Left-leaning influencers embrace Bluesky without abandoning X, Pew says

It’s no surprise that many big, left-leaning social media accounts have recently joined Bluesky — but a new analysis from the Pew Research Center attempts to quantify that shift. This comes as an update to Pew’s news influencer report released in November 2024, which did not include Bluesky in its numbers. The report focused on […]

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Hateful Trump Rants About Biden: ‘I Really Don’t Feel Sorry For Him’

Trump proves, once again, that he doesn't have an ounce of humanity. We've already watched Trump use Biden's diagnosis to push conspiracy theories, and to attack him as a "decrepit corpse." Now he's just come straight out and said he doesn't "feel sorry for him" during an unhinged rant following a softball by Steve Doocy during a White House presser this Friday.

“So many of the things that you’re trying to do are held up in court right now,” Doocy said. “If the courts are gonna have so much influence over U.S. policy, do you wish you would’ve just become a judge instead?”

Trump chuckled and embarked on a nearly five-minute whirlwind response that concluded with an attack on Biden’s handling of the border.

“They allowed them to come in,” the president said. “One thing I can’t figure out is what would an administration– what were they thinking when they allowed millions of people from prisons all over the world, not just from South America, Venezuela, but all over the world, from the Congo in Africa? Hundreds of people, thousands of people from the Congo, rough, rough prisoners from Asia, from Europe, rough parts of Europe. Why would they allow them to come into our country?”

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NAACP calls on Memphis officials to halt operations at xAI’s ‘dirty data center’

The NAACP is calling on local officials to halt operations at Colossus, the “supercomputer” facility operated by Elon Musk’s xAI in South Memphis. As reported in NBC News, leaders from the civil rights group sent a letter Thursday to the Shelby County Health Department and Memphis Light Gas and Water criticizing the organizations’ “lackadaisical approach […]

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Bannon's Latest Conspiracy: Harvard Foreign Students Reporting To Chinanullnullnullnullnullnullnull

Seditionist and Real America's Voice podcaster Steve Bannon claimed that foreign students going to Harvard, including those from China, are actually sleeper agents for the CCP infiltrating the US.

The MAGA cult can always come up with a conspiracy theory to defend TACO Trump and his illegal actions.

Trump also dropped the bomb on Harvard. Hey, no students, no foreign students, no Chinese.

I wanna see it all. Lao Bajing has been tormented.

This is not about Chinese students. It's about the process of the CCP using the students to go everywhere, including the weapons labs, take the positions from American students, and then to report back every month to the Chinese Communist Party.

And oh, by the way, go back and work in the technology companies.

Hey, guess what?

Educate them over there in Hong Kong University. We will welcome all scholars of the world.

Go for it, baby.

You wanna be indoctrinated and educated in Beijing University?

Go for it.

Wanna go to Hong Kong University?

Go for it.

Europeans saying, well, we'll show America.

Well, go.

Go, see, let me sign up for that.

This is the greatest education system because it's underwritten by taxpayers. Underwritten by taxpayers and there to rip taxpayers off for making sure the kids don't get jobs. President Trump, he's like outlaw Josie Wales. You know what he's saying? We're gonna go down to Harvard and we're gonna set things right.

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It’s not your imagination: AI is speeding up the pace of change

Venture capitalist Mary Meeker just dropped a 340-page report to describe the speed at which AI is being developed, adopted, spent on, and used.

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Delaware attorney general reportedly hires a bank to evaluate OpenAI’s restructuring plan

Delaware's attorney general is hiring an investment bank to advise on OpenAI's for-profit conversion.

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Karat Financial is bringing business banking to creators

Karat Financial, the company known for its credit cards for creators, is launching a creator-focused business banking product. Powered by digital bank Grasshopper, Karat’s banking product is a natural extension of its credit card offering with Visa. “Six years in, the problem we’re solving is still the same,” co-founder and co-CEO Eric Wei told TechCrunch. […]

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Trump To Pardon Reality TV Stars Todd And Julie Chrisley

I found a Republican, makeup wearing, reality tv show star who was convicted of fraud and tax evasion. Actually, two. And they do not have the last name Trump. But they do love him and, apparently, birds of a feather really DO stick together....because Trump just pardoned them.

Todd and Julie Chrisley, famous for “Chrisley Knows Best,” were charged in 2019 (under Trump's first administration) for a variety of crimes linked to bank fraud and tax evasion. They were both convicted in 2002 after prosecutors showed that they defrauded Atllanta banks out of more than $30 million dollars after submitting fake loan documents. Additionally, they were convicted of tax evasion related to their fake luxurious lifestyle.

Todd was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Julie was sentenced to seven. They were also ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution.

Trump decided to let them off the hook.

All it takes to get a pardon from Trump is a bribe, flattery or .... a bigger bribe.

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Rivr’s dog-like robots join Veho vans to solve ‘last-100-yards’ parcel delivery in Austin

Zurich-based robotics startup Rivr is partnering with Veho to deliver parcels in Austin.

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Fox Lies About Reenlistments For Soldiers Ousted For COVID Vaccine Refusals

They'll lie about anything if it pushes their narrative that Cadet Bone Spurs is the one that really loves the troops.

Trump made a visit to Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day, and he managed not to insult everyone there by wearing a MAGA hat like he did during his rambling commencement speech at West Point, but he was just as disrespectful during the Memorial Day ceremony, attacking judges and Biden during his speech, because he's incapable of keeping politics or his own petty grievances out of anything he does.

The liars on Fox's Outnumbered were carrying on about what a great day it was for Trump, completely ignoring his nasty, insane rant on "Truth Social" and pretending he had a dignified day at Arlington, with Fox regular Dr. Nicole Saphier carrying on about how much Americans and the troops supposedly love Trump with this nonsense that sounded like something straight off of North Korean television.

SAPHIER: Well, since President Trump has taken office, we are witnessing a huge resurgence of American pride. You have the nation and the military standing tall, united together, and being unapologetically patriotic.

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Meta reportedly splits its AI team to build products faster

Now, the company's AI personnel will be assigned to an AI products team, or an AGI Foundations unit. No jobs appear to have been cut.

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Dr. Oz' Bizarre Claim: Big Ugly Bill Spends More On 'Cherished' Medicaid

Trump's quack of a Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz upended every credible analysis of the Republican budget which shows massive and cruel cuts to Medicaid and millions of people losing their healthcare, telling Fox News Sunday that Republicans are increasing spending in their bill.

The Fox News host used a New York Post article to defend the Big Ugly bill passed by the Republican-controlled House by one vote, asking Oz how to counter Democrats' opposition to the bill. It's all about talking points to the MAGA cult and not results.

Meh Oz came up with some new lies.

Oz ranted that seniors and those with disabilities are not getting Medicaid because some reprobates are "clawing at the system," as if people getting healthcare was a crime.

This is a pipe dream. If you enroll you have access. If you file taxes you have access. No one is being denied or hiding from getting Medicaid if they qualify.

HOST: But the Democrat messaging is very powerful, Dr. Oz. They go out there and they say this is a war on the poor. 8.6 million people, they say, are going to lose their health insurance.

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Tesla opened Cybertruck trade-ins, and the numbers aren’t pretty

Per Inside EVs, Cybertruck owners are now allowed by Tesla to trade in their cars for the first time since they hit the market – but they’ll incur a heavy hit in the process. CarGurus recently showed depreciation rates of up to 45%. Meanwhile, Business Insider talked this past week with two owners who shared […]

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From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

Artificial intelligence is a deep and convoluted world. The scientists who work in this field often rely on jargon and lingo to explain what they’re working on. As a result, we frequently have to use those technical terms in our coverage of the artificial intelligence industry. That’s why we thought it would be helpful to […]

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New U.S. Military Policy May Expel Black Men For Razor Bumps

Maybe we can give Whiskey Pete the benefit of the doubt, but nah. This smacks of good old-fashioned racism. Via NBC News:

Air Force veteran Ed Anderson can’t recall any time past puberty when he didn’t get razor bumps after shaving his face. His coarse facial hair would often cause painful inflammation and itchy bumps as it grew back. Anderson, now 70, remembers requesting a shaving waiver when he entered the service in 1975, allowing him to bypass the military’s requirements for men to be clean-shaven.

For him and other Black airmen, the waivers became a symbol of unity. “It was seen as an identifier of solidarity with other Black GIs having that shaving waiver,” Anderson said. The military as a whole began issuing these waivers in the 1970s, with the Navy taking the strongest approach in 1970 to allow the elective wearing of beards to address medical conditions. But the policies of the different branches have changed multiple times since then. Now, a new U.S. Marine Corps grooming policy that affects people with curly or coarse hair is drawing ire from critics who say it targets Black men.

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Feds Reveal They Have A Very Weak Case Against Milwaukee Judge

Prosecutors in the case against Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan are still trying to win in the court of public opinion. The feds are accusing Dugan of obstructing federal agents who were at the Milwaukee County Courthouse to arrest Eduardo Flores-Ruiz. Prosecutors recently released footage of Judge Dugan interacting with federal agents who were there to arrest.

While right wingers and MAGA morons are saying that it's proof positive that Dugan committed a crime, they never can quite state how. That's because the footage contradicts the criminal complaint and shows exactly how weak their case is.

The first problem they have is that despite releasing nearly eight minutes of footage, none of it is from inside the courtroom where they allege the alleged obstruction was committed.

Their next problem is that the footage clearly contradicts facts in the complaint, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

The video appears to show a tense but not explosive interaction. Dugan speaks and the agents respond. She briefly confers with Cervera and then gestures toward Chief Judge Carl Ashley's office, just down the hall.

People sitting in the hallway glance up but do not appear intently focused on what is happening.

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Yo-Yo Ma To Trump: Yo Momma

Ever since the Orange Felon did a hostile takeover of the Kennedy Center, donors have all but dried up and artists are refusing to perform there.

The latest artist to pull out is renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma:

According to a report from the Washingtonian, booking powerhouse Washington Performing Arts has parted ways with the Kennedy Center this season.

After stating the organization "will not utilize The Kennedy Center,” a spokesperson explained their intention is to "thoughtfully match artists and their work with venues that best serve the art, the audience, and the moment“ and then added, "we assessed the variety of artists and performances we have in this upcoming season and decided it was best to explore new spaces that offer fresh possibilities.”

The organization announced new venues, stating, "Sigourney Weaver and the Pacifica Quartet at Sixth and I for WPA’s annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Concert, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore, Yo-Yo Ma at Strathmore, and Midori at Sixth and I."

I wonder how long it will be before Dementia Donny has another tantrum and starts hurling insults at Yo-Yo Ma. Although, even Trump should have figured out by now that everything he touches turns to shit.

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RFK Jr. Can't Defend EPA Rollbacks On 'Forever Chemicals'

HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had no defense for the EPA's recent rollback of what are called "forever chemicals," during an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, so he just lied about them instead. You know Kennedy knows better than this since he spent so much of his time as an environmental lawyer suing over this sort of issue, which makes his sellout to Trump even more egregious.

Here's the exchange between Kennedy and Collins where she asked him how he squares his supposed concern for children being exposed to dangerous chemicals with what Lee Zeldin is doing at the EPA:

COLLINS: Speaking of working with other agency heads, the EPA is also on your commission and as part of this, Lee Zeldin was there in the room. Your report says that kids are exposed to harmful environmental toxins and microplastics.

I wonder how you square that with some moves that we've seen the EPA take to roll back or to weaken rules that limit forever chemicals in drinking water, which obviously would be one of those issues.

KENNEDY: We're working very hard on PFAS. A lot of what you read about about EPA's regulations, rolling back regulations on PFAS is not true.

PFAS is something I've been working on for years.

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Kesha is now a startup founder

Kesha may have taken the dollar sign out of her name, but now, the singer is thinking about money again — not for herself, but to fund the seed round of her new startup, Smash. According to Kesha’s Instagram post, Smash will be a “community-based platform to connect and protect music creators,” which aligns with […]

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An Actual Post From Kristi Noem's Official Account

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a crude, tasteless message on Xitter in response to dismissing a lawsuit against her department. “Suck it,” Noem wrote, including a screenshot of the 'Espinoza Escalona v. Noem' court notice saying that a group of ten detained immigrants, that, by the way, had not been given due process, had voluntarily withdrawn their legal challenge to potentially being sent to Guantanamo.

The DHS alleges that Espinoza Escalona is a Tren De Aragua member involved in serious crimes to justify his deportation to El Salvador's notorious prison, and his child's placement in U.S. foster care; however, there is no evidence to back up the department's claims.

So, her post could be marked as 'Exhibit A' as she spits on the Constitution. When asked this week to define "habeas corpus," she exposed her stupidity, and she's doing it again:

Suck it pic.twitter.com/8ruAeJSum2

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) May 22, 2025

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Tinder CEO to step down in July

Faye Iosotaluno, the CEO of Tinder, will step down from her role in July, according to a post she published on LinkedIn.  Isootaluno served less than a year in the role, and spent nearly eight years overall at the company, which is owned by Match Group. In her post, she said she was “especially proud […]

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Trump Berates South African President With NeoNazi Claims Of 'White Genocide'

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to endure Trump's continued attacks on his country and claims South Africa is committing genocide against White farmers to support Trump's racist actions.

The South African government denies these charges and there is no actual proof of any genocide on whites, but Trump is using these claims to defend his granting refugee status to white African farmers. 'White genocide' is something American neonazis dreamed up. Stephen Miller probably planted the idea in his head.

How embarrassing for the US to see Trump play video of speeches from extremist Africans to claim they have killing fields and buried bodies everywhere in South Africa. If speeches were proof, we could arrest many right wing lawmakers for their outrageous rhetoric against minorities and the Democratic party.

When Trump was asked a question, the South African president took the mic.

Q: Mr. President, what will it take for you to be convinced that there's no white genocide in South Africa?

RAMAPHOSA: Well, I can answer that for the President.

TRUMP: I'd rather have him answer.

RAMAPHOSA: I'd rather answer. It will take President Trump listening to the voices of South Africans, some of whom are his good friends, like those who are here.

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Musk Blames The Media For His Worldwide Unpopularity

Nah, Leon, this is all on you. Musk's fall from grace was a self-inflicted wound, starting when he purchased Xitter and became some sort of Edgelord for the far right because his self-worth is so minimal that he is almost damaged beyond repair. But that wasn't enough for the narcissistic dipshit billionaire, so he bought the presidency for the most incompetent, and damaged President in history, whose corruption would make Richard Nixon blush.

Apartheid Clyde's DOGE killed investigations into his businesses, and he brought in lucrative federal contracts for himself while threatening Americans' safety nets. But none of this is his fault, you guys.

"Well, I mean, unfortunately, what I’ve learned is that legacy media propaganda is very effective at making people believe things that aren’t true,” Musk said when asked on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” if his work for Trump was worth the backlash, The Hill reports.

When asked for an example, Musk pointed to the controversy surrounding the hand gesture he made twice during Donald's Inauguration Day, which was compared to a Nazi salute.

“That I’m a Nazi, for example, and how many legacy media publications, talk shows, whatever, try to claim that I was a Nazi because of some random hand gesture at a rally where all I said was that my heart goes out to you,” Musk said Tuesday.

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LM Arena, the organization behind popular AI leaderboards, lands $100M

LM Arena, a crowdsourced benchmarking project that major AI labs rely on to test and market their AI models, has raised $100 million in a seed funding round that values the organization at $600 million, according to Bloomberg. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and UC Investments, which manages an investment portfolio for the University of California, led the […]

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'A Dream Come True': Jesse Watters Giddy Over Dem Getting Arrested

Jesse Watters talked over Jessica Tarlov to describe the arrest of Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver as “a dream come true" on Fox News' The Five. Watters claimed that Democrats “started this” when law enforcement raided Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate after he refused to return our country's most sensitive documents.

"They thought they could get away with it because they've been breaking the law and getting away with it for years," Watters insisted, Media Matters reports. "That day is over. They think, these people at Biden's Justice Department, are afraid of a little controversy?"

"They think Kash, Bongino, Bondi, Pirro, Alina Habba are afraid of what the media is going to say if they arrest a Democrat for breaking the law?" he asked. "You guys have no idea how much fun we're having. This is a dream come true."

Somehow, he suggested that Tarlov "raided Trump's house."

"Jessica, you started this. You raided Trump's house. You put shackles on Navarro," he said. "People were walking around the Capitol peacefully and patriotically, and they're in prison for two years. She broke the law -- "

Talov asked, "You're actually saying January 6 was patriotic and peaceful?".

"She broke the law on camera with a few forearm shivers," he claimed. "This linebacker really put her weight into it, Jessica. There's nowhere to run and there's nowhere to hide."

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Noted Oncologist Donald Trump Fails At Basic Facts On Biden's Diagnosis

Like his vice president, Donald Trump, is trying to spin a conspiracy theory about Handsome Old Joe Biden's diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer. He's also taking a leaf from his human 8-ball of a son, Coke Jr.

Dr. Trump claimed that Biden knew about it years ago because he is at "stage nine," which is a stage of cancer that doesn't exist. There are only four stages of cancer, Mr. Stable Genius™, sir.

"Do you wanna respond to President Biden being diagnosed with cancer, or are you gonna call your processor?" a reporter asked.

"I think it's very sad, actually," Donald said. "I'm surprised that it wasn't, the public wasn't notified a long time ago, because to get to stage nine, that's a long time."

Then, of course, he bragged about his physical and cognitive tests.

"I just had my physical, you saw that, you saw the results of that particular test," he continued. "I think that test is standard to pretty much anybody getting a physical, good physical."

"We had the doctors at the White House and over at Walter Reed, which is a fantastic hospital," he continued to talk about himself. "I do it, I did a very complete physical, including cognitive tests, I'm proud to announce. I aced it, I got them all right."

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Headline Asia closes $145M fund to fuel investments in Asia-Pacific

With the current economic uncertainties and geopolitical challenges, securing funding for startups in Asia has recently become more difficult. Venture capital firms have also been impacted by the downturn, leading to a decrease in the number of funds being closed. The VC market is “going through [one of its] cyclical winters marked by high interest […]

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Google inks another massive solar power deal to electrify its data centers

The new deal covers solar and storage projects being developed in South Carolina by EnergyRe.

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Crypto elite increasingly worried about their personal safety

Cryptocurrency executives and other investors with significant wealth from crypto holdings are getting more serious about personal security, according to stories this weekend in both the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. While cryptocurrencies have always created unique security risks, it seems there’s a rising threat of violent abduction due to the growing value of Bitcoin, […]

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Grok says it’s ‘skeptical’ about Holocaust death toll, then blames ‘programming error’

Grok, the AI-powered chatbot created by xAI and widely deployed across its new corporate sibling X, wasn’t just obsessed with white genocide this week. As first noted in Rolling Stone, Grok also answered a question on Thursday about the number of Jews killed by the Nazis in World War II by saying that “historical records, […]

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Scott Bessent Has A Wildly Dumb Idea To Offset Tariffs

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played economic jujitsu with CNN by claiming that the higher consumer costs of Trump's tariffs will be offset by Trump's tax cuts.

Bessent admitted prices will be higher because of Trumps tariffs, but he pretended they are lowering inflation, which they are not. How can they lower inflation if they raise prices?

Trump's tariffs are a tax on consumers, but giving tax cuts to millionaires will only benefit them and nobody else.

TAPPER: President Trump went on Truth Social and says Walmart should eat the tariffs, in other words, not pass on the prices to consumers. Doesn't that inherently serve as an acknowledgment that tariffs are essentially a tax on consumers?

Because initially, President Trump said, well, that's not true.

Countries pay for the tariffs. But here we have a perfect example, China gets these tariffs, and then Walmart has to raise its prices, and consumers end up paying for them.

BESSENT: Well, Jake, in essence, what you're saying is, you're saying taxes are inflationary. So let's pass the Trump tax cuts, and that'll be disinflationary, if we continue that line of thinking.

Trump's tax cuts will not lower prices. The hubris of this man is unconscionable.

BESSENT: I did speak to Doug McMillan, (Walmart CEO) who I have a very good relationship, yesterday, just to understand what he had to say.

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Mike Johnson: Trump Doesn't Hide His Corruption So It's Legal

During a press conference last week, Speaker Mike Johnson claimed Donald Trump is not engaging in any corruption because he's being open about accepting $400 million bribes as well as shadow figures investing in his meme coin.

I've never heard this defense before.

It's legal if Trump admits to doing the crime.

QUESTION: Mr. Speaker, you are very critical of President Biden and his family's foreign business dealings.

You supported an impeachment inquiry as a result of it.

Are you equally concerned about President Trump's family's business dealings, especially given the fact that he is in a region now where his family has billions of dollars of investments in Doha, in Saudi Arabia, and the fact that he has a crypto business now where he's auctioned off access to the White House for the highest bidder in his meme coin?

JOHNSON: Look, there are authorities, police, executive branch, ethics rules. I'm not an expert in that. My expertise is here in the House, okay?

I'll say that the reason that many people refer to the Bidens as the Biden crime family is because they were doing all this stuff behind curtains, in the back rooms. They were trying to conceal it, and they repeatedly lied about it, and they set up shell companies, and the family was all engaged in getting all on the dole.

Whatever President Trump is doing is out in the open. They're not trying to conceal anything.

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Trump Admin Made Public Corruption Easier To Get Away With, Again

Just in time to hinder investigations into Donald Trump’s $400 million “gift” jet from Qatar and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s suspiciously-timed, million-dollar Trump Media stock sale, the FBI is disbanding its public corruption squad and re-assigning its members.

From The New York Times:

The squad’s members are likely to be reassigned, potentially asked to do immigration work, and its work is expected to be merged with one of the other corruption units in the bureau’s Washington field office, according to a person familiar with the changes.

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The moves, some of the most drastic to date by the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, could reduce the bureau’s capacity to fulfill one of its core missions: leading major investigations into public corruption cases that have included, among many others, the two federal prosecutions of Mr. Trump led by the special counsel Jack Smith.

It's almost as if Donald Trump is trying to make public corruption great again.

More from The Times:

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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is choosing chatbots over podcasts

While Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he likes podcasts, he might not actually be listening to them anymore. That tidbit comes towards the end of a longer Bloomberg profile of Nadella, with a focus on Microsoft’s AI strategy and its complicated relationship with OpenAI. To illustrate how much he uses the company’s Copilot AI assistant […]

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Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output

The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts.

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An Air Traffic Control Outage Just Hit Colorado, Too

TV host turned Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy might decide to keep his wife from flying over the west altogether after this latest air controller communications failure.

From The New York Times:

Part of an air traffic control facility in Colorado that coordinates flights over a large swath of the West had a partial outage on Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday. The outage occurred after another air traffic facility in Philadelphia had two radar outages in recent weeks that left controllers unable to communicate with planes headed to or from Newark Liberty International Airport, a major international hub.

The Colorado outage occurred around 1:50 p.m. when a pair of transmitters that cover a portion of the airspace went down. Unlike their peers in the Newark outage, the controllers in Colorado lost touch only with some pilots and were able to re-establish communications.

“Controllers used another frequency to relay instructions to pilots,” the aviation agency said. “Aircraft remained safely separated, and there were no impacts to operations. The F.A.A. is investigating.”

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AI startup Cohere acquires Ottogrid, a platform for conducting market research

AI startup Cohere has acquired Ottogrid, a Vancouver-based platform that develops enterprise tools for automating certain kinds of high-level market research. Sully Omar, one of the founders of Ottogrid, announced the deal Friday in a post on X. He didn’t disclose the terms. Ottogrid will sunset its product, according to Omar, but will give customers […]

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Arc’s new 24-foot electric boat is its cheapest yet

Electric boat startup Arc has a new model that is its cheapest and most approachable watercraft yet. The new boat is called the Arc Coast, and it will start at $168,000. The company is taking preorders now and says the Coast will ship in 2026. The Coast is what’s known as a “center console” boat, […]

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Hey ICE Barbie, Trump DID Share Fake Abrego Garcia Photo

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem refused to answer a simple question from Rep. Eric Swalwell during today's House hearing about the doctored tattoo photo Trump used to smear Abrego Garcia as a terrorist after they deported him to El Salvador.

For much of his questioning, Noem refused to even look at the blown up photo provided by Rep. Swalwell.

SWALWELL: Madam Secretary, you agree that the letters MS and the number 13 in Times Roman numeral font, that they are doctored on this photo, right?

Congressman, Abrego Garcia, a known member of MS-13, it wasn't based off of tattoos.

It was based off an entire case.

And I'll accept that for the purpose of this question.

You agree, though, that this is doctored.

Is that right?

The same protocols that are applied to every individual with law enforcement.

Madam Secretary, I want you to have credibility, and I want you to be taken seriously.

Is this doctored or is it not doctored?

I'm not taken quite seriously.

Is it doctored or not doctored?

Because I appreciate the importance that the president has given me to do this job.

I understand.

Is it doctored or not doctored?

I have a bullshit detector.

I'm just asking you, is this doctored or not doctored?

Sir, the protocols in the case built against Abrego Garcia were exactly the same.

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Egg On His Face, He's A Big Disgrace

For months, we had to endure the whining about the price of eggs, among other things. Then for weeks, we had to contend with the false claims that the Orange Felon lowered the price of eggs.

Well, The Orange Felon's great eggscapade isn't all that it cracked up to be. Egg prices are going back up and the Orange Felon has no one to blame but himself:

First it was the avian flu outbreak, and now it is tariffs that are causing egg prices to rise.

Vital Farms Inc, which bills itself as the top U.S. brand of pasture-raised eggs, said Thursday that while it was relatively insulated from the tariffs announced by the Trump administration, it won’t be totally immune.

The tariffs will raise costs by increasing prices of various commodities, including steel, and could also affect the purchasing behavior of its customers, the company said.

“We’ve announced to our retailer partners a modest, low-double-digit percentage-price increase for our shell-egg products that will go into effect this month,” Chief Executive Russell Diez-Canseco said, according to a FactSet transcript of the company’s earnings call with analysts.

In other words, The Orange Felon just FAFOed himself! He lost a talking point and it's all his own damn fault! It is to laugh! The yolk's on him!

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Seven things we learned from WhatsApp vs. NSO Group spyware lawsuit

The landmark trial between WhatsApp and NSO Group unearthed several new revelations. We recap some of them here.

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AWS enters into ‘strategic partnership’ with Saudi Arabia-backed Humain

Amazon says it will work with Humain, the AI company recently launched by Saudi Arabia’s ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, to invest “$5 billion-plus” in a strategic partnership to build an “AI Zone” in Saudi Arabia. The AI Zone will include dedicated Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI infrastructure, servers, networks, and training and certification programs, according […]

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Duffy Lied, People Died

On Sunday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy denied that they had fired any air traffic controllers, but then said that they did and proceeded to toss up a big old word salad:

In the safety mission of the FAA, like air traffic controllers, no one was cut. We actually have staffed up, we've hired more air traffic controllers during this time. There were probationary workers that were let go, those are employees who were there less than a year, and again, we excluded the safety positions, most of them have come back. So again, to say, the FAA has 46,000 employees, and if you lost 350, is this affecting our safety mission? There's a lot of things the FAA does, but for us, safety is key, so no, we've retained all those safety positions.

Duffy then xitted out the video and blamed the "Fake News" for "peddling lies" about the air traffic controllers being fired:

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Google I/O 2025: How to watch all the AI and Android reveals

Google is gearing up to hold its largest developer conference of the year, Google I/O 2025, on May 20 and May 21. CEO Sundar Pichai, DeepMind CEO and co-founder Demis Hassabis, and executives in charge of Search, Cloud, and Android will announce major updates to Google’s product offerings. We’re expecting Google I/O 2025 to focus […]

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Fox News Host Compares 12-Foot-Tall Statue Of Black Woman To Stansbury Is 'DreamFox N'' Of inst Sporkfoot

Fox News host Jimmy Failla compared a 12-foot-tall statue of a Black woman to a "dream" of King Kong.

On his Saturday night Fox News program, Failla noted that artist Thomas J. Price had placed the statue in Times Square to change "the narrative of who we put on statues."

"But if you really wanted to do a fitting tribute to the women in Times Square, you'd have a hooker with an Adams apple, would you not?" he joked. "Now, some critics have called out the sculptor for refusing to use an actual Black woman instead of going with an imaginary woman he created from scratch."

"And I feel like when you look at, like, Times Square as a whole, people are just confused by this," he added. "Because you walk through Times Square, and it is like a bad acid trip. You're like, I had a dream King Kong was next to the Statue of Liberty and there was a 12-foot-tall Black woman that everybody was staring at."

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Gaslighting Commerce Secretary Lies About Prices Rising Due To Trump Tariffs

Trump's Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick continued his gaslighting during an interview on this weekend's Fox News Sunday. I'm not sure how much longer they can keep this up as reality rapidly catches up with their bullshit. Trump's already told the dock workers and truck drivers to basically go pound sand while they lose their jobs due to his tariffs.

Now we've got Lutnick continuing to deny that consumers are the ones who will pay for the tariffs with higher prices, while also denying that prices are going to rise at all -- and just glossing right over the job losses and telling them they should be "optimistic and happy" because Trump is. Sure thing pal.

Here's the reality-denying exchange between Lutnick and host Shannon Bream.

BREAM: So Americans are watching and hoping for those long term benefits, but our polling shows they're pretty skeptical at this point. 72 percent tell us they think tariffs are going to make the things they pay for right now more expensive, and a majority of them think that tariffs are actually hurting our economy.

I mean, how do you work against that perception with messaging while people wait in the interim for something to happen?

LUTNICK: You just do trade deals, right? Like, look at the UK deal, right? Just look at that deal. It opens the UK market for the first time to $5 billion of exports.

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23andMe customers notified of bankruptcy and potential claims — deadline to file is July 14

23andMe, the genetic testing giant once valued in the billions, is now navigating Chapter 11 bankruptcy and notifying millions of current and former customers that they may be eligible to file claims as part of the restructuring process. The company and 11 of its subsidiaries, including Lemonaid Health and LPRXOne, filed for bankruptcy protection on […]

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'Just Give Me A Yes Or No': NBC Host Corners GOP Senator On Suspending Habeas Corpus

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) declined to rule out voting to suspend habeas corpus if it helps President Donald Trump deport undocumented people.

In a Sunday interview with the senator, NBC host Kristen Welker pointed out that White House aide Stephen Miller had recently floated the idea of suspending the right to challenge detentions in court.

"The Constitution says that habeas corpus may not be suspended, quote, unless in cases of rebellion or invasion, would you vote to suspend habeas corpus since the power does ultimately lie with Congress?" Welker asked the Wyoming Republican.

"The president has said he will follow the law," Barrasso deflected. "The president says if he disagrees with the law, that he will appeal those things."

"And the president has now seen judges, district judges, radical district judges, using their courts to set national standards on making it harder for the president to deport individuals, criminals, and I stand with the president," he continued.

Welker pressed: "And yet, Senator, just to put a fine point on this, I want to know what you would do. Would you vote to suspend habeas corpus if this were brought before Congress? Ultimately, this power lies with Congress."

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Here Is The Stephanie Ruhle Clip That Made Donny TwoDolls Lose His Sh*t

Stephanie Ruhle hit a nerve, and Trump, being Trump, lashed out on Truth Social, claiming she "was never known as a 'High IQ' person." Sure thing, Big Brain. Where is the lie? Donald's tariff tantrums are harming the economy.

Donald called Ruhle "highly neurotic" for accurately reporting on the damage his tariffs are causing.

"Donald Trump is backed into a corner," Ruhle said. "His grand plans of tariffs, tariffs, tariffs aren't working, right? You're seeing day in and day out more business leaders, whether it's Warren Buffett or Jamie Dimon or Ken Griffin on big global stages saying this is going to crush us economically."

"And then you've got congressmen, senators from every state saying to this White House, our small businesses are strangling, are dying here," she continued. "I'm not saying Donald Trump has changed what he thinks in his heart, but he's backed into a corner and he needs to get off this crazy tariff train. And he knows it."

"So what do we see with England? Right," Ruhle said. "Great Britain. "You've got a PM there who's a close ally of Donald Trump. And they're saying, let's put on a show, let's create a theater, and let's say we've got a deal. And yes, there aren't any details to it."

"There is still a 10 percent tariff, which is why Jay Powell is not cutting rates, because 10 percent is more than triple what it was," she continued. "So it's still going to be painful, especially for small businesses."

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Press Sec Leavitt Tells A Whopper About Firing Librarian Of Congress

The Trump administration is pretending that Carla Hayden, the just-fired Librarian of Congress lost her job because she was promoting “inappropriate books for children.” But the Library of Congress is a research library that has NOTHING to do with promoting books, children’s or otherwise. You have to be 16 or older just to use it.

Hayden was appointed to her position by then-President Barack Obama in 2016. Her term would have expired next year. But Trump and his white supremacist puppet masters, Elon Musk and Stephen Miller, felt an urgent need to be rid of Hayden now. She also just happens to be the first Black person and first woman to hold the job.

The administration was in such a hurry, it couldn’t even be bothered to come up with a real reason. Hayden was fired via email by Trent Morse, deputy director of presidential personnel, on Thursday. He merely stated, “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately.”

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Trump Replaces Acting FEMA Head With Unqualified Lackey

The Trump administration fired acting FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton one day after he dared to testify to Congress that he did not support dismantling the agency:

Cameron Hamilton, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, was escorted out of FEMA’s headquarters on Thursday, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.

“It’s at the discretion of (Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem) to have the personnel she prefers,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told CNN, confirming that DHS official David Richardson will take over for Hamilton effective immediately. McLaughlin declined to explain why Hamilton was removed from the post.

The move comes one day after Hamilton defended FEMA during testimony in front of the House Appropriations Committee.

“As the senior advisor to the President on disasters and emergency management, and to the Secretary of Homeland Security, I do not believe it is in the best interest the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency,” Hamilton told the committee Wednesday. “Having said that, I am not in a position to make decisions and impact outcomes on whether or not a determination as consequential as that should be made. That is a conversation that should be had between the President of the United States and this governing body.”

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Elizabeth Holmes’ partner reportedly fundraising for new blood-testing startup

Billy Evans, partner of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, is working on a new startup that seeks to deliver “human health optimization” through blood testing, according to The New York Times. The Times reportedly spoke to two investors pitched on the startup, called Haemanthus, and also viewed some of Haemanthus’ marketing materials. In those materials, the […]

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Remember Moviefone? Well, it’s back.

For millions of moviegoers in the ’90s, Moviefone’s 777-FILM number was the go-to source for learning about showtimes. Now, under new ownership, Moviefone is trying to make a comeback. On Friday, as part of its 35th anniversary celebration, Moviefone announced the relaunch of its mobile app and a new nationally syndicated broadcast TV series. Set […]

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The Department of Labor just dropped its investigation into Scale AI

The U.S. Department of Labor has dropped its investigation into Scale AI’s compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to a source directly familiar with the matter.  The FLSA is a federal law that regulates misclassification of employees as independent contractors and unpaid wages. TechCrunch first reported that Scale was the subject of such […]

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Trump Proclaims 'Victory Day' Holidays Where You Have To Work

During the swearing in ceremony of David Purdue as US Ambassador to China, Trump went on a tangent about creating a new sort of holiday called "Victory Day."

He says it's a holiday to honor WWII, but we can't really celebrate it because Americans already have too many holidays off of work. Get it?

Trump's meandering monologue then transitioned into honoring World War I as well, making it two Victory Days in all. (Just like his ice cream scoops!)

But you still can't take these days off of work.

Trump is so jealous of Europe, it's nauseating.

TRUMP: All Americans should take pride in what these incredible patriots have achieved.

So I just want to say happy Victory Day to all.

So we are celebrating every year now.

I can guarantee for four years.

But I think after that, we're going to have two victory days, World War One and World War Two.

This is World War II, Victory Day.

In the future, we're going to have a major celebration of each day.

We're not going to have days off because we don't have enough days in the year.

We have too many celebrations already.

But we're going to have Victory Day and first World War One, World War Two.

And without us, those wars would not have been won.

I think we can say that would not have.

Wait, what is a "major celebration" if you can't celebrate? Will the demented asshole get his tanks rolling down the streets of D.C?

What a stupid fuck!

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Social media startup Fizz sues Instacart and Partiful for trademark infringement over new Fizz app

Social media startup Fizz is suing grocery delivery giant Instacart and party planning app Partiful for trademark infringement, the company announced on Thursday. Earlier this week, Instacart launched a new drinks and snack delivery app for parties called Fizz and announced that Partiful had integrated Fizz directly into its platform. Founded in 2020, Fizz is a […]

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Brian Kemp Not Running For Georgia Senate, Paving The Way For MTG

The Georgia Senate race took a crazy turn this week when Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declared that he will NOT run for Senate next year, which could have made the race against Jon Ossoff even more competitive. Republicans were not super happy, as he was a solid candidate for them to run since he already has a very solid reputation in the state that he has led for years.

Republicans in Congress were hoping to flip the seat in 2026. Kemp cannot run for Governor (he is time limited prevented), but he still decided not to seek higher office. Kemp can see the MAGA writing on the wall.

He put out a statement on Monday saying:

"I spoke with President Trump and Senate leadership earlier today and expressed my commitment to work alongside them to ensure we have a strong Republican nominee who can win next November, and ultimately be a conservative voice in the US Senate who will put hardworking Georgians first."

His choice opens up the primary to a few other well known Republicans, including Marge Three Toes. She told NBC News last week that she has "a lot of options open to me" but would not discuss it further.

Can Congress handle Senator Greene and her batshit craziness in the SENATE? I do not think so.

But, I would enjoy a debate between Ossoff and Greene. That would make for some true insanity.

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SpaceX’s Starlink has become a big benefactor of Trump’s tariff trade war, leaked memos show

SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, is directly benefiting from the Trump Administration’s tariff trade war, according to leaked State Department memos obtained by the Washington Post.   The memos show the U.S. pushing countries to adopt Starlink. Some show that countries believe that doing so could help lubricate their U.S. trade and tariff negotiations. One memo […]

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TechCrunch Sessions: AI welcomes Tanka CEO Kisson Lin to talk AI-native startups

We’re ecstatic to announce that Kisson Lin, founder and CEO of Tanka, will be joining us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI for a provocative — and instructive — interview titled “Your Next Co-Founder Will Be AI.” She’s among the many excellent speakers joining the event June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, and there’s still plenty […]

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Layoffs hit General Fusion as the fusion power startup runs short on cash

CEO Greg Twiney posted an open letter on the company’s website today pleading for money.

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MSNBC: Trump 'Lives In Fear' Of Getting Dementia Like His Father

An aging malignant narcissist with dementia is a horrifying thought, but Donald J. Trump seems to display those signs, just as his father, Fred, did when he died at age 93 with pneumonia and Alzheimer’s. Last night, Donald called to open Alcatraz, which is a national park now, and initially shuttered due to the exorbitant operating cost. Trump wants to incarcerate Americans in the ghastliest way possible.

On any given day, you can point out a speech or rant that is out of tune with reality, from dismissing rulings from the Supreme Court to disappearing people from the country. Yeah, but Kamala Harris laughed a lot, and Biden has the olds.

Timothy L. O’Brien, senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, appeared on The Weekend: Primetime , to discuss Donald defying the Constitution by musing about a third term in office.

O'Brien said that Donald's motivation has always been either “self-aggrandizement” or “self-preservation," adding that even though he’d “love to live until he’s 300," he doubts he'll seek a third term.

“And I think he’d like to be president for 200 more years if he could,” O‘Brien said.
However, he said, “As I was watching that clip, you know, one of the things that really struck me is, Donald Trump has aged."

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Elon Musk took a chainsaw to the US government. Tesla is taking the hit.

Elon Musk has long been credited with turning Tesla into a beacon of innovation, the visionary who pushed the world into an era of electrification. But his slide into politics — specifically his alignment with President Trump and activities within the federal government — has dragged Tesla into uncertainty.  For many would-be Tesla buyers, the […]

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'Don't Rule It Out': Trump Threatens US Military Invasion Of Greenland

President Donald Trump suggested that the U.S. military could be used to take over Greenland.

During an interview broadcast by NBC on Sunday, Trump refused to back off his call for Canada and Greenland to join the United States.

"We do very little business with Canada, they do all of their business practically with us," he said. "They need us, we don't need them."

"Would you rule out military force to take Canada?" NBC host Kristen Welker asked.

"Well, I think we're not going to ever get to that point," the president replied. "It could happen, something could happen with Greenland, I'll be honest."

"I don't see it with Canada, I just don't see it, I have to be honest with you," he added.

"But you are not ruling out military force to take Greenland?" Welker pressed.

"I don't rule it out, I don't say I'm going to do it, but I don't rule out anything, no, not there," Trump agreed. "We need that, we need Greenland very badly."

"Greenland is a very small amount of people which we'll take care of and we'll cherish them and all of that, but we need that for international security," he insisted.

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Dementia Don Wants To Rewrite The Tax Code With Tariffs

Remember when they tried to convince us that Joe Biden has dementia, simply because he was slow and old? And now they convince themselves that El Cheatolini is simply an innovative leader with high standards? HAHAHAHAHA! Via the New York Times:

It was easy to miss, but last weekend President Trump floated a fundamental rewrite of the American tax code. In a social media post, and again in remarks to reporters, Mr. Trump suggested the United States could stop taxing income under $200,000 and instead rely on revenue from his extensive tariffs.

“It’ll take a little while before we do that, but we’re going to be cutting taxes, and it’s possible we’ll do a complete tax cut,” Mr. Trump told reporters on Sunday. “Because I think the tariffs will be enough to cut all of the income tax.”

The idea was news to Republicans on Capitol Hill already in the throes of translating Mr. Trump’s impulses for cutting taxes into law.

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Temu stops shipping products from China to the U.S.

Chinese retailer Temu has shifted strategy in the face of U.S. tariffs. Through executive order, President Donald Trump has ended the so-called de minimis rule, which allowed goods worth $800 or less to enter the country without tariffs. He’s also increasing tariffs on Chinese goods by more than 100%, forcing both Chinese companies like Shein […]

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Warren Buffett will step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO

Legendary investor Warren Buffett announced today that he will ask the Berkshire Hathaway board to have Greg Abel replace him as CEO at the end of 2025. “I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive officer of the company at year end,” Buffett said at the end of the company’s […]

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Australian Conservative Leader Loses His Seat In ‘Trump Factor’ Backlash

Australia's Peter Dutton went down to a stunning defeat in today's election. It came just five days after the Conservative Leader in Canada also lost his seat due to perceived ties to Donald Trump.

Source: The Independent

The Australian opposition leader likened to Donald Trump for apeing his policies has lost his seat as the incumbent Labor government secures a landslide win.

Peter Dutton has suffered more than a 10 per cent swing against him to Labor rival Ali France, who has so far claimed nearly 59 per cent of the vote under Australia’s two-party preferred system, with election analysts projecting the conservative leader’s ousting.

It comes as Australia’s centre-left prime minister Anthony Albanese secures a second term just days after Canada’s centrist Liberal Party, led by Mark Carney, retained government, in what will be seen as part of an international backlash against the Trump administration.

Earlier on Saturday, Coalition senator and campaign spokesman James Paterson conceded Trump’s unpopularity in Australia had definitely played a part.

“One factor I think we can all acknowledge and recognise is the Trump factor. It was devastating in Canada for the conservatives, where the conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost 20 points over the course of a few months,” Mr Paterson, seen as a rising star in the Liberal and National party coalition, told the ABC.

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AI chatbots are ‘juicing engagement’ instead of being useful, Instagram co-founder warns

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says AI companies are trying too hard to “juice engagement” by pestering their users with follow-up questions, instead of providing actually useful insights. Systrom said the tactics represent “a force that’s hurting us,” comparing them to those used by social media companies to expand aggressively.  “You can see some of these […]

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Google will soon start letting kids under 13 use its Gemini chatbot

Next week, Google will begin allowing kids under 13 who have parent-managed Google accounts to use its Gemini chatbot, according to The New York Times. The Times reports that Gemini will be available to kids whose parents use Family Link, a Google service that enables families to opt into various Google services for their child. A Google […]

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Hey Maria, Isn't It Biden's Jobs Report?

Fox Business hosts went gaga over the latest jobs report that was slightly better than expected which led MAGA Queen Maria Bartiromo to claim the hysteria from Trump's tariffs were overblown.

They are not.

Biden's economy was very strong and Trump has lost over 5 trillion dollars because of his antics.

However, since Demented Trump and JD Vance are crying that Trump's economy-wrecking tariffs have caused a failing economy is all Joe Biden's fault especially since we have a shrinking GDP for the first time since COVID struck.

So today's jobs report indicates 177,000 new jobs were added. Isn't that Biden's good jobs report? Can't have it both ways, Maria.

BARTIROMO: Yeah, this is a very important report.

With all of the hysteria over tariffs, we know that jobs are being created, and it is much better than expected.

At 177,000 jobs, added to the economy in April.

This proves Donald Trump's point, that the economy is doing well.

Trump's economic crushing tariffs haven't hit the retail marketplace so far since ships are not delivering goods at the ports, but Fox Business was looking for anything positive to justify Trump's insane actions.

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FutureHouse releases AI tools it claims can accelerate science

FutureHouse, an Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit that aims to build an “AI scientist” within the next decade, has launched its first major product: a platform and API with AI-powered tools designed to support scientific work. Many, many startups are racing to develop AI research tools for the scientific domain, some with massive amounts of VC funding […]

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Fintech Bench conducts layoff while others still work month-to-month

Bench, the accounting and tax startup that was bought in a fire sale last December, has conducted a round of significant layoffs, it confirmed to TechCrunch. Bench didn’t specify how many people were affected, but one person who works there estimated that Bench was eliminating dozens of positions – that’s a big chunk of the […]

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