House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Chairwoman Young Kim (R-CA) issue a statement welcoming #Taiwan Vice President Lai’s "visit to Washington." This is certain to anger #China.
#Radio still reigns supreme over all other mass media in #Africa. https://www.voanews.com/a/african-broadcasters-radio-still-reigns-supreme-across-continent-/7218451.html
Meanwhile, in America, AM/FM radio (counting both over-the-air and streams) accounts for 36 percent of all listening for Americans age 13 and older. https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/am-fm-radio-is-most-listened-to-audio-source-in-u-s
Maui Police Department says are 96 confirmed fatalities from the #wildfires.
FBI agents told a former US Army officer to delete a months-old nostr:npub1f90rksnfwq3cgwe6nhyytqfaee5m2xny0sug2sadwkhyf2dsrhys9hqlqj story he posted on #LinkedIn. https://www.spytalk.co/p/fbis-intimidating-visit-on-discord?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
FEMA Administrator Criswell also updated President Biden on the situation in #Maui this evening, according to the White House.
Amateur radio operators respond following #MauiFires.
https://www.arrl.org/news/devastating-hawaii-wildfires-prompt-response-from-amateur-radio-emergency-service #Hawaii #hamradio
“This morning the president received an update from FEMA Administrator Criswell on the developments in Maui,” according to the White House.
The Marion County, #Kansas newspaper raid story has gone international. nostr:npub1e2awjrvfmzxckdp5pkdfgt7t7d9d4pzt7zvnu5wpj4xjr7wzh05sdqk2cc reporting on it now.
AFP: #Niger military regime says it’ll 'prosecute' President Bazoum for 'high treason.’
“Although news organizations are sometimes the targets of legal actions by government officials, including subpoenas seeking interview notes and other records, the search and seizure of the tools to produce journalism are rare.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/kansas-marion-newspaper-police-raid.html #Kansas
Reporters Without Borders issues a statement about the August 11th police raid on the Marion County Record in which the #Kansas newspaper’s devices and reporting materials were confiscated.
A rare Camp David news conference will be held Friday when President Biden hosts the Japanese prime minister and the South Korean president.
“Stressed beyond her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief after illegal police raids on her home and the Marion County Record newspaper office Friday, 98-year-old newspaper co-owner Joan Meyer, otherwise in good health for her age, collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home. https://tinyurl.com/y6uda5n7
“Although news organizations are sometimes the targets of legal actions by government officials, including subpoenas seeking interview notes and other records, the search and seizure of the tools to produce journalism are rare.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/kansas-marion-newspaper-police-raid.html #Kansas
Amateur radio operators respond following #MauiFires.
https://www.arrl.org/news/devastating-hawaii-wildfires-prompt-response-from-amateur-radio-emergency-service #Hawaii #hamradio
“As Zuckerberg alludes, multitudes of Musk's announcements, promises, and proposals never come to fruition.” https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/08/elon-musk-invites-himself-to-mark-zuckerberg-house-for-mma-brawl
CNN: Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn #Election2020 results in #Georgia are in possession of text messages and emails directly connecting members of Donald Trump’s legal team to the early January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/politics/coffee-county-georgia-voting-system-breach-trump/index.html
#MauiFires death toll at 89 and will continue to rise, #Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells reporters. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/13/live-governor-maui-county-hold-news-conference-with-latest-wildfire-response/
Update: #MauiFires death toll climbs to 93. https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/08/13/hawaii-news/lahaina-fire-death-toll-climbs-to-93/
#MauiFires death toll at 89 and will continue to rise, #Hawaii Gov. Josh Green tells reporters. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/08/13/live-governor-maui-county-hold-news-conference-with-latest-wildfire-response/
“Stressed beyond her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief after illegal police raids on her home and the Marion County Record newspaper office Friday, 98-year-old newspaper co-owner Joan Meyer, otherwise in good health for her age, collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home. https://tinyurl.com/y6uda5n7
Publisher Eric Meyer says his newspaper in #Kansas had been investigating the local police chief prior to the raids on his office and home. https://thehandbasket.substack.com/p/a-conversation-with-the-newspaper
“Such egregious attempts to interfere with news reporting cannot go unchecked in a democracy. Law enforcement can, and should, be held accountable for any violations of The Record’s legal rights.” - PEN America’s journalism and disinformation program director, Shannon Jankowski. https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-police-raid-on-kansas-newspaper-almost-certainly-violates-federal-law/
An investigation has been launched into the death of a Pakistani porter near the peak of the world’s most treacherous mountain, says a mountaineer, following allegations that dozens of climbers eager to reach the #K2 summit had walked past the man after he was gravely injured in a fall. https://apnews.com/article/51429bae5b1c53a449c360ad42c38153
How to hear tonight’s meteor shower on your FM radio. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/how-hear-meteors-fm-radio #perseids