Astead Herndon

So this week on The Verge Cast, we're talking about what's happening in Minneapolis, how information moves in an AI age, and what it means to make sense of it all.

All that, plus what's new with the new TikTok, why everything feels like it's falling apart on TikTok, and more on The Verge Cast, wherever you get podcasts.

And you live in the city, so it's hard to have a pet in the city.

I took 5,000 photos in 2016.

By the time I get through looking through all of them, this meme will have passed.

A lot of us have spent a lot of the last week watching videos of what's happening on the streets of Minneapolis and understanding what it is that we're seeing, but also what's real and what isn't and what's AI and who is taking these videos and how we're supposed to understand the source feels harder than ever.

So this week on The Verge Cast, we're talking about what's happening in Minneapolis, how information moves in an AI age and what it means to make sense of it all.

All that, plus what's new with the new TikTok, why everything feels like it's falling apart on TikTok, and more on The Verge Cast, wherever you get podcasts.

So last week, after the U.S.

captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, I went to Capitol Hill and asked congressional Republicans the one question that's on everyone's mind.

Are they just going to let President Trump get away with all this?

President Trump was well within his authority to do what he did.

Most Republicans didn't want to talk or defended Trump's every move, which only made Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky stand out even more.

If we start talking about Greenland, there is absolutely zero support among Republicans, none from Democrats and none from Republicans for invading Greenland.

Paul has been leading efforts to curb Trump's war powers, and he says the White House is pushing its luck.

But considering how Congress has failed to stand up to Trump time and time again, why is this time any different?

And when it comes to Trump's quest to acquire Greenland by any means necessary, who's going to stop him?

That's next on Today Explained.

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And they spend a week trying to sell each other on the weirdest gadgets you've ever seen in your entire life.