Even as Meta rolls out teen accounts on Facebook and Messenger, researchers say Instagram teen accounts continue to show suicide content. / Engadget, BBC How the White House’s takedown of Tylenol is laying the groundwork for its next likely target: the MMR vaccine. / Rasmussen Retorts Roxane Gay: “Calling for civility…
The Dept. of Homeland Security has added DNA from thousands of US citizens, despite them not being charged with a crime, and added it to the FBI’s genetic database. / The Guardian ABC’s reinstatement of Kimmel may have had a lot to do with building goodwill ahead of a
Even after ABC/Disney reversed course on Kimmel, Sinclair says it will pre-empt the show’s return on its 38 ABC stations. / The Hollywood Reporter For Disney and other power players to survive the next three years, they’re going to have to understand just how unpopular Trump is.
Economists say rising food prices in the US are due to climate disasters, Trump’s tariffs, and a shortage of undocumented workers. / CNN Unable to tame grocery prices or sell Americans on tariffs, Trump is losing support among voters—and running out of time to consolidate his authoritarian powers. / The
Before he ran Trump’s FCC, Brendan Carr railed against perceived censorship—now he’s taking a victory lap: “PBS has been defunded. Colbert is retiring. Joy Reid is out at MSNBC.” / The Washington Post [$] See also: If Carr is to be believed, the FCC’s next target could be
Continuing its Gaza City invasion, Israel destroys at least 17 residential buildings, as well as a mosque built in the late 13th century. / Al Jazeera, Wikipedia New figures show Trump has now deployed roughly 35,000 federal troops on American soil—and yes, it’s illegal. Or at least used
Israeli officials say Netanyahu told Trump about the Qatar attack, contradicting the president’s claims he knew only once missiles were in the air. / Axios Investors are alarmed as the SEC, at Trump’s behest, looks at mandating public companies to report biannually rather than quarterly. / NPR An appeals court
South Korean workers are reluctant to come back to the US after ICE detainment: “It felt like our basic human rights weren’t being guaranteed.” / Time Before Trump’s return, diversity efforts were already in decline in many newsrooms, and at this point have practically collapsed. / Neiman Lab “For a
We are now at “the logical endpoint of 21st-century America: An influencer shot to death at a school in front of a crowd of smartphones.” / Garbage Day A giant interactive wall of the names of the 50,000 people killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza is the winner
On March 19, 2000, artists built a secret balcony on the 91st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, spawning conspiracy theories years later that their stunt caused the attacks. / Rolling Stone According to American officials, the boat destroyed by the US military off the coast of
