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Dr. Kirk Moore had been on trial for five days,
accused of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards and throwing away the government-supplied doses.
The Utah plastic surgeon faced up to 35 years in prison if the jury found him guilty
on charges that included conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Testimony had paused for the weekend when Moore’s lawyer called him early one Saturday this July
with what felt to him like unbelievable news.
U.S. Attorney Gener…

Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.

It is an ever-loving mystery that Tesla's stock remains so high: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2025/09/18/tesla-robotaxi-reports-3-crashes-in-austin-on-july-1-details-hidden/

Tesla Robotaxi Reports 3 Crashes In Austin On July 1, Details Hidden
One of the crashes was with a static object with minor injuries and the Tesla towed away. And a 4th crash was not reported. This does not look good.

Stockholm-based vibe coding startup Lovable raised $330M led by CapitalG and Menlo Ventures at a $6.6B valuation, up from $1.8B after raising $200M in July (Niko Gallogly/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/busines

Lovable, a Start-Up That Makes Anyone a Coder, Raises $330 Million
The Swedish company is now valued at $6.6 billion, more than triple its $1.8 billion valuation set by investors in July.

#Federal monitor wants #SantaClara County held
in #contempt for purposefully dragging feet on mandated jail reforms.
Report finds “The county’s continued

Federal monitor wants Santa Clara County held in contempt for dragging jail reforms
The Prison Law Office is asking a federal judge to start fining the county over its inability to improve jail staffing or reduce its inmate population to ensure adequate medical access under a 2018…

„Der Sachsenwald wird zum Jahreswechsel eingemeindet. Damit endet nicht nur Deutschlands absurdeste Steueroase, sondern auch ein 150 Jahre altes Adelsprivileg. Auslöser dafür war eine Recherche von @…“

Nach unserer Recherche: Bismarck verliert seine Steueroase
Der Sachsenwald wird zum Jahreswechsel eingemeindet. Damit endet nicht nur Deutschlands absurdeste Steueroase, sondern auch ein 150 Jahre altes Adelsprivileg. Auslöser dafür war eine Recherche von FragDenStaat.

Judge Zia Faruqui, a former federal prosecutor,
said leaders of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office have tarnished its reputation with how they are handling their deluge of cases.
He said Pirro’s office is routinely bringing cases that don’t belong in federal court and needlessly keeping people in jail for days while they evaluate charges.
“It’s not fair to say they’re losing credibility. We’re past that now,” Faruqui said.
He later added, “There’s no credibility left…

Judge upbraids prosecutors for handling of DC surge cases, saying they have 'no credibility left'
A federal magistrate judge has angrily accused top Justice Department prosecutors of trampling on the civil rights of people arrested during President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital. Judge Zia Faruqui said Thursday that leaders of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office have tarnished its reputation with how they are handling the cases. He said Pirro’s office is routinely bringing cases that don’t belong in federal court and needlessly keeping people in jail…

Apple unveils iOS changes in Japan to comply with local law, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/17/japan-app-store-feature-updates/

Japan App Store Gets Alternative Marketplaces, Third-Party Payments and More
Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) that goes...

Republicans Push FBI To Designate Trans Advocacy As Violent Extremism
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/republicans-push-fbi-to-designate

Republicans Push FBI To Designate Trans Advocacy As Violent Extremism. Inside The Project 2025 Organization's Proposal.
On Thursday evening, news emerged that individuals within and outside of Trump administration were pushing to cast trans activists as domestic terrorists. Then, Project 2025 dropped its proposal.

Report: at an xAI meeting, Elon Musk and his executives said the Grok chatbot has 64M monthly users; OpenAI said in August that ChatGPT had 700M weekly users (Theo Wayt/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/elon-musks-xai-says-gr…

Elon Musk’s xAI Says Grok Has 64 Million Monthly Users
Elon Musk’s xAI told staff this week that its Grok chatbot has 64 million monthly users, the New York Times reported on Thursday. By contrast, OpenAI said in August that ChatGPT had hit 700 million weekly users, while Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in July that its Gemini app had 450 million monthly users. xAI also has a much smaller enterprise business than OpenAI or Google. Musk pushed

On July 18, a mild, overcast night in Nairobi, Kenya, a team of Donald Trump’s top foreign aid advisers
ducked into a meeting room at the Tribe Hotel,
their luxury accommodations in the city’s diplomatic quarter,
for a private dinner.
To press the urgency of the situation in East Africa, the embassy officials enlisted Dragica Pajevic,
a World Food Program veteran of more than two decades.
Pajevic arrived at the Tribe Hotel early. She brought props. The b…

Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.