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Congressional leaders leave White House meeting without deal to avoid government shutdown.
Trump posts racist, AI-generated video of Schumer and Jeffries ahead of looming government shutdown. To which Jeffries responded:
Oregon sues Trump administration over plans to send troops to Portland. (That’s what you get for watching Fox News.)
Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’. U.S. Border Patrol agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday.
Border Patrol agents chase after cyclist after he claims he’s ‘not a US citizen’ in downtown Chicago.
Elon Musk labels the Anti-Defamation League a ‘hate group’ after Turning Point USA is named as an extremist group. The tech CEO’s own chatbot disagreed with his claims that the ADL is a “hate group” which has a prejudice against Christians.
Disney urged to shut down ABC to avoid political turmoil. Analysts think Disney should stop broadcasting but keep the licenses.
Trump again promises “100% tariff” on movies made outside America, attacks “weak” Gavin Newsom in Truth Social tirade.
YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle lawsuit over Trump’s account suspension after Jan. 6 attack. ($22 million for Trump to contribute to the Trust for the National Mall and the construction of a White House ballroom)
Man claiming to be Colonel Sanders’ great-great-great-nephew says KFC blocked him—so he leaked the secret chicken recipe: According to @realcolonelsanders, the 11 spices in KFC chicken are sage, garlic powder, cardamom, cayenne, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, coriander, ginger, white pepper, and black pepper.
58 million pounds of State Fair corn dogs, Jimmy Dean sausage-on-a-stick products recalled.
Listeria found in Walmart, Trader Joe’s meals may be linked to deadly outbreak.
New CDC travel warnings for virus spreading across the globe... as incurable disease reaches America.
Congressional Conflicts: Lawmakers dump Tylenol stock before autism controversy. Before President Trump warned pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol, three members of Congress dumped stock in the Fortune 500 company that makes the popular painkiller -- sell-offs that saved them from incurring sizable losses.
Florida!
Florida laws changing October 1: from driving to pornography.
Florida man confesses to killing, eating his pet peacocks.
Florida woman ‘met men at bars, drugged them and stole their luxury watches.’
Florida woman wins Mortal Kombat tournament playing with newborn baby in arms.
Late Night:
Nexstar and Sinclair lost their game of chicken. Broadcast-media companies may be growing, but they still couldn’t afford to reject Jimmy Kimmel forever.
Trump declares war on Portland | Medbeds for all! | The weak case against James Comey - Stephen Colbert (Video)
Trump sends troops to Portland and shootings trigger left-right blame game | Jon Stewart (Video)
Trump posts AI “med bed” conspiracy video, threatens to send troops to Portland: Seth Meyers (Video)
Trump’s crucial release of Amelia Earhart files, JD Vance’s bulls**t - Jimmy Kimmel (Video)
Keep scrolling down. Lots of interesting stuff in On This Day, Birthdays, and Deaths.
Quote of the Day:
Some stories are true that never happened.
--Elie Wiesel (Wikipedia link)
(More Elie Wiesel quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Ask a Stupid Question Day, Extra Virgin Olive Oil Day, Blasphemy Day, International Podcast Day, International Thunderbirds Day, International Translation Day, LGMD Awareness Day, National Chewing Gum Day, National Hot Mulled Cider Day, National Love People Day, National Mud Pack Day, National PrepareAthon! Day, National Soufflé Potato Day, and Rare Cancer Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2016 – Hurricane Matthew became a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
2005 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad were printed in a Danish newspaper.
1991 – “The Jerry Springer Show” premiered in syndication.
1980 – “Murder, She Wrote” premiered on CBS. (Video)
1980 – Ethernet specifications were published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1968 – The Boeing 747 was rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
1968 – Diana Ross and the Supremes released the single “Love Child”. (Video)
1962 – Riots erupted over desegregation of Ole Miss.
1954 – “The Flintstones” premiered on ABC. (Video)
1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus was commissioned as the world’s first nuclear-powered vessel.
1949 – The Berlin Airlift ended.
1947 – The 1947 World Series began. It was the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
1943 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy was dedicated by President Roosevelt.
1939 – NBC broadcast the first televised American football game.
1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlawed “intentional bombings of civilian populations”.
1935 – The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, was dedicated.
1935 – George Gershwin‘s folk opera “Porgy and Bess” had its world premiere at the Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. (Video)
1927 – Babe Ruth hit his 60th homer of 1927 season.
1909 – The Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania made a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that was not bettered for 20 years.
1888 – Jack the Ripper killed his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
1882 – Thomas Edison‘s first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) began operation.
1791 – The first performance of Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute took place two months before his death. (Video)
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1992 – Ezra Miller, American actor and singer
1984 – T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor
1982 – Kieran Culkin, American actor
1982 – Lacey Chabert, American actress
1975 – Ta-Nehisi Coates, American author and journalist
1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer
1970 – Tony Hale, American actor and producer
1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
1961 – Crystal Bernard, American actress and singer-songwriter
1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Barry Williams, American actor
1950 – Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress
1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer
1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
1939 – Len Cariou, Canadian actor
1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer and actor
1933 – Cissy Houston, American singer (died 2024)
1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress
1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
1924 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1984)
1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (died 2007)
1917 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (died 1987)
1915 – Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (died 2003)
1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (died 1945)
1861 – William Wrigley Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (died 1932)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2024 – Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)
2017 – Monty Hall, American game show host (born 1921)
2012 – Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (born 1917)
2010 – Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (born 1941)
2003 – Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (born 1944)
1987 – Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (born 1913)
1985 – Simone Signoret, French actress (born 1921)
1978 – Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (born 1903)
1977 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (born 1924)
1955 – James Dean, American actor (born 1931)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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