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January 9th, 2023

Good morning, and happy Monday! Remember last year’s trend of quiet quitting? Well, there’s a new millennial catchphrase in town, and it’s called rage-applying. Apparently, the term refers to sending out a bunch of applications in hopes of landing a gig that comes with an attractive pay raise. We may be old-fashioned, but isn’t that just called…applying?

In Today’s Brief

Senegal: Three days of mourning
McCarthy: Elected in 15 rounds
Young Thug: Trial starts today
Jobs: 223K added in December

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Protests in Brazil

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro yesterday stormed Congress, the Supreme Court, and the presidential palace in the country’s capital.

The events came one week after the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was on a trip to Sao Paulo and was not in the presidential palace yesterday. While the results of the country’s election were recognized as legitimate by dozens of foreign governments, former President Bolsonaro has raised questions about the reliability of the country’s electronic voting system. Since Lula’s election last year, Bolsonaro supporters have protested by blocking roads, setting vehicles ablaze, and gathering outside military buildings.

As of last night, Brazilian authorities arrested at least 170 people in connection to yesterday's events. While Bolsonaro hasn’t explicitly conceded or recognized Lula’s victory in an address following the election, he agreed to a transition of power on November 1st, 2022.

More California storms

Over 560K homes in California were left without power yesterday amid continued rainfall and high winds throughout the state, according to power outage trackers.

The outages come days after a combination storm of a bomb cyclone and an atmospheric river hit California. A new wave of the storm was expected to move in overnight last night, according to forecasters. In preparation, the NWS issued a flood watch for parts of Northern and Central California, with up to 12 inches of rain expected through Wednesday. Southern California may see up to 8 inches of rain in some parts, per the NWS, with the heaviest portions occurring late tonight and into tomorrow.

The NWS has warned that the recent downpours are likely to overflow rivers and induce flooding in Central California, as well as along the coastlines. Since New Year’s Eve weekend, at least seven people in the state have lost their lives due to weather-related events.

Cuban spy released after 20 years

Ana Montes, a former U.S. defense intelligence analyst who was convicted of spying for Cuba, was released from federal prison in Forth Worth, Texas, after 20 years.

Montes–now 65–worked as an analyst with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency for 16 years and became of the agency’s top aides on Cuba. During her time there, she admitted to revealing secrets to Cuban authorities such as the identities of four American undercover agents in Cuba and details about U.S. surveillance of Cuban weapons. Montes was arrested in 2001 and received a sentence of 25 years.

According to a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Montes was released early due to good behavior. In addition to being banned from working for the government or contacting foreign agents without permission, she will remain under supervision for five years and will have her internet usage monitored.

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Around the Globe

Senegal declares three days of mourning following a bus crash in the country’s central Kaffrine region which left at least 40 people dead and about 80 injured (More)
Ukraine denied Russia’s claim that over 600 Ukrainian troops lost their lives in a strike that the Russian military carried out in the city of Kramatorsk yesterday, saying that only buildings and infrastructure were damaged in the attack (More)
NATO denies a Serbian government request to send up to 1K police and army personnel to Kosovo following clashes between Serbian and Kosovo authorities, according to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (More)

On the Homefront

Rep. Kevin McCarthy was elected House Speaker after fifteen rounds of voting; the process marked the longest election of a Speaker since 1859 and the fifth-longest in the history of the House of Representatives (More)
A kindergarten teacher who was shot by a six-year-old pupil in Virginia remains in critical condition but is showing signs of improvement, according to local authorities (More)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis activated the state’s national guard in response to hundreds of migrants arriving in the Florida Keys from Cuba over the past week (More)

Glitz & Games

Oscar-nominated cinematographer Owen Roizman, known for his work on ‘The Exorcist’ and ‘The French Connection,’ passed away at age 86 (More)
RICO trial of rapper Young Thug begins today; prosecutors have accused the rapper–real name Jeffery Lamar Williams–of co-founding a criminal street gang responsible for violent crimes and using his songs and social media to promote it (More)
Tom Brady broke his own record for single-season completions during yesterday’s game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Atlanta Falcons; Brady surpassed the 485 completions he set last season and will finish this year’s regular season at 490 (More)

Business & Markets

Stocks closed higher on Friday following the Labor Department’s jobs report, with the S&P 500 snapping a four-week losing streak (Dow +2.13%, Nasdaq +2.56%, S&P 500 +2.28%)
Chinese fintech conglomerate Ant Group confirmed that it has no plan to initiate an initial public offering (IPO) and that founder Jack Ma no longer controls the company (More)
Labor Department’s jobs report shows that U.S. employers added 223K jobs in December with the unemployment rate falling month-over-month from 3.6% to 3.5%, matching a 53-year low (More)

Tips & Tricks

Sneak Peek: Get your blood pumping with this sneak peek of the upcoming film Gran Turismo starring Orlando Bloom and David Harbour which will make you feel like you’re driving a racecar at 200 mph
Bump This: Shania Twain reminds us why she was the pop-country queen of the 90s in her new single “Giddy Up!” - listen on Apple Music and Spotify
Cash Grab: The Mega Millions jackpot reached its third-highest level in history, rising to an estimated $1.1B after no one hit all six numbers on Friday; the next drawing is set for tomorrow night
Go Deep: Learn how YouTube revenue works and how much a viral video with over 90M views netted its creator (it kind of makes us want to stick to writing newsletters, to be honest)
Say What: “He was kind and humble, which is hard to believe considering how brilliant he is at what he does, but it’s true. He was also sweet and polite,” Jane Fonda said in an interview regarding working with her co-star Tom Brady in the upcoming film 80 for Brady
Hot Goss: Adam Rich, a former child star who played Nicholas Bradford in ABC’s Eight Is Enough, passed away at 54 over the weekend
Life Hack: Practicing yoga lets you get some much-needed stretching in and promotes mental calmness at the same time - here are some unexpected benefits of yoga and how it can help with both your mobility and your well-being

Tip-Offs

One of NASA’s retired satellites is falling from the sky.

Several options for creating a home juice bar.

People are flocking to see a killer android doll.

A video of a whole cemetery shaded by a single tree.

…and a peaceful portrait of the Grand Canyon during winter.

The comeback plan of a novelist who faked her own death.

Five daily practices to help you live to age 90.

How Google Reviews helps humanity stay connected.

Looking Back…

On January 9th: Apple then-CEO Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone (2007); Mississippi becomes the second U.S. state to secede from the Union (1861); Michael Jackson is named Artist of the Century at the AMAs (2002); American actor J.K. Simmons is born (1955).

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