Daily Show Prep: Monday, August 28

 

Panhandling in downtown South Bend’s crosshairs | Local | southbendtribune.com

Downtown South Bend Inc. has erected new signs urging people not to give panhandlers money, and to instead donate to homeless service providers.

Facebook Messenger hoax uses your friends to trick you | Daily Mail Online

If you get a suspicious Facebook message from one of your closest friends, be careful what you click.

Amazon to Cut Prices at Whole Foods Following Takeover – Breitbart

Amazon plans to use its deep pockets to make big changes at Whole Foods, saying it will cut prices on bananas, eggs, salmon, beef and more when it completes its $13.7 billion takeover next week.

Carney: Amazon Just Crushed the Anti-Trump Food Price Fear Mongerers – Breitbart

“You could soon pay more for worse food. Thanks, Donald Trump,” blared a Washington Post headline on December 6.

Amazon Cuts Whole Foods Prices as Much as 43% on First Day – Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc. spent its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market as much as 43 percent.

Stephen King bans Trump from seeing ‘It’ as revenge for Twitter blocking: ‘No clowns for you, Donald’ | Boston Herald

“Donald Trump blocked me on Twitter. I am hereby blocking him from seeing IT or MR. MERCEDES. No clowns for you, Donald. Go float yourself,” King tweeted late Thursday.

King’s It Promotes White Male Privilege | The Daily Caller

For all the virtue signaling Stephen King does on Twitter, not even his work is free from progressive scrutiny. A Boston University scholar claims that his classic horror novel, “It,” and the upcoming movie adaptation, are problematic because its protagonists are “white, straight, and able-bodied.”

Fake Hate: Man Lied About Being Stabbed For ‘Neo-Nazi’ Haircut – The Burning Truth

I told my audience to be cautious about this story because it seemed like your typical fake hate accusation.

Tennessee Theater Cancels ‘Gone With the Wind’ Screening After 34 Years Over ‘Racist’ Content Complaints

The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee, will no longer screen Gone With the Wind after the theater’s board said it had received “numerous comments” from viewers who called the 1939 film “insensitive” and “racist.”

The New Obamacare Tax You’re About to Pay if The GOP Congress Doesn’t Stop It | NTK Network

American Action Forum is noted for years that the hardest hit by the tax will be Americans making less than $50,000 per year.

Exclusive – Brent Bozell: The Slow Death of the Republican Party – Breitbart

We are watching the GOP systematically committing suicide.

Indiana Teacher Demands Parents Tell Kids to Stop Talking About God in Class

“With McCordsville Elementary being a public school, we have many different religions and beliefs, and I do not want to upset a child/parent because of these words being used,” the teacher’s letter said. “If you go to church or discuss these things at home, please have a talk with your child about there being an appropriate time and place of talking about it.”

Additional Videos in the Channel 12 Memorial Vandalism Report | Mike Broomhead | 550 KFYI

Bryan West from Channel 12 did an “exclusive” story.  He went to a Confederate memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza to talk about defaced memorials. When he got there he found the memorial defaced and a guy on a bicycle fleeing the scene. He called police and then reported on it.

Forget Lee, Washington; Christ Statue Must Go from Catholic School

San Domenico School, a nominally Catholic institution in San Anselmo, California, has removed the vast majority of its Christian statues and icons as “an effort to be inclusive of all faiths.”

Wednesday, August 2 – Hour 2 Podcast

 

Pentagon investigators find ‘security risks’ in government’s immigrant recruitment program, ‘infiltration’ feared | Fox News

Defense Department investigators have discovered “potential security risks” in a Pentagon program that has enrolled more than 10,000 foreign-born individuals into the U.S. armed forces since 2009, Fox News has learned exclusively, with sources on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon expressing alarm over “foreign infiltration” and enrollees now unaccounted for.

Federal Appeals Court vacates South Bend Police tapes case – 95.3 MNC

The Appeals Court made no determination on whether the recording of the tapes violated the Wiretap Act. Instead, it ruled that the matter must be resolved in state rather than federal court.

Lynch elementary schools will lose the ‘Lynch’ due to racial implications | OregonLive.com

The national movement to change racially offensive names of buildings, sports teams and landmarks will soon touch a group of schools in southeast Portland. Lynch Meadows, Lynch Wood and Lynch View elementary schools will shed their “Lynch” before the upcoming school year in response to growing concern about the word’s racial connotations.

VIDEO: New York Deputies Knock on Vietnam Vet’s Door, Confiscate Guns

A 70-year-old Vietnam veteran said he was watching television in his Taberg, New York, home when deputies knocked on his door, then entered and confiscated his firearms.

Brain ‘on switch’ for burning fat after meal discovered by scientists | The Independent

The new study helps solve the puzzle of how the body chooses to burn or store fat, and how it makes use of the energy from food that people eat.

 

Daily Show Prep: Wednesday, Aug. 2

 

San Francisco Bureaucrats Ban Sand at Playgrounds – Hit & Run : Reason.com

Don’t bother bringing a plastic shovel when you head to a San Francisco playground with the kids. The city is eliminating sand from all of its local playgrounds.

Mercedes drops contractor in wake of CBS News investigation – CBS News

Mercedes-Benz banned a construction subcontractor from its plant in Vance, Alabama, after an CBS News investigation found that foreign workers had obtained visas on the basis of roles substantially different from those they ended up occupying.

How Trump Could Force Congress and Its Staff to Live Under Obamacare

I don’t think the president should use this as a threat to get Congress to repeal. I think he should just do it. The funds are not drawn from any statutory authority. Trump could have Congress in a very, very difficult spot.


Hour 2

Pentagon investigators find ‘security risks’ in government’s immigrant recruitment program, ‘infiltration’ feared | Fox News

Defense Department investigators have discovered “potential security risks” in a Pentagon program that has enrolled more than 10,000 foreign-born individuals into the U.S. armed forces since 2009, Fox News has learned exclusively, with sources on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon expressing alarm over “foreign infiltration” and enrollees now unaccounted for.

Federal Appeals Court vacates South Bend Police tapes case – 95.3 MNC

The Appeals Court made no determination on whether the recording of the tapes violated the Wiretap Act. Instead, it ruled that the matter must be resolved in state rather than federal court.

Lynch elementary schools will lose the ‘Lynch’ due to racial implications | OregonLive.com

The national movement to change racially offensive names of buildings, sports teams and landmarks will soon touch a group of schools in southeast Portland. Lynch Meadows, Lynch Wood and Lynch View elementary schools will shed their “Lynch” before the upcoming school year in response to growing concern about the word’s racial connotations.

VIDEO: New York Deputies Knock on Vietnam Vet’s Door, Confiscate Guns

A 70-year-old Vietnam veteran said he was watching television in his Taberg, New York, home when deputies knocked on his door, then entered and confiscated his firearms.

Brain ‘on switch’ for burning fat after meal discovered by scientists | The Independent

The new study helps solve the puzzle of how the body chooses to burn or store fat, and how it makes use of the energy from food that people eat.


Hour 3

They trashed their wedding photographer over a $125 fee, so a jury told them to pay her $1 million – The Washington Post

On Friday, a jury in Dallas decided that the tale of the ransomed wedding photos was not heartbreaking, and not even true.

USC Suspends Football Player for ‘Assault’ the ‘Victim’ Even Says Never Happened

In her statement about the incident, Katz insisted that it was the school that victimized her, not her boyfriend.

Former Obama Aide Ben Rhodes now a person of interest in House Intelligence Committee unmasking investigation

Former Obama White House National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes is now emerging as a person of interest in the House Intelligence Committee’s unmasking investigation, according to a letter sent Tuesday by the committee to the National Security Agency (NSA). This adds Rhodes to the growing list of top Obama government officials who may have improperly unmasked Americans in communications intercepted overseas by the NSA, Circa has confirmed.

Bees Are Bouncing Back From Colony Collapse Disorder – Bloomberg

The number of U.S. honeybees, a critical component to agricultural production, rose in 2017 from a year earlier, and deaths of the insects attributed to a mysterious malady that’s affected hives in North America and Europe declined, according a U.S. Department of Agriculture honeybee health survey released Tuesday.

Monday, July 17 – Hour 2 Podcast

Monday, July 17 – Hour 2 Podcast

 

Kid Rock Tweets More On Running For Senate | The Daily Caller

It appears that Kid Rock’s run for the Senate in 2018 is officially happening.

Trump Administration Jobs Remain Vacant | The Daily Caller

Trump has announced only 36 percent of the 188 leadership positions below the secretary level, according to the New York Times analysis. Obama had announced 78 percent by the same time.

Democrats Spooked by Drop in Colorado Voter Registration Amid Trump Probe Into Voter Fraud

Democrats are apparently spooked by a sudden drop in voter registrations in the key swing state of Colorado, with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez arguing that it is connected to President Trump’s investigation into electoral fraud in the 2016 election — and promising to fight back against it.

Home Depot Fires Veteran For Trying To Stop Shoplifters – The Burning Truth

A 70-year-old veteran working at a Home Depot store tried to stop shoplifters taking thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, but his attempted intervention cost him his job.

These Are The 10 Most Dangerous Cities In Indiana For 2017 – RoadSnacks

1. South Bend

 

Monday, July 17 – Hour 2 Podcast

Monday, July 17 – Hour 1 Podcast

 

South Bend couple’s home trashed by former tenants

The Smiths could get a lawyer and ask the court to issue a judgment on the couple, which affects their credit and garnishes future wages until it’s paid back. So far, they’re reluctant to do so.

Outrage as Dallas officials threaten to tear down wall honoring fallen police officers because it ‘runs afoul of regulations’ | Fox News

Dallas Commissioner Votes AGAINST Honoring Murdered Police Officers – Says They Brought It On Themselves

Commissioner John Wiley Price said the officers brought it on themselves.

Debunked: Women’s March blames ‘NRA member’ for racist sign, turns out she’s a pink-hatted activist – Red Alert Politics

The official social media account for the Women’s March is blasting an individual who held a hateful, racists sign amongst NRA counter-protesters this weekend. The Women’s March says the sign is held by a National Rifle Association (NRA) counter protester, but Red Alert Politics has identified the individual as a left-wing supporter of the Women’s March.

The people who protested against #NRA2DOJ are the same people who believe the 2nd Amendment only applies to white people. We see you, @NRApic.twitter.com/i1VWMPVnBA

Hey, that’s me, I am saying this is WRONG! Do u think I would possibly be serious wearing wild pants and a flower hat? Come on!

Study: Trump Dominated Clinton on Twitter in 2016 Election Despite Attacking Her Less – Breitbart

A new study that analyzed the use of Twitter in the 2016 presidential election discovered that President Donald Trump utilized social media much more effectively than opponent Hillary Clinton.