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If Biden Was a Drug, The FDA Would Never Approve Him | Steve Berman

If Biden Was a Drug, The FDA Would Never Approve Him | Steve Berman


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President Joe Biden is running for a second term, with Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate. Sen. Bernie Sanders is not running, and has endorsed Biden. Should Biden win, his November 20th birthday will celebrate his 82 years on earth; he will be president until after his 86th birthday, by far the oldest president …

NOPE! I Don’t Buy The Press Line on A1C Texiera | Steve Berman

NOPE! I Don’t Buy The Press Line on A1C Texiera | Steve Berman


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It’s almost like Martians are covering the World Series, the difference between how the New York Times and other mainstream media are covering the case of A1C Jack Texiera, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member who photographed Top Secret information and posted it on a Discord channel, versus how actual people who know how these …

HIT JOB: ProPublica Wants Clarence Thomas’ Head on a Platter | Steve Berman

HIT JOB: ProPublica Wants Clarence Thomas’ Head on a Platter | Steve Berman


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Justice Clarence Thomas is an odd bird. He almost became a priest. Now his history hobnobbing with an eccentric conservative billionaire might do him in. An English Literature major, hardly the path for a political powerhouse planning a law career, it was MLK’s assassination that drove Thomas to apply to Yale Law through its brand-new …

DEMOCRATS: Why Let D’s Do The Dirty Work? | Steve Berman

DEMOCRATS: Why Let D’s Do The Dirty Work? | Steve Berman


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In the New York Times today, there are two legal analyses of Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Donald J. Trump. Charles Savage calls it “risky and novel” and focuses on Trump’s deception of tax authorities, that could make the prosecution “simpler” to prove. David French remains skeptical. Erick Erickson picked up the tax angle, making fun …

STOP AI? Musk and Others Call for a Pause | Steve Berman

STOP AI? Musk and Others Call for a Pause | Steve Berman


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It’s only taken six weeks for AI to take over flagship status at major search engines. Microsoft, on Wednesday, unveiled plans to fire all 142 of its GitHub tech workers in India. “GitHub is a fully-integrated platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for developers and customers,” a company spokesperson told the media. If you don’t know what …

RATIO’D: CNN’s Dumbest Tweet Ever | Steve Berman

RATIO’D: CNN’s Dumbest Tweet Ever | Steve Berman


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One of my favorite aphorisms is “in the race to the bottom, there is no bottom.” But I think this tweet asymptotically approaches the singularity of stupid at the core of racial offense.  The replies here are spot-on and well-deserved. I’ll skip the crassest ones, although Twitter boss and meme-lord Elon Musk gave one the 💯 emoji. The consensus …