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#1 Trump Says He’s Signed Bill to Release Epstein Files - Independent, Maine, John Peters, John E Tiffany, Woodles, and Rod Stephens on X
President Donald Trump has announced he has signed the bill to force the Justice Department to release all of its files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump made the declaration in a Truth Social post Wednesday night in which he continued to insist the whole affair was a Democrat “hoax.” “Democrats have used the ‘Epstein’ issue, which affects them far more than the Republican Party, in order to try and distract from our AMAZING Victories,” he complained...
#2 US CDC Says Claims That Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism Are Not Evidence-Based - Reuters, Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH®/Aaron Siri, Dr. Ben Tapper, The HighWire (community note), End Tribalism in Politics, Maryanne Demasi, PhD, and Jeffrey Jaxen on X
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website on Wednesday to say that claims about vaccines not causing autism are not "evidence-based." Vaccine skeptic and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as well as U.S. President Donald Trump, have promoted the theory - contrary to scientific evidence - that childhood vaccines are a cause of autism. But the CDC's website previously said "studies have shown there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder."
#3 U.S. Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick Indicted on Charges of Stealing $5M in Disaster Funds - npr/AP, Libs of TikTok, Bella, Rick Howard, Kevin, and Bill Melugin on X
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The Democrat is accused of stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency overpayments that her family's healthcare company had received through a federally funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract, federal prosecutors said. A portion of the money was then funneled to support her campaign through candidate contributions, prosecutors allege...
#4 Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday - Emma G. Fitzsimmons for The New York Times, Nick Sortor, Mom of DataRepublican, Benny Johnson, Mehwish Mirza, and International affairs on X
Zohran Mamdani, who ran for mayor of New York City in part on a promise to stand up to President Trump, will meet with the president at the White House on Friday, weeks before taking office. Mr. Trump announced the meeting on social media on Wednesday night, saying that Mr. Mamdani had asked for it and labeling him incorrectly as the “Communist Mayor of New York City.” Mr. Mamdani is a democratic socialist. Mr. Mamdani, who has fiercely criticized the president’s immigration policies and threats to cut federal funding to the city, confirmed the meeting in a statement. He said in an interview on MS NOW on Wednesday night that his team had reached out to speak to Mr. Trump about New Yorkers’ concerns...
#5 House Blocks GOP Rep. Nancy Mace’s Censure Effort Against Fellow Republican Cory Mills - Caitlin Yilek for CBS News, t.s.h18, LakotaPride, Bleo, Tacs-man, and VW Trabi on X
The House blocked an effort to formally censure Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida and strip him of his committee assignments over allegations related to federal contracting violations, stolen valor and assault. GOP Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced the censure resolution earlier Wednesday, citing troubling allegations against the congressman. She introduced the resolution as privileged, meaning GOP leadership had two legislative days to hold a floor vote on the measure. Mills successfully maneuvered to effectively kill the resolution by referring it to the House Ethics Committee.
#6 House Rejects Measure to Censure Del. Stacey Plaskett Over Epstein's ‘Coordination’ - Lindsey McPherson for The Washington Times, Bonchie, Greg Price, Officer Lew, Fearless 45, Richard Lowe, and silveradolard on X
The House voted Tuesday night to reject a GOP-led effort to censure Del. Stacey Plaskett for “inappropriate coordination with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing” in 2019. The 209-214 vote failed as three Republicans joined all Democrats in opposition, and another three Republicans voted “present.” The censure resolution also would have removed Ms. Plaskett, the Democratic delegate for the U.S. Virgin Islands, from the House Intelligence Committee...
#7 Here’s Everyone Who Attended Trump's Black-Tie Dinner With Saudi Prime Minister - Siladitya Ray and Mary Whitfill Roeloffs for Forbes, e-beth, MAGA Voice/Donald J. Trump, Hassan/The White House, J E T H R O, Victor Scott, and Arêz Sine on X
Billionaire attendees worth a combined $719 billion, as well as other business executives and the world’s highest-paid athlete, were among the high-profile attendees at President Donald Trump’s black-tie dinner for Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on Tuesday night. Some of the world’s richest people —including Elon Musk and Steve Schwarzman of Blackstone—were among the attendees. Billionaire Jensen Huang and Lisa Su, the CEOs of chip giants Nvidia and AMD, attended months after both companies signed deals to supply their advanced semiconductors to AI company Humain, which the Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF owns...#8 Elon Musk Says AI, Humanoid Robots Will Eliminate Poverty, Make Work ‘Optional’ in Future - The Indian Express, Elon Musk/Watcher Guru, Hunter Ash, Brian Roemmele, Jovanovic3D/Shadow of Ezra, and Satyamurthy Nageswaran on X
The future of AI humanoid robots: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and humanoid robots could eventually render traditional work unnecessary and help eradicate poverty. Musk shared a video of himself speaking at an event on X, captioning it: “Poverty is an engineering problem.” The comments were made as he appeared at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington...#9 October Jobs Report Canceled and November Release Delayed - Christina Wilkie and Steve Kopack for NBC News, FOMC Alerts, MinaMarkets, Hand FromFinance, Sandmark, and Rymond_Inc on X
The government's October jobs report, which was delayed by the federal shutdown, will not be published, removing a crucial data point at a time when a stagnant labor market and sticky inflation have raised fears of a broader economic slowdown. The November jobs report, typically published on the first Friday of the month, will be published but has been moved to December 16, according to an updated Bureau of Labor Statistics schedule. In addition to the November data, BLS will also publish some October jobs information that was collected from government and private industry payrolls — but, crucially, not from its traditional survey of individual households...
#10 Thanksgiving Dinner Costs Down for Third Year - Ashleigh Fields for The Hill, Laura Ingraham, Local 5 News, Rep. Stephanie Bice, and RFD-TV on X
Prices for Thanksgiving meals have dropped by 5 percent, according to year-over-year data. Costs for a holiday dinner are the lowest since 2021, after retailers implemented a 16.3 percent decline in the price of a 16-pound turkey, according to information from the American Farm Bureau Federation. A 16-pound frozen turkey is currently being sold for an average of $21.50, or $1.34 per pound. “While the wholesale price for fresh turkey is up from 2024, grocery stores are featuring Thanksgiving deals and attempting to draw consumer demand back to turkey, leading to lower retail prices for a holiday bird, the continued shortage of farmworkers and rapidly increasing farm wages,” the Farm Bureau said in a statement...
