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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 1h
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The Oil Industry Won’t Stop One of Its Dirtiest Practices, Even After Pledges
Exxon, Occidental and Diamondback are among those touting efforts to end routine gas flaring, but their flames keep spewing pollution around the world.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 6h
Putin is taking advantage of Trump’s weakness to ramp up his war on Ukraine and threaten the rest of Europe. Read @macwbishop.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 6h
Lawsuits! Lawsuits! Lawsuits!
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 6h
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San Diego Sues AppLovin Over Explicit Ads Shown to Kids’ Devices
San Diego County has filed a lawsuit against mobile advertising technology company AppLovin Corp., alleging that it bypassed parental controls to serve ads for adult dating services, alcohol, vaping a...
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 6h
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... We need accountability for this abuse of power and this cruelty
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Chicago woman shot 5 times by Border Patrol officer files federal lawsuit
Attorneys for Marimar Martinez alleged a new analysis of the bullets’ trajectories shows Border Patrol agent Charles Exum wasn’t in front of her vehicle and the last shot went through the rear passeng...
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 6h
FedEx and other major shippers are dragging out tariff refunds, unhappy small businesses owners say
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FedEx and other major shippers are dragging out tariff refunds, small businesses say
Some tariffs were struck down by Supreme Court, putting the federal government on the hook to pay back levies
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 6h
www.inquirer.com/sixers/inq2/...
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Sixers ticket prices were dirt cheap. LeBron James’ arrival has sent them soaring.
Sixers fans are still pinching themselves over LeBron. They’ll need to penny-pinch to see him.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h
3/ 100+ Americans have been held after agents questioned their citizenship. Nearly all of them were people of color. They say they were profiled — detained because of their skin color, accents or jobs. “ICE isn’t looking for criminals. They’re looking for Latinos,” one said.
100+ U.S. citizens held after agents questioned their citizenship
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h
2/ Federal agents have detained at least 70 children and teens who are American citizens. Some were handcuffed or zip-tied. In one instance, a 15-year-old with disabilities was handcuffed outside a school in Los Angeles when agents mistook him for an alleged gang member.
At least 70 U.S. citizen children detained, some of whom were handcuffed
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9h
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 20h
⚡️Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Moscow Oblast in mass attack near Russia's capital. It remains unclear if any targets have been hit in the attack. Ukraine's Defense Ministry on Oct. 4 reported that over 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity has been disabled by attacks.
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Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Moscow Oblast in mass attack near Russia's capital
Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow Oblast in a mass attack as air defenses in the region are engaged, monitoring channels reported overnight on Oct. 6.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 20h
Video appears to show a woman being detained by ICE outside of the Los Angeles International Airport, with a DHS spokesperson saying she had been living in the country illegally.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/10/2026
McDonald's hit with class action over menu prices reut.rs/4zjhtYo
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McDonald's hit with class action over menu prices
McDonald's has been sued in federal court in ​Chicago in a proposed nationwide class ‌action alleging the fast-food giant illegally coordinates menu prices across its franchises and company-owned ​restaurants through an AI-powered pricing ​system.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Bribery is the love language of billionaires
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Amazon’s Latest Response to AI Data Center Backlash: $1 Billion
Amazon.com Inc.’s latest attempt to address the intensifying blowback to an unprecedented buildout of computing infrastructure: a commitment to spend more than $1 billion over the next five years on i...
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p... How can any judge allow this? 🤦‍♂️
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/10/2026
The first case to go before the Supreme Court this term deals with whether state and local governments can sue energy companies over their role in climate change. to.pbs.org/4j2FrlQ
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Supreme Court ready to tackle climate, immigration and gun rights. Here are 5 cases to watch
When the U.S. Supreme Court returns Monday, the justices will kick off a new term featuring cases on climate change, gun rights, immigration and religious liberty.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u... Congress is so weak and useless. Trump is like the bully who takes their lunch money every day, except it’s billions in critical science research funds. 🤦‍♂️
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Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Paxton Sued by Family of Woman Who Died After Being Denied Abortion
Ken Paxton is facing a historic lawsuit over Texas’s abortion ban.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... A powerful and truly unfortunate story
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images
Musk denied he was aware Grok ever produced ‘any naked underage images’
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dobropillia. Over 28 thousand people used to live here. They worked, loved, built homes, dreamed, raised children... Now it's all gone. It's just another Ukrainian town Russia erased.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 03/10/2026
"How much does it cost to get more information about a cop who punched someone in the face? If you guessed anything lower than $2.5 million, you’d be wrong — at least according to the city of Eugene." More from FPF's @laurenleharper.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:
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Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop
Eugene-based Double Sided Media requested police officer Justin Peckels’s records. The city slapped the publication with an exorbitant fee.
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Politico @politico.com · 03/10/2026
Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work. politi.co/4zieyPL
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Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work. politi.co/4zieyPL
Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work. politi.co/4zieyPL
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In Springfield, OH, nearly 1,400 workers were laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally. Layoffs were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. apnews.com/article/trum...
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
President Donald Trump is trying to rally voters in the Dayton, Ohio, area on Saturday. But days ago, 1,400 workers were laid off from a truck factory there.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/n...
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D.A. in Cornell Rape Inquiry Declined to Review Additional Evidence
Records show that campus police officers informed Tompkins County prosecutors that they had conducted additional interviews beyond taking a statement from the woman who said she was raped.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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A 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decades
After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is an incredibly important decision, and the judge is requiring the court to throw out all evidence obtained against her. Judge wrote Flock’s network is “a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance” and that courts must update their understanding of the technology
“The Fourth Amendment requires courts to draw a line when the cost is too great. Alaniz’s search in just the ALPR system provided him with more than 50 individual records of Kyle’s whereabouts across the country for an entire month,” Hill wrote. “The Court finds that because the ALPR systems Alaniz used to search Kyle’s historical location information intruded on her reasonable expectation of privacy in the whole of her physical movements, it was a search under the Fourth Amendment. Based on the information in the record, the only reason Alaniz conducted that search was because he saw her license plate was from California.”
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled for the first time that a Flock search was unconstitutional and violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights. Oklahoma cop pulled over a woman and searched her in Flock "because he saw her license plate was from California" www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Live Updates: Job Growth Cools and Unemployment Ticks Higher www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Jobs Report Live Updates: Growth Cools and Unemployment Rises to 4.2%
U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2 percent, as inflation has maintained pressure on markets and raised costs.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
variety.com/2026/film/ne... Not a good sign to lose these very talented and well-respected executives
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Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy to Depart at Warner Bros. Following Paramount Close
Michael De Luca & Pamela Abdy won't be part of David Ellison's management team after the Paramount Skydance & Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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New Mexico wants Meta to pay up to $40 billion in penalties after data privacy trial
The state of New Mexico asked a judge on Thursday to order Meta Platforms to pay between $35 billion ​and $40 billion in penalties after a jury found the company had misled consumers about the privacy...
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Military Leaders Will Examine Ways to Limit Civilian Deaths in War www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Military Leaders Will Examine Ways to Limit Civilian Deaths in War
U.S. Central Command will hold a daylong conference at its Tampa headquarters after seven months of war in Iran.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Something tells me Hegseth doesn’t care and never will
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case
Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed the state attorney general to investigate a former Cornell University student’s allegation of rape. The woman has sued seven men in connection with the alleged assault.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Victor Wembanyama calls out NBA players promoting gambling: 'Very sad'
Many NBA players will promote anything for a price, but when it comes to promoting gambling, Victor Wembanyama won’t do that.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 02/10/2026
BREAKING: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appoints Letitia James as special prosecutor to oversee an investigation of Cornell gang rape allegations.
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New York's governor says state's AG will oversee Cornell rape investigation, removing case from DA
New York’s governor has appointed a special prosecutor to oversee an investigation into a woman’s allegations that she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity house, saying she had lost faith in the local district attorney’s ability to handle the case.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Inside Ken Paxton's jet-setting lifestyle: California wineries, European hot spots and ski resorts
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched his campaign for Senate last year, he skipped the local pageantry.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026
Three billionaires gave more than 90% of the money raised by Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin, according to state campaign finance reports filed on Wednesday night.
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3 Billionaires Have Largely Funded Republican Nominee for Wisconsin Governor
Under its current rules, Wisconsin has not had a race in which a small number of donors have made up such a large share of a campaign’s funding.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A.I. Is Going Rogue. Who Should Be Held Responsible? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/t... 🤨 why is this even a question? Companies are responsible for defective products and misleading their customers. Why are we treating these companies with kid gloves? 😩
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Who’s to Blame When A.I. Goes Rogue?
Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Top Officials Over Minnesota Killing www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Renee Good’s Family Sues ICE Agent and Trump Officials Over Minnesota Killing
The fatal shooting of Ms. Good set off protests during the Trump administration’s immigration operation early this year in Minnesota.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.inquirer.com/news/nation-... FanDuel, Draft Kings, Kalshi, and Polymarket are a scourge on the sports world - the leagues, players, broadcasters, media covering it, and for the fans watching it.
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FanDuel tells Congress it has sent about 30 personalized videos of athletes and entertainers to customers
The sportsbook said customer loyalty rewards and programs are not meant to encourage additional gambling.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE got ‘quieter’ – then killed a father in Maine. Now watch groups are shifting their tactics too
ICE-watchers get creative after the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, as Trump’s immigration crackdown takes a more secretive approach
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
LSU student says she was raped by a football player who is still on the team - NBC News apple.news/ABw6JQ79SQVa...
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LSU student says she was raped by a football player who is still on the team — NBC News
“LSU does really protect their athletes, especially their football players,” says the woman, whose claims are being investigated by the local district attorney.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/10/2026
Reminder: Hegseth's "no beardo" policy is just his not-so-subtle way to push out Black troops.
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If only Pete Hegseth's military shaving crusade was just stupid
Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Inside Google’s AI Push Into Schools: ‘It Slowed My Thinking Down’
The risks of cognitive and emotional dependence, along with falling test scores, are fueling a backlash.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... Their bravado is only exceeded by their lies and corporate stratagems to avoid accountability
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Steve Berkowitz @steveberkowitz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The more I think about it, the more it’s just pathetic and lazy. There are cameras around every NBA arena and during the live broadcast. Also, there would be some verification - digital or a physical ticket - of him going to a Hawks game. It’s not hard to verify if Smith and Willis went to a game.
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