1. First it was politicians and peers that came forward after the debate to encourage President Joe Biden not to run for a 2nd term.  Now, Hollywood heavy hitters are getting on on the action. Actor and political activist George Clooney is calling for Biden to not run.

2. I think most of us have suspected some shady dealings being done by companies in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. Turns out the Federal Trade Commission has their suspicions too. The FTC is poised to sue three of the largest pharmacy benefit managers linked to UnitedHealth, Cigna Group, and CVS Health over tactics for negotiating drug prices for drugs like insulin.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-ftc-sue-drug-middlemen-over-insulin-prices-wsj-reports-2024-07-10/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

3. “If you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin.” That’s what they say, right?  However, how pathetic is it that you cheat during a hot dog eating contest. Allegedly, that’s what contestant Nick Wehry did during the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Championship on July 4th.

4. A 250-year-old musket ball found at Minuteman National Park in Massachusetts has been traced back in history and is said to be one of the musket ball fired in the famous “shot heard round the world” which started the Revolutionary War.

5. and can we please just go back to mixing cocktails the old fashioned way, in the bathtub. The “Sink Drink” is trending on TikTok. According to the video that has over 55 million views, you pour a variety of things into the sink like sangria, vodka, and punch, and then drink it. Problem is, studies show that 45-percent of kitchen sinks contained E. coli and other harmful bacteria, which means that drink will leave your stomach shaken and stirred.

and THAT’S TRENDING