Announcement from the facts department: Israel is blocking the international press from entering Gaza which makes it much harder to independently cover what is going on there

The NYT posts "strong advertising and subscription revenue growth in the second quarter, adding 230,000 paid digital-only subscribers. The Times now has 11.88 million total subscribers to its print and digital products..." nytimes.com/2025/08/06/bus…

Filling in at 7am this week- see you on the CBS Morning News!

Trump’s former Surgeon General

Trump has enacted the largest tax hike in modern US history -- without anyone in Congress needing to cast a vote. If this stands, it represents a transformation of American fiscal governance, one the could (unfortunately) lead to permanently higher tariffs

Breaking WaPo: Tulsi Gabbard, with the blessing of Trump, overrode CIA officials' concerns to release that classified Russia report — a report that was released to pull focus from Trump's Epstein scandal. Officials feared the document would reveal U.S. spy agencies' sources and

We can’t airdrop our way out of an unfolding famine. Not in Gaza. 500,000 people are starving TODAY. The only way to get food to them, at scale, is by land. We’re grateful for the support, but we can’t afford to wait—Gaza is out of food and out of time.

Howard Stern's contract is up soon, and there is a tabloid story saying SiriusXM doesn't expect him to accept their renewal offer, but Sirius and Stern haven't commented. Nothing's been "announced." This 👆🏼 is a vivid display of how MAGA media literally misinforms the president.

“In MSF’s nearly 54 years of operations, rarely have we seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians.” The GHF-run food distributions in Gaza, Palestine, have become sites of “orchestrated killing and dehumanisation”, not humanitarian aid.

While Trump claims that crime is "totally out of control" in Washington to justify a possible takeover of the nation's capital, crime has dropped dramatically in the city, with violent crime down 26% from last year. Anna Spiegel axios.com/local/washingt…

"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments

Florida Rep. Cory Mills accused of revenge porn threat after breakup with beauty queen cbsnews.com/miami/news/flo…

Breaking News: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intends to take control of all of Gaza, bucking the Israeli military's advice and warnings that expanding operations could endanger hostages being held there and kill more Palestinian civilians. nyti.ms/4ligUqi

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data. wapo.st/45txJsw

Nice, clinical NYT look at how thin the "Sydney Sweeney ad backlash" was when GOP influencers started hammering it. Just a handful of online weirdos who you would not otherwise use as the basis for a story. nytimes.com/2025/08/07/bus…

Fox News since July 28: 1 minute covering on grocery prices. 40 minutes covering Jeffrey Epstein. 4 hours 50 minutes covering Sydney Sweeney.

REPORTER: Does your deadline for Vladimir Putin still stand tomorrow? TRUMP: Say it -- what? REPORTER: Is your deadline still standing for Putin to agree to a ceasefire tomorrow? TRUMP: It's gonna be up to him. Very disappointed.

The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. cbsn.ws/4m4Ce3A

"My friend President Putin" India was hit by Trump admin this week with an additional 25% tariff as punishment for buying Russian oil.

Crime is way down- so why do so many Americans *feel* like crime is way up?