The Update- May 8th

In today’s edition of The Update Journal… Chick-fil-A has apparently decided the only way to get people to look up from their phones during dinner is to dangle ice cream in front of them like a reward for good behavior. Meanwhile, the internet has once again discovered that the Minions are all male because apparently chaos, goggles, and workplace incompetence are “guy energy.” And in The Last Word, a reminder that progress doesn’t always arrive with fireworks, dramatic music, or a life-changing montage. Sometimes progress is just answering one email, surviving one bad day, or not throwing your phone across the room after hearing the phrase “Cell Phone Coop Challenge.” Small wins still count. Even if your reward is only a tiny vanilla cone and emotional stability.In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Friday, people who buy luxurious second homes in New York City, but live most of the year elsewhere, would have to pay a new tax on the properties under a tentative agreement — an initiative to appease Mayor Mamdani and liberal voters who launched him into office with chants of “tax the rich.”President Trump’s border czar has threatened to “ flood the zone ” with immigration agents if New York passes bills to limit local coordination with the federal government’s crackdown.And in Tennessee, amid raucous protests, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.