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Tech NewsPoliticsSpotify: Your Political Ads Are No Good Here
Streaming giant Spotify will ban all political advertising in early 2020, Ad Age reported on Friday, saying in a statement to the site that it does “not yet have the necessary level of robustness in our process, systems and tools to responsibly validate and review this content.” The suspension of paid political ads on Spotify’s … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsReport: Mike Bloomberg’s Campaign Quietly Pouring Millions Into a Tech Firm He Founded This Year
Former New York City mayor, billionaire, and longshot presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg—who is definitely, totally not just a clueless rich guy running a widely unpopular vanity campaign—is pouring a considerable portion of his gratuitous wealth into a digital advertising firm he founded this year, CNBC reported. The existence of the company, Hawkfish, has previously not … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangePresident Gravybrain Says a Bunch of Truly Bizarre Shit About Windmills and the Universe
President Donald Trump said a bunch of bizarre shit about windmills over the weekend at a conference in Florida for conservative college students, ranting about the size of the universe and saying “I know windmills very much.” It’d be almost funny if it wasn’t coming from the most powerful person in the world—a man who’s … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangeElizabeth Warren’s $10 Trillion Green New Deal Could Change America Forever
Barely two weeks after she announced a Green New Deal for the oceans, Elizabeth Warren has released the specifics for her vision of a Green New Deal for those of us who live on land. She’s the queen of plans, and I gotta say: This one is pretty damn awesome. It includes the necessary features … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaPresident Trump’s Facebook Ads Keep Getting More and More Fascist
Yesterday, Donald Trump became the third president in the history of the United States to get impeached, and Trump is obviously not happy. But as things get worse for the president, his message becomes more and more extreme, especially on social media platforms like Facebook. The Trump campaign buys new Facebook ads every day, and … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangeAs He’s Impeached, Trump Denies to Rally-Goers That He Always Has to Flush the Toilet 10 Times
As the House of Representatives voted 230-197 and 229-198 on mostly party lines to impeach Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress on Wednesday night, Trump spent a good stretch of a rally in Battle Creek, Michigan waging his ongoing feud against water-conserving bathroom fixtures. Earlier this month, Trump used … Continued
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Tech News30 Viral Fakes That Defined the 2010s
The decade of the 2010s saw the rise of social media and the proliferation of digital tools that allow people to alter photos and videos. When you put those two forces together, you get a lot of fake images circulating. And these were the ones that helped define the past 10 years. 1) Shark on … Continued
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io9MoviesThe Trump Campaign Has Compared the President to Thanos, a Mass Murderer
In what can only be described as an unsurprising turn of events, Donald Trump’s campaign has likened the president of the United States to Thanos, the depraved villain from Marvel’s comics, television series, and film franchise whose whole schtick is wanting to murder billions of people because he’s obsessed with death. To be fair, both … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsAMD and Intel Could Be Screwed By New Chinese Mandate Forbidding Foreign Technology
Following the U.S. ban that prohibited domestic companies from supplying equipment to Huawei back in May, the technological Cold War between the U.S. and China just got a bit more intense now that Beijing has ordered all Chinese government and public-facing offices to replace any equipment featuring foreign components. According to The Financial Times, China’s … Continued
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ScienceHealthFor the First Time Ever, Marijuana Legalization Bill Clears Congressional Committee
A bill to remove marijuana from federal controlled substances lists, expunge federal convictions and arrests, and allocate resources to communities that have suffered under the U.S. government’s war on drugs passed 24-10 in the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, ABC News reported. Passing a bill through committee is just one step on the road towards … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle Will Restrict Political Ads Worldwide Starting in 2020
Everything about digital political ads, from their truthfulness to even their design, has been a hot-button issue for the past few months. Facebook and Twitter have already weighed in with their stances, and now Google has also announced that it will restrict how political groups can target audiences starting early next year. In a nutshell, … Continued
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Tech NewsWhy Did Apple Just Host a Campaign Event for Trump in Texas?
It wasn’t an official campaign event, but it might as well have been. When Donald Trump flew in Air Force One to Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, the president got a tour of the small factory that’s assembling Apple’s Mac Pro computers. This is the same factory that’s been churning out that older Mac Pro models … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaMark Zuckerberg Had Undisclosed Meeting With Donald Trump, Peter Thiel Amid Furor on Political Ads
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had an undisclosed meeting with Donald Trump at the White House in October, not long after Facebook quietly eased its policies to let politicians lie in ads and as intense pressure was building on the company to roll that change back, NBC News reported on Wednesday. An NBC source said that … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaFacebook Still Screwing Up This Whole Politics Thing Pretty Bad
Facebook has continued to fumble efforts to extract itself from its self-imposed political nightmare, with the company seeing increasing backlash to both its political advertising policies and continuing to stonewall criticism of its choice to partner with far-right outlet Breitbart on its news platform. The company hasn’t backed down from its bold—some would say dystopian—stance … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsPro-Trump Goof Dodges Questions on Trump Impeachment Tweets by Taking Obviously Fake Phone Call
GOP Representative John Ratcliffe tried to dodge reporters outside impeachment hearings against Donald Trump by pretending to take an urgent call, even though the home screen of his phone was clearly visible and it was obvious he was rambling into the void, Politico reported on Friday. Ratcliffe, an ardent Trump ally, was one of a … Continued
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EartherEnvironmental JusticeCory Booker Gets the Link Between Climate Change and Prisons
There’s not much hype right now around Senator Cory Booker becoming president, but he deserves a lot more attention than he’s gotten. That’s because when it comes to the intersection of the environment and racism, at least, he’s got it covered. His climate change plan is centered around justice, and he’s released a plan to … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsGOP Rep. Paul Gosar Inserts ‘Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself’ Conspiracy Theory Into Impeachment Tweets
Well, in what could be yet another seal of the apocalypse melting down and sloughing off like skin at Chernobyl, Arizona Representative Paul Gosar meticulously inserted a conspiracy theory about late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein into a Twitter thread on Wednesday. Even as Gosar—one of the most right-wing members of the House … Continued
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Tech NewsJack Dorsey Takes Obvious Opportunity to Backstab Facebook With Twitter Political Ad Ban
Twitter on Wednesday announced a blanket ban on all political and issue-based advertising across its site, with CEO Jack Dorsey stating in a series of tweets that the company had decided to do so because “paying for reach” forces “highly optimized and targeted political messages on people.” Dorsey added that political and issue ads present … Continued
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Tech NewsPoliticsBiden Forgot to Buy the Web Address For His Latinx Outreach Campaign and Now Trump Owns It
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announced a new campaign yesterday called “Todos Con Biden” (Everyone With Biden) to help organize Latinx support for the former vice president. But there’s just one little problem: The Biden campaign forgot to register the web address, Facebook name, and Twitter handle for the new initiative, allowing the Trump reelection … Continued
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