IRS? I guess there's a building and a letterhead, but they can't be doing much now that their staff and funding is gone.
Much to the pleasure of rich people and large corporations who, more often than others, have complex tax returns that need experienced people at the IRS to review for fraud. Can't imagine why this administration, and Republicans in general, want to downsize the IRS.
We know you haven't read the thing, but seriously?
"The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Quote me the part in the US Constitution that Anthropic is violating. Anyone?
This is the guy who wanted to prosecute (and, if I recall, execute) six democrat members of Congress, who are (I think) all former service members, for seditious conspiracy because they reminded service members about their obligation to *not* follow unlawful orders -- ignoring the facts that (a) it's literally the law and stated in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), (b) it's taught to all military personnel, (c) their speech is protected by the 1st Amendment and (d) they're *also* protected by the Speech and Debate clause of The Constitution. [all assertions are to the best of my knowledge]
The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a "seemingly threatening" drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection
The U.S. Military is threatened by unidentified DHS/CBP equipment and the Administration wonders why people are afraid of masked DHS/ICE agents. Seems like identification (and accountability) would be good all around.
Makes one wonder why ICE/CBP Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry - quadruple/double over 2024 (respectively):
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection have formally approved contracts for at least a whopping $144 million in weapons, ammunition, and other accessories during Trump’s first year. The analysis—based on government contracting data—documents at least a fourfold increase for ICE and a doubling for CBP, relative to 2024, concluding that this will “build a heavily-armed domestic police force.”
Would make for a nice, loyal, private army going into the 2026 and 2028 elections
Google: ICE weapon funding
White House Stalls Release of Approved US Science Budgets
They haven't decided if "$0.00" looks better in Calibri or Times New Roman
'The Death of Spotify: Why Streaming is Minutes Away From Being Obsolete'
They need some sort of "doomsday" clock for this, like the one atomic scientists have for the end of the world, so people can ignore it as much too.
Nasa would introduce at least one new moon flight before attempting to put humans back on the lunar surface
They haven't finished designing and testing the gold plaque with Trump's name on it. Getting it down to a manageable / transportable size and weight seems to be the main sticking point. Apparently, "someone" wants it to be visible from Earth and doesn't understand the impractically of that.
Protecting people from things/material they have to actively seek out to do/view. Parents, it's not others people's job to prevent your children from doing/viewing something, it's yours. Adults, if you don't want to do/view something, don't go looking for it. Everyone, take responsibility for your own actions. Some people, stop being so puritanical and wanting/trying to control others to conform to your narrow-minded thinking -- you know who you are.
Nicely laid out. Picking just the greatest Trump fiction would be harder though. One strong contender would be "Foreign countries / companies pay the tariffs." and people "believing" this are (a) drinking way too much MAGA Kool-Aid and/or are (b) just intellectually lazy, as even a simple Google search or Wikipedia lookup would show it to be false and that they are a tax paid by domestic companies and people - thank you 6/9 of SCOTUS for getting this obvious one right.
Which Piece of Speculative Fiction Had the Greatest Single-Day Stock Market Impact?
Trump's State of the Union speech?
The biggest problem with the Democrat party is that they are not able to sufficiently stop the Republican party from destroying American democracy and the global world order.
Well... it's more the problem that the people/voters aren't stopping them as they keep believing whatever Republicans are shoveling, even things that are obviously false and/or against their interests. The billionaires and large corporations are making out okay though...
Americans Are Destroying Flock Surveillance Cameras
And nothing of value was lost...
the writings on the wall
Well... in the cloud anyway.
Asha Sharma, whose career has focused on AI and software as a service, will replace Phil Spencer as Xbox CEO,
Destroying surveillance camera contracted out to the government by private corporations carries a mandatory $250K fine and 20 years in supermax federal prison for the first offense and for the second offense, death.
So... free food, housing and healthcare?
Now really can't wait for the U.S. Military to more fully integrate with Claude...
Hegseth Gives Anthropic Until Friday To Back Down on AI Safeguards
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday evening to give the military unfettered access to its AI model or face harsh penalties,
Especially now... Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge
Anthropic is asking the gold trophy store for a rush job on the most bigly award for AI excellence.
Another shiny Piece PrAIse - I mean, "Peace Prize" - for the Toddler in Chief.
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman? -- Woody Allen
