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Maine’s Senate Race Implodes, Meta’s Threads Rivals Musk’s X, and the Trump Phone Arrives
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, our hosts discuss Threads as it recently hit 500 million monthly users, putting it on par with X—but is it really competing, or just filling a different niche? Meanwhile, the reviews have been coming in for the Trump-branded T1 phone in recent weeks as it finally started shipping after…
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Teen on e-motorcycle tried to engage officers in a pursuit, police say. He ended up getting much more
Authorities said a teen on an e-motorcycle ride in downtown Palm Springs tried to engage officers in a chase but paid the price for forgetting a key component of police pursuits: the eyes in the sky. A video posted Wednesday on social media by the Palm Springs Police Department showed drone footage of a teen…
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JD Vance gets shot across the bow as Fox News calls for Trump to put in new negotiators
Knives were out for Vice President JD Vance — and coming from an unlikely ally, The Daily Beast reported Thursday. Fox News host Brian Kilmeade fired off a tough demand and called for the Vice President to be pulled from the Iran negotiations. “The one thing we need is a different negotiating team. If we…
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Jeff Zucker and Marco Bessanti Tease More Dealmaking After Banijay-All3Media Merger: ‘Scale Is Key’
Though the deal to merge RedBird IMI’s All3Media with Banijay’s TV production business only just closed, the combined company’s leadership isn’t ruling out more dealmaking. “We’re just on day one here today. Obviously, [CEO] Marco [Bessanti] and the team have a tremendous amount of work to do to bring the two companies together, to bring…
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Prosecutors considering charges against Florida woman who shockingly gunned down Army vet in Walmart parking lot dispute
Florida prosecutors are considering slapping charges on the female gunman who killed an Army veteran during a heated spat over a parking space at a Walmart. Bart Diguglielmo, a 62-year-old retired staff sergeant, was fatally shot by an unidentified woman in front of the supercenter in North Lauderdale just before 12:30 p.m. on June 30.…
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Kylie Kelce breaks silence on Travis and Taylor Swift’s star-studded MSG wedding
Kylie Kelce has given her one-word review on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding. The “Not Gonna Lie” podcast host called the nuptials “incredible” when People spoke with her Thursday as she accompanied her husband, Jason Kelce, who is competing at the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe. Kylie, 34, kept mum on any other…
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Former MAGA influencer declares Turning Point USA ‘dead in the water’
Former MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair declared Turning Point USA a “disaster”. “Turning Point is dead in the water,” St. Clair said. “I think it’s a disaster, I really do.” During an episode on The Daily Beast Podcast with host Joanna Coles, St. Clair criticized those “doing these things in the name of Charlie,” specifically…
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Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’ evacuated due to ‘severe weather’
President Donald Trump’s “Great American State Fair” suffered yet another blow on Thursday, as an evacuation was ordered for the entire fairground. The evacuation was announced on X by the account for Freedom 250, the partisan organization Trump created to effectively take over the job of putting on America’s 250th anniversary celebrations from the nonpartisan…
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LAUSD faces ‘severe’ signs of insolvency; county warns it could take control of budget
The Los Angeles Unified School District faces “severe” indications that it will be insolvent by November 2027 — falling $231 million into the red and unable to make payroll — county analysts have concluded, setting up a 45-day deadline for the school board to amend their budget or face losing significant future authority over spending…
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‘Makes it meaningful’: Analyst flags ‘tell’ that signals Kash Patel is in real trouble
FBI Director Kash Patelis starting to face real danger signs that his career is in jeopardy, MS NOW correspondent Ken Dilanian told anchor Katy Tur — and it’s the fact that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is now getting involved in investigating the reports of his personal use of private planes and ordering of fancy cars…