The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) killed net neutrality back in 2017 under former president Donald Trump, but on Thursday, it brought it back from the dead. Read more... | Continue reading
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024 With what is Donald Trump charged? The future president made the statement back in the early days. Joe and Mika were in the process of flipping on the candidate—a candidate over whom they had fawned all through the previous year. It was January 2016. NPR … | Continue reading
Crooks and Liars.com: Four years ago yesterday, Donald Trump announced that “injecting bleach and shining light into the body would cure COVID-19” – it’s amazing we survived Trump, much less COVID-19! | Continue reading
However, excessively weak recovery in Germany, disruptions to global supply chains and the election of Donald Trump as the next US president could also create turbulence in the region. Despite the challenging international environment and significant downside risks, the economies … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2024 Old ways disappear: Journalistically speaking, we'd call it a moment that was. Yesterday, opening statements were delivered at the Trump hush money / election corruption trial. When we left off this morning, Donald J. Trump had somehow "corrupted the 2016 … | Continue reading
An interview with former Epic CCO Donald Mustard explains why Fortnite's priorities shifted away from in-game events The post Fortnite Moved Away From Live Events To Focus On The Metaverse appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Former President Donald Trump could pocket more than $1 billion in paper wealth by the end of the day Tuesday. Read more... | Continue reading
I entered the title of this post as a search phrase in Google, and here are some of the top results: Indivisible.org: Defeat Trump Toolkit – This resource was created in January 2023, has suggestions for organizing events, recruiting group members, and links to other content at I … | Continue reading
SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2024 Donald Trump's trial and American Journalism: Opening statements will be made tomorrow! That said: This very morning, we've been reading the Today's Paper site at the New York Times. As part of what we would regard as a comically tunnel-visioned Blue Americ … | Continue reading
In early April, I posted about Cleveland Plain Dealer editor Chris Quinn, who wrote a column saying that he was going to continue to tell the truth about Donald Trump, even when it offends those who are paying for information. Dan Froomkin has an excellent interview on PressWatch … | Continue reading
It was a bad week for Truth Social and the Tesla Cybertruck. Both showed that they might not be as great as Donald Trump and Elon Musk thought. This week also saw a terrifying AI video generator, major complaints about a dog-sitting app, and the retirement of a beloved robot. Che … | Continue reading
Philip A. Goduti, Jr. in The Conversation: In my view as a scholar of Kennedy’s life, he set the modern-day standard for public service that is all but absent in the 2024 presidential election dominated by the legal woes of Donald Trump and the age of 81-year-old President Joe Bi … | Continue reading
I woke up this morning with a choice. I could go on my Iphone and see Donald Trump whining and lying again, or I could go outside and see what the sun was doing with my flowers. I made the right choice. I felt peace and contentment seconds later. When I look at a sunrise, […] | Continue reading
The company behind Donald Trump’s Truth Social has been public for just a few weeks, but the stock price has plunged 50% from its first full day on the market. Trump Media filed with the SEC on Monday to issue 21 million more shares of DJT stock, and made the first steps towards … | Continue reading
This unusual-looking cup was designed by Dr. Mark Weislogel, a former NASA research scientist and expert in fluid dynamics. It has the unusual provenance of having been prototyped not on Earth, but in space.As the story goes, Dr. Weislogel learned that Donald Pettit, an astronaut … | Continue reading
In 1951, a book by an unschooled dockworker predicted the forces that would give rise to radical politics on the left, populism on the right—and a president like Donald Trump. | Continue reading
Lameazoid Link List for Friday 2024-04-12 12-Apr-2024 – GI Joe Transformers Crossover Live-Action Movie From Steven Spielberg Happening | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT Brief Summary: “CinemaCon 2024 has been the source of a great deal of new and exciting information this week, with a” 12-A … | Continue reading
Donald Trump will destroy democracy to satisfy his own super inflated ego. That seems a poor reason to dismantle the Constitution. The post Citizens United, Donald Trump, & The Politics Of Fear appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Photo credits: Dati Bendo / European Union The Polish government is backing the inclusion of dual-use technologies in the EU’s next seven-year research and innovation funding programme, due to start in 2028, saying the tense geopolitical situati … | Continue reading
Several weeks ago, I read a Substack post with this same title, as well as a Vox article titled “The courts were never going to save America from Donald Trump”. The bottom line of both articles were that the only way to defeat Donald Trump was going to be at the ballot box. But w … | Continue reading
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose government has been behind reforms that led to the EU unfreezing frozen funds, shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Photo: Christophe Licoppe / European Union The unfreezing of up to €137 billion in EU fund … | Continue reading
Last week, the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Chris Quinn, published a “Letter from the Editor” concerning the paper’s coverage of news concerning Donald Trump (mentioned on PressWatch). He stated that they are receiving a fair amount of mail/email on this topic criticizin … | Continue reading
remember that donald trump is not the king of ameriKKKa remember that scars from a bullwhip last more than a lifetime, centuries even remember that equality does not yet exist in the land of the free and the home of the brave remember that donovan records still deserve to be play … | Continue reading
On recent trips to the San Francisco Bay Area and Boston, friends who are Democrats spoke gleefully about the prospect of Donald Trump being reduced to poverty via lawsuits. While this might be straightforward in California or Maskachusetts, stripping a Floridian of all of his/he … | Continue reading
This week in tech saw people passing the buck. Former President Donald Trump sued the co-founders of his social media platform for bungling the job when it went public, the owners of the cargo ship that caused a bridge to collapse say it’s not their fault, and a company that make … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2024 Paraphrase can never be perfect: Under current arrangements, denizens of Red America hear an array of statements and claims. Denizens of Blue America rarely receive those same presentations. This creates a type of Babel as our nation, such as it ever was, co … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2024 No bait left behind: Has Candidate Donald J. Trump been using his words again? In Tuesday's speech in Michigan, he began flashing "blood bath" again, deliberately giving the term new weight. Along the way, he also offered the statement shown below, speakin … | Continue reading
A little over a week ago, Trump Media Technology Group, which owns Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, became a publicly traded company. Around the same time, Trump Media launched a lawsuit against the co-founders of the platform, claiming that they had hurt the c … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2024 If we did, we'd have three right here: If we believed in terrible people, they would be terrible people! We refer to one of the leadership cadres currently advocating on behalf of Candidate Donald J. Trump. Some of these leadership cadres actually make de … | Continue reading
Just days after going public, Donald Trump’s social media company ‘Trump Media’ saw shares plummet by 21% on Monday (Apr… Continue reading Trump Media shares tumble 21% just days after debut The post Trump Media shares tumble 21% just days after debut appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
On Election Night 2016, many of us thought we knew who would be the next president of the United States. We were blindsided when Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump. Legacy media quickly scrambled to explain what had happened. They ultimately arrived at an explanation: Trump’s v … | Continue reading
Donald Trump has named his vice president and running mate for 2024 and the choice may come as a surprise to some. The post Trump Picks Elon Musk For Vice President appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Lots of planning for November and post election: How Viktor Orbán Conquered the Heritage Foundation | The New Republic Last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made waves by flying to the United States to meet with Donald Trump—but not with sitting president Joe Biden. It … | Continue reading
David Horsey in Seattle Times: P.T. Barnum, the great 19th century showman, circus owner and hoax promoter, is quoted as saying, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Donald J. Trump, the great 21st century con man, political phenomenon and hoax promoter, would heartily agree. Tr … | Continue reading
PLUS: New documentary "Against All Enemies" explores how veterans turn to domestic extremism | Continue reading
Donald Trump, the same president who used tear gas to clear a square so that he could pose for a picture in front of a church and hold up a bible, is now dabbling again in religion. This Holy Week, he's pushing a $60 “Make America Pray Again” bible that you can buy for yourself. … | Continue reading
The Fintech giant spends more on running test suites than Agoda does for all its infra. Plus, why taking out a loan for equity can backfire, and why did Donald Trump’s social media company use a SPAC? | Continue reading
UPDATED (Anyone else remember Pam Bondi?) In case you haven't heard, Donald Trump's net worth just got much bigger. Incredible. Trump’s Republican billionaire skeptic became his Republican billionaire friend by giving him billions of dollars in exchange for policy favors on TikTo … | Continue reading
It’s springtime in the United States, and the country’s social media landscape is budding with change. Lawmakers in the Senate are considering a bill that could ban TikTok, or force a divestment from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s Truth Social is … | Continue reading
Donald Trump’s social media enterprise officially became a publicly traded company on Tuesday, with its stock price jumping as much as 59% to over $70 a share. We’d like to take this moment to welcome Trump Media, trading under DJT, to the world of meme stocks. Read more... | Continue reading
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2024 Concerning the size of the bond: For us, the story started yesterday with a post by Kevin Drum. The size of Donald Trump's bond had been reduced! Headline included, the Drumcat offered this: Trump fine cut in half—for now Donald Trump has been let off the … | Continue reading
Despite a litany of legal cases against him, former US President Donald Trump’s net worth is now greater than it… Continue reading Donald Trump’s net worth soars to $6.5bn after media group merger The post Donald Trump’s net worth soars to $6.5bn after media group merger appeared … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024Cable star can't figure it out: Yesterday morning, in the 7 o'clock hour, Joe Scarborough gave voice to a long-standing bit of puzzlement.At this site, we're puzzled by Scarborough's puzzlement! That said, here's the question Scarborough posed to Michael … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2024 Cable star can't figure it out: Yesterday morning, in the 7 o'clock hour, Joe Scarborough gave voice to a long-standing bit of puzzlement. At this site, we're puzzled by Scarborough's puzzlement! That said, here's the question Scarborough posed to Michael … | Continue reading
Donald Trump’s conservative social media platform, Truth Social, will become a publicly traded company as early as next week. Shareholders in Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) approved a merger with Trump Media and Technology Group on Friday morning, first reported by CNBC. R … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024The candidate feeds on such meat: Briefly, let's recall the basic facts which were established in yesterday's report.Last Saturday, Donald J. Trump made an array of familiar yet very strange claims during his campaign rally in Vidalia, Ohio:At the start of h … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024 The candidate feeds on such meat: Briefly, let's recall the basic facts which were established in yesterday's report. Last Saturday, Donald J. Trump made an array of familiar yet very strange claims during his campaign rally in Vidalia, Ohio: At the start o … | Continue reading