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kateross.bsky.social
Lmao, so Republicans in Congress are doing a hearing on car affordability to roll back safety features instead if removing tariffs

They aim to head off future requirements touted by safety advocates and argue instead for advancing autonomous vehicle technology.

archive.is/y8Z6W
EXCLUSIVE Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt 'Affordability' Republicans question value of automatic braking, rear-seat reminders Some Senate Republicans say newer auto technologies can needlessly drive up vehicle prices. PHOTO: EMILY ELCONIN/ BLOOMBERG NEWS Chief executives of Detroit's three automakers and a senior Tesla TSLA 0.39% T executive have been summoned to appear at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation-set for Jan. 14-to explain why vehicles have become so expensive. General Motors GM2.51% and Ford Motor F1.62%1 are weighing whether to send their CEOs to the hearing, spokespeople said; Jeep-maker Stellantis STLA 4.05% T declined to comment.
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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kateross.bsky.social
There are less than a 1,000 US based billionaires and the Trump administration works on behalf of a few hundred of them.

Trump doesn’t seem to care or notice the people that voted for him are not on board and suffering so he can give them what he wants.
kateross.bsky.social Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 54m
Lutnik is back bullying the EU on behalf of the Technocrats.

He said “The EU must loosen tech regulations if it wants the US to lower tariffs on its steel and aluminum”

He also said Brussels should “solve” outstanding cases against Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

archive.is/LzQGI
EU tech regulation + Add to myFT Howard Lutnick warns EU to relax tech rules if it wants lower steel tariffs US commerce secretary calls for 'balanced approach' during visit to Brussels for meeting with bloc's trade ministers Howard Lutnick urged Brussels to 'solve' its outstanding cases against Google, Microsoft and Amazon, and to 'create a framework that we are comfortable with' © /Reuters He told reporters during a visit to Brussels that the bloc must reduce controls on digital companies if it wanted exemptions to the 50 per cent levies the US imposes on EU metals. "If they can come up with a balanced approach [to technology regulation] then we will, together with them, handle the steel and aluminium issues and bring that on together. So that is on the table," Lutnick said. He also said Brussels should "solve" outstanding cases against Google, Microsoft and Amazon and "create a framework that we are comfortable with" Tech regulation touched only US companies because of their size, he argued. Washington has long railed against the EU's digital rule book, especially the Digital Markets Act, which aims to curb the power of Big Tech companies, and the Digital Services Act, which polices content online. In August, US President Donald Trump took to social media to threaten tariffs and export controls on countries with taxes, rules or regulations that "discriminate" against US tech companies.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
So the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was just picked up by ICE.
bencollins.bsky.social Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
REVERE, Mass. — A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts. The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother. Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana. Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
kateross.bsky.social
There are less than a 1,000 US based billionaires and the Trump administration works on behalf of a few hundred of them.

Trump doesn’t seem to care or notice the people that voted for him are not on board and suffering so he can give them what he wants.
kateross.bsky.social Kate Ross @kateross.bsky.social · 54m
Lutnik is back bullying the EU on behalf of the Technocrats.

He said “The EU must loosen tech regulations if it wants the US to lower tariffs on its steel and aluminum”

He also said Brussels should “solve” outstanding cases against Google, Microsoft and Amazon.

archive.is/LzQGI
EU tech regulation + Add to myFT Howard Lutnick warns EU to relax tech rules if it wants lower steel tariffs US commerce secretary calls for 'balanced approach' during visit to Brussels for meeting with bloc's trade ministers Howard Lutnick urged Brussels to 'solve' its outstanding cases against Google, Microsoft and Amazon, and to 'create a framework that we are comfortable with' © /Reuters He told reporters during a visit to Brussels that the bloc must reduce controls on digital companies if it wanted exemptions to the 50 per cent levies the US imposes on EU metals. "If they can come up with a balanced approach [to technology regulation] then we will, together with them, handle the steel and aluminium issues and bring that on together. So that is on the table," Lutnick said. He also said Brussels should "solve" outstanding cases against Google, Microsoft and Amazon and "create a framework that we are comfortable with" Tech regulation touched only US companies because of their size, he argued. Washington has long railed against the EU's digital rule book, especially the Digital Markets Act, which aims to curb the power of Big Tech companies, and the Digital Services Act, which polices content online. In August, US President Donald Trump took to social media to threaten tariffs and export controls on countries with taxes, rules or regulations that "discriminate" against US tech companies.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
kateross.bsky.social
Technocrat billionaires nuclear energy projects:

📍Seadrift, Texas

X-energy/Amazon: Funding from Cathie Wood (ARK Invest - SpaceX, Palantir, Tesla)

Valar Atomics: Funding from Anduril’s Palmer Lucky & Palantir’s CTO Shyam Sankar

TerraPower: Bill Gates

archive.is/WsB1T via Financial Times
The $700mn funding round was led by Jane Street, and attracted cash from new investors ARK Invest, Galvanize, Hood River Capital Management, Point 72, Reaves Asset Management and XTX Ventures. The deal brings the total funds raised by X-energy in the past 13 months to $1.4bn, as it races to deliver three big contracts with Amazon, Dow Inc and Centrica to build a fleet of almost 150 small modular reactors in the US and UK. X-energy's fundraising is the latest by a company developing SMRs, a type of nuclear fission reactor that generates less than 300 megawatts of electricity, which is about a third of the capacity of standard reactors. Rival SMR developer Valar Atomics raised $130mn earlier this month from investors, which included Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar.
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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kateross.bsky.social
Joe Gebbia, a billionaire, is the co-founder of AirBnB, a presidential appointee and a Tesla board member claiming ISIS waited until the last minute to endorse Mamdani.

This is sick.
Joe Gebbia • @jgebbia • 1h Can't imagine why ISIS waited till the last possible minute for that endorsement The Persian Jewess &@persianjewe...•3h Cuomo is endorsed by President Trump, Elon Musk, Bill Ackman, Michael Bloomberg, and Bill Clinton. Mamdani is endorsed by ISIS and the terrorist...
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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kateross.bsky.social
Palantir and Andruil

“Rival SMR developer Valar Atomics raised $130mn earlier this month from investors, which included Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar.”

archive.is/WsB1T
X-energy's fundraising is the latest by a company developing SMRs, a type of nuclear fission reactor that generates less than 300 megawatts of electricity, which is about a third of the capacity of standard reactors. Rival SMR developer Valar Atomics raised $130mn earlier this month from investors, which included Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and Palantir chief technology officer Shyam Sankar.
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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kateross.bsky.social
Amazon’s X-energy gets backing from Jane Street as investors bet big on nuclear

Reactor developer closes fundraising round as markets expect atomic energy will power the AI boom

archive.is/WsB1T
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
kateross.bsky.social
Amazon Data Center Tally Tops 900 Amid AI Frenzy, Documents Show

🎁 Link
Amazon Data Center Tally Tops 900 Amid AI Frenzy, Documents Show
Amazon.com Inc.’s data center operation is much larger than commonly understood, totaling more than 900 facilities in more than 50 countries, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg and investiga...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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hannahgais.bsky.social
I saw some teens today. I asked them who represents them best. They told me that Gen Alpha and Zoomers are on Tiktok and Instagram demanding more and more clips of Alan Dershowitz. They can’t get enough of him. He is the voice of their generation. The voice America needs.
thelincoln.bsky.social Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 1d
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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Bari Weiss says she wants to use her new perch at CBS News to “redraw the lines of what falls in the 40 yards of acceptable debate” in American political and cultural life. She says the aim is to sideline voices like Hasan Piker, Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes, and elevate “charismatic” figures such as Alan Dershowitz and Dana Loesch who reflect “where the vast majority of Americans actually are.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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premthakker.bsky.social
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."

They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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chadloder.bsky.social
"elevate charismatic figures such as Dana Loesch" 😐
2010 tweet by Dana Loesch that reads "I bet Rick Sanchez was fired by a Jew"
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
kateross.bsky.social
"America's not a country. It's just a business.”

Lmao millions of people voted for the guy that owned a casino that filed for bankruptcy
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
kateross.bsky.social
CNBC editor goes with “it’s costing the economy” while we watch families go hungry and our neighbors abducted by a secret paramilitary force

Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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kateross.bsky.social
Layoffs are hitting. See the major companies cutting jobs in 2025.

2025 has been the worst year for announced layoffs since 2009, according to a recent report.

The report from Business Insider above hints at what sectors may experience layoffs next.
MONEY Layoffs are hitting. See the major companies cutting jobs in 2025. 2025 has been the worst year for announced layoffs since 2009, according to a recent report. James Powel USA TODAY Nov. 21, 2025, 2:28 p.m. ET
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
kateross.bsky.social
Bleak outlook.

Mean self-assessed probability of finding a job in the next three months if you lose your job today (Three-month moving average)

45% is low.

The others times it was that low were 2014 and the first year of COVID.
Mean self-assessed probability of finding a job in the next three months if you lose your job today Three-month moving average 65% 50% 55% 50% 45% 40% 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Source: New York Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Expectations via Renaissance Macro/Neil Dutta Andv Kiersz/BI
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.

My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
A Twitter account called Ivanka News tweets an AI image of a young woman wearing Muslim garb. The woman is holding a sign that says "I came here illegally. Should I be deported?" Ivanka News writes: What is your response to this person ?? In the "About this account" tab, it appears the account is based in Nigeria An account called MAGA scope writes: Who, in your view is the great enemy of the United States? Communism, Islam, Democratic Party, or Satan? The account is based in Nigeria. An account called MAGA Nadine writes: You go to work and find this. What would you do? The attached pic is an AI image that shows a microwave. The microwave has a sign that says "For religious reasons, this microwave is now making halal food only." The account is based in Morocco. An account called America First posts an AI image of Tulsi Gabbard. They wrote: How would you rate your trust in Tulsi Gabbard on a scale of 1-10?
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
kateross.bsky.social
🫠 The US economy's 7 deadly signs

Parts of the America's economy are already in deep trouble, and the weakness could drag the whole country into a recession.

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The 7 ugly trends that show America is closer to a recession than you think
From homebuilding to trucking, major parts of the US economy are in deep trouble. The weakness could drag the whole country into a recession.
www.businessinsider.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
kateross.bsky.social
🚨New England: BOLO on Neo-Nazi Gang Member🚨
bywayofplymouth.bsky.social By Way of Plymouth @bywayofplymouth.bsky.social · 3d
Please reach out if you have information about this specific Patriot Front member out of New England, whom I've dubbed "Hair Apparent". An apparently active member since August 2024, he is likely based out of Massachusetts and/or Connecticut.
A triptych of images of Patriot Front & New England Active Club member designation "Hair Apparent". The first, taken in a park in southern CT around August 2024 and rendered in monochrome, shows a white man in his late teens to early 20s, with an athletic build, wearing black UnderArmour training shorts and a black tank top. His head has been entirely blurred, save some indications of shoulder-length dark hair around the edges of the blur. He holds a Will2Rise business card up near his face; it has been intentionally defaced with the three arrows. The second, taken in a park in Worcester MA during August 2025 and in full color, shows the same white man in what appears to be the exact same outfit, while also wearing white sneakers and boxing gloves. He is in a wild half-squatting stance as he tries not to get punched in the face by someone largely off-frame, likely to be Patriot Front member Joseph Behling of Manchester NH, to the right. Only his face has been blurred this time, with his luxuriously full and dark hair visible. As he moves to not take a punch, his hair tossed in the air, going from luxurious to comical. The third image is of the same white man, in Boston around October 2025, rendered in one of Patriot Front's relatively muted color palette but color-corrected to remove the blue cast to the image. The man stands in front of the George Robert White Monument in the Public Gardens, holding the edge of a Patriot Front flag. The fasces on the flag has been intentionally defaced to show three arrows.
November 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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philinvestigates.com
EXCLUSIVE: 'Yes, yes, let’s go!' Neo-Nazi celebrates possible role in influencing Antioch High killer www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'Yes, yes, let’s go!' Neo-Nazi celebrates possible role in influencing Antioch High killer
A notorious neo-Nazi is celebrating his possible role in influencing a deadly school shooting, responds to Phil Williams' reports
www.newschannel5.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Reposted by Kate Ross
philinvestigates.com
MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'
www.newschannel5.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reposted by Kate Ross
philinvestigates.com
Notorious neo-Nazi websites go offline after NewsChannel 5 exposes targeting of children www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Notorious neo-Nazi websites go offline after NewsChannel 5 exposes targeting of children
Two notorious neo-Nazi websites have been taken offline following an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation that revealed how they have been used to target children.
www.newschannel5.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Reposted by Kate Ross
kateross.bsky.social
Nebius

From sanctions to a $19 billion Microsoft deal

Arkady Volozh
Net worth: $2.6 billion
Title: Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Age: 60
Previous company: Yandex
Education: Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
Nebius From sanctions to a $19 billion Microsoft deal Born in the Soviet Union in 1964, Arkady Volozh founded a series of tech businesses before starting software company Yandex in 1997. For years, he navigated a touchy relationship with the Russian state while also growing Yandex's international presence. The company listed its shares in New York in 2011 and grew to a peak valuation of about $30 billion in 2021, making Volozh one of Russia's richest entrepreneurs. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. Within weeks, foreign investors fled, Nasdaq froze the company's shares and Volozh, who had moved to Tel Aviv several years earlier, was personally sanctioned by the European Union. He resigned as CEO and spent the next two years fixing his image, issuing a public statement in 2023 that called Russia's actions in Ukraine "barbaric." In 2024, Yandex sold off all its Russian assets for $5.2 billion to a consortium of investors including numerous Kremlin allies. The EU lifted its sanctions on Volozh around Following the divesture, the remaining non-Russian Yandex assets rebranded as Nebius Group NV and resumed trading on the Nasdaq. This time around, data centers were the focus: Nebius already owned one in Finland and acted quickly to snap up additional GPU clusters in France, Iceland and the US. It plans to have 100 megawatts of active power by the end of this year. This September, Nebius' stock soared nearly 50% the day it announced a deal with Microsoft worth up to $19.4 billion. Arkady Volozh Net worth: $2.6 billion Title: Founder and Chief Executive Officer Age: 60 Previous company: Yandex Education: Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
kateross.bsky.social
MEET: The New Billionaires Behind the AI Data Center Boom

From software to buildings, the race into artificial intelligence has vaulted 16 executives into new stratospheres of wealth.

archive.is/QBFzp
The New Billionaires Worth $37 Billion Behind the AI Data Center Boom
From software to the buildings, the race into artificial intelligence has created 16 billionaires across eight firms
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM