https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/03/politics/elliott-abrams-public-diplomacy-nomination/index.html

President Joe Biden announced Monday his intention to nominate a former appointee under former President Donald Trump with a controversial past in Latin America to the bipartisan United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.

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RIP RIF
  • SeeStars SeeStars 1y ago 100%

    reddit was fun

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  • https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-forgiveness-blocked-supreme-court-strikes-down-debt-cancellation-2023-5

    The Supreme Court ruled Biden's student-loan forgiveness is illegal, meaning borrowers will resume payments without debt cancellation this year.

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    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/30/supreme-court-limits-lgbtq-protections-in-dispute-over-services-for-same-sex-weddings-00104398

    The high court ruled that a Christian web designer has a right to offer design services for opposite-sex weddings while refusing those services for same-sex weddings.

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    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html

    The justices settled a question left open in 2018: whether businesses open to the public and engaged in expression may refuse to serve customers based on religious convictions.

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    the deed is done. [\#RedditMigration](https://kbin.social/tag/RedditMigration)

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    saying my final goodbyes to reddit [\#RedditMigration](https://kbin.social/tag/RedditMigration)

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    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/29/siegedsec-gay-furries-group-hacked-information-six-us-states

    Data released by SiegedSec from six states includes South Carolina police files and contact details for Nebraska court officials

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    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66056743

    The new data could bolster the case for higher interest rates.

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    https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-2024-worst-candidate-jeff-timmer-1809811

    Jeff Timmer of The Lincoln Project was reacting to the 2024 hopeful saying he would be in favor of axing four federal agencies if elected president.

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    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/23/foundation-government-accountability-democracy

    Foundation for Government Accountability, backed by Richard Uihlein, exerting influence in Ohio, Missouri, South Dakota and Arkansas

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    https://jacobin.com/2023/06/narendra-modi-democrats-biden-far-right-bjp-state-visit-human-rights

    During an official state visit, the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has been feted and praised despite his Hindu nationalism and right-wing policies — even by Democrats.

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    https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/special-counsel-fake-electors-immunity-testimony-jan-6/index.html

    Special counsel Jack Smith has compelled at least two Republican fake electors to testify to a federal grand jury in Washington in recent weeks by giving them limited immunity, part of a current push by federal prosecutors to swiftly nail down evidence in the sprawling criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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    https://www.eenews.net/articles/states-shrug-off-warnings-plow-ahead-with-anti-esg-laws/

    State lawmakers passed nearly 20 laws this year that target ESG investing, a strategy that takes into account risks such as climate change.

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    https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-lauren-boebert-leads-first-house-republican-24-years-initiate-impeachment

    Joe Biden’s unconstitutional dereliction of his Article II duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed warrants impeachment. He has willfully created a border crisis that has enabled the horrific trafficking of children. As a mother, it breaks my heart to watch Joe Biden turn a blind eye to victims of child sex trafficking. Biden’s Border Crisis has allowed millions of illegal aliens to pour into our country, threatened our national security, and killed more than 100,000 Americans from fentanyl—including more than 1,800 Coloradans. I am pleased that House leadership worked with me on my impeachment bill to protect our constitutional republic. As demonstrated in this victory, I will continue to use every available procedural tool to hold Joe Biden accountable and advance impeachment proceedings.

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    https://www.businessinsider.com/rick-scott-reconsidering-presidential-run-desantis-struggles-2024-2023-6

    Scott and DeSantis have a notably frosty relationship, but a presidential run would also pit the Trump ally against the former president.

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    https://newrepublic.com/article/173806/american-compass-conservatives-arent-serious-empowering-working-class

    A new manifesto by the nonprofit American Compass capably identifies the problems facing the working class but stumbles on the solutions—especially labor unions.

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    Anyone's Thoughts on this take concerning the tech bubble I found on an internet fourm?
  • SeeStars SeeStars 1y ago 100%

    "I think we're seeing the beginning of the tech bubble bursting again.

    You've got the successful companies that provide a case study in tech industry profitability(Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.) which is why you've got all these venture capital firms plowing so much money into startups, left and right, because they expect that one of them will be the next Google or Amazon. Now that low interest rates have gone bye-bye, the VC firms are demanding that these startups start showing a profit. However, almost all of these startups have one of the following problems:

    1.) They were never profitable and can never be profitable because the fundamental concept of what they do is thoroughly flawed
    2.) The service or good they provide could be profitable, but due to being formed during a time of easy money, their current business model is incapable of being profitable, and they are too over leveraged to be able to restructure themselves into a more profitable setup
    3.) They are perfectly sustainable/profitable, but their financiers expect far more return on investment than they are capable of providing

    The result is the trend of "enshittification" as VC investors force unwanted changes onto these startups in the hopes of increasing revenue. This is stuff like locking previously free features behind a paywall, clogging everything with ads, cutting costs somewhere (payrolls, server space, etc) that negatively affects the user experience, raising prices, or needlessly bolting on something that nobody asked for because it's one of the only things that VC firms might still blindly throwing money at(AI).

    Even the actually profitable companies are doing this shit because they are just addicted to the ridiculous growth they've enjoyed in the past."

    The take itself.

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