The website for USAID, the U.S. government agency that distributes foreign aid, went down on Saturday, and it’s unclear when it may return. The outage comes as every federal website has been ordered to erase forbidden words, though USAID’s outage could related to reports that Donald Trump plans to put most of the agency under […]
‘Crypto Is Ground Zero’: Hedge Fund Warns Investors Trump Is Inflating a Catastrophic Bubble
Hedge fund Elliott Management recently sent a letter to investors warning them away from crypto. It urged clients to remember that crypto is a speculative market, suggested that the White House has caused a massive bubble to form, and predicted that a huge crash is coming. The Financial Times saw the letter Elliott sent to […]
Google Maps Adopted ‘Gulf of America’ Name, and Now Mexico Has Some Suggestions
Google announced earlier this week that it will comply with the Trump administration’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” Now Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has some ideas of her own for some new naming conventions, as long as Google is taking requests. According to a report from the BBC, […]
The FAA Has No Clear Leader During the Worst Air Disaster in 16 Years
Last night a commercial airliner carrying 64 passengers collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Reagan International Airport in Washington D.C. This morning authorities said they’d pulled 27 bodies from the crash. They don’t expect to find any survivors. The plane was a 20-year-old Bombardier CRJ700 on its way […]
USDA Inspector General Who Refused to Leave Post Escorted From Office by Security
Last Friday, President Donald Trump purged several agencies of their inspectors general, demanding that at least 17 people in the role immediately turn in their work laptops and ID badges. One of those IGs, Phyllis Fong at the US Department of Agriculture, decided not to leave, believing the order to be illegal. According to a […]
Big Tech Mafia Spotted in Church With Trump as New Era of Oligarchy Begins
U.S. oligarchs like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Apple CEO Tim Cook were all spotted sitting behind Donald Trump’s family at church Monday morning, just hours before the incoming president will be inaugurated. And it’s a great reminder that the U.S. is about to enter a frightening new era that begins […]
Elon Musk Appears to Give Nazi Salutes at Trump Rally
Elon Musk gave what appeared to be Nazi salutes at a rally held at Capitol One Arena on Monday after the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. And whatever Musk’s intention with the salutes, Americans on social media are extremely uncomfortable as they debate what it could mean for the future of the country. […]
TikTok Returns in the U.S. After Trump Promises To Delay Ban
TikTok became available for users in the U.S again on Sunday after president-elect Donald Trump promised to sign an executive order that will delay a ban on the platform. TikTok’s app became unavailable for American users late Saturday in preparation for a law that took effect Jan. 19, the day before Trump will be inaugurated […]
Teen Sets Fire to Congressman’s Office Allegedly Over TikTok Ban
A 19-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested in the early morning hours of Sunday for setting first to an office leased by a member of Congress in the city of Fond Du Lac. The unnamed man reportedly told police he was upset about the TikTok ban, which prohibited users from opening the app starting late Saturday, […]
Marc Andreessen Seems to Think Hillary Clinton Was Actually President
Marc Andreessen, the billionaire tech investor who co-founded Netscape, has recently been making the rounds on various podcasts to talk about how the Democrats were so very mean to him and forced him to become a supporter of Donald Trump. Andreessen’s obnoxious whining wouldn’t otherwise be notable, given how many guys in the tech industry […]