My Pillow commercials halted by Fox News, reportedly because payments for the ads haven’t been made. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fox-news-cuts-ties-my-pillow-mike-lindell-1234945973/
Indian police say they arrested seven students in the Jammu and Kashmir region under anti-terror laws for celebrating India's Cricket World Cup loss. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/7-kashmir-varsity-students-booked-under-uapa-for-celebrating-india-s-world-cup-loss-101701112219910.html
Statement from Media Matter CEO Angelo Carusone regarding Elon Musk’s lawsuit threat.
Every ham radio operator seeing this poster is going to ask: “Why did they insert a ‘G’ instead of an ‘I’ to try to spell ‘Killer’”?
“We expect that there's a likelihood of escalation … by Iranian proxies directed against our forces, directed against our personnel,” says Secretary of State Blinken on NBC’s Meet the Press. https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/full-blinken-israel-can-not-go-back-to-the-status-quo-after-war-with-hamas-196158533574
FCC today opened the 6 GHz band to a new class of very low power devices that will operate alongside other Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
"An enemy rocket barrage fired towards Israel, passed in the vicinity of the hospital in Gaza when it was hit," according to the IDF in a statement, citing intelligence "from a number of sources we have" that Palestinian Islamic Jihad is responsible for the misfire that hit the hospital.
A total of 27 US citizens are now known to have been killed as a result of the Hamas attacks on #Israel and 14 remain unaccounted for, announces White House NSC spokesman John Kirby.
President Biden met with his national security team this morning and will make calls to allies this afternoon, according to the White House.
Washington Post: As false information about the rapidly changing war between Hanas and #Israel proliferated on ‘X’ (#Twitter), owner Elon Musk personally recommended that users follow accounts notorious for promoting lies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/08/israel-hamas-disinfo-musk-twitter-x/
#Springsteen2024
Chicago Bears legend Dick Butkus has died. https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2023/10/5/23905541/bears-legend-dick-butkus-dies-at-age-80
Media reports say Rep. McCarthy will not run again for House speaker following today’s vote to remove him from the leadership position.
“Personal attacks on members of my court staff are unacceptable, not appropriate” and will not be tolerated, declares Judge Engonon.
White House announces manufacturers of ten drugs are coming to the negotiating table to lower prices.
CNN: Former White House chief of staff John Kelly confirms several disturbing stories about Trump. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/politics/john-kelly-donald-trump-us-service-members-veterans
Some 100 Jewish organization leaders sign a letter accusing Elon Musk of making the social media platform formerly known as #Twitter, a “breeding ground for some of the most dangerous antisemitic discourse in America.” https://www.xouthate.org/
US spy agencies provided information to Ottawa after the killing of a Sikh separatist leader but #Canada developed the most definitive intelligence that led it to accuse #India of orchestrating the plot, according to Western allied officials. - NY Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/us/politics/canada-sikh-leader-killing-intelligence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Letter to #SEC from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine claims Elon Musk’s comments about #Neuralink primate deaths were misleading and he knew them “to be false." https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23986937-sec-request-for-investigation-of-neuralink-20230920
Timed to the visit by the president of #Ukraine, the US government on Thursday announced it is sending an additional $325 million dollars’ worth of weapons, including missiles, rockets and artillery rounds, to Kyiv for its defensive war against #Russia. Details in my VOA radio report.