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☆ Infowars attracts ‘seven-figure’ auction bids that will decide fate of Alex Jones’ empire
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —On Wednesday morning, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ notorious Infowars media empire will go up for auction in a court-mandated sale, and at least one bid is in the “seven-figure” range, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Jones was found guilty of defamation by juries in Texas and Connecticut for using his Infowars megaphone to falsely claim the massacre was a hoax. But if “bad guys” buy Infowars, as Jones put it Monday, he’ll “keep broadcasting until they show up” after the Wednesday auction and shut down the fringe outlet. The Onion CEO Ben Collins was previously a journalist at NBC where he extensively covered disinformation and conspiracy theorists, including Jones and Infowars. The Barbed Wire, a progressive Texas-based outlet, said it had planned to bid in the Infowars auction but ultimately decided against it.

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Harris offered to console Democrats over the loss to former President Donald Trump, acknowledging they were "feeling and experiencing a range of emotions right now." Trump never did when he lost to President Joe Biden and Harris in 2020. After Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris, Democrats reveled in the change, flooding donation channels and crushing fundraising records. The Biden campaign was skidding off course, setting off an eruption of party panic. Memorably, Harris offered a stinging rebuttal to Trump’s insistence on the debate stage that he had won the 2020 election.

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☆ Trump says he ‘shouldn’t have left’ the White House as he closes campaign with increasingly dark message
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The US had the “safest border in the history of our country” on the day he left office, Trump claimed. I don’t mind.”A Trump campaign spokesman said after the rally that the former president was actually musing about how the press was protecting him. “President Trump was stating that the Media was in danger, in that they were protecting him and, therefore, were in great danger themselves, and should have had a glass protective shield, also. On Sunday, Trump told NBC that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent post on X about removing fluoride from public water if Trump were to win reelection “sounds OK to me.”“Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me,” Trump told NBC. “Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to women, I love women,” Trump said.

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☆ Frustration grows as federal agency struggles to combat election lies spread by Americans
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Some internal proposals to support election officials’ efforts to combat disinformation have made little headway. Jen Easterly, director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in an interview in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2024. Ben Curtis/APThe agency has advised election officials on how to communicate clearly with voters and to prepare for security incidents. Some election officials interviewed by CNN were skeptical about the federal government’s ability to debunk election lies that are part of a broader rise of misinformation in America. The agency now has a team of former election officials who provide physical and cybersecurity services to election offices around the country.

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☆ Civil rights coalition calls on Musk and Zuckerberg to take action against election disinformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —An umbrella organization of civil rights groups is alerting the public to “digital voting disinformation” and imploring social media companies to take action. Wiley’s coalition, representing more than 200 civil rights interest groups and other organizations, wants companies like Elon Musk’s X and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to more clearly separate fact from fiction. “Social media companies should be vigilant,” Wiley said, observing that information platforms don’t have to be overwhelmingly polluted. The Leadership Conference’s Center for Civil Rights and Technology decided to speak out after social networks were swamped with lies about Hurricanes Helene and Milton earlier this fall. The conduct of social media firms is of interest to civil rights groups; candidates and campaigns; government agencies; and election technology suppliers, just to name a few.

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After jury selection this week in the Allen County seat of Fort Wayne, the trial will continue in Carroll County and could last about a month as jurors are sequestered. Gull has prohibited video or audio from inside the courtroom and banned the use of electronics. Allen, who has remained incarcerated while awaiting trial, faces two counts of murder and two counts of felony murder in the teens’ deaths. Doug Carter of the Indiana State Police provides an update on the Delphi murders investigation on April 22, 2019, in Delphi, Ind. Going there would help in “observing and feeling the unique topography of the land; something that cannot be understood from photographs and video,” defense lawyers wrote in their motion.

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“I know the story of my neighborhood town, and I know the plight that a lot of these people escaped. But I just wanted to set the record straight.”Bartolotta isn’t alone among Republicans fighting these narratives. They’ve pushed for the rhetoric to be toned down as the city deals with a series of bomb threat hoaxes at local schools. Springfield, Ohio, has found itself thrust into the national spotlight over lies about Haitian immigrants. Focus on the major issues that affect everybody.”In Springfield, Rue said he never could have foreseen this attention from the top of his party’s presidential ticket when he won his mayoral election in November.

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☆ Why male voters are such an important target for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Jeff Zeleny | Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Kamala Harris isn’t talking about the historic nature of this,” Walz, the Democratic running mate, told supporters here at a rally. But the strategies of both sides have overlapping objectives, with Trump working to widen his advantage with White men while making gains among young Black and Latino voters. “They both have their qualities, they both have their flaws,” said Hernandez, a North Carolina voter who is torn between Trump and Harris. But the Trump campaign is also targeting many of the same voters, particularly young men whose decision whether to vote – and for whom – could be a turning point in the election. Women make up a slim majority of the electorate, but the degree to which Trump can hold onto male voters could determine the outcome of the November election.

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☆ This government-backed startup is growing blood to help fight shortages
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Last month, the American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage after its national supply fell by more than 25% in July. Shortages can be dire for patients since doctors have to make tough decisions about who needs blood transfusions the most. McConnell is CEO of a four-year-old startup called Safi Biotherapeutics, which is working to manufacture inexpensive red blood cells at scale. Scientists have already discovered how to grow red blood cells from stem cells, but it's a costly and complex process that typically yields small amounts at a time. Safi's goal is to build on these advancements and produce large quantities of blood that could eventually be used commercially to help care for patients and avoid blood shortages.

Persons: Doug McConnell, McConnell, Safi Organizations: Red Cross, Cross, U.S, Safi, CNBC, U.S . Department of Defense, J2 Ventures, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, FDA Locations: U.S

☆ How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris matters
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —It was the Instagram endorsement read ‘round the world: Pop superstar Taylor Swift backs Kamala Harris for president. Swift’s support for Harris and voter registration will likely have some impact, but not as much as some would hope. That said, Harris and the Democratic Party are struggling with young voters and voter registration, so they’ll take any help they can get. Let’s start out with what we know about Swift’s post. An examination of Google trends revealed a spike in searches for voter registration after Swift’s post, a Washington Post analysis found.

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☆ In a Grim Palestinian Refugee Community, People See Hope in Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Maria Abi-Habib | Hwaida Saad | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ein al-Hilweh, Lebanon’s largest community of Palestinian refugees and their descendants, has long been a downtrodden place, impoverished and racked by factional violence. Its residents usually have a grim view of their future. Recruitment for Hamas and its armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, is way up across Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian refugee communities, according to Hamas and Lebanese officials. They say that hundreds of new recruits have joined the militants’ ranks in recent months, exhilarated by Hamas’s ongoing war with Israel. But elsewhere, Hamas’s willingness to combat Israel has won new adherents.

Persons: Ein, Abu Ubaida, Israel Organizations: Hamas, Qassam, ’, The New York Times Locations: Lebanon’s, Israel, balaclava, Gaza

☆ How Noah Lyles became Olympic 100m champion: A 300-page textbook, biomechanics and a stickman
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Liam Tharme | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Sixty metres into the men’s 100-metre Olympic final in Paris and Noah Lyles is third. AdvertisementThe headline is Lyles winning by five-thousandths of a second in the closest men’s 100m Olympic final ever — and the hardest for which to qualify. Lyles (9.78sec) ran the fastest time in an Olympic 100m final since Bolt’s Olympic record (9.63) in London back in 2012. The final frontier for him to become Olympic champion was the start… so here’s the story of how a 75-year-old and a stickman helped give Lyles the edge. At Lyles’ training base in Clermont, Florida, Mann, now 75, has a marquee set up by the side of the track.

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☆ Alex Izenberg Was Almost a Teen Rock Star. His Second Chance Is Here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Grayson Haver Currin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On his 12th birthday, in April 2003, Alex Izenberg went to Guitar Center to jam. He was the prankster of his Los Angeles public school, a high-strung and mischievous kid who hated class but loved rock ’n’ roll. At Guitar Center, his friends marveled at his best Hendrix, and he attracted a famous listener, too. When Izenberg chuckled and said no, Perry bought it for him, plunking down $5,000 for a “fiesta red” Fender Relic and a Marshall amp. She left her number, too, so he started calling, imploring her to see his preteen trio, Din Caliber.

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☆ A frustrated White House press corps finally gets to question Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —For weeks, the White House press corps has been boiling – and not from the Washington, DC, heat. Some feel the White House misled the press before President Joe Biden’s stumbling performance at last month’s CNN presidential debate. “I think this is a credibility crisis writ large for the White House, and certainly as a spokesperson for the White House, this is a credibility crisis for her,” one White House reporter told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the situation. “We are in the midst of a full-blown feeding frenzy,” former CNN White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief Frank Sesno said. Sesno and former White House correspondents and officials told CNN that questions surrounding Biden’s age and performance, along with how the White House is handling the issue, are legitimate and warrant scrutiny.

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☆ Obama and Pelosi huddled as Democrats look to steer Biden out of 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have spoken privately about Joe Biden and the future of his 2024 campaign. And if those two feel otherwise, several leading Democrats say, they need to say that clearly as soon as possible before even more damage is done less than four months before the election. Trust me, I know,” reiterating that sentiment at a fundraiser in New York for House Democrats the night after Biden’s performance. The Biden campaign declined to comment. Pelosi re-broke the damAs House Democrats left their private caucus meeting on Tuesday morning, many felt the worst might be over for the president.

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☆ Biden’s Family Tells Him to Keep Fighting as They Huddle at Camp David
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Katie Rogers | Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden’s family is urging him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite last week’s disastrous debate performance, even as some members of his clan privately expressed exasperation at how he was prepared for the event by his staff, people close to the situation said on Sunday. Mr. Biden huddled with his wife, children and grandchildren at Camp David while he tried to figure out how to tamp down Democratic anxiety. While his relatives are acutely aware of how poorly he did against former President Donald J. Trump, they argued that he could still show the country that he is capable of serving for another four years. Aides were burning phone lines over the weekend to prevent major elected officials and financial supporters from abandoning him. Hunter Biden wants Americans to see the version of his father that he knows — scrappy and in command of the facts — rather than the stumbling, aging president Americans saw on Thursday night.

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☆ Social Conservatives Push Trump on the G.O.P.’s Anti-Abortion Platform
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A group of some of the most powerful social conservatives in the country, fearful that Donald J. Trump may push to water down the Republican Party’s official position on abortion, sent a pointed letter to the former president this month imploring him to keep strong anti-abortion language in the party platform. The letter, which has not previously been reported but was reviewed by The New York Times, is the latest sign of the fierce behind-the-scenes lobbying underway over the language that will officially outline the party’s principles. The Republican platform has not been updated in eight years and is especially outdated on the topic of abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The letter urges Mr. Trump to “make clear that you do not intend to weaken the pro-life plank.” Specifically, it asks him to commit to keeping language in the platform that the party supports a “human life amendment to the Constitution” and legislation to “make clear that the 14th Amendment’s protections apply to children before birth.”It was co-signed by 10 anti-abortion leaders, including Marjorie Dannenfelser of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council and Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America. Ms. Dannenfelser delivered the letter via email to Mr. Trump’s top adviser, Susie Wiles, on June 10, as the party prepares to hold its national convention in Milwaukee starting July 15.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Roe, Wade, Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B, Anthony Pro, Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins, Penny Nance, Dannenfelser, Trump’s, Susie Wiles Organizations: Republican, The New York Times, America, and Freedom Coalition, Family Research, Women Locations: Milwaukee

☆ ‘This isn’t a trial’: Wall Street Journal rips Russia’s secretive Evan Gershkovich prosecution
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Early Wednesday morning, at 2am ET, imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s trial commenced before a Russian court on bogus espionage charges. “WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich, Falsely Accused of Espionage, Is Indicted in Russia,” the headline read. “This coverage should not read or sound as if this is a legitimate process,” Cherney said, imploring other newsrooms not to legitimize the proceedings or get trapped in bothsidesism while covering the story. It could take weeks or even months for a verdict to be handed down by the Russian court. But Cherney and her colleagues at The Journal are hoping that the U.S. government will succeed in freeing Gershkovich.

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☆ When I retired at 54 with my husband, I worried we'd be bored spending all our time together. I'm learning to focus on myself.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Leonie Jarrett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewI retired at 54 when I sold the law firm I owned with my husband. I worried about what my husband and I would do with our new free timeI was lost. I wasn't concerned about spending a lot of time with my husband, but I was concerned about spending all our time together. Eventually, I noticed a change in myselfDay by day, week by week, I felt myself growing lighter. Sure, I'm spending more time with my husband, but our time together now is more meaningful.

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☆ Opinion: 80 years after D-Day, have our world leaders learned nothing?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The ceremonies, as is tradition, honor those who fought and died in World War II, and reaffirm a commitment to learn the lessons of history. But what exactly are those lessons, and how exactly will world leaders turn that commitment into reality? Join us on Twitter and FacebookAs they gaze on the once blood-drenched beaches of Normandy, world leaders should consider the lessons of World War II, and how to apply them today. Eventually, 16.4 million Americans served in the military during World War II, more than 10% of the population. And yet, the beaches of Normandy resonate with the lessons of that terrible history; world leaders should listen closely.

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The Republican allies of former President Donald J. Trump wasted no time in blasting the guilty verdict returned by a New York jury on Thursday and in imploring him to appeal, repeatedly turning to words like “travesty” to describe the moment. Top Republicans on Capitol Hill tried to one-up one another in demonstrating who could defend Mr. Trump, who was convicted of all 34 felony counts in the hush-money case, and condemn the verdict in the most strident terms. Speaker Mike Johnson, who was among the cavalcade of Trump supporters who showed up outside Mr. Trump’s trial in a show of loyalty, called the verdict a “shameful day in American history.”“Democrats cheered as they convicted the leader of the opposing party on ridiculous charges,” he said. “This was a purely political exercise, not a legal one.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Mike Johnson, Trump’s, ” Organizations: Republican, New, Republicans, Capitol, Mr Locations: New York

☆ Publishers and advertisers demand that Apple's Tim Cook stop the rollout of an anticipated 'web eraser' tool over fears it'll hobble web advertising
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The French group of trade associations fears that Apple's web eraser could represent another example of Big Tech implementing disruptive changes over which media and advertising companies have no control. Apple generates advertising and subscription revenue from its Apple News service, though it makes the majority of its ad revenue from search ads within the Apple App Store. A spokesperson for the NMA said the organization hadn't heard back from Apple since it sent the letter on May 10.

Persons: —, Tim Cook, Apple's Cook, Thierry Breton, Apple, NMA, hadn't Organizations: Service, Apple, Business, Safari, Alliance, SRI, Union des Marques, Big Tech, Google, Facebook, Publishers, Apple News, French Competition Authority, Europe's, UK's News Media Association, Daily Mail, Guardian Locations: France, Europe, Germany

☆ Billionaire Plans Dive to the Titanic in a Newly Designed Submersible
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Emily Schmall | Orlando Mayorquín | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A real estate billionaire in Ohio is planning an underwater voyage to the site of the Titanic shipwreck, where a submersible imploded on its approach to the sea floor a year ago, killing all five passengers on board. Shortly after the OceanGate disaster, Larry Connor, 74, a real estate investor and amateur adventurer, contacted the co-founder of Triton Submarines, Patrick Lahey, imploring him to build a submarine that could reach the depths of the Titanic safely and repeatedly, according to The Wall Street Journal. The two men aim to explore and conduct scientific research at the site, located off the coast of Newfoundland, 12,500 feet under the sea, in a two-person submersible that Triton is designing in the summer of 2026. “Ours is just not a trip to the Titanic,” Mr. Connor said in an interview on Tuesday. “It’s a research mission.”

Persons: Larry Connor, Patrick Lahey, Mr, Connor, “, ” Organizations: Triton Submarines, Titanic, Wall Street Locations: Ohio, Newfoundland

☆ ‘On Becoming A Guinea Fowl’: Zambian film sets Cannes ablaze with surreal tale of family secrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The final, searing shot of Rungano Nyoni’s “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is a convergence of everything that’s come before. Nyoni’s first movie “I Am Not A Witch” broke through at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017 and won her a BAFTA. Like her debut, a satire on the practice of witch camps, also set in Zambia, the country of Nyoni’s birth, “Guinea Fowl” deals with injustice in tragicomic fashion. The idea came from a scrapped plotline for Nyoni’s previous film, she told CNN, in an interview during the festival. How do you not get up and just set everything on fire?”Writer-director Rungano Nyoni during the production of "On Becoming A Guinea Fowl."

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☆ In India’s 2024 election, BJP’s main opposition appears increasingly weak in face of Modi juggernaut
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Helen Regan | Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Supporters of India's opposition party, Indian National Congress, during an election rally in Puducherry on April 15, 2024 R. Satish Babu/AFP/Getty ImagesDemocracy under threat? Dipam Bhachech/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Modi worked his way through the ranks of the BJP, establishing himself as a respected politician. Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images Modi hugs French President Emmanuel Macron after a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on June 3, 2017. Brent Lewin/Bloomberg/Getty Images India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images Modi offers a toast during a State Dinner with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, on June 22, 2023.

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