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In our FB4tB weekly news wrap, since last Tuesday smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to shroud major U.S. cities in haze, riots erupted in Paris for a third straight day over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old, Breaking Grimace is Dead! Smokey sights, canceled flights, And from canceled Flights to Canceled FIGHTS - Elon’s mommy Marco Rubio claims top U.S. officials coming forward wit...

In our FB4tB weekly news wrap, since last Tuesday smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to shroud major U.S. cities in haze, riots erupted in Paris for a third straight day over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old, Breaking Grimace is Dead! Smokey sights, canceled flights, And from canceled Flights to Canceled FIGHTS - Elon’s mommy Marco Rubio claims top U.S. officials coming forward wit...

Weekly Depressing New Roundup: The Titanic Submarine Implosion, Musk Vs. Zuck, and Billionaire-Hating Orcas Search for Titanic submersible unleashes ‘eat the rich’ sentiment online. (2023, June 22). NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/titanic-submersible-memes-social-media-anti-billionaire-sentiment-rcna90520 The out-of-Touch adults' guide to kid culture: The Titanic submersible and blink-1...

Weird Weather: 17 tornadoes over the weekend across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Oregon and Colorado. More storms are flaring up Monday. Four more tornadoes were reported in the South: one in Alabama, one in Florida and two in Mississippi. ➧ (2023, June 19). Record heat bakes the south as deadly tornado tears through Mississippi. https://abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-tornad...

17 tornadoes reported over the weekend across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Oregon and Colorado. More storms are flaring up Monday. Four more tornadoes were reported in the South: one in Alabama, one in Florida and two in Mississippi. ➧ (2023, June 19). Record heat bakes the south as deadly tornado tears through Mississippi. https://abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-tornado-tear...

Big news week! Some Florida man pled Not Guilty to 37 counts...😂 ➧ Texas Sheriff files criminal case over DeSantis flights to Martha’s vineyard. (2023, June 6). the Guardian. ⁠https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...⁠ 6/5 Monday, the Bexar county sheriff’s office said it had filed a criminal case with the local district attorney over the flight. The Bexar county sheriff, Javier Salazar, has previ...

Big news week! Some Florida man pled Not Guilty to 37 counts...😂 ➧ Texas Sheriff files criminal case over DeSantis flights to Martha’s vineyard. (2023, June 6). the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2... 6/5 Monday, the Bexar county sheriff’s office said it had filed a criminal case with the local district attorney over the flight. The Bexar county sheriff, Javier Salazar, has previou...

The number of migrants illegally crossing the southwest U.S. border is at its lowest point since the start of the Biden administration, with just over 3,000 migrants stopped by Border Patrol each day. The number has plummeted from more than 10,000 daily just three weeks ago, despite widespread predictions of a surge after the end of the Title 42 Covid ban on May 11. Here are four reasons why there...

✦Tina Turner, magnetic singer of explosive power, is dead at 83. (2023, May 25). The New York Times. ⁠ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/ar... ✦Convicted of seditious conspiracy and evidence tampering with regard to the January 6 United States Capitol attack, now- Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack. (2023, May 25). AP NEWS. ⁠ https:...

✦Tina Turner, magnetic singer of explosive power, is dead at 83. (2023, May 25). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/arts/music/tina-turner-dead.html   ✦Convicted of seditious conspiracy and evidence tampering with regard to the January 6 United States Capitol attack, now- Oath keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack. (2023,...

5-23 The Honest Work, Scooby-Doo, and Grimace, too Episode (#107) McCarthy Rules Out Repealing Tax Cuts for the Rich After White House Talks Fail to Secure Deal on Debt Ceiling because, of course, he did Otten, T. (2023, May 22). Marjorie Taylor Greene, who loves demonizing drag queens, now defends drag-wearing boyfriend. The New Republic. ⁠https://newrepublic.com/post/172887/marjorie-taylor-green...

5-23 The Honest Work, Scooby-Doo, and Grimace, too Episode (#107) McCarthy Rules Out Repealing Tax Cuts for the Rich After White House Talks Fail to Secure Deal on Debt Ceiling because, of course, he did Otten, T. (2023, May 22). Marjorie Taylor Greene, who loves demonizing drag queens, now defends drag-wearing boyfriend. The New Republic. https://newrepublic.com/post/172887/marjorie-taylor-greene...

Title 42, Debt Ceiling, #Teamu, and Tuberville becomes the first official FB4tB POS of the Week! (2023, May 14). Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s white nationalism comments skewered by predecessor who prosecuted KKK members. Vanity Fair. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/alabama-doug-jones-criticizes-tommy-tuberville-white-nationalism The “Power, pride, and politics” behind the drive to execute Richa...

Title 42, Debt Ceiling, #Teamu, and Tuberville becomes the first official FB4tB POS of the Week! (2023, May 14). Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s white nationalism comments skewered by predecessor who prosecuted KKK members. Vanity Fair. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/alabama-doug-jones-criticizes-tommy-tuberville-white-nationalism The “Power, pride, and politics” behind the drive to execute Richa...

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🤡 Mike Pence Testifies Before Jan. 6 Grand Jury 🤡 Kansas GOP Overrides Democratic Gov. to Pass Sweeping Anti-Trans Bathroom Law 🤡 Abortion Ban Bills Fail in South Carolina and Nebraska, Keeping Abortion Legal Until 22 Weeks 🤡 Senate GOP Blocks Equal Rights Amendment 100 Years After Its Introduction 🤡 Senate GOP and Joe Manchin Vote Against New Emissions Limits for Heavy Trucks ♘✦🐘 🤡Zooey Ze...

🤡 Mike Pence Testifies Before Jan. 6 Grand Jury 🤡 Kansas GOP Overrides Democratic Gov. to Pass Sweeping Anti-Trans Bathroom Law 🤡 Abortion Ban Bills Fail in South Carolina and Nebraska, Keeping Abortion Legal Until 22 Weeks 🤡 Senate GOP Blocks Equal Rights Amendment 100 Years After Its Introduction 🤡 Senate GOP and Joe Manchin Vote Against New Emissions Limits for Heavy Trucks ♘✦🐘 🤡Zooey Ze...

🤡 (2023, April 24). Tucker Carlson out at Fox News. The Hollywood Reporter.  https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tucker-carlson-out-fox-news-shock-decision-1235400117/  ...how will they ever find another Angry Man-Karen to replace him? 🏛️ Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property. (2023, April 25). POLITICO.  https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/25/neil-gorsuch-colorado-property-sale-...

🤡 (2023, April 24). Tucker Carlson out at Fox News. The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tucker-carlson-out-fox-news-shock-decision-1235400117/ ...how will they ever find another Angry Man-Karen to replace him? 🏛️ Law firm head bought Gorsuch-owned property. (2023, April 25). POLITICO. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/25/neil-gorsuch-colorado-property-sale-000...

➧ Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, avoiding trial⁠https://www.reuters.com/legal/dominions-defamation-case-against-fox-poised-trial-after-delay-2023-04-18/⁠ It committed $3 billion to buy back shares in the first quarter after revenues beat estimates. Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch told Wall Street analysts in February that the company had about $4 billion cash on hand. ➧ F...

➧  Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, avoiding trial https://www.reuters.com/legal/dominions-defamation-case-against-fox-poised-trial-after-delay-2023-04-18/ It committed $3 billion to buy back shares in the first quarter after revenues beat estimates. Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch told Wall Street analysts in February that the company had about $4 billion cash on hand. ➧ F...

The leaked top-secret U.S. military documents and their potential effect on the Russia-Ukraine war and U.S. relations abroad; a bank employee fatally shoots five in Louisville before police kill him; one of the “Tennessee Three,” friend of the show Justin Jones, is returned to that state’s legislature by the Nashville governing council; the legal battle over the abortion drug mifepristone; a forme...

4-4 The Arraignment Day Episode (#100!) Finland joins NATO! And, a former President gets Arraigned 👀 Ali Zaslav,Jeremy Herb,Nicky Robertson. (2023, March 29). Senate votes to repeal Iraq war power authorizations, 20 years after US invasion | CNN politics. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/senate-vote-aumf/index.html   ► “A Texas Tribune investigation, based on police body cameras, emer...

♛ Israel turmoil dogs Netanyahu's UK trip. (2023, March 24). BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65061889   The fact that cameras were not allowed into Number 10, and the absence of customary statements or a news conference, hinted at an air of embarrassment surrounding Mr Netanyahu's visit. But outside, in Whitehall, Mr Netanyahu's British critics were rather more direct. "For...

Xi’s trip to Russia boosts 'dear friend' Putin as China pushes back against U.S. power. (2023, March 21). NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/xi-jinping-vladimir-putin-russia-china-talks-rcna75849 https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/17/macron-enraged-france-with-his-pension-bill-but-few-think-hell-be-forced-out.html   New Data Links Pandemic’s Origins to Raccoon Dogs at Wuhan Market Nyti...