Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. no sitting American president has ever raised these amounts for his pet projects. .. Trump has been demanding large checks .. telling executives and lobbyists that their companies should give $25 million or $50 million.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
An open letter? Pffft. Guys, you just need to donate to Trump’s ballroom and he’ll do whatever you want on AI. Or sell 10% of your company to his communist regime.
Techmeme@techmeme.com · 2w agoIn their letter defending open-weight AI, tech companies urge lawmakers to avoid "premature restrictions" that "stifle competition or drive innovation overseas" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Uh oh, MAGA merchandise about to get real expensive!
Honestly, who cares if they use AI actors? What Amazon needs to focus on is 50 random weird trademarked names slapped on the same garbage product.
Techmeme@techmeme.com · 2w agoAmazon tells third-party sellers to label product ads with AI-generated people to comply with a NY law requiring the disclosure of "synthetic performers" in ads (Annie Palmer/CNBC) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
WARREN: Do you still work for Capital One today? JOHNSON: I do. I'm here today in my personal capacity W: Ok. But they're paying you to get confirmed for this job. I also understand they're letting you keep a bonus you haven't yet earned. They must be really excited about getting you confirmed.
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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Elon Musk wants to give $100m to Mel Gibson — the dude that famously cast a white person to play a middle eastern character, Jesus — so that Gibson can create a historically accurate Odyssey, a 100% ABSOLUTELY MADE UP FABLE THAT ISN'T REAL AT ALL.
New in PN: Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism "Graham died a coward. From Gingrich to Trump, he embodied the movement-to-racket transformation of the GOP. Has America ever seen a capitulation so self-abnegating as his conversion from snarling Trump critic into swooning cheerleader?"
Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism
From Gingrich to Trump, Graham was a fixture as the GOP became increasingly malignant.
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Techmeme@techmeme.com · 4w agoSource: Greg Brockman will continue to oversee OpenAI's products as the company doesn't plan to hire anyone to replace Fidji Simo after she stepped down (CNBC) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
1. Mike Collins ad funded with $400,000 of public funds from his House office account
Has a single conservative said: "Oh well, I guess these kids are in fact Americans, time to welcome them and enact policies that will assure that they have the best chance to succeed in this country." All I've seen is let's make their lives hellish and hope they leave.
Fact check: Vought has, in fact, repeatedly expressed support for Christian nationalism by name. He has been very public about that. religionnews.com/2025/06/23/o...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.POCAN: You are a Christian nationalist by declaration VOUGHT: This is the second time you've used that slander POCAN: You wrote an article, 'Is there anything actually wrong with Christian nationalism'
“Welcome, but be good. I mean sure you’re already a citizen which is how you got the passport in the first place, but be good, unlike me, the felon.”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Kim Jong Un thinks this is a bit much
If this doesn't make your blood boil, you don't believe in liberty. Border Patrol agents smashed down a business's locked doors and arrested two employees, and when the owner demanded to see a warrant, they smugly said, "We don't need one." Absolutely criminal. Straight to jail
This conversation was 100% about hairspray
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump shakes hands with Callista Gingrich and her hair
"He told CNBC that most of Anthropic’s public projects are 'running on Palantir.’” Hilarious way of framing this given that Palantir relies so heavily on Anthropic! This guy is such a puke.
Techmeme@techmeme.com · 2mo agoAlex Karp says Palantir's enterprise customers are "unhappy" with how the frontier labs are operating, believing the labs only care about tokenmaxxing (Samantha Subin/CNBC) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
I testified before the House Oversight Committee's Task Force on Constitutional Rights and Institutional Abuses at a hearing entitled: "Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy." I told them the only amnesty happening now is for ICE agents who violate our rights.
No way. Using military force to butcher civilians without due process in or over international waters is subject to legal indictment and prosecution? Which politicians and admirals will we be extraditing to Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico?
QUINTANILLA: According to the filings, the president has been trading some Intel in the quarter JIM CRAMER: Yeah, uh, yeah, hmm FABER: Got nothing to say? CRAMER: Uh, uh, yeah, whoa, yeah. FABER: Don't worry. We're not having technical difficulties, but we gotta go
You know the vegan comment was put in his ear from RFK. The worst insult RFK can muster about someone.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agoQ: Who are you going to endorse in the Texas Senate race? TRUMP: I'm looking at it. I think the Democrats have a weird, weird candidate. Six genders, a real hit on Jesus. This guy is bad news, with his mask from relatively recently. He was a vegan.
We might need to implement a draft for congress. The only ones getting elected are the absolute worst. Tim Cook you are the next senator of Alabama, replacing Sen. Tuberville. Please return to your normal pre-Trump operating posture. Neil deGrasse Tyson, we’re gonna slot you in to replace Schumer.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo agonot subtle
Wait, are you saying the default shouldn’t be to broadcast what I’m spending to the entire world?
Techmeme@techmeme.com · 3mo agoVenmo is implementing a major privacy update to set new users' posts to "friends only" by default during onboarding; in 2021, a reporter found Joe Biden's Venmo (Jay Peters/The Verge) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Because the current owner of Wendy’s — who led major fundraisers for Trump’s first election — expressed regret for voting for Trump after J6.
Guys, a new version of MechaHitler has been released!!
Techmeme@techmeme.com · 3mo agoxAI launches Grok 4.3, featuring "always-on reasoning", 1M token context window, and low API pricing, and releases a voice cloning suite called Custom Voices (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
