Kimmel's constitutional crisis; FCC targets "The View"; world water cycle screwed; fluoride removal consequences; RFK can eliminate vaccines without banning them
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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Jimmy Kimmel:
If you only watch one video, watch this: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa - fighting back against Trump’s authoritarian algorithm with truth | The Daily Show (Video)
We are All Jimmy Kimmel | The easy way or the hard way | Trump urges NBC to cancel Fallon and Meyers - Stephen Colbert (Video)
“It’s the all-new, government-approved Daily Show with your patriotically obedient host, Jon Stewart.” (Video)
Trump returns from U.K. visit and the White House cracks down on free speech: A Closer Look (Video)
Disney’s message to employees: Shut Your Trap (Video)
Trump’s moves against the media mirror approaches by authoritarian leaders to silence dissent.
What happened behind the scenes that led to Kimmel suspension. While no decision has been made on how to move forward, the source said Disney is “hopeful” there is path to bring Kimmel’s show back.
David Letterman’s Jimmy Kimmel reaction: ‘We all see where this is going, correct?’ “Beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy—not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC,” he said. He added, “The institution of the president of the United States ought to be bigger than a guy doing a talk show.”
Convinced yet that no one is safe from Trump’s depredations?
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel.
An escalation in every way. Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from late-night is a chilling precedent that could have deep consequences if it isn’t swiftly undone.
After Kimmel suspension, Trump sets sights on Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers: 'Do It NBC!’
Jimmy Kimmel has Supreme Court precedent on his side.
FCC chair thinks investigating 'The View' 'worthwhile' after Jimmy Kimmel suspension.
Trump raging at Epstein ruining U.K. visit. | Inside Trump's Head (Video)
Don't fall for the story about Paul McCartney honoring Charlie Kirk with 'Let It Be' tribute.
Teachers, a realtor, a radio broadcaster and a pizzeria worker all fired in Kirk fallout.
Climate change wreaking havoc on world’s water cycle: UN. Last year’s record heat led to prolonged droughts and extreme floods across the globe.
How RFK Jr. could eliminate vaccines without banning them. The business of vaccines is getting even more difficult.
New study projects economic and oral health effects of fluoride removal. Ending community water fluoridation in the US could trigger a nationwide oral health crisis—costing billions and disproportionately harming low-income children.
Researchers take proteins from tardigrades to hopefully provide humans protection from radiation.
NASA explains what would kill you first on every planet in the solar system/
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in On This Day, including videos.
Quote of the Day:
Fascism will be the people's choice. It usually is. We've managed to avoid it so far only because nobody nutty enough to give the people what they want has come along. Yet.
--Mike Royko (in 1968) (Wikipedia link)
(More Mike Royko quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Aortic Dissection Awareness Day, Clean Up the World Day, International Grenache Day, International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Meow Like a Pirate Day, National Butterscotch Pudding Day, National Concussion Awareness Day, National POW/MIA Recognition Day, National Tradesmen Day, National Woman Road Warrior Day, and Smiley Face Emoticon’s Birthday.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2022 – The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.
2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto.
1991 – Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
1990 – The film “Goodfellas” was released. (Video)
1989 – “Doogie Howser, M.D.” premiered on ABC. (Video)
1986 – The 4-D short film “Captain Eo” premiered at Disney theme parks. (Video)
1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
1970 – “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” premiered on CBS. (Video)
1959 – Khrushchev barred from visiting Disneyland.
1952 – Perón deposed in Argentina.
1952 – “Adventures of Superman” premiered in syndication. (Video)
1893 – In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1988 – Katrina Bowden, American actress
1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host
1966 – Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer
1965 – Sunita “Suni” Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer
1950 – Joan Lunden, American television journalist, anchor, and author
1949 – Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project
1949 – Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer
1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor
1942 – Freda Payne, American singer and actress
1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (died 1974)
1940 – Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
1940 – Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
1934 – Brian Epstein, English businessman, The Beatles manager (died 1967)
1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor (died 2023)
1932 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (died 1997)
1931 – Brook Benton, American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (died 1988)
1928 – Adam West, American actor and businessman (died 2017)
1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress
1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
1922 – Damon Knight, American author and critic (died 2002)
1913 – Frances Farmer, American actress (died 1970)
1911 – William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
1909 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (died 1998)
1907 – Lewis F. Powell Jr., American lawyer and jurist (died 1998)
1905 – Leon Jaworski, American lawyer, Watergate special prosecutor (died 1982)
1869 – Ben Turpin, American comedian and actor (died 1940)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2015 – Jackie Collins, English novelist (born 1937)
2008 – Earl Palmer, American rhythm and blues drummer (born 1924)
2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (born 1931)
1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American businessman (born 1907)
1973 – Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
1968 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1910)
1968 – Chester Carlson, inventor of xerography (born 1906)
1942 – Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (born 1873)
1881 – James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (born 1831)
1843 – Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist (Coriolis effect), and engineer (born 1792)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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