The Monday Flyover Replay : Trump Campaign Hacked, Rare Lightning Bolts, and an Owl Takes a Bath

The Monday Flyover Replay : Trump Campaign Hacked, Rare Lightning Bolts, and an Owl Takes a Bath

Presented by Russell Sherrard,

Narrated by Artificial Intelligence,

THE FLYOVER,

Monday, AUGUST 12, 2024,

Good Morning! On this date in 1851, Isaac Singer patented his new sewing machine, sparking a revolution in clothing and culture.

We’re wondering if you could operate a sewing machine from 3,000 miles away these days. Maybe we could ask the doctor from today’s lead Science story.

We hope you enjoy reading today’s Flyover. Let us know how we’re doing by emailing Russell Sherrard @ reagan.com

TAKEOFF,

Trump Campaign Hit by Foreign Hackers,

The Trump campaign said some internal documents were hacked and blamed the leak on “foreign sources hostile to the United States.”

Microsoft appeared to confirm the campaign’s accusations, saying that hackers with ties to Iran sent the emails from the compromised account of an unnamed “former senior advisor.”

News outlet POLITICO confirmed the leak after receiving emails from an anonymous account offering internal documents from the campaign, including a vetting dossier on Trump running mate JD Vance.

2024 Olympics Wrap-Up in Paris,

The 2024 Paris Olympics ended Sunday with closing ceremonies at the Stade de France featuring over a hundred performers, acrobats, dancers, and circus artists.

When all the events ended on Sunday, the U.S. was tied with China for the most gold medals with 40 each, but won the overall medal count, 126 to China’s 91.

Prime-time Olympics coverage the past two weeks drew an average of 32 million viewers, up 79% from Tokyo three years ago. Media analysts say the ratings rebounded thanks to the scenic allure of Paris and the gold medal heroics of U.S. athletes.

The 2024 Olympics also produced some memorable images.

List: Top Companies by Political Donations,

A list of the top 10 public companies ranked by their donations to the 2024 election campaign shows that all but one gave more money to the GOP than to Democrats.

Honeywell is the top corporate contributor, with $3.5 million in total donations, and is the only company in the top 10 to have donated more to Democrats than Republicans.

Home Depot was the second biggest but gave 61% to Republican PACs, followed by Boeing, which gave 56% to the GOP.

POLITICS,

President Biden told CBS News that he dropped out of the election because his presence would have been a “real distraction” to the goal of winning. It was his first interview since ending his presidential run.

Podcaster Joe Rogan said he supported Robert Kennedy Jr. for President, arguing that he’s the only candidate not gaslighting, manipulating, and promoting narratives.

Mayor Tiffany Henyard of Dolton, a Chicago suburb, spent $43,000 of official funds on Amazon in one day, in addition to other allegations of financial corruption, according to former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

The Secret Service apologized to a Massachusetts salon owner after breaking into her building leading up to a Kamala Harris fundraiser. Agents put duct tape over her security camera and picked the lock on the door.

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Now, back to the News.

SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT,

Check out this crazy barehanded play by Seattle Mariners second baseman Jorge Polanco.

Heisman trophy winner Jayden Daniels completed a 43-yard pass to Washington Commanders receiver Dyami Brown for his first NFL completion. Daniels would finish the drive with a rushing touchdown.

Kansas City Chiefs receiver Hollywood Brown spent the night at a hospital following an injury in the team’s first preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Brown will need “multiple weeks” to recover from the injury.

2024 Summer Olympics,

The U.S. women’s basketball team won their 8th consecutive gold medal Sunday, edging out France 67-66 behind the shooting of A’ja Wilson, who scored 21 points.

U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles was stripped of a bronze medal after winning an appeal to boost her score from fifth to third. However, officials ruled that the appeal occurred 64 seconds after the event ended, outside of the strict 60-second deadline.

Controversial boxer Lin Yu-ting won the first Olympic gold medal in Taiwan’s boxing history. Yu-ting had been disqualified from the women’s boxing world championships last year after failing a gender eligibility test.

FINANCE,

Cisco will cut thousands of jobs in a second round of layoffs in 2023 as it shifts its focus to cybersecurity and AI amid sluggish demand for networking equipment.

Meta won a lawsuit Friday against Children’s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group founded by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The court ruled Meta had not been coerced by the government to censor vaccine content.

Axios, the American news website, announced layoffs of 50 people, or about 10% of its staff, marking its first major cuts since its 2016 founding.

SCIENCE AND TECH,

A Chinese doctor successfully removed a lung tumor from a patient 3,000 miles away by guiding a set of robotic surgery tools from his control center in Shanghai.

Remote cameras in Puerto Rico caught a rare form of lightning on film. The phenomenon, known as gigantic jets, occurs when lightning bursts upward from clouds in the sky.

Japanese researchers discovered a colorful new species of starfish. Named Paragonaster hoeimaruae, the starfish are red, beige, and spongey.

THE ROTATOR,
BEYOND OUR BORDERS,

Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, set to lead Bangladesh after mass protests ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, urged peace amid concerns of violence against Hindu minorities.

Sweden’s proposed “snitch law” would require public workers, including doctors, social workers, and librarians, to report undocumented immigrants, sparking widespread opposition.

Ukrainian troops advanced nearly 20 miles into Russia’s Kursk region, marking the deepest incursion since the war began.

ET CETERA,

A great horned owl, rescued from a manure lagoon, was bathed and released by local rescuers, with before and after photos showing its remarkable recovery.

“Bloody warm, innit?” quipped a shirtless man who climbed the Eiffel Tower on Sunday, the Olympics’ final day, before police intercepted him halfway up.

Famous street artist Banksy confirmed seven new London artworks in a week, including fish painted on a police box. Some pieces were removed or defaced, sparking public interest and preservation efforts.

Daily Quote,

“These documents were…intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process.”

— Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung on internal campaign documents being hacked and leaked.

And thats the news for today.

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Go to https:// payhip.com/ Christian NonFiction eBookStore then scroll down and click on Treasury of David.

This work was first published in weekly installments over a twenty-year span in the London Metropolitan Tabernacle’s periodical, The Sword and the Trowel.

Completed sections were released volume by volume, until the seventh and final volume was released in 1885. Within a decade more than 120,000 sets had been sold. The Treasury of David is a superb literary achievement. Eric Hayden, pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle a century after Spurgeon’s ministry began there, calls this work “Spurgeon’s magnum opus.” Spurgeon’s wife said that if Spurgeon had never written any other work, this would have been a permanent literary memorial.