Friday, December 2 top stories
It is Friday, December 2. Here are today’s top stories.
Musk suspends Ye
New owner, same action. Elon Musk’s Twitter suspended Ye’s account on Thursday night for violations of rules against incitement to violence.
Ye posted an image of a swastika symbol inside a Star of David, mixing Nazi and Jewish imagery.
In separate but related news, Ye appeared on Alex Jones’s InfoWars show in which he said he thought there were good things about Hitler. It was yet another barrage of antisemitic remarks from Ye in recent weeks.
Cop who shot McDonald’s teen is charged
James Brennand, the former San Antonio police officer who shot a 17-year-old teenager in a McDonald’s parking lot as he was eating a burger, has been indicted with attempted murder by a grand jury.
The cop first approached the teenager’s car because he thought it was the same car that evaded him the day earlier. When he opened the car door, the teenager backed away and as he drove off, the cop shot at it 10 times.
The teenager, Erik Cantu, was severely injured and was hospitalized for almost two months. He is still recovering.
Brennard was fired after the shooting and charged with two counts of aggravated assault. Now he faces anywhere from five years to life in prison if he is convicted.
Brennard’s attorney said the public hasn’t seen his side of the story and will share more information that will bring more light to this incident.
Biden signs rail agreement
President Biden signed a bill to force a rail labor agreement into law today, which will block rail workers from striking. Axios said many union members and progressive lawmakers do not support the bill because it doesn’t provide rail workers with guaranteed paid sick days. Biden said he signed the bill because he didn’t want to see major economic disruption. The new law provides a 24% pay increase and one additional day of paid time off.
PBS explained that Congress can get involved in disputes with railroad companies and workers as a part of a 1926 law that aims to prevent disruptions in interstate commerce. Congress has previously intervened 18 times.
Tesla Semi trucks; Neuralink implants
Two of Elon Musk’s companies other than Twitter are making news headlines.
The first is Tesla’s new all-electric Semi trucks. The concept was announced five years ago and yesterday Tesla made their first delivery to a PepsiCo factory. Musk said the truck was able to haul a full load for 500 miles and when it arrived, it had 4% battery left.
The second is Neuralink, a health tech company that does research on brain-implant technology. Musk said he hopes to restore vision for blind people and be able to provide people with serious spinal injuries the ability to regain full body functionality. He showed a video of a monkey with an implant who purportedly is able to select certain letters on a computer with its mind. Musk said he hopes to conduct human trials in the next six months after the FDA provides approval.
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Mar-a-Lago special master halted
A federal court ordered a halt on the special master review of documents that the FBI seized at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. This means that the Department of Justice’s investigation into the potential mishandling of classified documents can proceed again at full speed.
AP News said the federal court rejected arguments from Trump’s side that some of the records were protected by the attorney-client privilege or executive privilege. It is unknown how much longer this investigation will last.
S.C. may be first in primaries
The Washington Post reported that President Biden asked Democratic leaders to make South Carolina the nation’s first primary state. If this does happen, Iowa and New Hampshire would no longer be the first states to hold caucuses and elections.
Biden wants to see more diversity in the early nominating process. South Carolina was key to Biden’s run of primary victories against Democratic competitors during his presidential run in 2020.
The Post explained that the Republican Party will keep the traditional order for their 2024 primaries with Iowa and New Hampshire among the first states.
U.S. economy adds 263k jobs
The U.S. economy added 263,000 new jobs in November, which shows that the jobs market is staying strong. The unemployment rate is at 3.7%.
Axios said this news “continues to defy fears of a recession” and that overall the U.S. is doing well despite recent mass layoffs that have affected big tech companies.
That is all the top stories for this week. Have a great weekend and stay with the light.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/us/james-brennand-san-antonio-police-shooting-indictment/index.html
https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-twitter-will-suspend-kanye-wests-account-2022-12-02/
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/tesla-semi-trucks
https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-twitter-will-suspend-kanye-wests-account-2022-12-02/
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140218872/ye-antisemitism-alex-jones-podcast
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/jobs-report-november
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/01/2024-primaries-biden-democrats/
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chip-startup-monkey-typing-video-2022-12
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/biden-rail-agreement-strike-law
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/us/james-brennand-san-antonio-police-shooting-indictment/index.html