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At 4:30 the very top of the Fox app had a special button you can press for Mamdani rage content, but no mention of the weak jobs report, nor any of Trump firing the BLS chief because of the weak jobs report. You have to search to find that.

Does Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle 'great jeans' campaign mark a shift for ads? American Eagle's ad campaign featuring the 27-year-old star captured the internet's attention. An advertising expert says that means it worked and may signal a shift away from more inclusive ads.

Many people commented on Sydney Sweeney and “great genes.” Others rolled their eyes.

Brand marketing consultant Allen Adamson has a different analysis: American Eagle wanted to “break through,” which is vary hard, so they found “somebody red-hot.”
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Pete Buttigieg has a warning about AI A potential presidential contender advises against “fighting the last war.”

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In the NPR interview, @PeteButtigieg had a warning about AI.

He talked of it creating problems so vast, so quickly, that can grow beyond the ability even of a strong government to address.

He also is invited to comment on the possibility of a bearded president, now that he is one of several prominent pols in both parties who have them.

YouTube video by NPR Pete Buttigieg says Democrats can’t go back to status quo after Trump | Morning Edition

Here’s the full interview on YouTube:

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Pete Buttigieg warns Democrats can't go back to status quo after President Trump Steve Inskeep speaks with former US Secretary for Transportation Pete Buttigieg about distrust in government and the status of the Democratic party.

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In an NPR video interview, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social leans into the idea that Democrats should oppose the status quo —and if they regain power they may not want to “just tape the pieces together.”

8:45 PM ET, Wednesday, July 23:

On the left, the top of the app for the Wall Street Journal.

On the right, the top of the app for Fox News.

U.S. Quietly Drafts Plan to End Program That Saved Millions From AIDS

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Last than a week ago, Republican senators ceded their power to the president, approving cuts that some disliked or called excessively vague.

They insisted on preserving one program: PEPFAR.

Now the NYT says the administration has drafted potential plans to phase that out too.

Thanks. I will field this too. If your news org censored stories based on our evaluation of the pure motives of everyone revealing information, most broadcasts would be half as long.

A news org should get you pertinent information. And ALSO keep our eye on things people try to distract us from.

Thanks for asking. Yes. NPR covered Trump’s efforts to change the subject from Epstein. Separately, NPR also covered what’s of interest from the MLK files. Not going to ignore items of interest. It’s a multi-hour program.

NPR is not a propaganda network. It wasn’t before the vote, and it isn’t now.

What a possible release of grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein signifies NPR talks with Sarah Isgur, senior editor with "The Dispatch," about the Trump administration's request to unseal grand jury testimony related to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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On NPR, the always-insightful @whignewtons draws a comparison:

A look at Congress' decision to cede the 'power of the purse' to President Trump NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Politico's Jonathan Martin about Congress ceding the "power of the purse" over to President Trump.

Did some in Congress fail to do their taxpayer-funded jobs?

Jonathan Martin: says some lawmakers abandoned their power of the purse when presented with bills that were not about the details, but an “up or down referendum on Donald Trump.”

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“It’s not glamorous, but it’s good.” That’s what I said about work in public media, or maybe it was a reference to my Purdue University tie.

1) Stop scrolling.

2) Donate to your local public radio station - it suddenly has a massive budget gap

3) I dunno, treat yourself to a break from screens and make yourself a coffee

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The great Erin Burnett had me on CNN to talk about NPR.

One of the revelations: many of the lawmakers who claim NPR is biased have been guests on NPR, and have been able to tell their own stories in their own words.

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Still here, still working for you: with Michel Martin in NPR Studio 31 at 5:19am.

Gov. Greg Abbott says emails with Elon Musk are too ‘intimate and embarrassing’ to make public When we asked for the emails, the governor’s office said some of the correspondence with the billionaire and his companies contains “intimate” information that isn’t of “legitimate concern to the publ...

The phrase “intimate and embarrassing” is from a common law exception to public records laws.

The governor’s office used this phrase, adding that the emails have “information that would reveal how the state entices companies to invest.”

Full story:

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The Texas Newsroom—a Texas-run collaboration of Texas public stations with NPR—provides statewide coverage and investigative reporting.

Today they have some news about documents the governor declined to share.

From @lmcgaughy.bsky.social:

The questions about forecasts, warnings, alerts and sirens are real ones for future floods. But a fail-safe approach involves location and design. In this case a structure built a little higher is less likely to be affected, even if the forecast is wrong and every warning fails.

New data reveals FEMA missed major flood risks at Camp Mystic The data also highlights critical risks in other areas along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, revealing more than twice as many Americans live in flood prone areas than FEMA's maps show.

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One thing that’s useful after a disaster is a thoughtful look at details of safety systems, how they work or don’t, and what might be improved.

My NPR colleague Laura Sullivan studies FEMA flood maps for Texas, and hears a case that they need updating:

Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler' On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

"We have improved @Grok significantly," Elon Musk wrote on X last Friday about his platform's integrated artificial intelligence chatbot. "You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions."

Indeed, the update did not go unnoticed. By Tuesday, Grok was calling itself "MechaHitler."

Her dad was missing in Hunt. A local Facebook page gave her hope while he was located. Social media has played an increasingly larger role in communicating information during catastrophic weather events.

Social media has played an increasingly larger role in communicating information during catastrophic weather events. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social

Officials in Kerr County said severe flooding killed at least 13 people on Friday. At least 23 girls were missing from a Christian summer camp called Camp Mystic but officials said some of those campers may be stranded and unable to call for help.

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Thanks. The rundown at npr.org shows:

4 stories on the tax and spending bill including the lead story

Stories on the end of USAID, and Trump’s fight with Harvard

A poll on the state of democracy

A Great Plains water shortage

Egg prices!

And more. See it here.

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What public media funding is for Ben Smith and Max Tani draw me out on a hotly debated question.

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