Luigi pleads guilty, mages with bacteriophages and Swans song + this day in history w/the remains of John The Baptist and our song of the day by Why Bother? on your #MorningMonarchy for August 20, 2026.
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Video: Top Fauci Advisor Pleads Guilty In COVID-19 Origin Cover-Up Case (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jbZKDhulaoM
Former Fauci adviser pleads guilty to conspiracy to conceal Covid-19 records; David Morens confessed to concealing government documents linked to grant research funding
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/former-fauci-covid-adviser-pleads-guilty
Two Portland residents are pushing a 2028 initiative to allow grocery stores to sell distilled spirits
https://x.com/Oregonian/status/2083344034823643281
Oregon’s Liquor Aisle Fight Is Back For 2028
https://hoodline.com/2026/08/oregon-s-liquor-aisle-fight-is-back-for-2028/
Cops arrest firebug accused of starting Fred Mountain Fire that merged into Bug Fire on California-Nevada border
https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/cops-arrest-firebug-accused-of-starting-fred-mountain-fire/
Autopsy confirms missing LANL employee died from gunshot wound
https://archive.is/wO8Cn
Search: Paucity
https://search.brave.com/search?q=paucity
Search: predation
https://search.brave.com/search?q=predation
Ben “Cooter” Jones, ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star and former congressman, dies at 84
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/celebrities/ben-jones-dukes-of-hazzard-star-and-former-congressman-dies-at-84/ar-AA29KSOm
Luigi Mangione enters guilty plea in NYC federal court
https://gothamist.com/news/luigi-mangione-enters-guilty-plea-in-nyc-federal-court
Video: Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in federal case. What comes next? | NBC New York (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYc2em3Q-Ds
Zombi – “The Post-Atomic Horror” (Inst. // Audio)
‘Direct Inject’
Relapse Records – Mar. 22, 2024
*Zombi – “The Post-Atomic Horror” (Inst.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLHKzKDiGmA // https://zombi.bandcamp.com/album/direct-inject // The spirit of improvisation permeates ZOMBI’s newest opus, opening a door into the compositional world Steve Moore and A.E. Paterra exist within and have existed in since the beginning. Direct Inject is ZOMBI in their finest form; taking improvisations and mining them for gold.*
OHIO Grand Jury Declines To Indict Man Who ‘Destroyed’ Flock Camera; Clermont County resident Cody Morelock, 35, was charged with the June 13 destruction and theft of a Flock Safety license plate camera in Union Township leased by the local police department.
https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/08/19/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-man-who-destroyed-flock-camera/
#ZodiacalZeitgeist Posts on Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/tag/zodiacal-zeitgeist/
#ZodiacalZeitgeist: Episode 18 – Mages With Bacteriophages (Audio)
https://www.tumblr.com/zodiacal-zeitgeist/825230165802090496/zodiacal-zeitgeist-episode-18-august-2026
#ZodiacalZeitgeist: Lee DeWyze- “Sweet Serendipity” (Audio)
‘Live It Up’
19 Recordings Ltd./RCA – Nov. 12, 2010
*#ZodiacalZeitgeist: Lee DeWyze- “Sweet Serendipity” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SaSxJkH5do // https://open.spotify.com/album/7CboH139xeHYX5cQkhxYHY // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Serendipity // “Sweet Serendipity” is Lee DeWyze’s debut single from his post-‘American Idol’ debut album, ‘Live It Up’. Billboard describes “Sweet Serendipity” as a song that “offers an uplifting message about believing in destiny” and notes that “the song’s bridge and climax [bring] John Mayer’s early material to mind.” Top YT comment says: “This song always reminds me that regardless of my current situation, I’ve always prevailed, and I always will. His lyrics do a perfect job of relieving unnecessary stress. :)”*
#ZodiacalZeitgeist: Bacteriophage
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteriophage
Cover Image: Zodiacal Zeitgeist’s ‘Mages With Bacteriophages’
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/20260820_MorningMonarchy.jpg // https://sillylines.art/ // https://ko-fi.com/sillylines
The Oregon Department of Human Services took custody of a teen girl from her parents after the child’s therapist filed a complaint because the parents would not affirm the girl’s gender confusion. The state agency said the parents were abusive in causing “mental injury.”
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/2083282581068316802
Michael Jackson ‘Second Family’ Child Sex Trafficking Lawsuit Tossed Out of Court; A federal judge says the allegations, while “horrific,” belong in confidential arbitration.
https://archive.is/zM85Y
‘Deeply embarrassed’: Swans ban five players over hotel scandal involving exotic dancers; Sydney Swans have banned five stars for the remainder of the AFL season, including finals, after an early morning hotel incident involving exotic dancers and an alleged sexual assault.
https://archive.is/eoMsl
Video: Swans CEO answers questions after banning five players | ABC NEWS (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GJlmSjgC4tY
Tricky – “Frontier Town” (w/Mitch Sanders // Audio)
‘Different When It’s Silent’
False Idols – Jul. 17, 2026
*Tricky – “Frontier Town” (w/Mitch Sanders) https://tricky.bandcamp.com/album/different-when-its-silent-2 // https://archive.is/7wJq1 // When Tricky made his solo debut in 1995 with ‘Maxinquaye,’ few people would have bet that this pained, perverse, and cantankerous figure would still be active three decades on. And yet 31 years later it is Tricky, of all the Bristol crew, who has kept the music coming: While Portishead fell silent after 2008’s ‘Third’ and Massive Attack haven’t released a new album in 16 years, ‘Different When It’s Silent’ is Tricky’s 15th longplayer, give or take: a record of pointed modern blues that suggests an artist still driven to create.*
Video: Swans – Newly Sentient Being
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUL5xUlqpKE
#ThisDayInHistory: Media Monarchy Episode183 – Remains Of John The Baptist Found In Bulgaria? (Aug. 20, 2010 // Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/media-monarchy-episode183/ // https://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/08/12/bulgaria.john.baptist.relics/
Video: Media Monarchy Episode183 – August 20, 2010
https://archive.org/details/MediaMonarchyEpisode183 // https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC00419107571A861
Why Bother? – “A.I. Lobotomy” (Audio)
‘Beyond Step One’
Feel It Records – August 7, 2026
*#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Why Bother? – “A.I. Lobotomy” https://whybotheriowa.bandcamp.com/track/a-i-lobotomy // In the year 2045… you’ll be lucky to be alive, as your consciousness takes a ride via A.I.! The future is not bright, according to Iowa band, Why Bother?, from their just-released album ‘Beyond Step One’, available now via Feel It Records.*