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UNDERNEWS: Trump’s cabinet is almost all white, and he keeps firing Black officials
https://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2025/08/trumps-cabinet-is-almost-all-white-and.html

Authoritarianism of the kind that Americans are used to condemning abroad has become increasingly normal in the United States.
The cult of personality was apparent as Donald Trump’s cabinet convened on Wednesday in a marathon session that could have embarrassed even a seasoned strongman, providing for three hours and 17 minutes of fawning television coverage.
There was Steve Witkoff, the president’s top envoy and negotiator, standing up in the increasingly gilded Cabinet Room, of…

Q&A with Lyft CEO David Risher on three consecutive profitable quarters, cofounders leaving the board, Freenow acquisition, the economics of robotaxis, and more (J. Edward Moreno/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/tech/lyfts-ceo-on-the-e…

Lyft’s CEO on the economics of robotaxis, how to end surge pricing, and reviving his company
Lyft wants to shed its “second-place, domestic-only, only a business-to-consumer company” reputation.

Wenn ich für die Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe kämpfen soll, erwarte ich, dass dort so etwas nicht toleriert wird.
Quelle: #DVB

We've spotted that.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/trump-administration-cabinet-race

Finally, a president willing to take on the scourge of non-American bathroom vanities.
It’s not like NATO airspace is being violated and Europe is preparing for global war or anything; this should totally be the main focus of our president. /s
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New US tariffs hit pharmaceuticals, cabinets, furniture and trucks
President Donald Trump is putting import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1. Trump said Thursday on his social media site that foreign manufacturers of furniture and cabinetry were flooding the United States with their products and that tariffs must be applied “for National Security and other reasons.” Trump said that foreign-made heavy trucks and parts are hurting dome…

Jake Ferguson's fiancée Haley Cavinder gushes over Cowboys extension https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/jake-ferguson-fiancee-haley-cavinder-gushes-over-massive-dallas-cowboys-contract-extension

Q&A with Marc Andreessen and investor Charlie Songhurst on Silicon Valley's past, present, and future, AI, productivity, Stripe, crypto, Musk, media, and more (Cheeky Pint)
https://cheekypint.substack.com/p/marc-andreessen-and-charlie-songhurst

Marc Andreessen and Charlie Songhurst on the past, present, and future of Silicon Valley
Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz, sits down for a Cheeky Pint with John Collison and Charlie Songhurst to discuss the history of Silicon Valley, spotting bubbles in real time, the “Elon method” of management, and why the mistakes that haunt you are the companies you don’t invest in.

Trump has vehemently denied that he is a racist,
pointing to a modest increase in supportamong African American voters in last year’s election, when his opponent was a Black woman.
But critics suggest that his effort to oust Lisa Cook fits a pattern of purging diverse voices from the higher ranks of leadership.
“He chose to fire her out of all the governors because she’s a Black woman,”
said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of the organisation Black Voters Matter.
“H…