Texas redistricting drama.
Representative Justin Sparks.
Mike McLary. Groundbreaking AI developments.
Dr. Randy Tobler. Run through somje headlines.
Finally, we’ll wrap up with some more headlines and I have another book for you.
SEGMENT 1.1
Texas Democrats Drama
Texas redistricting fight: Gov. Abbott pushes to vacate Democratic seats - CBS HOUSTON (43 SECONDS)
Calls to Redraw MO Congressional Districts
Democrats attempt to create 4 new Democrat senators?
James Carville - Democrats must unilaterally save democracy by packing the court and creating statehood.
Democrats have 218 congressional seats - they need 3 more to have a majority.
The need 4 seats in the Senate.
TX Attorney General Investigating Bribes that may have enticed the Texas D’s to flee.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation Wednesday into potential “unlawful activity” undertaken by former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s political group to help state Democratic lawmakers stay away from the capital amid a Republican-led effort to redraw congressional maps.
Paxton is probing whether Powered by People, a political action committee founded by O’Rourke in 2019, may have violated bribery and other state laws by “bankrolling” the more than 50 Texas House Democrats who have stalled a special legislative session by fleeing the state.
“Any Democrat coward breaking the law by taking a Beto Bribe will be held accountable,” Paxton said in a statement. “Texas cannot be bought. I look forward to thoroughly reviewing all of the documents and communications obtained throughout this investigation.”
SEGMENT 1.2
State Representative Justin Sparks (District 110) St. Louis Co.
CLIP: Call to Redistrict MO Congressional maps
SPECIAL SESSION: 2 Issues - Redistricting and Initiative Petition Reform?
JEFFERSON CITY — A possible bid by Missouri Republicans to give President Donald Trump one additional GOP vote in the U.S. House may not be the only item on the agenda if state lawmakers return for a special session in September.
Some members of the House and Senate want to make citizen-led initiative petitions more difficult to enact, particularly after Missouri voters approved a laundry list of progressive changes at the ballot box in recent years.
“Whether it’s requiring a higher threshold to amend the constitution or mandating that ballot measures receive support from multiple regions across the state, the legislature must be called back to address this issue, as well,” Sen. Nick Schroer, R-Defiance, said in a statement Tuesday.
Anti-Semitism in MO
Other calls for Special Session Issues or Veto Overides?
SEGMENT 1.3
Mike McClary
What is expected with GPT-5?
Verified Quotes from Sam Altman on GPT‑5:
“GPT‑3 felt like talking to a high school student. GPT‑4 was like a college student. GPT‑5 is the first time it feels like talking to a PhD‑level expert in your pocket.”
— Attributed to Sam Altman during a press briefing on GPT‑5“This idea of software on demand will be one of the defining features of the GPT‑5 era.”
— Another authentic quote from Altman, highlighting GPT‑5's ability to generate software on the fly“I felt useless relative to the AI.”
— Altman reflected this sentiment after GPT‑5 answered a question he himself couldn’t solve
What is at stake in terms of the AI race with China?
Does whoever control this race actually control the world or the technology?
SEGMENT 2.1
Dr. Randy Tobler
JB Pritzker claims republicans are headed for defeat during the mid-terms.
Are republicans headed for defeat?
Marco Rubio says Trump meeting with Zelensky and Putin will be opportunity to broker peace but demand concessions from both sides.
SEGMENT 2.2
Wrap up:
Headlines.
Trump orders 'new and highly accurate' census not counting illegals
(The U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 2) mandates a count of “the whole number of persons in each state” every 10 years to determine representation in Congress.)
The president — who has made immigration enforcement a top policy priority — ordered the Commerce Department to begin efforts on a new census based on figures that exclude the illegal migrant population and information gleaned from the 2024 presidential election. While estimates vary, some experts believe more than 18 million illegal migrants currently live in the U.S.
"I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024," Trump posted Thursday morning on his Truth Social account.
Army Honors Unarmed Soldiers Who Took Down Fort Stewart Shooter
The U.S. Army awarded medals to six soldiers who subdued an active shooter and quickly aided their wounded colleagues after a sergeant opened fire at Fort Stewart in Georgia on Wednesday.
(Shooter: Sgt. Quornelius Samentrio Radford, 28, armed with a personal handgun.)
Protests held across Israel as cabinet votes on full reoccupation of Gaza
Protests were held across Israel on Thursday as the country’s security cabinet votes on whether to expand its military campaign and fully reoccupy Gaza.
Rapper Latto, a Planned Parenthood supporter who backed Stacey Abrams’ political campaigns in the past, is getting roasted for not being able to answer a simple question in a video that has gone viral on social media.
The 26-year-old recording artist, whose legal name is Alyssa Stephens, can be seen in the clip in a jewelry store as a salesman offers her a $2,000 discount if she can solve a small riddle…..
“So $2,000 off if you can give me [the] right answer,” the salesman says. “The 45th president of [the] USA and the 47th president of the USA, they both have the same parents. How is that possible?”
“They got the same parents because… God made us all,” Latto replies. “And we all got the same parents.”
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