Political Deepfakes, Deep In Debt, and Tech Leader Trends

10 Ways to Elevate Your CRM System for Business Growth                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 December 19, 2023 | [Read Online]( Good morning. It's Tuesday, Dec. 19, and we're covering Senate job performance, Mayor Adam’s 9/11 gaffe, stacked slate of NBA games, and much more. First time reading? Sign up here. American Fact of the Day! It Is The Home Of The Internet: There were many inventions and discoveries leading up to what today we call “the internet." Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s J.C.R. Licklider made popular the idea of having an “intergalactic network” of computers in the 1960s. After this came the ARPANET, Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, the first usable prototype for the internet. Finally, in 1990, Tim Berners-Lee of MIT invented the World Wide Web, which is not actually the internet itself but rather the most common way to access the internet. And the rest is history (or rather, the future), and it all started in the US. Breaking Updates New York City Mayor Eric Adams Gives Joe Biden a Run for His Money With 9/11 Gaffe [Just when you thought President Joe Biden was a gaffe machine,]( New York City Mayor Eric Adams just said, “Hold my beer.” During an interview with WPIX-TV’s Dan Mannarino, the mayor completely fumbled an answer when asked what word he would use to describe 2023. [Adams replied:]( "New York. This is a place where every day you wake up, you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our Trade Center to a person who’s celebrating a new business that's open. This is a very, very complicated city, and that's why it's the greatest city on the globe.” Adams’ comments referenced the 9/11 terrorist attacks in which al-Qaeda operatives flew planes into the World Trade Center, killing over 3,000 people. In all seriousness, Adams probably doesn’t think that [New York City is great because another 9/11 terrorist attack could happen.]( [As Adams nears the end of his second year in office,](voters give the mayor a negative 28 - 58 percent job approval rating with 14 percent not offering an opinion, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of registered voters in New York City released today. This is the lowest job approval rating for a New York City mayor since Quinnipiac University began polling New York City registered voters in 1996. Read more updates [here]( Only Six Percent of Americans Approve of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Job Performance [We reported earlier about the new Monmouth national poll]( showing President Joe Biden has dropped to his lowest approval rating ever, earning a meager 34 percent. But voters are even more unhappy with another politician, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who received an exceptionally low six percent approval rating. Meanwhile, 60 percent of respondents disapproved of the job he's been doing. Monmouth wrote about the McConnell numbers, noting that he’s the only person in the poll who received a net negative score: [The U.S. Senate’s Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell earns the lowest overall rating]( (6% approve and 60% disapprove among American adults), and is the only leader to receive a net negative score from his fellow partisans (10% approve and 41% disapprove among Republicans). [The public’s negative view of McConnell]( was the lowest in the poll, but folks don’t seem to be too happy with many other members of the House or Senate either. Only 21 percent approve of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) McConnell, 81, who is up for reelection in 2026, has not declared whether he’ll run again. He won his seventh term in 2020. [He suffered a health scare this summer when he on two occasions appeared to "freeze"]( during press briefings and stared blankly into space. Capitol physician Brian Monahan later determined the freezing episodes could be related to recovery from a concussion after falling in March, adding that it could also have been caused by dehydration. Read more updates [here]( American Sports & Culture MLB free agency tracker: Live updates on news, rumors, signings and trades after 2023 Winter Meetings | Sporting News With Shohei Ohtani off the board, MLB teams are starting to make moves. Follow along with the latest rumors, signings and trades. ESPN’s announcer lineup revealed for stacked slate of Christmas NBA games ESPN has its customary quintuple-header for the NBA on Christmas, and The Post has learned the announcing lineups for all the games. NFL 2023 playoff picture, standings in Week 15: Eagles, Cowboys clinch spot; Ravens seal first AFC berth A look at the playoff prospects for each team heading into the final weeks of the regular season American Business & Markets How to come up with unique product ideas for your small business The foundation of all successful product ideas is understanding the needs and wants of your target audience. Unveiling the Top 5 Business Ideas A Comprehensive Guide to Entrepreneurial Success - INSCMagazine INSCMagazine: Get Social! Introduction: In the dynamic landscape of today’s … 10 Ways to Elevate Your CRM System for Enhanced Business Growth | JD Supra Your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is more than a tool for managing client data. It’s a critical component for driving growth and... Top of Mind: State Tech Leaders on the Trends of 2023 As Government Technology reflected on another year in the books, we asked state CIOs: What stood out for you in 2023? American Politics Independents eligible to vote in 2024 democratic primary elections State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax announced today that he has been notified by the Oklahoma Democratic Party that it will allow Independents to vote in its Professor Christopher Finlay on the offline impact of social media politics A year ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Christopher Finlay commented on social media politics, its manifestation in the real world and its potential Clarence Thomas was deep in debt when he hinted to a GOP lawmaker that he'd quit if he didn't get a pay raise: ProPublica reported that Thomas pushed a Republican lawmaker for a pay raise in 2000 after running into him on a flight back from a Georgia resort. States are lagging in tackling political deepfakes, leaving potential threats unchecked heading into 2024 Amid tepid federal involvement on the issue, just three states enacted laws this year attempting to address AI’s effects on political campaigns. 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