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The Anti-MAGA Majority reemerges. Democrats won up and down the ballot yesterday, riding a backlash to Donald Trump’s second term.
Democrats set historic records on election night. Here are six of the firsts they accomplished.
Newsom taking victory lap after Democratic wins by posting AI images of baby Trump.
FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown. It’s not like air traffic use increases in the coming weeks or anything…
Trump pressures GOP senators to end the government shutdown, now the longest ever. But the senators realize killing the filibuster could come back to haunt them when the Democrats regain control of the Senate.
Donald Trump didn’t win Nobel Peace Prize — so Fifa invented one instead.
ICE, ICE baby:
NPR fact checks Kristi Noem on ICE detaining US citizens. US citizens were restrained, questioned, and in some cases held for days in ways that conflict with the government’s public assurances.
Border Patrol agent ‘bragged’ about shooting woman in Brighton Park, defense attorney says. Testimony from the agent who shot a woman multiple times in an immigration enforcement action revealed how he touted his marksmanship in leaving seven wounds despite firing five bullets. He later texted fellow agents, “Put that in your book boys.”
Teacher pulled out of Chicago day care by armed ICE agents, alderman says.
Companies are told to stop hiring humans – we’re closer to an AI job apocalypse than you think. As an AI agency in San Francisco launches a billboard campaign telling bosses to ‘Stop Hiring Humans’, the tech titans are betting big on companies replacing their workers. While their billions of investment are signalling a market crash, it may also be the only thing that slows down unemployment on a massive scale.
Chilling proof robots are replacing office workers as hundreds lose jobs at major car dealer.
Kim Kardashian blames ChatGPT for failing law exams. The reality TV star blamed OpenAI’s ChatGPT for giving her the wrong answers while studying for tests.
From fast food to beverage giants, brands see rising income inequality among customers. The most common refrain so far this corporate earnings season is that the U.S. economy is increasingly divided between wealthy consumers and everyone else.
Sinclair CEO slams Disney and Google over YouTube TV blackout as company reports Q3 revenue decline of 16% and swings to net loss. Sinclair’s earnings report came after its ABC-affiliated stations had briefly preempted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in September over the TV host’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer.
Tesla shareholders to vote on pay package that could make Musk a trillionaire.
The one type of soda this dentist never drinks. TLDR: It causes “Mountain Dew Mouth”.
Peanut butter-covered man raises allergy concerns at Purdue.
Florida!
Former Florida Senate candidate to be sentenced for selling hallucinogenic candy bars.
Florida woman’s report of St. Pete home invasion, assault was fabricated with AI photo: police.
Florida mayor feels Mamdani win is a big opportunity for the city. Boca Raton’s Mayor says the city is ready to welcome with open arms any business that wants to flee the Big Apple.
Skydiving grandma in Florida inches closer to 1,000 jumps.
Late Night:
Why is there a Late Night section? Because late night comedians, unfettered by institutional journalistic and corporate inhibitions, often provide observations and analysis that are more thorough and comprehensive than network or cable news. And the humor helps.
Mamdani and Democrats score big wins & conservatives melt down | The Daily Show (Video)
Trump’s very bad election night as Democrats win, Republicans cry fraud and longest shutdown ever.-Jimmy Kimmel (Video)
Dems sweep! | Mamdani: New York will be the light | Sherrill, Spanberger declare victory-Stephen Colbert (Video)
Trump blames shutdown for huge Democratic wins; Zohran Mamdani’s historic NYC victory: A Closer Look-Seth Meyers (Video)
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in On This Day, Birthdays, and Deaths.
Quote of the Day:
Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
– Zig Ziglar (Wikipedia link)
Today’s holidays:
Basketball Day, International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School Including Cyberbullying, International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, International Project Management Day, International Stout Day, Marooned Without a Compass Day, National Men Make Dinner Day, National Nachos Day, National Saxophone Day, and World Paper Free Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
(Not currently updating due to government shutdown.)
On This Day:
2012 – Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announced that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
1988 – Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visited the United States.
1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, failed, killing 39.
1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tested the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, made its debut on NBC Television.
1917 – Bolsheviks revolt in Russia.
1900 – President William McKinley was re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeated Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
1861 – Jefferson Davis was elected Confederate president.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1990 – Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
1988 – Emma Stone, American actress
1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress
1972 – Thandiwe Newton, English actress
1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director
1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer
1960 – Lance Kerwin, American actor (died 2023)
1957 – Lori Singer, American actress and musician
1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)
1946 – Sally Field, American actress
1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (died 2012)
]1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (died 1932)
1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (died 1902)
1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2024 – Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954)
2020 – Ken Spears, American writer, co-creator of Scooby-Doo (born 1938)
2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (born 1907)
1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (born 1920)
1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1840)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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