Trump blathers; RFK Jr. trolled; DJT on SNAP; possible tariff trouble; immigration aggression; Kennedy Center ticket sales plunge.
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Five takeaways from Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ interview.
Trump administration faces Monday deadline to respond to judge’s SNAP order. A federal judge gave the administration until noon Monday to share how it planned to comply with his order to fully or partially fund SNAP as the shutdown continues.
Trump rants to reporters that food stamp recipients are ‘largely Democrats’. Out of the 30 states Trump carried in 2024, 25 of them are more reliant on SNAP than the national average.
Tariffs are Trump’s favorite foreign policy tool. The Supreme Court could change how he uses them.
In Chicago, a Halloween weekend of immigration arrests and violence.
Video shows immigration agent punching restrained man after car collision turns into confrontation.
Evanston mayor says he’s opening investigations after federal agents are filmed punching person.
‘Happy Halloween!’: DHS spokeswoman responds to report of immigration agents wearing horror masks in L.A.
Since ChatGPT launched, job openings are down 30% while the stock market is up 70%. One economist says the true culprit isn’t AI, but monetary policy.
RFK Jr’s neighbors troll him with message on front lawn.
Nobody hears the people sing: Ticket sales at Kennedy Center plunge by nearly 50% after Trump takeover.
Naked Florida woman punches firefighter trying to get her to cover up.
Florida man wins 14th annual Stone Crab eating contest.
Late Night:
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Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in On This Day, Birthdays, and Deaths.
Quote of the Day:
With all this manure around, there’s got to be a pony someplace.
--Lois McMaster Bujold (Wikipedia link)
(More Lois McMaster Bujold quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Broadcast Traffic Professionals Day, Cliché Day, Color the World Orange Day, Give Someone a Dollar Today Day, International Day for Biosphere Reserves, Job Action Day, National Homemaker Day (National Housewife Day), National Sandwich Day, One Health Day, Smart Home Day, and World Jellyfish Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
(Not currently updating due to government shutdown.)
On This Day:
2020 – The 2020 United States presidential election took place between Democratic Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. On November 7, Biden was declared the winner.
2016 – Chicago Cubs won their first World Series title since 1908, snapping “curse”.
2014 – One World Trade Center officially opened in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
1998 – Former wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota.
1992 – Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeated Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election.
1992 – “The Nanny” premiered on CBS.
1992 – Dianne Feinstein elected California senator in the “Year of the Woman.
1986 – Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reported that the United States had been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
1982 – The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan killed 150–2000 people.
1979 – Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party were shot dead and seven were wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a “Death to the Klan” rally in Greensboro, North Carolina.
1975 – “Diff’rent Strokes” premiered on NBC TV
1975 – Good Morning America premiered on ABC with hosts David Hartman and Nancy Dussault.
1973 – NASA launched the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becames the first space probe to reach that planet.
1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the “silent majority“ to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater and was elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents were able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Johnson.
1962 – The Crystals earned a #1 hit with “He’s A Rebel”—which they did not sing.
1957 – The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. On board was the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
1957 – Newspaper mistakenly declared “Dewey Defeats Truman”.
1956 – The 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” was televised for the first time as the finale of the Ford Star Jubilee series (CBS-TV) and was hosted by Bert Lahr and Judy Garland‘s 10-year-old daughter, Liza Minnelli
1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt was reelected as President of the United States, defeating Alf Landon.
1911 – Chevrolet officially entered the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1903 – With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separated from Colombia.
1883 – Black Bart made his last stagecoach robbery.
1868 – John Willis Menard (R-LA) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
1838 – The Times of India, the world’s largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
1534 – English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1995 – Kendall Jenner, American television personality and model
1987 – Colin Kaepernick, American football player
1957 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and martial artist
1956 – Kevin Murphy, American actor, puppeteer, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Adam Ant, English singer-songwriter and actor
1954 – Kathy Kinney, American actress and comedian
1953 – Dennis Miller, American comedian, producer, and talk show host
1953 – Kate Capshaw, American actress and producer
1952 – Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer
1949 – Anna Wintour, English-American journalist
1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer and talk show host
1948 – Lulu, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
1933 – Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, and politician
1933 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (died 1995)
1933 – Ken Berry, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2018)
1933 – John Barry, English-American composer and conductor (died 2011)
1921 – Charles Bronson, American soldier and actor (died 2003)
1918 – Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 2003)
1909 – James Reston, Scottish-American journalist and author (died 1995)
1908 – Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach (died 1990)
1749 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (died 1819)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2024 – Quincy Jones, American producer (born 1933)
2018 – Sondra Locke, American actress and director (born 1944)
2016 – Kay Starr, American singer (born 1922)
2010 – Jerry Bock, American composer (born 1928)
2009 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (born 1917)
2006 – Paul Mauriat, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1925)
2002 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (born 1914)
1998 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (born 1915)
1993 – Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (born 1895)
1990 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (born 1913)
1949 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (born 1861)
1926 – Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (born 1860)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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Why doesn't she object to be called by her first name? So unprofessional.