“I believe that Sen. Vance’s comments were spoken without … real knowledge of what the workforce situation in Ohio is,” says Ross McGregor, CEO of Pentaflex Inc. His company makes brake and axle components for trucks. Which trucks? “All of them,” he says proudly. He tries to be diplomatic about Sen. Vance. “I don’t think he really understands from a boots-on-the-ground perspective what employers are dealing with in trying to have a consistent and reliable workforce. If he were to apply a business mindset to this situation, he would see the benefit that we get from simply being able to rely on somebody coming to work every day.”

Eventually, he stops trying so hard to be diplomatic: “It doesn’t help all the memes going around about eating cats and geese and crazy sh-t like that. None of that helps.” The McGregors have been active in business and community life in Springfield for more than a century, and the CEO is proud of that longevity, which also gives him a little bit of perspective that the senator seems to lack.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance falsely said legal Haitian immigrants in the small city were eating dogs and cats.

Schools, government buildings and elected officials’ homes in Springfield were among the targets of more than 30 hoax threats made last week that forced evacuations and closures. Two more schools had to be evacuated on Monday, and the high school was threatened on Tuesday. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said a foreign actor was largely responsible, but he declined to name the country.

Even with dozens of Ohio State Highway Patrol officers fanning out to protect the Springfield City School District’s 18 schools, many parents opted to keep their children at home. At one elementary school, some 200 students were absent Tuesday out of a population of 500.

More than half of Trump supporters believe the unsubstantiated claim made by the former president that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating cats and dogs, according to a new poll.

Trump’s remark, made during his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, was based on social media rumors, which lack evidence, that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating pets.

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs—the people that came in,” the former president said. “They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.”

wikipedia editors churn news articles from an overwhelmingly left-leaning list of “reliable sources” into neutrality-emblazoned fact

Wikipedia articles present their subject matter with a casually authoritative, almost stolid tone. But beneath the surface lies endless argumentation played out in rounds of procedural maneuvering that would shame the most deft legislative hand. User bans, discretionary sanctions, requests for comment, arbitration cases, topic bans, page bans, deprecated sources — all encoded in a shorthand jargon — lie behind the “consensus” displayed in an article’s seemingly ripple-free surface. In a way, this arcana of behind-the-scenes conceptual machinery is Wikipedia’s most impressive feature. It’s what keeps it from grinding to a halt on infighting and intransigence.

The problem is — like with the Harris border czar reference, which is still omitted from the czar article (and will almost certainly stay that way) — the consensus it achieves often lines up with the prerogatives of the Democratic Party and the media establishment that supports it.

New #’s on mass deportation.

A data point in the new Scripps News national poll caught my eye this morning. It was this: 54% of voters support the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants from America.

That data is all pretty consistent — and points to this conclusion: A majority of Americans like and support the notion of rounding up all undocumented immigrants in the country and shipping them out of the U.S..

The AI Unicorns Landscape: Arrival of a New “AI Economy” Klarna, change and the great investment.

Is Generative AI going to lead to a new economy? This is one of the biggest questions we’ve had since late 2022. Ollie is based in Bangkok Thailand and I am currently in Taiwan. No matter where you live there is a sense that the world is changing and AI may be accelerating the pace of change.

Generative AI is poised to significantly impact the global economy, potentially leading to what could be considered a ‘new economy.’ This article will focus on the landscape of AI unicorns poised to usher in a new economy on the back of new capabilities, an emerging agentic AI and text-to-action based economy.

“I believe that Sen. Vance’s comments were spoken without … real knowledge of what the workforce situation in Ohio is,” says Ross McGregor, CEO of Pentaflex Inc. His company makes brake and axle components for trucks. Which trucks? “All of them,” he says proudly. He tries to be diplomatic about Sen. Vance. “I don’t think he really understands from a boots-on-the-ground perspective what employers are dealing with in trying to have a consistent and reliable workforce. If he were to apply a business mindset to this situation, he would see the benefit that we get from simply being able to rely on somebody coming to work every day.”

Eventually, he stops trying so hard to be diplomatic: “It doesn’t help all the memes going around about eating cats and geese and crazy sh-t like that. None of that helps.” The McGregors have been active in business and community life in Springfield for more than a century, and the CEO is proud of that longevity, which also gives him a little bit of perspective that the senator seems to lack.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance falsely said legal Haitian immigrants in the small city were eating dogs and cats.

Schools, government buildings and elected officials’ homes in Springfield were among the targets of more than 30 hoax threats made last week that forced evacuations and closures. Two more schools had to be evacuated on Monday, and the high school was threatened on Tuesday. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said a foreign actor was largely responsible, but he declined to name the country.

Even with dozens of Ohio State Highway Patrol officers fanning out to protect the Springfield City School District’s 18 schools, many parents opted to keep their children at home. At one elementary school, some 200 students were absent Tuesday out of a population of 500.

More than half of Trump supporters believe the unsubstantiated claim made by the former president that Haitian immigrants are abducting and eating cats and dogs, according to a new poll.

Trump’s remark, made during his presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, was based on social media rumors, which lack evidence, that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating pets.

“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs—the people that came in,” the former president said. “They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.”

Pager Blasts Rock Hezbollah, Associated Press
A wave of pager explosions killed at least 12 people and injured thousands in Hezbollah-controlled areas of Lebanon and Syria, with the militant group blaming Israel for the remote attacks.

Harris Opens Largest Lead Yet, FiveThirtyEight
Kamala Harris holds her largest lead yet in FiveThirtyEight’s 2024 forecast, winning 61 of 100 simulations, with recent polls and post-debate momentum boosting her edge over Trump.

Maher: Trumpism Won’t End With Trump, Mediaite
Bill Maher warns Democrats that even if Trump loses, Trumpism will persist unless they address the “insanity of the far left,” which he believes continues to fuel support for Trump-like figures.

Veep Debate Might Matter, USA Today
JD Vance and Tim Walz will face off three weeks after a presidential debate between Trump and Harris. The debate will be hosted by CBS News in New York City, moderated by the network’s own Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan.

A 2nd Endorsement in 179 Years ,Yahoo! News
Scientific American endorsed Harris for president, its second-ever endorsement in 179 years, citing her support for science, health, and the environment, while criticizing Trump’s anti-science stance.

GOP Blocks IVF Bill, NPR
A Democratic bill to provide a nationwide right to IVF treatments lost in the Senate 51-44, with Republican lawmakers calling it a “show vote” yet reaffirming IVF rights. This medical coverage isn’t guaranteed in states where embryos are deemed people.