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The Saudi Payments to Trump Are More Important than the Suspected Egyptian One
Given Trump's ongoing Saudi business deals, we literally do not know whether Trump would enter the White House as a business partner, an employee, or an unregistered foreign agent of the Saudi state. That makes questions about his Saudi ties more urgent than questions about the suspected $10 million payment from Egypt.
GOOGLE WAS JUST RULED A MONOPOLY!
This wild day just got wilder! 😲
Here’s what the judge wrote:
After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act.
This ruling won’t just affect Google but also Apple, Amazon, Meta, and every other Big Tech company that the DOJ is going after!
Let me be blunt. After decades of not doing anything about tech monopolies, the U.S. government just showed it is not playing games!
Andrews air force Base, just before midnight
President Biden and VP Harris greet freed Russian prisoners
journalist Evan Gershkovich
ex-marine Paul Whelan
journalist Alsu Kurmasheva
This is a win in every sense. This is absolutely beautiful
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The Metals Company is desperate to start mining the deep ocean, so it funded research to prove its plans would have a low environmental impact.
Instead the scientists it funded found the metals produce oxygen that could be essential for the survival of deep-sea creatures.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/oxygen-ocean-study-conflict-1.7273929
The discovery of oxygen being produced on the ocean floor — apparently by ancient lumps of metal — has put the scientists behind the landmark study at odds with the Canada-based mining company that funded them.
If Octavia Butler's Parable of The Sower has been on your to-read list, today's a good day to start it.
The book begins on July 20, 2024 in Los Angeles exurbs.
The series involves a pandemic with a xenophobic president running on the slogan "make America great again" and the president neither admonishes nor directly supports his religious extremist supporters.
Butler's future isn't our present, but there's some eerie echos. 😬
Happy(?) Parable of The Sower Day
The federal minimum wage has LOST value when adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars.
1967: $1.40 → Adjusted for inflation: $13.17
2009: $7.25 → Adjusted for inflation: $10.62
Current federal minimum wage: $7.25
Workers deserve more.
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