Episode

$121K job lost over a meme

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The Kim Komando Show
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May 9, 2026
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6355
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Summary

Kathleen Tierney posted a Game of Thrones GIF as a joke on a city council Facebook page. A month later, she ended up in handcuffs for it. And lost her a six-figure job. Now, she’s suing for $3 million to prove that snark isn't a crime. Plus, Bill Gates's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, inside Zuckerberg's $170M Florida mansion and how your gas app snitches to your insurance company. And I talk to Sarah from Colorado. She has a drone problem. One is being flown outside her bathroom window. She's pretty sure she knows who's doing it. I give her the tools to find out. Timecodes 00:00 Gen Zers are bringing mom to job interviews 02:43 Show intro 03:30 How Israel used AI and Tehran's traffic cameras 06:30 AI-faked war videos flooding social media 07:08 Where your Meta Ray-Ban footage actually ends up 08:24 Inside Zuckerberg's $170M Florida mansion 10:20 Bill Gates' name in the Epstein files 13:00 Why Kim is done paying Microsoft 15:09 Splash of AI newsletter launch 16:47 Caller Sarah: Drone outside her bathroom window 26:11 Caller Graham: Fooled by an AI musician on AGT 32:46 Use a VPN to score cheaper hotel rates 34:11 Washington's "Spanish" AI line that speaks English 36:25 Why tech CEOs won't let their own kids on social media 39:46 Apple's new budget iPhone, iPad, and MacBook 40:34 Google Home's new Gemini live search 41:07 Burger King's AI bot named Patty 43:07 Apple Watch saves a 15-year-old after a crash 44:46 Caller Pastor Jennifer: Scammers cloned her voice and face 49:57 Allstate sued for tracking 45 million drivers 51:09 Caller Rob: Earning an AI certificate from MIT 58:27 Caller Melissa: Battery exploded into flames on her flight 1:06:00 Amazon Prime members charged more on some items 1:11:57 Tempe woman arrested over a Game of Thrones GIF 1:14:30 Allstate's massive dri…