What federal funding? At least right now, there is none.

An alternative to your conspiracy theory rabbit hole that still addresses "why now?" - it could be as simple as the Chinese told him "we need you to do X or we'll expose your affair with our spy" and he basically said "publish and be damned".

More likely, he probably just got caught one too many times and the board said "we can't ignore it any more".

Yeah, the damn poor get all the breaks! /s

Yeah, exactly! Is Amazon gonna cover the liability rider on your homeowner insurance when this drone breaks something expensive?

Unfortunately, when I see "John Kerry", even after all this time... my mind immediately goes right here.

You can add a second network to your primary, with automatic switching between the two, for $70/year I believe. Plus they support all three major networks.

I've only been with them a half year so far, but I don't have any complaints about their service or their support staff - they're certainly miles better than T-Mobile's, although that's an absurdly low bar to clear.

You know what we really don't need? People posting more AI slop into Slashdot discussions.

Another nebulously-targeted, poorly-secured nationwide registry of license plate data + with near real time location data attached.

"Start"?

They've tried it, but turns out it's too easy to trick them into breaking into dance.

You might be right, but I'm holding out hope. I think a lot of the Republicans went along in large part because they were scared of his ability and willingness to "primary" them - but now they have evidence that, when he does that, he often ends up shooting himself (and the GOP) in the foot. They might be more willing to stand up now to anny egregiously illegal behavior.

SOME of them, anyway.

Yet more evidence of why Trump was so nervous about the Dems taking control of the legislative branch.

FTFY

As a valentine operative she's got a pretty short shelf life.