@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-03 15:42:56
Trevor Noah Sues Donald Trump Over Alleged Threatening Messages
Following Explosive Truth Social Rant
A high-profile legal and political controversy has erupted
after comedian and television host Trevor Noah filed a lawsuit
against Donald Trump,
alleging that the president sent “damaging, intimidating, and dangerous” private direct messages
following a public dispute tied to comments made during the Grammy Awards
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-04 04:15:57
It's the oil - just the oil: "Experts have said that Venezuela is not a major drug producer but rather a minor cocaine transit country, with most of the cocaine flowing through it headed to Europe."
U.S. Indictment of Maduro Cites Cocaine Smuggling, Trade in Which Venezuela’s Role Is Believed to Be Modest - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/venezuela-drug-trade.html
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-03-02 18:57:36
Dallas Cowboys Coaching Staff Adds Secret Weapon With Ties to Maxx Crosby https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-trade-rumors-maxx-crosby-odds-rise-post-combine-buzz
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-03 23:16:04
President Trump says the GENIUS Act is being "threatened and undermined" by banks, following their opposition to stablecoin yield payouts (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/03/03/trump…
@bencurthoys@mastodon.social2026-02-04 10:34:28
Grr and argh.
The people who make government websites generally tend to do a halfway decent job of meeting the spec, but they really really need to learn to push back when the spec is FUCKING STUPID.
Having just completed my "Annual Filing" with Companies House - and why is that even a thing, we're not posting fucking vellum to Victorian clerks who scurry up ladders to deposit the sacred paperwork in the appropriate filing cabinet any more - I got a new scary emai…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-03 21:46:43
Outgoing Republican senator
Thom Tillis has vowed to block any nominee to permanently replace Pam Bondi as attorney general
if the candidate excuses the January 6 attack on the US Capitol
– a threat that could deprive the White House of a crucial vote.
“The threshold for somebody following Pam Bondi ends the moment I hear they said one thing that excused the events of January 6,”
Tillis said in an interview with CNN.
The North Carolina lawmaker, who is ret…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-27 16:26:11
TMTG says it is in talks to spin off Truth Social into a public company, following the close of its previously announced merger with nuclear fusion startup TAE (Christine Wang/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/truth-social-spin-off
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-04-01 21:44:37
Maxx Crosby trade: Jerry Jones makes feelings clear on Cowboys re-engaging to land $106,500,000 DE https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-maxx-crosby-trade-jerry-jones-makes-feelings-clear-cowboys-re-engaging-land-106-50…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-01 22:36:40
“What they posed as the threat they were trying to preempt
—an attack by Iran against US forces
—is so extremely implausible, it is also laughable,” said one analyst
Experts Pillory Trump Case for War on Iran: ‘Flimsiest Excuse for Initiating a Major Attack’ in Decades
https://www.comm…
