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Well, Trump is dumb and thinks he’s a jock, and he absolutely loves bullying people.

Occasionally???

So basically going back to what it was before the Trump administration existed.

Of course Spotify itself is European, so the EU still has an incentive.

The Outer Space Treaty only covers militarizing or claiming sovereignty over bodies (like the Moon), which the US hasn’t expressed interest in (well, maybe Trump has - he wants to be king of everything - but no one else has). That treaty doesn’t discuss counties (or companies) taking control of...

Actually, if it is important enough to the White House, they can push Congress for supplemental funding now, rather than waiting for a future budget. That’s how all of the recent non-war wars have been funded. They’ve just requested $200B for the DoD to fund what they’re doing in Iran and...

From everything I’ve seen in the past, I’m confident that Disney’s army of lawyers made sure Disney is protected from whatever shit OpenAI would pull, including this.

Carr’s desire to keep the FCC’s power to fine is not because of the fines against AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile - I assume those go away as soon as they genuflect appropriately at the Orange Throne. Rather, it to retain the power to fine and otherwise punish media outlets that offend the Orange one.

Neither is Discovery, but the Smithsonian can be pressured, especially with Trump putting his cronies on the Smithsonian board.

The issue of course is that given everything else that was/is going on, this was a triviality (except to people like the ones here). I think Cornyn pushed it into the bill, as something he could point to for his Senate race - I’m sure he doesn’t care beyond that. Cruz loves anything that can...

There are few things that tell me “do your own independent tests” as much as an industry group saying “we already tested, use our results”. Ed: typo

To them (not just RFKJr, but Trump on down), delay is not a problem, it’s standard operating procedure. Delay when they are sued is a way to try to outlast the suing party’s patience or funds. Delay after they lose in court is a way for them to ignore the court without explicitly ignoring the...

I would hope that the bafflement is at Trump’s rhetoric and actions, not at the Canadian response.

Probably not for Loomer. She’s a white nationalist, very anti-Islam, anti-black, and anti-immigrant, but apparently not specifically anti-Indian or Hindu - at least not MAGA Hindus or Indians. She’s Jewish (though I’m pretty sure not religious, and is insulting to non-MAGA Jews), so not...

Still the Department of Defense, despite what the “desperate to sound tough” crowd says.

I’d generally consider that a major plus. To lose Loomer and still be a horror takes a special effort.

I’m guessing she’s not really his sort - she’s too old (about Melania’s age). I don’t know that he really goes for the Epstein-level young, but much younger than mid-50s. He thinks he’s very desirable, though he semi-admits it’s mostly because of money, power, and celebrity. I think he picked...

The silos themselves were built over 60 years ago, though aspects have been updated since. I believe the intent was to use the existing silos with more extensive updates, but the stated reason for requiring new ones is that it turned out the needed updates would cost more than building new ones...

I wasn’t suggesting dragging it to lunar orbit (I’m not actually suggesting anything) but questioning the limitations on LEO linger. Prop to support solar panel orientation could certainly be a valid limitation, though electrical usage when not occupied is probably limited, so it probably...

An actual reason is her $200M ad campaign. The dollars matter a little, much more problematic for her was that when complaints about it came up, she threw Trump under the bus by saying he had approved it, and (unstated, but perhaps most) it was that her face is in all of the ads, and he won’t...