The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite

China reportedly hacked the wiretap systems required by U.S. internet providers under a 1994 U.S. wiretapping law.

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Donald J. Trump has been disseminating lies in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated parts of the Southwest. The former President's nepobaby Lara Trump is just as bad. Meanwhile, Trump's lies are spreading through his MAGA base with no regard for those suffering in multiple states. On Sunday, CNN's Dana Bash confronted Lara about that on CNN's State of the Union.

"I want to ask you about something that the former president said last night on that stage, specifically about Hurricane Helene in your home state of North Carolina," Bash said. "He said that FEMA is only offering $750 to Americans who have had their homes destroyed."

"That's not true," Bash pointed out. "He's also echoing conspiracy theorists online who falsely claim that the administration is redirecting disaster money for undocumented immigrants."

"That's also not true," she said. Why is he spreading misinformation in a crisis like that? And does that concern you about your fellow North Carolinians and how and whether they could actually get help?"

Lara, of course, dodged the question but said she's "incredibly concerned" about North Carolina.

"I hear every day from people on the ground there, and they are desperate for help," she said. "It is a dire situation there. I actually think we don't even know the extent yet of truly how bad it is there."

But whatabout the border?

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Local Springfield, OH Woman Wins The Internet This Week

Springfield, OH resident Amanda Richardson pulled the perfect reverse-Karen during the Springfield City Commission Meeting last week.

I know this clip is a little old, since it's from September 24th, but it's just now going viral on line, and it deserves to be after this woman did such a fantastic job of making a mockery of what Trump and Vance have done basically terrorizing her town with their lies.

Here are Richardson's remarks during the meeting where she gave all of these bigots their dues.

RICHARDSON: My name is Amanda Richardson. I was born in Springfield and I've lived here most of my life. And I just want to say that I'm so angry about the changes in Springfield of recent. I can't believe these Haitian immigrants would come here and fill jobs that local Springfield residents would not or could not do.

They're working hard, including working overtime and now they've raised the average city wage for both Springfield and Clark County. They're paying income tax to the city that the city desperately needs for services like police and fire.

They're making some of the local losers look bad by their example. It's unbelievable.

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Open Thread: Mets Vs. Phillies, Game One

Game 1 of Phillies-Mets is scheduled to begin at 4:08 p.m. Eastern on Fox.

I gotta admit, I'm worried. On paper, you'd expect the Phillies to win this series, but lately the Mets have caught lightning in a bottle. So we'll see. This is the first time ever the Phillies and the Mets have met in the postseason.

While I was at physical therapy yesterday, the guy on the exercise bike next to mine explained his routine for his own private tailgate party. He goes to his basement decked out in full Phillies regalia about four hours before the game, and starts drinking Miller Lite. (He says he needs to be mildly drunk in case the Phils start to collapse.) Then he starts praying to the Buddha statue next to the TV to reach a state of no expectations.

I have no routine, except for switching to Netflix when it feels like Phils are starting to circle the drain and remembering what my dad taught me early on: "Remember, Suze, they could still lose." And he had his unused 1964 World Series tickets to prove it.

How about you? What's your sports ritual? Pizza, cheesesteak, or hoagie?

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OpenAI closes the largest VC round of all time

Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re diving into OpenAI’s $6.6 billion fundraising round, the fifth Cybertruck recall in less than a year, and a neat project that’s Shazam-ing songs heard on a San Francisco street. Let’s get into it. OpenAI closed the largest VC round of all time this week. The startup […]

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Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein, and Guy Oseary are coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Last year, Sound Ventures, the 9-year-old, Beverly Hills, California-based venture firm led by general partners Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein, announced a new $265 million AI fund that was betting big on large language model companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face. In fact, the plan was to invest in just six companies […]

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GOP Lawmaker Tells Native American To Go Back Where She Came From

During a bipartisan "meet your candidate" event, an Idaho state senator, Dan Foreman, had a complete meltdown which culminated with him screaming at a Native American Democrat to go back where she came from:

When asked if discrimination existed in Idaho, conservative Sen. Dan Foreman said no.

In a statement released Wednesday, Democratic candidate for House Seat A and member of the Nez Perce tribe Trish Carter-Goodheart said she pushed back on that idea when it was her turn to speak, pointing to her own experience and the history of white supremacy groups in Northern Idaho.

“[J]ust because someone hasn’t personally experienced discrimination, doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Racism and discrimination are real issues here in Idaho, as anyone familiar with our state’s history knows,” the statement read. “I highlighted our weak hate crime laws and mentioned the presence of the Aryan Nations in northern Idaho as undeniable evidence of this reality.”

Foreman stood up and angrily interjected, using an expletive to criticize what he cast as the liberal bent of the response, according to the release and people present at the forum.

Carter-Goodheart said he then told her she should go back to where she came from, and heatedly stormed off. One event organizer and two other panelists confirmed Carter-Goodheart’s account, adding Foreman appeared very agitated.

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