Political memes

New - US July budget deficit 🔵 2024: $244 billion 🔴 2025: $291 billion 🔴 2026: $432 billion Up 77% in two years. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/us-budget-deficit-surged-in-july-to-highest-level-since-march-2021.html

i would have a meltdown too if i found out im in serbia

Ecuadorian police seized about 1,000 pounds of cocaine from a truck near the Colombian border, with Haaland’s face stamped on the packages. https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-colombia-cocaine-erling-haaland-norway-soccer-abadce793d9a5ced1198c0bd7a04db9a

Sen. Tommy Tuberville has found a new way to pass the long drives across Alabama: talking to ChatGPT. He asks it about Medicare and Medicaid, and listens as the machine's voice talks back. "It's kind of like you can sit there and talk to an expert," said the Alabama Republican. "You don't know whether or not they're 100 percent correct. But they put you on the right path." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/13/chatbots-are-doing-work-congress-with-little-oversight/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/13/asia-heatwave-south-korea-potatoes-boil-ground-record-heat-hong-kong-japan

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgxzmgejd5o

‘Nobody wants it’: Lettuce prices see record-setting plunge as cyclospora spooks consumers

Cyclosporiasis, the parasite causing the current explosive diarrhea outbreak, is at a level 20x higher than its yearly average. This comes just 1 year after the Trump admin removed a cyclospora tracking mandate from the 'Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance…

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9347ezzwljo

BREAKING: Karoline Leavitt to step down as Trump’s White House press secretary https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvglzrvyrz3o

Israeli PM Netanyahu posts on Instagram: It's kinda chic to be Big Yahu.

https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-riley-roberts-break-up/

https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/11/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-riley-roberts-break-up/

https://www.tmz.com/2026/08/10/tyler-boebert-arrested-child-sexual-exploitation/

Trump: A lot of people are saying I'm one of the greatest presidents ever Reporter: They aren't saying that

President Donald Trump has signed an order that calls for fewer childhood vaccines and also recommends splitting the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) shots. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3q5vl581wo

Harry Potter fans succeeded in diverting a multimillion-pound power link between the UK and Ireland after they complained it would disturb a "memorial" to Dobby the House Elf. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8mgpl27dpo