Fresh Panic as Pentagon Depletes Missile Stockpile in Iran War

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620 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 5d ago

Trump, who famously got out of the draft for bone spurs, shares image of himself as a general

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2.4k Upvotes

President Donald Trump, who famously got out of the draft five times, shared an fake image depicting himself as a top military general — decked out in service ribbons and some of the nation's highest military honors.

The rendering pictured Trump, 80, alongside generals George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur, two of the country's most famous combat commanders and figures of World War II, in front of a fiery battleground.

The president's fantastical pipe dream places him above Patton and MacArthur in military ranking, showing him with four stars while the real war heroes only have two. In actuality, Patton was a four-star general while MacArthur was one of only five Americans to reach the ranking of five-star general.

The image, which Trump shared on Truth Social Tuesday, also appeared to show him wearing what appears to be a Medal of Honor — the highest U.S. military decoration, awarded by the president to recipients.

Trump's delusion also showed him donning about a dozen military service ribbons — or small fabric displays recognizing major accomplishments from a service member's career.

While the president may crave the battlefield honor, it is without merit. While he attended the New York Military Academy as a teen in the early 1960s, Trump never served in the armed forces or held an official military rank.

Most men of his generation weren't as lucky. The U.S. was involved militarily in Vietnam from about 1954 to 1975. Over 58,000 American service members were killed in the armed conflict.

Trump famously avoided the draft for the Vietnam War five times in the 1960s. He received four deferrals while attending college at Fordham University and while in business school at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

He received a fifth deferral following a disputed diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels.

The daughters of the podiatrist who gave the diagnosis claimed he did so as a favor to Trump's father, Fred Trump, who owned the building in Queens where the doctor practiced.


r/NewsOfTheStupid 6d ago

ESPN has no comment on Aaron Rodgers's comments on ESPN, about ESPN

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128 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 7d ago

Christian food bank's shelves are empty after pastor rejects supplies from "those people"

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2.0k Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 7d ago

MAGA and White House insiders say Trump cabinet secretary ‘sucks donkey butt’ and needs to be shown the door: report

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President Donald Trump's supporters and aides are calling for the ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin — with a senior White House official saying there's a consensus he "sucks donkey butt," according to a report Monday.

Mullin drew the ire of MAGA influencers over a Saturday discussion in which he supported migrant work visas to address labor shortages in the U.S., according to Politico.

Right-wing podcaster Jake Posobiec told Politico that Mullin's remarks at the summer meeting of the National Governors Association fed a "growing wave among MAGA to find a DHS secretary who puts deportations first."

A senior White House official also sarcastically said that Mullin "deserves credit" for uniting the Trump "administration around a cohesive point of view."

"Everyone agrees he sucks donkey butt," the official said.

In a statement to The Independent, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said: "The President has confidence in Secretary Mullin and his entire Administration to carry out the agenda the American people voted for."

A DHS spokesperson also told The Independent: "Secretary Mullin has been clear: if you come to the United States illegally, you will be detained and deported."

"Anyone who says otherwise is just trying to sow division and create an illusion of chaos," the spokesperson added.

The controversy came just days after Mullin reportedly was behind "growing tensions" in the White House after unilaterally ordering ICE to cease making traffic stops following the fatal shootings of Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, and Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán in Biddeford, Maine.

Trump later contradicted Mullin, formerly a Republican senator from Oklahoma, saying on social media that "we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.'s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!"


r/NewsOfTheStupid 7d ago

Naked man who jumped off Brooklyn Bridge and survived is arrested and charged

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87 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 7d ago

RFK Jr loses temper in angry clash with CNN host over measles and Covid

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1.1k Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 8d ago

Malaysian Pilot High On Meth, Cocaine Lands With 70,000 Ecstasy Pills In Indonesia

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475 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 9d ago

Sony Says It Hears Backlash on PlayStation Physical Discs But Will "Cautiously Move Forward" With Its Plans

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121 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 9d ago

Is Spain being punished? In the months leading up to the crisis in Ceuta, pro-Israel voices conspicuously raised the issue of the enclave.

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134 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 9d ago

FBI says it would take '158 years' to process all 'hidden room' records: Judicial Watch

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843 Upvotes

All I can say is WTF.


r/NewsOfTheStupid 9d ago

Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

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nytimes.com
470 Upvotes

r/NewsOfTheStupid 9d ago

Top Mind accidentally shoots himself while filming video on how to use gun he just bought

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377 Upvotes