Business
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Report: Phone Location Data Reveals Visitors to Epstein Island
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Tech publication Wired published an extraordinary article Thursday about mobile devices that visited multimillionaire financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious Caribbean island, Little St. James. According to Wired, the mobile device data was collected by Near Intelligence, a location data broker that does business with the U.S. military and a…
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Woke DEI Gaming Co. Blames Backlash on ‘Far-Right’
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A video game company that was rightfully blamed for pushing DEI in the latest video games dismissed the concerns of gamers by saying that the backlash from their projects was started by the “far-right.” The company, Sweet Baby Inc., has dominated headlines in tech circles after a community of gamers created…
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Daughter of NYC Judge Merchan Posts Pic of Trump in Jail a Day after Gag Order
(Headline USA) A Twitter account appearing to belong to the daughter of New York Judge Juan Merchan showed a photo illustration of an imprisoned Donald Trump as its profile picture Wednesday morning. It was later changed. BREAKING: Judge Merchan’s daughter, Loren Merchan, just BLOCKED ME on X and locked her account after I exposed her…
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House GOP Threatens Garland w/ Contempt If He Doesn’t Deliver Biden Recordings
(Headline USA) House Republicans threatened this week to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he does not turn over the audio recording of special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden. Garland would follow two of his recent predecessors—Obama “wingman” Eric Holder and Trump turncoat William Barr—in being conferred with the…
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Black House Dems Turn against Colleague Who Used Racial Slur on House Floor
(Headline USA) A number of black House Democrats turned on their colleague and endorsed his Senate primary opponent after he used a racial slur during a committee hearing. Rep. David Trone, D-Md., who is running to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., used the word “j***boo,” a disparaging term for black people, while speaking on…
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Trump-Backing Granddaughter of Famed Maine Bootmaker, Dies at 82
(Headline USA) Linda L. Bean, a granddaughter of famed outdoor retailer L.L. Bean who became an entrepreneur, philanthropist and conservative activist, has died at age 82. Bean died Saturday, her business manager, Veronika Carlson, confirmed in a written statement Sunday. No cause was given. “Linda was known for her amazing work ethic, entrepreneurial spirit as…
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Boeing CEO Will Depart as Part of Broader Company Leadership Shakeup
(Headline USA) The top executive at embattled plane maker Boeing will step down this year amid a broader shakeup of the company’s top leadership, capping a tumultuous five plus years that has shaken faith in one of America’s most storied manufacturers. The company has come under intense scrutiny over its manufacturing process since a pair of…
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Amid Supply Shortage, Chick-fil-A Reconsiders Its ‘No Antibiotics’ Policy
(Headline USA) The fast-food chain Chick-fil-A backtracked from its decade-old “no antibiotics ever” pledge intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance linked to the rampant use of the drugs in livestock production. Instead, it will embrace a standard known as “no antibiotics important to human medicine,” often abbreviated as NAIHM, the company said in a…
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Report: Feds Collected Names of Accounts to View Certain YouTube Videos
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The U.S. government ordered Google to provide it with the names addresses, telephone numbers, user activity and IP addresses of the accounts that watched certain YouTube videos between January 1 and 8, 2023, according to a recent report from Forbes. Citing unsealed court records, Forbes reported Friday that the federal government collected…
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Elon Musk is Reportedly Selling Twitter User Data to a Gov’t Surveillance Contractor
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) While Elon Musk has talked a big game when it comes to privacy and free speech, he’s continued to sell Twitter/X user data to a controversial surveillance company that provides services to the U.S. military and intelligence agencies, according to a new report in The Intercept. Citing emails obtained via the…
