Saturday, September 27
Headlines
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President Trump says “there will be others” prosecuted after Comey. A day after the Justice Department secured an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey—which followed Trump publicly complaining that criminal charges were not being filed against his perceived political foes—the president told reporters yesterday that he expects more. “It’s not a list, but I think there will be others,” Trump said. He did not specify who he was referring to, but before Comey was indicted, the president posted on social media that the attorney general should pursue Comey, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who led an impeachment against Trump, and New York Attorney General Letitia James, who brought a civil case against Trump.—AR
The Jimmy Kimmel Live! boycotts are officially over. The late-night show returned to the combined 72 ABC local stations of Sinclair and Nexstar last night after the affiliate-owners previously refused to air it over comments Kimmel made about the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk. ABC brought Kimmel back to the air on Tuesday after a suspension its parent company, Disney, imposed on Sept. 17 under pressure from President Trump and the FCC, but Sinclair and Nexstar continued to preempt the show. The program delivered huge ratings throughout the week. Nexstar was the final holdout after Sinclair announced it was bringing Kimmel back yesterday afternoon. Nexstar made its announcement a few hours later.—DL
ByteDance reportedly will get to keep half of TikTok’s US profits. Details of the deal aimed at keeping TikTok available in the US (and keeping US–China relations on track for trade talks) continue to emerge, with Bloomberg reporting yesterday that the app’s Chinese parent company will likely keep ~50% of its American profit even after selling US operations to an investor group. Sources told the publication this would be through a licensing fee for TikTok’s algorithm, as well as a share of profits proportional to its equity stake. This may help explain why the deal is said to value TikTok at $14 billion—a bargain basement figure compared to the up to $40 billion analysts expected.—AR
At A Glance
Bookkeeping
> 19 feet, 6 inches: Length of the longest fingernails on a man's hands; Vietnamese artist spent 34 years growing them.
> Over 5,000: How many words were added to the 12th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; new entries include "adulting," "rizz," and "dad bod."
Browse
> First and only man to go up and down Mount Everest without bottled oxygen.
> How much you should give as a wedding gift in 2025.
> Ranking North America's 50 best restaurants.
> Mapping plastic surgery trends, from butt lifts to breast implants.
> See the furry "Wookie" of the deep sea.
Listen
> Centuries-old debate over the sound of a musical note.
> How to have better conversations.
Watch
> This lab makes diamonds for tech, not jewelry.
> Why there's a 61-mile conveyor belt in the Sahara Desert.
> Learn to plate your food like a chef.
Long Read
> How Singapore become obsessed with shade.
> Bruce Springsteen agreed to a biopic, now what?
> Polar bears and dolphins are victims of accelerated aging.
Best of the Week: Why some people thought the world was ending yesterday.
Historybook: Rosetta Stone is first deciphered (1822); First Black US senator Hiram Revels born (1827); Production of Ford Model T begins (1908); Legendary athlete Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias dies (1956); Actress Maggie Smith dies (2024).
In The NEWS
Sports, Entertainment, & Culture
> The 2025 MLB regular season wraps up this weekend; see latest playoff picture (More) | Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh becomes the seventh player to hit 60 home runs in a single season (More)
> "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" brings in 6 million viewers, its largest audience in more than a decade, in his Tuesday return after being suspended by Disney last week (More)
> Golf's Ryder Cup, a team competition pitting the US against Europe, kicks off today from the Bethpage Black Course in New York (More) | UEFA reportedly to suspend Israeli soccer teams from international competitions over the war in Gaza (More)
Science & Technology
> OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse, a paid feature that generates personalized subject matter briefs for users overnight (More)
> Scientists find more sea creatures living on toxic sunken World War II warheads than in the surrounding seabed, raising questions about how marine life responds to pollution (More)
> New Earth-mapping satellite captures North Dakota farmland and Maine's coast in detail; the joint US-India mission will track shifts in land and ice to help forecasters and first responders address natural disasters (More)
Business & Markets
> US stock markets close down (S&P 500 -0.5%, Dow -0.4%, Nasdaq -0.5%) (More) | US trade deficit falls to two-year low in August, per federal trade report (More)
> President Donald Trump approves deal divesting TikTok's US operations from Chinese owner, ByteDance, to new joint venture including Oracle, private equity firm Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi’s MGX; China must approve deal (More) | Trump announces new tariffs on goods including pharmaceutical drugs, furniture (More)
> Starbucks to lay off 900 nonretail employees, will close hundreds of North American locations as part of $1B restructuring plan (More) | Elon Musk's xAI sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets about Grok chatbot (More)
Politics & World Affairs
> Denmark temporarily shuts down several airports after drone sightings in four locations, including an air base housing F-16 and F-35 fighter jets (More)
> Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks before UN General Assembly, puts forth governance plan for postwar Gaza excluding Hamas (More) | Microsoft cuts off cloud services to Israel's military following reports they were used to surveil Palestinians (More)
> White House directs federal agencies to plan mass firings in the event of a government shutdown next week (More) | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summons hundreds of generals and admirals for a rare meeting next week (More)
SOURCE: 1440 NEWS
Trump Syndrome
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It would appear that all the violence in the USA over the last year, has been coming from LIBERALS who are blaming the crime wave on the CONSERVATIVES for creating policies that the LIBERALS don't like or want. So, since it is the CONSERVATIVES are pushing these agendas, it is their fault that the LI BERALS are resorting to violence.
I don't know now anyone would think this is logically appropriate.
Besides... if the LIBERALS don't like CONSERVATIVE values, let's just kill them so we don't have to listen to them.
Another issue that I think is CUTE is that the LIBERALS are against anything that Trump wants... so, following that logic, if TRUMP SAID...
- Don't chew on hornets, Liberals would want to chew on hornets
- Don't shoot yourself in the foot, Liberals would want to shoot themselves in the foot
- Wash your hands after having a bowel movement, Liberals would not wash their hands
Sounds crazy, but if you think about it, Liberal are opposed to everything Trump wants:
- No Illegal Immigrants
- No tax on tips or overtime
- No tax on social security
- Small Federal Government
- Strong military
- Employ more law enforcement
I wonder what LIBERALS WOULD DO if Trump said he wanted to PAY OFF THE NATIONAL DEBT???
Would they want to keep the national debt and perhaps increase it???
Something to think about...
Shouldn't our leaders do what's best for the citizens and not what is best for the political party they represent?
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The AI-powered humanoid robots coming for your job (or at least your housework)
Figure AI, a startup based in San Jose, California, has drawn attention in recent months for its sleek, humanlike black-and-gray robots doing basic tasks like folding laundry and putting away groceries.
Now, the company has also drawn a fresh round of funding that values the company higher than other corporate titans, including Delta Air Lines and Adidas.
Figure said Tuesday that it had raised over $1 billion from investors at a valuation of $39 billion. The announcement comes amid a blistering year of investment in companies developing humanlike robots. It reflects “a shared belief in a future where this technology becomes a natural part of daily life,” Figure founder and CEO Brett Adcock said on Tuesday.
Friday, September 26
Headlines
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Amazon settled with FTC for $2.5 billion over “deceptive” Prime practices. Just a few days into the trial, Amazon agreed to pay the historic sum to resolve allegations that it tricked consumers into signing up for Prime subscriptions and then made it hard for them to cancel. The FTC said it was the largest civil penalty for a rule violation in the agency’s history. Filed under the Biden administration in 2023 and continued under President Trump, the lawsuit accused Amazon of using “sophisticated subscription traps designed to manipulate consumers into enrolling in Prime.” Amazon denied tricking customers and did not admit to any wrongdoing in the settlement.
President Trump plans 100% tariff on drugs. The steep new import tax will be imposed as of Oct. 1 on “any branded or patented Pharmaceutical Product, unless a Company IS BUILDING their Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plant in America,” the president posted on Truth Social yesterday. The tariffs would not apply to imports from companies that have either broken ground on new plants in the US or have them under construction, the post said. Trump also said he’d impose other new tariffs on the same date, including 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture, and 25% on heavy trucks.
Microsoft cut off some cloud services for the Israeli military. The tech giant disabled certain services for a division of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after it said it found evidence that the unit was using its Azure cloud platform to surveil Palestinians. The internal Microsoft investigation follows an August report in The Guardian that the Israeli Defense Forces were using Microsoft infrastructure to track Palestinians’ phone calls. Last month, Microsoft fired five employees who were protesting the company’s relationship with Israel after some of them broke into and occupied Microsoft President Brad Smith’s office in Redmond, Washington.—AE
Robert Reich
Confronting the longer-term erosion
Friends,
It’s too easy to accept the conventional view that the widening polarization of our society, and the decline of democracy, are due to the demagogue in the Oval Office.
That conventional view is way too simple. Follow the money. The underlying cause is the tsunami of legal bribes flowing from huge, wealthy corporations (and their oligarchic CEOs and major investors) into American politics.
That tsunami has grown dramatically over the last forty years. It underlies the crisis of democracy. It is fueling polarization. Democracy and social cohesion are impossible to sustain when big money is dictating political outcomes.
Over the last four decades, corporate political spending has more than quadrupled, adjusted for inflation.
At A Glance
(9/2/25) Nine common traits of people raised by helicopter parents.
(9/3/25) "Magic phrases" that make kids listen to their parents.
(9/10/25) Researchers say "kissing bug" has become endemic in the US.
(9/24/25) Why some people thought the world was ending yesterday.
(9/18/25) North America's best airports, ranked by travelers.
(9/3/25) Why some say you can't wear white after Labor Day.
(9/11/25) Ranking the happiest states in the US.
(9/4/25) Ranking the best US cities for retirees.
(9/8/25) See photos from yesterday's total lunar eclipse.
(9/23/25) Why most cartoon characters only have four fingers.
(9/19/25) How to cut down on ultraprocessed foods.
Clickbait: What drink is healthier: alcohol or THC?
Historybook: Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first US secretary of state (1789); Albert Einstein publishes paper on the special theory of relativity (1905); Last recorded album by The Beatles, "Abbey Road," is released (1969); Serena Williams born (1981); Actor Paul Newman dies (2008).
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