Extra, Extra
Iwo Fema: “While the president emphasized his desire to help North Carolina, a battleground state that’s voted for him in all of his presidential campaigns, he was much less generous toward California, where he plans to visit wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles later in the day.” Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ while visiting North Carolina. (Maybe because it almost spells female?)
+ Trump Dump: “The Trump administration circulated photos Friday showing U.S. troops loading shackled detainees onto a military cargo plane, as the White House declared a start to the mass deportation campaign the president promised along the campaign trail.” (So far, the big difference in deportations is the use of military planes, not the numbers of people impacted.) WaPo: Trump immigration raids alarm cities, but ICE arrests fewer than in 2017. Newark mayor: ICE raided business without a warrant, detained U.S. citizens. In the latest pardon news, Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances. And Dana Milbank sums up the week in WaPo (Gift Article): Trump returns — and so does his astounding ignorance. “Trump soon moved on to demanding that California ‘turn the valve’ to allow more water to reach Los Angeles, where, he said, residents of Beverly Hills have been limited to 38 gallons of water per day. ‘When you’re a rich person, you like to take a shower. Thirty-eight gallons doesn’t last very long.’ There is no such ‘valve,’ and no such water restrictions in Beverly Hills.” (I heard if you take ivermectin, you don’t need showers at all…)
+ Block Chain: Wall of ice the size of Rhode Island heading toward penguin-packed island off Antarctica. It is a trillion ton slab of ice.
+ More Hostages to Be Released: “Hamas has named four hostages to be released on Saturday under the Gaza ceasefire deal.” (It’s unclear how many of the remaining hostages are alive.)
+ Sitting Ducks: “The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said.” NYT (Gift Article): 100,000 Ducks to Be Killed After Bird Flu Strikes Long Island Farm.
+ Pedal to the Metal: “Runners completing a half marathon in Beijing later this year will do so with some unusual, metal competition at their sides. According to a press release from China’s Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, more than 12,000 human runners will square off against dozens of bipedal, humanoid robots.”
+ Johnsons: Don’t Die Tech Mogul Bryan Johnson Is in an Actual Penis-Measuring Contest—With His Teenage Son. “Bryan Johnson shared a pair of charts on X Wednesday comparing the duration and ‘quality’ of his nighttime erections compared to his son’s.” (My teenage son feels violated if I come downstairs without texting first.)
