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How is selling citizenship for $5 million “America First” again?
March 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
How is selling citizenship for $5 million “America First” again?
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Sobering news: pubs say average cost of a pint will rise above £5
Sobering news: pubs say average cost of a pint will rise above £5
Landlords are left with no choice to offset looming tax rises introduced by the chancellor, says trade body
Londoners might not bat an eyelid at paying £5 for a pint but the national average is poised to rise above that watermark for the first time, with publicans blaming tax rises introduced by the chancellor, Rachel Reeves.
The sobering milestone is likely to be reached next month, according to research by Frontier Economics, with the average price of a pint of beer on course to hit £5.01, up from £4.80. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Sobering news: pubs say average cost of a pint will rise above £5
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Breaking News: President Trump revoked security clearances for prominent figures like Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and more.
Trump Revokes Security Clearances for Biden, Harris, Clinton and More
The tally of names read like President Trump’s enemies list, from Letitia James to Liz Cheney.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Breaking News: President Trump revoked security clearances for prominent figures like Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and more.
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This is actually a really excellent argument.
Judge Hollander: Govt maintains DOGE is not an agency. If that's true, she goes on, then DOGErs cannot be detailed to agencies:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is actually a really excellent argument.
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this stuff is happening across the country and even more intensively downstream of the veterans admin but it's happening in so many places at once and without any public notification that it's still only barely emerging in the news
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
this stuff is happening across the country and even more intensively downstream of the veterans admin but it's happening in so many places at once and without any public notification that it's still only barely emerging in the news
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Just sent this text to my law school classmate, who is the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell, and is representing Donald Trump on his criminal appeal, and who I suspect helped broker the Paul Weiss deal. Brad Karp is the chairman of Paul Weiss.
March 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Just sent this text to my law school classmate, who is the chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell, and is representing Donald Trump on his criminal appeal, and who I suspect helped broker the Paul Weiss deal. Brad Karp is the chairman of Paul Weiss.
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Vivian Jenna Wilson — Elon’s estranged daughter who is trans — just did an interview with Teen Vogue, and she seems pretty awesome and far more reasonable than he is.
Full: www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
Full: www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
March 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Vivian Jenna Wilson — Elon’s estranged daughter who is trans — just did an interview with Teen Vogue, and she seems pretty awesome and far more reasonable than he is.
Full: www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
Full: www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian...
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It also means that China, the foreign country that has the most economic leverage over Elon Musk, will know that he has the military secret it is most willing to bargain to get.
March 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It also means that China, the foreign country that has the most economic leverage over Elon Musk, will know that he has the military secret it is most willing to bargain to get.
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The Pentagon is about to brief Elon Musk on the US military’s plan for a potential war with China.
This means that Musk now has access to the country’s most important military secrets.
This means that Musk now has access to the country’s most important military secrets.
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Pentagon is about to brief Elon Musk on the US military’s plan for a potential war with China.
This means that Musk now has access to the country’s most important military secrets.
This means that Musk now has access to the country’s most important military secrets.
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We did it folks !
March 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We did it folks !
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It looks like Tesla needs DOGE's services to find fraud and waste
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
Tesla’s (TSLA) accounting practices are raising red flags as a new report from the Financial Times shows that $1.4 billion...
electrek.co
March 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It looks like Tesla needs DOGE's services to find fraud and waste
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...
Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing
electrek.co/2025/03/19/t...
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"42 cats and a cricket" lartist.myshopify.com/products/the...
March 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"42 cats and a cricket" lartist.myshopify.com/products/the...
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A man who once worked as a sound engineer for the rapper Eminem was charged on Wednesday with leaking and selling his unreleased music online for about $50,000 in Bitcoin, according to federal prosecutors.
Sound Engineer for Eminem Stole and Sold His Songs for Bitcoin, U.S. Says
About 25 unreleased songs by the rapper were discovered online, and investigators traced sales of the music to a former employee, according to federal prosecutors.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A man who once worked as a sound engineer for the rapper Eminem was charged on Wednesday with leaking and selling his unreleased music online for about $50,000 in Bitcoin, according to federal prosecutors.
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I bet that Elon and Donald are making cuts to the National Weather Service because it compiles data helpful to prove climate change.
And they are cutting funding to tsunami warning stations because they collect data helpful to proving rising seas.
We will die to protect their ignorance.
And they are cutting funding to tsunami warning stations because they collect data helpful to proving rising seas.
We will die to protect their ignorance.
March 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I bet that Elon and Donald are making cuts to the National Weather Service because it compiles data helpful to prove climate change.
And they are cutting funding to tsunami warning stations because they collect data helpful to proving rising seas.
We will die to protect their ignorance.
And they are cutting funding to tsunami warning stations because they collect data helpful to proving rising seas.
We will die to protect their ignorance.
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Trump is sharing national secrets about China with Elon Musk — so here’s👇🏽a reminder that Elon’s conflicts of interest are off the charts and he might as well be telling those secrets directly to China: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY9n...
March 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Trump is sharing national secrets about China with Elon Musk — so here’s👇🏽a reminder that Elon’s conflicts of interest are off the charts and he might as well be telling those secrets directly to China: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY9n...
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The two Democrats who were fired from the five-person FTC say that their ejection from the panel will make it easier for President Trump to reduce pressure on the big tech companies whose leaders support him.
Fired FTC commissioners fear Trump will go easy on Big Tech donors
The two warned that their firings could have a chilling effect on regulation under President Donald Trump.
nbcnews.to
March 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The two Democrats who were fired from the five-person FTC say that their ejection from the panel will make it easier for President Trump to reduce pressure on the big tech companies whose leaders support him.
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Ellen Hollander calls Trump aide’s hunt for supposed fraud a ‘fishing expedition’ in temporary restraining order
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing social security records as part of its hunt under Donald Trump for…
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing social security records as part of its hunt under Donald Trump for…
Judge blocks Elon Musk’s Doge from accessing social security records
Ellen Hollander calls Trump aide’s hunt for supposed fraud a ‘fishing expedition’ in temporary restraining order
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing social security records as part of its hunt under Donald Trump for fraud and waste, calling the effort a “fishing expedition”.
Judge Ellen Hollander granted a temporary restraining order that prevents Social Security Administration (SSA) workers from allowing Doge to have access to records that contain personally identifiable information. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Ellen Hollander calls Trump aide’s hunt for supposed fraud a ‘fishing expedition’ in temporary restraining order
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing social security records as part of its hunt under Donald Trump for…
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) from accessing social security records as part of its hunt under Donald Trump for…
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The Residence review – this joyful murder mystery is eight hours of gorgeous, gleeful escapism
The Residence review – this joyful murder mystery is eight hours of gorgeous, gleeful escapism
Orange is the New Black’s Uzo Aduba is funny to her marrow in this wild, witty whodunnit set in the White House. It’s a very happy experience indeed … right down to the cameo from Kylie!
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The Residence review – this joyful murder mystery is eight hours of gorgeous, gleeful escapism
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A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and corruption in Russia and was published eight months after he died in prison, won a National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.
Aleksei Navalny Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and corruption in Russia and was published eight months after he died in prison, won a National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.
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Trump denies that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon to learn about secret war plans with China
March 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Trump denies that Elon Musk is going to the Pentagon to learn about secret war plans with China
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Our profile of Steve Davis, Elon Musk’s most prolific cost-cutter. He is currently leading much of the DOGE work, despite his budgeting leading to rocket failures at SpaceX and clashes at X. w/ @rmac.bsky.social, of course www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/t...
Meet Steve Davis, Elon Musk’s Top Lieutenant Who Oversees DOGE (Gift Article)
Steve Davis, a longtime Musk loyalist, is effectively the leader of the Department of Government Efficiency. Mr. Musk has likened him to chemotherapy.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Our profile of Steve Davis, Elon Musk’s most prolific cost-cutter. He is currently leading much of the DOGE work, despite his budgeting leading to rocket failures at SpaceX and clashes at X. w/ @rmac.bsky.social, of course www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/t...
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The U.K. and Germany have increased their travel warnings for those entering the United States amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
European Countries Issue Travel Warnings for the U.S.
“You may be liable to arrest or detention if you break the rules,” the U.K.‘s foreign office warned.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The U.K. and Germany have increased their travel warnings for those entering the United States amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.
Breaking News: The Pentagon is set to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s closely guarded plan for any potential war with China, officials said.
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.
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The sincerity of right wing concern for immigrants staying in the US illegally is a *bit* undermined by them never asking immigrant Melania Trump to prove she submitted all the appropriate paperwork.
Of course, she's light-skinned, so they are willing to wink at her being illegally in the country.
Of course, she's light-skinned, so they are willing to wink at her being illegally in the country.
U.S. authorities have arrested and detained Canadian and European travelers at U.S. borders in recent weeks
Detentions of European Tourists at US Borders Spark Fears of Traveling to America
U.S. authorities have arrested and detained Canadian and European travelers at U.S. borders in recent weeks
www.usnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The sincerity of right wing concern for immigrants staying in the US illegally is a *bit* undermined by them never asking immigrant Melania Trump to prove she submitted all the appropriate paperwork.
Of course, she's light-skinned, so they are willing to wink at her being illegally in the country.
Of course, she's light-skinned, so they are willing to wink at her being illegally in the country.