Sunday, March 16, 2025

Tag: politics

How to bump, lump, crumple, and eventually dump Donald Trump

Better we concentrate on growing the grit and smarts to fight back from the hedgerows to the dark net.

Trump to Gaza: We will replace you

Finally, there’s a people who want to stay, and now Trump wants them to go.

Musk reinstates DOGE staffer who resigned over racist posts after Trump...

Musk and Trump officials dismiss racist posts as trivial while attacking journalists who exposed them.

Elon Musk’s team decimates Education Department arm that tracks national school...

Schools and districts across the country rely on research from the IES and contractors such as the American Institutes for Research to guide best practices in classrooms.

Resettling Gaza: Trump’s empire-building agenda?

Critics have accused Trump of endorsing a form of ethnic cleansing, a charge vehemently denied by his administration.

White House announces 53rd state!

"Mr. President, are there any plans for a 53rd state now that stars for Canada and Gaza have been officially added to the flag?"

The opposition can’t allow itself to be distracted by shiny objects

But because time and resources are limited, we have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around.

To pay for Trump tax cuts, House GOP floats plan to...

Now congressional Republicans have the job of figuring out which of those cuts to propose into law.

A time capsule from 2048

What will turbocharged carbon do to our children?

American troops as migrants

What the MAGA crowd don’t recognize: the troops they plan to rely on to carry out the deportations of potentially millions of people are, in their own way, also migrants.

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ProPublica’s embrace of large language models echoes what I’ve been saying all along

This distinction between “AI” as a vague, catch-all term and the specific type of advanced pattern-finding model actually at play here matters immensely.

Senate Democrats face reckoning over GOP spending bill that hands Trump and Musk unchecked...

Progressives warn that the Republican spending bill would give Trump and Musk sweeping control over federal funds, gut social programs, and set a dangerous precedent—while Senate Democrats waver on whether to fight or fold.

Musk-linked operatives gain access to Social Security Administration, raising fears of data breaches and...

A new investigation reveals that Musk-linked operatives with little government experience have gained access to sensitive Social Security data, raising alarms over potential benefit disruptions, privacy risks, and a broader push to privatize the agency.

Tesla paid zero federal income tax in 2024 while GOP pushes more corporate tax...

Musk’s trillion-dollar company paid nothing in federal taxes while working Americans foot the bill.

Global consumer boycott of US goods expands as Trump’s trade war escalates

International consumers reject U.S. goods in response to Trump’s trade policies, escalating tariffs, and growing dissatisfaction with American corporate and political influence.