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Last Notes npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Paraphrasing the CENTCOM commander from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln — nothing to see here. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The families of four teens who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-tiktok-snapchat-youtube-sued-teen-suicides/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman France orders a Russian journalist to leave the country amid accusations she spread Kremlin propaganda through French television and radio ahead of next year's presidential election. https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260729-france-expels-russian-journalist-xenia-fedorova-over-alleged-kremlin-propaganda npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman "It remains a mystery to me why this assortment of White House journalists agreed to play the role of passive targets in Trump’s crude performance." https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/a-tale-of-two-speeches-trump-election-integrity-lack-evidence-fact-check-whca-dinner-white-house-correspondents-redo-awkward-wall-street-journal-new-york-times-subpoenas-cnn.php npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Trump's WHCD speech: npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Kuwait says Iran again attacked its power and desalination plants causing damage to the crucial facilities — the fourth consecutive day of such strikes that caused fires at a number of critical sites. https://aje.news/gcmk7h?update=4793003 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman ABC News - Donald Trump's longtime teleprompter operator placed prediction market bets on the president’s speeches, CTFC investigators found. https://abcnews.com/US/white-house-teleprompter-operator-made-100k-betting-trumps/story?id=134764573 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces annual screening of service members’ testosterone levels. https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5969935-hegseth-testosterone-testing-dod/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announces that he is appointing Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, to fill the remainder of the late senator’s term, which expires in January. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Iran claims attacks on Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman with missiles and suicide drones as fears rise of a return to full-scale war in the Middle East. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/12/iran-war-live-irgc-declares-strait-of-hormuz-closed-over-us-interference npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The Trump administration has issued subpoenas to several journalists for The New York Times, after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump’s new Qatari-donated Air Force One. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/business/media/new-york-times-trump-subpoenas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w1A.XWUD.ABOFsrGDED3S&smid=nytcore-ios-share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump is taking one of the older Air Force One jets back to the US amid security concerns regarding the new Qatari-donated model. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5959582-trump-air-force-one-turkey/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The Texas attorney general and Republican nominee for a US Senate seat appears to have used an address where he didn’t llive while voting in six recent elections — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/07/ken-paxton-voting-election-law/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman CNN and CNBC struck landmark deals with Kalshi and extensively promote the prediction market, vouching for its accuracy, but not always disclosing their financial relationship with it to viewers. https://www.publicnotice.co/p/kalshi-cnn-cnbc npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman First Amendment lawsuit filed against federal officials for attempting to intimidate a US citizen who wrote a critical letter to the head of ICE. https://www.fire.org/research-learn/complaint-streever-v-mullin-et-al npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman FAA investigating after a Delta flight was struck by a firework near Chicago’s Midway Airport on the Fourth of July. https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/plane-hit-by-firework-while-landing-at-chicagos-midway-airport-on-the-fourth-of-july/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The Russian president had a 4th of July phone call with Donald Trump. The 85-minute chat was "businesslike and highly constructive,” according to the Kremlin, with Vladimir Putin telling the US president of Russia's contribution to the establishment of America’s independence. https://ria.ru/20260705/putin-2102829921.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman (Reuters) - Largest U.S. power grid operator PJM said on Friday it was under a federal alert to cut electricity consumption across its territory as it battled generator outages, massive overloading on its transmission lines and a surge in air conditioning use from prolonged sweltering heat. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Washingtonian -Reviving Voice of America Will Be Difficult, Insiders Say https://washingtonian.com/2026/07/02/voice-of-america-journalists-trump-lawsuit/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Newspapers such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Buffalo News and the Omaha World-Herald ordered by corporate HQ to run front-page profiles of the company’s billionaire chairman. https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/lee-enterprises-tells-its-papers-to-run-front-page-profile-of-chairman-and-billionaire-david-hoffmann-this-weekend/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The refurbished Qatar-gifted Air Force One has a shelf of fake books, including some simply labeled “Library.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-air-force-one-qatar-fake-books-b3007589.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Co-founder of the Federalist Society (which had a foundational role recommending federal judges during Trump’s first term), in reaction to SCOTUS upholding the 14th Amendment, suggests barring all female foreigners or requiring sterilization of foreign visitors prior to entry. (Side note: Sean Davis blocked me on Twitter/X some time ago, apparently) npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Parcel bomb blast in Monaco injures three people, including a Ukrainian-born oligarch. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260630-monaco-bomb-suspect-flees-to-france-as-police-probe-attempted-murder npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman SCOTUS’ ruling today that the Fourth Amendment applies to police use of overbroad "geofence warrants" to search for and locate unknown numbers of people in a large geographical area “reinforces that we don't lose our right to privacy simply because we use a cell phone.” - ACLU npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman SCOTUS, in a 5-4 decision, rejects an appeal from the Republican National Committee and rules mail-in ballots here in Mississippi can be counted as long as they are postmarked and received within five days of Election Day. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1260_g3cn.pdf npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman CENTCOM forces “conducted additional strikes against multiple targets in Iran, June 27, at the Commander in Chief’s direction.” npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman BBC Radio 4 staff receive instruction that social and digital platforms are now correspondents' top priority over traditional TV and radio, including the UK's agenda-setting Today program. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/27/today-programme-bbc-social-digital-content-radio-4 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Texas will require Bible stories in public schools after the State Board of Education approved a mandatory reading list today. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/22/texas-votes-bible-history-lessons-public-schools/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Hasbro is asking child actors on the Peppa Pig animated series to sign over their voices to AI under new contract terms. https://deadline.com/2026/06/peppa-pig-hasbro-child-actors-ai-backlash-1236967142/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The lead singer of Blood, Sweat & Tears, David Clayton-Thomas, heard on “And When I Die” and "Spinning Wheel,” has died at the age of 84. https://americansongwriter.com/beloved-blood-sweat-tears-singer-david-clayton-thomas-passes-away-at-84/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Back-to back high magnitude quakes caused buildings to collapse in Caracas. Venezuelan officials fear thousands of casualties. Live video: https://www.youtube.com/live/9CHbF8k-W7I?is=REOzuWi4uJ7Lah6W npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman M7.5 quake in Venezuela. - USGS https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000t7zp?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ENS&utm_campaign=realtime npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The Leonard Cohen estate is objecting to President Trump‘s planned use of the song “Hallelujah” ahead of tonight’s Freedom 250 rally on the National Mall here in Washington. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman “They took razor blades and knives …. 350 feet long” and “poured acid” to vandalize the Reflecting Pool, says President Trump reiterating his unfounded claims to reporters in the Oval Office this afternoon. “What I do best is build.” npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Twitter/X bots controlled by Moscow apparently quickly abandoned far right provocateur and once reliable ally Laura Loomer after she turned against Russia. https://open.substack.com/pub/newsguardtech/p/laura-loomers-russian-turnaround?r=1g77q&utm_medium=ios npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A federal judge in California rules ICE agents cannot make arrests in any US courthouse. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ice-courthouse-arrests-22317829.php npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A federal appeals court has denied a request from a former Fox News journalist to pause an order that requires her to pay daily fines for refusing to disclose a source in a national security leaks case. https://thedesk.net/2026/06/catherine-herridge-loses-bid-dc-circuit-court-anonymous-sources/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to subpoena Minnesota's governor and other state officials, calling it an effort to “harass and retaliate against them.” https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-grand-jury-subpoenas-quashed-operation-metro-surge/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Sirens sounded in the northern Israeli town of Zar’it warning of a hostile aircraft intrusion this afternoon, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was supposed to enter into effect. - Jerusalem Post npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Wikipedia declare Iran the victors of the war that ended Tuesday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump this evening signed the MoU with Iran while at Versailles. - White House npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Mastodon introducing email newsletters, a feature that will allow writers to send their posts directly to subscribers’ inboxes. https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/mastodon-looks-to-newsletters-to-help-revive-the-open-social-web/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Officers in Senatobia, Mississippi, fired tear gear in a Walmart parking lot where a crowd had gathered to protest the police killing of a one-year-old boy. https://www.mississippifreepress.org/anger-mounts-in-senatobia-over-police-killing-of-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The US deal with Iran will be signed "tomorrow, maybe the next day," President Trump tells reporters at the G7. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Wired - More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking. https://www.wired.com/story/leak-exposes-members-of-peter-thiels-secretive-dialog-society/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Kentucky-based Yum Brands has announced the sale of Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion, severing it from sister brands KFC and Taco Bell after nearly 29 years. https://www.yum.com/wps/portal/yumbrands/Yumbrands/news/press-releases/yum+brands+inc+enters+into+agreements+to+sell+pizza+hut+for+2.7+billion npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A Russian dissident artist and blogger known for his political caricatures of President Putin has been shot and killed in Poland. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/16/russian-dissident-artist-shot-dead-in-eastern-poland-a93025 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) hospitalized. https://www.wkyt.com/2026/06/14/senator-mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman (Reuters) - A memorandum between the US and Iran to halt the war in the Gulf could be signed as soon as Sunday with Geneva emerging as the likeliest venue. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-iran-war-deal-close-strait-hormuz-tensions-linger-2026-06-12/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump says tonight’s planned strikes on Iran have been cancelled after Tehran’s leadership and others negotiating to end the conflict approved “discussions and final points.” npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The UK’s defense secretary resigns because the government is “unwilling” to commit sufficient resources to protecting the country. https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-keir-starmer-peter-mandelson-files-defence-investment-kemi-badenoch-12593360?postid=11844603#liveblog-body npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman US forces have disabled the Palau-flagged M/T Settebello as the oil tanker transited the Gulf of Oma with aircraft firing "precision munitions into the ship’s engine room after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces.” - Central Command npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman U.S. consumer prices rose 4.2% in May, the highest in 3 years. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The lawyers on both sides of a federal court case in Mississippi were caught using artificial intelligence, a situation where, effectively, generative AI tools were used to argue against each other. https://www.404media.co/judge-learns-lawyers-on-both-sides-of-case-used-ai-cancels-trial-kicks-everyone-off-the-case/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman New Mexico’s first case of New World screwworm has been detected in a dog. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/news/agency-announcements/usda-confirms-first-case-new-world-screwworm-dog-lea-county-new-mexico npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Less than an hour from now, 0000 GMT, our radio show debuts on shortwave (as well as airing on ~70 AM/FM stations this weekend). Tune in to the Radio Free America transmission via WRMI to hear 'America@250: Due Diligence' on 9395 kHz to North America & 5050 kHz to Caribbean, Central/South America. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump pardons former Indiana Congressman Steve Buyer, a Republican who was convicted for insider trading. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/06/trump-pardons-congressman-steve-buyer-of-indiana-for-insider-trading-conviction/90431578007/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Here’s a reminder of the critical value of radio in times of crisis and amid disinformation and why the US administration’s silencing of the Voice of America, which had a huge radio (and TV) audience across Africa, endangers human lives. https://apnews.com/article/congo-ebola-bundibugyo-radio-program-misinformation-f1beb232d0e894b8ee0701f33c31d8b4?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump tells reporters in the Oval Office that the Lincoln Memorial will be expanded to the Potomac River with a pedestrian bridge on what could be called the “Trump Promenade” to complete the vision of the 1902 McMillan Plan. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman NYT - John Bolton, a national security adviser to President Trump in his first term, has reached a tentative deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to mishandling classified information when he compiled notes for a book that was harshly critical of the president. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/politics/john-bolton-plea-deal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nlA.U2Wd.Zgvayl2NTX6V&smid=url-share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Pope Leo XIV issues encyclical denouncing the “culture of power” driving the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-ai.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman After a 23-hour hiatus from television, Stephen Colbert returned to hosting a public access channel program in Monroe, Michigan. https://youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?si=7DtE_nhRZDS4FDHf npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Fox News White House correspondent says President Trump told him today that he's seriously considering making Venezuela the 51st state. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Not The Onion. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman State Department finalizing new design for US passports to include a picture of President Trump. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-state-dept-finalizing-plan npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Mexico’s president is demanding an explanation of what CIA officials were doing in Chihuahua when they died in an car crash over the weekend. https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026/04/21/politica/sheinbaum-exige-a-eu-explicacion-por-agentes-en-chihuahua npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Retail sales in the US post their biggest gain in 3 years driven by the rise in fuel prices. https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/www/marts_current.pdf npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Commission of Fine Arts members, who were handpicked by the White House, unanimously approve concept for the ‘Arc de Trump.’ https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/16/trump-arch-gets-greenlight-commission-00876315 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman In a prayer delivered by US Defense Secretary Hegseth during a Pentagon worship service yesterday, he read the fake Ezekiel 25:17 verse from “Pulp Fiction" that Samuel L. Jackson’s character recited just before he shoots a man to death. https://variety.com/2026/film/news/pete-hegseth-pulp-fiction-fake-bible-verse-prayer-service-1236723446/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman In its Monday afternoon outlook, the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center did not anticipate a tornado threat for the Kansas City area, prompting concern about ongoing changes to staffing and weather balloon releases. https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/tornadoes/tornadoes-kansas-concerns-changes-national-weather-service-rcna331826 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Journalists’ associations file an emergency motion to the Israeli Supreme Court asking the justices to expedite a decision on allowing the international media to enter Gaza. https://cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-partners-file-emergency-motion-to-israeli-supreme-court-seeking-independent-media-access-to-gaza/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The BBC is to cut between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs - or almost one in 10 - in an attempt to tackle "significant financial pressures.” https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv11lryv7ro npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Wired - A conservative legal group has a direct line into FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s office and used it to build the case against Jimmy Kimmel and ABC. https://www.wired.com/story/the-fcc-has-a-fast-lane-for-complaints-about-trumps-media-critics/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman 404 Media - Reuters’ parent company, which also owns and operates the investigative CLEAR database, fired a longstanding employee who spoke out about the company selling data products to ICE, according to a lawsuit filed today. https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-fired-worker-for-speaking-out-about-ice-former-employee-says/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman A Baltimore-based nonprofit digital news outlet is to acquire the assets of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ending nearly a century of family control of the newspaper and ensuring the future of Western Pennsylvania’s largest news organization. https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2026/04/14/post-gazette-venetoulis-institute-baltimore-banner/stories/209901010002 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman NYT - As President Trump threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/trump-mental-fitness-25th-amendment.html?unlocked_article_code=1.alA.1BkG.lrOl_JIE8N5Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Amid widespread condemnation from Christian leaders and others who deemed the action blasphemy, President Trump has removed from social media the image depicting himself as Jesus Christ. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/image-depitching-trump-christ-savior-removed-presidents-social-media-p-rcna331554 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Pope Leo XIV — responding to reporters’ questions about President Trump’s criticism of him — told reporters he is "not a politician" and he’ll "continue to speak strongly against war, seeking to promote peace and dialogue." https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-04/pope-on-board-plane-to-algeria-i-am-not-a-politician.html npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Trump, following his unprecedented denunciation of the Pope, posts an image portraying himself as Jesus Christ. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump tells reporters, after his Sunday social media broadside against Chicago-born Pope Leo, he doesn’t think the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics is doing a very good job and baselessly accuses the pontiff of being weak on crime. https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-lambasts-pope-leo-xiv-extending-feud-iran-war-first-american-pontiff/18877162/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after what he called a ″painful″ election result. https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/12/record-turnout-as-close-of-polls-nears-in-hungarys-most-consequential-election-in-decades npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman US Navy will begin the blocking all ships from the Strait of Hormuz, announces President Trump. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Vice President JD Vance says after marathon peace talks in Pakistan between the US and Iran there’s no agreement because Tehran refused to give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Defense forces arrive at Ireland’s only oil refinery amid a blockade by protesters. https://www.thejournal.ie/protest-whitegate-refinery-fuel-7009762-Apr2026/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Thanks to an accident of timing and the uniquely open digital framework on which it operates, Bluesky has become one of the rare social media startups to grow large enough to compete with the likes of Meta and X, garnering some 40 million users in just two years. https://www.semafor.com/article/04/10/2026/how-bluesky-earned-its-reputation-and-why-it-could-be-the-way-of-the-future npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman On Kilauea, the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption's peak north vent lava fountain height is presently ~700 feet (215 meters. https://www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyKt8mc?si=SqjnqELsB1wIkXV0 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman In a rare statement in the White House Grand Foyer, the first lady, Melania Trump, this afternoon denied any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/melania-trump-denies-ties-jeffrey-epstein-calls-congress-hold-hearing-rcna267510 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman When the US dropped its first bomb on Iran in the early morning of Feb. 28, approximately half a dozen American cadets were in the Persian Gulf, working on US-flagged ships, unaware their home country had started a war that would put them in immediate danger. https://www.notus.org/defense/us-cadets-vessels-stuck-persian-gulf-trump-bombing-iran-war npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Iran’s envoy to Pakistan deleted a post on social media in which he said that an Iranian delegation was expected to arrive in Islamabad late Thursday ahead of brokered talks with the US. https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/04/09/iran-says-delegation-to-reach-islamabad-thursday npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Hungary's foreign minister offered to send to his Russian counterpart EU documents through the Hungarian Embassy in Moscow. https://vsquare.org/kremlin-hotline-how-hungary-coordinates-with-russia-blocking-ukraine-from-the-eu/ npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Al Jazeera says one of its correspondent has been killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/israeli-attack-kills-al-jazeera-journalist-mohammed-wishah-in-gaza npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman President Trump, on social media, declares “a country” supplying military weapons to Iran will be immediately tariffed, “on any and all goods sold to the United States of America, 50%, effective immediately.” npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman IDF kills 8 in Lebanon after Prime Minister Netanyahu says the ceasefire deal excludes Hezbollah. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-04-08/ty-article-live/mda-three-children-lightly-injured-in-negev-following-iranian-rocket-fire/0000019d-6ad1-d940-a5bd-fedf1e030000 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Reports from UAE and Kuwait say Iran still firing missiles at those countries despite ceasefire agreement. https://gulfnews.com/uae/emergencies/uae-responds-to-iranian-missiles-and-drones-residents-receive-emergency-alerts-7-1.500500083 npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman Four former VOA journalists are asking the MSPB to toss out their 2025 deals to leave the government-funded broadcaster and reinstate their employment, following a federal judge’s decision last month invalidating Kari Lake’s tenure atop parent agency USAGM. https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/04/ex-voa-employees-challenge-2025-buyout-retirement-offers/412680/?oref=ge-featured-river-top npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman WSJ - President Trump threatened to wipe out the entirety of Iranian civilization if Tehran doesn’t cede to his demands by 8 p.m. Tuesday. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-2026-trump-deadline-latest-news?st=BCMojX&reflink=article_copyURL_share npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman The Associated Press "appears to be flailing and desperate, chasing trends that soon disappear," according to the News Media Guild as the not-for-profit cooperative cuts staff amid a pivot to prioritizing video and a flirtation with AI. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman I’m live on India Today momentarily to discuss the Iran War and the White House. npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman SCOTUS, in response to a request from the Trump administration, clears the way for dismissal of the criminal conviction against Stephen Bannon. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040626zor_5iek.pdf npub1zryv94xpta0twp73c3etjtnjeqsrx62nueerwg6rhqdaqwjx35ds7d8yzd Steve Herman IAF air strike in Tehran reportedly has killed the IRGC intelligence chief, Majid Khademi. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkgx41znwg
