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- U.S. and China Will Start Discussing A.I. Safety, Bessent Says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did not say when these talks would happen. There are fears in the United States and China about the threats from A.I., but neither side is willing to slow down its development. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Judge Banishes Notorious Kars4Kids Commercial From California Airwaves
Screenshot via YouTube. If you’ve ever heard the “Kars4Kids” television ad before, the mere sight of the screenshot above was probably enough to get the infernal jingle violently bludgeoning your brain, but relief may be in sight — at least for residents of California, and the case lays out a blueprint for annoyed residents of other states to follow. The “Kars4Kids” jingle has been around since the late 1990s, first used on radio commercials in New York City and then spreading to air in other markets like a national musical pandemic, ending up in TV ads starting in 2014 that featured children dressed in pink and black, awkwardly miming playing instruments and singing along. It’s been parodied countless times; in a 2014 Saturday Night Live sketch,Bobby Moynihan and Kyle Mooney portrayed CIA psychologists who have devised some truly diabolical torture methods — including proudly taking credit for the Kars4Kids song. A 2015 Vice article declared the jingle to be “universally loathed” and “as memorable as it is infuriating,” and noted the aggressively violent responses it evoked in social media posts: To take a quick scan through mentions of “Kars4Kids” on Twitter, you’d get a glimpse into seemingly rational people being pushed to the darkest recesses of their psyches. They want to kill themselves. They want to kill the kids. They want to krash the kars. They want to krash the kars into the kids. It’s even uglier in the comments section of YouTube, where nuance is notoriously thrown out the window. “WORSE THAN EBOLA,” said one commenter. “I want to stick a knife into my ears,” said another. The phrase “ear cancer” gets thrown around like candy. (Comments for the original jingle have been disabled, likely for the best.) The nonprofit organization behind the eardrum-torturing theme has a spotty history, Vice music writer Dan Ozzi noted, including “serious bad press and legal issues,” critical assessments by charity watchdogs for its “lack of transparency in its religious affiliations” and for burning through millions of dollars on failed real estate investments. These sorts of issues led a California judge to issue an order banning the organization from airing its advertisements in California, as part of a lawsuit that was filed accusing Kars4Kids of false advertising by not helping underprivileged kids in California, but instead funding trips to Israel for Orthodox Jewish 17- and 18-year-olds in New York and New Jersey. In the… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Jim Jordan Comically Denies Saying Thing He Said Less Than a Minute Ago: ‘Thos...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) had some blunt words for Americans paying higher gas prices, but to hear him tell it, he said no such thing. Appearing on Thursday’s edition of The Source on CNN, Jordan was peppered with questions from host Kaitlan Collins, particularly on President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, which began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on the country in February. In response, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, where 20% of the world’s oil flows. Predictably, oil and gas prices have soared. The national average was $4.53 for a gallon of gas, as of Thursday. Before the war, it was under $3. Collins noted to Jordan that Trump ran and won in 2024 on the issue of affordability, especially gas prices. “What about his promise in 2024 that if he was reelected, gas would be under $2 a gallon because of his policies?” she asked. Jordan replied in part by saying, “that’s life.” “Well, gas prices were coming down until we had to deal with this situation,” Jordan said. “But, you know, that’s life. That’s dealing with world and, you know, the world we live in. I think the country gets the fundamental fact – and I know I understand this – President Trump makes decisions that are in the best interest of our nation, 250 years, greatest country in history.” Collins followed up by asking Jordan whether he thinks his “that’s life” response would placate voters. Jordan responded by denying what he said just 54 seconds earlier: COLLINS: But if someone’s listening to you and they were paying $2.98 a gallon gas before the war started, and now they’re paying $4.53, I mean, saying “that’s life” might not, you know, make them feel better. JORDAN: Those are– those are your words. Not mine. I’m saying– COLLINS: No, you said, “That’s life” just now. JORDAN: This is the situation. This is the situation. They were pursuing a nuclear weapon. They wanted to get there. President Trump said, “I’m not gonna do that.” He ran on that, and he’s taken the appropriate action that I think you want your commander-in-chief to take for the security and safety of America. COLLINS: But he also ran on bringing gas prices to under $2 a gallon. [CROSSTALK] JORDAN: Hopefully, we’ll get there soon. I want– I want gas prices low, too. I mean, we all want gas prices low. Who… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - CNN Panelists Laugh at MAGA Guest Who Says Trump Being ‘Crazy’ Is Good, Actu...CNN panelists Charles Blow and John Avlon laughed at podcaster Emily Austin on Thursday when she argued that President Donald Trump is “crazy” – and that is a good thing. Trump’s visit to China took center stage on NewsNight, with the panelists debating whether or not the president would be able to extract deals and concessions from Chinese President Xi Jinping. Panelist Bobby Ghosh called out Xi’s forceful statement on Taiwan, noting that the Chinese leader used tougher language than with previous presidents. “He says, if this issue is mishandled, it could lead to clashes and conflict. Coming from Xi Jinping, that is very, very tough language. He’s never going to say it could lead to war, but that’s as close as the president of China is ever going to come to saying that,” Ghosh said. “That is very, very tough language. And he doesn’t use this language with previous presidents. He doesn’t use this language at Trump before.” When asked by host Abby Phillip to explain why that was the case, Ghosh said it was due to Xi “sensing weakness” in Trump. “Well, he’s sensing weakness here. He’s sensing that Trump is weak. He knows Trump has come to Beijing with his hat in his hand and he needs XI jinping for all kinds of reasons, economic reasons and geopolitical ones,” he said. “He is now establishing that I am the big dog in this room. And I am putting down these markers.” Later in the discussion, Austin invoked Ghosh’s phrase, claiming that, actually, Trump was the “big dog.” “Let’s be real, if there’s a big dog at any table, it’s President Donald Trump,” she said. Blow and Avlon began laughing as Austin continued to make her point. “And no, no, let’s be honest with ourselves. You might not like him, but you have to agree he is crazy, and nobody wants to mess with him.” The men continued to laugh as Blow called the argument “hilarious.” Avon attempted to continue her claim. “In a world full of crazy, in a world full of crazies, you might just have to–” she said. Blow cut in, still giggling. “That’s exactly the opposite,” he said. Watch above via CNN.The post CNN Panelists Laugh at MAGA Guest Who Says Trump Being ‘Crazy’ Is Good, Actually first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- Trump Explains Thought Process Behind ‘Dumocrats’ Insult: ‘I Got Rid of th...President Donald Trump went into detail about his new insult for Democrats on Thursday, explaining his thought process to Fox News host Sean Hannity. Trump sat down with Hannity to discuss his ongoing summit with China and his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping. At one point in the interview, Trump discussed his potential deal with Xi surrounding the Chinese purchase of U.S. soybeans. He then went on a brief tangent about farmers and the recently passed farm bill, before slamming Democrats for their opposition to the legislation. “I must have gotten 95% of the farm vote. And by the way, we just signed the farm bill. We just approved the farm bill in Congress, which a lot of people thought was not going to happen,” he said. “You know, the Democrats are against farmers. I say, how can they be against– add that to the men in women’s sports. The Democrats are against farmers, can you believe it? So, anyway. They’re defective.” He then told Hannity he “came up with a new name” for his opponents, saying he wasn’t sure whether to say it during their sit-down. After sharing his linguistic invention, the president explained to Hannity how he had conceived of it. TRUMP: I came up with a new name, I don’t know if I should– HANNITY: Oh, I know which one it is. TRUMP: Dumocrats. Because they’re dumb. They’re dumb. It’s D-U-M. I got rid of the B. So you’re only changing one letter, right? E goes, and the U comes. It’s a Dumocrat. HANNITY: You know you take up more space in people’s heads than any one person on the face of this Earth, right? You live rent free. TRUMP: Yeah. I was talking about a guy, Hakeem Jeffries. He’s a very low IQ individual, and I talked about him. I said, “He’s a dumb guy. He’s a Dumocrat.” And I said, “Whoa, what a great name for this.” Watch above via Fox News.The post Trump Explains Thought Process Behind ‘Dumocrats’ Insult: ‘I Got Rid of the B… E Goes and the U Comes’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- Trump Trashes Reporter During Hannity Interview: ‘Stupid Person’President Donald Trump took a detour during an interview with Sean Hannity and trashed Norah O’Donnell. O’Donnell, a senior correspondent for CBS News, interviewed the president last month on 60 Minutes in what was a fairly contentious sit-down. The interview was clearly on Trump’s mind while speaking with Hannity weeks later as the two men spoke in Beijing amid Trump’s meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “Let me go to the issue of trade, tariffs, intellectual property theft,” Hannity said before referring to the coterie of American business executives accompanying Trump to China. “I’m sure, especially with all those big business people you brought in, any progress you can report?” The president responded with a digression attacking O’Donnell: Yeah, I mean, it is progress, but I also tell people that, you know, I was in an interview with a very bad, you know, stupid reporter. She works for CBS. You saw that 60 minutes. Stupid person. Just an average person. You could take anybody off the street, and it’d be as good as she is. You know, very average. And she asked me a question. She talked about China, this and that. They steal this and they steal that. I said, “We do it to them too, you know? They spy on us and we spy on them too I guess, you know?” So, some people thought that was cute. Other people said, “You don’t have to say that.” I said, “I sort of do.” During the 60 Minutes interview, O’Donnell cited remarks from Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged gunman who stormed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which Trump was hastily escorted out of by Secret Service. Her line of questioning clearly irritated the president. “He writes this: quote, ‘Administrative officials, they are targets,'” O’Donnell told Trump at the time. “He also wrote this: ‘I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.’ What’s your reaction to that?” “Well, I was waiting for you to read that, because I knew you would, because you’re horrible people. Horrible people,” Trump replied. “Yeah, he did write that. I am not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.” “Oh, do you think he was referring to you?” O’Donnell asked. “Excuse me. Excuse me. I am not a pedophile. You read that crap from some sick person,” Trump said before calling O’Donnell “a… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
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