The GOP’s Message for Tech Billionaires: Be Like Peter Thiel
“Thiel’s an interesting one,” a third GOP strategist tells me. “He’s spread his bets. Some have paid off, and some ...
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Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them
Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services company led by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is creating a way ...
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The right wing turned the inhumane Alligator Alcatraz prison into a meme
Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s hastily built, $225 million-and-counting immigrant detention facility in the Everglades, is both a de facto concentration camp ...
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ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are getting access to the personal data of nearly 80 million people on Medicaid in ...
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DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists
When the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) arrived at the Internal Revenue Service earlier this year, leaders of the ...
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Bring On the MAGA Revolt
“Honestly, I’m done talking about Epstein for the time being,” Kirk said on his podcast days later. “I’m gonna trust ...
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It’s Not Just Epstein. MAGA Is Angry About a Lot of Things
When President Donald Trump loses the support of posters on The Donald, it’s notable, to say the least. The ultra-pro-Trump ...
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Why GM’s CEO is still betting on electric vehicles (and racing)
GM was the first major US automaker to make the promise to go all-electric by 2035, just four years ago. ...
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Even crypto execs fall for crypto scams
It’s not every day you hear of cryptocurrency executives falling for crypto scams, but here we are. A complaint filed ...
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Meet the America Party, Elon Musk’s Harebrained Third-Party Scheme
Elon Musk soft-launched a third party over the weekend, and so far, the billionaire seems to be manifesting his “America ...
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