Last night, Donald Trump hosted 220 of the biggest suckers you know for dinner. As part of a promotion for his cryptocurrency memecoin $TRUMP, the President of the United States let the top bag holders of his coin come hang out, including offering a private VIP reception with the 25 biggest “investors.” According to the […]
SpaceX Poised to Profit From Trump’s Golden Dome Fantasy
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly chomping at the bit to build Trump’s $175 billion “Golden Dome” defense system, designed to protect the U.S. from foreign missiles “even if they are launched from the other side of the world.” Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled the first details of the project during an Oval Office […]
Dozens of Silicon Valley Sycophants Now Work at Regulatory Agencies
Silicon Valley’s wealthiest and most galaxy-brained executives and venture capitalists went all-in on Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election, and their investment is starting to pay off. According to the Wall Street Journal, more than three dozen people who have either worked under or are associates of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and […]
Trump Reportedly Fires Head of US Copyright Office
Earlier this week, the US Copyright Office issued a massive report in part expressing support for content creators and raising concerns about how artificial intelligence systems utilize copyrighted material in training. On Saturday, the head of that office, Shira Perlmutter, was fired by Donald Trump, according to CBS News. The firing also followed Trump’s axing […]
Trump Takes Aim at Efficiency Standards for Dishwashers and Washing Machines
You would think the administration that launched the Department of Government Efficiency (despite how ineffective it has been) would be a big fan of improved efficacy in all areas. But Donald Trump keeps trying to kill any law that sets efficiency requirements for water and energy usage. His latest effort came Friday, when he signed […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Quietly Benefiting From Tariff Negotiations
The Trump administration’s tariff regime has squeezed most Americans, causing new financial pressures as the cost of goods goes up, but at least one person seems to be making out pretty well from the situation: Elon Musk. According to a report from the Washington Post, Musk’s satellite internet company Starlink has attracted new interest from […]
Laura Loomer Flexes Her Influence to Take Down Trump’s Surgeon General Nominee
Somehow, Laura Loomer has more staying power with the Trump White House than she did when she literally handcuffed herself to Twitter’s doors. The far-right conspiracy theorist, fresh off of reportedly using her influence to force National Security Adviser Mike Waltz out of the administration, is trying to throw her weight around to oust Trump’s […]
Trump Torched Decades of Science in Just 100 Days—and the Fallout Is Global
Across seven decades and a dozen presidencies, America’s scientific prowess was arguably unmatched. At universities and federal agencies alike, researchers in the United States revolutionized weather forecasting, cured deadly diseases, and began monitoring greenhouse gas emissions. As far back as 1990, Congress directed this scientific might toward understanding climate change, after finding that human-induced global […]
US Government Registered Several Websites Potentially Linked to Trump Meme Coin
Donald Trump takes a lot of heat for taking down government webpages with essential information like LGBTQ health information and climate change-related data, but no one gives him credit for the webpages he puts up. 404 Media reports that the administration registered three websites with .gov domains that all appear to be potentially related to […]
Scientists Are Sounding the Alarm Over Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Forest Logging Order
The Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to open up swathes of the American wilderness to commercial logging are raising everything from eyebrows to serious concerns among scientists and current and former federal land managers. A month after President Trump signed two executive orders regarding the national security concerns of timber and lumber exports and expansion of […]