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A lot of questions about this answer from Vlad Tenev in a Dealbook interview. Does he participate in the bedtime games of 20 Questions? Does AI ask or answer the 20 Questions? Could they… play 20 Questions or read a book without AI?
August 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A lot of questions about this answer from Vlad Tenev in a Dealbook interview. Does he participate in the bedtime games of 20 Questions? Does AI ask or answer the 20 Questions? Could they… play 20 Questions or read a book without AI?
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This is Heritage Foundation Chief Economist EJ Antoni, Trump's new nominee for Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.
And THAT is his Nazi battleship wall art/Zoom background.
And THAT is his Nazi battleship wall art/Zoom background.
August 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is Heritage Foundation Chief Economist EJ Antoni, Trump's new nominee for Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner.
And THAT is his Nazi battleship wall art/Zoom background.
And THAT is his Nazi battleship wall art/Zoom background.
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NY Times: “A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to [DOJ] task force that Pres Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
NY Times: “A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to [DOJ] task force that Pres Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
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This story is wild: Rather than just comply with court orders; the Trump admin has ICE offices and detainees living in a shipping container in Djibouti unde threat of rocket attacks wapo.st/4kPIACX
ICE officers stuck in Djibouti shipping container with deported migrants
The ICE officers and deportees are sick and stranded in a metal shipping container in the East African nation of Djibouti. They also face the threat of malaria and rocket attacks.
wapo.st
June 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This story is wild: Rather than just comply with court orders; the Trump admin has ICE offices and detainees living in a shipping container in Djibouti unde threat of rocket attacks wapo.st/4kPIACX
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Despite hailing them as important, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled $15 million in grants to research and reduce the effect of forever chemicals on farms, including almost $5 million in research projects to the University of Maine, the Mi’kmaq Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe.
After hailing them as important, EPA cancels PFAS research grants
Termination notices to Maine grant recipients said the work was 'no longer consistent with EPA funding priorities.' At least 2 of the 3 Maine recipients plan to appeal the termination.
www.pressherald.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Despite hailing them as important, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled $15 million in grants to research and reduce the effect of forever chemicals on farms, including almost $5 million in research projects to the University of Maine, the Mi’kmaq Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe.
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Pam Bondi path:
*Investigating Trump as Florida Attorney General, drops case after Trump gives her PAC $25K
*Becomes avid Trump defender, serves as personal lawyer
*Becomes a lobbyist for Qatar b/c of links to Trump, earning $115K a month
*As US AG, blesses $400 million bribe between her clients
*Investigating Trump as Florida Attorney General, drops case after Trump gives her PAC $25K
*Becomes avid Trump defender, serves as personal lawyer
*Becomes a lobbyist for Qatar b/c of links to Trump, earning $115K a month
*As US AG, blesses $400 million bribe between her clients
May 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Pam Bondi path:
*Investigating Trump as Florida Attorney General, drops case after Trump gives her PAC $25K
*Becomes avid Trump defender, serves as personal lawyer
*Becomes a lobbyist for Qatar b/c of links to Trump, earning $115K a month
*As US AG, blesses $400 million bribe between her clients
*Investigating Trump as Florida Attorney General, drops case after Trump gives her PAC $25K
*Becomes avid Trump defender, serves as personal lawyer
*Becomes a lobbyist for Qatar b/c of links to Trump, earning $115K a month
*As US AG, blesses $400 million bribe between her clients
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Your car company *might* have a branding problem when 98-year-old veterans are driving tanks over your cars.
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Your car company *might* have a branding problem when 98-year-old veterans are driving tanks over your cars.
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Mushroom cloud over the 51th GRAU ammunition arsenal — repeated explosions in Vladimir region heard were over 60+ km away.
The Russian version: "safety violation." Meanwhile, evacuation of nearby villages is underway.
The Russian version: "safety violation." Meanwhile, evacuation of nearby villages is underway.
April 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mushroom cloud over the 51th GRAU ammunition arsenal — repeated explosions in Vladimir region heard were over 60+ km away.
The Russian version: "safety violation." Meanwhile, evacuation of nearby villages is underway.
The Russian version: "safety violation." Meanwhile, evacuation of nearby villages is underway.
Fishery likely to close due to DOGE-induced uncertainty
Gulf of Maine scallop fishery likely to close for first time in over 15 years
Gulf of Maine scallop fishery likely to close for first time in over 15 years
More than a week after the season started, scallopers are feeling the stress of uncertainty and struggling to plan with the little information they say federal regulators have offered.
www.pressherald.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Fishery likely to close due to DOGE-induced uncertainty
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It's getting buried, but Houston will almost certainly not have representation in Congress until January 2027.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.
Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election
One month after Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner's death, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to call a special election to fill his seat.
www.nbcnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It's getting buried, but Houston will almost certainly not have representation in Congress until January 2027.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.
Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner died nearly a month ago and Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has simply decided not to call a special election to fill the seat.
“In aircraft carrier “ready rooms,” where flight squadrons spend their time when they are not in the air, crews burn instructions to destroy them.”
Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots
Men and women who have taken to the air on behalf of the United States expressed bewilderment after the leak of attack plans. “You’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“In aircraft carrier “ready rooms,” where flight squadrons spend their time when they are not in the air, crews burn instructions to destroy them.”
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In the latest moves, probationary employees at the Togus VA Medical Center were fired by email Monday night for allegedly “poor performance” without warning, a hiring freeze was lifted at Acadia National Park and a job fair at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has been canceled.
Maine’s federal workforce roiled by Trump administration policies
Togus VA workers are fired, the Acadia hiring freeze is lifted and a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard hiring event is canceled.
www.pressherald.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In the latest moves, probationary employees at the Togus VA Medical Center were fired by email Monday night for allegedly “poor performance” without warning, a hiring freeze was lifted at Acadia National Park and a job fair at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has been canceled.
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The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
February 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
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Bottom line, the Democrats need to figure out ways to compete in the South, Mountain West, or Great Plains. They don't right now, and that puts a hard cap of about 52 in the Senate if everything goes perfectly, which it rarely does. They've got to expand the map! 7/x
November 17, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Bottom line, the Democrats need to figure out ways to compete in the South, Mountain West, or Great Plains. They don't right now, and that puts a hard cap of about 52 in the Senate if everything goes perfectly, which it rarely does. They've got to expand the map! 7/x
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"A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November."
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Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich'
A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich."
apnews.com
May 21, 2024 at 1:35 AM
"A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network Monday included references to a “unified Reich” among hypothetical news headlines if he wins the election in November."
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From chess camp to state title, asylum seeker propels Baxter Academy to win in club’s 1st year
From chess camp to state title, asylum seeker propels Baxter Academy to win in club’s 1st year
João Vuvu-Nkanu Maviditi, 16, learned chess last summer when he was living at the Portland Expo and the nonprofit The Gift of Chess came to the temporary shelter for asylum seekers to teach the game t...
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March 19, 2024 at 11:28 AM
From chess camp to state title, asylum seeker propels Baxter Academy to win in club’s 1st year