Trump teases third term, dances in Asia; more A.I. insanity; burglars have sex on patio, then hit restaurant; Late Night news summary
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Trump made the comments on the second day of his trip to Asia. The Constitution limits presidents to two terms, but Trump has suggested he might try to circumvent it.
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Ontario premier bragged about anti-tariff Reagan ad that prompted Trump to cancel trade talks. “You know why President Trump is so upset right now? It was because it was effective. It was working. It woke up the whole country.”
U.S. to photograph Canadian travelers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports.
UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell, who said he’d ‘take a bullet’ for Trump a year ago, now calls him ‘the Antichrist’ in scorching rant. “Hey, I’m not biased, man. He talked a good game, he tricked me. I was fooled. I admit it.”
Here’s what happens to your body when clocks ‘fall back’ an hour. TLDR: It’s better for you, because it more closely coincides with human circadian rhythm. Various medical groups have called for permanent standard time. So, of course, the U.S. Senate approved the “Sunshine Protection Act” in 2022. The bill went to the House, where it disappeared like the Epstein files. (A new version of the bill was introduced in January 2025 but has not yet advanced past the “introduced” stage and is currently in committee.)
Prince Andrew hosted Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein at Royal Lodge, the publicly-owned home where he effectively lives rent-free.
MSNBC becomes MS NOW on November 15.
Meta tells employees their jobs are being automated. Meta executives told workers in the firm’s risk management division their jobs will be “eliminated” thanks to advances in automation.
Fake, satirical startup ‘Replacement.AI’ puts up haunting billboards in SF, NYC. “Humans no longer necessary,” says the landing page of Replacement.AI’s website. “Stupid. Smelly. Squishy. It’s time for a machine solution.”
More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates. It’s one of most direct statements from the tech company on how AI can exacerbate mental health issues.
Man alarmed to discover his smart vacuum was broadcasting a secret map of his house. “My robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, transmitting logs and telemetry that I had never consented to share. That’s when I made my first mistake: I decided to stop it.”
Florida joins Texas, Kentucky and Illinois in alarming decline in tourist travel. Florida’s tourism sector brought in 17.7 million arrivals in 2025 from January to August; however, this is a decline of 8.7% from the same time period in 2024.
Frisky thieves break into Scottsdale restaurant, but not until they had sex on the establishment’s patio. Sounds like a porno version of “Pulp Fiction”.
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.
Medicare Advantage: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (Video)
[KGB: Take it from someone with first-hand experience. Avoid Medicare Advantage.]Trump whines he’s “unappreciated” and self-soothes with ballroom and third-term talk | The Daily Show (Video)
Trump in Asia: showmanship, but no Kim | signing the TikTok deal | Drilling Alaska - Stephen Colbert (Video)
Trump demolishes East Wing of White House, reveals he had an MRI, and Jimmy issues him an IQ challenge - Jimmy Kimmel (Video)
Trump says he’d “love to” run for unconstitutional third term as polls hit “new lows”: A Closer Look- Seth Meyers (Video)
Jimmy Kimmel is dark this week.
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in On This Day, Birthdays, and Deaths.
Quote of the Day:
There is no such thing as failure, there’s just giving up too soon.
--Jonas Salk (Wikipedia link)
(More Jonas Salk quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
International Animation Day, National Chocolate Day, Nation’s First Responders Day, National Internal Medicine Day, Plush Animal Lover’s Day, Separation of Church and State Day, St. Jude’s Feast Day, Statue of Liberty Dedication Day, Vote Early Day, Wild Foods Day, and World Judo Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
(Not currently updating due to government shutdown.)
On This Day:
2009 – President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
1998 – President Bill Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
1994 – “Merry Christmas”, the fourth studio album by Mariah Carey was released, featuring the hit single “All I Want for Christmas is You”, which eventually became the best-selling Christmas song of all time in the U.S. The recording broke the record for the longest trip to the number one position, reaching the spot 25 years after the song’s original release. (Video)
1965 – Pope Paul VI promulgated Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognized the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis ended as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
1956 – Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire went into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who began to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities were attacked by revolutionaries.
1948 – One of the worst air pollution disasters in US history continued in Donora, Pennsylvania when a temperature inversion created a “death fog” of hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide that killed 20 and caused respiratory problems for 6,000 of the town’s 14,000 residents.
1948 – Paul Hermann Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
1942 – The Alaska Highway first connected Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada.
1940 – World War II: After Greece rejected Italy’s ultimatum, Italy invaded Greece through Albania a few hours later.
1922 – Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini marched on Rome and seized the Italian government.
1919 – The U.S. Congress passed the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson‘s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
1886 – US President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty.
1726 – The Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels was published.
1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony voted to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University.
1520 – Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean.
1492 – Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World. He thought it was Japan.
1420 – Beijing was officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City was completed.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1982 – Matt Smith, English actor and director
1974 – Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
1972 – Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
1966 – Andy Richter, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Matt Drudge, American blogger and activist, founded the Drudge Report
1965 – Jami Gertz, American actress
1963 – Sheryl Underwood, American comedian, actress, and talk show host
1963 – Lauren Holly, American actress
1962 – Daphne Zuniga, American actress
1955 – Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
1952 – Annie Potts, American actress
1949 – Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress
1948 – Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
1944 – Dennis Franz, American actor
1940 – Susan Harris, American screenwriter and producer
1939 – Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
1936 – Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter, fiddle-player and guitarist (died 2020)
1932 – Suzy Parker, American model and actress (died 2003)
1917 – Jack Soo, American actor and singer (died 1979)
1914 – Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (died 1995)
1903 – Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic (died 1966)
1902 – Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (died 1986)
1897 – Edith Head, American costume designer (died 1981)
1466 – Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2023 – Matthew Perry, American-Canadian actor (born 1969)
2022 – Jerry Lee Lewis, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1935)
2010 – James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)
2007 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)
1899 – Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (born 1854)
1818 – Abigail Adams, American writer and second First Lady of the United States (born 1744)
1704 – John Locke, English physician and philosopher (born 1632)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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