January 2025
Yankees sign top international SS prospect Manny Cedeño to deal with $2.5 million bonus: report
The Yankees added a highly-touted international prospect to their farm system on Friday, reportedly signing 16-year-old Dominican shortstop Manny Cedeño to a contract with a $2.5 million signing bonus.
When the JFK Assassination Files Will Be Released and Where to Read Them
Among the panoply of executive orders signed by president Trump in his first week in office is a directive of special interest to conspiracy theorists: on Thursday, Trump directed the federal government to “present a plan to the President for the full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy,” as well as the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“That’s a big one, huh? A lot of people are waiting for this for a long—for years, for decades,” the president said upon signing the order. You can read the full executive order here.
How to see the declassified JFK, RFK, and MLK assassination documents
If you’re hoping Trump’s order will result in The Feds uploading tons of spicy files this afternoon, you’ll be disappointed: this is still the federal government we’re talking about. Instead of insta-revelations, the executive order gives the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General 15 days to review records related to the assassination of JFK, 45 days for records related to MLK and RFK, and then “present a plan” to the President for the “full and complete release of these records.”
Any new JFK files that get released will likely join the JFK archive maintained by the National Security Agency, where they’ll join nearly 5 million pages of records related to the JFK assassination that are already publicly available. According to the National Archives and Records Administration, 97% of the government’s records related to the JFK assassination are already public.
Are we going to see all the documents related to the JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations?
Whether the president will release complete, un-redacted files and documents associated with the assassinations to the public remains to be seen. There’s nothing preventing Trump from looking at the plan, saying, “fantastic work,” and not doing anything.
The president has the discretion to weigh public interest in disclosure against information that would harm intelligence or military operations, law enforcement, or foreign relations. How Trump might judge these options is unknown, although, for what it’s worth, the executive order states that “all records in the Federal Government’s possession pertaining to each of those assassinations is also in the public interest.”
Didn’t this already happen?
If this news gives you a vague sense of déjà vu, it’s understandable. Back in 2017, during Trump’s first term as president, the president announced he was opening the JFK files:
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Since then, dribs and drabs of new information about JFK’s killing have been made public, but there are still thousands of documents that are sealed and countless redactions that could be removed from publicly available documents.
The real bombshells might not be about either Kennedy
Conspiracy theories regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy have been a part of American culture since soon after the shooting, and, to a lesser extent, so have alternative theories about RFK’s death, so all publicly available documents related to both Kennedy assassinations have been pored over extensively by generations of amateur researchers and historians. But public interest in conspiracies surrounding the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. hasn’t been as prevalent, and could provide the biggest revelations—should the files related to the assassination actually see the light of day.
Members of the King family have long maintained that the official story— King was gunned down by petty criminal James Earl Ray—is bunk, pointing to the FBI’s long-running surveillance and harassment campaign against King and other discrepancies in the evidence surrounding the killing. In 1979, United States House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that “there was a likelihood of conspiracy in the assassination of Dr King.”
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Ichiro, Sabathia & Wagner elected to Hall of Fame, impact of Roki Sasaki to Dodgers | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman talk about Ichiro, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner getting elected to the Hall of Fame, the Dodgers introducing Roki Sasaki and the Braves solidifying their lineup and outfield by signing Jurickson Profar.
Ichiro, Sabathia & Wagner elected to Hall of Fame, impact of Roki Sasaki to Dodgers | Baseball Bar-B-Cast
Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman talk about Ichiro, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner getting elected to the Hall of Fame, the Dodgers introducing Roki Sasaki and the Braves solidifying their lineup and outfield by signing Jurickson Profar.
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5 predictions for the 2025 MLB season: The Yankees will be better than the Mets, the A’s will make the playoffs and more
With Opening Day less than nine weeks away, here are five early predictions for 2025.
5 predictions for the 2025 MLB season: The Yankees will be better than the Mets, the A’s will make the playoffs and more
With Opening Day less than nine weeks away, here are five early predictions for 2025.
This Budget Samsung Soundbar and Subwoofer Combo Is Over 50% Off
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Soundbars typically fall into two broad categories: High-end options like those from Sonos, and the cheaper options that are honestly not worth the money. There is, however, a sweet spot to be found in older models from reputable soundbar companies that were good values to begin with. That’s where the Samsung HW-B650 fits, and it’s currently $189.99 (originally $399.99), the lowest price it has been since its release, according to price-tracking tools.
The HW-B650 was released in 2022 as Samsung’s top-of-the-line B-series soundbar for that year. The B-series is a step down from the more premium Q-series soundbars, which easily cost over a grand. Samsung is known to provide great value for the money in the soundbar department, and for those not looking to spend a mortgage payment on a soundbar, the B-series is ideal.
Getting a soundbar dramatically raises the audio experience, especially with dialogue. The HW-B650 has preset EQs that let you set the right one depending on your situation. You have many useful presets like one for nighttime, which lowers loud sounds and raises soft sounds, game mode to hear small details, an adaptive one that lets the soundbar set the best one for your media, and of course, a voice enhancer that makes dialogue sound clearer.
Because this is a 3.1-channel soundbar, you get a dedicated center channel for vocals, which is what helps the dialogue sound clear. The 430 Watts of power means the soundbar can get loud without distortion. Remember you can always buy rear speakers to make it a true 5.1-channel surround sound system.