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Senator Accused of Trading Favors for Gold
Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has been indicted for corruption.
He’s the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and documents unsealed on Friday revealed that he’s accused of secretly aiding the Egyptian government, along with disrupting the prosecution of a friend—and that $100,000 worth of gold bars and envelopes stuffed with $480,000 in cash have been found in his home.
The Senator will temporarily step down from his committee chairmanship and will not be permanently removed from the post “until the matter has been resolved,” according to majority leader Chuck Schumer.
Menendez is the first U.S. Senator in history to be indicted twice for unrelated matters. He’s up for re-election next year.
911 Audio Released from Ejected F-35 Pilot
The pilot who ejected from an F-35 last weekend landed in a South Carolina resident’s backyard, and the ensuing 911 call has been released.
“We got a pilot in the house, and I guess he landed in my backyard, and we’re trying to see if we could get an ambulance to the house, please,” the homeowner told the 911 dispatcher.
It took several minutes for the dispatcher to understand what was happening, and eventually, the pilot took the phone and said, “I’m not sure where the airplane is. It would have crash-landed somewhere. I ejected.”
The $139 yearly fee for Amazon Prime will no longer keep ads away from your streaming shows.
Amazon announced that advertising will be added in early 2024 to increase revenues, but users will be able to get the ad-free version for $2.99 more each month.
The company says it’s planning on running “meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers.”
Amazon isn’t alone: Disney+ and Hulu will become more expensive in October, and Peacock raised its fee in August.
➤ Eric Johnson, the mayor of Dallas, is leaving the Democratic party for the GOP. He announced the switch in an Op-Ed titled: America’s Cities Need Republicans, and I’m Becoming One. Johnson has been a vocal supporter of law enforcement. (More)
➤ The Department of Defense announced that funding for Operation Atlantic Resolve—America’s support for Ukraine’s war against Russia—cannot be altered by a government shutdown. House Republicans are questioning the move’s legality. (More)
➤ The third GOP presidential debate will take place on November 8th, and the requirements to qualify are getting tighter: candidates must be polling at 4% in multiple polls, and they need 70,000 unique donors. The DeSantis, Haley, Scott, Christie, Ramaswamy, and Pence campaigns all say they meet the qualifications. (More)
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➤The Baltimore Ravens will play the Colts on Sunday without seven of their starters, including WR Odell Beckham Jr., RB Justice Hill, and several offensive linemen. (More) ➤ College football has some high-octane matchups on the schedule today, including Ohio State (6) at Notre Dame (13) in ESPN’s College Gameday matchup, Colorado (19) at Oregon (10), and Iowa (24) at Penn St. (7). (Full lineup)
➤ Boston College is suspending its swimming & diving program because of severe hazing, including “consumption of vile substances and sexual assault.” (More)
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In case you missed it: Here are the three most-clicked stories from this week.
➤ #1: A list ofstates with the highest property taxes in America. (More) Editor’s note: this appears to be the most-clicked story in Flyover history. Taxes!
➤ #2: The first-ever image with the Earth and the Moon in the same frame. (More)
➤ #3: Another list: this time of the happiest (and least happy) states in our great land. (More)
➤ Three crocodiles gently pushed a dog to the shore of a river in India, rather than eating it as spectators expected. (Image)
➤ A new business is emerging: for-hire “moms” that perform various tasks for college students. They make dorm room beds, go shopping, and deliver medicine, along with whatever else the young collegiates can’t handle. (More)
➤ A WWII-era airplane race ended in tragedy in Reno, NV, when the first-and-second place finishers crashed while landing. (More)
“Thank you. Christmas in January.” —Text message from Nadine Menendez, wife of Senator Menendez, to an associate who allegedly dropped off bribes of gold bars
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Which former Supreme Court Justice led the NFL in rushing yards for two seasons?
Senator Accused of Trading Favors for Gold
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