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- Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Talk Gaza Negotiations on ’60 Minutes’: “We freewheeled it a little bit.”
Is it just me or does Steve Witkoff look a bit like Frog and Toad? You know, the amphibious friends who costar in the iconic eponymous children’s books. He sure looked slimy sitting beside Jared Kushner for their 60 Minutes interview on CBS with Leslie Stahl on Sunday about the Gaza Peace Summit. If this analogy sounds ridiculous,… Read more: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner Talk Gaza Negotiations on ’60 Minutes’: “We freewheeled it a little bit.” - How Billionaires Like Marc Benioff Use Philanthropy To Skirt Around Scrutiny
Marc Benioff is a classic case of a bad-faith-billionaire philanthropist: he donates hundreds of millions to the communities he lives in — San Francisco and the Big Island of Hawaii — to skirt around public scrutiny. Benioff, a Bay-Area native whose net worth hovers under $9 billion, will donate a whooping $1 billion to San Francisco in… Read more: How Billionaires Like Marc Benioff Use Philanthropy To Skirt Around Scrutiny - Why Wall Street Loves The Word “Democracy” Right Now
Democracy is a dirty word. Well, not so dirty as it was unappealing to U.S. voters in the lead up to November 2024, and it might even be deterring Republican readers from local news sites, Nieman Lab argued in March. But I think we can all agree, the aspirational ideal of democracy is a good thing. It gets fuzzy, however,… Read more: Why Wall Street Loves The Word “Democracy” Right Now - Take Back Your Time—By Spending It Offline
This newsletter includes: Boys, Boobs, and Doomscrolling Gone are the days when boys bought their prom dates carnations. Now they stay home and undress their crush’s profile picture using a generative AI tool. Boys alone with computer-generated boobs—how romantic. I fear this is the way things are going. (By the way, I don’t mean to… Read more: Take Back Your Time—By Spending It Offline - Trump Can’t Hide Behind His Lies Anymore
Jacob Chansley, a Navy veteran from Phoenix, was among the first thirty MAGA criminals to storm the U.S. Capitol in 2020 in an attempt to block the Senate’s confirmation of Biden’s win. Earlier this year, Trump pardoned Chansley and 1,500 of his fellow rioters. “I got a pardon baby! Thank you President Trump! Now I… Read more: Trump Can’t Hide Behind His Lies Anymore
Ashley Elizabeth Miller 