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- Cracker Barrel’s New Logo Isn’t ‘Woke’ and It’s Not the Reason the Com...
Growing up in the South, Cracker Barrel felt a bit like a theme park attraction. Its down-home frills, Old Country Store merch, and cartoonishly indulgent comfort food embody a storybook spectacle of Southern life that doesn't really exist anymore in popular culture. Which helps explain why the company's decision to neuter its logo—axing the overalls-clad "Old Timer" leaning against the eponymous barrel—did not garner glowing reviews from some of the more vocal participants in the discourse. The criticism, from a slew of politicians and public figures, coalesced around a core theme: that the restaurant had fallen prey to the wokeness bug and would soon become another one of its casualties. Go woke, go broke, as the saying goes. There are a few reasons why that critique misses the mark. For one, it isn't obvious how Cracker Barrel blandifying its logo is an apt example of wokeness, which is typically understood… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago - From Gainesville to Gain Control: Reaves Finds His Zen
When David Reaves announced a partnership with Aqua Broadcast earlier this year, it moved the needle — pardon the pun — for people who know sound in the industry. You may know Reaves from his work as an engineer, including at New York City top 40 station 100.3 WHTZ(FM), “Z-100,” from 1988–1996. He later spent time at NBC News. Reaves has continued to research and support efforts to develop quality sounding audio on radio. He co-founded TransLanTech Sound, where he came up with the Ariane processor line, named after his wife. Now, in a venture called David Reaves Audio, he’s taking a “Zen” approach to design high-performance audio level control products, which Aqua Broadcast will manufacture. Industry veteran Rich Redmond is partnering in the endeavor. David Reaves poses with the Zen 10 at the Aqua Broadcast booth at the 2025 NAB Show. More than an afterthought At the spring NAB… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago - Maxwell Told Trump DOJ She Never Saw Trump in ‘An Inappropriate Setting’ With Jeffrey Epstein
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell told a top Department of Justice official that she never saw Donald Trump in an “inappropriate setting” in relation to his friend, accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges in 2019. On Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche released two days of prison recordings with Maxwell, during which he asked her about her recollections of Trump in relation to Epstein. Maxwell is heard on the recording saying, “I never saw the president in any type of massage setting. I never witnessed the president in any inappropriate setting. The president was never inappropriate with anybody in the times I was with him. He was a gentleman in all respects.” Maxwell also said she didn’t know how Trump and Epstein met or became friends. “I certainly saw them together, and… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago - AAT’s New Remote Monitoring Platform Allows Operators to Take Control
American Amplifier Technologies and subsidiary Shively Labs have launched a new product called the EmPower Controller. The front of the physical EmPower Controller. Available in stock and ready to ship, it is the company’s flagship offering for remote site monitoring and control. The product is available in three versions — a standard hardware model, the more advanced EmPower Controller + IO and a software-only option. AAT said that the platform pairs with its EmPower mobile and web app, which allows for managing broadcast and site infrastructure from any location. Through the app, operators can view and control equipment in real-time. The pairing of the controller and the app “helps operators take control and automate their sites,” Matt Rigdon, CTO of AAT / Shively Labs, said. Data collected by the controller can be turned into actionable information within the app itself. Additional features of the EmPower Controller include a logging… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago - CNN Data Guru Breaks Down ‘Rising Tide of Support’ for Newsom: Feud With Trump Is ‘Working’California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) taking the fight to President Donald Trump is “working,” CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten said Friday. In recent days, Newsom’s social media presence underwent a radical shift when he decided to copy the president’s rhetoric. The governor’s new posts include phrases the president frequently says, as well as a heavy use of all-caps typing and derogatory nicknames for other prominent conservative figures. Looking at polling data from Newsom’s state, Enten explained to CNN’s Kate Bolduan how the strategy has given the governor a significant boost in popularity: I absolutely think it’s showing signs of working; and let’s take a look at the voters who know Gavin Newsom best — those voters out in California, those California Democrats. California Democrats on Newsom for [president]. You go back to 2023, just 35% wanted him to run for president. Look at the percentage now who… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago
- Nobody Likes John Bolton
This morning, Donald Trump claimed he knew nothing about the raid on the Maryland home of his former National Security Adviser John Bolton. “I’m not a fan of John Bolton,” Trump said, calling him a “lowlife.” In that respect he agrees with many Democrats: After Trump fired Bolton, in 2019, Representative Adam Schiff of California (now a senator) said that one “should question John Bolton’s patriotism,” and Representative Nancy Pelosi called him a “disgrace.” In January, Trump pulled Bolton’s security detail, which had been in place due to credible threats by the Iranian government, which is also not a fan of John Bolton. Bolton’s neighbor Gerald Rogell told The New York Times that Bolton was “unfriendly.” He added, dryly and a little gratuitously, “John Bolton is not our favorite person.” If a terrible accident befalls Bolton, one should not rule out a Murder on the Orient Express scenario. Who did… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 day ago
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