Articles discussing Politics - Archives - Page 3 of 341

Because The U.S. Is Too Corrupt To Pass Privacy Legislation, Data Brokers Increasingly Traffic In Sensitive Mental Health Data | Techdirt

Karl Bode2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Because The U.S. Is Too Corrupt To Pass Privacy Legislation, Data Brokers Increasingly Traffic In Sensitive Mental Health Data from the have-you-ever-noticed-that-making-money-is-the-only-thing-we-actually-care-about dept We’ve noted for a long while that the performative hysteria surrounding TikTok is basically a giant distraction from our failures on consumer protection and privacy legislation. Case in point: the growing number…

Opinion | The Gerontocracy of the Democratic Party Doesn’t Understand That We’re at the Brink – The New York Times

Jamelle Bouie3 years ago3 years ago011 mins

Credit…Desiree Rios for The New York Times If you want a sense of what separates much of the leadership of the Democratic Party from many of its supporters — of what illustrates their profound disconnect from younger cohorts of liberal and progressive voters — you could do much worse than to read this recent statement…

The Joe Manchin Trolley Problem

Dan Brooks3 years ago3 years ago022 mins

It’s hard to live in the modern world without feeling like you should start committing some felonies. Shutterstock Dan Brooks Thought Experiments Sometimes, in idle moments, I get a vision of my teenage son’s son — my imaginary unborn grandson — manually pollinating soybeans for 12 hours a day in exchange for a ration of…

The Post-Dirtbag Left | The New Yorker

Condé Nast4 years ago4 years ago031 mins

The Post-Dirtbag Left For years, “Chapo Trap House” and other podcasts have paired anti-capitalist ideas with the rhetorical style of social media. Is a new form emerging? July 26, 2021 Two shows harness a progressive energy, but they differ sharply in affect.Illustration by Miguel Porlan On the evening of January 6th, while National Guard troops were…

2 interesting ways Seb Gorka, a Nazi, is collecting your ad dollars – BRANDED

Claire Atkin and Nandini Jammi4 years ago015 mins

How the ad exchanges are sending your money to a very bad man Welcome back to BRANDED, the newsletter exploring how marketers broke society (and how we can fix it). Here’s what’s new with us: Seb Gorka is a neo-Nazi. This is not an opinion or a personal interpretation. It’s a well-documented fact. He has…

George W. Bush Can’t Paint His Way Out Of Hell

aggregation4 years ago015 mins

The chilling spectacle of watching the political class redeem a criminal, again. Photo: Gary Hershorn/REUTERS Photo: Gary Hershorn/REUTERS Photo: Gary Hershorn/REUTERS I am not an art critic, but I don’t think George W. Bush’s new portraits are very good. They inspire nothing but malaise and communicate a dilettante energy. Painting is to Bush what politics…

It’s wild how these adtech platforms are violating U.S. sanctions against Russia – BRANDED

Claire Atkin and Nandini Jammi4 years ago4 years ago018 mins

It’s wild how these adtech platforms are violating U.S. sanctions against Russia Placing ads with the enemy Welcome back to BRANDED, the newsletter exploring how marketers broke society (and how we can fix it). Here’s what’s new with us: Two weeks ago, the U.S. Treasury made a very rare move. They announced new sanctions against…

Steve Bannon is getting by with a little help from the world’s biggest ad agencies – BRANDED

Claire Atkin and Nandini Jammi4 years ago4 years ago016 mins

A working theory of how major brands ended up in bed with War Room: Pandemic Here’s what’s new with us: How do your ads end up on Steve Bannon’s TV show? Hi folks, Nandini here. Last week, I was checking in on Steve Bannon’s latest media venture War Room: Pandemic when an odd commercial break…

What Fresh Hell Awaits Us Now? | Defector

KELSEY MCKINNEY4 years ago011 mins

I made a mistake and got optimistic on New Year’s Eve. I blow dried my hair, and put on mascara, and got a bottle of bubbly wine that was much nicer than the kind I usually buy and not nice enough to be called champagne. I put on a silly pink jumpsuit and played a…

Trump and Twitter

Ben Thompson4 years ago020 mins

.entry-header In December 2016, when then-President-elect Donald Trump summoned tech leaders to Trump Tower for a roundtable discussion, there was considerable debate about whether or not executives like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Larry Page, Apple’s Tim Cook, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella should accept the invitation. I argued that they absolutely should in this Daily Update…

Andrew Tate, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, returns to the U.S.

As measles cases rise in the U.S., some adults may need a vaccine booster : Shots – Health News : NPR

Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views – The Atlantic

Birthright Citizenship Is a Sacred Guarantee – The Atlantic

Comic Book Publisher Drops Neil Gaiman Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations – The New York Times

I Saw What New, Young Post-MAGA Trump Supporters Look Like

Politics

Because The U.S. Is Too Corrupt To Pass Privacy Legislation, Data Brokers Increasingly Traffic In Sensitive Mental Health Data | Techdirt

Opinion | The Gerontocracy of the Democratic Party Doesn’t Understand That We’re at the Brink – The New York Times

The Joe Manchin Trolley Problem

The Post-Dirtbag Left | The New Yorker

2 interesting ways Seb Gorka, a Nazi, is collecting your ad dollars – BRANDED

George W. Bush Can’t Paint His Way Out Of Hell

It’s wild how these adtech platforms are violating U.S. sanctions against Russia – BRANDED

Steve Bannon is getting by with a little help from the world’s biggest ad agencies – BRANDED

What Fresh Hell Awaits Us Now? | Defector