“When we return from the summer break, there’ll be a clash between reality and ideology.” Thus insisted French prime minister François Bayrou at yet another press conference to defend his austerity budget, which promises an extra €44 billion in spending cuts. Bayrou here echoed the usual neoliberal refrain: public debt is an absolute evil, and […]
Democratic Reps. Bennie Thompson and Shri Thanedar want ICE to explain why and how a $2.25 million contract was awarded without competition to a company owned by a prominent Republican donor.
In 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt casually dropped one of the most memorable lines in American political history. “My friends,” he said in a campaign speech, “judge me by the enemies I have made.” He was talking about Wall Street financiers, corporate monopolists, and the rest of the United States’ financial elite. Now it’s 2025, and we’re looking at a very different political landscape. But FDR’s message remains true: you really can judge a politician by the forces arrayed against them. And with that in mind, Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh has a roster of enemies anyone could be proud of. From the deranged racists attacking him online for his Somali heritage, to the corporate Democrats making shady backroom deals and alliances against him, his opponents represent everything people hate about politics in America.
Nearly 500 employees of a South Korean battery maker were arrested at a Hyundai plant in Georgia in what US authorities called the largest-ever immigration raid.
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Alex Karp was right this week in saying Silicon Valley hyped up large language models and the speed of AI development.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has peppered his reelection campaign with AI photos and videos criticizing his opponents.
The party has finally realized the power of influencers. But they're elevating the wrong people, while keeping the edgy voices out.