Court to Trump: SNAP to it; flawed Ozempic deal; Elon's $878 billion payday; sandwich guy acquitted
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Judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits for November by Friday.
Trump officials admit math error in plan to gut SNAP funding. The Trump administration will fund the food stamp program more than initially planned, thanks to a fact-check on its math.
Trump’s Ozempic deal has a major flaw. Obesity drugs are still too expensive.
Hard-line Democrats lean in to ObamaCare fight after Tuesday sweep.
$878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk approved by Tesla shareholders.
Trump says election puts shutdown pressure on Republicans but wants to end filibuster.
Airports are on the verge of a flight cancellation apocalypse.
The worst October layoffs data in 22 years is spearheading more losses in stocks.
‘Love motels’ and Amazon oil drilling are just a few of the ways this global gathering is mired in chaos.
ICE isn’t nice
Jury acquits D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent.
FBI urges ICE to ID themselves as criminals impersonate officers.
ICE agent arrested for drunk driving after leaving shift at Broadview processing center.
Arrest by federal immigration agents at Chicago day care sparks outrage.
Portland schools heighten security due to immigration enforcement activity.
Florida!
Florida man opens fire after bar argument over how many eggs chickens can lay.
‘You will die’: Florida woman ‘armed herself with a nail clipper’ and threatened store clerk, police say.
This Florida doctor’s office gave its own patients hepatitis C.
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.
Trump targets obesity and threatens Nigeria while airlines cut flights amid shutdown | The Daily Show (Video)
Air travel pain intensifies | FIFA’s fake Peace Prize | Americans need to lose 135 billion pounds-Stephen Colbert (Video)
Fox and GOP admit anti-Trump backlash fueled huge Democratic election wins: A Closer Look-Seth Meyers (Video)
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in On This Day, Birthdays, and Deaths.
Quote of the Day:
I do not dispute that God speaks to you, but I am dubious that He speaks to you for the purpose of relaying instructions to me.
--Robert Brault
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Today’s holidays:
FCS Awareness Day, Fountain Pen Day, Hug a Bear Day, International Day of Medical Physics, International Inuit Day, International Merlot Day, Little League Girls Day, Love Your Lawyer Day, National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day, National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day, National Jersey Friday, National Medical Science Liaison Awareness and Appreciation Day, National Retinol Day, Notary Public Day, and Pan African Writers’ Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
(Not currently updating due to government shutdown.)
On This Day:
2020 – Joe Biden was confirmed elected as the 46th president of the United States, defeating incumbent Donald Trump.
2000 – Hillary Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate.
2000 – Election results between Al Gore and George Bush too close to call.
1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, launched the world’s first internet radio broadcast.
1991 – Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV-positive and retired from the NBA.
1989 – David Dinkins became the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
1989 – Douglas Wilder won the governor’s seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
1980 – “King of Cool” Steve McQueen died.
1973 – The United States Congress overrode President Richard Nixon‘s veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1972 – United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon was re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time.
1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1967 – Carl B. Stokes was elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
1966 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono met.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge’s completion.
1932 – Supreme Court overturned Scottsboro convictions.
1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opened to the public.
1916 – Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
1916 – Woodrow Wilson was reelected as President of the United States.
1914 – First issue of “The New Republic” was published.
1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) was undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.
1893 – Women’s suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado were granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
1885 – The completion of Canada’s first transcontinental railway was symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1983 – Adam DeVine, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and singer
1970 – Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
1964 – Dana Plato, American actress (died 1999)
1956 – Judy Tenuta, American comedian, actress, and comedy musician (died 2022)
1952 – David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1951 – Lawrence O’Donnell, American journalist and talk show host
1943 – Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Johnny Rivers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1938 – Barry Newman, American actor (died 2023)
1926 – Joan Sutherland, Australian soprano (died 2010)
1922 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (died 1999)
1918 – Billy Graham, American minister and author (died 2018)
1917 – Titos Vandis, Greek actor (died 2003)
1914 – Archie Campbell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1987)
1913 – Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1960)
1909 – Ruby Hurley, American civil rights activist (died 1980)
1903 – Dean Jagger, American actor (died 1991)
1897 – Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953)
1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (died 1940)
1879 – King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1948)
1867 – Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934)
1728 – James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (died 1779)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2023 – Frank Borman, American astronaut (born 1928)
2021 – Dean Stockwell, American actor (born 1936)
2016 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001) (born 1938)
2016 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1934)
2011 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (born 1944)
2004 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (born 1919)
1992 – Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (born 1927)
1988 – Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (“The Lockhorns”) (born 1926)
1981 – Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (born 1885)
1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (born 1930)
1978 – Gene Tunney, American boxer and actor (born 1897)
1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (born 1884)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/eb-teneshia-and-the-morbidly-obese