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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

Jeffrey Epstein accuser says memoir didn't name some abusers because they threatened to bankrupt her with lawsuits

Virginia Giuffre feared naming certain powerful men, including a "former Prime Minister" and another linked to Epstein, because they threatened legal ruin and physical harm.
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

OpenAI thinks Elon Musk funded its biggest critics-who also hate Musk

We are not in any way supported by or funded by Elon Musk and have a history of campaigning against him and his interests,
Artificial intelligence
fromIntelligencer
3 weeks ago

It's Hard to Fight McCarthyism When McCarthy Is President

Throughout his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed vengeance on a Democratic Party he regularly called "the radical left" (or, on occasion, "communists") and accused of a treasonous conspiracy to turn over the country to criminal immigrants and America-hating globalist elites. Even as he has relentlessly pressed to expand his own powers to unprecedented levels, the 47th president has begun acting on his threats by deploying the machinery of justice against people, institutions, and ideas he dislikes.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here's how to stop him | Jonathan Freedland

Donald Trump is accelerating attacks on US institutions, media, and dissent, using legal and regulatory pressure to silence critics and intimidate opposition.
US politics
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

First They Came For Colbert... - See Also - Above the Law

A late-night show was suspended after a mild joke about Trump, while aggressive legal tactics and high‑stakes litigation target protesters, firms, and Biglaw.
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