Drewster
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"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
[FREE TO READ] Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
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December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
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DoorDash and Uber have both sued New York City to block requirements that the delivery tip option be displayed at checkout and set to at least 10%.
These greedy companies don't want to be required to show the option to tip delivery workers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
These greedy companies don't want to be required to show the option to tip delivery workers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
DoorDash, Uber Sue NYC Over Mandate to Show Tips Prompt Upfront
Rivals DoorDash Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. jointly sued New York City to block requirements that the delivery tipping option be available at the time of checkout and set to at least 10%, which th...
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
DoorDash and Uber have both sued New York City to block requirements that the delivery tip option be displayed at checkout and set to at least 10%.
These greedy companies don't want to be required to show the option to tip delivery workers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
These greedy companies don't want to be required to show the option to tip delivery workers.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
NEW DATA: Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks
President Donald J. Trump’s bold economic agenda is delivering real results for American families — with new data from DoorDash’s State of Local Commerce
www.whitehouse.gov
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🔥 The White House released an article on Monday citing a DoorDash report as confirmation that "inflation has been tamed."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
I asked a DoorDash spokesperson today if the company had concluded from its report that inflation had been tamed. DoorDash spokesperson told me, "We did not write that."
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"Stephen Miller confessed that when he uses such dehumanizing language he is, 'using this language to mark people. To put a target on them. … It is a message [he] is sending to all the crazies and lunatics out there' to go target the people he dehumanizes."
Stephen Miller Implies He Intended for Trump's Nutjobs to Kill Democrats
www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/02/s...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/02/s...
Stephen Miller Implies He Intended for Trump's Nutjobs to Kill Democrats - emptywheel
Stephen Miller just confessed on Fox News that when he uses dehumanizing language -- when he calls Democrats "fascists" or "Marxists" or "radical" -- he intends it as a message to "all the crazies and...
www.emptywheel.net
October 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Stephen Miller confessed that when he uses such dehumanizing language he is, 'using this language to mark people. To put a target on them. … It is a message [he] is sending to all the crazies and lunatics out there' to go target the people he dehumanizes."
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Top paths to getting a job in the Trump administration
*Be a rapist
*Be a white supremacist
*Be a Fox News host
Top paths to getting fired by Trump
*Recommend that people follow the law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
*Be a rapist
*Be a white supremacist
*Be a Fox News host
Top paths to getting fired by Trump
*Recommend that people follow the law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump fires US attorney who told border agents to follow law on immigration raids
New York Times reports Michele Beckwith’s firing came after she reminded Border Patrol to comply with courts
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Top paths to getting a job in the Trump administration
*Be a rapist
*Be a white supremacist
*Be a Fox News host
Top paths to getting fired by Trump
*Recommend that people follow the law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
*Be a rapist
*Be a white supremacist
*Be a Fox News host
Top paths to getting fired by Trump
*Recommend that people follow the law
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Authoritarianism 2.0
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New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
theintercept.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Authoritarianism 2.0
theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
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Just embarrassing that anyone in Democratic Leadership would cape for this Trump apologist and sex pest www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Cuomo hopes Trump will help him beat Mamdani
"I feel good about that," the New York mayoral candidate told a closed-door Hamptons fundraiser.
www.politico.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just embarrassing that anyone in Democratic Leadership would cape for this Trump apologist and sex pest www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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"A report released Wednesday by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen found that the Trump administration has halted or ended a third of misconduct investigations and enforcement actions targeting technology firms — including behemoths such as Meta, Tesla..."
truthout.org/articles/tru...
truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump Has Shielded 165 Companies From Federal Enforcement Actions Since January
Tech giants have been the chief beneficiaries of the administration’s decision to drop lawsuits and investigations.
truthout.org
August 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"A report released Wednesday by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen found that the Trump administration has halted or ended a third of misconduct investigations and enforcement actions targeting technology firms — including behemoths such as Meta, Tesla..."
truthout.org/articles/tru...
truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Step 1: Hold a church raffle for an $82,000 Corvette ✅
Step 2: Fake the winner’s name ✅
Step 3: Buy a Tesla, designer clothes, and hit the casinos ✅
Step 4: Preach against greed ✅
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pennsylvan...
Step 2: Fake the winner’s name ✅
Step 3: Buy a Tesla, designer clothes, and hit the casinos ✅
Step 4: Preach against greed ✅
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pennsylvan...
Pennsylvania priest accused of rigging church's Corvette raffle
Search warrants reveal Rev. Ross Miceli’s alleged scheme, lavish spending, and a winner who never bought a ticket
www.friendlyatheist.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Step 1: Hold a church raffle for an $82,000 Corvette ✅
Step 2: Fake the winner’s name ✅
Step 3: Buy a Tesla, designer clothes, and hit the casinos ✅
Step 4: Preach against greed ✅
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pennsylvan...
Step 2: Fake the winner’s name ✅
Step 3: Buy a Tesla, designer clothes, and hit the casinos ✅
Step 4: Preach against greed ✅
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pennsylvan...
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Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Because I am angry I will share this again. One of the reasons that Israel is able to target individuals so precisely is that it collects every phone call in Gaza and stores the recordings in Microsoft Azure, then uses AI to analyze and pick targets.
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One last point. The closest town to Aberlin Springs is South Lebanon. This is email testimony from 2014. “Every Black knew that South Lebanon was heavily populated (and still is) by the Ku Klux Klan...I am very much on guard while there. I tend to my business and get out as quickly as possible.”
August 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One last point. The closest town to Aberlin Springs is South Lebanon. This is email testimony from 2014. “Every Black knew that South Lebanon was heavily populated (and still is) by the Ku Klux Klan...I am very much on guard while there. I tend to my business and get out as quickly as possible.”
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I don’t know about you, but I feel comforted knowing that the guy whose premier product helped facilitate a genocide in Myanmar and which pumps tons of false, emotionally-activating reactionary propaganda into my feed because it thinks I’m a conservative white man, is spending billions on AI.
July 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I don’t know about you, but I feel comforted knowing that the guy whose premier product helped facilitate a genocide in Myanmar and which pumps tons of false, emotionally-activating reactionary propaganda into my feed because it thinks I’m a conservative white man, is spending billions on AI.
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Big Tech is building massive data centers, and 40% of the planned and existing centers across the US are in areas with "extremely high" or "high" water scarcity.
Mounting evidence points to these data centers exacerbating water shortages across the country.
Mounting evidence points to these data centers exacerbating water shortages across the country.
July 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Big Tech is building massive data centers, and 40% of the planned and existing centers across the US are in areas with "extremely high" or "high" water scarcity.
Mounting evidence points to these data centers exacerbating water shortages across the country.
Mounting evidence points to these data centers exacerbating water shortages across the country.
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I've been very fascinated by Dua Lipa's moves for a while. (Great podcast, getting ownership of her master recordings.) And also Ed Sheeran does this too, and talks about taking *RyanAir* (actual hell on earth) rather than a private jet while schlepping his kids around. Interesting moves abound.
"Train is the new private jet." Dua Lipa continues to promote taking the train over flying, boarding a Eurostar to London at Gare du Nord. This is climate-conscious messaging done right. Posted by lejeuneengage on IG.
July 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I've been very fascinated by Dua Lipa's moves for a while. (Great podcast, getting ownership of her master recordings.) And also Ed Sheeran does this too, and talks about taking *RyanAir* (actual hell on earth) rather than a private jet while schlepping his kids around. Interesting moves abound.
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Mahmoud Khalil should win his lawsuit against the government for false imprisonment, false arrest, and malicious prosecution.
But the Supreme Court won't let him. They are too deep in Trump's ass to let Khalil walk away with $20M.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
But the Supreme Court won't let him. They are too deep in Trump's ass to let Khalil walk away with $20M.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Will the Government Ever Do Right by Mahmoud Khalil?
Khalil is suing the government for false imprisonment and other harms. He should win—but will the courts let him?
www.thenation.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mahmoud Khalil should win his lawsuit against the government for false imprisonment, false arrest, and malicious prosecution.
But the Supreme Court won't let him. They are too deep in Trump's ass to let Khalil walk away with $20M.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
But the Supreme Court won't let him. They are too deep in Trump's ass to let Khalil walk away with $20M.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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We have fascinating "public intellectuals" now
July 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We have fascinating "public intellectuals" now
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Fetterman and Slotkin were among the absences, in case you were shocked to see them not on that list.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
July 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Fetterman and Slotkin were among the absences, in case you were shocked to see them not on that list.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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14 Senate Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury:
Alsobrooks
Durbin
Gillibrand
Hassan
Kelly
Kim
Klobuchar
Peters
Reed
Schiff
Shaheen
Warner
Warnock
Whitehouse
Alsobrooks
Durbin
Gillibrand
Hassan
Kelly
Kim
Klobuchar
Peters
Reed
Schiff
Shaheen
Warner
Warnock
Whitehouse
July 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
14 Senate Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury:
Alsobrooks
Durbin
Gillibrand
Hassan
Kelly
Kim
Klobuchar
Peters
Reed
Schiff
Shaheen
Warner
Warnock
Whitehouse
Alsobrooks
Durbin
Gillibrand
Hassan
Kelly
Kim
Klobuchar
Peters
Reed
Schiff
Shaheen
Warner
Warnock
Whitehouse
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Rather than pushing food production in a healthier direction, Kennedy’s ascent could bolster the status quo.
How MAHA poisons the food movement
RFK Jr. could make legitimate critiques of the ways we grow and process food appear crackpot.
www.motherjones.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Rather than pushing food production in a healthier direction, Kennedy’s ascent could bolster the status quo.
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Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.
June 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.
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A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations
Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
wapo.st
June 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.
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Evasion of peer review is a hallmark of pseudoscience.
But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy.
There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.
But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy.
There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.
May 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Evasion of peer review is a hallmark of pseudoscience.
But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy.
There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.
But even more insidious is the obviation of scientific scrutiny by publishing in pseudoscientific journals that exist to provide an illusion of scientific legitimacy.
There’s nothing new about MAHA’s propaganda tactics.
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This is what happens when you put internet conspiracy theorists in charge of major government departments.
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is what happens when you put internet conspiracy theorists in charge of major government departments.