Elon Musk takes victory lap over Zuckerberg.

X CEO Elon Musk has branded the revelations that the Biden administration put pressure on Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, to censor COVID misinformation as a ‘First Amendment violation.’ In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee’s chairman Jim Jordan, which was published last night, Meta CEO Mark …

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Grok 2.0 takes the guardrails off AI image generation

The best thing about Grok 2.0 is that image generation isn’t censored. 😂 pic.twitter.com/5SIWsyv49Q — The Deinfluencer (@thedeinfluencer) August 14, 2024 I take back everything bad I’ve said about Grok. This is the best new feature Twitter has added in years pic.twitter.com/zxPnQenvQl — Quantіan (@quantian1) August 15, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1824431930768777605 I …

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CNN Effectively Worthless After Parent Warner Bros. Takes $9.1 Billion Writedown. CNN’s Chief Censorship Advocate Oliver Darcy Abruptly Departs the Network

What had been obvious “to the rest of us” for years, is finally official: late last night, shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent of CNN and TNT, crashed 10% to the lowest level on record after it reported dire results, which missed across the board and plunged across every …

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Stock market finally takes a breather.

The S&P 500 retreated from a record as investors rotated out of the big technology winners of the year, including Nvidia and Meta Platforms . The catalyst for the move was the lowest consumer price index reading in more than three years, which sent rates lower and investors into small …

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NBC News: “‘It’s already disastrous’: Biden campaign fundraising takes a major hit, The money has absolutely shut off

View post on imgur.com President Joe Biden’s campaign has already suffered a major slowdown in donations, and officials are bracing for a seismic fundraising hit, with the fallout from a debate nearly two weeks ago taking a sizable toll on operations, according to four sources close to the re-election effort. …

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Massachusetts takes significant step toward equality for LGBTQ+ families and reproductive rights.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation recently to update state law and remove barriers preventing some LGBTQ+ families and those who use alternative methods of reproduction from establishing legal parenthood. Here are the key points: Purpose of the Bill: The bill aims to ensure that all parents, whether …

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Washington State takes the 4th slot on highest unemployment rate along with Illinois – with both states rising to 4.9% in May

In May 2024, both Washington State and Illinois experienced an unemployment rate of 4.9%. While Washington’s economy added an estimated 16,000 jobs during that period, Illinois saw an increase of 12,700 nonfarm payrolls. It’s interesting to note that last summer, Washington’s unemployment rate was a record low of 3.6%. Washington State takes the 4th slot on …

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Massive international police operation takes down ransomware networks, arrests 4 (yes, crypto is at the heart of it)

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice and police agencies have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected emails, in what they called the biggest-ever international operation against the lucrative form of cybercrime. The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, said Thursday that …

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The Treasury Department takes unprecedented step to stabilize challenging debt market conditions.

https://twitter.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/179485642045175428 Starting on Wednesday, and for the first time since the early 2000s, the Treasury Department will launch a series of buybacks targeting seasoned and harder-to-trade debt. Then in June, the US central bank is set to begin tapering the pace of its balance-sheet unwind, known as quantitative tightening, or …

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Mark Zuckerberg’s climate crusade takes a dive as he unveils $300 million diesel-powered mega yacht.

Mark Zuckerberg's latest status update screams real-world billionaire choice: a $300 million superyacht. With an estimated net worth of US$180 billion per Forbes, one of the world's richest men and founder of Meta dropped a whopping sum on a superyacht he calls Launchpad. While… pic.twitter.com/xHmL2dEjuu — @JosetteCaruso Josette Caruso (@JosetteCaruso_) …

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Putin takes oath for record fifth presidential term

BREAKING: Putin takes oath for record fifth presidential term READ: https://t.co/Xp4WuzEilU pic.twitter.com/v6OrAFJJqD — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) May 7, 2024 Ukraine says it doesn’t recognize Russia’s president. Okay then. pic.twitter.com/Hvjn9ILNNG — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) May 7, 2024

Thomas Massie, who also endorsed DeSantis, takes another shot at Trump.

This is unhelpful and unwarranted. @RepLaurelLee is a conservative thoughtful member of the judiciary committee. She endorsed DeSantis for President but then endorsed Trump when DeSantis got out of the race. More of my colleagues should call out these ridiculous bullying tactics. pic.twitter.com/xY13AfQv6M — Thomas Massie for Congress (@MassieforKY) March …

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