American army Sarasota National Cemetery with rows of white tombstones on green grass at sunset. Memorial Day concept

Uber’s Tony West and The Passing of #MeToo

August 16, 2026 — Business, Politics

Remember #MeToo?
A New York Times investigation found that female lawyers representing Uber questioned women suing the company over alleged sexual assaults about their clothing, drinking, childhood trauma, sexual histories, and even whether they were wearing underwear on the night they were assaulted.
The executive ultimately responsible for Uber’s legal strategy is Tony West, the former senior Obama Justice Department official who oversaw the DOJ’s Office on Violence Against Women and later played an influential role in Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign.

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The ChatGPT Consumer Protection Agency

August 12, 2026 — Business, Technology

The focus on AI is overwhelmingly how artificial intelligence will change work. Virtually no attention has been paid to the technology’s potential to become the most powerful consumer protection tool ever created.
Thank you ChatGPT for sparing me a $720 subscription headache.

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The traditional Chinese game Dou Shu Qi is a Chess Jungle

SAIC, China’s Humiliation of GM & Capitalist Greed

August 9, 2026 — Business, Politics, Technology

Ignorance is bliss. Otherwise, more Americans might be alarmed to learn how General Motors became dependent on the state-controlled Chinese automaker it once taught to build world-class vehicles.

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White House, Home of the President of the United States

The Flies on Trump’s Oval Office Walls

August 4, 2026 — Media, Politics

How many flies are buzzing around the Oval Office walls? Apparently enough to reconstruct top-secret meetings, presidential frustrations, and internal debates in remarkable detail.

The more alarming question is why corporate journalistic curiosity is so selective.

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Justice and Law. Gavel in Ornate Courtroom.

Michigan AG Dana Nessel’s Jewish History Lesson

August 3, 2026 — Antisemitism

Jewish history is filled with progressive movements that Jews helped champion—only to ostracize them later.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is the latest example.

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Crushed Small Car Damaged in Traffic Accident

Class Privilege and America’s Auto Safety Divide 

August 2, 2026 — Business, Technology

For decades, federal regulators and elected officials have known that vehicle weight and crash incompatibility can determine who lives and who dies. Yet they have allowed the automotive arms race to escalate, permitting manufacturers to sell increasingly massive vehicles without adequately accounting for the danger those vehicles impose on everyone else.

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Ken Griffin and the AI Greater Fool Theory

July 30, 2026 — Business, People, Technology

Today’s “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” Wall Street Journal story: The guy who openly called AI-generated market analysis “garbage” just stepped in to buy the leveraged stock portfolio of Silicon Valley’s favorite AI oracle after margin calls forced a sale.

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Presidential Seal on podium in front of the South Portico of the White House, the Truman Balcony, in Washington, DC on May 7, 2007, in preparation for the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and President George W. Bush

GM: Where U.S. Presidents Go to Sully Themselves

July 28, 2026 — Business, Politics

Perhaps Mary Barra deserves her nearly $30 million annual compensation after all. Name another CEO who has successfully played two U.S. presidents to her company’s advantage.

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