George Judson

Alcoa to Face Steep Costs From Tariffs Despite Strong Results The aluminum producer said it incurred about $20 million in first-quarter costs stemming from tariffs on imports. Alcoa’s CEO said it would be impractical in the short term to increase U.S. aluminum p...

Aluminum: Why T's real tariff goal may be a national sales tax to finance billionaires' tax cuts.
Canada has cheap hydro to process bauxite. To close trade gap, Alcoa needs decade to build U.S. smelters plus 7 nuke plants to power them. Not happening. Ever.
Then why?
www.wsj.com/business/ear...

17.04.2025 00:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fake job seekers are flooding U.S. companies that are hiring for remote positions, tech CEOs say Companies have long faced external attacks from hackers. Now, thanks to generative AI, another threat has emerged: Employees who aren't who they say they are.

What a world Big Tech has created for us. Our email is full of spam, our phones full of scams, now even Big Tech is helpless against its newest wonder, AI. What a dysfunctional digital system the geniuses of Silicon Valley built.
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/f...

09.04.2025 05:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant Detention A request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention.

How the news fails us - those, that is, who are paying attention:

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

NYT says Trump wants to spend $45 billion on new detention centers for illegal immigrants. Over how many years? How many detainees? That's a LOT of money. Give us the numbers.
@nytimes.com

08.04.2025 07:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pam Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Consequences The attorney general echoed remarks by President Trump, as protesters against Elon Musk and his efforts to shrink the government have defaced and destroyed Tesla vehicles.

What if people were vandalizing Dodge Chargers?

Bondi Calls Tesla Vandalism ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Promising Steep Consequences www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

19.03.2025 07:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Michael Flynn. Sean Spicer. Steve Bannon's daughter.
Charlie Kirk. His own valet. These are Trump's new appointees to the boards governing our military academies.
This has been going on a long time, but it is still extraordinary how determined he and his claque are to degrade institutions.

18.03.2025 05:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This is a test. Just wrote my first post. Hit POST. Nothing.

How do you find help on this platform? Sorry if I'm the millionth person to ask this.

02.02.2025 00:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0