Steve Bannon, the right-wing podcaster and one-time political adviser to former President Donald Trump, was launched from federal jail Tuesday morning after serving 4 months behind bars for contempt of Congress.

Bannon was convicted in 2022 on two counts for defying subpoenas from the Home choose committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters. He left jail every week earlier than Election Day, as Trump and Vice President Harris ship their respective closing messages in a good race for the White Home.

Simply hours after his launch, Bannon returned to host a brand new episode of his each day podcast, “Battle Room.” Wearing a black shirt and together with his grey hair slicked again, Bannon falsely claimed that former Democratic Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi despatched him to federal jail as a political prisoner “to tamp down the ability of this present and to interrupt me.”

“4 months in federal jail didn’t break me. It empowered me,” Bannon advised his on-line viewers. “I’m extra energized and extra centered than I’ve been in my whole life.”

Bannon echoed the false argument of different Republicans, together with Trump, who accuse Democrats of weaponizing the Justice Division and the authorized system in opposition to members of the celebration.

Bannon served his four-month sentence on the federal lockup in Danbury, Conn. One other former Trump aide, Peter Navarro, additionally served 4 months in jail after being convicted of the identical costs.

Quite a lot of folks crammed in on the “Battle Room” podcast whereas Bannon was in jail. He marked his return to the podcast with a fiery message for Trump’s supporters forward of Election Day, telling them: “This can be a battle not merely for the path of this nation however what this nation stands for.”

Democrats, Bannon claimed, “don’t have any intention of giving up energy.”

Trump’s supporters in Congress even have lobbed accusations of politicization in opposition to the Justice Division, pointing to the 2 federal indictments introduced in opposition to the previous president for allegedly attempting to overturn the 2020 election and for hoarding categorized paperwork.

Lawyer Normal Merrick Garland has rejected the allegations. Lately, the division has twice indicted President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, for gun and tax crimes; charged two Democratic members of Congress with corruption; indicted the Democratic mayor of New York Metropolis on corruption costs; and investigated the president himself over his dealing with of categorized paperwork after his vice presidency.

At a information convention later within the day, Bannon stated his quick focus is getting Trump supporters to the polls earlier than and on Nov. 5, and on guaranteeing “election integrity.”

“My focus is on victory subsequent Tuesday and the largest quantity attainable, as a result of people: do not suppose it should finish on Tuesday,” he stated. “That is going to take some time to type via.”

That stated, Bannon accused the Harris marketing campaign of making ready for a probably contentious authorized battle after Election Day. He overlooked that the Trump marketing campaign is making comparable preparations.

Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the Washington Publish’s determination to not endorse a presidential candidate as “principled,” with the billionaire founding father of Amazon.com arguing People consider the media is biased. Bezos, who purchased the newspaper in 2013, additionally pushed again towards any notion that he ordered it as much as shield his enterprise pursuits.

On Friday, the Washington Publish’s writer, William Lewis, stated the newspaper wouldn’t endorse a presidential candidate on this 12 months’s election or in future elections, a stance that sparked outrage from and a few of its present and former staff, in addition to subscribers.  

Within the aftermath of the choice, tens of 1000’s of readers reportedly canceled their subscriptions, whereas one-third of The Publish’s editorial board resigned, in line with the Publish. The Publish’s editorial employees was ready to endorse Democrat Kamala Harris earlier than Lewis wrote as an alternative that it will be higher for readers to make up their very own minds.

In “a observe from our proprietor” printed Monday night, Bezos stated that editorial endorsements create a notion of bias at a time many People do not consider the media, and do nothing to tip the scales of an election. Bezos added that he wished the choice to finish presidential endorsements had been accomplished earlier, and blamed “insufficient planning, and never some intentional technique.”

“Ending them is a principled determination, and it is the fitting one,” Bezos stated.

Bezos’ determination precipitated an unprecedented spasm of anger each inside journalism and out of doors it.

The choice adopted a transfer by Los Angeles Occasions proprietor Patrick Quickly-Shiong to dam that newspaper’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, which has spurred the resignation of a number of of its editorial board members. Each Quickly-Shiong and Bezos are billionaires who made their fortunes outdoors the media business. 

Washington Publish subscriptions

Greater than 200,000 individuals have canceled their subscriptions to the newspaper, citing “two individuals on the paper with data of inner issues,” NPR has reported. A Publish spokeswoman, Olivia Petersen, wouldn’t touch upon the NPR report.

A lack of subscriptions of that magnitude can be a blow to a storied information outlet that’s already going through monetary headwinds. The Publish had greater than 2.5 million subscribers final 12 months, the majority of them digital, making it third behind The New York Occasions and The Wall Avenue Journal in circulation.

Within the determination’s wake, two of the newspaper’s columnists stop, and three of the 9 members of the editorial board resigned their posts. The Publish’s retired former editor, Martin Baron, who was editor when Bezos purchased the paper, had denounced the choice on social media as “cowardice, with democracy as its casualty.”

Bezos’ enterprise pursuits

Some critics urged Bezos ordered the non-endorsement to guard his enterprise pursuits, appearing out of concern of retaliation if Donald Trump have been elected. The Publish endorsed Trump’s Democratic rivals in 2016 and 2020, and Trump has typically denounced essential protection by the paper.

In his column, Bezos stated individuals can see his wealth and enterprise pursuits as one in all two issues — a bulwark towards intimidation or an internet of conflicting pursuits. He insisted that his views are principled and that his observe report as Publish proprietor since 2013 backs that up.

“I problem you to seek out one occasion in these 11 years the place I’ve prevailed upon anybody on the Publish in favor of my very own pursuits,” he wrote. “It hasn’t occurred.”

He acknowledged that the chief government of one in all his firms, the space-exploration outfit Blue Origin, met with Trump final week on the identical day the non-endorsement was introduced.

“I sighed after I came upon, as a result of I knew it will present ammunition to those that wish to body this as something apart from a principled determination,” Bezos wrote. “However the truth is, I did not know concerning the assembly beforehand.”

He stated that whereas he would not and will not push his personal private pursuits, he would not enable the Publish to “keep on autopilot and fade into irrelevance.”

“Most of the most interesting journalists you may discover wherever work at The Washington Publish, and so they work painstakingly each day to get to the reality,” he stated. “They need to be believed.”

The Brooklyn Nets’ tough early-season schedule continues tonight after they face the Denver Nuggets and reigning MVP Nikola Jokic. Having simply dispatched Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in its house opener, Brooklyn appears to be like to repeat Sunday evening’s all-around efficiency in opposition to a Denver squad that is hungry to raise its report again to .500.

The Nets enter the day as 5.5-point underdogs to the Nuggets, and the full over/below is 218.5 factors.

1. Cam Thomas wants one other 30-ball. Averaging 30.7 factors by means of three contests on 47% taking pictures, Thomas’ scoring has been pivotal within the Nets’ early performances. On condition that Brooklyn continues to be fairly banged up and shall be with out Ben Simmons tonight, one other offensive explosion shall be wanted to maintain the rating shut.

2. Dennis Schröder should proceed his sizzling begin. Buried by Thomas’ jaw-dropping performances has been the ever-steady play from the Nets’ veteran level guard. With out Simmons, he’ll be facilitating the offense on his personal in opposition to Denver. Albeit in a small pattern dimension, for the reason that starting of the 2024-25 marketing campaign Schröder is averaging a career-high 20.7 factors nightly. If he and Thomas can mix for 50 factors or extra, Brooklyn could have a very good shot at pulling off its second-straight upset.

3. Begin Nic Claxton. A minutes restriction has hindered the Nets’ $100 million massive man within the younger season, however he appeared price each penny within the victory over the Bucks. Simmons’ harm prices Brooklyn one other inside defender, and nonetheless with out Day’Ron Sharpe’s companies, the Nets can not afford to restrict Claxton’s plying time in opposition to Jokic.

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Following the Denver matchup, Brooklyn’s schedule will get barely simpler. They play a back-to-back on the street in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies tomorrow at 8 p.m. earlier than returning to the Barclays Middle to tackle the Chicago Bulls on Nov. 1. Then the Nets get the Detroit Pistons at house on Nov. 3 and a rematch with the Grizzlies in Memphis on Nov. 4.

Even when the Nets drop one other recreation tonight, the 4 video games that observe are all winnable.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley motion pictures to co-star of such favorites as “Younger Frankenstein” and “Tootsie,” has died. She was 79.

Garr died Tuesday of a number of sclerosis “surrounded by household and pals,” mentioned publicist Heidi Schaeffer. Garr battled different well being issues in recent times and underwent an operation in January 2007 to restore an aneurysm.

Admirers took to social media in her honor, with writer-director Paul Feig calling her “actually one in all my comedy heroes. I couldn’t have beloved her extra” and screenwriter Cinco Paul saying: “By no means the star, however all the time shining. She made all the pieces she was in higher.”

The actor, who was typically credited as Terri, Terry or Terry Ann throughout her lengthy profession, appeared destined for present enterprise from her childhood.

Her father was Eddie Garr, a widely known vaudeville comic; her mom was Phyllis Lind, one of many authentic high-kicking Rockettes at New York’s Radio Metropolis Music Corridor. Their daughter started dance classes at 6 and by 14 was dancing with the San Francisco and Los Angeles ballet firms.

She was 16 when she joined the highway firm of “West Facet Story” in Los Angeles, and as early as 1963 she started showing in bit elements in movies.

She recalled in a 1988 interview how she received the “West Facet Story” position. After being dropped from her first audition, she returned a day later in numerous garments and was accepted.

From there, Garr discovered regular work dancing in motion pictures, and he or she appeared within the refrain of 9 Presley movies, together with “Viva Las Vegas,” “Roustabout” and “Clambake.”

She additionally appeared on quite a few tv reveals, together with “Star Trek,” “Dr. Kildare” and “Batman,” and was a featured dancer on the rock ‘n’ roll music present “Shindig,” the rock live performance efficiency T.A.M.I. and a solid member of “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.”

Her huge movie break got here as Gene Hackman’s girlfriend in 1974’s Francis Ford Coppola thriller “The Dialog.” That led to an interview with Mel Brooks, who mentioned he would rent her for the position of Gene Wilder’s German lab assistant in 1974’s “Younger Frankenstein” — if she may communicate with a German accent.

“Cher had this German lady, Renata, making wigs, so I acquired the accent from her,” Garr as soon as recalled.

The movie established her as a proficient comedy performer, with New Yorker movie critic Pauline Kael proclaiming her “the funniest neurotic dizzy dame on the display.”

Her huge smile and off-center enchantment helped land her roles in “Oh, God!” reverse George Burns and John Denver, “Mr. Mother” (as Michael Keaton’s spouse) and “Tootsie” through which she performed the girlfriend who loses Dustin Hoffman to Jessica Lange and learns that he has dressed up as a lady to revive his profession. (She additionally misplaced the supporting actress Oscar at that 12 months’s Academy Awards to Lange.)

Though greatest recognized for comedy, Garr confirmed in such movies as “Shut Encounters of the Third Variety,” “The Black Stallion” and “The Escape Artist” that she may deal with drama equally properly.

“I wish to play ‘Norma Rae’ and ‘Sophie’s Alternative,’ however I by no means acquired the prospect,” she as soon as mentioned, including she had grow to be typecast as a comic book actor.

She had a aptitude for spontaneous humor, typically enjoying David Letterman’s foil throughout visitor appearances on NBC’s “Late Night time With David Letterman” early in its run.

Her appearances grew to become so frequent, and the pair’s good-natured bickering so convincing, that for a time rumors cropped up that they had been romantically concerned. Years later, Letterman credited these early appearances with serving to make the present successful.

It was additionally throughout these years that Garr started to really feel “just a little beeping or ticking” in her proper leg. It started in 1983 and ultimately unfold to her proper arm as properly, however she felt she may reside with it. By 1999 the signs had grow to be so extreme that she consulted a physician. The prognosis: a number of sclerosis.

For 3 years Garr didn’t reveal her sickness.

“I used to be afraid that I wouldn’t get work,” she defined in a 2003 interview. “Individuals hear MS and assume, ‘Oh, my God, the particular person has two days to reside.’”

After going public, she grew to become a spokesperson for the Nationwide A number of Sclerosis Society, making humorous speeches to gatherings within the U.S. and Canada.

“It’s a must to discover your middle and roll with the punches as a result of that’s a tough factor to do: to have folks pity you,” she commented in 2005. “Simply attempting to clarify to people who I’m OK is tiresome.”

She additionally continued to behave, showing on “Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit,” “Greetings From Tucson,” “Life With Bonnie” and different TV reveals. She additionally had a quick recurring position on “Buddies” within the Nineties as Lisa Kudrow’s mom. Garr married contractor John O’Neil in 1993. They adopted a daughter, Molly, earlier than divorcing in 1996.

In her 2005 autobiography, “Speedbumps: Flooring It By means of Hollywood,” Garr defined her determination to not talk about her age.

“My mom taught me that showbiz folks by no means inform their actual ages. She by no means revealed hers or my father’s,” she wrote.

She mentioned she was born in Los Angeles, though most reference books record Lakewood, Ohio. As her father’s profession waned, the household, together with Teri’s two older brothers, lived with kin within the Midwest and East.

The Garrs ultimately moved again to California, settling within the San Fernando Valley, the place Teri graduated from North Hollywood Excessive Faculty and studied speech and drama for 2 years at California State College, Northridge.

Garr recalled in 1988 what her father had informed his youngsters about pursuing a profession in Hollywood.

“Don’t be on this enterprise,” he informed them. “It’s the bottom. It’s humiliating to folks.”

Garr is survived by her daughter, Molly O’Neil, and a grandson, Tyryn.

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Bob Thomas, a longtime Related Press journalist who died in 2014, was the principal author of this obituary. AP Leisure Author Mark Kennedy contributed to this report.