Andy Buss

In a 137-page report, the Hessian Data Protection Commissioner (HBDI) concluded that a GDPR-compliant operation of M365 is now possible—provided that both Microsoft and the customer (the “controller”) fulfill their respective obligations. See www.linkedin.com/posts/luisal...

One thing that gave the Trump tariffs potential political staying power was his ability to target them carefully, and remove at will any that became a liability.

Laziness means they didn't do the former and arrogance meant they delayed doing the latter until well beyond when it would help them.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Trump Implements Major Rollback of Food Tariffs The president moved to lower duties on beef, coffee and dozens of other goods

TACO 🌮

CNN: The judge said there was funding available to fully fund SNAP and you didn't use it

BROOKE ROLLINS: That judge in Rhode Island is the largest Democrat donor

CNN: Is it not factual that the judge said $4b could've been used to fully fund SNAP?

ROLLINS: That is not facts

This is a core element of conservative philosophy: If a single "undeserving" person is getting a government benefit, the answer is to take it away from millions.*

*Offer does not apply to tax loopholes or any other benefit enjoyed by the wealthy

Me, wisely: "But *his* emails"

This is why government officials shouldn’t tweet

Will this prove as accurate as his forecast of Britain’s post-Brexit future?

There sure is a lot of missing evidence when it comes to DHS.

Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors

Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions

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This is utterly utterly horrifying - why are the political class across the spectrum afraid to tackle??

Michael Cohen: Trump believed Putin was behind his $50M profit in sale of mansion

In an exclusive interview with Rachel Maddow, Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen offers up some valuable insight into the way that Trump thinks about Putin.

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Our legal team just filed the 1st known lawsuit dealing with unconstitutional federal govt involvement in an employment termination in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder.

Since this administration loves to charge people with making false statements (see, e.g., Comey, James), I assume they will be charging Maxwell for lying to Blanche and the FBI agents who interviewed her, right?

It’s phrase 1 of his masterplan

Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium In a decade-long secret operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.

Seems better than attacking boats in the Caribbean and Pacific:

The CIA ran a covert decade-long program to manipulate Afghanistan’s opium crop by airdropping modified poppy seeds meant to produce plants with less of the chemicals for heroin, aiming to weaken the crop’s potency.

Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC

Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.

It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.

Was RFK Jr in the vicinity?

Still from news coverage of the exploding whale, showing an enormous explosion on a beach

It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”

A photo of the front cover of issue 1662 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The front cover reads “BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special” and shows Broadcasting House with speech bubbles coming from the building. The quotes include “Donald Trump says we broadcast fake news!”, “Nigel Farage says we’re totally biased!”, “Boris Johnson says we’re liars!”, “The Daily Mail says we’re peddling conspiracy theories!”, “Kemi Badenoch highlights poor leadership!”, “The Daily Telegraph says we’re editing for political purposes!”, and “Liz Truss says we’ve done huge damage to the country!”

BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special

The new Private Eye is out now.

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim

NEW

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump

A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim

By me. Enjoy.

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The right-wing press are terrified of @zackpolanski.bsky.social because he is the first UK politician who doesn’t give a toss for their endorsement and thus can’t be corrupted by them. Worse, he actually revels in their lame attacks. 👏👏👏

/3 I am informed it’s normal to get more intolerant as I get older and I think I am absolutely getting less tolerant of other people’s absolute bullshit.

WSJ: Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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So, are the rich people that give this guy money just morons? Is it as simple as that? Greedy yes, of course, but mostly morons?

What about the magistrate who signed the warrant?

Oh dear. Just when it needs to show how high its standards are, the BBC decides to interview a former editor who showed has no clue about what "the truth" means. Compared to what he did, editing out 50 seconds of a speech is trivial.