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Last year, a coterie of tech billionaires rallied behind Donald Trump’s candidacy. Many had not been lifelong Republicans. In 2016, the venture capitalist Marc Andreessen declared Hillary Clinton the “obvious choice” for president, saying Trump’s immigration agenda “makes me sick to my stomach.” Elon Musk, meanwhile, had once been an Obama-supporting climate hawk. Yet they, and many others in their circles, found their way to supporting an openly authoritarian insurrectionist in 2024. They offered many explanations for this decision, some of which were unabashedly self-interested — Trump had promised to limit regulatory scrutiny of their companies and taxation of their…
Immigration and customs enforcement can request data from the IRS regarding immigration under investigation. |Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images Mohsen Madawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, joined the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Office in Vermont on Monday for a scheduled naturalization interview. Instead of being given citizenship, however, he was arrested and detained by immigrants and customs enforcement (ICE) and began the process of deporting him. In a reviewed memo in the New York Times, Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued that Mahdawi's activities (like the protests that led in Colombia) undermined US foreign policy and threatened the Middle East…
Google lost a huge antitrust case. A federal judge in Virginia determined Thursday that the search giant maintained an illegal monopoly in the online advertising market, earning more money and taking advantage of its competitive position. The Justice Department, which has launched lawsuits with several states, is asking Google to dissolve.For Google, and perhaps for the big technology overall, the timing of this news won't get worse. “The court has confirmed that Google is using monopoly… locking up publishers, seizing competition in AD exchanges, violating antitrust laws, putting digital markets and information environment under Google's control.” “It's an illegal monopoly,…
This story appeared in log off, a A daily newsletter that will help you stay informed about the Trump administration without taking over your life in political news. Subscribe here.Welcome to logoff: Today, I would like to add a bit of perspective to President Donald Trump's attack on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.What's the latest? Trump today criticized Powell, urging the central bank's heads to lower interest rates, saying, “The fire cannot come quickly enough!” Powell said Wednesday that Trump's tariffs could slow growth and drive inflation. This is an analysis shared by the majority of economists, but contradicts Trump's…
Nearly two weeks after his release of the “liberation day” tariffs, President Donald Trump has lost a full chunk of support from the American public. According to polls, his chaotic trade policy has beaten his trust in economic management, his economic approval rate is tanking, and his overall popularity continues to slip.The public's perception that Trump cannot lower prices or slow inflation is at the heart of its negative trajectory. And the expectation that tariffs will hurt the national economy by simply raising prices may only accelerate the decline.We have more information on how this unpopularity will affect the country's…
In the Manosphere-dominated podcast landscape, one of the biggest podcasts aimed at women sounds like a child's television show. Glass squad It is hosted by two best friends, fashion influencer Paige DeSorvo and comedian Hannah Burner. Summer house. In 2020, the pair began their Instagram lives every week, eventually releasing a podcast. since then, Glass squad It has become one of the top-ranked shows on the Apple podcast. Last year, there were 44 million downloads. DeSorvo and Burner have just put together a sold-out national tour and are now releasing their first book How to laugh: A guide who doesn't…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expanding his crusades to bring the clock back to federal health policy.He has now targeted water fluorination, another long-standing pillar of American public health, another long-standing pillar of American public health.The HHS will convene a committee of experts to consider the federal government's recommendation that communities will freeze water, the agency announced Monday. The Environmental Protection Agency is simultaneously launching a science review of the health effects of fluoride. The final results of these enquiries appear to be a natural conclusion. Kennedy told The Associated Press that he hopes the…
It was a big week for the global economy and gamers.On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the cleaning fees that sent a spiraled market around the world. On the same day, Nintendo announced the Switch 2, the much-anticipated handheld gaming console. The company said the bundle, which includes the latest Mario Kart game, costs $450 and $500. Pre-orders for the Nintendo website will open in early May with the release date of June 5th only to the most dedicated users of the first generation Switch. But by Friday, Nintendo had scrapped those plans. In a statement, the company said “the…
Warm spring air is a welcome relief from the intensely cold winters of most of the United States, but millions of seasonal allergic patients are buried under the pollen, with sneezing, headaches, watery eyes and stuffing returning indoors. Already, Atlanta has broken pollen count records, spitting 14,801 grains per cubic metre from pine, oak and birch trees. Houston also reported its highest pollen count since 2013, when records began.The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) predicts 2025 will be an even more brutal year for seasonal allergies across the country. Your red eyes and runaway nose won't deceive you…
The buzzwords of the past few weeks are AbundanceEzra Klein and Derek Thompson's new book is about why we can no longer build things in America and how it destroys our country. (Klein is a co-founder of Vox and is now a columnist for the New York Times. Thompson writes for the Atlantic.)AbundanceThe core papers of the article are almost impossible to dispute. It takes a daunting amount of money and time to build bridges and trains in the United States. This is clearly inevitable as it is not true elsewhere in the world. And because they can't build, progressives…