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A scathing report from an independent panel convened by the Biden administration and released to the public on Thursday predicted that without significant reform measures, another potshot assassination attempt like the one on former President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this year “can and will happen again.”

According to the panel, its investigation revealed “deep flaws in the Secret Service, including some that appear to be systemic or cultural,” including: “a lack of clarity, in practice, regarding who has overall security ownership of a protectee’s site on the day of an event,” and “a troubling lack of critical thinking by Secret Service personnel,” among other issues.

In a letter presenting their findings to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the panel wrote, “The United States Secret Service aspires to be the best protective service of high-ranking government officials in the world. This is a zero-fail mission, for any failure endangers not only the life of the protectee, but also the fundamentals of our government itself. Today, however, the Secret Service does not perform at the elite levels needed to discharge its critical mission. The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static even though risks have multiplied and technology has evolved.”

“Thousands of men and women have dedicated their lives to the Secret Service, and we remain grateful to them for their bravery, selflessness, and willingness to serve in a vital role,” they continued. “But the Secret Service as an agency requires fundamental reform to carry out its mission. Without that reform, the Independent Review Panel believes another Butler can and will happen again.”

The pair of attempts on Trump’s life in recent months — and in particular the one in Butler that saw the former president’s ear grazed by a shot fired by his would-be assassin — has raised serious questions over the Secret Service, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle questioning how someone with a gun could get so close to Trump.

Hulu's November slate has a little something for everyone: true (and fictional) crime, standup comedy, country music, cake competitions, and, of course, Christmas spirit.

On the Hulu Original lineup is Interior Chinatown (Nov. 19), a drama series based on Charles Yu's titular novel. Jimmy O. Yang plays a character actor who witnesses a crime while playing a background character in a police procedural. FX's Say Nothing (Nov. 14)—also a drama adaptation of a book—is set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and spans four decades of following the abduction of a single mother of ten.

On the documentary side is The Honorable Shyne (Nov. 18), about the life of Moses “Shyne” Barrow, from his recording career with Sean “Diddy” Combs to his incarceration for a nightclub shooting to his political career in Belize. Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae (Nov. 26) is a Hulu Original docuseries about the murder of Annie Mae Aquash, a Mi'kmaq woman, mother, teacher, and activist who was murdered in the 1970s and whose death went unsolved for almost 30 years.

Jim Gaffigan is back with Hulu's first comedy special under its new "Hulu's Laughing Now" brand, which is expected to feature a new special each month. The Skinny (Nov. 22), taped in Boston earlier this year, is Gaffigan's 11th special and covers topics like appetite suppressants and raising teenagers.

For country music fans, there's It’s All Country (Nov. 15), a six-episode Hulu Original docuseries in which singer Luke Bryan highlights important figures and performances in country music history. The series was executive produced by Peyton Manning, who will also be co-hosting the 58th Annual CMA Awards with Bryan and Lainey Wilson—the broadcast will be streaming on Hulu on Nov. 21.

Finally, Hulu is sprinkling holiday spirit throughout the month, with staples like Elf (Nov. 27), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Nov. 27), and A Christmas Carol (Nov. 1); a long lineup of Hallmark movies; and the second of two Family Guy specials (Nov. 25).

Here’s everything else coming to (and leaving) Hulu in November, including complete seasons of NCIS (Nov. 8) and Ally McBeal (Nov. 11).

What’s coming to Hulu in November 2024

Arriving November 1

• Are You The One?: Complete Seasons 2 and 6

• Naruto Shippuden: Complete Sesaon 9 (Dubbed)

• A Christmas Carol (1984)

• Ad Astra (2019)

• Aliens (1986)

• Billy Madison (1995)

• Carpool (1996)

• Christmas on the Ranch (2021)

• Christmas With The Kranks (2004)

• Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (2005)

• The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

• Crazy Heart (2010)

• Deck the Halls (2006)

• Desierto (2015)

• Downhill (2020)

• Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)

• Ghost Rider (2007)

• Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance (2012)

• Goodbye Lover (1999)

• Grown Up (2010)

• Grown Ups 2 (2013)

• Hanging Up (2000)

• Happy Gilmore (1996)

• Hellboy (2019)

• Higher Learning (1995)

• Hitman (2007)

• Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)

• Hollow Man (2000)

• Hotel Transylvania (2012)

• Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

• I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998)

• Inherit the Viper (2020)

• Jingle All The Way (1996)

• Just Friends (2005)

• La La Land (2016)

• The Last Duel (2021)

• Lazareth (2024)

• Madea Goes To Jail (2009)

• The Mistle-Tones (2012)

• National Treasure (2004)

• National Treasure: Book Of Secrets (2007)

• New Year's Eve (2011)

• The Nutcracker (1993)

• Operation Mistletoe (2024) 

• The Personal History Of David Copperfield (2020)

• Predators (2010)

• Renovation Romance (2024) 

• Same Time, Next Christmas (2019)

• Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009)

• Santa's Little Helper (2015)

• Second Best (1994)

• Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

• Teddy Kollek (1995)

• Tigerland (2000)

• Waitress (2007)

• The Wedding Planner (2001)

• Whip It (2009)

• White Men Can't Jump (1992)

• Why Him? (2016)

• Wild (2014)

Arriving November 2

• Endurance: Special Premiere

Arriving November 6

• Gangnam B-Side: Two-Episode Series Premiere (Subbed & Dubbed) 

• A Man Called Otto (2023)

Arriving November 7

• Adoption Diaries: Complete Season 1 

• Amazing Wedding Cakes: Complete Season 4

• America's Cuteset Puppies: Complete Season 1

• Beyond the Pole: Complete Season 2

• Beyond the Pole: Living Under Lockdown: Complete Season 11

• Bid, Build, Design: Complete Season 1

• Braxton Family Values: Complete Seasons 5B and 6A

• Bridezillas: Complete Season 13

• Cutting it in the ATL: Complete Season 1 

• First Lady of Jamaica: Complete Season 1

• Ghost Moms: Complete Season 1

• Her Deadly Night in Paris: Complete Season 1

• Hoarders: Complete Seasons 8-9 and 15 

• Holiday Home Invasion: Complete Season 1

• Hustle & Soul: Complete Seasons 1 and 3

• John Edward Cross Country: Complete Seasons 2-3 

• Katrina Weddings: A Second Chance: Complete Season 1

• L.A. Hair: Complete Seasons 3-5

• Marriage Boot Camp: Hip-Hop Edition: Complete Season 14

• Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars: Complete Season 11

• Mary Mary: Complete Season 5

• My Life is a Telenovela: Complete Season 1

• Obsessed with the Dress: Complete Season 1

• Platinum Babies: Complete Season 1

• Prison Brides: Complete Season 1

• Raising Sextuplets: Complete Season 2

• Road Wars: Complete Season 3

• Secret Lives of Women: Complete Season 4

• Surrogate Stories: Complete Season 1

• Tamar & Vince: Complete Seasons 3-5

• Wedding Gown Secrets: Complete Season 1

• Madagascar (2005)

• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

• Penguins Of Madagascar (2014)

Arriving November 8

• The Fiery Priest: Two-Episode Season 2 Premiere  

• NCIS: Complete Seasons 1-11

• Poolman (2023)

• The Present (2024)

• Tooth Fairy (2010)

• Wild Hogs (2007)

Arriving November 11

• Ally McBeal: Complete Seasons 1-5

Arriving November 12

• Selling Super Houses: Complete Season 1

Arriving November 14

• FX's Say Nothing: Complete Limited Series

• Flipping Down South: Complete Season 1

• I Wasn't Expecting a Baby!: Complete Season 1

• Legends of the Fork: Complete Season 1

• Seatbelt Psychic: Complete Season 1

• The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth: Series Premiere

• 13 Sons & Pregnant: Complete Season 1

Arriving November 15

• It's All Country: Complete Season 1

• Art Gallery: Andy Haynes, Maddie Wiener, Jackie Fabulous (2024)

• The Backyard: Ralph Barbosa, Kiry Shabazz, Brittany Schmitt (2024)

• The Cabin: Alec Flynn, Caitlin Peluffo, Garrick Bernard (2024)

• Parking Lot: Mark Smalls, Robby Hoffman, Darius Bennett (2024)

• The Taste of Things (2023) 

• Thelma (2024) 

Arriving November 16

• Harriet (2019)

Arriving November 17

• Christmas at the Golden Dragon (2022)

• Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (2020)

• Christmas Sail (2021)

• A Holiday in Harlem (2021)

• A Kismet Christmas (2022)

• A Royal Corgi Christmas (2022)

• The Santa Stakeout (2021)

Arriving November 18

• Cake Toppers: Complete Season 1

• "Cookie, Cupcake, Cake": Complete Season 1

• The Honorable Shyne: Documentary Premiere

Arriving November 19

• Interior Chinatown: Complete Season 1

• Drugstore June (2024) 

Arriving November 20

• Missing (2023)

• The Son (2023)

Arriving November 21

• The 58th Annual CMA Awards: Special Premiere

• American Pickers: Best Of: Complete Season 7

• The Boarding School Murders: Complete Season 1

• Celebrity Renovation: Complete Season 1

• Christmas at the Chalet (2023) 

• Christmas Wars: Complete Season 2

• Donnie Loves Jenny: Complete Season 1

• Downtown Shabby: Complete Season 1

• History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman: Complete Season 1

• Lost Gold of World War II: Complete Season 2

• Roanoke: A Mystery Carved in Stone: Complete Season 1

• Secret Restoration: Complete Season 1

• Ultimate Holiday Feast: Complete Season 1

• A Cowboy Christmas Romance (2023)

• Merry Magic Christmas (2023) 

• Mistletoe Match (2022) 

• Mom's Christmas Boyfriend (2023) 

Arriving November 22

• Bia and Victor: Complete Season 1 

• Jim Gaffigan: The Skinny: Special Premiere

• Firebrand (2023)

• The Good Half (2023)

Arriving November 23

• Sausage Party (2016)

Arriving November 24

• Southpaw (2015)

Arriving November 25

• Family Guy: Exclusive Holiday Special

• Tsunami: Series Premiere

Arriving November 26

• Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae: Complete Docuseries

• Robot Dreams (2023)

Arriving November 27

• Elf (2003)

• Four Christmases (2008)

• Fred Claus (2007)

• Jack Frost (1998)

• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

• The Polar Express (2004)

Arriving November 29

• Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

• Plant Shop: Fahim Anwar, Susan Rice, Derrick Stroup (2024)

• Speakeasy: Torio Van Grol, Shapel Lacey, Ahamed Weinberg (2024)

• Thrift Store: Malik Elassal, Emma Willmann, TJ (2024)

• Tiki Series: Ali Macofsky, Matt Braunger, Sydney Castillo (2024)

What’s leaving Hulu in November 2024

Leaving November 4

• American Murderer (2022)

Leaving November 7

• Moonbound (2021)

Leaving November 12

• Catch the Fair One (2021)

• The Locksmith (2023)

Leaving November 14

• The Dinner (2017)

• Ghost Team (Unrated) (2016)

Leaving November 16

• Adopt a Highway (2019)

• Arizona (2018)

• Beneath the Darkness (2011)

• Bone Tomahawk (2015)

• Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

• The Cobbler (2014)

• Devil's Knot (2013)

• I Kill Giants (2017)

• Mandy (2018)

• Mary (2019)

• Once Upon a Time in Venice (2017)

• Pay the Ghost (2015)

• Plus One (2019)

• The Man Who Killed Hitler and then the Bigfoot (2018)

• The Rewrite (2014)

• Terminal (2018)

Leaving November 19

• Dual (2022)

Leaving November 25

• A Banquet (2021)

• Mummies (2023)

Leaving November 30

• A Christmas Winter Song (2021)

• Hustlers (2019)

• Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Many Americans consider their future Social Security benefits crucial to their retirement plans—while for a lot of people with next to nothing saved for retirement, their Social Security benefit is their retirement plan. Though the average monthly benefit is just $1,907—or close to $23,000 a year—that’s certainly better than having no income at all in your later years.

However critical Social Security is to your personal retirement plans, you can't take it for grated. Yes, there’s always the possibility that Social Security will “run out of money” at some point if our elected officials can’t find a solution to its funding issues. But while you can't do much about that, it's worth being aware of the ways you can jeopardize a portion of your benefits—or all of them—under some specific scenarios.

Here are four ways you can lose some or all of your Social Security benefits, even after you’re eligible to claim them.

You wind up in jail or prison

If you find yourself incarcerated for more than 30 days for any reason, Social Security assumes that the government is now paying your bills and will suspend your payments for the duration of your glamorous stay in that facility. The good news is that anyone who gets benefits through your work record (like a spouse) will continue to get their benefits, and you can resume getting yours a month after your release. Still, if you do a five-year stretch somewhere, you’ll have lost an average of about $115,000 that could have landed in your bank account. And if you find yourself in prison for the rest of your life, you might never see a dime of Social Security.

You exceed the income limits

Social Security payments are based on your retirement age. For most of us, that’s age 66 or 67, but you can elect to start receiving your benefits earlier (age 62) or later (age 70). If you wait until you’re full retirement age to retire, you can actually work as much as you want—your earnings won’t affect your benefit. But if you retire "early," you’ll have to be careful until you reach full retirement age.

Retiring early gets you lower benefits (by up to 30%, depending on your age)—and the Social Security Administration is aware that some sneaky folks will “retire” at 62 to get their Social Security and then continue working. So they have this thing called the earnings test, or income limit—if you earn too much money, your benefits are reduced accordingly. The income limit changes annually (currently, it’s $22,320, and next year it’ll be $23,400). For every $2 you earn over that limit during the year, they will deduct $1 from your benefits. It’s possible to earn so much that you wipe out your benefit entirely, although if you’re making that much money, you might not care. And you don’t technically “lose” this money, it’s just deferred—you’ll get higher benefit checks later, once you reach full retirement age. But if you’re counting on that money to pay your bills month to month, be very careful about how much extra income you earn.

You have to pay back taxes or restitution

Some folks are surprised to learn that Social Security payments—which we fund by paying FICA taxes out of our income before we retire—are actually taxed. A fun fact is that if you don’t pay federal taxes and wind up owing the IRS money, they can—and certainly will—levy 15% of your Social Security payment to claw back that money. Your Social Security payments can also be garnished to pay court-ordered stuff like child support, alimony, or restitution. If your life gets real messy after you retire, you can see a significant amount of your benefit diverted to other accounts.

You get remarried

This is a bit niche, but if you receive benefits based on your spouse’s work record, you can continue to receive those benefits even if you get divorced (as long as the marriage lasted at least 10 years). There’s one way to lose those benefits: Get remarried. If you marry someone new, you’ll lose your ex-spouse’s benefits.

Plot twist: If your new marriage ends in divorce as well (or an annulment, or death) you can have your benefits pinned to your prior ex-spouse reinstated.

You give them up on purpose

Finally, there’s a voluntary way to lose your benefits—you can withdraw your application. If you’ve applied for Social Security benefits before the age of 70, you can change your mind within 12 months and file form SSA-521 to request withdrawal of your application. You’ll have to pay back any money you received in that year, but your payments will be suspended.

Why would you do this? If you decide to go back to work and know you’ll exceed the income limit, you can avoid a lot of trouble by asking for a Social Security do-over. And since early retirement means lower benefits, resetting the clock means your potential benefit will continue to grow until you hit age 70, so you’ll get bigger payments later.

Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump is becoming “increasingly unstable” after he started swaying to music for more than 30 minutes during a bizarre rally.

During a town hall moderated by South Daktoa Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Monday, Trump danced on stage for 39 minutes to some of his favorite songs after two attendees required medical attention.

Trump played nine different tracks while dancing and shaking hands with people on stage. Noem stood beside him as the former president slowly swayed back and forth at an event where he was suppose to answer questions from the audience.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Harris reacted to the music session by saying the GOP nominee is demonstrating he’s “unfit to be president of the United States.”

REPORTER: There’s been a lot of recent questions based on an event he did recently he played music for about 30 minutes straight. Just questions about his mental fitness for office at this point. Do you think Donald Trump needs to take a cognitive test?

HARRIS: Based on my observations, and I think the observations of many, Donald Trump is increasingly unstable, and as has been said by the people who have worked closely with him, even when he was president, he’s unfit to be President of the United States.

Watch the clip above via CSPAN.

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The Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 was launched last summer with top-notch specs and features. Since its release, it has often been compared to the Pixel Watch 2 as a a good choice for Android users. And given its current discount, the Galaxy Watch 6 offers a better value for your money (the Pixel 2 costs around $200 on Amazon at the moment).

The Galaxy Watch 6 has a 1.3-inch, 2,000-nit bright AMOLED display with a digital bezel for quick scrolling through menus. If you're looking for the bigger 44mm screen with LTE, that option is also available for this lowest price yet of $239.99 ( originally $379.99).

With an Android smartwatch, you'll be getting all the latest Wear OS features. Some features specific to the Galaxy Watch 6 include an accelerometer to measure your speed, GPS tracking, a heart rate monitor, a blood oxygen monitor, a temperature sensor, and others. The Galaxy Watch 6 also allows you to make or receive phone calls from your Android phone as long as you're within Bluetooth distance (or anywhere if you decide to get the LTE version).

PCMag thinks the Galaxy Watch 6 is "excellent," and called it the best Android-compatible smartwatch at the time of its release.

CNN anchor Chris Wallace compared former President Donald Trump to the “origin stories” of both The Joker and Richard Nixon, telling MSNBC’s Jen Psaki that Trump was “already a dangerous character” when the trauma of losing to President Joe Biden occurred.

Wallace — who hosts the Max series Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace and CNN’s The Chris Wallace Show — has been on an extensive media tour to promote his new book Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America’s Politics Forever.

That tour took Wallace to a rival network on Monday’s edition of MSNBC’s Inside With Jen Psaki, during which Wallace drew parallels to the trials and tribulations of Nixon, Trump, and Arthur Fleck — currently lighting up (and darkening) screens in the film Joker: Folie à Deux:

PSAKI: It was such a reminder to me in reading, and I hope to people out there who read it, I mean, I lived through a lot of transitions too. I mean, Bush and Obama didn’t exactly love each other, agree. That was a smooth transition of power. Obama transitioned to Trump. This is what happens throughout history, and this is a reminder of that.

You also note that Nixon’s loss in 1960 led to him to resort to kind of more cutthroat tactics. Obviously, we know that through history, and had played out, which eventually, of course, led to Watergate. Similarly — and I would be interested in what you think about this comparison. Obviously, Trump losing in 2020 has led to, in some ways, a more aggressive approach to this election and what he may want to do post-election.

How do you think in terms of lessons from history, bitterness and anger applies? And how do you think it applies? As it applied to Nixon, how does it apply now?

WALLACE: Well it’s so interesting, Jen, because Nixon had a reputation as being a dirty politician. That’s where he got the nickname Tricky Dick.

But, in 1960, he decided to run as a statesman to try to put that all behind him. And some people have suggested to me that maybe his defeat in 1960 and how nicely he played was the origin story of the villain, sort of like the origin story of the Joker.

And, clearly, in some of the Watergate tapes, you can hear his anger and his bitterness and his sense, hey, Kennedy stole the election from me in 60. All bets are off in terms of what I’m prepared to do, as it turned out, in 1972 with Watergate.

And there’s no question that it had an impact on him, a very bad impact. And I think it’s definitely — you could say Trump was already a dangerous character before, but, clearly, losing the 19 — the 2020 election has not improved his sense of fair play or thinking about the country over his own personal benefit.

Watch above via MSNBC’s Inside With Jen Psaki.

A firewall is an essential security tool for your Mac. Not only does it help keep your Mac safe from security threats online, but it also improves your privacy by allowing you to keep an eye on data that's sent and received from the internet. In some cases, this data sharing is essential, such as during a software update for your Mac. In other cases, it could be used by a malicious app to send your private data to servers on the other side of the world. With a firewall, you can stop that from happening.

What is a firewall?

A firewall is a tool that allows you to keep an eye on network traffic that's sent from and received by your computer. You can think of it as a gate between your computer and the internet. Without a firewall, all apps have unrestricted access to the internet, but when you use a firewall, these apps will have to ask for your permission before they can phone home.

A firewall can be a hardware tool or a software utility. Most of us have already used hardware firewalls, because modern routers have firewall features built-in. By default, they can block incoming connections, and some of the more expensive routers even let you block outgoing connections.

Hardware firewalls can protect all devices on your network, and unlike software firewalls, they can't be disabled easily by malware on any one computer. A software firewall, on the other hand, is a gatekeeper between your computer and the internet, which means that it's better suited to controlling connections for individual apps on your computer. 

Should I use a software firewall?

Although software firewalls are great for privacy and security, they are not for everyone. I think everyone should use a firewall, but the reality is that some people will find firewalls a bit restrictive because you'll have to approve every single incoming and outgoing connection. That said, you can set up rules to ensure that the firewall doesn't get in the way.

How does a firewall work?

By default, your Mac will allow all network traffic to reach your computer, and it'll allow almost all apps to send data out. When you enable a strong firewall, you'll have to approve nearly every single request for incoming and outgoing traffic. This includes an app's checks for software updates, downloads, uploading data, and pretty much anything that requires you to connect to the internet.

Firewalls support a stealth mode, which follows your preset instructions without any prompts, but even that is restrictive because you may not be able to use the internet as freely as you'd like to. The flip side is that you're far more protected from cybersecurity threats or, at least, you become very well aware of every connection your Mac makes to the internet. 

How can I use the Mac's firewall?

Your Mac ships with a firewall, but it is disabled by default and it can only monitor incoming connections to the computer. It doesn't allow you to control outgoing traffic. You can try using your Mac's firewall to see if you like it, but I have recommendations for third-party apps from reputed developers, which make it a lot easier to both use a firewall and enjoy the security and privacy benefits. On your Mac, click the Apple logo in the top-left corner of the screen and go to System Settings. Now, navigate to Network > Firewall and enable Firewall.

You can click the Options button on this page to set up the firewall to your liking: You'll see an option to allow built-in software to receive incoming connections (i.e. Apple's own software), as well as any signed software you've downloaded. Those apps are usually quite safe, since Apple vets the developers that have their apps "signed." You can also choose whether or not to allow incoming connections to a variety of apps and services, but you'll quickly notice that you can't control outgoing connections, which means if a shady app wants to send your data to an obscure server, you can't use the built-in firewall to stop that.

Which firewall apps should I use?

Credit: Little Snitch

Fortunately, there are some great third-party firewall apps for the Mac. Little Snitch is the one I like the most: It has a solid set of features, such as the ability to monitor and block any kind of traffic on your Mac; blocklists that automatically keep trackers at bay; and a great interface that provides useful information and makes things easy to understand. As much as I like this app, it is pricey at $59, which means it may not be for everyone.

You can also try a cheaper alternative, such as Radio Silence, which Lifehacker has recommended before. It may not have the polished interface and all the features of Little Snitch, but it will do the job a firewall should: let you stop apps from phoning home. The app is good at its job and costs $9, which makes it a great option for those who want a firewall on a budget. 

Finally, there's also a completely free firewall app for the Mac called LuLu. I'm usually wary of recommending free apps that serve such a critical security purpose, but LuLu has earned the trust of the community. It's free and open source, and you can take a look at its GitHub page to learn more about the app. It's in active development at the time of writing, which is also a bonus, since sometimes apps like these are abandoned and never updated again. The interface isn't as polished as that of the paid apps I've recommended, but it works well and you can use it to see if a firewall app is for you.