Death by Ballot Prop: How California Outsourced Legislation to the MobJan 29
a brief history of organized shoplifting rings, housing deadlocks, and other fun consequences of the state's 'direct democracy' experiment
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Believe All Military Officials
morning report #4 // anti-pride month, solana on the uap whistleblower, zuck ascendant, and more links in tech, politics, and the clown world
Brandon Gorrell
Jun 14, 2023
Welcome back to the MORNING REPORT, where we round up all the current news in technology, politics, domestic and foreign affairs. Then finally, a dispatch from the Clown World. TODAY:
Our broad tech digest features Meta and Zuck, lawsuits against Twitter, a self-driving car that caused a mass shooting, another ominous development for San Francisco, your favorite “whistleblower” Frances Haugen, and a bunch more.
Solana’s on the lead story in our national digest, with his perspective on the UFO “whistleblower.” Then: cloud seeding, a potential future Longevity State, and a bunch of links on the economy, finance, and politics.
This week in foreign affairs, UK’s NHS significantly limits the use of puberty blockers for minors, items on Russia and Ukraine, and other news from across the ponds.
Over in the Clown World trenches, staff writer River Page describes what seems to be the first ever Anti-Pride Month, and a bunch more links after that.
Enjoy.
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Death by Ballot Prop: How California Outsourced Legislation to the Mob
The Secret NIMBY Millionaire Behind California's Asset SeizureJan 27
robert reich, 4'11" champion of california's 'wealth tax,' has built a lucrative career collecting taxpayer dollars to peddle anticapitalist rhetoric (he's also secretly a nimby)
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Dispatch from Davos: The SXSW for GlobalismJan 26
a recap of this year’s annual gathering of the world economic forum: highlights, trump v. the bugmen, and is ‘sparkle beach ken’ the best political insult of all time?
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