George Judson
@georgejudson.bsky.social
Journalist, voluntarily pastured after Hartford Courant, New York Times, San Jose Mercury-News, San Francisco Chronicle and, in public radio, Marketplace. Lately reading Dostoevsky, Walter Mosley and James C. Scott as distractions.
Aluminum: Why T's real tariff goal may be a national sales tax to finance billionaires' tax cuts.
Canada has cheap hydro to process bauxite. To close trade gap, Alcoa needs decade to build U.S. smelters plus 7 nuke plants to power them. Not happening. Ever.
Then why?
www.wsj.com/business/ear...
Canada has cheap hydro to process bauxite. To close trade gap, Alcoa needs decade to build U.S. smelters plus 7 nuke plants to power them. Not happening. Ever.
Then why?
www.wsj.com/business/ear...
Alcoa to Face Steep Costs From Tariffs Despite Strong Results
The aluminum producer said it incurred about $20 million in first-quarter costs stemming from tariffs on imports. Alcoa’s CEO said it would be impractical in the short term to increase U.S. aluminum p...
www.wsj.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Aluminum: Why T's real tariff goal may be a national sales tax to finance billionaires' tax cuts.
Canada has cheap hydro to process bauxite. To close trade gap, Alcoa needs decade to build U.S. smelters plus 7 nuke plants to power them. Not happening. Ever.
Then why?
www.wsj.com/business/ear...
Canada has cheap hydro to process bauxite. To close trade gap, Alcoa needs decade to build U.S. smelters plus 7 nuke plants to power them. Not happening. Ever.
Then why?
www.wsj.com/business/ear...
What a world Big Tech has created for us. Our email is full of spam, our phones full of scams, now even Big Tech is helpless against its newest wonder, AI. What a dysfunctional digital system the geniuses of Silicon Valley built.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/f...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/f...
Fake job seekers are flooding U.S. companies that are hiring for remote positions, tech CEOs say
Companies have long faced external attacks from hackers. Now, thanks to generative AI, another threat has emerged: Employees who aren't who they say they are.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
What a world Big Tech has created for us. Our email is full of spam, our phones full of scams, now even Big Tech is helpless against its newest wonder, AI. What a dysfunctional digital system the geniuses of Silicon Valley built.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/f...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/f...
How the news fails us - those, that is, who are paying attention:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
NYT says Trump wants to spend $45 billion on new detention centers for illegal immigrants. Over how many years? How many detainees? That's a LOT of money. Give us the numbers.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
NYT says Trump wants to spend $45 billion on new detention centers for illegal immigrants. Over how many years? How many detainees? That's a LOT of money. Give us the numbers.
@nytimes.com
Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention
A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
How the news fails us - those, that is, who are paying attention:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
NYT says Trump wants to spend $45 billion on new detention centers for illegal immigrants. Over how many years? How many detainees? That's a LOT of money. Give us the numbers.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...
NYT says Trump wants to spend $45 billion on new detention centers for illegal immigrants. Over how many years? How many detainees? That's a LOT of money. Give us the numbers.
@nytimes.com
What if people were vandalizing Dodge Chargers?
Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Steep Consequences www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Steep Consequences www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Pam Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Consequences
The attorney general echoed remarks by President Trump, as protesters against Elon Musk and his efforts to shrink the government have defaced and destroyed Tesla vehicles.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
What if people were vandalizing Dodge Chargers?
Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Steep Consequences www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Steep Consequences www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Michael Flynn. Sean Spicer. Steve Bannon's daughter.
Charlie Kirk. His own valet. These are Trump's new appointees to the boards governing our military academies.
This has been going on a long time, but it is still extraordinary how determined he and his claque are to degrade institutions.
Charlie Kirk. His own valet. These are Trump's new appointees to the boards governing our military academies.
This has been going on a long time, but it is still extraordinary how determined he and his claque are to degrade institutions.
March 18, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Michael Flynn. Sean Spicer. Steve Bannon's daughter.
Charlie Kirk. His own valet. These are Trump's new appointees to the boards governing our military academies.
This has been going on a long time, but it is still extraordinary how determined he and his claque are to degrade institutions.
Charlie Kirk. His own valet. These are Trump's new appointees to the boards governing our military academies.
This has been going on a long time, but it is still extraordinary how determined he and his claque are to degrade institutions.
This is a test. Just wrote my first post. Hit POST. Nothing.
How do you find help on this platform? Sorry if I'm the millionth person to ask this.
How do you find help on this platform? Sorry if I'm the millionth person to ask this.
February 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is a test. Just wrote my first post. Hit POST. Nothing.
How do you find help on this platform? Sorry if I'm the millionth person to ask this.
How do you find help on this platform? Sorry if I'm the millionth person to ask this.