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Deputy AG Blanche: RICO is available to all kinds of organizations committing crimes and committing wrongful acts… So is it sheer happenstance that individuals show up at a restaurant where the president is trying to enjoy dinner and accost him with vile words?
September 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Here’s a statement from me, as Exec. Director of Re:Create, on the Anthropic settlement terms released this afternoon, partly in response to wildly inaccurate characterizations from other folks in this space (ahem):
September 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Universal Music Group is really gunning for Rick Beato. "You need to play people's music to talk about it; that is the definition of fair use." Amen! I'm not Rick's lawyer, and haven't watched all his videos, but this sure feels sus to me.
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This Record Label Is Trying To SILENCE Me
In this episode, I talk about Universal Music Group's unfair practice of using bogus copyright strikes to prey on YouTubers.🎉 Massive Labor Day Sale (80% OF...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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$50,000 signing bonuses; $60,000 in student loan forgiveness

ICE has launched an all-out recruiting blitz across social media to staff up as quickly as possible

Agency website declares: “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.”

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$50,000 Signing Bonus, No Age Caps: The Blitz to Hire ICE Officers
Uncle Sam is using social media and financial incentives to entice new recruits.
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August 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
@tombreihan.bsky.social Seriously loved the Kenneth column. Two small corrections. The director is Peter Care, not Peter Case. And the movie is Man On The Moon (not in).
July 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Penn to Revoke Transgender Swimmer’s Records and Apologize to Female Swimmers www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Penn to Revoke Transgender Swimmer’s Records and Apologize to Female Swimmers
The Trump administration will restore $175 million in federal funding following the agreement, a spokeswoman said.
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July 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
President Trump’s immigration crackdown is starting to show up in and around the parking lots of Home Depot stores across the country www.wsj.com/business/ret...
How Home Depot Became Ground Zero in Trump’s Deportation Push
The White House told ICE to target Home Depot. That has disrupted the company’s symbiotic relationship with the day laborers outside its stores.
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June 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Walmart Plans to Raise Prices Because of Tariffs www.wsj.com/business/ret...
Walmart Plans to Raise Prices Because of Tariffs
So far, the retailer has weathered the trade war with strong sales but said the full impact of tariffs on consumers has yet to come.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“This is a tragedy, but it’s also our new reality.” youtu.be/hQyj_Js7LWk?...
Watch: Carney Says Canada’s Old Relationship With the U.S. Is Over | WSJ News
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April 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Basically, what we’re doing is eating our inventory and hoping that it will last us until this gets settled,” Chief Executive Jay Foreman said. “If it doesn’t, we’ll be out of business.” www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
From Fake Eyelashes to Care Bears, U.S.-Bound Goods Are Stuck in Tariff Limbo
Some companies are torn: Do they revamp supply chains or wait for the trade war to ebb?
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April 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed almost 1,000 points on Monday and is headed for its worst April performance since 1932.

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April 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick were able to convince President Trump to hit pause on the some of the tariffs while trade adviser Peter Navarro was at a meeting in a different part of the White House www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Advisers Took Advantage of Navarro’s Absence to Push for Tariff Pause
The alliance between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick illustrates how fast things can change inside the White House.
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April 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
NEW:

Republican Sen. Kennedy to WSJ on Trump: ‘I Just Don’t Know What His Goal Is Right Now’

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Sen. Kennedy on Trump: ‘I Just Don’t Know What His Goal Is Right Now’ | WSJ News
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April 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
If President Trump’s trade war has a physical battleground, it is Michigan, where companies and workers are already feeling the beginning of an onslaught that could blow a hole in the state’s economy. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
The First Victim of Trump’s Trade War: Michigan’s Economy
With one in 10 jobs dependent on the auto industry, the state is already feeling the effects of tariffs. Automakers and factory workers are tightening their belts, even as many locals hope the short-t...
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April 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“The American economy and Americans, whether businesses or citizens, will emerge weaker and poorer,” French President Emmanuel Macron said at the beginning of an emergency meeting with ministers and business leaders. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Trump's Tariffs Will Leave U.S. 'Weaker and Poorer,' Says President Macron
The Trump administration's move to slap tariffs on trillions of dollars in imports was “brutal and unfounded” and will seriously impact both U.S. and European economies, said French President Emmanuel...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The regime commands more than 8,000 hackers as though they were in a military unit, with the country’s brightest minds. www.wsj.com/world/asia/n...
How North Korea Cheated Its Way to Crypto Billions
More than $6 billion from heists highlights the sophistication of cyber operations funneling cash to Kim Jong Un’s nuclear program.
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April 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Federal drug regulators have missed the deadline for making a key decision regarding a Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax, days after the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief was pushed out -WSJ www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | FDA Misses Deadline for Covid-19 Vaccine Decision
The agency is sitting on a decision to grant full approval for Novavax’s shot, days after top vaccine regulator pushed out.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials

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Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under criticism after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
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March 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool has made it to the White House pool — someone from his “Timcast” channel will be part of today’s pool duty covering the president.

Last year, DOJ revealed Pool was receiving millions of dollars from the Russian gov. Pool says he didn’t know where it was coming from.
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is a must-watch, from WSJ.

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Inside the 48-Hour El Salvador Deportation Scramble | WSJ
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
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March 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The WSJ spoke with the families of seven deported Venezuelan migrants. Some families said accusations of gang membership weren’t true. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Inside Trump’s Lightning-Fast Deportation of Venezuelans to a Salvadoran Prison
The planes full of migrants were in the air just hours after the president invoked wartime authority. Families say innocent people were swept up in the rush.
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March 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Over the 12 months ending in October 2024, the country saw a 25% decline in overdose deaths compared with the same period the year prior www.wsj.com/health/drug-...
Drug Overdoses Are On the Decline, in Charts
Fatalities from drugs including fentanyl are down from a 2022 peak.
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March 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Leavitt: "Canada saw if you want to step up into the big leagues with President Trump, you be prepared to play. It looks like they are not because the Ontario premier already dropped his 25% tariff on electricity."
March 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM