President Trump is expected to make a pit stop at McDonald’s during his visit to Pennsylvania this weekend and “work the fry cooker.” According to reports, Trump intends to go behind the counter at the fast food chain on Sunday at an undisclosed location. The visit is a dig at Kamala Harris, who claimed she worked at McDonald’s while in college. BREAKING: Donald Trump will reportedly visit a McDonald’s on Sunday in Pennsylvania and “work the fry cooker” pic.twitter.com/FRC5nvQkPX — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 15, 2024 The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The former president will make the stop at a McDonald’s in the Philadelphia area, the source said, but the exact location is still unclear. Trump is also scheduled to attend the Steelers-Jets game in Pittsburgh on Sunday, CBS News station KDKA reported. Trump has continuously claimed that Harris never worked at the fast-food chain, without evidence. He told a campaign crowd in Indiana, Pennsylvania last month that he wanted to work as a fry cook to “see how it is.” CNN first reported Tuesday that Trump would make good on that promise this weekend. Harris, for her part, continues to use her middle-class upbringing and time working at McDonald’s in advertisements and stump speeches as a contrast with Trump, who had his early career started at his father’s real estate company before growing to the billionaire he is today. Both candidates, their running mates, and campaign surrogates are making a flurry of appearances in Pennsylvania the final three weeks until Election Day. They both see the state as critical and are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to win it. Former President Donald Trump is going to work as a fry cook at a McDonald’s before he attends the @steelers Jets game at @AcrisureStadium Sunday sources tell me. I’m told it’s a chance for Trump to show how his opponent has exaggerated her claims working there. @KDKA @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/ZrGgs23XPH — Jennifer Borrasso (@JenBorrasso) October 16, 2024 Just in: President Trump will visit a McDonald’s on Sunday in Pennsylvania and he will work the fry cooker. Via: CNN. pic.twitter.com/jvzq7zRhUc — The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) October 15, 2024 From the New York Post: Trump, who is a fan of McDonald’s grub, also indicated he would stop by a McDonald’s in mid-October and add cook to his resume. “I think I’m going to a McDonald’s in two weeks actually and I’m gonna work the french fries because I will have worked longer and harder at McDonald’s than she did if I do that even for a half-hour,” Trump, 78, said to cheers. Harris, 59, has said repeatedly over the years that she worked for Mickey D’s while getting her undergraduate degree in the 1980s, including in a campaign ad released in August and in an interview with MSNBC in September. But there is no firm evidence, like an employment record or photo, to verify that claim, fact checker Snopes has said. WATCH:

As reports are coming out that Israel is now ready to strike back at Iran for the most recent missile attack launched directly from Iranian soil, and the Biden Administration becoming increasingly frustrated with their inability to lower tensions in the region (if you believe that is not a ruse, which I suspect it is) — President Biden has just done what he said he wouldn’t; there are now American boots on the ground in Israel. In a move categorized by (Ret) Vice Admiral James Syring (the former Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency) as “de-escalatory” in nature, the first pictures are coming out of U.S. THAAD systems on the ground in Israel, along with approximately 100 U.S. soldiers to operate them. This deployment happened as Israeli sources apparently confirmed to CNN that their targeting and planning is complete, and they are ready to move forward with a military response directly on targets within Iran.  According to CNN, Israel has assured President Biden that the targets will be limited to strictly military targets. Israel’s plan to respond to Iran’s October 1 attack is ready, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, without providing further information. Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have assured the US that a counterstrike on Iran would be limited to military targets rather than oil or nuclear facilities, according to a source. Iran launched dozens of missiles toward Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and others. Netanyahu had vowed that Iran would “pay” for the attack. This picture is reportedly the first image showing the THAAD system on the ground in Israel. According to a report from Business Insider, the THAAD System is the world’s most advanced missile defense system, able to use purely kinetic energy to intercept incoming missiles both inside or outside the atmosphere. Impressively, the THAAD missile does not carry a warhead, instead using pure kinetic energy to deliver “hit-to-kill” lethality to ballistic missiles inside or outside of the atmosphere. Each launcher carries up to eight missiles and can send multiple kill vehicles out, depending on the severity of the threat. Lockheed’s THAAD launcher is one element of this highly integral anti-missile system. This graphic from Raytheon shows the rest of the equipment needed for each enemy-target interception. While my personal opinion is that the United States should stand with our allies, including Israel (as opposed to leaving them high and dry like we did to our Afghan partner forces in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal), I am wary of putting U.S. boots on the ground in Israel — even in a defensive posture. Iran has stated emphatically that the next time a single plane or missile is spotted in the air targeting it’s soil, it will immediately launch a response attack.  We will have to wait to see if that plays out, but my concern is that instead of playing a defensive role in the air, sea-based systems, and with intel help using our advanced satellite capabilities as we have done up to this point, we are not walking into a situation where — God forbid — U.S. soldiers could be harmed on the ground in Israel by a direct Iranian attack. That is a tough situation to walk back from without escalating to full-scale war almost immediately thereafter. According to an MSNBC video report about the deployment, the move would allow the U.S. to take out a missile strike in the very last moments before impact, if necessary. US troops arrive in #Israel to operate the missile defense system. Source Alertas new 24 pic.twitter.com/12CN2FNOte — Jose Rosell (@arturillo955) October 15, 2024 Here’s a THAAD missile system in action: Biden promised no troops on the ground in Israel, yet here we are. The US sending one of its THAAD systems is a clear sign something big is about to go down. Israel’s gearing up for another major strike, and THAAD is there to handle the mess Iran will send in response. Iron… pic.twitter.com/9yLxIUMBTN — Elevator Charles (@coopsimms) October 14, 2024 The U.S. has increased its presence in the Middle East since the October 7th attack last year, according to a CNN report covering the THAAD deployment. The US has been consulting with Israel on how it plans to respond to Iran’s October 1 attack on the country, and US officials have made clear they do not want Israel to target Iranian nuclear sites or oil fields. US President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, their first conversation in almost two months, telling him Israel’s retaliation should be “proportional.” The US military has significantly increased its presence in the Middle East since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel. The US has bolstered its air defenses across the region, deployed additional warships and aircraft carriers to the eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea and Arabian Sea, and recently sent additional troops to Cyprus to help with possible evacuation planning, CNN previously reported. With Israel apparently set to kick of it’s response to Iran at any moment, it is possible that we could see something happen in the coming hours.  Israel tends to launch strikes such as these in the early morning hours, mimicking U.S. methods of striking military targets with the fewest number of personnel present, and also using the darkness of night to help conceal the attack. As of the time of this report, it is currently 1:30am in the region.  With Iran promising an immediate response, it would not surprise me to see Israel strike in the hours just prior to dawn with the hopes of leaving Iran the undesired option of responding during daylight hours, or having to hold off on their response. This is a developing situation and we will bring you updates when they become available.

UC San Diego is requiring students to take a climate change course to graduate. Undergraduate students at UC San Diego must now pass a climate change course and complete their other general education requirements to graduate. UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla shared, “UC San Diego has a long history of leadership in climate research and education, and the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement marks a new path forward,” “Whether undergraduates are majoring in STEM, the humanities, arts, social sciences or any other field, this requirement will equip them with a strong understanding of climate change and how they can contribute to meaningful solutions,” added Khosla. UC San Diego students now required to take course on climate change https://t.co/VptQ2UrxiY — FOX 5 San Diego (@fox5sandiego) October 14, 2024 This will apply to all undergraduate students who began school this fall, no matter which major. https://t.co/CNAhWUo8jD — CBS 8 San Diego (@CBS8) October 16, 2024 Per KTLA: The start of the school year at UC San Diego in late September marked the debut of a first-of-its-kind graduation requirement for students: a course in climate change. Undergraduate students who entered the school this year, regardless of major, are now subject to the new requirement, joining other general education courses. The classes available to meet the requirement span subject matters from politics to natural disasters and geochemistry. Called the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement in honor of a beloved Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor, the program seeks to ensure undergraduate students are equipped with an understanding of climate change and what can be done to address it. It is believed to be the first program of its kind at a major public university in California, according to UCSD officials. “UC San Diego has a long history of leadership in climate research and education, and the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement marks a new path forward,” UCSD Chancellor Pradeep Khosla said in a news release on the program last month. “Whether undergraduates are majoring in STEM, the humanities, arts, social sciences or any other field, this requirement will equip them with a strong understanding of climate change and how they can contribute to meaningful solutions,” Khosla continued. Incoming first-year students at UC San Diego have a new graduation requirement: the ability to “understand and address climate change.” https://t.co/cfRdahYdbE pic.twitter.com/HwKGDOeoSM — NBC 7 San Diego (@nbcsandiego) October 13, 2024 Per Fox 5 San Diego: The start of the school year at UC San Diego in late September marked the debut of a first-of-its-kind graduation requirement for students: a course in climate change. Undergraduate students who entered the school this year, regardless of major, are now subject to the new requirement, joining other general education courses. The classes available to meet the requirement span subject matters from politics to natural disasters and geochemistry. Called the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement in honor of a beloved Scripps Institution of Oceanography professor, the program seeks to ensure undergraduate students are equipped with an understanding of climate change and what can be done to address it.

Video is circulating of what seems to be a tense exchange between Barack Obama and Joe Biden, with Biden looking worried as he seems to take in whatever Obama said.  Rumors are running rampant on social media as people are trying to decipher what was being said. The exchange was caught on video just a short time ago at the funeral of Ethel Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy’s widow, RFK Jr’s mother.  Several angles were caught of the conversation — I will post the full-screen versions below for easier viewing. JUST IN: Former President Barack Obama is seen giving Joe Biden the cold shoulder in a tense moment at Ethel Kennedy’s memorial service. pic.twitter.com/UhMpXhKjAj — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 16, 2024 DEVELOPING: President Obama was seen scolding Joe Biden at Ethel Kennedy Memorial Service according to viewers. Biden is seen looking confused or worried as Obama looks him directly in the eye while speaking. pic.twitter.com/aDiA2KlxGX — Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) October 16, 2024 It almost seems as though Obama is scolding Biden for a moment, or chiding him — at which point Biden seems to take a moment to let whatever he has just heard sink in, before asking for some sort of clarification or attempting to get Obama to qualify his first statement in some sort of way.  Obama doesn’t seem to back away from whatever his first statement was, seemingly leaving Biden with some new information or insight to wrestle with. Here is a longer video captured of the same moment from a slightly different angle.  The clip starts from in front and to the left of the pair, but cuts to a rear view that clearly shows Obama giving Biden some type of negative news, or information that is otherwise contrary to Biden’s view on the unknown topic.  Watch this: I found the full exchange between Obama and Biden at Ethel Kennedy’s funeral — a VERY tense conversation 20 days out from the election. If anyone can read lips, please let me know what they’re saying. It’s probably good. pic.twitter.com/BIZTL61SHT — johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) October 16, 2024 The video of Obama and Biden’s interaction has gone viral, according to a story just published by Times Now News, which added that the conversation between the two democrats occurred prior to the start of the funeral. President Joe Biden and Barrack Obama attended the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late Robert F. Kennedy, on Wednesday. The two Democrats were seen interacting before the funeral started, and a video of their interaction has gone viral. People on social media think that Obama was ‘scolding’ and ‘upset’ about something as he spoke to Biden. President Joe Biden and Barrack Obama attended the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of the late Robert F. Kennedy, on Wednesday. The two Democrats were seen interacting before the funeral started, and a video of their interaction has gone viral. People on social media think that Obama was ‘scolding’ and ‘upset’ about something, as he spoke to Biden. Along with Obama and Biden, former President Bill Clinton also joined the memorial service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon. At the moment there has been no word from the White House or Obama about the nature of their conversation at the funeral.  In researching the video, I found another that shows a moment when Nancy Pelosi is speaking as part of the funeral service. The camera is on the three former Presidents; Clinton, Obama, and Biden.  You can just barely make out Pelosi mentioning the three sitting together.  Watch Biden’s face as she gets to him.  The rumor is that Pelosi has not spoken to Biden since she helped orchestrate his ouster in a bloodless coup a few months back.  Biden seems pained as Pelosi presumably looks his way, as she praises him alongside the other two. Nancy Pelosi was just speaking at Ethel Kennedy’s funeral. Look at Biden’s face when she starts talking about how great he, Obama, and Clinton have been as presidents. He despises her. pic.twitter.com/dkH2hpt54i — Lori Love (@thereallorilove) October 16, 2024 Ethel Kennedy’s funeral was held at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle according to a CBS News report.  She was 96, and died in her sleep earlier this month of a stroke. Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy and the mother of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is being memorialized in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, with the eulogy delivered by President Biden. Former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton also spoke at the service, which is being held at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. The human rights advocate, mother and grandmother died in her sleep earlier this month after a stroke. She was 96. Obama called her a “big dose in a small package,” and a “spitfire from a young age.” She was passionate about everything, Obama said, from juvenile justice reform to civil rights. “As serious as Ethel was about righting wrongs, she never seemed to take herself too seriously,” Obama said. Clinton called her an “amazing fireball with continuous energy.” “I thought your mother was the cat’s meow,” Clinton said of Ethel Kennedy. Ethel Kennedy had not only political stars at her memorial service, but musical ones. Stevie Wonder and Kenny Chesney performed in her honor. The matriarch of the storied Kennedy family is survived by nine children, 34 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. Her grandson, Joe Kennedy III, said she was a “strong woman who has led a remarkably fulfilling life.” It remains to be seen if information will be forthcoming regarding the topic of conversation between Biden and Obama.  We will bring you updates as they become available.