Where'd you go for the long weekend? If you spent most of your time online, you couldn't escape

the rumors that the president was dead. Trump hasn't been seen in days. The bruises on his hands,

Vance said he's ready to take over if something happened. If Trump's dead, they should bury

J.D. Vance alive with him, like they did with pharaohs and their cats. Imagine not believing Trump is dead just because there's no evidence.

Where's your sense of whimsy and joie de vivre?

By Sunday, Donald Trump himself had to weigh in.

Never felt better in my life. Also, D.C. is a crime-free zone.

I'm alive and I fixed D.C.

On today explained from Vox, we're going to assess that second claim because it's bold.

It is a literal statement that President Trump has freed 700,000 people in this city who are living under the rule of criminals and thubs.

He literally liberated DC and he wants to do Chicago next.

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Here is a big existential question for every media company today. Do they fight the AI tech overlords or do they just take their money?

So far, most of them are taking the money, but a few are fighting. One of them is Zip Davis.

This is Peter Kafka, the host of channels. And on this week's episode, I'm talking to Zip Davis,

CEO of Vec Shah, who tells me he's kind of optimistic

about the media business and why he's taking on the people behind chat GPT. That's this

week on channels wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.

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