1. 📰 Man who said he’d ‘pluck out’ VP Harris’ eyes was baffled when feds appeared at door: Complaint (direct link) (👍1079 👎17)

from Not The Onion ([email protected])

Man stunned by arrest for Kamala Harris threats: Complaint

Frank Lucio Carillo allegedly used his GETTR account to make “threatening statements” about Vice President Kamala Harris. In one post, he allegedly said Harris doesn’t “have a snowballs chance in hell which is exactly where you’re going and soon,” adding “I will cut your eyes out of your F—ING head” and “will make sure you suffer a slow agonizing death” 🖋️

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2. 📰 Guy Who Says Slurs Draws the Line at ‘Weird’ (direct link) (👍926 👎16)

from The Onion ([email protected])

Guy Who Says Slurs Draws the Line at ‘Weird’

Pierson Miller, 27, has no problem saying every slur under the sun, but has drawn a hard line at being called “weird.” “I thought we were entering an era of politics where people were civilized? Now Democrats are calling Republican candidates ‘weird’ – what happened to respect?” 🖋️

Posted by DxK

3. 📰 Conspiracy theorists claim Andrew Tate is a trans man after Speedos pic goes viral (direct link) (👍382 👎18)

from And Finally… ([email protected])

Conspiracy theorists are claiming that Andrew Tate is a trans man

Far-right influencer Andrew Tate has become the target of conspiracy theorists. A photo of him wearing a tiny pair of swimming trunks went viral. It was misgendered and implied that there was no male genitalia present. Some commenters added that Tate’s “V-shaped clavicles” were further proof that he was born female and transitioned to male. 🖋️

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4. 📰 Man who faked own death by hacking into death registry to avoid paying child support sentenced to over 6 years in prison (direct link) (👍250 👎2)

from Weird News - Things that make you go ‘hmmm’ ([email protected])

Man who faked own death by hacking into death registry to avoid paying child support sentenced to over 6 years in prison

Jesse Kipf accessed the Hawaii death registry system in January 2023. He used the username and password of a physician living in another state to create a “case’ for his own death. He then completed a death certificate worksheet and certified his death, using the digital signature of the doctor. 🖋️

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5. 📰 GOP senator slams ‘radical leftist’ Tim Walz for ‘getting married on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square’ (direct link) (👍76 👎4)

from SERIOUS NEWS ONLY ([email protected])

GOP senator Ron Johnson slams ‘radical leftist’ Tim Walz for ‘getting married on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square’

Republican Senator Ron Johnson attacked Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz over his ties to China. Johnson claimed it’s a red flag that the “radical leftist” got married “on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square” Walz did spend a year in the Far East in 1989 when, aged 25, he taught English and American history and culture in Foshan, Guangdong province. 🖋️

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6. 📰 Bluey coins worth $400,000 stolen by worker, say Australia police (direct link) (👍58 👎1)

from Offbeat ([email protected])

Bluey coins worth $400,000 stolen by worker, say Australia police

Police say the man stole a trove of limited-edition coins themed on the hit children’s tv show.

Posted by misk

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Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️

🖼️ What the actual fuck (direct link), posted in Not the Onion (👍735 👎19)

Posted by Masimatutu

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