The American Primeval Movies: Clean, Don’t Dwell, or Do You Have to Live in a Ricci-Roundabout State?
The TV show American Primeval features a mother trying to get her and her son across the frontier. Along the way, they get caught up in a brewing war between the federal government and a Mormon militia.
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When our homes are filthy, we can feel embarrassed. Remember that this is not a moral failing. KC Davis, a licensed therapist, says that you don’t exist to serve your space; it is the other way around. Davis has a method for tidying up a messy room.
NPR Life Kit: 25 Tips for Living with Polar Vortices and the Coldest Air During the Second Donaldson-Born-Inauguration
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A polar vortex will usher in frigid temperatures and life-threatening conditions for millions of Americans this weekend and into next week. During the winter, the polar vortex is an area of cold air around the Earth’s poles. Areas like the South and Mid-Atlantic, which are unaccustomed to freezing, will not be spared. Trump’s second swearing-in on Monday will feature the coldest air of the season in Washington, D.C. According to historical data, the Inauguration Day temperature is expected to be 7 degrees, the lowest since 1985, when President Ronald Reagan took office.
The US Supreme Court is supposed to rule on the TikTok ban soon. The app will be banned nationwide in a couple of days, after President Biden signed the law. TikTok users, backed by the company, want the Supreme Court to weigh in, saying the ban is unconstitutional.
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The Israeli security cabinet meeting to vote on a ceasefire deal with Hamas is set for today. The agreement would halt more than 15 months of fighting in Gaza. The meeting comes two days after mediators announced the deal and a day after some ministers in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet delayed the vote.
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The decision is not meant to have more precedential value than the Bush v. Gore decision, said Chander. “But this will be a very important decision,” he said. “And it gives enormous power to Congress to act on data privacy questions.”
A State of the Art: The Higgs Sector of TikTok ban, Threating App’s Existence in the U.S
But to TikTok executives, that is merely a symbolic life raft, since ByteDance has consistently indicated that the platform, China’s first global social media hit, is not for sale. China’s export control laws make it difficult for TikTok’s algorithm to be sold unless Beijing approves the deal.
“I mean, don’t we normally assume that the best remedy for problematic speech is counter speech?” said Gorsuch, adding that TikTok has raised the possibility of including a disclaimer on its app indicating that some content could be covertly manipulated by China.
If you walked into a store and had a sign saying one million products cause cancer, Elizabeth Prelogar, the U.S. Solicitor-General, quickly shot that down. That will not put you on notice about what is actually putting your health at risk.
The incoming administration is required to implement the law after the Supreme Court’s ruling, said the Biden White House press secretary in a statement. “Given the sheer fact of timing, this administration recognizes that actions to implement the law simply must fall to the next administration, which takes office on Monday,” she said.
President-elect Donald Trump is the center of attention. He filed a brief with the Supreme Court ahead of last week’s oral arguments asking that the justices delay a ruling to provide him time for his administration to cut a “negotiated solution” that would resolve the national security concerns.
Indeed, under the law, the president can delay the ban for a 90-day period, but only in the event that progress has been made toward a sale away from ByteDance.
On Friday, Trump said on his social media that he hasn’t made a decision yet. “The Supreme Court decision was expected, and everyone must respect it. My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation. Stay updated!
What do we need to know about InteDance’s merger and divestiture? A perspective from the beginning of the 20th century
“When push comes to shove and these restrictions take effect, I think it will fundamentally change the landscape with respect to what ByteDance is willing to consider, and it might be just the jolt that Congress expected the company would need to actually move forward with the divestiture process,” she said.