Okay, I’m slightly less mad about that ‘Magnificent Ambersons’ AI project

But this is still a bad idea.

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'Oh, Come On': CNN Anchor Ain't Buying RFK Jr. Vaccine BS Oz Is Shoveling

Dr. Mehmet Oz's nonsense that Robert F. Kennedy is supposedly "at the very front of" vaccine advocacy was too much for the usually passive Dana Bash to stomach.

Here's Oz trying to pretend that Kennedy isn't a raging lunatic antivaxxer when asked about the recent measles outbreaks we've seen across the country on this Sunday's State of the Union on CNN:

BASH: Speaking of transparency, I do want to, before I let you go, ask you about a record surge in measles in the United States. South Carolina, for example, is currently reporting 800 cases.

It's the worst outbreak since measles was declared eradicated more than three decades ago. Is this a consequence of the administration undermining support or advocacy for measles and other vaccines?

OZ: I don't believe so.

We have advocated for measles vaccines all along. Secretary Kennedy has been on the very front of this.

BASH: Oh, come on.

OZ: No, he's -- when the first outbreak happened in Texas, he said, get your vaccines for measles, because that's an example of an ailment that you should get vaccinated against.

What happened with the core schedule that was released in the beginning of last month was to say, listen, we look at what happened in Europe. In Europe, if you give people 80 different vaccine doses to take, people start...

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Trump’s Prescription Drug Site Is Just Another Trump Con

If Donald Trump and his Republican puppets really think his TrumpRx site is any antidote to the skyrocketing health insurance premiums or grocery prices they have caused, they should be in for a rude awakening.

The site, which I will not link to, operates as a portal for consumers to purchase their drugs elsewhere. But as The New Republic pointed out, all the drugs offered on the site are from brand-name manufacturers, making them more expensive than generic options. Almost all are covered through insurance, for those still able to get it. The website even advises those lucky individuals to check their insurance co-pays first.

The New York Times said people without insurance could benefit. But they may well be better off not bothering with it. The Times cites Pfizer’s drug Azulfidine, for autoimmune conditions, as an example. It’s listed on the cite for $100. But the site doesn’t mention that the drug has gone generic and that a search on GoodRx turned up options for under $40.

Also, going directly to several of the drugmakers' websites can get you the same prices as featured on TrumpRx, The Times noted. The whole thing “adds to the complexity of a system that can make it extraordinarily difficult for people to compare prices and figure out where to find the least expensive drug,” The Times said.

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NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Kalshi as an investor

Antetokounmpo is the first NBA player to directly invest in Kalshi.

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Fox Takes All Day To Finally Try To Whitewash Trump's Racist Obama Post

Fox tried to ignore Trump's racist post on "truth social" depicting the Obama's as apes, and only after it sparked outrage from some Republicans, did their best to try to whitewash it.

As Mediaite reported, there was no mention of what happened on either Fox News or Fox Business Network until the segment above on Special Report with Bret Baier aired at 6pm eastern time.

Here's the pitiful exchange between host Bret Baier and correspondent Peter Doocy, where they unquestioningly reported that it was a staffer and not Trump who posted the video, while bemoaning that the White House was forced to go "off message" about the Dow and their desire to push Trump's new scam prescription drug portal, TrumpRx.

BAIER: President Trump is congratulating the nation on the big Wall Street numbers. Meanwhile, the White House is engaged in damage control tonight over a posting on the president's social media account that many people are calling racist.

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Prince Andrew advisor pitched Jeffrey Epstein on investing in EV startups like Lucid Motors

The mysterious businessman pitched Jeffrey Epstein on numerous mobility startups in an era when the sector was white hot, according to TechCrunch's review of hundreds of documents released by the Department of Justice.

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Maybe AI agents can be lawyers after all

This week's release of Opus 4.6 shook up the Agentic leaderboards

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