That would make sense, but it's just as likely they are thinking about life after the Senate.
If their only marketable associations are via the GOP, if the GOP has become MAGA, and if they are exiled from MAGA-ified GOP, then they may still be trying to look like they weren't really opposed to Trump because it'll help them nab that Fox News correspondent spot, that speaking engagement, that cushy lobbying firm role.
I'm not a Ken Martin expert, but it took more than half the article to identify what problem they have with him, and they all seem to come down to "The donors aren't getting enough attention." Am I missing something?
Absolutely nothing. This isn't even an "order" in that it affirmatively promises anything. It is an "order" that "rescinds" the prior "settlement" (if such a word is even coherent between two halves of the same party) to establish the fund and settlement. They can (and almost certainly will) do anything previously possible once Blanche is confirmed.
The bar already is too low for this to mean anything. A judge has blocked the proposed settlement already, so it's insanely suspicious that Trump was willing to withdraw Blanche if necessary to not give up the settlement in writing.
Two huge problems that probably make this worthless despite that it almost certainly will satisfy the GOP holdouts:
Now they have produced an "order," but it's not even clear what legal effect it has or why it can't be replaced with a new "order" reinstating it. The DOJ can't issue a court order and it's redundant to the court order. So it must be an internal order and if the DOJ has the power to issue it, it has the power to revoke it.
There is still a retroactive immunity! How this is never in the headlines, is just a reflection of how they've successfully poisoned the conversation. Here's the article:
The document released by Blanche on Sunday night also limits the scope of another provision of the settlement that provided broad immunity for Trump and members of his family from tax audits. It clarifies that the tax audit immunity agreement “applies only retroactively” to claims open at the time of the settlement and does not protect the president from examination of future tax filings.
I doubt "claims open at the time of the settlement" is genuinely limiting. So the president and his entire family gratuitously get exactly what they wanted, a free criminal immunity for their fraudulent tax returns. The prospective immunity was never going to be held up in court anyway.
Blanche is Trump's personal attorney. Not was, is. Just like Bondi. Cornyn and Tillis did this so they can lie to themselves that they had a backbone, that's all.
Also, he certainly avoids paying capital gains taxes on his wealth like all of the rich, by borrowing with the inflated value stock as collateral. He's never going to dump his holdings and the very idea that he'd ever need cash is nonsense.
If there's any example out there of someone using AI in a way that enables art that isn't mere slop, they're probably the best (but definitely an acquired taste).
Just beware if you look them up, you are going to see some other things you wish you hadn't, much more than this.
She also provides the most simple living reminder of how just weird and psychopathic the right is, and how much the Overton window has shifted since Mr. Rogers. "Don't kill children," "give children food," "give children medical care," "keep children safe" equals "radical leftist" if you go by the right's echo chamber, which is just...actually insane.
Are we sure that is tracking install dates versus database-added dates? I assume Flock was quite a bit more prevalent in the greater NYC area only a year ago, whereas I can totally believe there were only that many tracked by deflock a year ago. But I certainly could be wrong.
It's genuinely infuriating to see a hundred years of movie poster art evolution discarded. It's the first part of a movie's artistic statement you ever see, and it gets summarily tossed in the trash so that Netflix's internal overworked engagement metrics team can spend 2 minutes grabbing random shots of different stars in the film, slap single-color generic font text all over it, and target twelve versions to different demographics to try to get more clicks.
It's even worse when I tell this to someone and they're like, "I don't really notice."
"License plate readers are not "big brother" surveillance tools," Berlin said in a statement. "Any tampering with, or theft of an LPR is not only a serious crime, but it also impedes law enforcement and diminishes public safety."
Lisle Police Chief Michael Rodriguez added that Flock cameras "do not replace police officers nor monitor people's daily lives—they simply capture objective information that helps investigators solve crimes."
C'mon people! Stop calling it "surveillance equipment" that "monitors people daily lives" when it really just surveils people in their daily lives!
After a June raid at Home Depot in Hollywood, body camera footage captured an agent saying: “There was a guy, I’m pretty sure he’s wet he was just sitting in that minivan.” A text chain revealed an agent referring to “tonks everywhere selling food” — using a word reportedly derived from the sound an agent’s utility flashlight makes when hitting a migrant’s head. In a video, an agent said, “Yeah, just plug us in wherever you see some tonks and we’ll jump out.”
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"Tonk." I bet they get a little special feeling saying it, too. Verbally confirming the power they have and can't wait to use, the power to be violent without consequence, to not even treat these people as humans, to hurt them in exchange for a fleeting adrenaline surge and the ability to brag about it to other half-wits.
It's crazy to imagine how much faith in humanity I had back in 2014 compared to what I've lost by now.
I have said in the past that China is still a decade away from EUV, but I didn't realize DUV has been pushed enough that it can be used (even with effort) to hit 7nm.
7nm chips with a lower yield and more processing steps may not be dollar-for-dollar competitive, but China's government can and will subsidize the extra cost, time and chips needed to achieve the same performance. With Trump slitting the US's throat economically (how many chip fabs does one Iran War cost? How many fabs do utterly pointless tariffs cost?), the western-monopolized chip industries may retain some paper advantage for the foreseeable future, but I fully expect in five years, a complete flood of lower-cost Chinese chips to capture all but the highest-end markets.
Even if the AI bubble bursts soon and the US somehow loosens sale restrictions, I don't see China giving up this strategic investment in supply-chain independent, that has clearly proven prescient. And I won't be surprised if China export controls right back at us, once hyperscalers have fully pushed out retail for a chance at supply, and only China has surplus supply.
That would make sense, but it's just as likely they are thinking about life after the Senate.
If their only marketable associations are via the GOP, if the GOP has become MAGA, and if they are exiled from MAGA-ified GOP, then they may still be trying to look like they weren't really opposed to Trump because it'll help them nab that Fox News correspondent spot, that speaking engagement, that cushy lobbying firm role.
I'm not a Ken Martin expert, but it took more than half the article to identify what problem they have with him, and they all seem to come down to "The donors aren't getting enough attention." Am I missing something?
Absolutely nothing. This isn't even an "order" in that it affirmatively promises anything. It is an "order" that "rescinds" the prior "settlement" (if such a word is even coherent between two halves of the same party) to establish the fund and settlement. They can (and almost certainly will) do anything previously possible once Blanche is confirmed.
The bar already is too low for this to mean anything. A judge has blocked the proposed settlement already, so it's insanely suspicious that Trump was willing to withdraw Blanche if necessary to not give up the settlement in writing.
Two huge problems that probably make this worthless despite that it almost certainly will satisfy the GOP holdouts:
Now they have produced an "order," but it's not even clear what legal effect it has or why it can't be replaced with a new "order" reinstating it. The DOJ can't issue a court order and it's redundant to the court order. So it must be an internal order and if the DOJ has the power to issue it, it has the power to revoke it.
There is still a retroactive immunity! How this is never in the headlines, is just a reflection of how they've successfully poisoned the conversation. Here's the article:
I doubt "claims open at the time of the settlement" is genuinely limiting. So the president and his entire family gratuitously get exactly what they wanted, a free criminal immunity for their fraudulent tax returns. The prospective immunity was never going to be held up in court anyway.
Blanche is Trump's personal attorney. Not was, is. Just like Bondi. Cornyn and Tillis did this so they can lie to themselves that they had a backbone, that's all.
Paywalled article. Though I suppose that's an apt meta-Boring Dystopia detail.
Dude doesn't need a PR manager. He needs a blue fairy.
Also, he certainly avoids paying capital gains taxes on his wealth like all of the rich, by borrowing with the inflated value stock as collateral. He's never going to dump his holdings and the very idea that he'd ever need cash is nonsense.
AI from Voidstomper.
If there's any example out there of someone using AI in a way that enables art that isn't mere slop, they're probably the best (but definitely an acquired taste).
Just beware if you look them up, you are going to see some other things you wish you hadn't, much more than this.
That's a great way to put it.
She also provides the most simple living reminder of how just weird and psychopathic the right is, and how much the Overton window has shifted since Mr. Rogers. "Don't kill children," "give children food," "give children medical care," "keep children safe" equals "radical leftist" if you go by the right's echo chamber, which is just...actually insane.
Are we sure that is tracking install dates versus database-added dates? I assume Flock was quite a bit more prevalent in the greater NYC area only a year ago, whereas I can totally believe there were only that many tracked by deflock a year ago. But I certainly could be wrong.
... Elon Musk?
Betteridge's Law of Headlines
Sartrefully done.
Just glue some raccoon fur on a raw ham, set it on a pink barrel, and you don't even have to use AI.
Yeeeup!
I'm so here for this.
It's genuinely infuriating to see a hundred years of movie poster art evolution discarded. It's the first part of a movie's artistic statement you ever see, and it gets summarily tossed in the trash so that Netflix's internal overworked engagement metrics team can spend 2 minutes grabbing random shots of different stars in the film, slap single-color generic font text all over it, and target twelve versions to different demographics to try to get more clicks.
It's even worse when I tell this to someone and they're like, "I don't really notice."
C'mon people! Stop calling it "surveillance equipment" that "monitors people daily lives" when it really just surveils people in their daily lives!
"Tonk." I bet they get a little special feeling saying it, too. Verbally confirming the power they have and can't wait to use, the power to be violent without consequence, to not even treat these people as humans, to hurt them in exchange for a fleeting adrenaline surge and the ability to brag about it to other half-wits.
It's crazy to imagine how much faith in humanity I had back in 2014 compared to what I've lost by now.
I have said in the past that China is still a decade away from EUV, but I didn't realize DUV has been pushed enough that it can be used (even with effort) to hit 7nm.
7nm chips with a lower yield and more processing steps may not be dollar-for-dollar competitive, but China's government can and will subsidize the extra cost, time and chips needed to achieve the same performance. With Trump slitting the US's throat economically (how many chip fabs does one Iran War cost? How many fabs do utterly pointless tariffs cost?), the western-monopolized chip industries may retain some paper advantage for the foreseeable future, but I fully expect in five years, a complete flood of lower-cost Chinese chips to capture all but the highest-end markets.
Even if the AI bubble bursts soon and the US somehow loosens sale restrictions, I don't see China giving up this strategic investment in supply-chain independent, that has clearly proven prescient. And I won't be surprised if China export controls right back at us, once hyperscalers have fully pushed out retail for a chance at supply, and only China has surplus supply.