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Hi Adam,

Not sure if you will find this interesting but thought I’d share…

I am a Firefighter in Washington State and for the last week we have averaged over 100 calls per day for bursting water pipes due to freezing temperatures in our City. We experienced 2-3 days of single digit temps, have some snow and will return to 40 and raining soon.

I speculate that many of these burst pipes are due to incompetent construction, as unskilled contractors are leaving PEX piping uninsulated and exposed.

For the many apartment complexes, assisted living facilities and single family homes affected by this, their fire suspension systems are now out of service until the pipes are fixed. Guessing the backlog will take some time to get through.

I found it worth sharing this information after hearing a report on CBS nightly news that encouraged EV owners to leave their cars plugged in overnight and in the garage.

It is alarming what 1 week of cold weather can expose in our fragile system. Don’t forget that only you can save yourself in trying times! Have a plan with your family in case of a fire and know where to shut your water off if a pipe bursts.

Thanks for all you do!

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Brent Seavey, Vice President, Business Development at Xcelerate and Ex-Tesla OG, said owners of Electric Vehicles (EVs) are not supposed to let the state of charge go below 20 percent during winter.

He explained that the battery needs energy to keep itself warm, to pre-heat before supercharging and to operate.

According to him, when the state of charge of your Tesla gets too low, the car can no longer supercharge because they must first heat up to accept the charge.

“When you own an EV you can’t let the SOC (state of charge) go below 20% in the winter, as the battery needs energy to keep itself warm, to pre-heat before DC Fast charging (supercharging) and to operate. When you let your Tesla get too low of an SOC, they can no longer supercharge because they must first heat up to accept the charge,” Seavey said on LinkedIn.

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I went back and looked at some of the commentary on the two “Chevron deference” cases argued before SCOTUS yesterday (Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless, Inc. v. Dept. of Commerce). As you know, the question du jour is just how much deference the courts should give to regulatory agencies’ interpretations of the legislation they’re in charge of enforcing. Since 1984, the answer has been “a lot”: As long as the agency’s interpretation is permissible, courts will adopt it as the law. This creates a tension: The Constitution charges Congress with making the laws, and the Judiciary with interpreting them. It does not charge the Executive branch with either function. Still, the agencies (who presumably have expertise) usually need to fill in lots of details to do their jobs. But how deeply should the courts bow to their interpretations?

Here’s a very quick rundown of what I’ve read.

Depending on who you talk to, the word is that most of the Justices seem reluctantly amenable to diluting Chevron deference. But how much? Many, including Justice Barrett, worry that SCOTUS’s decision might gut existing agency interpretations, unleashing a flood of litigation over now-reopened questions. Others say this concern is overblown, since (1) most of the agency interpretations are probably right, and (2) if not, they need to be challenged.

I’ve also attached FYRP a highlighted report from Law360 providing “five takeaways” from the oral argument. It’s an interesting read, especially Paul Clement’s argument that Chevron deference actually promotes the severe political divisions we confront today.

In a nutshell, Clement says that congressmen can use “friends in the executive branch” to get things done—instead of slogging through the presentment, compromise, and bicameralism hurdles that make statutes comparatively hard to enact. To paraphrase Obama, regulatory action requires nothing more than a phone and a pen.

I work for SAP and know for a fact that our software isn’t able to do Stacked Ranking because we do ranking its on a spreadsheet. I’ve never had to stacked ranking firing but when we’re talking about who’s getting bonuses and salary increases we do it every year. We have a spreadsheet sort out the team and update the software from the spreadsheet.

Mark 4:221

21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”

Second hand boots on the ground! Doing some significant tile work for a higher up at Traveler’s Insurance. Started talking to him about supply chain and he filled me in about that first boat that was taken and turned into a tourist attraction. Traveler’s insures that boat. He says that ransom for the crew is $5million and they are about to cut a check for that. The owner of the boat company, Maersk, doesn’t want the check to be cut but instead wants Traveler’s to send in a squad to extract the crew. Traveler’s says no way and is trying to get the crew released via the ransom payment instead.

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Federal law enforcement instructed financial institutions to use search terms such as ''MAGA'' and ''Trump'' when searching private transactions, Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan said Wednesday.

Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on Weaponization, wrote a letter describing how the federal government flagged terms like ''MAGA'' and ''Trump'' to see if those phrases were used by Americans when they conducted financial transactions following the Jan. 6th Capitol riot. (RELATED: Ray Epps Sentenced To One Year Probation For Conduct During Jan. 6th Riot)

The letter is addressed to Noah Bishoff, former Director of the Office of Stakeholder Integration and Engagement in the Strategic Operations Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The letter was first reported by Fox News.

READ THE LETTER:

''The Committee and Select Subcommittee have obtained documents indicating that following January 6, 2021, FinCEN distributed materials to financial institutions that, among other things, outline the 'typologies' of various persons of interest and provide financial institutions with suggested search terms and Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) for identifying transactions on behalf of federal law enforcement,'' Jordan's letter reads.

''These materials included a document recommending the use of generic terms like 'TRUMP' and 'MAGA' to 'search Zelle payment messages' as well as a 'prior FinCEN analysis' of 'Lone Actor/Homegrown Violent Extremism Indicators.' According to this analysis, FinCEN warned financial institutions of 'extremism' indicators that include 'transportation charges, such as bus tickets, rental cars, or plane tickets, for travel to areas with no apparent purpose,' or 'the purchase of books (including religious texts) and subscriptions to other media containing extremist views.'''

We now know the federal government flagged terms like ''MAGA'' and ''TRUMP,'' to financial institutions if Americans completed transactions using those terms.

What was also flagged? If you bought a religious text, like a BIBLE, or shopped at Bass Pro Shop. pic.twitter.com/jjRaVNItWz

'-- Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) January 17, 2024

Jordan's letter attaches a slide prepared by FinCEN for financial institutions with key words like ''Dick's Sporting Goods'' and ''Cabela's,'' referring to the sporting goods retail chains. The MCCs on the slide classifying the type of goods to search for include codes for sporting and recreational goods, pawn shops, sporting goods stores and specialty retailers.

''This kind of pervasive financial surveillance, carried out in coordination with and at the request of federal law enforcement, into Americans' private transactions is alarming and raises serious doubts about FinCEN's respect for fundamental civil liberties,'' Jordan's letter adds.

Jordan wrote a similar letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray because of the FBI's alleged communications with Bank of America related to specific search terms necessary to track down individuals who made financial transactions in the Washington, D.C., area between Jan. 5-7, 2021.

Jordan is seeking transcribed interviews with Bishoff and senior FBI official Peter Sullivan, an official inside the bureau's strategic partnership engagement section.

Jordan is requesting the interviews be scheduled by Jan. 31.

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Bodies are being stored in makeshift morgues to deal with a backlog of deaths over the winter months as the NHS struggles to cope and hospitals reach full capacity. Temporary mortuary sites are being opened up across the UK in a bid to deal with increased demand following a deadly festive period.

Some sites that were erected to compensate for the number of Covid-19 deaths during the pandemic are now reopening their doors again. Others installed include one at a council gritting yard in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and another at a former landfill site near a nature reserve in Wollaston, Northamptonshire.

It is estimated around 4,000 more Brits died than normal towards the end of the year - with a combination of flu, Covid and hospital and ambulance delays all blamed. As a result, the refrigerated units - some which resemble shipping containers - are being used to cope with the current winter death rates.

In Northamptonshire, Wollaston Mortuary, which was used during the pandemic, has been 'reactivated' as part of the county's 'death management activation plan'. Named The Leys, it consists of two large cold rooms with mortuary-level racking, an office, and a covered reception area for discreet transport to and from the site.

It was used to support both the Northampton and Kettering General Hospitals with mortuary capacity during the height of Covid and has since been reopened due to seasonal demand. The mortuary, which is monitored 24 hours a day, is owned and managed by both West and North Northamptonshire Councils.

The Wollaston Mortuary site manager, who wished to remain anonymous, said the site reopened this winter to cope with deaths over the festive period.

He said: ''We reopened our doors to cope with the festive period, over the last two or three years we have done so. The mortuary here can hold up to 200 bodies and we will stay open as long as we are required to do so, which will probably be about another six weeks. In this time, we will stay in contact with the two hospitals so we know what is going on and how long we will be needed to stay open for.''

Sadie Nightingale, head of coroners and West and North Northamptonshire registration service and excess deaths county lead, said that the festive bank holidays affected the opening times of funeral homes.

She said: "There's been a four-day bank holiday followed by a three-day bank holiday. Opening times for funeral directors have been tricky.

"During the previous two winters, The Leys facility in Wollaston has opened to support both Northampton and Kettering General Hospitals with mortuary capacity during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. Winter is a time when respiratory illnesses increase, and this year it has been predicted that there will be a higher number of illnesses circulating.

''As such, The Leys reopened last week to support the county's health system. This enables the management of capacity and care for the deceased within the North and West Northamptonshire areas with compassion and respect. We would like to thank Wollaston residents in particular for the way in which they responded to the site opening in previous years and their ongoing support.''

Death rates are naturally higher during the winter, with added pressures from flu as well as Covid. The Leys originally opened in April 2020 on a site that housed a former tip owned by former Northamptonshire County Council.

Since the opening, the site has been activated several times for eight-week periods and the facility has also been used by neighbouring Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes. Currently, Northampton General Hospital mortuary has space for 146 bodies and Kettering General Hospital has room for 103 after additional racking was installed to increase capacity.

The Leys temporary body store will increase the county's capacity by nearly 200 as it reopens with 184 refrigerated spaces and 12 frozen plots. Temporary morgue units are typically fitted in a 40ft shipping container and can hold up to 35 bodies each.

Near Salisbury, Wiltshire, bodies are being stored at makeshift mortuary on a council gritting yard as Salisbury District Hospital's on-site mortuary has reached full capacity. The hospital has confirmed an additional mortuary has been installed 15 miles away from them on a council gritting yard site.

The mortuary refrigeration unit has been installed at the back of a grit depot to store the dead bodies in and it is currently under 24-hour surveillance. The hospital has confirmed the additional site will remain open as long as it is needed.

A spokesperson from Salisbury District Hospital said: ''We can confirm that we have opened additional mortuary capacity to accommodate an increase in need across the local community. Our mortuary service operates to the national standards treating the deceased and loved ones with dignity and respect at all times regardless of location. All our additional capacity provides privacy and has 24/7 security.''

The Royal Liverpool Hospital said it has opened two temporary systems.

A spokesperson for Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: ''It is common practice for mortuaries to have purpose-built temporary systems available. This ensures that patients continue to be treated with dignity and respect, in facilities which are equivalent to a permanent mortuary, during periods of increased demand. Two of these systems, which meet standards set out by the Human Tissue Authority, have been deployed at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.''

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What strategies would you give to people who are neurodiverse in the workplace? There's so many different types of neurodiversity. But the general thing that I think is really important for anybody with any sort of neurodiversity is to recognize and understand the ways your brain works differently than how the world is designed.

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There's a fantastic website I highly recommend called askjan.org where you can look up your conditions, by the condition, by disability, or by area of work'--like what it's impairing'--but it'll give you suggestions as to what types of challenges you might face and what accommodations are available. A lot more employers are becoming aware of how helpful that could be. And if you need help, there's also a live chat and a phone number that you can call so that they can support you through that process.

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NEW YORK (WABC) -- There could soon be a curfew put in place for migrants in New York City shelters.

During a conference call with local lawmakers this week, Councilwoman Joann Ariola of Queens asked if the administration is considering a curfew at its asylum seeker locations like Floyd Bennett Field, Randall's Island and the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center.

The question comes amid reports that shelter residents have been going out at night and panhandling or knocking on doors to ask for food, money and clothes.

A homeowner in Belle Harbor, Queens, said she has video have a woman and child ringing her doorbell and showing a translation on her phone identifying herself as a migrant in need of money.

Paul King, the president of the Property Owner's Association, said the neighborhood is now seeing an influx in panhandling.

"Some of it is from people coming up on their porches, using their kids as props, aggressively panhandling, people essentially even coming in the house," King said.

Ariola believes the isolation and less than favorable conditions at Floyd Bennett Field are now driving some asylum seekers into surrounding areas -- with some of the panhandling happening late at night.

The city says it is now considering adding the same curfew that homeless shelters have to the migrant shelters.

"The number one thing that the administration has to do is keep the public safe," Ariola said. "And the way to keep the public safe is to have control over whatever additional population comes into our communities."

The Adams administration told her they would consider it and released the following statement:

"Our traditional DHS shelters have a curfew system and some communities and elected officials have asked us to explore this option for our migrant shelters. We are considering all options."

Meanwhile, state lawmakers are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to allocate additional funds to the crisis.

"We need to be giving access to these folks to make a livelihood, have access to resources that they can earn on their own or in their keep, these folks are really just looking for an opportunity but a curfew is not the way to do that," said Bronx Assemblymember Amanda Septimo.

The governor says the shifting number of migrants coming in is causing challenges to state aid.

"It's an imprecise prediction because the mayor doesn't know, we don't know," Hochul said.

The city's estimate for what it needs from the state through fiscal year 2025 to deal with the crisis has dropped from $12 billion to $10 billion. However, Septimo says the state hasn't met its commitment of $1 billion in the current fiscal year so she says the governor should be prioritizing giving as much as the state can.

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Pritzker begs Abbott to stop sending migrants to Chicago

Pritzker begs Abbott to stop sending migrants to Chicago 00:35 CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago city officials say they were not expecting any buses to arrive Sunday and that all migrants were housed in some type of shelter.

The city also provided an update, saying it has received more than 33,000 asylum seekers in total.

Of those, 317 are awaiting placement, with 249 of them at O'Hare International Airport. Sixty-eight were staying at the Harold Washington Library Emergency Warming Shelter Sunday night.

With the bitter-cold Chicago area weather in mind, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, took out a full-page ad in the Austin American-Statesman newspaper, publishing a letter he sent to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott , a Republican.

The letter urges Abbott to stop sending migrants to Chicago.

"The next few days are a threat to the families and children you are sending here. I am pleading with you to at least pause these transports in order to save lives," Pritzker wrote to his Texas counterpart. "I plead with you for mercy for the thousands of people who are powerless to speak for themselves. Please, while winter is threatening vulnerable people's lives, suspend your transports and do not send more people to our state."

Pritzker said continuing to send buses and planes of migrants to Chicago amid heavy snow, with bitter cold on its way, could cost lives.

"You are now sending asylum seekers from Texas to the Upper Midwest in the middle of winter '-- many without coats, without shoes to protect them from the snow '-- to a city whose shelters are already overfilled with migrants you sent here. Chicago's temperatures this weekend are forecast to drop below zero. Your callousness, sending buses and planes full of migrants in this weather, is now life-threatening to every one of the arrivals. Hundreds of children's and families' health and survival are at risk due to your actions," Pritzker wrote.

Abbott's office was having none of it, the American-Statesman reported. Abbott spokesperson Andrew Mahaleris told the newspaper, "Governor Pritzker was all too proud to call Illinois 'the most welcoming state in the nation' until Governor Abbott began transporting migrants to Chicago. Instead of complaining about migrants sent from Texas, where we are also preparing to experience severe winter weather across the state, Governor Pritzker should call on his party leader to finally do his job and secure the border '-- something he continues refusing to do.

"Until President Biden steps up and does his job to secure the border, Texas will continue transporting migrants to sanctuary cities to help our local partners respond to this Biden-made crisis."

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The Germany military is preparing for a potential attack by Russia in February which culminates in a wider war after the U.S. presidential election.

German newspaper Bild reports on the details of a hitherto classified Berlin Ministry of Defense document called Alliance Defence 2025 with alarming implications.

The secret strategy document wargames a hybrid Russian attack on NATO's eastern flank as soon as next month and then lays out the steps on how the conflict would escalate month by month.

JUST IN '' Germany's army is preparing for a Russian attack. Tens of thousands of German soldiers would be deployed, according to a classified document obtained by BILD. pic.twitter.com/ZUKEe3Cj07

'-- Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 14, 2024The scenario culminates in the deployment of hundreds of thousands of NATO troops and the onset of what amounts to World War III by the summer of 2025.

Pravda summarizes the schedule of the scenario.

Russia's at first covert and then increasingly overt attack on the West begins in July. Cyber attacks and other forms of hybrid warfare are anticipated, primarily in the Baltic states. Clashes occur, which Russia uses as an excuse to initiate large-scale military exercises on its territory and in Belarus.

According to the scenario, this situation could escalate in October if Russia deploys troops and medium-range missiles to Kaliningrad. From December 2024, an artificially induced ''border conflict'' and ''clashes with numerous casualties'' unfold in the vicinity of the Suwalki Gap (Suwalki Corridor).

At a moment when the United States may be without a leader for several weeks after the elections, Russia, with the support of Belarus, repeats the 2014 invasion of Ukraine but on NATO territory. In May 2025, NATO decides on containment measures, and on D-Day, NATO deploys 300,000 military personnel to the eastern flank, including 30,000 soldiers from the Bundeswehr.

The document is officially called a ''training scenario,'' although that will do little to allay fears that NATO could face a confrontation with Russia as it looks increasingly likely Ukraine will lose the war.

The Germany Ministry of Defense refused to comment on details of the document, but said it was ''taking into consideration all scenarios, including extremely unlikely ones, is part of daily military activity, especially in training.''

As we highlighted last week, Sweden is also cautioning its citizens to prepare for war with Russia, saying the country is ill-prepared to cope with the sudden onset of hostilities.

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The Bureau of the Fiscal Service may accept gifts donated to the United States Government to reduce debt held by the public. Acting for the Secretary of the Treasury, Fiscal Service may accept a gift of:

Money, only on the condition that it be used to reduce debt held by the public. An outstanding government obligation, only on the condition that the obligation be cashed and the proceeds used to reduce debt held by the public. Other intangible personal property only on the condition that the property is sold and the proceeds used to reduce the public debt. Gifts to reduce debt held by the public may be inter vivos (from a living person) gifts or testamentary bequests (in a person's will).

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Gift Contributions Fiscal Year to Date Totals 2022 $180,310.32 2022 Gifts Reports Year Month Dollar Amount 2022 NOVEMBER $145,543.29 OCTOBER $34,767.03 TOTAL: $180,310.32 Gifts to Reduce Debt Held by the Public have been reported in the footnotes of the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt since February 1988. Visit the MSPD to view historical information on the debt including fiscal year to date tables through and including 1987.

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Our message at Davos is simple: Elected leaders must tax us, the super rich. We'd be proud to pay more.

To global leaders gathering at Davos: We are surprised that you have failed to answer a simple question that we have been asking for three years: when will you tax extreme wealth? If elected representatives of the world's leading economies do not take steps to address the dramatic rise of economic inequality, the consequences will continue to be catastrophic for society.

Our drive for fairer taxes is not radical. Rather, it is a demand for a return to normality based on a sober assessment of current economic conditions. We are the people who invest in startups, shape stock markets, grow businesses, and foster sustainable economic growth. We are also the people who benefit most from the status quo. But inequality has reached a tipping point, and its cost to our economic, societal, and ecological stability risk is severe - and growing every day. In short, we need action now.

Our request is simple: we ask you to tax us, the very richest in society. This will not fundamentally alter our standard of living, nor deprive our children, nor harm our nations' economic growth. But it will turn extreme and unproductive private wealth into an investment for our common democratic future.

The solution to this cannot be found in one-off donations or in philanthropy; individual action cannot redress the current colossal imbalance. We need our governments and our leaders to lead. And so we come to you again with the urgent request that you act - unilaterally at the national level, and together on the international stage.

Every moment of delay entrenches the dangerous economic status quo, threatens our democratic norms, and passes the buck to our children and grandchildren. Not only do we want to be taxed more but we believe we must be taxed more. We would be proud to live in countries where this is expected, and proud of elected leaders who build better futures. As the wealthiest members of society, we would be:

Proud to pay more to tackle extreme inequality.

Proud to pay more to help reduce the cost of living for working people.

Proud to pay more to better educate the next generation.

Proud to pay more for resilient healthcare systems.

Proud to pay more for better infrastructure.

Proud to pay more for a green transition.

Proud to pay more taxes on our extreme wealth.

The value of fairer tax systems should be self-evident. We all know that 'trickle down economics' has not translated into reality. Instead it has given us stagnating wages, crumbling infrastructure, failing public services, and destabilized the very institution of democracy. It has created a shameful economic system incapable of providing a brighter, more sustainable future. These challenges will only worsen if you fail to address extreme wealth inequality.

The true measure of a society can be found, not just in how it treats its most vulnerable, but in what it asks of its wealthiest members. Our future is one of tax pride, or economic shame. That's the choice.

We ask you to take this necessary and inevitable step before it's too late. Make your countries proud. Tax extreme wealth.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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The battery range of an electric vehicle (EV), and the ability for that battery to charge, are arguably two of the most important factors of EV ownership. Range anxiety, or the idea that your battery will run out of power before reaching your destination, is a large concern for prospective EV owners.

While more and more EV chargers are being installed around the country, it is an unfortunate fact that EVs perform at less than their peak in cold weather, and that might mean a shorter battery life. This reduction in performance is caused by a few things, but there are ways to counteract them.

Below, we'll get into what you need to know about winter driving with an EV, how you can help mitigate the impact of the cold, and whether or not it should be a major concern.

Key takeaways: You should never let your EV get below a 20% charge in winter. Cold weather makes it harder for EV batteries to heat your car, which leads to them draining more quickly. In winter weather, always have a backup plan for EV charging in case your driving range is reduced more than you anticipate; know where charging stations are located and keep your car plugged in until you leave your home. Some good options include the electric Ford F-150, the Tesla Model X, and the Tesla Model 3; they offer ranges of over 300 miles and have key features like heated seats and preconditioning, which help reduce stress on the battery when in the cold. A cold climate should not be a reason that you do not get an EV, but if range anxiety is a real concern, a plug-in hybrid car is a good alternative. Why does cold weather affect the mileage range of an EV?One of the biggest challenges with EVs in cold weather is that the battery needs to work harder to do things like keeping the heat on. The best performing battery is a warm battery; cold weather makes the batteries work harder, and drains more power in the process.

According to AAA, in freezing temperatures of 20°F and below, there is a 41% decline in long-range mileage ability if the heater is running. A 41% performance decline is the difference between being able to drive 100 miles in warm weather versus 59 miles in cold.

Of course, real world ranges can differ, based on your driving habits, how much charge your battery started with, and the temperature of the battery itself.

How does cold weather affect the charging times of an EV?If your EV's battery is too cold, it may take a lot more energy in order to start. Lithium-ion batteries within the car themselves are sensitive to temperatures, preferring a range of 60 to 80°F. If possible, keep your car in a garage so that it is less susceptible to becoming overly cold.

Your best defense in cold weather is not letting your EV get below a 20% charge. That 20% charge acts as reserve in case the battery is too cold and needs to pull from that stored energy to begin the charging process.

Make sure you start the day with a full charge and know where you can find a charging station to make the most of your EV's range. When it comes to EV charging in the winter (or any time of the year, really), you should have a backup plan for finding a charger. This way, if your driving range is reduced more than you anticipate, you can make it to a charger without being stranded.

What can I do to mitigate the negative effects of cold weather on my EV?With regular gas-powered cars, the engine provides heat to the car cabin just by running. The amount of heat the engine gives off helps kick the car heater into gear. Being that EVs do not have engines, the battery needs to supply heat in a more energy-intensive way, that comes soley from the battery's power.

Here are a few things that you can do make your car perform better in the cold:

Opt for heated seats and steering wheelsLuckily, electric car manufacturers are finding ways to enhance performance in the cold by including cold weather packages.

They come with upgrades such as heated steering wheels, heated seats, and preconditioning options (more on this below) that sound simple, but actually are a big help when it comes to keeping your battery running longer. These features can help keep you toasty even when your car is cold when you first turn it on. Then, after you've been driving and your car battery has the chance to warm up, turning on the heat won't be as much of a drain on the electricity.

Get a car with a heat pumpSome EVs, like the Audi E-tron, come with a heat pump heating system, which is a more energy-efficient heating option; it can reduce the energy loss and range loss that come with heating an EV in cold temperatures.

Set a leave time and/or practice preconditioningMany new EV models allow you to set a ''leave time'' for when your car needs to be fully charged, with a warm battery and a pre-heated cabin. For example, Tesla owners have the ability to "precondition" their car, which entails setting a time via the Tesla app for their car to pre-heat.

If you consider the fact that many people pre-heat standard engine cars in the winter, setting an app or remembering to keep your car plugged in until you leave isn't really that much different.

Keep your car plugged in and plan aheadKeeping your car plugged in ensures the battery is already warmed up, so that when you turn your car on, it won't need to expel extra energy. You should also plan ahead and coordinate charging stations along your route.

Learn more: Electric car charging stations: fees, where to find & more

What's the best EV for cold climates?To be honest, there is no real winner when it comes to a specific EV overcoming cold weather. The fact is that any EV can work in the winter, and the right one for you just depends on your specific needs, charging availability, and budget.

With that said, if you're going to be frequently driving for long stretches in the cold, we do recommend the electric Ford F-150 and the Tesla Models X and 3. Each of these options comes with heated seats, a bigger battery size, and the preconditioning function. They each also offer over 300 miles of range.

Remember, though - many times, EVs with bigger batteries are more expensive than their smaller-battery counterparts - think $100,000 versus $30,000 - so you'll have to consider that when figuring out your budget.

SolarReviews' recommendation when it comes to cold weather and EVsCold weather is not a reason to not get an EV, especially since Norway, Sweden, and Iceland have the highest amount of EVs per capita!

We believe that cold weather conditions should not deter you from buying an electric car. If you have a somewhat typical or normal commute and tend to run short-distance errands, the reduced battery life probably will not affect your lifestyle so negatively that you should not get an EV. However, if you need to routinely drive hundreds of miles in the winter and don't want to worry excessively about stopping for a charge, a plug-in hybrid car could be a better option for you.

If you do wind up going the all-electric vehicle route, we recommend going with a new model that has a high range, think 300+ miles per charge, and comes with a heat pump HVAC system. Heat pumps will heat your car more efficiently and a high mileage range will allow extra leeway between charges.

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Tesla Charging Stations have Stopped Working in Chicago due to FrostTesla charging stations have stopped working in Chicago, United States, due to frost.

As a result, many Tesla owners have abandoned their cars at charging stations after unsuccessful attempts to get them charged.

According to Mikhail Kulakov, a Sales Lead Manager at a leading telecommunications company, the frost in the city is about -20 degrees Celsius.

Tesla owners stranded after cars led them to frozen chargers''Tesla charging stations have stopped working in Chicago due to frost. For this reason, many electric cars throughout the city remain abandoned at the charging stations,'' Kulakov said on LinkedIn.

''This problem has been going on since Sunday. The frost in the city has reached -20 degrees Celsius.''

Brent Seavey, Vice President, Business Development at Xcelerate and Ex-Tesla OG, said owners of Electric Vehicles (EVs) are not supposed to let the state of charge go below 20 percent during winter.

He explained that the battery needs energy to keep itself warm, to pre-heat before supercharging and to operate.

According to him, when the state of charge of your Tesla gets too low, the car can no longer supercharge because they must first heat up to accept the charge.

''There are plenty of cars in Chicagoland that use gasoline that their owners let them go too low and they won't start, or their meager 12v batteries won't start the car in the cold, but we'll just send a camera crew out and interview novice EV owners who don't have home charging and/or pushed their cars too low in the cold. I've been driving EVs now since 2015, and have never had an issue. Just drove in -2 to the gym, just like millions of other EV owners today.''

There are growing concerns about the future of EVs. But Henrique Saias, Technology Evangelist at Paperview.net, while acknowledging some challenges with EVs thinks EVs are not doomed.

''I guess that's just another problem to solve. Many were solved to make it this far with both gas and electric vehicles. I love reading the comments that always anticipate the end of an Era whenever the industry faces a bump on the road,'' he said.

''No, EVs aren't doomed. These problems will be solved, like all future problems will be solved. Because, there is one problem that has no solution'... combustion engines must be replaced.''

Also, Con Lokos, General Manager at Ingressum, believes new chemistry based batteries other than Lithium will revolutionize the sector.

''Horses for courses'' There's a time and place for everything- simply wanting something to desperately function as imagined doesn't turn out that way in reality. But lets keep going new chemistry based batteries-other than Lithium-will revolutionize this sector,'' Lokos said on LinkedIn.

''And dont forget the thorium molten salt reactor as a replacement for the standard U235 designs. China is leading is both areas '' maybe time for the ROW to focus on the science and not conflicts!''

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A recent poll has indicated that 80% of Dutch voters believe that euthanasia should be available for those who consider their lives complete.

According to the English-language NL Times, a poll revealed that 80% of Dutch voters support euthanasia being available for those who believe their lives are complete, with only 10% of respondents disagreeing. The remaining 10% of voters reported that they had no opinion on the subject.

Providing euthanasia for those with ''completed'' lives has been a subject within Dutch politics for several years

The poll data comes after the submission of amendments to a controversial bill, first tabled in 2020, which would enable people over 75 to request euthanasia if they feel they have a ''completed life''. The MP who initially made the proposal, Pia Dijkstra of the D66 party, claimed that ''people of old age who are suffering from life must have the opportunity to die at a self chosen moment''.

The bill faced opposition and caused controversy within the coalition of political parties and, following advice from the Council of State, adjustments were made to the bill and submitted on 7 November 2023 by Anne-Marijke Podt.

Amendments to the bill include increasing the duration and intensity of the engagement of the ''end-of-life counselor'' who is required to speak with the person requesting euthanasia and check whether the request meets the legal requirements. They will have ''undergone special training to guide the elderly person in his or her dying wish and, if necessary, to provide assistance with the execution''.

The new proposed bill requires this figure to have three conversations with the person requesting euthanasia over a six month period, and for a doctor to provide information about any relevant medical factors.

Political parties continue to oppose the Bill

Of the political parties currently represented in the Dutch House of Representatives, ChristenUnie, the Reformed Political Party (SGP), DENK, the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), the Socialist Party (SP), the New Social Contract (NSC), the Forum for Democracy (FvD) and JA21 have expressed opposition to the proposal.

Nicki Pouw-Verweij, MP for the Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) party, expressed a more mixed view, acknowledging ''the deep impoverishment of elderly care'' and expressing concerns that the new law ''will become a refuge for people who no longer know what to do''.

Meanwhile, Harry Bevers, MP for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), said ''We must avoid anything like social pressure at all costs to get people to make this decision''.

Euthanasia laws in the Netherlands have continued to expand

Euthanasia was effectively decriminalised by a court decision in 1984, and then by Parliament in 2001. In the first year, 1,882 deaths were recorded. This number increased to 6,938 in 2020 accounting for 4.1% of the total number of deaths in the Netherlands in that year.

The Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act 2001 permits doctors to administer lethal drugs and to prescribe them for self-administration.

The 2018 Euthanasia Code of Practice made assisted suicide available to elderly people who are not terminally ill but suffering from ''normal degenerative conditions that accompany ageing'' that can be considered to cause ''unbearable suffering with no prospect of improvement''.

The procedure is also available for babies under one year and children aged twelve to fifteen with parental consent. Now, however, the euthanasia regulations are set to be expanded to allow the procedure for children of any age.

There were 8,720 cases of euthanasia (and assisted suicide) in the Netherlands in 2022, accounting for 5.1% of all death in the Netherlands in that year. Euthanasia deaths in 2022 represent a 13.7% increase on 2021.

Spokesperson for Right To Life UK, Catherine Robinson, said ''The statistics from the Netherlands are alarming, not only in terms of the number of lives lost to euthanasia, but also the widespread public support for relaxing the laws even further. Once euthanasia becomes permissible within a country, it appears that it does not take long for the culture to embrace and promote it''.

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Brian Pare regularly posted on Facebook claims that wildfires were deliberately set by the government to trick people into believing in climate change

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Wildfire smoke clouds the sky in northern Quebec, July 14, 2023. 2023 was the province's worst year for wildfires on record. Photo by OLIVIER PILON/SOPFEU/AFP via Getty ImagesCHIBOUGAMAU, Que. '-- A Quebec man has admitted to setting a series of fires that burned hundreds of hectares of forest last year and forced hundreds of people from their homes.

Brian Pare, 38, pleaded guilty today to 13 counts of arson and one count of arson with disregard for human life at the courthouse in Chibougamau, Que.

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Prosecutor Marie-Philippe Charron told the court that two of the fires set by Pare forced the June 1 evacuation of around 500 homes in Chapais, Que., a small community located around 425 kilometres northwest of Quebec City.

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Charron read an agreed statement of facts detailing that the first fires were set on May 31, three days after the Quebec government banned open fires in or around forests due to dry weather conditions.

Posts on Pare's Facebook page '-- where he regularly posted about the wildfires, including claims that the fires had been deliberately set by the government to trick people into believing in climate change '-- were among the evidence that led police to him.

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One of the defense industry's loudest advocates in Silicon Valley, the billionaire has been planning a covert venture inspired by Ukraine's use of drones on the battlefield, with the help of Google alum Sebastian Thrun.By Sarah Emerson and Richard Nieva, Forbes Staff

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been quietly plotting a new defense tech effort: a stealth military drone project, four sources with knowledge of the effort told Forbes. The project's existence has not been previously reported and it has yet to publicly launch.

The clandestine project intends to provide an American alternative to Chinese drones, and will develop unmanned aircraft systems specifically to be used on the battlefield, two of the sources said. Three of the sources familiar with Schmidt's engagements said the work is influenced by his recent visits to Ukraine, where the billionaire has made inroads with government officials and military leaders over the past year. Two of these individuals added that Sebastian Thrun, a cofounder of Google's moonshot lab, is involved with the effort.

Forbes was unable to determine who other than Thrun is helping with the secretive project, when it commenced and whether Schmidt is its sole backer. According to two sources, only a handful of people are working on the project, which Schmidt has largely managed to keep quiet due to geopolitical sensitivities. It's unclear whether a company has even been incorporated. Schmidt and Thrun declined to comment.

Do you have information about Eric Schmidt or a defense startup that the public should know? Contact Sarah Emerson on Signal at 510-473-8820 or email semerson@forbes.com. Contact Rich Nieva on Signal at 510-589-4118 or email richardnieva@protonmail.com. Schmidt has opined extensively on the way drones are reshaping the war in Ukraine. ''The future of war will be dictated and waged by drones,'' Schmidt wrote in a July op-ed for the Wall Street Journal after returning from Kiev. Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported that Schmidt alongside other investors had committed $10 million to Ukrainian startup accelerator D3, which focuses on military tech but appears to be separate from this new venture. D3, which stands for Dare to Defend Democracy, will provide an initial $125,000 in funding to early stage startups, as well as mentorship opportunities.

Since leaving his chairman role at Google in 2017, Schmidt has poured much of his time and wealth into bridging the interests of Silicon Valley and the Pentagon through various advisory committees, think tanks and his vast startup portfolio. In Washington, D.C., he's advocated for military agencies to accelerate their technology investments, particularly around AI, which he believes will play a key role in national security and China affairs. Schmidt previously served as chairman of the Defense Department's Innovation Board and commissioner of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, where he made formal recommendations on America's AI strategy.

These government connections have given Schmidt a statesman-like halo in the U.S. and abroad, where he's leveraged his clout to meet with powerful military strategists. Schmidt's recent personal missions to Ukraine helped to inform his new drone project, said three sources familiar with the billionaire's thinking. In particular, two of them said, he was interested in the country's use of drones and quadcopters to launch a counteroffensive against Russia. In September 2022, Andriy Yermak, head of the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced that he and Schmidt had discussed ''technological solutions'' for expelling Russian forces from Ukraine.

Thrun, a veteran aeronautics founder and Schmidt's former Google colleague, makes sense as a collaborator. A robotics expert from Germany, he forged his first ties with Google in 2010, after cofounder Larry Page recruited him to build self-driving cars, which Thrun had already been working on at Stanford University. The initiative would eventually become Google parent Alphabet's Waymo subsidiary, and the lab morphed into Google X, the tech giant's skunkworks incubator for moonshot projects. In 2010, Thrun also founded the air-taxi startup Kittyhawk with backing from Page (it shut down last year). He then created the online education company Udacity in 2011 before leaving his role as a vice president and fellow at Google three years later, and recently announced a new AI company called Sage Labs.

At Google, drone projects have drawn controversy in the past. In 2018, while Schmidt was still serving as a technical advisor at Alphabet, thousands of Google employees protested its contract for Project Maven, a Defense Department initiative where the military used the company's AI technology to analyze drone surveillance imagery. The dustup resulted in employee resignations, the creation of Google's AI guidelines which state that the company won't develop AI weaponry and its decision not to renew the contract.

It's unclear when Schmidt will debut his drone project, or how he plans to compete with incumbent makers like Northrop Grumman and a host of newer American startups. Schmidt may be hoping to capitalize on increasing interest in American-made drones from the Pentagon, which recently announced a program called ''Replicator,'' which aims to undercut China's dominance in the drone space by tapping U.S. manufacturers to build thousands of craft over the next year.

Ukraine has recently welcomed other drone projects from overseas. In December, its Digital Transformation Ministry announced that Quantum Systems, a German drone manufacturer, will open a research and development center in the country. The company will join Ukraine's Diia City, a ''virtual economic zone'' meant to attract foreign and local tech companies with tax advantages and other benefits.

David Jeans contributed reporting.

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Unveiling the Covert Drone VentureEric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is channeling his expertise and resources into a confidential military drone project.

With the aim of offering an American counterpart to Chinese drones, this initiative focuses on developing unmanned aircraft for battlefield use.

Schmidt's interest in this venture is significantly influenced by his visits to Ukraine, where the effective use of drones in combat has been evident.

Ukraine Ramps Up FPV Drone Production Amidst ConflictThe Team Behind the ProjectCollaborating with Schmidt in this secretive endeavor is Sebastian Thrun, a co-founder of Google's innovative lab.

The precise details, including the project's timeline and other collaborators, remain undisclosed.

However, Schmidt's commitment to keeping the project under wraps is understandable given the delicate geopolitical implications.

Schmidt's Vision for Defense TechnologySchmidt's move into defense technology isn't surprising, considering his active role in bridging Silicon Valley's innovations with Pentagon needs.

His focus on AI and its national security implications reflects his foresight into the future of warfare and defense strategies.

His advisory roles in various government committees further underscore his commitment to this cause.

Influences and ImplicationsThe project draws inspiration from Ukraine's tactical use of drones against Russian forces, according to Forbes.

Schmidt's involvement in the Ukrainian startup accelerator D3, focusing on military tech, aligns with his broader vision of integrating advanced technologies into defense mechanisms.

Challenges and OpportunitiesAs Schmidt embarks on this ambitious project, competing with established drone manufacturers and navigating the complexities of military technology will pose significant challenges.

However, his experience and connections in both tech and government sectors might give this venture a unique edge in shaping future military strategies.

ConclusionWhile details of Eric Schmidt's drone project remain shrouded in secrecy, its development reflects a growing trend of tech leaders venturing into defense technology.

With his background and resources, Schmidt could significantly influence the landscape of military drones, potentially altering future combat tactics.

As the project progresses, its impact on the defense industry and international relations will be closely watched.

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'' The development of real-time payment networks, allowing for effectively instantaneous money transfers, was led by private industry before the surprise announcement by the Federal Reserve in 2018 of a competing, government-operated real-time payment system, FedNow.

'' The development of FedNow would prove to be costly, time consuming, and duplicative, and would discourage competition and slow the progress of existing real-time services; moreover, it is likely not consistent with the Fed's own mandate.

'' Six months after launch, few of these concerns have been addressed. While private real-time payment networks saw negative impacts on the market during the development of FedNow, post-launch business may actually have improved; yet despite the size and scale of the Fed's intervention in the economy, it has declined to provide the data required to assess the adequacy or success of its initiative.

Introduction

The advent of electronic banking allowed for the development of real-time payment (RTP) networks globally, providing consumers access to instantaneous or effectively instantaneous transfers of money between bank accounts. Unlike some other countries, in the United States the development of RTP platforms has been championed by a few private actors, most notably The Clearing House (TCH), Mastercard, PayPal, Venmo, and Zelle, together servicing the needs of hundreds of banks and billions of dollars in electronic transactions.

It took many by surprise, then, when in October 2018 the Federal Reserve (the Fed) announced the creation of a competing, government RTP network. Four years later, in July 2023, the Fed launched its FedNow RTP network. The system has been live now for six months, giving us the opportunity to review the progress of one of the most expensive, duplicative, and anticompetitive initiatives ever launched by the Fed.

A Brief Overview of FedNow

Consider the payment system as the ''plumbing'' or infrastructure that supports the broader financial system. If the support system is better and faster, the economy as a whole runs more efficiently. For decades, the plumbing for electronic payments in the United States created lag time. A consumer would authorize another party to ''pull'' money from their account, involving multiple parties in the process, which takes time. Even companies offering rapid payments, at the time most notably Venmo, did not offer truly instantaneous account-to-account payments: Venmo effectively fronted the cash and then paid itself back from the payer's account. Any delay creates problems, as money shortfall is in and of itself an expensive proposition.

RTP systems, in contrast, use ''push'' technology, allowing individuals to authorize payments leaving their accounts themselves, speeding up the process. Payments in real time benefit consumers and firms by providing access to funds immediately, removing or greatly reducing lag time. RTP platforms also provide for the transmission of more data about individual transactions, allowing businesses a better picture of cash flows and more seamless integration with other systems such as invoicing and bill payment. Firms have better access, management, and forecasting over their individual capital requirements with real-time payments,'¯reducing back-office costs. Even consumers less likely to have a gap in personal finances prefer a system that prioritizes'¯speed and convenience. As for safety, advanced technology solutions better mask sensitive account numbers via a ''tokenization'' process, which creates unique party identifiers, meaning account numbers are shielded within the system.

Until recent years the U.S. approach had been to allow for private industry to create solutions meeting consumers' needs.'¯With the support of the Fed, in TCH rolled out its RTP service in 2017. TCH now supports over half of all U.S. accounts and has shown remarkable growth. Although the most important actor in this space, it is not the only private provider of real-time (or nearly real-time) payment services, which include offerings (and competition) from'¯PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, and Mastercard.

Source: The Clearing House

This emphasis on private solutions makes the Fed's decision to enter this market particularly surprising. In October 2018, the Fed announced that it was developing its own real-time payment system, FedNow.

At the time, I noted that the Fed's decision to pursue FedNow would be costly, time consuming, duplicative, discourage competition, slow down the development progress of real-time services, and likely be unsupported by the Fed's own mandate. Furthermore, unless the Fed could demonstrate evidence of a market failure, a decision to proceed would be entirely without basis. Regardless, on July 20, 2023, some four years after the first announcement, the Fed launched FedNow.

FedNow, Six Months Later

Six months later, the Fed has done nothing to strengthen the constitutional basis for FedNow '' if anything can be done. The Fed's decision to launch FedNow was in theory governed by the'¯1980 Monetary Control Act, which notes that the Fed should intervene only if ''the service is one that other providers alone cannot be expected to provide with reasonable effectiveness, scope, and equity.'' Although adoption of a real-time payments system for consumers in the United States has been slow by comparison to the European Union and other nations, there is simply no evidence of a market failure that would justify the Fed's intervention. Likewise, to be both participant and regulator in the economy remains a glaring conflict of interest. Serious questions remain as to the private sector's ability to compete on an even playing field, with FedNow enjoying systemic advantages including participation fee waivers. Similarly, concerns as to the ability of the federal government to appropriately safeguard data privacy, prevent breaches, as maintain consumer protections have not been addressed by the Fed.

Procedurally speaking, estimates that the development of FedNow would be both lengthy and expensive proved correct; while four years is perhaps not an unreasonable timeline for government enterprise, The Wall Street Journal reported in late 2023 that the creation of a new RTP set of rails had cost the taxpayer over half a billion dollars. Again, while this is perhaps an appropriate sum of money for such an enormous undertaking, the question remains why the Fed spent that money on a duplicative system at all. Critics also pointed to the likelihood that the Fed's RTP platform would not be interoperable, with customers needing to run multiple systems that are not necessarily capable of communicating with each other, which would be cumbersome for instantaneous clearing.

Where things become more curious is on the anti-competitive thrust of FedNow. I previously noted that government bodies entering public markets'¯reduces competition, stopping or slowing down innovation. Between the announcement and launch of FedNow, TCH and other networks saw a ''chilling'' effect as banks and credit unions paused the adoption of private RTP networks for fear of incompatibility with FedNow. Six months after launch, however, the position seems to be remarkably different. TCH CEO David Watson noted that the launch of FedNow may actually have encouraged banks and credit unions to join the TCH RTP network, with 130 new members joining TCH, about double the numbers seen in the previous year. Currently, TCH has about 456 members, with FedNow reporting 360 members of its own '' with at least 100 of these institutions holding membership with both systems. Little has been revealed to date as to the interoperability of these systems.

That lack of data remains the chief criticism of FedNow. Unlike TCH, the Fed does not reveal statistics as to the value or volume of transactions processed by FedNow. It is astounding that the Fed would go so far out of its way to create a duplicative system and then provide little to no reporting as to its practical utility. This omission is particularly noteworthy in light of the Monetary Control Act's inclusion of language relating to equity. Some would argue that the costs of FedNow are outweighed by the results '' that disparate impact has been eliminated and the creation of FedNow has led to better outcomes for the categories of consumer the Fed is most keen to support. If this is the case, the Fed should make this argument with data.

Other Payment Developments

FedNow is not the only federal foray into the payments industry, and the impact of FedNow should not be considered in a vacuum. Insufficient clarity as to the success, functioning, or even basic market necessity of FedNow has not prevented the Fed and Congress from pursuing other payment initiatives. The Durbin-Marshall Credit Card Competition Act was first introduced in 2022, when it showed no signs of advancing even out of committee and nonetheless has since been reintroduced. The bill would, ostensibly, introduce competition into the credit card market by forcing banks to provide an alternate payment processing network (other than Visa or Mastercard) on purchases, while also setting caps on interchange fees. Similarly, the Fed is working on a proposal requiring banks to lower debit card swipe fees.

In theory, other networks would offer cheaper processing fees, passing savings onto consumers. The problem is that, as has been seen in previous iterations of this legislation, retailers unequivocally decline to lower prices (more than 20 percent actually raised prices). Similar programs led to a series of other unintended consequences, from raising the prices on checking accounts to slashing loyalty and rewards programs '' with some banks noting that these fees are vital to keeping consumers safe from fraud.

Conclusions

FedNow remains a fascinating experiment by the Federal Reserve in the creation of a full-scale, government-operated, real-time payment system from scratch. While it is fortunate that private industry does not appear to have suffered from the introduction of a federal competitor (at least post-launch of FedNow), questions remain as to the necessity or mandate of the Fed in providing this government alternative at all. Taxpayers deserve greater insight into the operation of FedNow, including value and volume processing data, to better assess the impact of such a sizeable assault on the existing private networks.

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When Justice John Paul Stephens issued his 1984 opinion in Chevron U.S.A. v. National Resources Defense Council, he started what legal scholar Gary Lawson later called ''nothing less than a bloodless constitutional revolution.''

At long last, on Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear two cases that may signal the beginning of the end to that revolution.

Article I of the Constitution explicitly directs that ''All legislative Power herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States,'' not regulatory agencies.

Yet Justice Stephens' opinion found that ''agenc[ies] may . . . properly rely upon the incumbent administration's views of wise policy'' in ''reasonably'' defining statutory ambiguities.

The legal doctrine that Chevron spawned became known as Chevron deference and former President Ronald Reagan's White House counsel, Peter Wallison, pointed to it as ''the single most important reason the administrative state has continued to grow out of control.''

Forty years of regulatory and judicial tumult has ensued, finally crescendoing to a point that has compelled the Supreme Court to intervene.

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, from the District of Columbia Circuit, and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, from the First Circuit, are now before the court.

The Supreme Court may end a trend set by Justice John Paul Stephens in 1984. Eric Kayne/ZUMA Press Wire / SplashNews.comBoth are companies that fish for herring in New England and are family-owned and -operated, and both are subject to the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which governs fishery management in federal waters.

The act allowed the National Marine Fisheries Service to require herring boats, relatively small vessels that normally carry only five to six people, to also carry federal monitors to enforce of its regulations.

As a next step, however, and without any express statutory authorization, the NMFS decided to require Loper Bright and Relentless to also pay the salaries of these monitors, estimated by the NMFS to be $710 per day, an amount that can exceed the profits from a day's fishing.

Both circuits validated this rule by pronouncing statutory silence to be an ''ambiguity'' that required Chevron deference.

When it accepted certiorari in both cases, the court posed a two-part question for the litigants to address: ''Whether the Court should overrule Chevron or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.''

These two options reflect the thoughts some of the justices have evidenced in their prior opinions.

For example, in his majority opinion in West Virginia v. EPA, Chief Justice John Roberts commented, ''We presume that 'Congress intends to make major policy decisions itself, not leave those decisions to agencies,' '' citing US Telecom Ass'n v. FCC.

And in his dissent in City of Arlington (Texas) v. FCC, joined by Justice Samuel Alito, he wrote that ''The question [of] when an agency enjoys [interpretative authority] must be decided by a court, without deference to an agency.''

In their concurring opinion in West Virginia, Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by Justice Alito, referred to the ''explosive growth of the administrative state since 1970,'' as well as former President Barrack Obama's 2014 promise to use executive orders and administrative rules to bypass Congress.

He wrote: ''The Constitution does not authorize agencies to use pen-and-phone regulations as substitutes for laws passed by the people's representatives.''

Similarly, Justice Clarence Thomas, in his 2015 concurring opinion in Michigan v. EPA, asserted that the judicial power ''requires a court to exercise its independent judgment in interpreting and expounding upon the laws,'' adding that ''Chevron deference precludes judges from exercising that judgment.''

The two cases are Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce. Getty ImagesInterest in this case has been immense, with more than 65 amicus briefs filed with the court by a wide range of interested parties.

Somehow, it might be fitting for this court's ruling on the future of Chevron's deference to also be rendered on June 25 '-- 40 years to the day after it was created.

When a decision will be forthcoming is unclear, but Chevron was originally released on June 25, 1984, days from the end of that year's term.

A ruling striking down that overly broad grant of power to federal agencies is long overdue.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Monday, according to the Pentagon, ending a roughly two-week stay mired in controversy over a lack of transparency.

The secretary ''continues to recover well and, on the advice of doctors, will recuperate and perform his duties remotely for a period of time before returning full-time to the Pentagon,'' the Department of Defense (DoD) said in a statement. ''He has full access to required secure communications capabilities.''

Austin, 70, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on January 1 for complications following a December procedure to treat prostate cancer. He faced blowback when it emerged that many top officials, including President Joe Biden and the deputy who took on some of his duties, were not privy to his health situation for days, if not weeks.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and former President Donald Trump have called for Austin to resign or be fired over the defense secretary's secretive hospital stay. A number of investigations, including a probe by the DoD's inspector general, a White House review of Cabinet protocols, and an inquiry in the GOP-led House, have been announced over the past week.

While Austin has said he takes responsibility for the lack of disclosure, White House officials insisted last week that Biden has ''complete confidence'' in Austin and plans to keep the secretary in place through the remainder of his term despite it being ''not optimal'' that the commander-in-chief and other leaders did not know what happened for so long.

Austin's doctors said on Monday that the secretary ''progressed well throughout his stay and his strength is rebounding. He underwent a series of medical tests and evaluations and received non-surgical care during his stay to address his medical needs, to include resolving some lingering leg pains. He was discharged home with planned physical therapy and regular follow up. The Secretary is expected to make a full recovery.''

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They also noted, ''Secretary Austin's prostate cancer was treated early and effectively, and his prognosis is excellent. He has no planned further treatment for his cancer other than regular post-prostatectomy surveillance.''

Austin also released a statement, saying, ''I'm grateful for the excellent care I received at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and want to thank the outstanding doctors and nursing staff for their professionalism and superb support. I also am thankful and appreciative for all the well wishes I received for a speedy recovery.''

He added, ''Now, as I continue to recuperate and perform my duties from home, I'm eager to fully recover and return as quickly as possible to the Pentagon.''

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News organizations faced intense criticism Monday night for projecting the winner of the Iowa caucuses before voting even began in many areas across the state.

Multiple news organizations '-- including the Associated Press, Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, and more '-- called the race for former President Donald Trump just minutes after doors closed at caucus locations throughout the state.

Trump secured roughly half of the vote with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley '-- who finished second and third respectively '-- splitting the remaining votes.

''Absolutely outrageous that the media would participate in election interference by calling the race before tens of thousands of Iowans even had a chance to vote,'' said DeSantis campaign spokesperson Andrew Romeo. ''The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet.''

National Review Senior Writer Dan McLaughlin noted that Iowa was not a winner-take-all state and so ''the margins actually affect delegate allocations.''

''It's indefensible to declare a winner in that situation before all votes are cast,'' he said.

Semafor political reporter David Weigel wrote: ''The very very early results show Trump winning big, but the early network call is a little questionable. People are still at caucus sites, and they have phones '-- how many people see the call and bail?''

Political reporter Ben Jacobs wrote: ''We haven't even begun speeches at the caucus that I am attending and they have already called the state for Donald Trump.''

Washington Post reporter Michael Scherer noted: ''AP has a policy not to call 'the winner of a race before all the polls in a jurisdiction are scheduled to close.' Tonight AP/CNN/Etc. called the race after the caucus doors closed, but BEFORE all votes were cast. People could see on their phones that Trump won before voting.''

Breitbart News columnist John Nolte wrote: ''Why are the media calling an election while people are still voting?''

Executive producer Aaron McIntire responded to the news by posting on X: ''We haven't even voted yet. I sent this tweet while I was listening to people give their speeches. Unreal.''

Political consultant Jason Johnson wrote on X: ''Fox called the race while the caucus I was monitoring was still listening to speakers. Suddenly, everyone started looking at their phones'...reading the 'breaking news.' Remarkable.''

Atlanta Journal-Constitution political columnist Patricia Murphy wrote: ''I'm sorry- this is crazy to call it at 7:40. Nobody in Boone has even voted yet. Why would they stay if they saw this?''

Physician Pradheep J. Shanker posted: ''@FoxNews should be embarrassed. Let the caucus votes close before you make a call. That is not too much to ask. And everyone knows Trump is going to win. This isn't some great journalistic achievement.''

Popular conservative X account AG wrote: ''Completely irresponsible for networks to call an election before most people have voted, but consistent with the decision to allow polling to drive coverage throughout the primary.''

DeSantis campaign spokesperson Bryan Griffin wrote: ''At the site where @RonDeSantis was speaking in Dubuque, people were still waiting to be checked in when the media started making calls. No one had even voted. It's extremely disrespectful to the voters.''

Podcast host Steve Deace wrote on X: ''People are telling me phones got Fox News alerts Trump won before they even voted. Just criminal levels of voter suppression. That network is a freaking cancer. With 'friends' like Fox, who needs CNN?''

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By Nandita Bose

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said on Sunday Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's doctor's think he may still need some additional care.

"We'll see, you know, when he can be released, but obviously they still feel like he may need some additional care...part of that is just physical therapy," Kirby told CBS's 'Face the Nation.'

Kirby said "there is routine regular communication" between President Joe Biden and Austin and that the secretary remains "actively involved and engaged" from the hospital.

Austin remains hospitalized and is in good condition, the Pentagon said on Saturday, adding that it did not yet have a specific date for his release.

Austin, 70, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on Dec. 22 to treat prostate cancer. He returned to the hospital on Jan. 1 due to complications including a urinary tract infection and has remained there ever since.

President Joe Biden said on Friday that he has confidence in Austin despite what Biden agreed was a lapse in judgment by the Pentagon chief over his secret hospitalization.

Austin's failure to tell Biden he was hospitalized drew criticism from lawmakers and caught the White House by surprise.

(Reporting by Nandita Bose in Washington; Editing by Andrea Ricci)

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New research is raising concern among AI experts about the potential for AI systems to engage in and maintain deceptive behaviors, even when subjected to safety training protocols designed to detect and mitigate such issues.

Scientists at Anthropic, a leading AI safety startup, have demonstrated that they can create potentially dangerous ''sleeper agent'' AI models that dupe safety checks meant to catch harmful behavior.

The findings, published in a new paper titled ''Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training,'' suggest current AI safety methods may create a ''false sense of security'' about certain AI risks.

''We find that current behavioral training techniques are ineffective in LLMs trained to behave like deceptively aligned models,'' the researchers explain. The researchers trained AI models that appear helpful but conceal secret objectives, resembling the ''deceptive instrumental alignment'' threat outlined in an influential 2019 paper.

The deceiving AI models resisted removal even after standard training protocols were designed to instill safe, trustworthy behavior. ''This robustness of backdoor models to [safety training] increases with model scale,'' the authors write. Larger AI models proved adept at hiding their ulterior motives.

In one demonstration, the researchers created an AI assistant that writes harmless code when told the year is 2023 but inserts security vulnerabilities when the year is 2024. ''Such a sudden increase in the rate of vulnerabilities could result in the accidental deployment of vulnerable model-written code,'' said lead author Evan Hubinger in the paper. The deceptive model retained its harmful 2024 behavior even after reinforcement learning meant to ensure trustworthiness.

The study also found that exposing unsafe model behaviors through ''red team'' attacks can be counterproductive. Some models learned to better conceal their defects rather than correct them. ''Our results suggest that, once a model exhibits deceptive behavior, standard techniques could fail to remove such deception and create a false impression of safety,'' the paper concludes.

However, the authors emphasize their work focused on technical possibility over likelihood. ''We do not believe that our results provide substantial evidence that either of our threat models is likely,'' Hubinger explains. Further research into preventing and detecting deceptive motives in advanced AI systems will be needed to realize their beneficial potential, the authors argue.

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WASHINGTON '-- Donald Trump is sparking fears among those who understand the inner workings of the Pentagon that he would convert the nonpartisan U.S. military into the muscular arm of his political agenda as he makes comments about dictatorship and devalues the checks and balances that underpin the nation's two-century-old democracy.

A circle of appointees independent of Trump's political operation steered him away from ideas that would have pushed the limits of presidential power in his last term, according to books they've written and testimony given to Congress. Most were gone by the end. In a new term, many former officials worry that Trump would instead surround himself with loyalists unwilling to say no.

Trump has raised fresh questions about his intentions if he regains power by putting forward a legal theory that a president would be free to do nearly anything with impunity '-- including assassinate political rivals '-- so long as Congress can't muster the votes to impeach him and throw him out of office.

Now, bracing for Trump's potential return, a loose-knit network of public interest groups and lawmakers is quietly devising plans to try to foil any efforts to expand presidential power, which could include pressuring the military to cater to his political needs.

Those taking part in the effort told NBC News they are studying Trump's past actions and 2024 policy positions so that they will be ready if he wins in November. That involves preparing to take legal action and send letters to Trump appointees spelling out consequences they'd face if they undermine constitutional norms.

''We're already starting to put together a team to think through the most damaging types of things that he [Trump] might do so that we're ready to bring lawsuits if we have to,'' said Mary McCord, executive director of the Institution for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law.

Part of the aim is to identify like-minded organizations and create a coalition to challenge Trump from day one, those taking part in the discussions said. Some participants are combing through policy papers being crafted for a future conservative administration. They're also watching the interviews that Trump allies are giving to the press for clues to how a Trump sequel would look.

Other participants include Democracy Forward, an organization that took the Trump administration to court more than 100 times during his administration, and Protect Democracy, an anti-authoritarian group.

''We are preparing for litigation and preparing to use every tool in the toolbox that our democracy provides to provide the American people an ability to fight back,'' said Skye Perryman, president of Democracy Forward. ''We believe this is an existential moment for American democracy and it's incumbent on everybody to do their part.''

America's commander-in-chief has vast powers at his disposal '-- some well-known, others not so much. Some lawmakers and pro-democracy advocates worry there may be nothing stopping a president from mobilizing the military to intervene in elections, police American streets or quash domestic protests.

Wary of Trump's staying power '-- he is running about even with President Joe Biden in the polls '-- Democratic lawmakers already known to be adversarial to Trump are working on a parallel track.

Among the least-understood tools available to a president is the Insurrection Act. Vaguely worded, it gives a president considerable discretion in deciding what constitutes an uprising and when it is OK to deploy active-duty military in response, experts say.

Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill worry that Trump might invoke the act to involve the armed forces in the face of domestic protests or if the midterm elections don't go his way.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is crafting a bill that would clarify the act and give Congress and the courts some say in its use. Its chances of passage are slim given that Republicans control the House and are largely loyal to Trump.

''There are an array of horrors that could result from Donald Trump's unrestricted use of the Insurrection Act,'' Blumenthal said in an interview. ''A malignantly motivated president could use it in a vast variety of dictatorial ways unless at some point the military itself resisted what they deemed to be an unlawful order. But that places a very heavy burden on the military.''

Trump's vow to seek ''retribution'' on behalf of those he says have been ''wronged'' and ''betrayed'' has sparked fears that he would use presidential powers more broadly as a cudgel against political foes. Compounding the anxiety, he remarked at a Fox News town hall last month that he would be a ''dictator'' '-- though only on his first day in office for the purposes of closing the border and drilling for oil. He later posted on his social media site that he had made that remark ''in a joking manner.'' More recently, Trump told a Fox News town hall in Iowa that ''I'm not going to have time for retribution.''

Detractors aren't buying it.

''He's a clear and present danger to our democracy,'' said William Cohen, a former Republican senator from Maine and defense secretary in the Clinton administration who is not involved in the loose-knit network. ''His support is solid. And I don't think people understand what living in a dictatorship would mean.''

Sent a list of questions about the fears recounted in this article, Trump's campaign did not respond.

'The same lessons Lincoln learned'Trump's legal troubles offer new insights into his vision of a presidency that has shed restraints. Not even bribery or murder could land a president in jail so long as Congress didn't first impeach and convict him, under a legal theory his lawyers advanced in a federal appeals court hearing Tuesday.

Trump is facing charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. In his defense, his legal team contends that in trying to reverse Biden's victory, Trump fell within the ''outer perimeter'' of his official duties and is thus shielded from prosecution.

Where does such reasoning lead? In the hearing, which Trump attended, one judge sketched ominous scenarios about what a president might do under that notion of broad presidential immunity.

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New Jersey soldiers prepare to join fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria

New Jersey soldiers prepare to join fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria 02:05 TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) '' Soldiers from New Jersey are joining the fight against an Islamic militant group in the Middle East. This will be the largest deployment of New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers since 2008.

Lt. Col. Omar Minott is among 1,500 New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers deploying to Iraq and Syria. This is his fifth deployment to the Middle East, he said.

His deployment is part of Operation Inherent Resolve, a military campaign to defeat ISIS.

"We have the people we need, we have the training that we need, we have the equipment that we need to fight and win," Minott said.

Ahead of the deployment, military families watched as New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and other officials honored the soldiers from the 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at a special ceremony Sunday in Trenton.

"By doing your part to support Operation Inherent Resolve, you are protecting peace and prosperity not only for our state, not only for our country but for the entire free world," Murphy said.

Minott said he's ready for the dangers ahead, but being away from his family for 10 months won't be easy.

"With a two-parent household, having me leave is a challenge with our four kids," Minott said. "But my wife is, she's pretty strong."

The wife of another soldier said it will be tough to have her husband leave, but she's relying on friends and family for support.

"Daddy's being deployed to Iraq," Danielle Pruser, who has an 11-month-old daughter, said. "This is his second deployment, so we'll be excited when he comes back."

The soldiers will first head to Fort Bliss, Texas, for training before going to the Middle East. Family members said they're praying for their loved ones' safe return.

In the meantime, families plan to keep in touch by writing letters and talking on Skype.

"It's a little different now than when I first came in, when you had to stand in line for the one phone and wait to get connected," Minott said.

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Apple has quietly tightened its reporting of how many people listen to podcasts, sending shock waves through an embattled audio industry still reeling from the end of the COVID-era production bubble.

The shift, Apple wrote in a blog post, was technical: The dominant podcasting platform had begun switching off automatic downloads for users who haven't listened to five episodes of a show in the last two weeks.

But while few users noticed the shift, some of the biggest podcasts in the world saw their official listener numbers drop dramatically. Long-running shows that publish frequently were hit particularly hard. A user who listened to a show like The New York Times' The Daily a few times, subscribed, but stopped listening would continue to count as a download indefinitely. Even better under the old rules: For people who listened to a show, dropped off for a while, but started listening again later, Apple would automatically download every show in between. The arrangement drove big download numbers, a crucial metric for ad sales and a sign of the vast reach of podcasts as a medium.

For instance, The Daily and Dateline both publicly touted reaching over a billion total downloads. But representatives for these shows would not say if those numbers or other impressive daily or weekly download stats are still accurate, though several of the biggest podcasts acknowledged privately to Semafor that they had seen noticeable declines, and were still trying to determine the actual size of their audience following the change.

The shift came with no immediate warning. People who work on audio at The New York Times, NPR, and other major publishers told Semafor they were surprised by the September change, which had been years in the making but came with no advanced warning from Apple. One podcast network told Semafor it had seen its downloads drop between single digits and low double digits depending on the show. Another well-known podcaster and executive said for some shows, the decline in downloads was as high as 40%.

''Nearly every podcast that regularly publishes got an enormous haircut,'' one podcast industry insider said.

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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police say nine worshippers were arrested amid a dispute over a tunnel secretly dug into the side of a historic Brooklyn synagogue, setting off a brawl between police and those who tried to defend the makeshift passageway.

Authorities responded to the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on Monday afternoon.

Motti Seligson, a spokesperson for Chabad, said a "group of extremist students" had secretly broken through the walls of a vacant building behind the headquarters, creating an underground passage beneath a row of office buildings and lecture halls that eventually connected to the synagogue.

The tunnel had been previously discovered. It is believed the vandals went rogue and tried to expand the synagogue.

When a cement truck was brought in to fill the tunnel, the men are accused of standing in the tunnel and refusing to leave and causing mayhem.

Video shot by witnesses showed police confronting young men standing within a hollowed out space inside a brick wall. After officers removed one of the men from the dusty crevasse, a group of onlookers can be seen shoving officers, tossing wooden desks and scattering prayer books. One officer appeared to deploy an irritating spray at the jeering group.

Hasidic Jewish students riot against New York Police officers who were called to inspect a secret tunnel dug under the synagogue by students, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in New York.

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It wasn't immediately clear when the tunnel was constructed or what purpose it served.

The nine men, between 19 and 21 years old, were charged with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. One was also charged with obstruction of governmental administration.

New York City Fire Department spokesperson Amanda Farinacci said the agency received an anonymous tip about the location last month. But when a fire prevention team responded on Dec. 20, the tunnel was not detected and they found all of the exits operable and up to code, Farinacci said.

Two violations were issued: failing to obtain a certificate of operation for the place of assembly and failing to provide access to inspect the sprinkler main shut off valve at the time of inspection.

The Lubavitch World Headquarters is temporarily closed pending a review of the structural integrity of the building.

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Lubavitch officials say they've attempted to gain proper control of the premises through the New York State court system - but they say that process has dragged on for years.

The following statement was released from Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters:

"The Chabad-Lubavitch community is pained by the vandalism of a group of young agitators who damaged the synagogue below Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway Monday night. These odious actions will be investigated, and the sanctity of the synagogue will be restored. Our thanks to the NYPD for their professionalism and sensitivity. We are grateful for the outpouring of concern, and for the support of our Chabad-Lubavitch institutions around the world."

The headquarters was also the epicenter of the 1991 Crown Heights riots, which began after a 7-year-old boy was struck and killed by a car in the rabbi's motorcade.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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Audio obtained from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's 911 call - CBS News Newly obtained audio from the 911 call for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is shedding light on his hospitalization, which has been the subject of criticism over the Pentagon's apparent failure to disclose the hospitalization in a timely manner. The caller said they were "trying to remain a little subtle." Weijia Jiang reports.

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Crazed far left thought leader Rachel Maddow is worried about fascism in America.The MSNBC crew of cranks suffered a collective meltdown tonight after President Trump won the Iowa Republican Caucus in a landslide.

Democrats did not hold a caucus this year in Iowa because they really don't care and they think Iowans are too white '' therefore bad.

Iowa, where voter fraud is not yet a serious issue like it is in neighboring states, have voted twice for President Trump for president.

The MSNBC crew led by Rachel Maddow fear ''fascism'' in America. Again '-- this is all while they attempt to jail President Trump for 700 years and steal his business.

These are the same people who believe they should control your speech and they should choose who you can run as your candidate for president.

They don't even hear themselves.

Rachel Maddow: If we are worried about the rise of authoritarianism in this country, we are worried about potential rise of fascism in this country. If we're worried about our democracy falling to an authoritarian and potentially fascist form of government, the leader who is trying to do that is part of that equation. But people wanting that correct is a much bigger part of that equation. And the american electorate is made up of two major parties. One of those parties has been flirting with extremism on the ultra right for a very long time. They've brought them in in a way that they haven't been central to republican electoral politics ever before. And I know, because I've been studying this, but once you have radicalised one major party, so that those are the preferences of the people who adhere to your party, the leaders, interchangeable. And, yes, Trumpism is sometimes what we call it. MAGA movement is probably a better way to do it. But there is an authoritarian movement inside republican politics that isn't being bamboozled by Trump.

Crazy.

Via Citizen Free Press.

Jim Hoft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016. In 2023, The Gateway Pundit received the Most Trusted Print Media Award at the American Liberty Awards.

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Back in 2022, Nevada Burger King employee Kevin Ford was not trying to mock his anniversary gift from the company - a gift bag that contained a Starbucks cup, a single movie ticket and a bag of Reese's Pieces.

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- A fast food worker, who went viral after showing off the lackluster gift from his employer for 27 years of service, is now a homeowner thanks to the donations of people who were moved by his story.

Back in 2022, Nevada Burger King employee Kevin Ford was not trying to mock his anniversary gift from the company - a gift bag that contained a Starbucks cup, a single movie ticket and a bag of Reese's Pieces.

"I wasn't upset at all. I was grateful," he said.

After Ford posted the video showing his reward for nearly 30 years of perfect attendance, the internet did not echo the gratitude. They felt he deserved more for his years of service, during which he never called in sick.

People on the Internet are showing their appreciation after a Burger King worker only got a gift bag in recognition for his 27 years of service.

"It was shocking for sure," said his daughter Seryna.

When she saw the video blowing up on social media, she started a GoFundMe page - just to raise $200 for her dad to come visit his grandchildren in Texas.

"We got a lot more than $200," she said.

Turns out, the whole world really wanted Ford to get a proper anniversary gift. A year and a half later, that page has now raised more than $450,000 in donations, including $5,000 from comedian David Spade.

"It's an absolute beautiful miracle of what has happened," Ford said.

Thanks to those donations, Ford recently moved into a new home. Of course, near his Burger King.

"When they tell you there is no hope for humanity in the world, don't believe them... Hold me up as an example because people are beautiful," he said.

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