HeyJaredKGB Report
by Kevin G. Barkes- Observations by and for the vaguely disenchanted: Information, essential and otherwise, for the day ahead. Humor, politics, media, history... whatever it takes to survive our shared existential despair.
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Horribly botched execution; A.I. answers gov’t questions, can’t spell; Hegseth unhinged; warming oceans; mid-air mayhem; what do you do with 20 tons of sand? (opens the original)
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Jordan Klepper breaks down the headlines, including an AI summit in Washington that left us with exactly the same amount of federal AI regulation (read: none). Plus, former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith appears before the Senate to answer questions about his “misconduct,” and Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt falls on his proverbial ass on live TV when his ambush of Smith backfires spectacularly. By the way, did anyone see that Atlanta Hawks game? Neither did Jack Smith.KGB Report is published Monday t
More AI concern and confusion; GOP panics over midterms; Trump ratings, consumer confidence plummet; Kristi files for divorce; Fat Bear winner; longing for the ‘80s. (opens the original)
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More troubling A.I. developments; mileage goals slashed; FEMA can’t make election demands; mile high pantsless misdemeanor (opens the original)
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Jon Stewart examines the limits of Republican allegiance to Trump after his weekend of wooing President Xi with granite, helipads, and an exclusive tour of the White House ballroom. Will MAGA loyalists denounce Trump's offer to sell weapons to China, America's supposed enemy, or is their frustration with the president a Susan Collins-style display of feigned outrage?KGB Report is published Monday through Thursday, is assembled by an aging human, and contains no intentional A.I. generated materia
Trumpflation nukes the economy; you’re paying for Trump’s propaganda ad; AI has misbehaved tens of thousands of times (opens the original)
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Trump rolls out red carpet, twitches at U.N.; China secretly helping Iran; DOGE dumbness; a whole bunch of scary stuff about A.I. (opens the original)
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Trump can’t find Marco Rubio during his U.N. speech, and Jeanine Pirro seizes a Martian meteorite for some reason (shouldn’t that be the Space Force’s job?). Desi Lydic breaks down the headlines, including a BIG week for First Lady Melania Trump, who’s launching her second documentary passion project and putting Brian Kilmeade to sleep in the process.KGB Report is published Monday through Thursday, is assembled by an aging human, and contains no intentional A.I. generated material. If the n
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