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America's Top Doctor: Social Media = Cigarettes & Alcohol
Biden's new immigration policy; Schumer grilled over grilling
Surgeon General calls for warning label on social media, Biden’s latest immigration move; Chicago considers reparations for slavery.
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Hey everyone,
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer got grilled - while attempting to grill - a cheeseburger over the weekend.
He posted and then quickly deleted this photo from X (Twitter) after he put cheese directly onto the raw meat patty… which is all kinds of wrong.
But here at Mo News, we think instead of deleting the photo, he could have had a little fun with it and leaned into the mistake. Everyone appreciates a little self-deprecating humor, right?
Psst, Senator, if you’re reading this: here’s how to properly BBQ a burger.
Mosheh, Jill, & Courtney
Quick programming note: The Mo Newsletter will be off tomorrow for the Juneteenth Day federal holiday. We will be back Thursday!
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📌 TIME FOR SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET A ⚠️WARNING LABEL?
America’s top doctor is issuing a dire call for action on social media apps and their harmful influence over kids and teens. In a New York Times column yesterday, U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, said warning labels should be added to social media - demanding Congress take action now, before it’s too late.
RISK FACTOR
The Surgeon General compared social media today to tobacco decades ago: it’s a product with a business model built on addiction. Warning labels were first put on tobacco in 1965, following a breakthrough Surgeon General report. Alcohol and cigarettes are still currently the only two products that contain surgeon general warnings, but Murthy said the health risks that come with social media are “just as profound.”
Murthy cited research that found adolescents who spent more than 3 hours a day on social media face double the risk of anxiety and depression. (Note: the average time this age group spends on social media has already reached 4.8 hours)
A 2022 survey found 95% of kids ages 13-17 were on social media. More than a third of them said they used social media “almost constantly.”
There is no seatbelt for parents to click, no helmet to snap in place, no assurance that trusted experts have investigated and ensured that these platforms are safe for our kids. (They are) trying to figure it out on their own, pitted against some of the best product engineers and most well-resourced companies in the world.
WILL CONGRESS ACT?
Murthy can’t act on his own. Congress would need to get behind him and pass a bill in order to add warning labels to apps.
Lawmakers from both parties have been criticizing the social media giants, warning that they pose a number of threats to children. One of the most notable moments was in January, when Rep. Josh Hawley (R-MO) demanded Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg publicly apologize to families whose children killed themselves because of bullying and harassment on his platforms.
But, even after that powerful moment, Congress has taken little action to curb social media usage.
STEPS YOU CAN TAKE NOW
Jonathan Haidt, the author of the New York Times bestselling book ‘The Anxious Generation’ joined the Mo News Premium Podcast to discuss how parenting mistakes, smartphones and social media rewired Gen Z brains.
One of the key steps he says parents can take to turn the tide: more freedom in the real world and more supervision online. The full conversation is available right now to premium subscribers. Join here to access the Mo News members-only podcast and Instagram!
📌 BIDEN’S LATEST IMMIGRATION MOVE UNDER FIRE FROM RIGHT
Just weeks after upsetting progressives with a clampdown on asylum seekers at the border, President Biden is set today to anger the right with a move to announce immigration relief.
He is expected to announce a sweeping executive order that would lift the threat of deportation for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens. As the law stands now, if a migrant enters the country illegally, and marries a U.S. citizen, he or she must leave the country for 10 years before becoming eligible for a green card.
A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP
The sheer size of the program – reportedly offering protection to up to half a million immigrants – would make it one of the largest immigration programs in decades, rivaled only by the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, which was launched by then-President Obama in 2012.
What Biden’s program will reportedly do:
Protect 500,000 immigrants married to Americans from deportation
Ease the process for some undocumented immigrants to get a green card and a path to U.S. citizenship
Allow undocumented spouses to obtain work permits on a case-by-case basis
CUE THE POLITICS
In an election year where immigration is a top issue for many voters, Biden is trying to strike a balance. His goal: try to clamp down on a surge of migrants on the border, and also recognize that something has to be done for millions who have already been living, working (and, in this case, married to people) in the country.
Some progressive Democrats say he went too far with his recent executive order, closing the border to asylum seekers when the number of crossings hit 2,500 daily— mirroring some of Donald Trump’s border strategy.
Some Republicans say he isn’t going far enough, amounting his action to a “Band-Aid” that would do little to curb border crossings long term. Some are calling today’s plan “amnesty.”
Here’s how Biden and Trump’s immigration policies stack up.
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⏳ SPEED READ
🚨NATION
📌 Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint during Biden LA weekend trip (AP NEWS)
A June heat wave—not seen in decades—will send temperatures soaring for more than half the US population (CNN)
📌 First alert of 2024 hurricane season: Tropical storm watch on Texas coast (USA TODAY)
📌 Maryland governor pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 New polling shows the real fallout from the Trump conviction (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Netanyahu dissolves influential war Cabinet after key partner bolted from government (AP NEWS)
📌 Russia sets date for start of Evan Gershkovich’s trial (NY TIMES)
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📌 Diseases surge worldwide after COVID (BLOOMBERG)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 The share of women scientists grew in the last 2 decades (AXIOS)
📌 US sues Adobe for making it difficult to cancel subscriptions (YAHOO)
📌 McDonald’s to end AI drive-through test with IBM (CNBC)
📌 Voyager 1 is back online! NASA's most distant spacecraft returns data from 15 billion miles away (SPACE.COM)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Boston Celtics win 18th NBA championship with win over Dallas Mavericks (AP NEWS)
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📌 Rory McIlroy breaks silence on debilitating US Open collapse (NY POST)
📌 Scooter Braun announces retirement from music management after 23 years: 'I will cherish every moment' (PEOPLE)
📌 Inside the Tony Awards after-parties: Angelina Jolie serves McDonald’s, Billy Porter protests (NY POST)
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🗓 ON THIS DAY: JUNE 18TH
1873: American suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined after being convicted for voting in the 1872 presidential election, though she refused to pay it; in 2020 President Trump pardoned Anthony.
1928: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1942: Paul McCartney was born; The singer turns 82 today.
1977: ‘Dreams’ by Fleetwood Mac reached #1 on the Billboard charts.
1983: The first American woman to fly into outer space, Sally Ride, was launched with four other astronauts aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
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