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Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins, joins VC firm Benchmark as general partner, following a slew of personnel departures at Benchmark (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/benchmark-names-ev…

Benchmark Names Everett Randle as New General Partner 
Everett Randle, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins investing out of its growth-stage funds, has joined Benchmark as the firm’s newest general partner, the early-stage firm announced Monday. At Kleiner, Randle worked on investments including enterprise search startup Glean and legal AI startup Harvey, earning him a top spot on The Information’s Next General Partners list in 2024. The hiring

Generalsanierung Hamburg-Berlin: Bahn liegt im Zeitplan
Die Deutsche Bahn meldet Fortschritte bei der Generalsanierung der Strecke Hamburg-Berlin. Die erste Bauphase steht kurz vor dem Abschluss.
https://www.<…

This week, our CEO Lise Fuhr was in New York at the UN General Assembly for the WSIS20 meeting, joining discussions on building a digital ecosystem that is people-centered, inclusive, & development-focused.
She took part in several side events covering different perspectives, and addressed the General Assembly on behalf of the IGF Leadership Panel.
One message was clear: inclusive and strong digital governance doesn’t happen behind closed doors. It works best when it’s built …

Dollar General agrees to pay $15m to settle price-gouging claims | US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/20/dollar-general-settlement-price-gouging

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,195,610 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/20/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

Someone should tell Pam Bondi that while Nixon didn't go to prison his Attorney General did

More and more chatter showing up in my various spheres about the planned day of protest / shutdown / general strike this Friday in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
I remain skeptical of just how effective a general strike can be here in the US — folks just aren’t used to the idea, aren’t primed for it — but this one •might• actually jostle the needles on some of the local economic seismographs.
I hope so.
https://www.iceoutnowmn.com

When I took my post as secretary general of the Council of Europe just over a year ago,
I did not think that I would ever have to write about the possibility of the United States taking military action against a member state.
Yet here we are.
Donald Trump has vowed to make Greenland
— a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, which is a member of the Council of Europe and a founding member of NATO
— part of the United States, and that he will do so “the easy way” o…

Opinion | I’m the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write.
International law is either universal or meaningless. Greenland will show which one we choose.

Epstein Files Transparency Act:
"The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format."
NYT:
The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly.
A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."
-- Ryan Goodman

Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw.bsky.social)
Epstein Files Transparency Act: "The Attorney General shall ... make publicly available in a searchable and downloadable format." NYT: The DOJ "website also contains a search function, though it is unclear if it’s working properly. A query for 'Epstein' returned no results."

In the latest defense filing,
Luigi Mangione's lawyers claim
Pam Bondi was a partner at the lobbying firm
Ballard Partners
before she became attorney general,
and the company lists UnitedHealth Group (UHG) as a client.
As a result,
Bondi derives and continues to receive personal and financial benefits from Ballard
"in the form of a profit-sharing plan from Ballard's professional association with UHG,"
according to cour…

Luigi Mangione Says Pam Bondi Has Financial Ties to Murder Victim's Company
Luigi Mangione says he now knows the real reason why Attorney General Pam Bondi is seeking the death penalty against him ... she allegedly has deep ties to the murder victim's health care company.