The Operation Choke Point 2.0 Hearing: Everything You Need To Know
coinbase chief legal officer paul grewal joined other industry vets with testimony on the biden admin’s attempt to destroy the crypto sector at a house committee hearing
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coinbase chief legal officer paul grewal joined other industry vets with testimony on the biden admin’s attempt to destroy the crypto sector at a house committee hearing
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After posting a poll on Twitter, Elon decided to reinstate Marko Elez — the DOGE staffer fired after the press dug up inappropriate social media posts from last year — to his position at the frontlines of the battle to defund trans operas in Mogadishu (at the risk of infecting a million Somalian babies with AIDS, we’re told). JD Vance also advocated for his return, posting that “stupid social media activity [shouldn’t] ruin a kid’s life,” and “[we] shouldn’t reward journalists who try to destroy people.” And that, more than the actual tweets, is really the thing. Yes, the tweets were bad, but it almost doesn’t even matter what was said. If Elon lets the media take this scalp, they’ll never stop, and the press’s power to veto employment — anywhere — will be reinstated. DOGE’s mission is too important. Marko should apologize, and then everyone should get back to work.
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The boy is back
After posting a poll on Twitter, Elon decided to reinstate Marko Elez — the DOGE staffer fired after the press dug up inappropriate social media posts from last year — to his position at the frontlines of the battle to defund trans operas in Mogadishu (at the risk of infecting a million Somalian babies with AIDS, we’re told). JD Vance also advocated for his return, posting that “stupid social media activity [shouldn’t] ruin a kid’s life,” and “[we] shouldn’t reward journalists who try to destroy people.” And that, more than the actual tweets, is really the thing. Yes, the tweets were bad, but it almost doesn’t even matter what was said. If Elon lets the media take this scalp, they’ll never stop, and the press’s power to veto employment — anywhere — will be reinstated. DOGE’s mission is too important. Marko should apologize, and then everyone should get back to work.
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California’s public school system might be in free fall, but that didn’t stop the teachers’ unions from coordinating a 32-school-district stickup last week. Their message? ...
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Last week, Scientific American had a suggestion for DOGE’s goal of axing $2 trillion in government spending: stop modernizing our nuclear arsenal. Furthermore, while acknowledging China is “ratcheting up its nuclear forces” and Russia is “[heading] off a nuclear weapons buildup,” SciAm argued that the primary barrier to preventing DOGE from cutting the modernization e...
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coinbase chief legal officer paul grewal joined other industry vets with testimony on the biden admin’s attempt to destroy the crypto sector at a house committee hearing
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Steven Sinofskyall the weird, terrifying, and incredible ways drones will change the world
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Joe Lonsdale and John Noonanan october pirate wires investigation that uncovered the group has led to one of the most significant crackdowns by wikipedia’s arbitration committee in years
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