Cryptocurrency mining is wreaking havoc on America’s efforts to take on the climate crisis. President Biden wants to crack down. The White House announced on Tuesday that the president’s proposed 2024 budget includes the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) tax, which would tax crypto firms at 30 percent of the …
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“I don’t think there’s a crowd that’s a more strange mix than this,” offers Roy Wood Jr. “It’s just too many different types of people, all in the same place, and you’re trying to figure out the joke that’s going to hit all of those people. And then, you have …
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Before comedian — and The Daily Show correspondent — Roy Wood Jr. took the stage to host the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a bizarre orgy of politicians, media personalities, and dressed-to-the-nines celebs summoned by media companies as their guests and selfie partners (this year included the likes of Julia …
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As a battle over the debt ceiling looms large in Washington, Sen. Ted Cruz said that President Joe Biden is “behaving like a terrorist” by not negotiating with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Instead of engaging in negotiations with Republicans, the president has insisted that Congress pass a bill to unconditionally …
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Joe Biden is back for another round. The president has put doubts to rest, and declared himself a candidate for reelection in 2024. Biden made the announcement in a video address released early Tuesday morning, exactly four years after he announced his 2020 campaign. “Around the country, MAGA extremists are …
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If you’re a little bit bored by Tuesday’s announcement that Joe Biden is running for re-election, I sympathize. The guy and his re-election campaign are not that exciting. Ageism aside, he’s 80 and showing it. He’s basically an establishment liberal, not pushing for the kinds of systemic changes that many …
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Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders may sit at different ends of the spectrum of Democratic politics, but the progressive senator from Vermont is already throwing his weight behind the incumbent’s 2024 reelection bid. “The last thing this country needs is a Donald Trump or some other right-wing demagogue who is …
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Two-thirds of Republicans say they still stand behind the ex-president even in light of his recent indictment and ongoing legal investigations, according to a new NBC News poll. But Republicans are divided on whether they would vote for Donald Trump or another Republican candidate if the primary were held today. …
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PresidentJoe Bidenappointed Grammy Award winner Lady Gaga and producerBruce Cohen (American Beauty, Silver Linings Playbook)as co-chairs of the revived President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities on Thursday. The board includesa panel of of members that, per the White House, include “prominent artists, scholars, and philanthropists who have demonstrated a …
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The COVID-19 National Emergency is officially over. President Joe Biden signed an order ending the March 13, 2020 national emergency declaration made by his predecessor Donald Trump. While the administration has been relaxing enforcement of pandemic guidelines for some time now, the end of the emergency status will have significant …
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