How to Take Back Your Life from AI From taking our jobs to writing our poetry, AI is suddenly everywhere we don’t want it to be. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Just ask Madhumita Murgia, the AI editor at The Financial Times and ... 06/17/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Splendid Splinter memorabilia collection finds a home in Waterbury The first time Rick "Flyhawk" Koch met Ted Williams, his baseball hero, the Waterbury native waited more than three hours.It was 1971 and Koch had driven to Boston for a ballgame between the Red Sox ... 06/15/2024 - 2:24 pm | View Link
CNN’s Democratic Debate Will Feature Muted Mics, Two Commercial Breaks President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face a challenge if they try to interrupt each other at the upcoming CNN debate: Their mics will be muted when it’s not their allotted time ... 06/15/2024 - 1:42 pm | View Link
Lawrence O’Donnell Spots Ted Cruz’s Most Cringeworthy Moment With Donald Trump MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Thursday pulled no punches over an awkward moment involving Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during former President Donald Trump’s meeting with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill. 06/14/2024 - 12:30 am | View Link
TED Hits 40 And Enters A New Era TED celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Head of Ted Chris Anderson and Director of Curation Cyndi Stivers work to chart a new course for the festival of ideas. 06/13/2024 - 5:48 am | View Link
Pennsylvania state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R), who is currently running for U. S. Congress as a “proven conservative”, lied about his age on a dating profile by shaving off nearly a decade, the Daily Mail reports.
This month marks the anniversary of a book that changed America.
History.com:
On June 15, 1974, Simon & Schuster releases All the President’s Men, the first definitive book about the Watergate scandal, authored by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters from The Washington Post who broke the explosive story.
During a private meeting with congressional Republicans Thursday, convicted felon Donald Trump reportedly called Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention will be held in July, a "horrible city." He then lied about crime in the city, where homicides are down 42% since 2022.
But don’t worry, Wisconsin, you are not alone in Trump's disdain for the country’s most populous areas.
Black Chicagoans could see reparations in their near future, after the city’s mayor signed an executive order Monday aimed at creating a task force that will look into the massive endeavor.
The Black Reparations Co-Governance Task Force “will conduct a comprehensive study and examination of all policies that have harmed Black Chicagoans from the slavery era to present day,” and will then draft recommendations for reparations, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said in a press release.
Democrats are not bringing Powerpoint slides to a gunfight any longer. Tiger Beat on the Potomac (AKA Politico, Thanks Charlie Pierce!) morning email thingie:
A MATTER OF CONVICTION — The JOE BIDEN campaign is announcing a major new $50 million June ad push this morning, centered on a new spot slamming DONALD TRUMP over his conviction in the New York hush money case.
NBC News: “Good, who chairs the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, told his supporters that he is former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s top target, as McCarthy looks to take down the small group of Republicans who ousted him late last year. McCarthy’s first effort fell short last week when Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina won her primary.”
“But McCarthy is just one player lined up against Good in a race that could see him become the first member of Congress to lose to a primary challenger this year.