Today’s facts 08-11-2025
Today’s facts …
A judge has denied requests to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts.
The Supreme Court has a petition to overturn same-sex marriage.
AI is running up electricity bills across the US.
Consumers have absorbed 22% of tariff costs.
US fast-food chains are seeing a downturn in business.
National Guard troops are activating in Washington DC.
Trump posted all homeless people must leave Washington DC immediately.
Trump did not activate the National Guard on Jan 6.
Girl Guides of Canada, the equivalent of US Girl Scouts, is suspending all trips to the US over safety concerns.
Less than 1% of the $1 trillion Social Security pays in benefits each year are considered improper payments.
Stephen Colbert did not adopt an orphaned Texas flood victim.
Israel’s military targeted and killed an Al Jazeera reporter along with another reporter and six other people.
Trump’s first-term Surgeon General Jerome Adams says people are going to die if the US backs away from mRNA vaccine development.
The video of AOC talking on the House floor about a jeans ad is a deepfake.
There is a growing campaign to make birth control seem unsafe.
A cyberattack has exposed the identities of confidential informants across multiple US states.
The pilot claiming to have records of Trump’s plane landing on Epstein’s island is fake.
AOL announced that its dial-up internet service will be discontinued next month.
Yes, AOL dial-up is still a thing.
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