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Toast the new year with one-way flights starting at $39 on Alaska Airlines

January 3, 2023 Published by

The Points Guy 

Happy New Year, and congrats on surviving the holidays. For those of us who find the first week back to work in January particularly challenging, cure those post-holiday blues by booking your next trip.

Thanks to Alaska Airlines’ New Year Sun & Snow sale, you can book one-way flights starting at just $39, with fares going up to $99 one-way to destinations including Austin, New York and Salt Lake City.

Though this sale is advertised as being for one-way flights, you can book two one-way flights at the sale price to make a round trip for travel through early March. Be sure to book your flights by end of the day Thursday.

Deal basics

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Airline: Alaska Airlines.
Routes: To and from Seattle, Austin, New York and other cities.
How to book: Directly through the airline’s sale page.
Travel dates: Jan. 17 to March 8; some blackout dates apply. Seats are limited and may not be available on all flights or all days.
Book by: Jan. 5 at 11:59 PST.

Sample flights

As mentioned, this winter sale includes one-way flights from across the country starting at just $39, including the below routes:

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), starting at $39.
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), starting at $49.
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), starting at $59.
San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), starting at $59.
SFO to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), starting at $99.

To book this deal, start by viewing the sale page to see which cities are on sale before selecting your route. From there, select the lowest-priced departing fare available on Alaska’s low-fare calendar, as shown below.

Related: Alaska Airlines debuts digital bag tags that don’t come cheap

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After that, select your return date for the same price, which in this case is $99. Next, select “Continue” to proceed with the booking.

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When viewing specific flight options, select the Saver fare, which is the carrier’s most restrictive fare type. Saver fares are nonrefundable and non-changeable. However, they allow passengers one free carry-on item for the overhead bin and one personal item. If you want to check a bag, it’ll be $30 for your first bag and $40 for your second.

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Maximize your purchase

If you book this deal, use a credit card that earns bonus points on airfare purchases, such as the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature® credit card (3 miles per dollar on eligible Alaska Airlines purchases). Otherwise, consider using The Platinum Card® from American Express (5 points per dollar on airfare booked directly with the airline or through American Express Travel) on up to $500,000 on these purchases per calendar year, Citi Prestige® Card (5 points per dollar on airfare), the Citi Premier® Card, Chase Sapphire Reserve (3 points per dollar on airfare), the American Express® Gold Card (3 points per dollar on airfare) or the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card (2 points per dollar on travel).

Check out this post for more on maximizing airfare purchases.

The information for the Citi Prestige Card has been collected independently by The Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.

Bottom line

Though this sale is limited in scope, it includes low-priced one-way and round-trip flights to many of Alaska’s fan-favorite destinations for as low as $39. Be sure to book by Wednesday.

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'The View' pays tribute to Barbara Walters

January 3, 2023 Published by


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“The View” returned from its holiday hiatus to pay tribute to its creator, Barbara Walters, who died last week at 93 years old.

Whoopi Goldberg began the show saying tributes were “pouring in from around the world” to celebrate Walters’ life and legacy. “The reason why we’re all sitting here, if not for her I don’t know where most of us would be.”

Co-host Joy Behar chimed in saying that Walters “very much defied sexism and defied ageism, she went right into the jaws of the lion there when she had to deal with people like Harry Reasoner,” a reference to her dismissive former co-anchor at ABC News. “She was not just a friend to us, she was one of a kind and very important to the industry.”

Noting that Walters created “The View” when she was 68 years old, Behar noted that “very few people started a new career at that age.”

“She had no mentors or role models, because she was the original role model for everyone else. We have to give the woman a lot of credit,” Behar said.

Former co-hosts later joined the show, including Star Jones, Lisa Ling, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, Meredith Vieira and Debbie Matenopoulos.

Vieira thanked Walters for allowing her to “reinvent” herself from a journalist to a talk show host. She recalled the audition process and said that after she was finished, she “wanted in” on “The View.”

“I found it fun, it was innovating, groundbreaking. I just wanted to be part of it,” Vieira said. “It opened the door to so many opportunities for me and it made me realize that you don’t have to stay on one path in life…I owe that realization to Barbara.”

Jones recalled that sitting next to Walters when going out was the “best seat in the house at any social event … because she could tell you everything about anybody in the room,” adding that “half the time, she had either interviewed them, done a story on them, heard a story about them, and she would dish with the best of them.”

“The View” ended Tuesday’s show with two clip packages featuring Walters best moments.

Over the past few days, former co-hosts of “The View,” which first aired in 1997, honored Walters on social media.

“I owe Barbara Walters more than I could ever repay. Rest well sister…mother…friend…colleague…mentor,” wrote Jones, who appeared on the show from 1997 to 2006.

Shepherd, who was on the show from 2007 to 2014, thanked Walters for “giving a shy girl who didn’t like to debate a seven-year chance of a lifetime.” She added: “Thank you for allowing me to find my voice and encouraging me to fly. My heart hurts, but I’ll always love you Lady!”

“Barbara Walters will always be known as a trail blazer. Her hard hitting questions & welcoming demeanor made her a household name and leader in American journalism,” wrote Meghan McCain on Twitter. who left the show in 2021 after four years. “Her creation of The View is something I will always be appreciative of. Rest in peace you will forever be an icon.”

“Barbara Walters blazed the trail for every newswoman and we will forever follow in her footsteps. May she Rest In Peace,” wrote Vieira, an original host on the show.

Matenopoulos, who was 22 years old when Walters picked her as one of the show’s original co-hosts, thanked her on Instagram for taking a chance on her. “You are and you will forever be my fairy godmother and my hero. You are THE reason any female journalist and any female TV personality for that matter has the opportunities they have today,” she wrote.

Walters launched the ABC daytime talk show with her producing partner Bill Geddie. The idea was born out of talking to her daughter Jackie and their differing viewpoints of the world. In the first episode, she explained that she “always wanted to do a show with women of different generations, backgrounds and views.” She added: “This is that show.”

“The View” originally premiered with four co-hosts, including Matenopoulos, Vieira, Jones, and Walters. Over the course of its 26-year-run, the show has had more than 20 different co-hosts, but it has remained a destination for buzzy discussions and fascinating interviews with politicians and celebrities.

Walters retired from the show in 2014, but remained a part-time contributor to ABC News for two more years. “I knew it was time,” Walters told CNN at the time. “I like all the celebration, that’s great, but in my heart, I thought, ‘I want to walk away while I’m still doing good work.’ So I will.”

She had a pioneering journalism career before launching the successful daytime talk show. She began her national broadcast career in 1961 as a reporter, writer and panel member for NBC’s “Today” show before being promoted to co-host in 1974. In 1976, Walters joined ABC News as the first female anchor on an evening news program.

At that network, Walters launched “The Barbara Walters Specials” and “10 Most Fascinating People” before becoming a co-host and correspondent for ABC News’ “20/20” in 1984.


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Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to criminal charges in New York

January 3, 2023 Published by

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NEW YORK — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday to criminal charges alleging wire fraud, money laundering and campaign finance violations.

The 30-year-old Bankman-Fried is accused of stealing billions of dollars in customer and investor assets through the FTX exchange and his affiliated hedge fund, Alameda Research.

Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York granted a motion submitted by Bankman-Fried’s attorney, Mark Cohen, to redact any identifying information for two co-signers on a $250 million bond, which is partially secured by his parent’s home in California. Kaplan noted that media organizations and members of the public might challenge that order.

The judge also set a new condition to the former billionaire’s bail, directing him to refrain from accessing or transferring any assets belonging to the failed crypto exchange and Alameda.

The new requirements were set after a little more than $1 million in crypto assets were moved from digital wallets belonging to Alameda late last week. Cohen said the defense had notified the government that the FTX founder had not made the transfers.

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A space news website was locked out of Twitter while covering a SpaceX launch, its editor says

January 3, 2023 Published by

Business Insider 

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a pair of television broadcasting satellites at Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 12, 2022.

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Spaceflight Now was locked out of Twitter while covering a SpaceX rocket launch, its editor says.
The space news website is one of a handful of diligent launch-tracking live-streamers.
It’s unclear which Twitter rules Spaceflight Now may have violated, or why its tweet was taken down.

A space news website covering SpaceX’s first launch of 2023 may be the latest journalism account to get locked out of Twitter.

SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, launched 114 small satellites into orbit on Tuesday. As they usually do, a handful of news sites and YouTube channels tracked the launch diligently, from preparations an hour before liftoff, to the landing of the Falcon 9 rocket booster back on Earth, to the deployment of the satellites in orbit.

One of those news sites, Spaceflight Now, which was broadcasting the mission live, abruptly stopped posting on Twitter toward the end of the launch. The website’s editor, Stephen Clark, said in a tweet that the account had been locked “for violating unspecified rules while covering a SpaceX launch.”

—Stephen Clark (@StephenClark1) January 3, 2023

Insider was unable to confirm these details. Clark didn’t share further information. He, Twitter, and SpaceX did not immediately respond to Insider’s requests for comment.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Spaceflight Now Twitter account did not appear to be suspended, but was marked with a banner saying that its most recent tweet had violated Twitter rules. That tweet was not visible.

Elon Musk stands in front of a SpaceX site in Boca Chica, Texas, before its development.

Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc./Getty Images

Since Musk took ownership of Twitter in October, the company has been rocked by changing rules and layoffs. In December, Twitter suddenly suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists who had been covering Musk and his takeover of the company.

Musk said it was because they had “doxxed” his location “in real-time” by sharing links to publicly available information about the location of his private jet. The following day, he announced the accounts would be reinstated, citing the results of a Twitter poll where he asked people to vote on whether the accounts should be restored.

It’s unclear whether Musk was involved in this latest incident.

Read the original article on Business Insider

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White House: Biden will not ‘insert himself’ into Speakership vote

January 3, 2023 Published by

Just In | The Hill 

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday said that President Biden will not “insert himself” in the Speakership elections as the House is moving onto an unprecedented third vote with no end in sight.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) lost the first two votes for Speaker of the House after facing stiff opposition from a small group of Republican critics. He is the first Speaker-nominee to not win on the first vote in a century.

“We’re certainly not going to insert ourselves in what’s happening on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue,” Jean-Pierre told reporters when pressed on the situation in the House.

She noted that Biden served in the Senate for 34 years and knows congressional protocol, which does not involve the president.

“He was a senator, he understands how this process works, and he’s just not going to insert himself, he’s going to let the process play out and continue to do the work of the American people,” Jean-Pierre said.

She also wouldn’t say if Biden has been watching the votes on Tuesday, noting that he has had a busy schedule with internal meetings.

“We are going to allow the Republican conference to have their process play out,” she said.

She said that the White House looks forward to working with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents in the new Congress. And, she highlighted the Democrats better-than-expected midterm results that caused the Senate to remain in Democratic hands and for Republicans to control the House by narrower margins than anticipated.

“What we saw was the American people said very loudly and clearly, they wanted us to come together and work towards a common ground,” she said.

The chaos in the House comes a day before Biden will travel to Kentucky to tout infrastructure investments alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Senate Republicans voted to elect McConnell as their leader by a large majority in November.

Later this week, Biden will mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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This tech company is clearing out recurring meetings from employee calendars

January 3, 2023 Published by


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One tech company is trying to help its employees kick off the new year with a clean slate, or at least an emptier calendar.

In a memo to employees Tuesday, Shopify said it would do away with all previously scheduled recurring meetings involving three or more people and impose a “two-week cooling off period” before any of those meetings can be added back on to calendars.

In a memo, a copy of which was provided to CNN, Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian also said the e-commerce company would reinstate meeting-free Wednesdays and limit large meetings with over 50 people to a six-hour window on Thursdays.

The moves, which Nejatian described as a “useful subtraction,” are intended to help free up employee time and comes after many companies have experienced a sharp increase in the number of meetings during the pandemic. As part of its announcement, Shopify said it will delete nearly 10,000 events from employee calendars, thereby clearing up over 76,500 hours.

The change also follows a difficult year for Shopify. The company cut 10% of its staff last year after admitting to making the “wrong” bet about how long the pandemic-fueled online shopping boom would last.

Slashing meetings could help make the company more efficient while also potentially boosting morale for some workers.

“No one joined Shopify to sit in meetings,” Nejatian wrote.

After the two-week scheduling freeze is done, Nejatian said employees should “be really critical” about what goes on their calendar. Shopify is also pushing a “no judgment zone,” urging employees to cancel meetings as they see fit.

Shopify is also taking aim at how employees use workplace communication tools. The company said its employees’ Slack usage can be “bloated, noisy, and distracting.”

Moving forward, Shopify is splitting internal communication between Slack and Workplace by Meta to be “super intentional” about how employees are receiving and sharing different kinds of information. The company is also encouraging employees to leave large, distracting Slack groups.

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Speaker battle highlights GOP tensions

January 3, 2023 Published by

Just In | The Hill 

Party tensions were on full display Tuesday as GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) pushed hard to shore up support for his Speaker bid from a group of reticent Republicans.

McCarthy failed to secure enough votes for Speaker as the voting entered multiple rounds, setting up a pitched battle for the top House spot. It’s the first time in 100 years the House has been forced into multiple votes for Speaker.

The GOP leader could only afford four defections and still secure the 218 votes needed to clinch the Speaker’s gavel.

In the first round, more than a dozen Republicans bucked McCarthy and voted for another colleague. In the second round, 19 declined to back McCarthy. 

Democrats, for their part, stayed united in lining up behind incoming Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.).

STATE OF PLAY: McCarthy has the backing of former President Trump but several members of the far-right wing of the party repeatedly refused to give their blessing — exposing the revolt during the tense vote for Speaker on the House floor Tuesday.

As expected, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) launched a long-shot campaign for Speaker in the first round of voting. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was nominated by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in the second round even though Jordan had already spoken in favor of McCarthy.

During a floor speech in which he referenced McCarthy three times by name, Jordan spoke of Republican priorities for the coming term, while acknowledging that he hasn’t always agreed with McCarthy on some issues.

“We had better come together and fight for key [priorities],” he said. “That’s what the people want us to do, and I think Kevin McCarthy is the right guy to lead us. I really do.”

Gaetz, meanwhile, called Jordan the “most talented, hardest working member of the Republican conference.”

“Mr. Jordan said in his nomination that there are certain bills that we have to pass to fix the problems,” Gaetz said. “The challenge is the alternative has been someone voting for the very bills that have caused these problems.”

The showdown illustrated the challenges ahead for GOP leaders as they seek to wrangle members in the House. Republicans hold a narrow 222-212 seat majority to start the year.

McCarthy struck a defiant tone earlier in the day, telling colleagues he was prepared to stand through multiple rounds of voting to win the Speakership.

Happy New Year and welcome to NotedDC, looking at the politics, policy and people behind the stories in Washington. We’re The Hill’s Amée LaTour and Liz Crisp.

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BRIEFLY

A prominent anti-abortion group is pushing back against former President Trump’s comments about the role that abortion played in GOP losses in the November elections.

A spokesperson for the family of Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin says he is “fighting” after suffering cardiac arrest in the team’s “Monday Night Football” game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took aim at the “floundering federal establishment” during his second-term inauguration speech on Tuesday while touting his own accomplishments during his first term as governor.

🗓 Six elections to watch in 2023

While 2023 is sandwiched between a consequential midterm cycle and a potentially wide-open presidential race, there are still several elections to watch this year.

Spanning legislative, executive and judicial races at the state and local level, the elections in the coming months stand to affect millions of Americans.

Here are six elections to watch this year:

Virginia General Assembly — Jan. 10/Nov. 7

The first significant state legislative election is next Tuesday in Virginia: A special election for Senate District 7. State Sen. Jen Kiggans (R) vacated this seat after winning election to represent Virginia’s 2nd District in the U.S. House.

In 2019, Kiggans narrowly won the state Senate seat. The stakes are high given the chamber’s narrow 21-18 Democratic majority. Democrats’ numbers are poised to at least temporarily dip following the special U.S. House election in Virginia’s 4th, which a Democratic state senator is favored to win (more on that below).

In November, control of both state legislative chambers is at stake. Republicans hold a small 51-47 majority in the House of Delegates (there are currently two vacancies). The November election will determine whether Virginia’s legislature remains under divided control and the legislature’s alignment with Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R).

Virginia’s 4th District special election — Feb. 21

State Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D) and Leon Benjamin Sr. (R) are running to succeed Rep. Don McEachin (D), who died shortly after being reelected in November. McEachin defeated Benjamin by nearly 30 points.

The partisan breakdown of the House is set for 222 Republicans and 212 Democrats until the special election winner is sworn in. While the race isn’t expected to be competitive, its effect on House partisan composition could matter with such a small majority.

Chicago mayor — Feb. 28 with possible April runoff

Voters in the nation’s third-largest city will decide on their next mayor Feb. 28, with a runoff April 4 if nobody clears 50 percent of the vote next month. There are 10 candidates on the ballot (with one candidacy challenge outstanding). Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) is seeking reelection. We wrote more about this race last month.

Wisconsin Supreme Court — April 4

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s 4-3 conservative majority is at stake. Given the role of state supreme courts in everything from voting policy to redistricting to abortion policy, the election will be consequential for Wisconsinites.

Conservative Justice Patience Roggensack is retiring. At least two conservatives and two liberals are vying to succeed her. Tuesday is the filing deadline. A nonpartisan primary is on Feb. 21, and the two with the most votes go on to the April general. Local observers told WISN 12 News they expect one conservative and one liberal to advance.

Louisiana governor — Oct. 14 all-candidates primary, Nov. 18 election

Candidates of all affiliations running for Louisiana governor will be on the same ballot on Oct. 14. A candidate would win outright if they got more than 50 percent of the vote. Otherwise, the top two will advance to a Nov. 18 election.

Term-limited Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) won by almost 3 percentage points in 2019 after advancing from an initial election in which 51 percent split their votes between two Republican candidates. Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) is running, and several other names have been mentioned as potential GOP candidates, including Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Rep. Garret Graves (La.).

The filing deadline is Aug. 10.

Kentucky governor — Nov. 7

Gov. Andy Beshear (D) is seeking reelection after beating then-incumbent Matt Bevin (R) by less than 1 percentage point in 2019.

A number of prominent Republicans have announced for the May 16 primary, including Attorney General Daniel Cameron, former U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft and Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles. The filing deadline is Friday.

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Other 2023 elections we’ll be watching for developments throughout the year:

State legislative elections in Louisiana, Mississippi and New Jersey

Gubernatorial election in Mississippi (our colleague  Caroline Vakil has more on 2023’s gubernatorial races here)

Mayoral elections in several of the nation’s largest cities, including Houston, Texas and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

🟢 Capitol mostly reopens

Almost three years after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. and two years after the Jan. 6 riot, the Capitol is nearing a full reopening Tuesday.

House and Senate office buildings and the House galleries are open to the public. Gallery visitors need to get a pass from a member’s office.

Previously, an escort was required in the office buildings and in the House galleries when the House was in session. 

Saturday staff-led tours are back on Jan. 7, limited to the Hall of Columns, Crypt, Rotunda and Statuary Hall. The Capitol Visitor Center is expected to fully reopen in March. 

A phased reopening process began in March 2022, two years after the Capitol closed to visitors. In addition to the pandemic, lawmaker security became a factor after the Capitol riot in January 2021.

After Republicans won a House majority in November, then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R) called on U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger, House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker and others to develop a plan for a full Jan. 3 reopening. 

Manger stressed the need for more Capitol Police staff throughout 2022. Manger said in a statement Monday, “Today we are clearly better off than we were before the January 6 attack.”

💰 Minimum wage increases in 23 states 

New year, new wage: Millions of workers in at least 23 states got a pay increase as they rang in the 2023.

The federal government hasn’t increased the minimum wage since it went to $7.25 an hour more than a decade ago, leaving the task to states and local governments if they want their lowest hourly paid workers to get an economic boost. 

The non-profit Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimates that 8.4 million workers will see their paychecks grow under minimum wage increases taking effect this week.

Average annual raises for full-time workers in those states will range from $150 in Michigan to $937 in Delaware, EPI reports. 

The Congressional Budget Office has developed a tool to calculate the potential impact of a federal minimum wage hike on the government after Democratic lawmakers proposed a gradual increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour by June 2025. The Democratic-led House approved the proposal in 2019, though it never passed the Senate.

Five states have never adopted their own minimum wage laws and rely on the federal law to set their rates. 

For 2023, Michigan has implemented a 23-cent required raise, bumping the state’s minimum to $10.10 an hour, while Nebraska has adopted a $1.50 per hour boost, raising the state’s minimum wage to $10.50.

States where the minimum wage went up as of Jan. 1: 

Alaska 

Arizona 

California 

Colorado 

Delaware 

Illinois 

Maine 

Maryland 

Massachusetts 

Michigan 

Minnesota 

Missouri 

Montana 

Nebraska 

New Jersey 

New Mexico 

New York 

Ohio 

Rhode Island 

South Dakota 

Vermont 

Virginia 

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WHAT WE’RE READING

Art in the Capitol: A special report on racist depictions still in there (Washington Post)

Mississippi GOP lawmaker strives to remove archaic, misogynistic language from state laws (Mississippi Today)

Cost of living crisis: A rise in animals being abandoned (BBC)  

BONUS for our “Real Housewives” fans: Ashley Darby and Luke Gulbranson’s relationship labeled a ‘PR Stunt’ (All About the Tea)

How Biden Could Appoint More Judges Than Trump (FiveThirtyEight) 

QUOTABLE

“I have the record for the longest speech ever on the floor — I don’t have a problem getting a record for the most votes for Speaker.”

– Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) before the first round of voting for Speaker.

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Days until the presidential election on Nov. 5, 2024. Former President Trump has launched another bid, while President Biden is expected to announce his final decision on pursuing reelection soon. Catch up on other recent 2024 news here.

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Dodge To Unveil Final Last Call Challenger Special On March 20th

January 3, 2023 Published by

Carscoops 

Dodge’s final Last Call special edition was supposed to debut at SEMA last year, but it was delayed as the company blew up seven engines trying to get the vehicle through a grueling certification process.

The issues appear to have been resolved as Dodge has announced the highly anticipated model will debut at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 20. The company is keeping details under wraps but, during a media briefing last year, CEO Tim Kuniskis told us the special edition has an upgraded Hellcat engine and the testing process saw it run at “wide-open throttle for hours and hours on end, 24/7.”

Also: Dodge Blew Up 7 Engines Trying To Certify Ultimate Hellcat For Final “Last Call” Challenger

This is why the company “grenaded seven engines,” but the rigorous testing should ensure the model can handle everything that’s thrown at it and then some.  The biggest question remains how much power it will have as the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 develops 717 hp (535 kW / 727 PS) in the SRT Hellcat, 797 hp (595 kW / 808 PS) in the SRT Hellcat Redeye, and 807 hp (601 kW / 818 PS) in the SRT Super Stock and Challenger Black Ghost.

Those are all very impressive numbers, but there’s little doubt Dodge is aiming to surpass the iconic Challenger SRT Demon. The limited edition was introduced in 2017 with a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 developing up to 840 hp (626 kW / 851 PS) and 770 lb-ft (1,042 Nm) of torque.  This earned the car a place in the history books as it was the world’s fastest production model with a 0-60 mph (0-96 km/h) time of 2.3 seconds. The car could also run the quarter-mile in 9.65 seconds at 140 mph (225 km/h).

Getting back to the March 20th event, it will be open to the public and livestreamed for those who can’t attend in person.  However, those willing to make the trip will find a “performance festival” with drag racing, thrill rides, a car show, and celebrity appearances.

The company will also use the event to highlight the electric Charger Daytona SRT concept, which reimagines what a muscle car can be. Kuniskis added the event “will be a celebration of Dodge performance” with the two cars representing “different performance eras for our brand.”  Speaking of which, Kuniskis said “No matter the era, Dodge will always be about muscle, attitude and performance, and that’s what this event will celebrate.”

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Netflix Keeps Making Big Mistakes That Disney Avoids

January 3, 2023 Published by

Netflix (NFLX) – Get Free Report enjoyed a huge first-mover advantage in the streaming space. First, it was the only player licensing archival content at a time when few rights holders fully understood their value. That gave the company early access to hit movies and television shows at low prices because nobody else was actually bidding.

The streaming giant also had an edge in being the first digital player to pivot to originals. That gave it an edge in recruiting talent and creating buzz-worthy shows.


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