Musk’s Tesla diner disappoints. Trump makes it easier for cities to imprison homeless people. A scientist believes an alien ship may be approaching Earth. Palestinian statehood is a plaything for Western powers. And Chili the Chihuahua is saved from the Hudson River. 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/climate/trump-epa-endangerment-finding?cid=ios_app 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tesla-diner-elon-musk-review-1235394091/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/trump-homelessness-executive-order

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14947305/Harvard-scientist-hostile-alien-craft-strike-Earth-avi-loeb.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/2/why-is-trump-moving-nuclear-submarines-after-spat-with-medvedev

https://truthout.org/articles/palestinian-statehood-is-not-a-political-bargaining-chip/

https://w42st.com/post/miracle-on-hudson-2-kayak-rescue-dog-chili/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/nyregion/blackstone-executive-wesley-lepatner-killed-nyc-shooting.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-fires-erika-mcentarfer-labor-statistics

A movement to create whites-only communities. IDF using Gazans for target practice. The New York Times oped column runs the gamut on genocide. And Japanese plastic that dissolves in the ocean (or Chris’ armpits). 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jims-move-to-be-with-his-child

https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-flotilla-seized-by-idf-towed-to-ashdod-activists-taken-into-custody-upon-entry/

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trump-reveals-bizarre-reason-wants-35607967

https://news.sky.com/story/almost-like-a-game-of-target-practice-british-surgeon-says-idf-shooting-gazans-at-aid-points-13401434

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/return-to-the-land-whites-only-community-b2795213.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/middleeast/hamas-un-aid-theft.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/israel-gaza-holocaust-genocide-palestinians.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opinion/no-israel-is-not-committing-genocide-in-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/opinion/israel-hamas-gaza-starvation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/clygj701l8yo

Missing tape. Scumbag cops. Wage theft. Fake tariff news. An unlikely friendship in the Amazon.

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/saugerties-police-officer-sex-crimes-20770417.php 

https://www.timesunion.com/tablehopping/article/golden-grain-pizza-settlement-overtime-20770400.php 

https://www.wired.com/story/the-fbis-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-had-nearly-3-minutes-cut-out/ 

https://www.news10.com/news/ny-news/ny-attorney-general-immigration-law-safety/ 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bill-oreilly-trump-epstein-biden-b2789412.html 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-admin-insider-blows-lid-off-tariffs-its-all-fake/

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/lawsuit-alleges-troy-officer-arrested-driver-20773654.php

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5409002-trump-epstein-files-ag-bondi-patel-bongino-fbi-agents-durbin-wall-street-journal/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/19/middleeast/israel-gaza-food-aid-shooting-intl

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/science/ocelots-opossums-friends-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

For our sixth anniversary we are talking about some silly news from the week and taking your lovely voicemails! Thanks for your support and love over the years. 

https://apnews.com/article/grok-4-elon-musk-xai-colossus-14d575fb490c2b679ed3111a1c83f857 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/sean-mclaughlin-back-another-season-bachelor-20762497.php 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/s/7HK9S3Sjg2 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/technology/x-ai-grok-antisemitism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/925

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ai-shut-down-blackmail_l_684076c2e4b08964db92e65f

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIo0PpAvKZM

Watervliet server gets in hot water with some elderly ladies. UPenn throws trans people under the bus for a pittance. Trump’s new bill squeezes immigrants with new fees and fines. Texas flooding raises concerns over the future of weather prediction. Shadowy CIA cutouts and consultant groups are planning the future of Gaza. And wisdom teeth contain stem cells that could lead to new medical treatments.

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https://www.timesunion.com/tablehopping/article/deacon-blues-watervliet-senior-bitches-20400458.php 

https://www.intellinews.com/hard-left-jeannette-jara-wins-chilean-presidential-primaries-388592/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/us/upenn-transgender-women-sports-lia-thomas?cid=ios_app

https://www.reddit.com/r/Albany/s/bUPIVPEnne 

https://www.timesunion.com/churchill/article/churchill-sheehan-makes-case-albany-chooses-20389697.php 

https://www.ft.com/content/c0e661cc-55db-4e2a-b17b-a656e0cf6c14 // https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-consultancy-firm-involved-ghf-aid-scheme-modelled-plans-relocate 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-antisemitic-slur-shylocks-iowa-big-beautiful-bill-rcna216904

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-big-beautiful-bill-immigrants

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/05/climate/texas-flooding-forecast-response?cid=ios_app 

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-gaza-soldier-admit-deliberately-killing-unarmed-aid-seekers 

https://www.earth.com/news/dental-pulp-stem-cells-from-extracted-wisdom-teeth-can-treat-multiple-diseases/

Israel/Iran/US conflict. SCOTUS decisions. Mayor Mantello targets panhandlers. Zohran Mamdani wins amid dem tears. Double wildflower all across the sky. 

Trump and Army celebrate their birthdays. FEMA is not long for this world. LA turns up. Floridians given free reign to mow down protestors. Chatbots are making people literally insane. Minneapolis assassinations. Israel-Iran hostilities heat up. And we’re so very sorry, we forgot to record our wildflower.

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/firing-700-humans-ai-klarna-173029838.html 

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/trump-says-fema-be-wound-down-after-hurricane-season-2025-06-10/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-national-guard-troops-marines-morale 

https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-says-floridians-have-right-hit-protesters-cars-2084418 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/us/minneapolis-targeted-shooting?cid=ios_app 

The messy first couple has a bad breakup. Mayor Mantello has a spat with Troy’s city hall landlord. Florida meteorologist says cuts to science are making his job impossible. Insect numbers are collapsing. Ice is spreading suffering and violating human rights. And free tax software just got open sourced. 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/rfk-jr-maha-health-report-studies 

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-really-not-leaving/ 

https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2025/06/03/first-columbia-bette-troy-mantello-city-hall-lease.html 

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/troy-mayor-first-columbia-president-exchange-20361498.php 

https://youtu.be/bwmmPlw06_0?si=pXhOSadKXpTy_WKx 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe 

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/05/landlord-lobby-will-boost-cuomo-with-2-5m-spend-00389886 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigrants-at-ice-check-ins-detained-and-held-in-basement-of-federal-building-in-los-angeles/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/05/djibouti-deportations-migrants-ice-trump/

https://newrepublic.com/post/196138/ice-child-birthday-party-gang-meeting-tren-de-aragua?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SF_TNR 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/08/us/la-protests-national-guard?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare 

https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-irs-tax-filing-software-turbotax-is-trying-to-kil/

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Fretterman is back in the news. Elias Rodriguez’s chat messages and manifesto. Elon is calling it quits. Israel is expanding settlements in the West Bank. The State Department is setting up an office of “remigration,” and it’s worse than it sounds. And the morning after pill is coming to a corner store near you.

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516 324 8404

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/us/politics/fetterman-senate-absence-mental-health-interview.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c&pvid=2A13909D-680E-420B-A685-E5BC42D02877

https://theintercept.com/2025/05/28/john-fetterman-israel-paid-trip-nonprofit/ 

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/read-elias-rodriguezs-leaked-chats

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/elon-musk-trump-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c&pvid=80AA9966-D0AC-4FAC-AC66-B6870484D1B9

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c&pvid=1083C134-EE2C-4B76-A979-F600253FBA2F

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/china-student-visas-revoke.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c&pvid=96A941E6-27E3-4B21-B368-7D567B84A892

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/middleeast/israel-west-bank-settlements-expansion-intl?cid=ios_app

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/state-department-office-of-remigration 

https://x.com/dabbs346/status/1928441971460202894

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/31/politics/joni-ernst-flippant-defense-trump-agenda-analysis?cid=ios_app

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/emergency-contraception-morning-after-available-convenience-stores-rcna204952

RFK swims in poop. People aren’t paying their burrito debts. DOGE seeks out fraud, sews chaos at the SSA. ICE is hiring for construction jobs. The House passes Trump’s big beautiful bill. Troy City Council votes down Good Cause hearing. Israeli Embassy staffers shot in DC. And cannabis sales in New Mexico fund basic income for the poor. 

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/rfk-jr-rock-creek 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna207940 

https://newrepublic.com/post/195363/elon-musk-doge-social-security-fraud-investigation-total-bust 

https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-hiring-construction-jobs-aver

https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/news/article/john-reilly-indicted-door-dash-shooting-video-20334578.php 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg0kgg2njo

https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/good-cause-eviction-hearing-rejected-troy-s-gop-20340500.php // https://www.wamc.org/news/2025-05-23/good-cause-is-not-good-for-troy-as-gop-council-majority-votes-measure-down 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-dc-jewish-museum-rcna208427