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Knowledge unfits a man to be a slave
According to our research, musicians get about $0.0032 per stream on Spotify. Meaning, they need around 312,500 streams to earn $1000. Meanwhile, Ek has built a fortune worth $7.3 billion.
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Spotify CEO Becomes Richer Than ANY Musician Ever While Shutting Down Site Exposing Artist Payouts
The fight for fair pay continues.
https://www.headphonesty.com/2024/12/spotify-ceo-becomes-richer-musician-history/
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Many celebrities use these accounts to avoid constant scrutiny, but the accusations against Musk suggest a more self-serving purpose. Critics have called the situation "beyond pathetic," accusing Musk of self-promotion, while others mocked his apparent need to defend himself anonymously.
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Elon Musk’s alleged burner account 'Adrian Dittman' exposed after using it to defend himself on X | The Express Tribune
Elon Musk faces allegations of using burner account on X with voice changer to anonymously defend his reputation.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2518902/elon-musks-alleged-burner-account-adrian-dittman-exposed-after-using-it-to-defend-himself-on-x
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The biological interaction experiments showed that mucus-producing intestinal cells had the highest uptake of micro and nanoplastics, with the particles even entering the cell nucleus that houses the genetic material.
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Commercial tea bags release millions of microplastics when in use
A UAB research has characterised in detail how polymer-based commercial tea bags release millions of nanoplastics and microplastics when...
https://www.uab.cat/web/newsroom/news-detail/-1345830290613.html?detid=1345940427095
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A blatant attempt to shield the church’s assets in the ongoing bankruptcy case. The money, they say, should be available to victims as compensation for the abuse they endured by various East Bay priests, many of whom never faced jail time for their crimes.
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Oakland Diocese accused of transferring $106 million just before bankruptcy
Attorneys representing child sexual abuse survivors allege the Oakland Diocese and Bishop Michael Barber are attempting to hide assets to minimize a potential settlement in the ongoing bankruptcy case...
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/oakland-diocese-accused-of-transferring-106-million-just-before-bankruptcy/3742379/
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“A foster family came and picked out the cheapest coffin. When the flowers were laid, they just came up and threw them like a dog. And when it was time to leave, the foster family said: ‘Thank God, he died. Less problems’, – says one of the friends of the deceased.
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Ukrainian Teen Forcibly Relocated to Russia Commits Suicide in Foster Family
Ukrainian orphan Oleksandr Yakushchenko, aged 18, took his life while living in a foster family in Russia because they did not allow him to go back to Ukraine.
https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukrainian-teen-forcibly-relocated-to-russia-commits-suicide-in-foster-family-4672
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Trump also promised to end transgender rights across the board on his first day in office, saying that it will be official policy that “there are only two genders, male and female.” He also said he would sign an executive order to “end child sexual mutilation.”
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Donald Trump threatens to end trans rights on "day one" in terrifying speech - LGBTQ Nation
He promised to wipe out trans rights with sweeping orders when he takes office.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/donald-trump-threatens-to-end-trans-rights-on-day-one-in-terrifying-speech/
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Alvelo grabbed the phone, smashed it, and "began striking her multiple times with the knife," according to the affidavit. The man who had the gun then yelled it was time to go, stopping the assault, it said.
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Florida pizza delivery woman stabbed a pregnant customer 14 times over bad tip, authorities say
The woman who ordered the Marco's pizza had tipped $2. She discovered she was pregnant while she was being treated for stab wounds at the hospital, court documents said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna185471
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General Psychopathology factor points because of exposure arising from leaded gasoline, reflecting a 0.13-standard-deviation increase in overall liability to mental illness in the population and an estimated 151 million excess mental disorders attributable to lead exposure.
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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background More than half of the current US population was exposed to adverse lead levels in childhood as a result of lead's past use in gasoline. The total contribution of childhood lead exposures .....
https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.14072
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The mutations seen in the patient are rare but have been reported in some cases in other countries and most often during severe infections. One of the mutations was also seen in another severe case from British Columbia, Canada.
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Bird flu virus shows mutations in first severe human case in US, CDC says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of bird flu in the country last week showed mutations not seen in samples from an infected backyard flock on the patient's property.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/bird-flu-virus-shows-mutations-first-severe-human-case-us-cdc-says-2024-12-26/
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"They banged and banged and banged, until they finally made their way through the man's door and with not even making it completely through the door, they shot him. I mean it was just that quick."
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Neighbors: Police killed man after serving warrant to wrong home
There are a lot of questions surrounding the deadly shooting of a 61-year-old Laurel County man this week, by London police officers who say they were there to serve a search warrant.
https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/neighbors-police-killed-man-after-serving-warrant-to-wrong-home
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They were labouring for long hours, in excess of what is permitted by Brazilian law, sometimes for seven days a week straight, while being kept in what authorities described as degrading conditions in their accommodation, among other labour violations.
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Chinese workers found in ‘slavery-like conditions’ at BYD site in Brazil
Officials said staff were working excessively long hours while being kept in ‘degrading conditions’ in their accommodation.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3292081/chinese-workers-found-slavery-conditions-byd-construction-site-brazil?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage
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ISW points out that Putin responded on 26 December to a journalist's request for comment on the Trump team's proposal to delay Ukraine's NATO membership for 10 to 20 years. The Kremlin leader said it did not matter whether Ukraine joined NATO "today, tomorrow or in 10 years".
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Putin rejects peace plan proposal being crafted by Trump team – ISW
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have indicated that Russian leader Vladimir Putin has dismissed a proposal for a potential peace plan being developed by the team of US President-e...
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/12/27/7490923/
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“What we really need to chalk all of this up to is Trump laying the groundwork for future negotiations,” Lincicome said. “This is for better or worse a lot of what we’re going to see for the next four years.”
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Trump adds Europe to the list of US trade partners he's threatening with tariffs
President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to add the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners he'll place tariffs on — unless the group takes steps to import more U...
https://apnews.com/article/trump-europe-trade-tariffs-natural-gas-oil-08d762fdf17a0737aa6add3c9382c4bd
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That is forcing the city to write off those expenses as uncollectable and to reevaluate policies for future campaign visits. Grand Rapids is not alone. In October, NBC News reported the Trump campaign owed more than $750,000 to four cities and a county across the country.
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Trump campaign won’t pay $49,000 in bills for Grand Rapids rallies
The city of Grand Rapids says the Donald J. Trump for President 2024 campaign has refused to pay more than $49,000 in bills for two rallies in the city this year.
https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/trump-campaign-wont-pay-49000-in-bills-for-grand-rapids-rallies/
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"Every Russian massive strike takes time to prepare. It is never a spontaneous decision. It is a conscious choice not only of targets but also of time and date," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Russia terrorizes Ukraine with mass missile, drone attack against energy grid on Christmas morning
Russia launched more than 70 missiles, including ballistic ones, and over 100 drones, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. More than 50 missiles and "a significant number" of drones were shot down, he a...
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-terrorizes-ukraine-with-mass-missile-drone-attack-on-christmas-morning/
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Musk uses populist and personal language to try to deny AfD’s extremist bent, and the essay expands on his post on his social media platform, X, on which he last week claimed that “only the AfD can save Germany”.
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Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party
Billionaire Trump adviser said his ‘significant investments’ in the country justify his wading into German politics
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/28/elon-musk-germany-afd-party
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Prosecutors said that staff was ordered to inject some of the men "a prescription-grade erection-inducing substance for the purpose of causing the men to engage in sex acts in which they were otherwise physically incapable or unwilling."
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Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO, who is charged with sex trafficking, has dementia, lawyers say
Mike Jeffries, who his lawyers say also has Alzheimer's disease, has pleaded not guilty to one count of sex trafficking and 15 counts of interstate prostitution.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-abercrombie-fitch-ceo-charged-sex-trafficking-dementia-lawyers-rcna185353
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He and his DOGE co-head Vivek Ramaswamy seemed to turn against the idea of “making America great again.”After plenty of pushback against the DOGE heads' takes, some X users reported losing their blue checks, including MAGA figurehead Laura Loomer.
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MAGA Civil War Turns Nuclear: ‘F*** Yourself in the Face’
Musk had some social media commentators fearing that he’d “space laser us” after lashing out over H-1B immigration debate.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-turns-maga-civil-war-nuclear-fk-yourself-in-the-face/
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A grand jury has indicted Adams on federal corruption charges alleging he took bribes from the Turkish government. He's pleaded not guilty. "Frankly, I submit that he was trying to detract from those issues by making a spectacle of Mr. Mangione," Friedman Agnifilo said at Monday's hearing.
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Luigi Mangione's lawyer says New York's mayor is politicizing his arrest
Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to murder charges at his state arraignment Monday.
https://www.businessinsider.com/luigi-mangione-lawyer-eric-adams-politicized-case-2024-12
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He said he was "quite upset" to see the collision with the wall, saying there should not have been any solid structures in the area, to allow for emergency landings. "Most of the passengers died because of this obstruction, which is devastating," he said.
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A plane crash has killed 179 in South Korea's worst aviation disaster. Here's what we know
Only two people survived South Korea's worst airline disaster, with South Korea entering a seven-day mourning period for those who lost their lives.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/a-plane-crash-has-killed-179-in-south-koreas-worst-aviation-disaster-heres-what-we-know/wcq6nl3az
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That increase comes on top of a 12% increase in 2023, which HUD blamed on soaring rents and the end of pandemic assistance. The 2023 increase also was driven by people experiencing homelessness for the first time.
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US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of mig...
https://apnews.com/article/homelessness-population-count-2024-hud-migrants-2e0e2b4503b754612a1d0b3b73abf75f
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The damaged aircraft was not allowed to land at any Russian airports despite the pilots’ requests for an emergency landing, and it was ordered to fly across the Caspian Sea towards Aktau in Kazakhstan. According to data, the plane’s GPS navigation systems were jammed throughout the flight path.
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Exclusive: Russian missile caused Aktau crash, investigation confirms
38 passengers were killed on Wednesday after Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.
https://www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/exclusive-preliminary-investigation-confirms-russian-missile-over-grozny-caused-aktau-cras
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Garland’s four-year tenure has been characterized by a hesitancy to pursue high-profile cases against alleged criminals who are top Republicans, it taking him more than a year and a half to appoint a special prosecutor to look into Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
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"They let him walk": Merrick Garland's DOJ under fire after damning Matt Gaetz report released
Justice Department leaders decided against prosecuting Trump ally — and obstructed congressional ethics probe.
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/24/they-let-him-walk-merrick-garlands-doj-under-after-damning-matt-gaetz-report-released/
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“They were monitoring all Nato naval ships and aircraft,” Lloyd’s List was told. “They had all details on them. They were just matching their frequencies. “Russians, Turkish, Indian radio officers were operating it.”
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Russia-linked cable-cutting tanker seized by Finland ‘was loaded with spying equipment’
<em>Eagle S</em>, the Russia-linked tanker suspected of damaging an underwater electricity cable on Christmas Day, was kitted out with special transmitting and receiving devices that were used to monitor naval activity, according to a source with direct involvement in the ship, which has since been detained by Finnish police
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1151955/Russia-linked-cable-cutting-tanker-seized-by-Finland-was-loaded-with-spying-equipment
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The committee said it also received testimony that at a 2017 party, Gaetz twice had sex with "Victim A," who was 17 years old at the time and had just completed her junior year in high school.
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Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws
A report by the House Ethics Committee found former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid multiple women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-released/#x
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"Trump has dropped all pretense and is charging ahead hand in hand with the right-wing industry players shaping an agenda he denied for the whole campaign."
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Donald Trump changes tune on Project 2025—"Very conservative and very good"
The president-elect distanced himself from Project 2025 during his campaign, calling parts of it "ridiculous and abysmal."
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-praises-project-2025-2000245
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The House’s “resistance” to Trump and the GOP in the House will be led by people of all ages who don’t seem particularly interested in that project, despite having spent the entire election cycle warning that Trump’s Republican Party represents a second coming of fascism.
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Pelosi Won. The Democratic Party Lost.
In sabotaging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid for leadership of the Oversight Committee, party elders have doubled down on a failed strategy.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189500/pelosi-aoc-oversight-committee-democrats
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More than 100,000 people were tortured and killed in the state-run “machinery of death,” Stephen Rapp, former U.S. war crimes ambassador at large, told Reuters on Tuesday after visiting two mass grave sites in the towns of Qutayfah and Najha near Damascus.
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Syrian mass graves show the worst abuses 'since the Nazis,' top prosecutor says
“We are talking about a system of state terror," Stephen Rapp, former U.S. war crimes ambassador at large, said of how people lived in Syria under the Assad regime.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/syria-mass-graves-assad-show-worst-abuses-nazis-rcna184644
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The increased attention around AI has raised concerns about how it will affect careers and the workplace. A 2023 report by McKinsey & Company estimated that 12 million American workers will have to change occupations by 2030 as AI technology develops.
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Klarna CEO says the company stopped hiring a year ago because AI 'can already do all of the jobs'
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski is all-in on artificial intelligence at the fintech company
https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/klarna-ceo-says-the-company-stopped-hiring-a-year-ago-because-ai-can-already-do-all/xk390bl
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Oz’s 2022 tax disclosure by Accountable.US revealed that the Trump ally owned up to $26 million stake in Sharecare, a digital health company co-founded by Oz that operates CareLinx, the “exclusive in-home care supplemental benefit program” used by 1.5 million Medicare Advantage enrollees.
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Dr. Oz Exposed for Colossal, Multimillion-Dollar Conflict of Interest
Donald Trump wants Dr. Oz to head Medicare and Medicaid. Here are just some of the ways that could be a disaster.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189391/dr-oz-conflict-interest-stocks-medicare-medicaid?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
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"If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon's insatiable greed," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien in a statement. "We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it."
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Teamsters begin 'largest strike' against Amazon, accusing company of 'insatiable greed'
The Teamsters said the strike will begin Thursday at several facilities, including in New York City, Atlanta, California and Illinois.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/teamsters-announces-nationwide-strike-amazon-begin-thursday/story?id=116931631
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Trump’s own businesses sought to hire more foreign guest workers this year than any other year on record, according to a CNN review of government labor data. Companies linked to some of Trump’s top political backers and administration picks also have been given the green light to use guest workers.
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Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers | CNN Politics
Trump’s businesses, including the Mar-a-Lago Club and a Virginia winery, have collectively increased their reliance on temporary foreign laborers over the years.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/16/politics/trump-more-foreign-workers-invs/index.html
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Their bill spiked by $5,956.92. The culprit? A charge for "Data Pay Per Use," which costs $2 per MB of data used. The customer used about 3GB of data that month (3,000MB), costing them a staggering $6,194, according to screenshots of the bill.
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AT&T Hits Texas Man With $6,000 Bill for Using 3GB of Data
AT&T charged the customer $2 per MB of data used, but ultimately reversed the charges after the customer spent days trying to resolve the issue.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/att-hits-texas-man-with-6000-bill-for-using-3gb-of-data
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The reality is that a "small number of incredibly wealthy billionaires own and control much of the global economy. Period. End of discussion. And increasingly they own and control our government through a corrupt campaign finance system."
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Bernie Sanders Says Defeating Oligarchy Now Most Urgent Issue | Common Dreams
"My friends, you don’t have to be a PhD in political science to understand that this is not democracy. This is not one person, one vote. This is not all of us coming together to decide our future. Thi...
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-oligarchy-2670453795
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After the respondents were informed of RFK Jr.’s past statements, their approval of his nomination dropped to 39 percent, a swing from a 3-point margin of approval to a 13-point margin of disapproval.
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Survey: Most voters disapprove of RFK Jr.’s nomination after learning his views
Most Americans disapprove of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. potentially leading the Department of Health and Human Services once they hear about his positions and beliefs, according to a survey from Democra…
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5039407-rfk-nomination-survey-disapproval/
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According to analysis from AP VoteCast, Vice President Kamala Harris won the youth vote, capturing around 51% of voters aged 18 to 29. While Trump's performance among young voters improved from 2020, his claim of a 34-point lead is not supported by any credible data.
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Trump Claims He Won Young Voters 'By 34 Points' As Election Results Show He Actually Lost Youth Vote To Kamala
President-elect Donald Trump claimed Monday during a press conference that he won young voters by 34 points, despite election data telling a different story.
https://www.ibtimes.com/trump-claims-he-won-young-voters-34-points-election-results-show-he-actually-lost-youth-vote-3755712
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“Never before has there been so much concentration of ownership, sector after sector, power of Wall Street,” he continued. “And never before in American history — and we better talk about this — have the people on top had so much political power.
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Bernie Sanders Warns U.S. Is Becoming an Oligarchy
Sen. Bernie Sanders said that America is "moving rapidly into an oligarchic form of society" where billionaires use government to enrich themselves.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bernie-sanders-america-oligarchy-1235206685/
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Rumours soon circulated that during the dinner, Trump joked that, if the proposed tariffs meant Canada's economy couldn't survive, then maybe the country should become America's 51st state.
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Donald Trump says Canada becoming 51st U.S. state is 'a great idea.' Jean Charest calls the comment a 'wake-up call'
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is taking aim at Canada once more, saying it would be 'a great idea' to make it America's ‘51st state.'
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/donald-trump-says-canada-becoming-51st-u-s-state-a-great-idea-1.7149805
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They joined a party that has already raged for a month, as a cohort of influential Silicon Valley billionaires, led by Elon Musk, began running parts of Mr. Trump’s transition after endorsing him in the campaign.
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In Display of Fealty, Tech Industry Curries Favor With Trump
It was a week of frenzied activity, as Silicon Valley billionaires and their companies brandished checks and compliments for the President-elect.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/technology/trump-tech-amazon-meta-openai.html
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This break with tradition stems from the Trump team forgoing federal funding and the ethics and transparency requirements that come with it.
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Trump's transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.
Agencies are weighing in-person requirement for sensitive data.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/18/federal-officials-nervous-about-sending-data-to-trump-transition-private-emails-00195217
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“We make decisions about communications based on the record, based on the facts, and based on the law,” she said. “And not based on the whims coming out of the White House or the grievances of the president.”
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‘FCC has no business threatening to take away broadcast licenses’: Outgoing commissioner
The outgoing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Jessica Rosenworcel condemned President-elect Trump’s threat to punish broadcast networks that he says are not fair to him. “The FCC…
https://thehill.com/media/5042649-fcc-broadcast-licenses-commissioner-jessica-rosenworcel/
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Meng previously served a three-year prison sentence for fraud in 2019. After his release, he embarked on a career as a blogger, but his videos often included vulgar content, particularly involving the harassment of women, according to reports.
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China KOL with 46 million followers detained for poking woman in miniskirt with stick
After his release from prison for fraud, Meng became a successful blogger, but his videos often feature harassment of women
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/12/11/china-kol-with-46-million-followers-detained-for-poking-woman-in-miniskirt-with-stick
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While the secret police station did perform some basic services, such as helping Chinese citizens renew their Chinese driving licenses, it also served a more “sinister” function, including to help the Chinese government locate a pro-democracy activist of Chinese descent living in California.
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New York man pleads guilty to running Chinese police station in Manhattan
Chen Jinping pleads guilty to conspiring to act as an agent of China’s government and faces up to five years in prison
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/new-york-man-pleads-guilty-chinese-police-station-manhattan?CMP=share_btn_url
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During riots across the UK in August, he posted online that “civil war is inevitable”, drawing criticism from a Downing Street spokesman, who said there was “no justification for comments like that”.
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Musk ready to bankroll Farage with ‘biggest donation in British political history’
US billionaire endorses Reform UK leader after Mar-a-Lago meeting with party treasurer Nick Candy
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/12/17/nigel-farage-meets-elon-musk-trump-mar-a-lago-reform/
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Despite the known risks, plastic in general remains a little-regulated substance, largely because of the petrochemical and plastic industry’s lobbying power.
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More than 400 chemicals in plastic products linked to breast cancer – study
Exposure to these toxic compounds, found in everyday items, could be elevating cancer risk in young women
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/06/plastic-chemicals-breast-cancer
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The architect of Project 2025, is a Christian nationalist who believes the federal government's job is to impose a "biblical worldview" by fiat, which means sidestepping the House, whose members face biennial accountability with voters.
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"Go scorched Earth on the satanic bureaucracy": Christian nationalists move to gut the constitution
Trump gave control of the federal budget to a Project 2025 henchman who calls this a "post-constitutional moment"
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/06/ushers-in-a-christian-deep-state-maga-moves-to-gut-the-constitution/
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It's not hyperbole to call this a government of billionaires. Whether it acts as a government for billionaires — as Democrats argue is inevitable — could test and potentially tarnish Trump's populist legacy.
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Trump's billionaires set to take government by storm
At least 14 billionaires — and counting — will serve in the next Trump administration.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/06/trump-billionaires-cabinet-elon-musk
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The inability to secure critical telecommunications infrastructure leaves individuals and businesses vulnerable to surveillance. Unencrypted communications can be intercepted and analyzed in real-time, posing risks to privacy, security, and even national safety.
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Worst US hack in history: Chinese can monitor all your calls and emails. | Tuta
Salt Typhoon has infiltrated major telecom networks, proving backdoors to encryption are a catastrophic risk.
https://tuta.com/blog/china-salt-typhoon-worst-us-hack
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Meddling by billionaire owners will only further erode public trust in media. It sends the message that news outlets serve the interests of the wealthy and powerful rather than the public. And in an era of rampant misinformation, it will drive more people to retreat into confirmation bias bubbles."
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LA Times Owner To Personally Review Opinion Headlines To Avoid Offending Elon Musk
Billionaire media owners are getting bolder in their attempts to suppress opinions they dislike. The latest example comes from LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, who reportedly plans to personally…
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/05/la-times-owner-to-personally-review-opinion-headlines-to-avoid-offending-elon-musk/
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"Given the existential stakes for our democracy that I believe Trump’s second term poses, and the evidence that Soon-Shiong is currying favor with the President-elect, they are repugnant and dangerous."
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Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times
By Harry Litman
https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/why-i-just-resigned-from-the-los
11 months ago
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