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Laws aren’t really laws now. Congress needs to find its spine.
https://www.theverge.com/news/644305/the-us-told-apple-to-keep-tiktok-in-the-app-store

ICE Agents Told To Get "Creative" And "Push Envelope" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/ice-agents-told-to-get-creative-and-push-envelope/

Sources: Trump plans to extend TikTok's June 19 sale deadline; ByteDance told the White House China wouldn't approve a deal until there are trade negotiations (Alex Leary/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trum…

The Spurious Factor Dilemma: Robust Inference in Heavy-Tailed Elliptical Factor Models
Jiang Hu, Jiahui Xie, Yangchun Zhang, Wang Zhou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05116

The Spurious Factor Dilemma: Robust Inference in Heavy-Tailed Elliptical Factor Models
Factor models are essential tools for analyzing high-dimensional data, particularly in economics and finance. However, standard methods for determining the number of factors often overestimate the true number when data exhibit heavy-tailed randomness, misinterpreting noise-induced outliers as genuine factors. This paper addresses this challenge within the framework of Elliptical Factor Models (EFM), which accommodate both heavy tails and potential non-linear dependencies common in real-world da…

Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Peter Thiel are executing a long-planned agenda to take over the government.
Donald Trump is a dementia-addled old man along for the ride.
Hopefully, the chaos makes a little more sense now.
I told you you weren't gonna like it.

Democracy Is Done: The Rise of Corporate Monarchy
The Real Agenda Behind Elon's Coup & Trump's Chaotic First Weeks

M&S hackers sent abuse and ransom demand directly to CEO
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr58pqjlnjlo

M&S hackers sent abuse and ransom demand directly to CEO
The criminals told the retailer's boss he could make things "fast and easy" if he complied with their demands.

Steve Bannon on Elon Musk's Big Breakup: 'Told You' (Rachael Bade/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/06/05/steve-bannon-trump-musk-rachael-bade-00391135
http://www.memeorandum.com/250605/p143#a250605p143

Kiew: Flugabwehr gegen Drohnen im Einsatz
In Kiew ist die Luftverteidigung gegen einen russischen Drohnenangriff im Einsatz. Dies teilte die Militärbehörde der ukrainischen Hauptstadt mit. "Feindliche Drohnen nähern sich nacheinander aus verschiedenen Richtungen der Hauptstadt und befinden sich im Luftraum der Stadt", schreibt der Leiter der Militärbehörde Timur Tkachenko auf Telegram. Augenzeugen berichteten, es gebe zahlrei…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Kreml verärgert wegen Trumps Kleinkinder-Vergleich ++
Der Kreml hat verärgert auf einen Vergleich von US-Präsident Trump reagiert, der den Ukraine-Krieg mit einem Streit zwischen Kleinkindern verglichen hat. Nach russischen Angriffen in Kiew melden Behörden Tote und Verletzte. Der Liveblog vom Freitag zum Nachlesen.

"FEMA had not been told and, in fact, they learned the news from those news stories. They didn't get official word from the White House about that disaster declaration for more than four days, which meant the money that was supposed to go out the door to those hard-hit communities was delayed."
'Quite a statement': CNN host stunned by Trump 'trauma' inflicted on key agency - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/fema-trump-administration-concerns-mount/

And maybe we should talk about Trump having to be told what's in his executive orders? With Post-it notes?
Presidents have used autopens for decades. Now Trump objects to Biden's use of one | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-pardons-autopen-capitol-riot-1956c5dcb44ecba10cd9b01171ca9efa