Democratic senators have concerns that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could break the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) tech infrastructure. In a new letter addressed to SSA commissioner Frank Bisignano, senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden say that DOGE’s plans to “hastily upgrade” SSA IT systems could disrupt the …
Read More »The ‘Long-Term Danger’ of Trump Sending Troops to the LA Protests
In contrast, Rutgers University professor Bruce Afran says deploying military forces against Americans is “completely unconstitutional” in the absence of a true state of domestic insurrection. “There was an attack on ICE’s offices, the doorways, there was some graffiti, there were images of protesters breaking into a guardhouse, which was …
Read More »The Dangerous Truth About the ‘Nonlethal’ Weapons Used Against LA Protesters
Riot police in Los Angeles fire a 40mm LMT weapon from Defense Technology, which is banned by Canada. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images Under the Geneva conventions, the “recommendations” for the application of kinetic projectiles (such as the Model 1325) discourage police from aiming at protesters’ faces, as they could result in …
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Leah Feiger: Well, I mean, because it’s the safer option. This is the richest man in the world and the president of the United States. I would like to believe that there is thought behind any of this. Zoë Schiffer: 100 percent. Leah Feiger: And that’s exactly what a bunch …
Read More »The Trump Administration Is Turning ICE Raids and Protests Into Reality TV
Since the very beginning of the year, President Donald Trump’s administration has worked to build a self-sustaining digital media ecosystem in support of its controversial immigration policies. That system is now working overtime as protests bubble up in Los Angeles and get planned across the country, spawning an onslaught of …
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In one question-and-answer session hosted on Zoom related to “curing” cancer with chlorine dioxide last week, which was reviewed by WIRED, Grenon told those listening that chlorine dioxide is “growing worldwide.” In another recent online interview, Grenon claimed a member of his church treated a 4-month-old baby with liver cancer …
Read More »DOGE Is on a Recruiting Spree
The relationship between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump may have publicly erupted this week, but the billionaire’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is currently on a recruiting spree, WIRED has learned. DOGE appears to be reaching out specifically to technologists who have previously worked for the government, even …
Read More »Conspiracy World Thinks the Musk-Trump Breakup Is a ‘Psyop’
The extremely public and increasingly unhinged breakup of Elon Musk and president Donald Trump has caused chaos in DC, forced Silicon Valley executives to pick a side, and wiped more than $150 billion off Tesla’s market cap. But in the conspiracy theory-addicted corners of the internet, the feud between Musk …
Read More »Silicon Valley Is Starting to Pick Sides in Musk and Trump’s Breakup
Some of Trump’s high-profile backers from Silicon Valley stayed mostly quiet during the Trump-Musk flare-up on Thursday or tried to turn attention to other topics, including Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, two tech industry veterans who are also hosts of the enormously popular All In podcast, which has featured friendly interviews …
Read More »Elon Musk’s Feud With President Trump Wipes $152 Billion Off Tesla’s Market Cap
It took only a few hours to wipe $152 billion of value from Tesla’s market cap and more than $100 million in value from TrumpCoin. The end of the bromance between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has been brewing for weeks, but on Thursday the breakup went nuclear. Musk …
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