Busted narratives, fringe theories and photo threats + this day in history w/simulating a “radiological incident” and our song of the day by Chris Farren on your #MorningMonarchy for May 19, 2025.
Notes/Links:
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Last Monday Hangout #29 // Mon May 26, 2025 @ 9AM MT
https://discord.com/events/311625265627529216/1373118975126409286
NCAA Sanctions Shepherd University for Eligibility Violations Across 10 Sports
https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/ncaa-sanctions-shepherd-university-for-eligibility-violations-across-10-sports/article_b1176d60-50e7-46f6-ae68-49632c74f06d.html
Nolan Arenado Absent From Cardinals’ Lineup on Wednesday Amid Trade Rumors
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/nolan-arenado-absent-from-cardinals-lineup-on-wednesday-amid-trade-rumors/ar-AA1ElVrm
Foo Fighters Fire Drummer Josh Freese: “I’m Not Angry, Just A Bit Shocked & Disappointed”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/foo-fighters-fire-drummer-josh-freese-i-m-not-angry-just-a-bit-shocked-disappointed/ar-AA1EVGxL
Wanted Lord Buffalo drummer ‘forcibly removed’ from Dallas flight, detained by US Border Patrol before European tour
https://nypost.com/2025/05/15/us-news/lord-buffalo-drummer-yamal-said-wanted-for-texas-arrest-warrant-removed-from-dallas-flight-to-europe-by-us-border-patrol/
ANOTHER NARRATIVE BUSTED: Texas Band’s Sob Story After ICE “Forcibly Removes” Their Drummer From Plane Backfires When The Truth of Drummer’s Violent Past Emerges
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/another-narrative-busted-texas-bands-sob-story-after/
US Supreme Court divided over judges’ power in citizenship case
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2yer83120o
DHS mulls reality competition for immigrants seeking US citizenship
https://salemnewschannel.com/dhs-mulls-reality-competition-for-immigrants-seeking-us-citizenship
Video: Immigration Game Show – DHS Considers Citizenship Competition (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aXf-wMpP6do
Sleep Token – “Caramel” (Audio)
‘Even In Arcadia’
RCA – 9 May 2025
*Sleep Token – “Caramel” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iSvoQNfrrk // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_Token // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_in_Arcadia // ‘Even in Arcadia’ is the fourth studio album by anonymous English rock band, Sleep Token.*
Video: Sleep Token Trolls Fans With WRAL Weatherman (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTO6c4mXaeQ&t=372s
Sleep Token Scores First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With ‘Even in Arcadia’
https://archive.is/4eviE
Audio Clip of Biden Special Counsel Interview Is Released, Showing Verbal Stumbles; Republicans have long sought to make public a recording of the 2023 interview, arguing that it might offer evidence of a decline in Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s mental acuity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/politics/trump-hur-biden-special-counsel-audio-age.html
Video: BREAKING: Biden-Hur’s SHOCKING audio leaked (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb90PCc7Syw
BREAKING: Biden Diagnosed with Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer – Spread to His Bones
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/breaking-biden-diagnosed-aggressive-form-prostate-cancer-spread/
At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight; Before the Trump presidency, there was broad consensus that the 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship for children born in the United States
https://archive.is/w1JSp
Video: Poorly-Aged 70s Commercials – Cosby White Owl (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grgVVOT7WpQ
Live – “Love Lounge” (Audio)
Digital Single
Kavalry Records – Jun. 26, 2018
*Live – “Love Lounge” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBxtBYnNm90 // https://www.discogs.com/release/15031710-Live-Love-Lounge // https://web.archive.org/web/20190607104746/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/hear-lives-heavy-new-love-lounge-featuring-original-lineup-665939/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/20180910morningmonarchy/ // Live adopt[ed, adapted?] a grungy hard-rock approach with the thunderous “Love Lounge,” the first new song in a decade from the band’s reunited original lineup with singer [and iconic, underrated front man], Ed Kowalczyk. I heard it on one of the rock radio stations I was digging when we first got to NM in spring 2018 – and I played it as the morning show song of the day once on-air that autumn, too!*
Gabbard fires top National Intelligence Council officials
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5298799-gabbard-fires-national-intelligence-council-leaders/
Video: This woman goes off on “liberal fatigue” for over 2 minutes. She hit every point. (Audio)
https://x.com/DisrespectedThe/status/1922361442973499677
BREAKING: South Carolina trans activist arrested for threatening to assassinate Rep Nancy Mace; “I’m going to assassinate Representative Nancy Mace with a gun and I’m being 100% dead a**.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-south-carolina-trans-activist-arrested-for-threatening-to-assassinate-rep-nancy-mace
Secret Service Questions Comey Over Social Media Post About Trump; Administration officials had said the post — a picture of seashells forming the numbers “86 47” — amounted to an assassination threat by the former F.B.I. director.
https://archive.is/W2o3y
Ex-FBI boss James Comey investigated for seashell photo seen as threat to Trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70nqk9rlxpo
Video: @POTUS on former FBI Director James Comey’s “86 47” threat: “He knew exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant … That meant ‘assassination.’ (Audio)
https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1923352571009278218
Video: Cursed 90s Commercials – Cosby Mysteries (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAsMazbt6nQ
Cobalt
https://cobalt.tools/
#MorningMonarchy: May 19, 2016 – Alnwick Poison Gardens, the UK tourist attraction that could kill you
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160519morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 19, 2016 ♬ Polyphonic Spree & Cee Lo Green
https://mediamonarchy.com/20160519pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Kissinger Awarded by Obama on Way to Meet Trump + GCHQ Twitter & Nestle Wars
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw269-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw269-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: May 19, 2017 – Elbow – This bare-bones cassette player fits in the palm of your hand
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170519morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 19, 2017 ♬ Gorillaz & The Octopus Project
https://mediamonarchy.com/20170519pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 19, 2020 – Uber to use face detection technology to ensure drivers wear masks
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200519morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 19, 2020 ♬ Caribou & Cassetter
https://mediamonarchy.com/20200519pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: May 19, 2021 – Scientists train bees to identify coronavirus infection
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210519morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 19, 2021 ♬ Travis Tritt & Lord Huron
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210519pumpupthavolume/
#ThisDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: May 19, 2022 – Austin exercise simulating a “radiological incident” (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220519morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 19, 2022 ♬ Born Ruffians & Sick Jokes
https://mediamonarchy.com/20220519pumpupthavolume/
#NewWorldNextWeek: Courts Overturn Covid + Gene-Edited Solutions & Biomilq Does a Body Bad
https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw484-video/ // https://mediamonarchy.com/nwnw484-audio/
#MorningMonarchy: May 19, 2023 – Why we love ‘Spy x Family’
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230519morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: May 19, 2023 ♬ Say She She & Spy x Family
https://mediamonarchy.com/20230519pumpupthavolume/
Chris Farren – “Cause of Death” (Audio)
Digital Single
Polyvinyl Records – April 29, 2025
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Chris Farren – “Cause of Death” https://chrisfarren.bandcamp.com/album/cause-of-death // https://www.chrisfarren.com // This song by Los Angeles singer-songwriter, Chris Farren, shines a light on the uncertainty surrounding the common refrain – “Cause of Death? Not Revealed!” New single is available now via Polyvinyl Records.*