This upcoming election has consequences. In 2020, we saw then-President Donald J. Trump refuse to concede after losing reelection to Joe Biden, serving as an exclamation point on a term that was marred with turmoil, crises, and outright lies. As we head into 2024 with Trump as th … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024 This is the way she proceeded: On one occasion, in 2006, did future candidate Donald J. Trump engage in sexual intercourse with director Stormy Daniels? Daniels says the gentleman did. The gentleman says he didn't. That said: As has been explained a million t … | Continue reading
Casey Newton writing for Platformer: Google’s Broken Link to the Web Aside from the opening act, the TikTok DJ Marc Rebillet, no creator, developer, or startup took the stage. Instead, a handful of celebrities appeared in brief videos, with Wyclef Jean enthusing over AI music too … | Continue reading
Donors who once worried more about Donald Trump now see the president’s bid for a second term as the greater threat to America. | Continue reading
“If you’re for crypto, you better vote for Trump.” The message was simple and it came from the man himself,… Continue reading Donald Trump courts the crypto vote, Biden warned The post Donald Trump courts the crypto vote, Biden warned appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
From p. 224 of the transcript of the April 30 session of The People of the State of New York against Donald Trump, Defendant, where prosecutor Joshua Steinglass is questioning Keith Davidson, who was Stormy Daniel's lawyer at the time of the hush-money payment from Michael Cohen: … | Continue reading
by Paul Kiel, ProPublica, and Russ Buettner, The New York Times ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re publishe … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024 Explains why Daniels did it: If you watch Red America's "cable news" channel, the god can do no wrong. For the record, the god in question is former president Donald J. Trump. The program in question airs at 5 p.m.—and yes, that helps explain why the progra … | Continue reading
Donald Trump has made a prophet out of Bruce Cain, a political scientist at Stanford. Four weeks ago, he told New York Times contributor Thomas Edsall that some of the conservative victories in campaign finance law — particularly Citizens United — have strengthened “the power of … | Continue reading
Donald Trump will host a dinner at his Florida club (and residence) Mar-a-Lago tonight, according to a report from Axios. And while the place is often crawling with the dumbest people on the planet, the air will be even more thick with nonsense this evening. The crowd will be pur … | Continue reading
Once, they put their hopes in Donald Trump. Now they’re looking to Putin. ‘I often say it feels like our positive vision of 1950s America.’ | Continue reading
The CDC says our milk supply is safe. Donald G. McNeil Jr. asks: How can they be so sure? | Continue reading
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024Also, Welker's repeated question: Kudos to the Washington Post for what it has started to try to do.In a lengthy report by David Nakamura, the paper has now started to try to explain the legal basis on which Donald J. Trump has been charged with a felony—actual … | Continue reading
MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024 Also, Welker's repeated question: Kudos to the Washington Post for what it has started to try to do. In a lengthy report by David Nakamura, the paper has now started to try to explain the legal basis on which Donald J. Trump has been charged with a felony—actu … | Continue reading
Marie Morelli in Syracuse.com: Former President Donald Trump testified in the New York civil fraud trial, earning rebukes from the judge for his off-topic comments. In the editorial cartoon gallery’s lead image, Nick Anderson pokes fun at Trump’s courtroom theatrics by showing hi … | Continue reading
This book was published in the spring of 2020 and written by David Plouffe, campaign manager for Barack Obama, with the intent of helping to give ideas to individuals about what they could do to help beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election. The actual suggestions are pretty succin … | Continue reading
Donald Trump’s 18-year-old son is going to save the nation, according to the online right. | Continue reading
The future of coal played a starring role in the 2016 presidential election. As an industry, an energy supply, and a source of jobs and identity in many communities, coal was both a practical and symbolic issue, one that helped solidify Donald Trump’s support among white working … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2024George Conway, One Other Guy: We just saw George Conway on Deadline: White House refer to Donald J. Trump as "a narcissistic sociopath." He also used the term "psychopathy" as he discussed Trump's mental / emotional state. As we've recently noted, Conway ha … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2024 George Conway, One Other Guy: We just saw George Conway on Deadline: White House refer to Donald J. Trump as "a narcissistic sociopath." He also used the term "psychopathy" as he discussed Trump's mental / emotional state. As we've recently noted, Conway h … | Continue reading
The following is excerpted from “To Make as Perfectly as Possible: Roubo on Marquetry,” translated by By Donald C. Williams, Michele Pietryka-Pagán & Philippe Lafargue. It is the first English-language translation of the most important woodworking book of the 18th century. While … | Continue reading
[“It's not just that Fox News told them entering New York results in instant murder”.] Over at Salon, the always-astute Amanda Marcotte has an excellent piece discussing why Donald Trump’s supporters simply aren’t showing up for him at his hush money trial. Link: https://www.salo … | Continue reading
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024 The novelization of news: Back in August 2018, Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison. Cohen had been Donald Trump's "fixer." Among his various duties, he was deeply involved in the "hush money" payment to a certain "porn star." (Phras … | Continue reading
SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024The novelization of news: Back in August 2018, Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in federal prison.Cohen had been Donald Trump's "fixer." Among his various duties, he was deeply involved in the "hush money" payment to a certain "porn star."(Phrasing … | Continue reading
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the presidential immunity appeal from Donald Trump this week (coverage from Election Law Blog, Joyce Vance at Civil Discourse, CNN takeaways, CNN live coverage, and The Bulwark). The outcome is uncertain, but appears to be headed for dela … | Continue reading
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