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Even before Hurricane Milton could make landfall in Florida on Wednesday, October 09, an incident is already breaking the hearts of many after Florida Highway Patrol’s post on X (previously Twitter). “Do NOT do this to your pets please…” FHP Tampa wrote in their post on Wednesday morning, along with a video of an abandoned dog tied to a pole on I-75 in a pool of floodwater. FHP Tampa reveals, “FHP Troopers rescued a dog left tied to a pole on I-75 near Bruce B Downs Blvd this morning.” The video shows an unidentified Florida Highway Trooper walking towards a grassy area where the dog is seen tied to a pole. “It’s okay, it’s okay,” the Trooper kept telling the dog. However, the dog, visibly scared and confused, kept on growling and barking at the Trooper. FHP Troopers rescued a dog left tied to a pole on I-75 near Bruce B Downs Blvd this morning. Do NOT do this to your pets please… pic.twitter.com/8cZJOfkJL2— FHP Tampa (@FHPTampa) October 9, 2024 The Trooper kept on consoling the dog saying, “I don’t blame you. It’s okay, buddy. Its okay.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thanked FHP Tampa for rescuing the dog and responded to the incident saying, “It is cruel for anyone to leave a dog tied to a post in the middle of an oncoming storm. FL will hold anyone who mistreats pets accountable.” Thankfully, after a few hours of the video being posted, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) provided an update on the dog saying, “The dog rescued by @FHPTampa is safe and receiving care.” “Troopers brought him to a vet, where he was examined for injuries and received a clean bill of health,” FLHSMV added. Update: The dog rescued by @FHPTampa is safe and receiving care. Troopers brought him to a vet, where he was examined for injuries and received a clean bill of health. pic.twitter.com/cut1jv7cBe— FLHSMV (@FLHSMV) October 9, 2024 People online were outraged and heartbroken for the poor dog. A lot of the users are hoping that the owners will be found, and rightfully arrested. One user wrote, “I hope that dog is chipped, and they find the owner and charge them with Animal abuse. That is horrible, we are literally getting hit by a hurricane in hours.” “I hope that owner never owns another pet. What a sh**ty human being to tie up an animal during a hurricane. At least let it run loose to find safety,” another wrote. Another user also wrote, “People who harm children and pets are the lowest in society and need to be dealt with accordingly.” FHP Tampa tells Fox News that while they are not aware of other animals abandoned in the storm, they are conducting patrols and looking for any vulnerable people and animals that may have been left.

This explains a lot about why social media is the way it is.

The new WWF Living Planet Report is described as "a clear and urgent warning."

ABC, CBS, and NBC evening news shows all led into the impending arrival of Hurricane Milton by promoting President Biden and Vice President Harris trashing Donald Trump for spreading hurricane "misinformation." Only NBC allowed the view that the Federal Emergency Management Agency might not be doing a stellar job after Hurricane Helene. ABC's World News Tonight sounded more like "KJP News." They ran a fifty-second soundbite of Biden ripping Trump as "un-American," when soundbites are typically less than ten. There was no clip of anyone else. Then anchor David Muir turned to KJP clone Mary Bruce to repeat the messaging for more emphasis:  MUIR: Mary, President Biden calling these lies un-American. MARY BRUCE: David, he says the claims are reckless, ridiculous, and it has to stop. And, tonight, he’s trying to set the record straight and get the truth across. He is urging those in Milton’s path to follow the advice of local officials, to listen to them and to follow all of the safety guidelines and information. And the President is making it clear they are surging resources to the area. There are thousands of federal responders, he says, on the ground poised to help. The President speaking directly to the American people, saying, we have your back, than he and the Vice President will be there for as long as it takes, David. CBS Evening News anchor Norah O'Donnell had the same spin: "President Biden is not pulling any punches today, calling out what he says is reckless and harmful disinformation about the federal government’s hurricane response, and he has made it clear, he blames former President Trump, today calling his lies un-American." Reporter Nikole Killion aired a clip of Trump saying, "You know where they gave the money? To illegal immigrants coming in." She said "But even before Trump set foot in his home town, Biden fact-checked the former President." Biden said "Former President Trump has led this onslaught of lies." Then Killion turned to Trump supporters in MAGA gear who said FEMA is giving money to settling illegal aliens (true), and Killion told them "You believe those claims, even though FEMA has said they’re not true." FEMA disaster-relief money wasn't diverted to illegal aliens, but FEMA is spending a lot of money on "emergency" support for them.  Killion added "Vice President Harris called the misinformation dangerous." From a phone interview Harris had with CNN: "It is unconscionable, frankly, that anyone who would consider themselves a leader would mislead desperate people." Earlier, O'Donnell pressed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) "I noticed you mentioned you have been in touch with President Biden, that those conversations have been constructive. Just a short time ago, President Biden, from the White House, denounced what he called this onslaught of misinformation. He said it’s reckless. He said the lies that are out there are un-American. Are you also concerned that some of these lies, this misinformation, is undermining confidence in the relief efforts?" DeSantis didn't address those claims, only noting no one would have their house taken away from them in his state. NBC Nightly News reran their fact-checking from the previous night. They had brief snippets of Biden attacks, followed by Harris from the Stephen Colbert show: "And it’s crude. Have you no empathy, man? No, I — for the suffering of other people." At least reporter Gabe Gutierrez featured clips of Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) from CNBC's Squawk Box. He denounced false rumors about FEMA, but he said there were "legitimate questions" about FEMA's response: "It was more than three days before we ever saw the first folks in here from FEMA."

They Just Keep Digging: CBS Instructed Staff Not to Refer to Jerusalem as Being in Israel

Brown University has rejected demands from pro-Palestinian students to divest from companies doing business with Israel, the university announced Wednesday.

Rafael Nadal announced his impending retirement from tennis on Thursday at age 38 after winning 22 Grand Slam singles titles during an unprecedented era he shared with his rivals in the so-called Big Three, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic.

The Kremlin said Thursday it regretted Russia was being dragged into the U.S. election campaign, but that relations with Washington were so poor it was unlikely to have any discernible impact on ties.