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Posts by David "Here's to Less Dumpster and More Fire"

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Judge dismisses Kash Patel's defamation lawsuit over claim he frequented 'nightclubs' The lawsuit against Frank Figliuzzi was dismissed a day after FBI Director Kash Patel sued The Atlantic magazine over claims he abused alcohol.

"A person of reasonable intelligence and learning would not have taken his statement literally: that Dir. Patel has actually spent more hours physically in a nightclub than he has spent physically in his office building,"

Judicial shade.

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Virginia voters approve Democrats' redistricting plan, giving the party a midterm election boost NBC News projects Democrats will be able to enact a new proposed map designed to net them up to four seats, as they push for control of the narrowly divided House.

“If Democrats get these additional seats, they'll change things at the federal level.”

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Federal appeals court upholds Texas law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms Appeals court upholds Texas' Ten Commandments classroom law, but critics say the fight isn't over.

I would encourage the teachers to hang other religions' tenets along with the Ten Commandments. It'll be a nice lesson in comparative religion.

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Trump and Netanyahu Have Royally Screwed Each Other Over The Iran war has not turned out the way they promised, and they’re suffering major political blowback as a result.

"Driven by vanity and hubris, the U.S. president and Israeli prime minister miscalculated Iran’s mettle, and now their mutually inflicted failure is causing them considerable political harm at home. What started as a Smith & Wesson partnership has degenerated into a Thelma & Louise ending."

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Ex-Bondi Aide Says MAGA Too Incompetent to Carry Out Trump’s Revenge Apparently MAGA is willing, but not necessarily able.

“There are many prosecutors out there who are opposed to the president’s agenda and are not interested in doing the kinds of cases that are important to the White House.”

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Unprecedented ruling finds Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws in breach of EU values The EU's top court finds that the reforms breached EU values on a number of levels and broke the founding values of the EU treaty.

"You cannot equate what is totally natural - that 10% of the population loves the same sex - with egregious crime,"

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Your Next Disney Day Might Be Powered by the Sun - Disney Parks Blog In the spirit of Earth Month and Disney Planet Possible, we’re taking a closer look at how renewable energy is helping power the magic at Disney Parks around the world.

"At Walt Disney World in Florida, on a sunny day in spring or summer, together four solar projects now can produce up to 100% of the daytime power needs of the entire resort – spread across four theme parks, two water parks, dozens of hotels, and more."

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What’s behind Xavier Becerra’s sudden surge in California’s governor’s race | Opinion The Democratic Party has become so data driven that it has lost connection with real people.

Regardless of your opinion of him, Becerra has moved out into the lead in the polling.

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This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone.

“I was spending maybe 30 to 50 minutes of my day, and I was making good money for a medical student,” he says. “In India, even in professional jobs, you can't make this amount of money. I haven’t seen any easier way to make money online.”

There's a reason why the love Trump...

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Trump Threatens Companies That Seek Tariff Refunds They’re Owed The president is sending a clear message to corporations as tariff refunds become available.

"The president is explicitly saying that if businesses don’t ask for the money that they are legally owed for the tariffs, they will be in his good graces and can expect positive treatment from the White House."

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Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military Hegseth described his latest directive as ‘restoring’ what he called ‘simple medical autonomy’ in response to the Biden administration’s Covid-19 policies

“The notion that a flu vaccine must be mandatory for every service member, everywhere, in every circumstance at all times is just overly broad and not rational,”

Because "brave warriors" don't get the flu. Fucking idiot.

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$77M tax subsidy for NY datacenter project will create 1 job : Official involved in deal tells El Reg number doesn't paint entire picture of datacenter's economic benefit

"$77 million per job is by far the largest government subsidy ever recorded within the United States, possibly the world,"

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When oil prices spike, where does the money go? Who gets all that cash, and what do they do with it?

"Some people have written entire books dissecting all the places that money goes when it leaves consumers’ pockets. But ultimately, the bulk of the money heads in the direction of the source of the oil itself – the oil companies."

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Trump’s Fed Chair Pick Dodges One Very Easy Question on Epstein Kevin Warsh, who has appeared in the Epstein files, had a tough time explaining all his undisclosed investments.

“Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments, for example, in vehicles set up to advance Jeffrey Epstein? Is that what you’re telling us—you just won’t tell us?”

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A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media | CNN Politics As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war.

"...President Donald Trump did exactly what his staffers have repeatedly said they wouldn’t do: He seemed to try negotiating via the press, posting about ongoing talks on social media and speaking to several reporters by phone..."

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Analysis: Even Trump’s most basic claims about the Iran war can’t be trusted | CNN Politics On Monday morning, President Donald Trump told The New York Post that Vice President JD Vance was already on his way to Pakistan for negotiations with Iran. “They’re heading over now,” the Post quoted...

It's like watching someone solve a puzzle you know the answer to: you're *so* close CNN. Let me help: if his "most basic claims" about the war can't be trusted, then...

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Another Democrat exits crowded campaign for California governor Another Democrat is exiting the crowded contest for California governor. Former State Controller Betty Yee announced Monday that she was suspending her campaign.

“It was becoming clear that the donors were not going to be there. Even some of my former supporters just felt like they needed to move on,”

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Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want Did the tech industry get high on its own supply?

"At some point, our Silicon Valley overlords forgot that in order for their vision of the future to be adopted, people had to want it."

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down Cook will move into the role of executive chairman of the board.

“As executive chairman, Cook will assist with certain aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers around the world.”

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Has Resigned A Labor Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

I'm sure this has nothing to do with her alleged use of taxpayer-funded travel for personal trips, drinking on the job, or having an affair with a member of her security detail. Or her husband allegedly committing sexual assault. Or her alleged retaliation against his accusers.

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Donald Trump & The 12-Year-Old Superpower We’re going to win the war because we’re special, we know karate and also our dad works for NASA.

Is this their plan for the rest of his life; jangling keys to distract him while they do the things he'll fuck up? And changing his nappies - I wonder if Wet Wipes needs a job.

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Trump Considers Bailing Out His Family’s Major Business Partner The Trump administration seems open to giving a massive lifeline to the UAE—which the country says it may need thanks to the war in Iran.

"President Trump and his family have extensive business ties with the UAE. His son-in-law, Jared Kushner, took in about $200 million from the UAE’s sovereign wealth fund for his investment firm, Affinity Partners, in 2023."

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Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care.

The judge also blocked "any similar policy."

Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws.

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Confronting ugly allegations, FBI Director Kash Patel files new $250 million lawsuit The Atlantic reported that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking. He sued a few days later.

The discovery on this is going to be amazing.

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How Apple Vision Pro was used to help make the next Star Wars movie - 9to5Mac Apple and Star Wars share a history of collaboration, and that continues with the newest film premiering in May. The Mandalorian...

"So I’m making an IMAX movie and I’m looking at a TV screen. No matter how big your TV screen is, it’s not an IMAX screen. We built software so that I could pop on my Apple Vision Pro and be sitting in an IMAX movie theater and see the full aspect ratio when you’re lining a shot up."

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SF backs away from harm reduction and Housing First - 48 hills Plus: Fighting back against budget cuts to job training, affordability, and public health. That's The Agenda for April 19-26.

"Never mind the evidence, though: San Francisco, after several decades, is moving to abandon harm reduction as a principle in its substance use policy."

Stupid dickheads aggressively working to make homelessness and drug addiction worse in SF. Yet another reason to hate Lurie and Dorsey.

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Trump admin violated First Amendment by forcing Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-trackers "They reached out to Facebook and Apple and demanded, rather than requested, that Facebook and Apple censor Plaintiff’s speech."

"Defendants' actions can be reasonably understood to convey a threat of adverse government action against Facebook and Apple in order to suppress Plaintiffs' speech," the judge goes on. "Plaintiffs' speech remains suppressed..."

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Yes, when you are finally out of office, you incompetent and ridiculously stupid buffoon.

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Meta threw a party for a right-wing influencer who wants to “save the West” The celebration offers a cocktail-fueled look at the tech behemoth's rightward pivot.

"Meta’s backing of Brown and the Daily Wire could be reasonably seen as part of the company’s ongoing rightward pivot: its current president and vice chairwoman is Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump national security advisor..."

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Kenyan firm sacks more than 1,000 workers after losing Meta contract Meta paused work with Sama last month after allegations about staff viewing private scenes filmed by smart glasses

Articles come out revealing that humans are being traumatised by having to review video footage from Meta's stupid glasses. Meta decides to terminate its contract with the Nigerian company who was doing the reviews "because they don’t meet our standards.” The Nigerian company fired 1,000 people.

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