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2 months agoCNN Isn't About to Go MAGA. But It Does Need Fresh Ideas
A sitting president publicly signaling that he wants CNN sold is corrosive. It is abnormal for the White House to treat the ownership of a major news network as a matter of personal interest. When regulatory atmospherics appear to align with presidential preference, that warrants scrutiny.
US politics
fromStreetsblog
2 months agoAndy Byford's 'Trump Card' On Penn Station Keeps Wrecking New York's Infrastructure Projects - Streetsblog New York City
The president's demand, first reported by Punchbowl News and subsequently confirmed by multiple outlets, explicitly linked federal funding for the now-halted Gateway Tunnel to slapping the president's name on Penn Station and Virginia's Dulles Airport - which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected outright. But the demand still left government watchdogs wary of what Trump may try to do with the transit hub reconstruction, which Amtrak's Andy Byford has said will begin before Trump's current term is up.
US politics
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4 months agoCNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin Calls Out Trump for Turning US Economy Into State-Sponsored Capitalism' Like China
Trump's actions have transformed the U.S. economy into state-sponsored capitalism, with CEOs aligning business strategy to presidential preferences to avoid retribution.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months agoSwiss gold and Rolex gifts to Trump raise questions over personalisation of US presidential power
High-value gifts from Swiss billionaires to Donald Trump sparked concerns about personalised presidential influence after a substantial cut to Swiss import tariffs.
Law
fromemptywheel
5 months agoLetitia James Highlights Eagle Ed Martin Just Before He Goes on a Conspiratorial Rant - emptywheel
Vindictive-prosecution claims are extremely difficult because defendants must prove the ultimate charging prosecutor harbored animus, not merely that others prompted the prosecution.
fromThe Atlantic
6 months agoTrump's Dodgy Plan for TikTok
Will the as-yet-unnamed U.S. buyers of TikTok be paying the full market price? The White House is apparently valuing TikTok's U.S. business at $14 billion, 1.4 times its annual U.S. revenue. That's a shockingly low figure for a thriving tech operation. As Bloomberg News reported, YouTube's parent corporation, Alphabet, is valued at eight times its revenue. Instagram's parent, Meta, is valued at 10 times its revenue. The buzz among investors is that TikTok in the U.S. should be worth about $40 billion, perhaps more.
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