President Joe Biden’s campaign boasted the “largest, earliest” Black media buy for an ad targeting Black voters that aired during the Colorado v. University of Southern California football game, among other major sporting events. The ad, entitled “Get Ahead,” features a voiceover that urges voters to go with “a president, Joe Biden, who’s putting in the work for Black America”: Getting ahead means...

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(Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was reportedly “caught on camera” pulling the Cannon House Office fire alarm to delay the vote on the House continuing resolution that would avoid the government shutdown, according to a report by Poltico’s Olivia Beavers. The Democratic lawmaker reportedly pulled the alarm in the House office as his party attempted to a delay a...

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A pro-Trump crowd went wild when ex-President Donald Trump promised he would send federal law enforcement to cities with orders to shoot shoplifters as they exit stores. Trump gave a speech to the California GOP convention in Anaheim, CA Friday night that was chock full of outrageous moments, including ridiculing the attack on Paul Pelosi that was committed by a Trump supporter to appreciative laughter....

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One of Fitbit’s most popular models, the Charge, has a new version out: the Charge 6. It has Google Maps, Google Wallet, and YouTube Music controls built in, along with heart rate sensing that the company says is its most accurate to date. You can preorder it now for $159.95, only about $10 more than the Charge 5’s… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/TdMRics...

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From the beginning, Raspberry Pi’s mission has been to offer capable computers to beginners and experts alike, at a remarkably affordable price. That doesn’t change with the company’s latest device. Yes, after years of processor shortages and supply chain disruption, the Raspberry 5 is nearly here, and you can… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/DxN1g7F ...

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AP Photo/Josh Reynolds 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce he will run as an independent on October 9 in Pennsylvania, Mediaite has learned. Kennedy’s campaign machine is now planning “attack ads” against the Democratic National Committee in order to “pave the way” for his announcement in Philadelphia about running as an independent, according to a text reviewed by Mediaite....

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General Mark Milley stepped down as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Friday after decades of military service, but not without taking an apparent parting shot at his former boss Donald Trump. During his farewell speech, Milley said, “We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We don’t take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the Constitution...

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Until the end of the day on Sunday, Oct. 1, Amazon Prime members can get a 58% discount on a three-camera Blink bundle, currently going for $99.99 (down from its $239.98 list price). This is the lowest price this bundle has been, according to Camelcamelcamel’s price history. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/3XjvCAB ...

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The Stanford Cardinal and Oregon Ducks are facing off this weekend at Stanford in a lopsided Pac-12 matchup. The Ducks are undefeated this season and are heavy favorites to win—the spread is 17.5 points in Oregon’s favor. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/S3JMbjD ...

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AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) is reportedly hearing out donors who want him to mount an 11th hour campaign to beat GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. “He [Youngkin] appears to be leaving the door open,” billionaire donor Thomas Peterffy told the Washington Post‘s Robert Costa. “And if Republicans win in Virginia, maybe we can talk him into it. He obviously...

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Drywall is relatively durable and cheap, and looks quite nice if installed and maintained correctly. But it’s also easy to damage while you’re just living your life—and it can even damage itself, most commonly through the appearance of little bumps under the surface known as “nail pops.” (Despite the name, nail pops… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/DSBJGuY ...

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Anger is a big feeling, especially when a kid experiences it. Whether arguing over a toy with a sibling or not getting something they wanted, a furious child can spin out of control anywhere: at the park, on a Target run, or during playtime at school. And hearing that your son or daughter hit, pushed, or bit someone… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/zTixNF4...

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A right-wing television network suspended two hosts who made crude and inappropriate comments about a female journalist. On Wednesday, British news network GB News — founded in 2021 as a U.K. version of Fox News — suspended presenter Dan Wootton over a segment with fellow co-host Laurence Fox about Ava Evans, a reporter for PoliticsJOE. The subject of the segment was Evans’ recent...

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Those synthetic, packaged spider webs that are so often pulled across bushes and trees as decor for Halloween are certainly spooky—but they’re also a hazard for birds and other wildlife. The stretchy material, often made from polyester, can trap bees, hummingbirds, and even bats by causing them to get tangled in the… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/rtJMFK1 ...

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 Controversial author Michael Wolff defended the reporting in his latest book on Fox News and the Murdoch media empire, responding to criticism that it’s a compendium of thinly sourced, uncorroborated gossip in an interview with Mediaite. On this week’s episode of The Interview, hosted by myself and Mediaite editor Aidan McLaughlin, Wolff argued that everything he published is “100 percent” true. “This...

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Even when the market isn’t hurting prospective buyers, closing on a home is always tricky. When you’re securing a home loan, there are a lot of decisions to make—and for a first-time homebuyer, paying points on a mortgage can be particularly confusing. Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/u20gnXe ...

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Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via AP Spotify is launching a new pilot program that will bring the power of AI into the world of podcasting. On Monday, Spotify’s CEO and Founder Daniel Ek announced on Twitter that it was debuting “voice translation” which would take AI technology and translate podcast episodes for audiences around the globe using the original host’s voice. “Podcasters –...

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Whenever you have visitors to your home, they are likely going to want your wifi password. You can go the route of an Airbnb and stick the wifi name and password up on the fridge—or keep sharing these credentials manually until you have them memorized. Or you can speed up the process significantly by sharing your… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/FnUJrgX ...

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) refused to answer if she would assist Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz in ousting his own party’s Speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy from House leadership. Republican lawmakers and McCarthy have battled in recent weeks as the likeliness of a government shutdown becomes a real possibility if not resolved by the end of the month. Gaetz and Rep. Lauren Boebert led the...

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg dodged ABC’s Martha Raddatz Sunday on the question of why Americans are so overwhelming dissatisfied with the job President Joe Biden is doing, and whether he should be able to keep doing it after the next election. Like NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, the latest This Week from ABC News covered some of the recent and devastating poll...

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As Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) faces criminal charges for bribery along with calls to leave office from his fellow Democrats, one House Republican on Capitol Hill is actually willing to defend him — George Santos. On Friday, federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York charged the New Jersey lawmaker  along with his wife Nadine Menendez — in connection with three associates...

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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was grilled by NBC anchor Kristen Welker for his past support for Donald Trump during the 2016 election despite his claims of election fraud. Christie was one of the first major Republicans back to Trump for president after dropping out of the 2016 primary. However, after losing the Iowa Caucus to Ted Cruz, Trump floated claims of...

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Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) published a shockingly violent and homophobic tirade against General Mark Milley, suggesting the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff be put to death. Gosar’s Congressional office released a newsletter on Sunday which claimed that the FBI, the DHS, and other federal agencies allowed the U.S. Capitol to be attacked by Donald...

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Today News Africa’s Simon Ateba on Saturday shared a video on social media in which he confronted a woman who he says “attacked” him on a Washington, D.C. bus “because of” Donald Trump. Ateba, who has become an internet sensation over his many clashes with White House press secretaries, posted the video and his account to X (formerly Twitter) Saturday, saying that he...

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Peter Navarro, former trade adviser to former President Donald Trump, called former White House female colleagues “pimp ladies” in bizarre tweet defending Rudy Giuliani from sexual assault claims. Cassidy Hutchinson, the former chief of staff to Mark Meadows, claimed earlier this week in her new book that Giuliani sexually assaulted her on January 6th. Another former Trump White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin...

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Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy is battling members of his own caucus over spending, debt, and talk of a possible government “shutdown” all week, and in a press gaggle on Saturday indicated it has been easier in some ways to negotiate with President Joe Biden’s White House than the holdouts in the GOP. And he pointedly implied that some of those...

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Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead told SiriusXM host and MSNBC author Dean Obeidallah that hiring Hasan Minhaj as host could “taint” her creation’s brand. Minhaj has been taking fire for his admission that stories he tells onstage are “seventy percent emotional truth—this happened—and then thirty percent hyperbole, exaggeration, fiction” after The New Yorker’s Clare Malone confronted him about not being able to confirm things he’s...

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AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez The Democratic party is losing one of its big-city mayors. Eric Johnson, the mayor of Dallas, Texas, announced in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Friday that he is switching parties and “will leave office as a Republican.” Johnson started his essay in the WSJ by citing a few of his strongest policies while serving as a Democratic...

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Welcome to Training Diaries, a Lifehacker series about my journey to the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon. This series will cover all the ups, downs, and hill repeats on my journey to the biggest marathon in the world. Leading up to race day on Sunday, Nov. 5, I’ll go over proper fueling, injuries and setbacks,… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/JNC4lbx ...

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Whether you use a Mac or PC, iPhone or Android, you likely have a lot of passwords to deal with. Even if you make all those passwords strong and unique (which many of us don’t), it’s still a vulnerable form of authentication. If a company has a data breach, your password is out there for bad actors to find and use. Read more......

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During a Newsmax discussion about Rupert Murdoch stepping down at Fox, pro-Trump activist Matt Schlapp provided a dubious explanation for why he was dropped from the network: his own politics. That explanation ignores that Schlapp and his wife Mercedes Schlapp stopped appearing on Fox after he was accused in a lawsuit of groping a male staffer. “I was on Fox practically every day...

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Smoked turkey is not uncommon. Mention it in conversation, and most people will respond positively. “Oh, I love smoked turkey,” they’ll say. “My dad/grandfather/brother-in-law/uncle smokes one every year.” I have yet to hear someone praise their mother’s, grandmother’s, sister-in-law’s, or aunt’s smoked turkey, and I… Read more... from Lifehacker https://ift.tt/S9517DC ...

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