Elon Musk briefly worked illegally in the US after abandoning a graduate studies program in California, according to a Washington Post report that contrasted the episode with the South African multibillionaire's anti-immigration views. But the Washington Post reported Saturday that the world's wealthiest individual was almost certainly working in the US without correct authorization for a period in 1995 after he dropped out of Stanford University to work on his debut company, Zip2, which sold for about $300m four years later. read more
Dec 7, 2023 Eric Posner Although Donald Trump is many things, most of them bad, he was not a fascist when he was president, and he would not become a dictator if elected again. The power of constitutional and bureaucratic hurdles, combined with a dearth of sympathetic right-wing radicals, ensure that anarchy is more likely than tyranny. CHICAGO " Americans have worried about their presidents becoming dictators (or, in the old days, tyrants) ever since the Unites States was founded. The framers of the US Constitution understood that in classical democracies and republics, leaders often tried to seize power from legislatures and other assemblies. That is why they created a system of checks and balances on government power. read more
"$100 in 1980 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $382.88 today, an increase of $282.88 over 45 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.03% ... Inflation Calculator Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis read more
ISD Senior OSINT Analyst Elise Thomas writes an op-ed for the Moscow Times on Russian state media's reliance on American far-right news personality Tucker Carlson. Elise, along with other ISD analysts, has long studied Russian influence campaigns and argues that Tucker's content gives them ammo to back up their narratives in a much better way than they ever could. "Their tactics may change, but their strategy remains broadly the same: stoking existing divisions and turning up the dial on polarisation, rather than seeking to invent new issues with no basis in reality." Following this strategy, Russian state media has often relied on the ex-Fox News Channel anchor and his "knack for polarisation." read more
On the brink of the Second World War, a young Norwegian man's drive to resist the Nazis sets a new course for his future " and the future of his country. read more
I read many years ago that Hitler's ragewhen Germany began losing the war would turninto psychotic episodes of screaming, threatening anyone it the room and after a while he would wear himself and end up onthe floor chewing on the carpet, sometimes becoming incontenant and need aids to bathe him and put clean clothes on him. I don't think I would want to be around Trump when things get worse which they will; listened to farmers expressing their regrets about voting for him this morning because his mass deportations are already frightening undocumented farm workers enough that they aren't showing up for work and farmers are losing money. The tariffs haven't even kicked in yet but prices are already rising and the will continue to rise but the lie that this is Biden's fault isn;t fooling even his supporters any more, And what if the Supreme Court wakes up fromthe coma? What if Republican Congressmen and Senators start gettung angry calls and letters from constituents? I think his support is going to evaporate more every day prices for food and gas continue to rise and there is nothing to prevent that. I think when he staers talking about annexing Canada most peiole are starting to think he is nuts, I know I do! Trump id bat s^^t crazy!