Irrational fixation, global catastrophe; another ICE shooting; TMI: Trump's testosterone level; second coming near?
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Trump flips the bird and Minnesota tells ICE to f**k off.
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Trump is risking a global catastrophe. His irrational fixation on Greenland could lead to widespread conflict.
Trump not persuaded to abandon Greenland pursuit after White House talks. Top officials from Denmark and Greenland said after a visit to the White House on Wednesday that they hadn’t persuaded President Trump to abandon his ambitions to annex Greenland.
Denmark’s army chief says he’s ready to defend Greenland. Danish forces are moving to the island to show NATO—and Trump—that they’re serious about security.
Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, officials say.
State Department suspending immigrant visas for 75 countries, citing public assistance concerns.
RFK Jr. says Trump has ‘the highest testosterone level’ Dr. Oz has ever seen for someone his age. "I know the president will be happy that I'll repeat that," Kennedy said after telling the story on Katie Miller's podcast. In some respects, that could explain his behavior. (Video)
Donations for suspended Ford worker who heckled Trump near $800,000. The employee Ford Motor suspended for heckling President Donald Trump — who, in turn, appears to have given the employee the middle finger — is getting plenty of support from his friends.
Widespread Verizon outage resolved after prompting emergency alerts in Washington, New York City. A spokesperson for the company said shortly after 10 p.m. ET that the outage was resolved.
The evangelicals who think Iran’s protests mean Jesus is returning. For some Christians, the Iranian protests are more than just a popular uprising; they are the fulfillment of ancient Biblical prophecies that foretell the second coming of the Messiah.
North America’s elevator problem. (Video)
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Trump flips the bird and Minnesota tells ICE to f**k off with Pickle Rick and bologna | The Daily Show (Video)
Trump wants Greenland whether they like it or not, Lindsey Graham bombshell and FCC chair testifies.-Jimmy Kimmel (Video)
The War On Protein is over | Trump unveils our new National Bird | “High-Grade” morality.-Stephen Colbert (Video)
Trump-Tosterone Creme (Video)
ICE polling hits new low amid backlash; new recruits called “pathetic” and “a disaster”: A Closer Look-Seth Meyers (Video)
Not really late night, but worth listening to: Trump’s domination politics with Fareed Zakaria | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart (Video)
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History highlight:
2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditched safely in the Hudson River after the plane collided with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This became known as “The Miracle on the Hudson” as all 155 people on board were rescued. (Video)
Quote of the day:
TV- a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville... we call it a medium because nothing’s well done.
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Today’s holidays:
Get to Know Your Customers Day, Humanitarian Day, National Bagel Day, National Booch Day, National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day, National Hat Day, National Strawberry Ice Cream Day, and Wikipedia Day.
On This Day:
2022 – The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupted, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.
2020 – The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Japan.
2019 – Theresa May‘s UK government suffered the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230.
2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 ditched safely in the Hudson River after the plane collided with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This became known as “The Miracle on the Hudson” as all 155 people on board were rescued. (Video)
2001 – Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, was launched.
1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expired, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
1976 – Gerald Ford‘s would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, was sentenced to life in prison.
1970 – Muammar Gaddafi was proclaimed premier of Libya.
1967 – The first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
1962 – The Derveni papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
1947 – The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
1943 – The Pentagon was dedicated.
1919 – Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank swept through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
1892 – James Naismith published the rules of basketball.
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, was incorporated in Atlanta.
1870 – Thomas Nast published a political cartoon symbolizing the Democratic Party with a donkey (”A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion“) for Harper’s Weekly.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: New Connecticut (present-day Vermont) declared its independence.
1759 – The British Museum opened to the public.
1559 – Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England and Ireland.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
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Some Birthdays:
1984 – Ben Shapiro, American author and commentator
1981 – Pitbull, American rapper and producer
1971 – Regina King, American actress
1957 – Mario Van Peebles, Mexican-American actor and director
1948 – Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (died 1977)
1947 – Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter
1945 – Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (died 1993)
1941 – Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (died 2010)
1935 – Robert Silverberg, American author and editor
1931 – Derek Meddings, British special effects designer (died 1995)
1929 – Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1928 – Joanne Linville, American actress (died 2021)
1927 – Phyllis Coates, American actress (died 2023)
1926 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (died 2005)
1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, second President of Egypt (died 1970)
1913 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (died 1998)
1909 – Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (died 1973)
1908 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic, “father of the hydrogen bomb” (died 2003)
1870 – Pierre S. du Pont, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1954)
1622 – Molière, French actor and playwright (died 1673)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2025 – David Lynch, American television and film director, visual artist and musician (born 1946)
2019 – Carol Channing, American actress (born 1921)
2011 – Susannah York, English actress and activist (born 1939)
2007 – James Hillier, Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope (born 1915)
2004 – Olivia Goldsmith, American author (“The First Wives Club”) (born 1949)
1994 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
1993 – Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (born 1913)
1987 – Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1904)
1973 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, and producer (born 1919)
1970 – William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (born 1881)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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The Greenland obsession is genuinely wild when you look at the numbers - $700 billion for an island with 57k people? That's over $12 million per resident. The fact that Denmark's ready to defend it militarily shows how seriously they're taking Trumps threats, which is kinda terrifying. I apreciate these daily roundups btw, makes it easier to track all the chaos without having to scroll through 47 different news sites.