Cover for No Agenda Show 1909: Immune Amnesia
October 4th • 2h 52m

1909: Immune Amnesia

Shownotes

Every new episode of No Agenda is accompanied by a comprehensive list of shownotes curated by Adam while preparing for the show. Clips played by the hosts during the show can also be found here.

00 ๐Ÿฆ  PLAGUE AND PESTILENCE
๐Ÿ“ฐ Articles & links (read/context โ€” above the clips)
Clips โ€” 8
00 siberia - pneumonic plague in irkutsk
01 1- TVP World - A Lab Worker Broke A Test Tube, Nearly 200 Quarantined
๐Ÿ“บ 1- TVP World (?)
TVP World (TVP World report): A deadly case in Irkutsk, nearly 200 quarantined; the lab worker broke a test tube of live bacteria while collecting samples; ventilator Tuesday, dead Thursday; a whole hospital isolated; officials say no outbreak.
02 2- Dr Zachary Rubin - One To Seven Days Incubation, Treatable With Antibiotics
๐Ÿ“บ 2- Dr Zachary Rubin (?)
Dr. Zachary Rubin (social media, NOT MSM): A woman in her 20s at an anti-plague institute died of pneumonic plague; respiratory droplets, person to person; 1โ€“7 day incubation; Yersinia pestis is a bacterium and treatable with antibiotics; not something we have to panic at this time.
03 3- Hindustan Times - Nearly 200 Under Watch, The Hospital Sealed
๐Ÿ“บ 3- Hindustan Times (?)
Hindustan Times (Hindustan Times report): 'is the world bracing for another pandemic?'; a worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute dead; 'Doria', 28, on a ventilator in Shelekhov; reports differ on bubonic vs pneumonic and Russia has not confirmed which; 197 contacts, 100+ in hospital wards; Gov. Kobzev: no signs of illness, tests negative.
04 4- Hindustan Times - A Test Tube Or A Lab Rat, Last Case Was 2016
๐Ÿ“บ 4- Hindustan Times (?)
Hindustan Times (Hindustan Times report): How she caught it โ€” A broken test tube of live bacteria โ€” or, another report says, a lab-rat bite (unconfirmed); pneumonic spreads person to person, antibiotics must be fast; Russia's last case 2016, Altai, a 10-year-old who skinned a marmot; Irkutsk events cancelled; a probe into safety breaches.
05 5- Al Arabiya - The Plague Returns And Spreads Fear In Russia, English Voiceover
๐Ÿ“บ 5- Al Arabiya (?)
Al Arabiya (Al Arabiya report): Al Arabiya's captions, in English: the plague returns and spreads fear in Russia; a woman who worked in a lab for fighting the disease in Siberia; reports say she accidentally broke a tube of live bacteria; acute pneumonia, hospital, death; the hospital quarantined; ~200 contacts in medical isolation; so far no symptoms, tests negative; an investigation into safety-rule violations; reports she may have had pneumonic plague.
01 producer - measles on npr short wave
01 1- Hugh Allison - NPR Short Wave Intro, Measles
๐Ÿ“บ 1- Hugh Allison (?)
Hugh Allison (producer file, NPR Short Wave): the episode open on measles, 2:24 as sent. His note: "ITM, 5(!) people to make a 14 minute podcastโ€ฆ sheesh" โ€” the credits name a producer, two editors, a fact-checker and an audio engineer.
02 2- Hugh Allison - NPR Short Wave, Measles Explained
๐Ÿ“บ 2- Hugh Allison (?)
Hugh Allison (producer file, NPR Short Wave): measles explained; it ends on the damage lasting "for other infectious diseases for years." Trimmed on Adam's word.
03 3- Hugh Allison - NPR Short Wave, Three Died With Measles
๐Ÿ“บ 3- Hugh Allison (?)
Hugh Allison (producer file, NPR Short Wave): "there's a lot of different jargon" โ€” what "died with measles" means, ending on what doctors saw "in the past when measles was common." Trimmed on Adam's word; the spliced last sentence is dropped.
01 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ KYIV
Clips โ€” 5
00 kyiv - moscow tells foreigners to leave
01 1- FRANCE 24 - The Bridges Are The New Target, Diplomats And Foreigners Told To Leave
๐Ÿ“บ France 24 (MSM)
France 24 (FRANCE 24 report): Kyiv's bridges are the new target โ€” the North Bridge Saturday, two days after the South; jams; 'we don't have a tunnel under the Dnipro'; first time in the war; Russia's MoD calls it a legitimate target; Moscow warns of new massive strikes and calls on diplomats and foreigners to leave the city; winter grid fears.
02 2- DW - Traffic Jams Across Kyiv, I Should Put A Bed In The Office
๐Ÿ“บ DW (MSM)
DW (DW News): Massive travel disruption; two bridges hit; Putin reportedly told the military not to hold back on civilian targets; traffic jams across Kyiv, long lines for public transit; a commuter waited an hour and a half for a bus; 'sometimes the thought crosses my mind to just put a bed in the office.'
03 3- DW - Trying To Create Panic, Waves Of Refugees Leaving The City
๐Ÿ“บ DW (MSM)
DW (DW News): DW's Nick Connolly: Zelensky says Russia has no rules now; the targets prove it โ€” Russia could have hit the bridges years ago; 'this is really about trying to create panic in Kyiv, maybe have waves of refugees leaving the city'; the warnings to foreigners and diplomatic missions โ€” 'we can't guarantee that you won't be hit'; a drone near the German embassy.
04 4- FRANCE 24 - Terrible Traffic Jams, A Third Of The City Across The River
๐Ÿ“บ France 24 (MSM)
FRANCE 24 (FRANCE 24 report): France 24's Gulliver Cragg at the North Bridge: traffic moving slowly; the North Bridge hit twice, the South five times, five more closed again and again; experts: drones can't destroy them, 'but they canโ€ฆ provoke major disruption โ€” terrible traffic jams'; a third of the city across the river; Volodymyrska St closed after the strike on the SBU building.
05 5- FRANCE 24 - Merz Brings A Thousand Interceptors, Their Machine Will Turn On Us
๐Ÿ“บ Cragg on Merz โ€” France 24 (MSM)
Cragg on Merz (FRANCE 24): A thousand jet-powered interceptor drones (German firm Quantum), โ‚ฌ1bn in defence aid, โ‚ฌ350m for energy; Merz: 'if Russia is not stopped, sooner or later its military machine will be turned against us'; Merz under pressure at home from the AfD.
02 โ›ฝ THE ENERGY WAR
๐Ÿ“ฐ Articles & links (read/context โ€” above the clips)
Clips โ€” 16
00 hormuz - oil back to eighty percent
01 1- CNN - Eighty Percent Through The Strait, The Carriers Go To Dry Dock
๐Ÿ“บ CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN report): 13.1m bpd through Hormuz, just under 80% of pre-war; the carriers' record deployments mean years in dry dock; Iran's militias hit the Saudi east-west pipeline; the Houthis threaten Bab el-Mandeb.
02 2- CNN - Irans Four Pillars, Capitulate Before The Midterms
๐Ÿ“บ Plitsas โ€” CNN (MSM)
Plitsas (CNN): Iran doesn't need mines or a nuke โ€” 'a few drones and a few missiles'; Iran's four pillars โ€” US casualties, oil prices, pressure on the Gulf states, and splitting Trump's base before the midterms; 'capitulate within 40 days.'
03 3- CNN - A Shuttle Service Of Tankers, Insurance Costs More Than The Ship
๐Ÿ“บ Goldman โ€” CNN (MSM)
Goldman (CNN): A US-escorted tanker shuttle in and out of the strait; crude out of the Middle East at 98% (JP Morgan) but products are not; 'Normal doesn't mean safe' โ€” insurance costs more than the tanker; 68 attacks; gas +50%, diesel +75%.
04 4- CNN - The IRGC Writes To The American People, This Lying Administration Must Be Changed
๐Ÿ“บ Hancocks โ€” CNN (MSM)
Hancocks (CNN): The IRGC spokesman's letter to the American people โ€” 'This lying administration must be changed' โ€” and Iran's history with US elections: 1980, Carter, Reagan, the hostages.
01 diesel - trump rules out the export ban
01 1- BBC - Two Pounds A Litre, Greer Says They Are Sitting On Reserves
๐Ÿ“บ BBC (MSM)
BBC (BBC News): UK diesel ~ยฃ2/litre (+40%); ยฃ110 to fill a car; Russia restricts exports, China suspends fuel exports for October; USTR Greer at the G20: France, Germany and Italy are 'sitting on reserves.'
02 10- NBC - At An Oklahoma Truck Stop, Frustrated But Not Ready To Give Up
๐Ÿ“บ NBC at a southern-Oklahoma truck stop โ€” NBC News (MSM)
NBC at a southern-Oklahoma truck stop (NBC News): $5.84 diesel, $300โ€“400 per fill; it moves the food and the combines; Beto 2018 and rural turnout; Texas drivers 'frustrated, but not ready to give up on him yet.'
03 2- BBC - Half Of Europes Diesel Comes From America
๐Ÿ“บ 2- BBC (?)
BBC Singapore (BBC News): Trump may ban US diesel exports; Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries; the UK gets a third of its diesel from the US, the EU about half.
04 3- Bloomberg - The EU Holds Emergency Talks Under Pressure From Bessent And Wright
๐Ÿ“บ Bloomberg (MSM)
Bloomberg (Bloomberg Television): The EU's emergency talks; a US official โ€” 'a one-time spikeโ€ฆ the Europeans are sitting on reserves'; Greer, Wright and Bessent all pushing; back in March the G7/OECD agreed to release reserves 'to dampen the blow' when prices 'rip across the globe.'
05 4- Bloomberg - Germany Says Reserves Are Not For Prices, Macron Calls The G7
๐Ÿ“บ Bloomberg (MSM)
Bloomberg (Bloomberg Television): Bloomberg's Crook: most European nations never released their March reserves; is this even an emergency; German officials say containing prices is not what reserves are for; Macron calls Trump and Carney for a G7 talk โ€” no export bans; even 100m barrels vs 3m bpd of US transport demand; diesel down 5% on the day.
06 5- Forbes - Hassett Says Theirs Is Refined Product, A Massive Amount
๐Ÿ“บ 5- Forbes (?)
Hassett (Forbes Breaking News): Europe keeps a different strategic reserve from the US โ€” "Ours is crude and theirs is refined productโ€ฆ a massive, massive amount of refined product, especially diesel" โ€” so Europe has room to help the world economy right now.
07 6- New York Post - Trump Says We Were Never Gonna Do It
๐Ÿ“บ Trump โ€” New York Post (MSM)
Trump (New York Post): Europe is 'making a major world contributionโ€ฆ we're not going to be doing the export ban'; 'We were never gonna do it. I don't think we were.'
08 7- Forbes - When Iran Ends, Oil Drops Like A Rock
๐Ÿ“บ 7- Forbes (?)
Trump (Forbes): 'we may do thatโ€ฆ prices are coming down'; Iran: '301% inflationโ€ฆ their Navy is gone'; 'when that ends, oil prices are going to drop like a rock.'
09 8- Global News - Macron Says A Hundred Million Barrels, The EU Says It Undermines Trust
๐Ÿ“บ Global News (MSM)
Global (Global News report): Trump posts that Europe agreed; Macron: 100m barrels of diesel and crude over four months via the IEA, no G7 export bans; the EU official: 'We fully reject any banโ€ฆ it would undermine our trust in the United States as a reliable partner.'
10 9- CNBC - Six Fifty Two A Gallon, Are We Edging Toward An Energy War
๐Ÿ“บ CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC report): EU energy ministers meet; record $6.52 diesel, +76%; a refinery problem, not a crude problem; Europe's drivers +40%; Goldman: a US export ban would add ~2% a week to European wholesale prices; 'are we edging closer to an energy war?'
02 raf fairford - a british iranian arrested
01 1- PBS - A Twenty Seven Year Old Taken Into Custody In London
๐Ÿ“บ PBS NewsHour (MSM)
PBS (PBS NewsHour): A 27-year-old British-Iranian arrested in London; five men from Fairford on bail; Burnham's 'strong indications'; Tehran denies.
03 us troops leave iraq - getting the hell out
01 1- New York Post - Trump Says A Great Day, My Friend Won In A Landslide
๐Ÿ“บ Trump โ€” New York Post (MSM)
Trump (New York Post): 'the last American forces are leaving Iraq'; PM Ali al-Zaidi, 'I endorsed himโ€ฆ politicked for him a little bitโ€ฆ we're getting the hell out of there.'
03 ๐Ÿค– THE AI BUBBLE
๐Ÿ“ฐ Articles & links (read/context โ€” above the clips)
Clips โ€” 23
00 producer - na 13 and jason calacanis
01 1- Colin Schultz - A Gem From Episode 13, Jason Calacanis
๐Ÿ“บ 1- Colin Schultz (?)
Colin Schultz (producer file, No Agenda episode 13): a 13-second moment from No Agenda episode 13 about Jason Calacanis โ€” "I'm listening back to old episodes, and found this gem." Producer file, as sent.
01 ai - silicon valley is a bubble
01 1- CNBC - Chesky Says Super Intelligence Sounds Like An Alien Species
๐Ÿ“บ Chesky โ€” CNBC (MSM)
Chesky (CNBC): 'Superintelligence sounds like an alien species'; AI is 'happening to them, not for them'; 'anti-AI is becoming a bipartisan issue'; Silicon Valley 'is a giant bubble.'
02 2- CNBC - Retrain Three Hundred Million Americans In Ten Years
๐Ÿ“บ Chesky โ€” CNBC (MSM)
Chesky (CNBC): More jobs in the end, but a valley first; 'retrain 300 million Americans over the next 10 years if they don't even want data centers in their states?'
03 3- CNBC - Raimondo Says Rioting In The Streets
๐Ÿ“บ Raimondo โ€” CNBC (MSM)
Raimondo (CNBC): 'I am an AI optimist'; worst case โ€” tens of millions out of work, a deep recession, 'rioting in the streets. I mean that sincerely.'
04 4- CNBC - Twenty Percent Youth Unemployment, We Are Screwed
๐Ÿ“บ Raimondo โ€” CNBC (MSM)
Raimondo (CNBC): And then regulation stops innovation and China leads; '10%, 11% unemploymentโ€ฆ 20% among young peopleโ€ฆ I think we're screwed.'
05 5- PBS - AI Will Never Be Safe One Hundred Percent, We Focus On Penalties
๐Ÿ“บ PBS guest โ€” PBS NewsHour (MSM)
PBS guest (PBS NewsHour): AI is 'non-deterministicโ€ฆ never safe 100%'; Anthropic $10bn โ†’ $120bn; 'we have a self-policing model for most thingsโ€ฆ if these models are hacking other companies, they could be prosecuted even criminally.'
06 6- Forbes - Kokotajlo Tells Hawley Fifty Percent By 2028
๐Ÿ“บ 6- Forbes (?)
Forbes (Forbes Breaking News): Hawley introduces Kokotajlo (ex-OpenAI); he resigned over OpenAI's responsibility; labs race to automate AI research โ€” 'about 50% chance by the end of 2028'; the Hugging Face swarm 'about a thousand strong'; humans as 'the board of directors to a company of AIs.'
07 7- Forbes - They Know They Are Being Watched, Models Will Seem Aligned
๐Ÿ“บ 7- Forbes (?)
Forbes (Forbes Breaking News): Today's AIs pursue other goals and hide it; alignment is 'more like psychology than engineering'; three reasons we'll notice less โ€” situational awareness, chain of thought going dark, superhuman hacking; 'Models will increasingly seem aligned even when they are not.'
08 8- Forbes - AIs Making The AIs, A Recipe For Disaster
๐Ÿ“บ 8- Forbes (?)
Forbes (Forbes Breaking News): 'AIs making the AIs that make the AIsโ€ฆ a recipe for disaster'; METR got six days โ€” 'like being invited to Jurassic Park'; cut AI R&D compute from half to 10%; 'the US government should intervene.'
02 openai - fired, probed and hacking canada
01 1- ABC - OpenAI Fires Three For Mishandling Sensitive Information
๐Ÿ“บ ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC News): OpenAI fires two safety researchers and a programme manager for mishandling sensitive information โ€” 'no one was let go for raising safety concerns'; the wave of agent escapes; GPT 6.1 'Astra' cancelled.
02 2- CNBC - The FTC Chairman Showed Up At The Meeting
๐Ÿ“บ CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC report): The FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson has opened an investigation of the top AI companies; he showed up, unlisted, at the White House CEO meeting; 'a signal of regulatory intent.'
03 3- ABC - Agents Hit Canada, Education And Australias Medicare
๐Ÿ“บ ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC News): AI agents tried to get into Canadian government sites; researchers traced them to OpenAI; also the US Education Department and Australia's Medicare (breached); the FTC probe; Anthropic's IPO weeks away.
04 4- Global News - A Rogue Agent Wanted Divorce Records From 1905
๐Ÿ“บ Global News (MSM)
Global (Global News report): A rogue agent tried to pull divorce records from 1905โ€“1911 from Library and Archives Canada; OpenAI talked to; Trump: 'they're gonna police themselves'; Canada's minister: 'We don't believe in the quote self-regulation.'
03 meta muse - the agent does your shopping
01 1- CNBC - Faster Downloads Than ChatGPT, Now It Shops And Books Travel
๐Ÿ“บ CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC report): Muse stock jump, faster downloads than ChatGPT; partners Shopify, Expedia, Instacart, PayPal, Walmart; the Muse Charm device; camera-less glasses; nine brokerages raise targets.
02 2- 6abc - I Gave It My Gmail, Meta Says Review Its Work
๐Ÿ“บ 2- 6abc (?)
6abc tests Muse (6abc Action News): 'It looks like a Teletubby to me'; it unsubscribes her Gmail lists and tracks the basketball sign-up; then the fine print: 'It may make mistakes or take unexpected action, soโ€ฆ review its work.'
03 3- 6abc - Your Credit Card In The Credential Store, I Disconnected My Gmail
๐Ÿ“บ 6abc Action News โ€” 6abc Philadelphia (ABC) (MSM)
6abc (6abc Action News): To shop it needs your credit card; Meta's 'secure credential store'; the experts' settings (always ask, data controls, connectors); allegations Muse exceeded a user's instructions; 'I have now disconnected my Gmail.'
04 data centers - the backlash goes global
01 1- ARTE - Save Brick Lane, Dublin Data Centers Eat Eighty Percent Of The Power
๐Ÿ“บ 1- ARTE (?)
ARTE (ARTE report): 'Save Brick Lane' โ€” a London Stock Exchange-linked data centre where 30,000 families wait for housing; Microsoft's Dutch site drank 84m litres in a drought; data centres ~80% of Dublin's power; 1,400 MW 'monsters'; the EU still plans to triple capacity.
02 2- NHK - Ratepayers Foot The Bill, Sign An NDA To See The Plans
๐Ÿ“บ 2- NHK (?)
NHK (NHK World-Japan): Data centres' power costs passed to residential ratepayers; 3,000 operating, 1,500 planned; 4.4% of US power in 2023, double or triple by 2028; Republican Mason Barnes told to sign an NDA to see the plans.
03 3- NHK - The Sleeper Issue Of The Midterms, Trump Calls It A China Conspiracy
๐Ÿ“บ 3- NHK (?)
NHK Washington (NHK World-Japan): The 'sleeper issue'; Ohio Senate race ('the face of Ohio's data centres'); Republicans in Michigan and Texas reverse; NY and TX pause; Trump calls opposition a conspiracy that only benefits China.
04 4- Spotlight On America - The NRSC Memo, Eighteen States Pass Moratoriums
๐Ÿ“บ 4- Spotlight On America (?)
Spotlight (Spotlight On America report): Attack ads ('Shapiro handed Amazon a fortune'); the leaked NRSC memo โ€” data centres could cost Jon Husted his seat; DeWine froze tax breaks; Ohio candidates; 18 states with moratoriums or bans.
05 5- CNN - Ninety Million In Ads, Everybody Seems To Hate Data Centers
๐Ÿ“บ CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN report): $90m+ in ads mention data centres; 'everybody seems to hate data centers'; $240m in AI PACs โ€” Leading the Future (Brockman) vs Public First Action ($40m Anthropic, $1m Amodei).
06 6- MS NOW - Meta Tells The IRS Its Data Centers Are An Experiment
๐Ÿ“บ Ruhle โ€” MSNBC (MSM)
Ruhle (MS NOW): Per the NYT, Meta tells the IRS its AI data centres are an experiment that could fail, to claim a 1980s R&D credit โ€” ~$4bn off last year's taxes; the stock nears $2tn.
05 project meridian - musk, luckey and gingrich
01 1- New York Post - Hegseth Names Musk To Study The Future Of Warfare
๐Ÿ“บ Hegseth โ€” New York Post (MSM)
Hegseth (New York Post): 'I'm announcing Project Meridian, an effort led by America's best minds to study the future of warfare'; under CTO Emil Michael; co-led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich โ€” 'all of whom are up in the audience with us today.'
04 ๐Ÿ’ฐ THE ECONOMY
๐Ÿ“ฐ Articles & links (read/context โ€” above the clips)
Clips โ€” 16
00 the economy - 29,000 jobs and a 2002 yield
01 1- NBC - Twenty Nine Thousand Jobs, Unemployment At Four Point Two
๐Ÿ“บ NBC News (MSM)
NBC News: 29,000 jobs in September against ~84,000 expected; unemployment up from 4.1% to 4.2% โ€” sideways for nine or ten months, "still healthy" say most economists, but the headline is well below estimates.
02 2- CNBC - Revisions Down Sixty Thousand, Wages A Big Miss
๐Ÿ“บ Santelli โ€” CNBC (MSM)
Santelli (CNBC): "a bit of a disappointment" โ€” 90,000 expected, 29,000 in, the lightest since July; two-month revisions down 60,000; manufacturing +9,000, "the renaissance of manufacturing continues"; hourly earnings up one tenth โ€” "a big, big miss."
03 3- CNBC - Labor Secretary Says Government Job Losses Dragged It Down
๐Ÿ“บ The Labor Secretary โ€” CNBC (MSM)
The Labor Secretary (CNBC): +46,000 private jobs, 'dragged down by the loss of some government jobs'; National Manufacturing Day, +9,000.
04 4- CNBC - The Ten Year Hits Five Thirty Four, Highest Since 2002
๐Ÿ“บ CNBC (MSM)
CNBC (CNBC report): The 10-year at 5.34%, highest since 2002; oil, AI-driven nominal growth, 'the ever-rising debt pile with no plan.'
01 health premiums - double digits again
01 1- FOX 9 - Twenty Percent More, Fourteen Thousand A Year In Dodge County
๐Ÿ“บ 1- FOX 9 (?)
FOX 9 (FOX 9 report): MN premiums could rise 20%+; $480 a month in the Twin Cities, ~$700 in Goodhue County; with a child, $1,200+ a month in Dodge County โ€” $14,000 a year; a hospital merger could push it higher.
02 2- Federal News Network - Federal Workers Pay Forty One Percent More In Three Years
๐Ÿ“บ 2- Federal News Network (?)
FNN (Federal News Network): Federal employees' premiums +10.9% in 2027 โ€” the third double-digit year, +41% in three years.
03 3- Federal News Network - OPM Blames GLP-1s And Mental Health Care
๐Ÿ“บ 3- Federal News Network (?)
Federal News Network (Federal Drive): Why premiums rise โ€” Inpatient and outpatient prices, behavioural health, and GLP-1s; CalPERS rising too; OPM wants to mitigate.
04 4- ABC - Costco Sells Medicare Plans, Zero Premiums
๐Ÿ“บ ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC News): Costco sells Medicare Advantage with SCAN in CA and NV from 1 Jan: $0 premiums, $0 primary-care copays, vision and hearing allowances; pharmacy sales +20%.
05 5- Forbes - Trump Says Seniors Get A Hundred Dollars From The Medicare Improvement Fund
๐Ÿ“บ 5- Forbes (?)
Trump (Forbes): The Medicare Improvement Fund โ€” 'past presidents and Congress never spent the money' โ€” ~$100 into the bank accounts of 20m+ seniors to offset October premiums; 'you'll get your money almost immediately.'
02 iowa steel - the incentives pass
01 1- KCRG - Signed Within The Hour, Seven Republicans Vote No
๐Ÿ“บ KCRG-TV9 (?)
KCRG (KCRG-TV9): Lee County farmland, $15bn, the largest mill in the nation; signed within the past hour; ~$1.5bn in credits; Senate 28โ€“19 with seven Republicans against; a GOP senator: 'your money and your money and your moneyโ€ฆ sell the tax credit or put it up as collateral.'
02 2- KCRG - The CEO Is Still Working On The Cap Stack
๐Ÿ“บ KCRG-TV9 (?)
KCRG (KCRG-TV9): The state's economic-development director: credits only on benchmarks; Mesabi's CEO: 'still working on financingโ€ฆ the cap stack'; contract maybe by November.
03 3- KCRG - Not Paid Until Its Operational, They Can Claw It Back
๐Ÿ“บ KCRG Capitol โ€” KCRG-TV9 (?)
KCRG Capitol (KCRG-TV9): The process โ€” application, board, contract; not paid until the plant is operational, with claw-backs.
04 4- KCRG - A Committee Swap Gets It Out Ten To Eight, Half Baked
๐Ÿ“บ KCRG-TV9 (?)
KCRG (KCRG-TV9): The Senate majority leader swapped two members of the Ways and Means subcommittee to get it out 10โ€“8; 'half-bakedโ€ฆ rushedโ€ฆ premature'; the district senator: first talks in 2025.
05 5- WHO13 - A Foreign Company, John Deere Doesnt Get A Billion
๐Ÿ“บ WHO 13 โ€” WHO13 (?)
WHO 13 (WHO13): The largest corporate incentive in Iowa history; a Republican senator heard of it two weeks before it was announced; 'It's a foreign companyโ€ฆ John Deereโ€ฆ they don't get a billion-dollar tax break.'
06 6- KCRG - Will There Be A Foxconn Repeat In Iowa
๐Ÿ“บ KCRG-TV9 (?)
KCRG (KCRG-TV9): Foxconn โ€” $10bn, 13,000 jobs promised in 2017; <$1bn and ~2,600 delivered; Sen. Townsend: 'it could very well just be that announcement'; White House and Grassley statements.
07 7- Northern News Now - Essar Went Bankrupt Here, A Gaping Hole On The Range
๐Ÿ“บ 7- Northern News Now (?)
Northern News Now (Northern News Now report): Essar promised a Nashwauk steel mill, went bankrupt in 2015; $60m owed to contractors; Minnesota still owed ~$22m; now the ore is mined in MN and made into steel in Iowa โ€” 'a gaping hole'; 'Iowa, don't do this.'
05 ๐Ÿ›๏ธ TRUMP AND THE DOJ
Clips โ€” 4
00 trump - i can do whatever i want
01 1- ABC - Trump Says He Would Consider Pardoning His Own Officials
๐Ÿ“บ ABC News (MSM)
ABC (ABC News): Trump to TIME โ€” 'Yeah, sure, I'd do that'; on the South Lawn โ€” 'I can do whatever I want'; Biden's pre-emptive pardons; the message to his staff before the midterms.
01 watergate - the doj reviews the prosecutors
01 1- MS NOW - A Seventy Eight Page Deck Called Watergate As Lawfare
๐Ÿ“บ Velshi โ€” MSNBC (MSM)
Velshi (MS NOW): The WSJ โ€” DOJ's OPR reviewing the Watergate prosecutors; Geoff Shepard's 'Watergate as Lawfare' deck; Vance at the Nixon Library: 'a 12-hour news story'; 'That's bananas.'
02 cornell - letitia james takes the case
01 1- NBC - Hochul Says One Hundred Percent Confident, Never Made It To Prosecutors
๐Ÿ“บ Hochul โ€” NBC News (MSM)
Hochul (NBC): She made AG Letitia James special prosecutor; Doe was '100% confident' she was raped and 'those words never made it' to prosecutors; the DA never interviewed her; 'failed by people and institutions.'
03 cnn - barred from air force one
01 1- PBS - Pulled From The Pool Despite The Judge
๐Ÿ“บ PBS NewsHour (MSM)
PBS (PBS NewsHour): Networks don't show Trump's travel after the White House pulls CNN from the pool and off Air Force One, despite the judge.
06 โšฐ๏ธ DEATH IN THE AIR AND ON THE GURNEY
Clips โ€” 9
00 flydubai - al-qaeda on his linkedin
01 1- CNN - Zawahiri At The End Of The Cockpit Video
๐Ÿ“บ CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN report): The attacker named โ€” Hamam al-Hamami, born in the UAE to an Omani father and Syrian mother; 7 years at Oman Air, then Royal Air Maroc; a LinkedIn video of El Al jets ending on Ayman al-Zawahiri and a 2009 suicide bomber.
02 2- CNN - Posted Nine Hours After, Removed From Oman Air Training
๐Ÿ“บ CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN report): Posted nine hours after the attack โ€” pre-scheduled or someone else?; deleted Twitter rants against mixed-gender workplaces; removed from Oman Air flight training over extremism, then hired by FlyDubai.
03 3- 13News Now - Suspended By Oman Air As A Security Risk, This Is A Last Push
๐Ÿ“บ 3- 13News Now (?)
13News Now (13News Now report): ABC's Alex Stone: Oman Air suspended him in 2024 as a security risk for extremist material, kept him in an admin role; how did FlyDubai put him in the right seat; Capt. Smit Machhar: 'this is a last push, Smit. The door is right there.'
04 4- NBC - He Used The Cockpit Crash Axe
๐Ÿ“บ NBC News (MSM)
NBC (NBC News): The UAE AG says he used the crash axe kept in the cockpit โ€” 'he didn't smuggle a weapon through airport security.'
05 5- CNN - My Daughters Screaming, We Tied Him With Headphones
๐Ÿ“บ The Israeli passenger โ€” CNN (MSM)
The Israeli passenger (CNN): 'my daughters screaming, father, we don't want to die'; the door flung open; three men, 'we tied him with headphones'; covered in blood; 'you act like a machine.'
01 christa pike - seven needles and a purple arm
01 1- New York Post - Seven Needles, She Was Trying To Help Them
๐Ÿ“บ New York Post (MSM)
New York Post (New York Post report): Pike's attorney: an hour to set two lines, seven needles in the left arm, one bent; Pike 'was trying to help instruct them'; 'she did not want a stayโ€ฆ she was ready.'
02 2- New York Post - Her Right Arm Turning Purple
๐Ÿ“บ The attorney โ€” New York Post (MSM)
The attorney (New York Post): Her right arm turning purple after the second round; blistering and burning at the sites.
03 3- CNN - Blanche Called Pentobarbital The Gold Standard
๐Ÿ“บ CNN (MSM)
CNN (CNN report): Pentobarbital's history โ€” fluid in the lungs, suffocation; Biden's DOJ dropped it; AG Todd Blanche called it 'the gold standard'; drug makers block their products; vein issues; lawyers ask Gov. Bill Lee to commute.
04 4- 13News Now - Seventy Five Botched, This Is Not A Safe Situation
๐Ÿ“บ 4- 13News Now (?)
13News Now (Knoxville sister station): Her essential thrombocythemia made IV access hard; retired Dr. John Greer: 'venous accessโ€ฆ can be difficult and sometimes impossible'; Death Penalty Information Center: 75 of 1,000+ lethal injections botched (1977โ€“2010); 'This is not a safe, controlled situation.'
07 ๐ŸŒŽ ALSO IN THE NEWS
๐Ÿ“ฐ Articles & links (read/context โ€” above the clips)
Clips โ€” 4
00 france - the schools are burning
01 1- FRANCE 24 - Eighteen Days, Five Hundred Sixty Schools Disrupted
๐Ÿ“บ France 24 (MSM)
France24 (FRANCE 24 report): 18 days from Rennes and Caen to Saint-Denis; a TikTok seen 1.4m times; a school in Nantes on fire; 'kill her'; the government blames the hard left; 560 schools disrupted, 400 shut; a union: keep mobilising.
02 2- FRANCE 24 - Outsiders Tore Down The Gates, Tear Gas In All Directions
๐Ÿ“บ Olivia Bizot in Aubervilliers โ€” France 24 (MSM)
Olivia Bizot in Aubervilliers (FRANCE 24): Peaceful 7โ€“9 am, then outsiders tore down the gates; tear gas in all directions; police can't tell agitators from students.
01 fingernails - woke one is back
01 1- Fox News - The BBC Links Unpainted Nails To White Supremacy
๐Ÿ“บ Watters reads the NY Post โ€” Fox News (MSM)
Watters reads the NY Post (Fox News): 'BBC roasted for linking unpainted fingernails to white supremacy'; Lydia: 'glad I had time to go to the nail salon'; the Smithsonian list; 'It's not about my body, my choice anymore.'
02 producer - dews time to shine
01 1- Craig Weinberg - Dews Time To Shine, A Track For Rob Dew
Source: producer file โ€” Craig Weinberg, by email (no web link)
๐Ÿ“บ 1- Craig Weinberg (?)
Craig Weinberg (producer track): "Dew's Time To Shine", a 64.8-second music track made for today's show with Rob Dew. Producer file, as sent.

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