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ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US‼️

A reminder that it's all corruption, all the time in Trump world. Read this from Josh Marshall to see a current example.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trumps-show-me-the-money-campaign-full-yolo-in-2024/sharetoken/TFjPN7FQpn93

Also a reminder that not one Big Journalism org has ever even attempted to aggregate all the Trump world corruption.

We get periodic (and valuable in their own way) pieces like this one.

But journalism only tells us about the brush fires. It never, ever shows us that the entire forest is ablaze.

Trump’s ‘Show Me the Money’ Campaign—Full YOLO in 2024

For weeks political observers have been having fun with Donald Trump's decision to launch if not a hostile then what we might call an abusive takeover of the RNC. Of course, one might ask what was…

TPM – Talking Points Memo
Ginni Thomas gets her self-hating husband to hire her racist as clerk. (Gift link)
BTW, this is the kind of reporting opinion that columns should be:
The case of Clarence Thomas’s new clerk taints the entire judiciary https://wapo.st/3OUf8OG
The case of Clarence Thomas’s new clerk taints the entire judiciary

The Crystal Clanton episode is a stain on the entire federal judiciary, which has proven itself incapable of and unwilling to enforce basic ethics rules.

The Washington Post

Consumers are increasingly pushing back against price increases

Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation.

https://apnews.com/article/inflation-consumers-price-gouging-spending-economy-999e81e2f869a0151e2ee6bbb63370af

US consumers fight back by shifting from name brands to store-brand items

Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation. Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on average, above where they were before the pandemic, consumers are fighting back. In grocery stores, they’re shifting away from name brands to store-brand items, switching to discount stores or simply buying fewer items like snacks or gourmet foods. More Americans are buying used cars, too, rather than new, forcing some dealers to provide discounts on new cars again. But the growing consumer pushback to what critics condemn as price-gouging has been most pronounced with food as well as with consumer goods like paper towels and napkins.

AP News
Swarms of AI "killer robots" are the future of war: If that sounds scary, it should | Salon.com https://www.salon.com/2024/02/24/swarms-of-ai-killer-robots-are-the-future-of-war-if-that-sounds-scary-it-should_partner/
AI automated weapons systems are coming to the battlefield — and will make decisions for themselves

Commentary: Are we sure AI-guided weapons systems will obey human commands?

Salon.com
A lot of people didn't read the article they were angry at.
Belly button lint of #MLB stars...

#OddTradingCardCategories
#HashTagGames
FL High School Requires Permission Slips To Watch 'Tangled'

Oh, come on.

Comic Sands
"A private company has just landed on the moon" that's cool my insurance is $198 a paycheck and doesn't cover routine primary care visits do you think we can tax billionaires now

American mathematician Katherine Johnson died #OTD in 2020.

She calculated & analyzed the flight paths of many spacecraft during her more than three decades with the U.S. space program. Her work helped send astronauts to the Moon. She earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks. The agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".

#mathematics #womeninscience