British Fashion & Culture Website Follows Republicans' Plan To Defund Planned Parenthood
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It's amazing that even Britain's Dazed Digital is following Republicans plan to defund Planned Parenthood -- stripping away funds for services that represent about 40% -- or $400 million -- of the organization's revenues.
Only 3% of Planned Parenthood's services are for abortions and there are no health clinics for poor Americans in many communities that can replace the large number of the more tshan 270,000 pap tests, 360,000 breast exams and treatment for more than 4.2 million tis every year. In addition, Planned Parenthood's education program is given to 1.5 million people in a single year.
Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announced that the defunding of Planned Parenthood will be part of the budget reconciliation process, which will require only simple majorities in the House and Senate. The question is whether or not President Trump will sign it -- and all assumptions are that he will. The results for poor women especially will be simply devastating, unless major philanthropists step in to plug the funding chasm.
For a more detailed discussion of Republicans and Planned Parenthood, read our recent AOC Women's News As Trump Readies Planned Parenthood Rodeo, Half of Trump Voters Support Funding & Expect Him To Stand Down
Megyn Kelly Leaves FOX News For NBC, Rejecting $20 Million + Annual Pay Offer To Stay
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Megyn Kelly Is Leaving Fox News for NBC The New York Times
One of Fox News biggest stars Megyn Kelly was been wooed to NBC News by chairman Andrew Lack. Kelly's contract is said to be the biggest negotiation since Katie Couric moved to CBS News in 2006. The move is potentially crushing for Fox, with Kelly being the second-most watched host -- after Bill O'Reilly-- and comes after the recent departure of founding chairman Roger Ailes, who was ousted by Fox owners -- the Rupert Murdoch family -- after serious allegations of extreme sexual harassment by Ailes over decades.
The Murdoch family had offered Kelly over $20 million a year to stay at the network, an amount NBC said they could not match. Kelly responded that money was not her key issue, given the problems at Fox and also the contentious relationship between Megyn Kelly and president-elect Donald Trump.
Kelly will broadcast a Monday through Friday news show, a Sunday evening in-depth show (thankfully Madame Secretary has moved to 10 pm) and participate in all major political programming and big-evemt coverage at NBC.
Should 'Morning Joe' Get A Stiffer Lip? You Loved Trump Calling In Every Day
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'Morning Joe' host Joe Scarborough and his sidekick Mika Brzezinski were miffed over accusations that they "partied with Trump" at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve. The show led the way in the rise of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate, turning their show over to Trump on a nearly daily basis.
“Partied? You’re very good at pushing fake news," Scarborough knifed back to Sopan Deb, a former CBS reporter now at the Times. "You should write for CNN. Apparently making up facts is fine if you’re writing about us,” he replied, before launching into an explanation for why he was at Trump’s Palm Beach report. (He and his co-host, Mika Brzezinski, were trying to score an interview with the president-elect, he said, and this was the meeting time Trump gave them.) “One of the more entertaining aspects of media coverage of media is how so many who blast Trump for half truths attack us with half truths.”
Soon afterward, Scarborough’s NBC colleague Chuck Todd tweeted his own take on the Twitter tiff: “It really stinks to watch others continue help ruin the reputation of your industry. But fighting each other ...only hurts the democracy.” Scarborough issued a followup: “Yes. I find that people misrepresenting others and lying is indeed corrosive. I know you agree with me that facts matter,” he wrote.
Scarborough followed with an op-ed titled 'The Media's hypocrisy and hyperventilating in the age of Trump' for The Washington Post and an hour-long interview on CNN Money. Clearly the duo is hyper sensitive about accusations that they are in Trump's camp.
Meet Kuri, The 'Insanely Cute' Home Robot By Mayfield Robotics
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Kuri stands about 20 inches tall and is programmed to respond to its user with facial expressions, head movements and sounds. Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) show in Las Vegas this week, the Kuri robot, developed by Mayfield Robotics, is designed to monitor connected products, but to also create a new personality in the home.
Kuri, priced at $699, joins an "increasingly crowded field" writes MIT Technology Review, joining Amazon's Alexa and Google Home, with new wheeled robots like Jibo, Pepper, and Buddy who are "ready to offer companionship and entertainment."
At this moment Kuri's arms are only visual cues, but the charming 'creature' will surely walk the dog in the future.
