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Trump claims Democrats only care about Epstein survivors to help approval ratings. (Video)
Trump's pervy Epstein birthday card released and MAGA allies run cover | The Daily Show (Video)
The Epstein letter is real, and it’s bad. The president’s initial strategy of denying that the document exists leaves him with few options now that it has been made public.
The Government wants to see your papers. Yesterday, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court allowed ICE officials to conduct roving patrols and use racial profiling to stop and detain people for no other reason than their skin color, the language they’re speaking, suspicions about their national origin—or, really, if immigration officials just feel like it.
How ICE is using fake cell towers to spy on people’s phones.
ICE’s raid on Hyundai was as stupid as it was cruel. Trump is cheering an immigration crackdown on a new plant in Georgia. Now how exactly was he planning to make American manufacturing great again?
UFO hearing: Newly released video appears to show US missile bouncing off object.
In space, your own stem cells can't sleep and then become zombies.
'Dumbest people in history': Critics shred Trump Energy Department comments on wind, solar. "That such an obviously false and, frankly, asinine tweet was just issued by a federal government account is an insult to the American people," said one critic.
Florida surgeon general says decision to end school vaccine requirements wasn't based on data. (Duh.)
'We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm.
Elon Musk's new Optimus robot demo is so painful it will make you wince.
Underwater curtains and reflective beads are ‘unrealistic and dangerous polar geoengineering ideas’. (Ya think?)
Species are vanishing at an unprecedented rate, but we're not yet at "mass extinction" levels. (Yet.)
Democrats add one more vote in Congress after Virginia special election.
Cruise ship passenger jumps overboard to avoid $16,000 gambling debt.
Woman walks up to wrong house, then Florida man shoots at her 17 times.
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in today’s daily features.
Quote of the Day:
Between too early and too late, there is never more than a moment.
--Franz Werfel (Wikipedia link)
(More Franz Werfel quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Blame It on the Large Hadron Collider Day, Caramel Cheesecake Day, International Creepy Boston Dynamics Robotic Horse Day, International Make-Up Day, International Port Wine Day, National Hot Dog Day, National Swap Ideas Day, National TV Dinner Day, Sew Be It Day, and World Suicide Prevention Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2022 – Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James's Palace.
2017 – Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, was powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, became a full member of the United Nations.
1999 – “Fight Club” premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
1993 – “The X-Files” premiered on Fox.
1991 – Rock band Nirvana released their single "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
1984 – First episode of the daily syndicated TV game show "Jeopardy!" with Alex Trebek as host.
1977 – Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, was the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
1961 – In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash caused the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who were hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
1960 – Hurricane Donna battered the Florida Keys.
1955 – "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS. A total of 635 episodes were aired over its 20 year run, making it the longest-running scripted American primetime television series until being surpassed in episodes by The Simpsons.
1897 – First drunk driving arrest.
1846 – Elias Howe was granted a patent for the sewing machine.
1846 – The struggling Donner Party sent ahead to California for food.
1813 – The United States defeated a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteered to spy for the Continental Army.
1608 – John Smith was elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
1509 – An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hit Constantinople.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1969 – Johnathon Schaech, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Colin Firth, English actor and producer
1958 – Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – Amy Irving, American actress
1950 – Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author
1948 – Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada
1945 – José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (died 2002)
1935 – Mary Oliver, American poet (died 2019)
1934 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (died 1997)
1934 – Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (died 1985)
1933 – Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer (died 2019)
1931 – Philip Baker Hall, American actor (died 2022)
1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer and businessman (died 2016)
1915 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (died 1985)
1914 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (died 2005)
1908 – Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1994) (Video)
1890 – Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2020 – Diana Rigg, British actress (born 1938)
2015 – Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (born 1928)
2014 – Richard Kiel, American actor (born 1939)
2012 – Lance LeGault, American actor and stuntman (born 1935)
2011 – Cliff Robertson, American actor (born 1923)
2007 – Jane Wyman, American actress (born 1917)
1976 – Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1905)
1935 – Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (born 1893)
1797 – Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (born 1759)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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