Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Attempt To Restrict Mail-In Voting

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Trump's attempt to derail the midterm election by restricting mail-in voting.

Judge blocks rule implementing Trump plan to restrict mail-in voting:

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing core parts of a new rule it adopted at President Donald Trump's direction that would tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections.

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued a temporary restraining order at the behest of Democratic-led states and voting rights groups after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday issued a ruling that led to the lifting of earlier injunctions blocking Trump's plans to restrict mail-in voting.

That decision led to a frantic effort by dozens of Democratic state attorneys general and voting rights groups including the League of Women Voters to renew their legal fight and secure an order that would prevent the USPS from enforcing a rule that was allowed to take effect on Wednesday.

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Neocloud Lambda secures $1B in debt to buy more chips

Neocloud Lambda has raised $1B in private debt to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to Microsoft. It's the latest in a string of loans, underscoring the high cost of the AI boom.

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Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases

The feature, announced this week, allows Brave's users to sign up for websites and other online services without having to share their personal email addresses.

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Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines co-founder who defected to OpenAI, is now at Google

Zoph, who co-founded Thinking Machines Lab alongside Mira Murati and also served as the startup's CTO, led a brief stint at OpenAI and is now at Google.

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It's August 2001 Again, And We're Watching Sharks

Julie Roginsky came on Tequila Talk with a story almost nobody in U.S. media would touch: for most of the week, NATO's been massing serious force near Kaliningrad, and no one will explain why. CIA Director Ratcliffe has suddenly flown to Moscow for an emergency meeting. What's going on? We may be the closest to a hot war with Russia we've been in a long time.

NATO just flew a U.S.-led air exercise on Russia's doorstep—AWACS, electronic warfare, dozens of aircraft over Poland and the Baltic—as Russian drones cross NATO lines and a frigate with hypersonic missiles prowls the Baltic Sea. Cliff and Joe Walsh pour one out and ask a question most are avoiding: what happens if testing stops being a test?

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CIA Director Takes Covert Trip To Moscow: What Are They Hiding?

The CIA Director from the United States made a secret trip to Russia. This morning, a military plane landed just outside Moscow, and a diplomatic motorcade was seen driving through the city center. According to CBS News, CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Russia on a military transport plane for meetings in Moscow today.

Sources shared the following information about Trump’s CIA Chief with CBS News:

"It appears to be Ratcliffe's first known trip to Russia as CIA director, though he has maintained contact with Russian intelligence counterparts."

Totally normal, nothing to worry about, right?

The media outlet pointed out that it is unusual for a CIA chief to visit Moscow:

“Former CIA Director William Burns traveled to Moscow in November 2021, when he met with senior Russian officials and spoke directly with President Vladimir Putin to warn him against invading Ukraine.”

Why Did CIA Director Go to Moscow?

News came out this morning about a C-17 military cargo plane landing in Russia. The Kremlin said it had "no knowledge" of the plane. The plane America's CIA Director used is unusual.

The UK media outlet iNews reported:

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X sends cease-and-desist to open-source project Nitter over alleged scraping

X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X frontends, demanding its instances and code repository be taken down over alleged scraping.

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