Business
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Vermont OKs ‘Superfund’ Shakedown of Fossil-Fuel Companies over Climate Change
(Headline USA) The Vermont Legislature advanced legislation this week requiring big fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other natural disasters. The Democrat-led state Senate, which includes only seven Republicans among its 30 members, was expected to give final approval…
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Trump PAC Elicits Panic and Amusement w/ April Fool’s Fundraising Email
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) A political-action committee supporting presumtive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump alarmed some of his supporters on Monday with an April Fool’s Day email announcing the suspension of his campaign, according to The Independent. Inbox: pic.twitter.com/ry66Ye3xeB — Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) April 1, 2024 The message from the Trump Save America Joint Fundraising Committee…
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House GOP Probe DOJ’s Alleged Retaliation Against Biden Whistleblowers
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Republican lawmakers leading the impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden have initiated a separate investigation into relation allegations against federal whistleblowers who raised concerns about interference. The DOJ is reportedly investigating Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, the IRS agents who accused the Biden officials of constraining the criminal investigation into the president’s son,…
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Madonna Performs ‘Satanic Ritual’ During Dallas Concert
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) In a concert during Holy Week, aging pop singer Madonna opened with what appeared to be a Satanic ritual, featuring fire, strange abstract dancing, references to “the deep things of Satan” and a distorted version of a Lebanese hymn narrating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, according to Twitchy. The show started with…
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California Fast-Food Workers to Make $20 an Hour on Monday
(Headline USA) Most fast-food workers in California will be paid at least $20 an hour beginning Monday when a new law is scheduled to kick in threatening to raise prices in a state already infamous for its high cost of living. Democrats in the state Legislature passed the law last year. The law was supported…
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AT&T Notifies Users of Data Breach
(Headline USA) AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders. The…
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MSNBC Meltdown: Nicolle Wallace’s On-Air Tantrum Over Trump’s Defense
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace became visibly upset live on-air while discussing former President Donald Trump’s remarks against Loren Merchan, the adult daughter of Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan. Wallace expressed her frustration by tossing her script in the air, declaring it was “time to do something different,” referring to what she described, without…
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San Francisco Mayoral Candidate Vows to Call in National Guard to Deal w/Drug Crisis
(Headline USA) A San Francisco mayoral candidate vowed this week to ask the state to send in the National Guard to help deal with the city’s spiraling drug crisis if he is elected, Politico reported Thursday. Mark Farrell, a venture capitalist who served as interim mayor of San Francisco for six months in 2018 and…
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Gold and Silver: A Hedge Against Currency Risk
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Holding fiat currency is risky business and that’s not going to change any time soon. Currency risk is one of the factors driving the recent rally in gold and silver. It’s no coincidence that the recent gold and silver rally started as the U.S. ramped up threats to seize…
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Judge Sentences FTX Fraudster Bankman-Fried
(Headline USA) Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s most popular platforms for exchanging digital currency. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan delivered a blistering analysis of Bankman-Fried and his…
