A former Superman star is ditching his cape to play sidekick to Donald Trump’s most notorious goon squad, Christopher Bucktin writes, turning his legacy into a publicity stunt
Former Superman turned fading TV actor Dean Cain is ditching his cape to play sidekick to Donald Trump’s most notorious goon squad.
The 1990s heartthrob announced he’s joining ICE – the agency behind family separations, aggressive raids, and a long record of human rights abuses – after casually sharing one of its recruitment videos online.
Once lauded for fighting fictional villains on prime-time television, Cain now seems eager to lend his name and face to a real-world operation widely condemned for terrorising immigrant communities.
Where Superman stood for justice, Cain now appears to cheerlead for intimidation, turning his legacy into little more than a publicity stunt for a deeply polarising agency.
Elsewhere, two Californian women allegedly tried to carjack a couple but stalled – literally – when they realised the getaway car had a manual gearbox.
Unable to work the clutch, they solved the problem by kidnapping the husband to drive for them, accidentally turning their crime spree into a chauffeured tour. Over in Wisconsin, office pranks took a dark turn when 35-year-old Joseph Ralph Ross admitted to spiking his co-worker’s Coke with Gorilla Super Glue.
His plot was foiled when she hid a camera under her desk. The sticky scheme, caught in full HD, earned Ross a felony conviction for “putting foreign objects in edibles.”
The two shared an office at the Wisconsin Exposition Centre, though they clearly did not share a sense of humour. Meanwhile, Ohio lawmakers want to shame job “ghosters.” House Bill 395 would create an online registry of applicants who skip interviews without notice.
The state says it’ll protect employers and unemployment funds, but critics warn it could backfire on job seekers. Nearly 50,000 Ohioans filed for benefits last week, proving ghosting is alive and well.
When most widows keep a locket or a photo, West Virginia nurse Angelica Radevski went for something… a little more dermal.
After her husband TJ died suddenly at 55, the 35-year-old mum decided the best way to remember him wasn’t flowers or ashes — but a framed patch of his actual tattooed skin.
Instead of wearing her heart on her sleeve, she literally put her husband’s sleeve on the wall. It’s not everyone’s idea of home décor. A 60-year-old man landed in hospital after following ChatGPT’s “diet advice” to swap salt for sodium bromide – a pesticide ingredient.
He used it for three months before paranoia and hallucinations set in, convinced his neighbour was poisoning him. Turns out, the culprit was his own cooking.