Elon Musk — the world’s richest man, who for the past two months has been dismantling or threatening to dismantle government services that help the less fortunate —is having a bad week, and Donald Trump feels sorry for him. The president’s trade wars have been tanking the stock market, and …
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The second Trump administration’s opening blitz — of reactionary executive orders, extravagant corruption, mass firings of federal workers, and a plan to slash social services to pay for another tax cut for the wealthiest — is generating a progressive backlash, and creating boom times for those who recruit young people …
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Jack White wrapped up the first North American leg of his No Name tour in Boston last month, and his final show featured a special performance of “Corporation,” the bitting Boarding House Reach track he’d only performed once before during the trek. While the song already reads like a bitter …
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It started with a “wood chipper.” Now it has reached the paper-shredder stage. When the shredder is tired, it will reach the burn-bag phase. The Elon Musk-led destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that began in early February, with a freeze of federal grants and an order …
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It’s no secret that Donald Trump has zero interest in fighting climate change and enthusiastically supports the fossil fuel industry. Trump’s 2024 victory was expected to set the climate fight back, but in less than two months, his administration has already done irreparable harm to efforts to address climate change. …
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Under the guise of efficiency, Donald Trump’s administration is dismantling the agency that runs Social Security, threatening benefits that keep millions of Americans out of poverty and setting up a political gamble for the White House and congressional Republicans. Social Security Administration (SSA) insiders and its former commissioner, Martin O’Malley, …
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Stock markets continued their downward slide today amid growing concerns that President Donald Trump’s economic shock doctrine will trigger a major economic downturn. The “golden age” of economic prosperity he promised during his 2024 campaign doesn’t seem to be coming anytime soon, and just weeks into his term, Trump is …
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Elon Musk is using his position within the Trump administration to funnel lucrative federal contracts to his companies. The president’s family is reportedly cashing in, too. According to a Monday report from Bloomberg, Donald Trump Jr. — the president’s eldest son — has invested $50 million into SpaceX and xAI …
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Tony Hinchcliffe, the controversial comedian who called Puerto Rico “garbage” and made other offensive jokes at a Donald Trump rally before the 2024 election, has secured a Netflix deal. The deal includes a solo stand-up special for Hinchcliffe and three specials spun-off from his popular live comedy show/YouTube series, Kill …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Donald Trump tried to resolve tensions between Elon Musk and Marco Rubio, while using the opportunity to insult them both. Trump (James Austin Johnson) first summoned Secretary of State Rubio (Marcello Hernandez) to the Oval Office, where he told the former Florida senator that he’s been doing …
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