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Twitter co-founder Ev Williams says Fox News is "much, much more powerful and much more destructive than Twitter"13h ago ( May 22, 2019 at 12:32 PM ) President Donald Trump uses Twitter to bully, mislead, and incite. Many believe that Twitter is wrong not to ban Trump because Trump constantly violates the site's terms of use.
But Ev Williams, who co-founded Twitter, today said in an interview he believes Fox News is “much, much more powerful and much more destructive than Twitter.”
Trump is a "master" of Twitter, Ev Williams told a CNN reporter today.
"What Trump has done with Twitter is pretty genius, frankly," Williams said in an intervie...Tags: Post, Donald Trump, Ev Williams, Picks, Trump, Twitter 44 people like this. Like Trump got millions in 2018 from small Florida bank whose CEO got a Federal Reserve post months later14h ago ( May 22, 2019 at 11:38 AM ) President Donald Trump, who would have us believe that he is the richest and most moneyed rich guy of all rich guys, borrowed millions of dollars from a small bank in Florida in 2018.
Funny thing happened just months later. The bank’s CEO was appointed to a position at the Federal Reserve.
Isn't that odd. And why was Trump taking out loans for millions of dollars in 2018?
From Mother Jones:
Trump’s various businesses’ revenues were mixed, with declines at properties he rarely visits—as wel...Tags: Post, Corruption, Donald Trump, Finance, Picks, Politics, Trump, US News 30 people like this. Like Here's Trump's weird graphic about Mueller on the lectern in the Rose Garden14h ago ( May 22, 2019 at 11:44 AM )  Tags: Post, Donald Trump, Graphic Design Is My Passion, Picks, Politics, Trump, Weird 129 people like this. Like ICE is detaining thousands of immigrants in solitary confinement in U.S.May 21, 2019 at 6:23 PM Newly obtained documents show that under the administration of Donald Trump, thousands of ICE detainees who are mostly from Central America are “sometimes forced into extended periods of solitary confinement for reasons that have nothing to do with rule violations.”
In other words, not as punishment or corrective measure, but just for cruelty. Just to dehumanize and torture.
Reports out today on the documents from an NBC News team including @HRappleye @lehrennbc @spencerwoodman @Vanessa_Swale...Tags: Post, Politics, News, Mexico, Immigration, Nbc News, US news, United States, Ice, Migrants, Torture, Nicaragua, Donald Trump, Central America, Trump, Lester Holt 32 people like this. Like Global sea levels could rise 6 feet by year 2100, twice as high as previous estimatesMay 21, 2019 at 6:07 PM A new study on polar ice sheet melt warns that global sea levels could rise by almost six feet by the year 2100, an estimate twice as high as previously predicted.
The newly modeled sea level rise would devastate parts of major cities around the globe, and displace hundreds of millions of people.
The study was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [PNAS] journal [Link].
Here's an excerpt:
Future sea level rise (SLR) poses serious threats to the viability of c...Tags: Post, Science, News, Environment, Global Warming, Ipcc, Nasa, Sea Level Rise, Antarctica, Greenland, Sea Levels, PNAS, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC, National Academy of Sciences, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Picks 29 people like this. Like Ben Carson confused 'REO' (HUD real estate term) with 'Oreo' (the cookie)May 21, 2019 at 4:48 PM Ben Carson, who is not known for being the sharpest knife in the drawer, made a real doozy of a gaffe today on Capitol Hill.
The Trump administration's Housing and Urban Development Secretary was testifying at a House Financial Services Committee oversight hearing in Washington on Tuesday, and confused 'REO,' meaning HUD real estate owned, with 'OREO,' the delicious sandwich cookie that has two chocolate wafers and creamy vanilla filling.
Carson was going back and forth pompously with fresh...Tags: Post, Politics, News, Washington, US news, United States, Hud, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Gaffes, Calif, Porter, Freddie Mac, Carson, FHA, Housing and Urban Development 16 people like this. Like Hope Hicks and Annie Donaldson subpoenaed by House DemocratsMay 21, 2019 at 4:28 PM The House Judiciary Committee today asked for testimony from Hope Hicks (at left, in the image shown here) and Annie Donaldson (at right) by next month. The subpoenas are part of an ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections.
Multiple news organizations on Tuesday afternoon reported that members of the House Judiciary Committee have issued subpoenas to Trump aide Hope Hicks and to Annie Donaldson, Don McGahn's former chief of staff, whose notes tur...Tags: Post, Politics, News, White House, US news, House, Donald Trump, Trump, Donaldson, Hope Hicks, House Judiciary Committee, Hicks, Judiciary Committee, Robert Mueller, Picks, Subpoenas 25 people like this. Like Border Patrol agent calls migrants "mindless murdering savages" before hitting one with his truckMay 20, 2019 at 4:09 PM In Tucson, Arizona, a Border Patrol agent called immigrants “mindless murdering savages” before ramming into one of these people with his truck. Said the agent later in his own defense, this sort of racist hate is simply "part of the agency's culture.”
Doesn't excuse what he is alleged to have done back in 2017, and I don't doubt him.
From the Washington Post, which cites original reporting by the Arizona Republic in Tucson:
“PLEASE let us take the gloves off trump!” he texted another agent ...Tags: Post, News, Immigration, Racism, Migrants, Border Patrol, Eugenics, Picks, The Border 9 people like this. Like Guatemalan boy, 16, dies in US Border Patrol custody — 5th child dead at border under TrumpMay 20, 2019 at 1:14 PM In the Texas Rio Grande Valley today, a 16-year-old boy from Guatemala died in US Border Patrol custody, according to a statement from Customs and Border Protection.
He is the fifth Guatemalan minor the agency has acknowledged to have died after being apprehended at the southwestern border since December, writes Buzzfeed News reporter Julia Arciga:
Officials said they found the boy “un-responsive” during a welfare check Monday morning after he was apprehended in Texas on May 13.
The boy ...Tags: Post, News, Racism, Deaths, Migrants, Guatemala, Immigrants, Donald Trump, Trump, Picks, The Border 19 people like this. Like Facebook bans election-attack firm linked to Israeli military and 'dozens' more disinformation accountsMay 16, 2019 at 1:22 PM Facebook announced today that is has banned an Israeli firm that ran a foreign psyops campaign to disrupt election results in various countries.
Facebook claims to have canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation, they said Thursday.
Some of the newly banned accounts are said to be linked to the Archimedes Group, a Tel Aviv-based consulting firm that claims to be able to “change reality.”
The Archimedes website shows that its CEO is the former director of the European Fri...Tags: Facebook, Post, Politics, News, Russia, Southeast Asia, Israel, Tel Aviv, Associated Press, Latin America, Archimedes, Picks, Election Security, Gleicher, Nathaniel Gleicher Facebook, Archimedes Group 36 people like this. Like Nordstrom removes $790 Gucci "Indy Turban" that looks a lot like sacred Sikh headwearMay 16, 2019 at 1:40 PM  Tags: Nordstrom, Post, Business, News, Washington, Racism, Gucci, Sikhism, Avan Jogia, Picks, Nope, Avan, ALLYSON CHIU, Fashion Mistakes, Harjinder Singh Kukreja, Gucci Indy Turban 107 people like this. Like Nordstrom removes $790 Gucci 'Indy Turban' that looks identical to Sikh headwearMay 16, 2019 at 1:40 PM Tags: Nordstrom, Post, Business, News, Washington, Racism, Gucci, Sikhism, Avan Jogia, Picks, Nope, Avan, ALLYSON CHIU, Fashion Mistakes, Harjinder Singh Kukreja 123 people like this. Like Adam Savage, 'Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It' [BOOKS]May 15, 2019 at 3:01 PM  Tags: Post, Books, News, Diy, Makers, Adam Savage, Tom Sachs, Mythbusters, Adam, Guillermo, Picks, Traci Des Jardins, Jamie Hyneman Nick Offerman Pixar, Andrew Stanton Oscar 68 people like this. Like Fluffy cat is really enjoying this ripe strawberryMay 15, 2019 at 1:01 PM  Tags: Pet, Post, News, Cats, Pets, Cat, Picks, Strawberry Short 80 people like this. Like Native American tribes need better internet access. This one weird spectrum might do the trick.May 15, 2019 at 12:48 PM Marginalized Native American communities throughout the United States could have better access to high-speed internet if the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decides to allow tribes to use the Educational Broadband Services (EBS) spectrum for services like telemedicine, transmitting medical records electronically, or an online high school.
The FCC says it has granted 2,190 EBS spectrum licenses, each of which cover a roughly 35-mile radius, and those licenses have been granted to 1,300...Tags: Post, Business, Technology, News, Fcc, Tech, US news, Broadband, Policy, United States, Sprint, Federal Communications Commission, Native Americans, Associated Press, Felicia Fonseca, Federal Communications Commission FCC 44 people like this. Like Phone companies get to block robocalls if this proposed FCC rule happensMay 15, 2019 at 12:36 PM U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed a new rule to allow carriers to block robocalls. “The American people are fed up with illegal robocalls,” he said.
He's right. And no, it's not your imagination — robocalls really are getting so much worse, with more than 48 billion robocalls placed in the US in 2018.
The FCC Do-Not-Call list does nothing to help.
From Makena Kelly at The Verge:
On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission announced a new measure that wou...Tags: Post, Technology, News, Fcc, US, Telecommunications, Federal Communications Commission, Telecoms, Robocalls, U S Federal Communications Commission, T Mobile, AT T Verizon, Ajit Pai, Picks, Makena Kelly 14 people like this. Like Just like Amazon, Walmart now offers free next-day deliveryMay 14, 2019 at 1:30 PM Mega-retailer Walmart on Tuesday announced next-day delivery on more than 200,000 items for orders over $35.
The program kicks off first in Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Southern California, then expands to reach 75% of the US population by the end of 2019.
Just last month, Amazon announced free, one-day delivery as a new perk for all Prime members.
Here's an excerpt from the Walgreens announcement:
We started with same-day pickup in our stores in 2011 and began offering two-day free shipping two ...Tags: Amazon, Post, Business, Usa, Technology, News, Shopping, US, Walmart, E-commerce, Walgreens, Las Vegas, Cnbc, Southern California, Phoenix, Amazon Walmart 38 people like this. Like After sexual assault reports, TripAdvisor adds 'safety' filters for hotel bookingsMay 14, 2019 at 12:43 PM Online travel and restaurant booking site TripAdvisor will introduce new safety filters after people who used the site raised concerns over sexual assaults. TripAdvisor says it found 1,100 reviews that referenced sexual assault in just the last year alone.
The new search filter will show reviews that mention sexual assault or misconduct by employees of a business.
“This is a significant and promising change,” says Guardian reporter Rossalyn Warren.
Here's TripAdvisor's announcement.
TripAdvis...Tags: Travel, Post, News, Safety, Sexual Assault, Rape, Warren, Guardian, Tripadvisor, Picks, Rossalyn Warren Here 8 people like this. Like Amazon told to stop selling kids' school supplies that contain over 80 times the legal limit of leadMay 10, 2019 at 9:27 AM Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson says Amazon has committed to nationwide corporate reforms after the investigation led by his office found dozens of children’s school supplies sold on Amazon had illegal levels of toxic metals lead and cadmium.
The office of the Washington state AG says children’s school supplies and jewelry found to exceed the legal limits of these toxic metals include pencil pouches, backpacks, lunchboxes, book covers, plus bracelets and necklaces designed for kids.
...Tags: Health, Amazon, Post, Business, News, Safety, Children, Washington, Ferguson, Jeff Bezos, Lead, Department of Ecology, Bob Ferguson, AG, Washington State Department of Ecology, Attorney General 's Office 38 people like this. Like Trump sends Pompeo to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov, May 12-14May 10, 2019 at 8:47 AM The administration of Donald Trump is sending Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on May 12-14, says the U.S. State Department.
What could they possibly be planning to discuss? Iran, North Korea, Venezuela, and winning the 2020 election, my top guesses.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be present, too.
The meeting represents the highest-level formal talks between the powers in 10 months, the State Department says.
Meanwhile, Rudy G...Tags: Post, Politics, News, Putin, Vladimir Putin, Russia, World news, Ukraine, State Department, Rudy, Giuliani, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Trump, State, Sergei Lavrov 10 people like this. Like D.C. Court of Appeals disbars Paul ManafortMay 9, 2019 at 3:06 PM This is a weird way to learn that Paul Manafort was a lawyer, but here we are. The D.C. Court of Appeals has disbarred President Trump’s former campaign chairman, because Manafort was convicted of obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
From the Washington Post's Keith L. Alexander and Rachel Weiner:
Manafort, who was admitted to the D.C. bar in 1979, pleaded guilty last year in U.S. District Court in Washington to the charges. He was also convicted at a trial in Alexandria federal court of ei...Tags: Post, Crime, News, Justice, Law, Washington Post, Washington, US news, Ukraine, Donald Trump, Alexandria, Trump, U S District Court, Picks, D C Court of Appeals, Felons 21 people like this. Like John Bolton has always been at war with Iran, soon America will be tooMay 9, 2019 at 2:58 PM John Bolton gathered a 7am meeting at CIA headquarters last week with top intelligence, diplomatic and military advisers in the Trump administration to talk about Iran, reports NBC News. And if there's one consistent element in John Bolton's crazy-ass mustachioed career, it's wanting America to go to war with Iran.
NEW from @NBCNews Bolton convened an irregular 7am principals meeting at CIA HQ about Iran, on 29 April. Apparently unconnected to recent military deployments.More echoes of I...Tags: Post, Politics, News, White House, Iraq, Nbc News, America, World news, Iran, War, Military, Middle East, Cia, Bolton, Donald Trump, Trump 33 people like this. Like House Judiciary Committee: Attorney General Barr in Contempt of CongressMay 8, 2019 at 4:31 PM The House Judiciary Committee today voted on its contempt resolution on Attorney General Bill Barr.
In a 24-16 vote split along party lines, the House Judiciary committee voted to hold Attorney General Barr in contempt of congress for failing to turn over Special Counsel Robert Mueller's unredacted report, hours after Trump asserted executive privilege.
The matter now goes before the full House of Representatives.
NEW: The House Judiciary Committee has voted 24-16 to find AG Bill Barr in cont...Tags: Post, Politics, News, Congress, House, House Of Representatives, Donald Trump, Trump, AG, House Judiciary Committee, Barr, AG Barr, Robert Mueller, Picks, Zoe Tillman, William Barr 6 people like this. Like Justice Department asks White House to invoke executive privilege over Mueller reportMay 7, 2019 at 10:32 PM Multiple reporters tweeted late Tuesday night the Department of Justice is asking the Trump White House to invoke executive privilege over the entire report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, along with all underlying evidence. It's a new defensive move as the House Judiciary Committee prepares a contempt vote against Attorney General Bill Barr.
DOJ says in the letter, “In the face of the Committee's threatened contempt vote the Attorney General will be compelled to request that the President ...Tags: Post, News, White House, House, Department Of Justice, Donald Trump, Doj, Justice Department, Committee, Trump, AG, House Judiciary Committee, Mueller, Trump White House, Barr, Robert Mueller 34 people like this. Like Riot Games employees walk out to protest forced arbitration for sexual harassment lawsuitsMay 6, 2019 at 11:00 PM 'League of Legends' developers and others at Riot Games walked out of work en masse on Monday, protesting the company's use of forced arbitration to settle sexual harassment lawsuits.
Kotaku was among the first news outlets to report about problems in workplace culture at Riot.
At the center of the controversy was COO Scott Gelb, who Kotaku reported “ball tapped, farted on, or humped employees.” Riot Games suspended Gelb for two months without pay, but to date he’s still an employee.
A number ...Tags: Gaming, Post, Business, Games, News, Video Games, Sexual Harassment, League Of Legends, Riot Games, Riot, Kotaku, Jason Koebler, Gelb, Picks, Patrick Shanley, Scott Gelb 38 people like this. Like Oglala Lakota Sioux to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem: You are not welcome at Pine Ridge ReservationMay 3, 2019 at 9:34 AM South Dakota governor Kristi Noem (R) is governor non grata at Pine Ridge after her support of new "riot boosting" laws that target indigenous people opposed to oil infrastructure on their land.
From The Lakota Law Project: “The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council voted unanimously this week to inform South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem that she is not welcome at the Pine Ridge Reservation in the wake of her support for new "riot boosting" laws that unfairly target tribes and their allies who oppose ne...Tags: Post, News, Oil, South Dakota, Pine Ridge, American Indian, Native American, Indigenous, Kristi Noem, Pine Ridge Reservation, Picks, Kristi Noem R, Oglala Lakota Sioux, Oglala Sioux Tribal Council 47 people like this. Like Big U.S. news media Twitter accounts amplify Trump's lies uncritically 19 times a day: StudyMay 3, 2019 at 9:18 AM All the big American media outlets “failed to rebut President Donald Trump's misinformation 65% of the time in their tweets about his false or misleading comments,” according to a Media Matters study.
The study found that major U.S. media outlets amplified Trump's lies and disinformation over 400 times during the three-week study period, or 19 times per day, without identifying in the same moment that the information is just total bullshit and shouldn't be taken as truth.
That's not good.
...Tags: Post, News, Obama, North Korea, Lies, Donald Trump, The Washington Post, Trump, Robert Mueller, Picks 42 people like this. Like Facebook totally blew its own 'we banned the bad guys' PR stuntMay 2, 2019 at 5:17 PM  Tags: Facebook, Post, Business, Technology, News, Instagram, Fail, Atlantic, Trump, Alex Jones, Milo, Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam, Rob Price, Picks, Proud Boys 232 people like this. Like Emails show Trump's 'zero tolerance' agents had 'no way to link' separated migrant children to parentsMay 2, 2019 at 4:31 PM The presidential administration of Donald J. Trump claimed there was a plan to reunite migrant kids with their families. “In reality, they had an empty spreadsheet,” says says Nick Ramsey.
"What you are requesting," said a top ICE official, "is not something that we are going to be able to complete in a rapid fashion."
NBC estimates that at least 55 children who were separated last year under Trump's 'zero tolerance' campaign are still in Health and Human Services (HHS) custody at shelters a...Tags: Post, Politics, News, Nbc, Immigration, Nbc News, Los Angeles, Ice, Migrants, CBP, Immigrants, Border Patrol, Trump, Health And Human Services, Donald J Trump, Customs Enforcement 7 people like this. Like Two 'Rubik’s Race' players compete at mind-boggling speedMay 2, 2019 at 5:44 PM  Tags: Post, Games, News, Puzzles, Picks, Rubik's cube, Puzzle Solving 68 people like this. Like |
