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Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks | Fortune The list, reviewed by Fortune, did not mention specific dollar amounts offered by each contributor.

Meet the 37 private donors for Trump’s ballroom—many of whom have ongoing governmental contracts or regulatory cases.

It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.

Musk's $1 Trillion Payday Tesla shareholders backed a plan that could give Elon Musk shares worth nearly $1 trillion if he achieves ambitious goals.

remember kids: if you work hard and *really* fuck things up, a pack of cultish dopes will happily throw money at you anyway

ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger | TechPolicy.Press Jake Laperruque raises the alarm on ICE’s reckless use of facial recognition and its risks for wrongful detainment.

Facial recognition errors can have life-altering consequences. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, CDT’s @jakelaperruque.bsky.social warns that ICE’s new approach — treating AI matches as definitive IDs — violates currently-understood DHS policy and endangers civil liberties.

You know what would be a great way to celebrate Mamdani’s historic win?

Donate to a food bank. Give to community fridges. Call and check on your disabled or elderly neighbour and see if they need groceries.

SNAP still hasn’t been funded and people need help now.

Senior German officials have accused the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of deliberately abusing parliamentary powers to collect and likely pass secret information about the country's military capabilities and the state of critical infrastructure to Russia.

Source: Der Spiegel

Perfect encapsulation of the Trump era.

Let it unleash a thousand memes.

I call this one: "Donald Trump stands idly by while the American economy passes out in a corner."

I see, I see www.reuters.com/world/us/boe...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

If this was Joe Biden, CNN would be doing BREAKING NEWS! and Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson would have a sequel to their book no one read out by Tuesday.

Just like when the New York Times did not think the No Kings protests were all that significant, this is indicative of how much mainstream institutions have bought into the idea that only Trump and his supporters represent “real America” and have a right to have their voices amplified.

Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think

The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.

Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.

The Democrats won several VA House seats where winning looked like a pipe dream going into the election. The Dems won these seats because they recruited candidates and actually campaigned. Important lesson for 26--the electorate is pissed--but you can only win when you run. Run everywhere!

"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."

This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.

Trump is going to triple down on his authoritarian tactics after voters rejected his election rigging plans

Key point from @leahgreenberg.bsky.social: “They’re gonna try 5x harder to sabotage midterms after tonight & we’re gonna have to organize on literally historic scale to stop them”

Dick Cheney and the big lie that should never be forgotten It led to 4,400 dead US troops and 200,000 or so dead Iraqi civilians.

NEW: Yes, Dick Cheney lied to win public support for the invasion of Iraq--and so many Americans and Iraqis died due to his dishonesty. Here are the receipts.

At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country. The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...

The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.”

After Leslie Manookian and her allies helped pass the ban on vaccine mandates, they have a new goal in sight: making the legislation a nationwide standard.

Massive night for voting rights & democracy:

-California passes Prop 50

-Dems retain majority on PA Supreme Court

-Dems win VA gov & increase majority in VA leg

-Maine voters reject ballot initiative to require voter ID & restrict absentee voting

-KS Republicans drop gerrymandering push

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?

Troops in American Cities Experts discuss the legality of domestic military deployments.

President Trump’s troop deployments in Los Angeles, DC, Chicago, and other cities pose real threats to civil liberties and the rule of law. 

Experts will discuss the legality of Trump's domestic military deployments. Join us for a virtual event on Mon., Nov. 10, at 3pm EST. RSVP: bit.ly/4hJjSnB

NYT DealBook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin warns the U.S. is sleepwalking into another 1929 market crash as an AI-fueled bubble of soaring prices, record debt, and fading trust threatens to ignite catastrophe.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-1929-sty...

THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.

Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.

The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Himmler telling ICE officers they have immunity to do whatever they want.

DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.

NEW: DHS is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.

by me @ wired:

This is exactly how the Turkey's Erdoğan dictatorship succeeded in remaking all mainstream media into regime media.

Not mainly by overt censorship. Mostly by making it clear that media firms clearly communicating the truth about regime actions would be targeted by selective/perverted 'regulation'.

YouTube video by Reagan Library President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987

Here's the full radio address from Reagan in 1987.

He talks a little about how he needs to impose tariffs on semiconductors from Japan but it's clear he's singling them out as something that should be rarely used.

The Reagan Foundation suggesting they might sue over the ad is hilarious.