September, 01 2022

⚖️ Ginni Thomas is Back in the News

The Washington Post broke a bombshell report that the wife of Supreme Court Justice, Ginni Thomas, urged lawmakers in Wisconsin to overturn the state's election results which helped elect Joe Biden to the presidential office in 2020. She was already revealed to have tried to interfere in Arizona's election certification process.

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⚖️ Top Lawyer for the Oath Keepers Arrested

Kellye SoRelle, the top lawyer for the Oath Keepers extremist group, has been arrested and charged for her involvement in the January 6th Capitol riots.

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💻 Edit Tweet Function Finally Coming

Twitter is finally testing a long-awaited Edit feature that lets tweeters edit their tweets after they have been posted.

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🍿 First Look at Pinhead

Fans finally got a peek into the latest reboot of the classic horror film, Hellraiser. David Bruckner directs this reboot, and Jaime Clayton plays the pin-filled terrifying Cenobite leader. The film will stream on Hulu starting October 7th.

💻 Apple Settles With Developer

Apple has settled a lawsuit with a developer and former engineer at Pinterest, Kosta Eleftheriou. Eleftheriou sued Apple after his app, FlickType, was rejected from the App Store and after he floated a successful social media campaign calling out Apple for App Store scams. Apple rejected his app, citing poor user experience, but approved apps with the same technology for big social media companies like Reddit or Instagram.

💻 Idaho is in for More than Potatoes

In response to the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, Micron is launching a $15 billion project in Idaho to build a new semiconductor chip production plant. The build in Boise will create 17,000 new jobs, including 2,000 Micron jobs.

💻 Instacart Acquires Eversight

Eversight is an AI-driven pricing and promotions platform for retailers who sell Consumer Packaged Goods. Instacart announced that the acquisition of the platform would empower its partners with new tools and data-driven insights to inform their pricing decisions, improve sales, and rapidly respond to changing customer behaviors.

⚖️ Mary Peltola Defeats Sarah Palin

Mary Peltola has become the first Native Alaskan to be elected to Congress, beating out the state's former governor and former vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. The Democrat will finish out the term of GOP Rep. Don Young. She beat Palin with 51.5% of the votes to Palin's 48.5%.

⚖️ Ex-NYPD Officer Gets Record Sentence for Attack on Guard During Jan 6th

Thomas Webster was convicted of several felonies for attacking a Washington police officer with a flagpole on January 6th. Webster attacked the officer with a flagpole, tackled the officer to the ground, and tried to rip off his gas mask during the riot. Webster claimed that the officer had instigated the attack, but prosecutors argued that the officer was just doing his job and trying to keep the peace when Webster attacked him.

⚡️ Water in Jackson Still Offline

On the fourth day without clean running water, residents of Jackson, Mississippi, were told by Jim Craig, senior deputy, and director of health protection at the Mississippi Department of Health, to shower with their mouths shut while the city's water plant remains offline.

🍿 Kendrick Releases Short Film

Kenrick Lamar released a short film for his song, 'We Cry Together,' which depicts a couple fighting in a toxic relationship. The film is a peek inside an abusive relationship and features actress Taylour Paige.

⚖️ McCarthy Offers his Take

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy delivered remarks ahead of President Biden's highly anticipated speech at Independence hall. McCarthy said that he took offense at previous comments by the president about members of the Republican party who still support President Trump. He also criticized the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.

🍿 Venus and Serena Team Up for Doubles

Serena and Venus Williams teamed up for Doubles for the last time today at the US Open. The two have been playing tennis together for decades, but Serena will peel off into retirement after this US Open.

⚖️ Biden Delivers Remarks

President Biden delivered remarks from Philadelphia this evening. He warned Americans that democracy is under assault by Trump and Republicans who subscribe to \"MAGA extremism.\" He asked voters to consider the impact of their votes in the midterms, which could lead America towards prosperity or backwards, where the right to marriage, choice, and privacy has been stripped away.

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The producers of the film "Rust" named Bianca Cline as its cinematographer. The documentary will cover the death of the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during production when a prop gun held by lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin misfired with a live round.
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Rust Documentary Is Moving Full Speed Ahead

The producers of the film "Rust" named Bianca Cline as its cinematographer. The documentary will cover the death of the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during production when a prop gun held by lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin misfired with a live round.
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Green light for Rust documentary

  • The producers of the film “Rust” announced that they had found a cinematographer to continue the production of the film after it was halted when the former cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed in an on-set accident.
  • The producers announced in October that the film would be completed in Hutchins’ honor and that a documentary would be made about the completion of the film.
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Meta is reportedly planning a new round of layoffs that are expected to happen sometime in March.
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Meta May Be Planning Further Layoffs

Meta is reportedly planning a new round of layoffs that are expected to happen sometime in March.
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Here we go again

  • Meta is preparing for a new round of job cuts that are expected to take place in March and will affect an unknown number of people.
  • In November, Meta laid off about 13% of its workforce.
  • Meta is one of the few tech companies to expand on earlier layoffs from 2022, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised that 2023 will be a year of "efficiency."
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January inflation was higher than expected, sparking fears that the Federal Reserve may enact further interest rate hikes.
January inflation was higher than expected, sparking fears that the Federal Reserve may enact further interest rate hikes.
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Higher than expected

  • Consumer prices rose 0.5% in January, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index, which was higher than experts expected.
  • The Federal Reserve may issue a more aggressive hike in the coming months to slow inflation.
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