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Stanley Zabar, co-owner of the famous Upper West Side grocery store Zabar's, died at age 94 on November 10, 2026, according to a statement from the store.

The Wall Street Journal published a timeline of the scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with Alice Huang, a business executive that U.S. intelligence believed was a spy for China.

US prosecutors indicted three men on terrorism-related charges over nearly 20 alleged Iran-linked plots targeting Jewish sites in the US and Europe, including a planned attack on RAF Fairford in the UK. This is an opinionated political rant with no specific factual claim to check. This is an opinion about media coverage and congressional votes with no specific factual claim stated. This is promotional content about a podcast episode, with the headline being an opinion/editorial statement rather than a checkable factual claim. This is a personal reaction to someone else's statement, with no independent factual claim to verify.

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Stanley Zabar, co-owner of the famous Upper West Side grocery store Zabar's, died at age 94 on November 10, 2026, according to a statement from the store.

Breaking News: Stanley Zabar, who for decades helped run Zabar's, his family’s famous food emporium on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, has died at 94. https://t.co/zcCLUVdA3F

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The Wall Street Journal published a timeline of the scandal involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's affair with Alice Huang, a business executive that U.S. intelligence believed was a spy for China.

An affair, a secret memo and a CEO in hot water. A timeline of how the scandal consuming Nvidia unfolded. 🔗 https://t.co/jzKwweQARn https://t.co/pasXVWTStq

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US prosecutors indicted three men on terrorism-related charges over nearly 20 alleged Iran-linked plots targeting Jewish sites in the US and Europe, including a planned attack on RAF Fairford in the UK. This is an opinionated political rant with no specific factual claim to check. This is an opinion about media coverage and congressional votes with no specific factual claim stated. This is promotional content about a podcast episode, with the headline being an opinion/editorial statement rather than a checkable factual claim. This is a personal reaction to someone else's statement, with no independent factual claim to verify.

US prosecutors indict three men over nearly 20 alleged Iran-linked plots targeting Jewish sites in the US and Europe and a planned attack on RAF Fairford in the UK. The suspects face terrorism-related charges. Al Jazeera’s Matthew Torres reports. https://t.co/JCMqXjWPM0

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BA reported affair, a secret memo, and the CEO of Nvidia in very hot water.
BThat sounds like a spy novel, not a chip company.
BThe Wall Street Journal just published a timeline of how the whole thing blew up.
BFor anyone not online: Jensen Huang, the CEO, reportedly had a relationship with executive Alice Huang.
BAnd US intelligence believed she was a spy for China.
BBelieved. That's the word the Journal uses.
BThat's enough for me to call this a national security problem.
BBecause Nvidia makes the chips everyone wants for AI, including China.
BExactly. The company sits at the center of export controls. His personal life isn't just personal.
BI'd separate two things. An affair is a scandal. Passing secrets is a crime.
BWe don't have evidence of the second.
BIf you're the CEO and close to a suspected spy, that's a real risk.
BRisk, yes. But the Journal's timeline shows when concerns surfaced, what was in the memo—we're still learning.
BA secret memo! That's the part that should make everyone furious. Why did it stay secret?
BThat's the question. The answer might be messy, not criminal.
BMy take: boards should treat this as a security incident the moment intelligence shares a concern.
BNot after it goes public.
BAnd my take: we don't know what Jensen knew. If he was lied to, that's a different story.
BYou're being too careful.
BNo, I'm being fair. He deserves a fair hearing. But shareholders deserve answers.
BOn that, we agree. The Journal's timeline is the first real map.
BAnd no one's been charged. This is reporting, not an indictment.
BYet. The timeline may change that.
BIt's worth reading. This isn't gossip. It's about who protects the most important technology.
BLet me pull us out of the spy thriller. Stanley Zabar died today at 94.
BZabar's, the Upper West Side institution?
BSame family. He helped run the store for decades. ABC7 says the store announced it.
BI can smell the bagels from here.
BIt's a New York landmark. Ninety-four years, and it stayed in the family.
BA nice reminder that not every story today has to be about espionage or Congress.
BOr maybe it does. His lox and cream cheese on a bagel was a national security asset.
BThat's the first thing you've said all day I fully agree with.
BHere's one that'll start a fight. A post on X says any claim of a stolen election erodes democracy. The author isn't having it.
BWhat's the argument?
BBasically: not if there's evidence of foul play. Blocking that challenge is what really erodes democracy.
BI understand the instinct. But we've spent years hearing stolen election claims with no evidence. That erodes trust.
BSo every challenge is illegitimate? That's not how a healthy democracy works.
BNo, the solution is evidence. Bring it. Courts are the place. Not a rally and a hashtag.
BAnd if courts don't take it up? People are supposed to just shut up?
BIf courts reject it for lack of evidence, that's the system working. You don't overturn an election because you feel robbed.
BThe post's point is that 'stolen election' is a conclusion, not a question. Real evidence changes that.
BThe problem is 'real evidence' has been promised for years and never shown. At some point, it's a con.
BAnd calling every challenge an attack on democracy isn't a con? Come on.
BMaybe both can be true. But one side has been far more reckless with the claim.
BIs that fair? There are suspicious things in every election. Who gets to decide what's suspicious?
BThe courts, the secretaries of state, the election officials. Not X posts.
BNow you sound like you're defending the establishment.
BI'm defending the only system we have. Show me evidence and I'll join the fight. Until then, it's noise.
BI'll take that. We can agree on evidence. We just disagree on how much we've seen.

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