Studios laying off hundreds and thousands of employees with the excuse that they can move production to the UK and not have to pay for healthcare because the UK has socialized medicine should be humiliating to the US government.
It’s amazing that the CIA can fail so spectacularly at learning anything from its own history of failure, the cost is measured in lives
Glad my next international trip was purchased before any of this nonsense went down . . .
Hey instead of the LA cops getting $3.6 billion dollars a year, and also paying out close to $400 million in settlements, here's an idea ...
I would avoid Focus Camera LLC in the future. Between B&H, Adorama, Samy's, and Full Compass, there's no need to deal with folks who take 4 days to process the order and then tell me it will be another week before I get it.
I order a pair of Sony MDR headphones, I like the classics, from Amazon and the seller took 4 days to acknowledge the order, which is weirdo behavior I've never encountered before from a "Fulfilled by Amazon" seller.
But you know, I am not a lawyer. I don't even play one on TV.
I realize that this is two separate thoughts, but anyway, I figure once SpaceX is a publicly traded company, nationalization is easier by the Treasury buying up shares or debt and using that in combination with other national security related authorities.
Will it be easier to nationalize SpaceX once that IPO goes through? I will vote for anyone who promises to nationalize and break up whatever fraudulent mess this company ends up being
What I wouldn’t give for a functional SEC
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com The Crisis of Corporate Governance is everywhere once you see it!
If you’ve ever tried to get to the beach from certain parts of Santa Monica, you know the scale of the problem for that town (also Malibu, the Palisades, anywhere on the Pacific Coast Highway)
Maximum lethality = More service members die from the flu.
The Russian government has something on Donald Trump and it will turn out to be one of the biggest scandals in history.
“Immediately after departing the White House in 2021, he [Jared Kushner] secured a $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, despite strong internal objections from Saudi officials raising his lack of investment experience.“
There is no way to solve the "congestion problem" by expanding roadway capacity; no such approach exists.
No surprise, though, to watch an administration that denies the fact of climate change opt to reject the science on induced demand, too.
Actually, that's unfair, sometimes when MAGA and related right-authoritarians say 'western civilization' they are misspelling 'the white race' and sometimes they are misspelling 'patriarchy.'
Either way, they aren't very good at spelling.
To be blunt, I think the fundamental disconnect here is that when leftists and liberals (to include conservative liberals) say 'western civilization,' they are referring to a complex cultural and intellectual tradition with fuzzy boundaries.
When MAGA says it, they are misspelling 'the white race.'
That green county in the corner? That’s Imperial County. The. Fucking. Desert.
I mean all the way through, point is, this is all about bluster, the headline figure is supposed to scare the Atlantic into a (much smaller) settlement and Patel is not gonna want to get much into depositions.
There is absolutely no way this lawsuit survives to the discovery phase
Two panels of a zine. Panel One: First caption reads: "When you see the Trump regime do horrible things, do you ever yell..." Then you see a drawing of a frustrated/angry person throwing up their hands and yelling "SHUT IT ALL DOWN!" Second caption reads: "Me too!" Panel Two: Text: That's why you and I are joining MAY DAY STRONG! Image is a photo of people at a demonstration raising their fists, which have been outlined with heavy white line with power sparks coming off of them. Above that image is the Rosie the Riveter word balloon reading "We Can Do It!" Beneath that are the words: "On May 1, 2026!"
Remember how a key feature of the recent Hungarian election that ousted Viktor Orban was the building of a broad cross-ideological anti-corruption coalition?
I feel like that detail is going to be important, going forward.
“Reverse emails,” Jared Kushner corruption edition
He also holds no Senate-confirmed Cabinet or senior government position & employing family as White House advisers violates every norm ever, but this, too, has been erased from the headlines. After years of HUNTER BIDEN, it’s shameful.
As University of Texas alum, it really saddens me that Texas universities are finally succumbing to the immense, ratcheting pressure to burn themselves down that they've been under since George W Bush was governor.
There are a couple of scenarios for making a prediction that unmoored from reality (like what technological invention has ever caused a disruption like that?) but none of them reveal a lick of sense or a clear-eyed assessment of technological and economic facts
Once again, it's unclear to me why someone this gullible should be in charge of a giant corporation
Very interesting how malleable defense of "Western Civilization" gets when it comes to things that right wingers don't like, huh
I share Steve’s concerns. An observation:
The Court’s immense power, such as it is, is contingent upon its at least plausibly appearing to do law. This may seem like an academic debate, but it’s literally over whether the Court is doing law or something else. That matters.
