Posts by Kim Browne
Marvin Levy, Oscar-Winning Publicist to Spielberg, Dies at 96
Reporters trying to get interviews with Steven Spielberg would sometimes grouse that his publicist’s job amounted to speaking a single word: “No.” But Martin Levy, who served as Mr. Spielberg’s publicist for 42 years, was responsible for much more than body blocking the fifth estate (which he usually did with a gentlemanly grace). Mr. Spielberg…
Read MoreThe U.S. Wants to Break Up Google and Meta. That Could Be Hard.
The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft was found to have illegally stifled competition in personal computer software. A Federal District Court judge said yes to forcing Microsoft to split in two, separating its monopoly Windows operating system from its…
Read MoreSome Online Scam Victims Can Now Seek Tax Relief on Firmer Ground
Victims of sophisticated online scams are often dealt a double whammy. Not only is their money forever gone, but these stolen sums often generate giant tax bills when the funds are emptied from taxable retirement accounts. Many of these victims are often left wondering what sort of recourse they might have. Tax regulators recently provided…
Read MoreJD Vance’s Lies About Wrongly Deported Man Get Even More Blatant
JD Vance can’t stop insisting on the lie that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a dangerous gang member who can’t be returned to the United States from a prison in El Salvador. The vice president got into an argument on X with musician and writer Mikel Jollet Tuesday morning over President Trump’s defiance of the Supreme…
Read MoreTrump Eyes Next Victims for the Chopping Block: Entire Embassies
“He was in our country illegally, he’s from El Salvador, was born in El Salvador, and oh, the media forgot to mention, he is an MS-13 gang member,” McLaughlin said. “The media would love for you to believe that this is a media darling, he’s just some Maryland father. Well, Osama bin Laden was also…
Read MoreTrump’s Revenge on Harvard Is Even More Pathetic Than It Seems
Trump is increasing his threats against Harvard University after the school refused to set up an admissions council to bring in MAGA personnel. After Harvard announced Monday it would not comply with the Trump administration’s absurd demands in exchange for $9 billion in federal funding, the White House cut $2.2 billion in grants to the…
Read MoreLHN proposes spin-off, mainboard-listing of co-living business Coliwoo
[SINGAPORE] LHN Group intends to bring its co-living business, Coliwoo Group, public on the Singapore Exchange. The real estate management services group, dual-listed on both the mainboards of SGX and Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), has submitted applications to both exchanges for the proposed spin-off and separate listing of the shares of Coliwoo on the…
Read MoreIt Appears DOGE Stole Sensitive Labor Data—and Then Tried to Hide It
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is very likely stealing sensitive labor data from the National Labor Relations Board, according to a whistleblower from inside the agency. NPR reports that a whistleblower reached out to Congress and other federal watchdogs, alarmed about what they saw happen when DOGE employees gained access to the NLRB’s internal…
Read MoreTrump Just Blew up Own Deportation Excuse With Columbia Student Arrest
“He was in our country illegally, he’s from El Salvador, was born in El Salvador, and oh, the media forgot to mention, he is an MS-13 gang member,” McLaughlin said. “The media would love for you to believe that this is a media darling, he’s just some Maryland father. Well, Osama bin Laden was also…
Read MoreTrump’s Tariff Threat for Drug imports Poses Big Political Risks
President Trump’s decision to move a step closer to imposing tariffs on imported medicines poses considerable political risk, because Americans could face higher prices and more shortages of critical drugs. The Trump administration filed a federal notice on Monday saying that it had begun an investigation into whether imports of medicines and pharmaceutical ingredients threaten…
Read MoreICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s TV Obsession Is Pissing Off Everyone
Kristi Noem is obsessed with being the face of Homeland Security, and it’s starting to annoy officials across White House agencies. The Homeland Security secretary is known for her live tweeting of deportation raids and publicity stunts. She’s filmed videos while accompanying ICE on deportation raids in Arizona and on a helicopter ride with the…
Read MoreAOC Asks MTG One Damning Question on Tariffs
At a rally in Nampa, Idaho, on Monday, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a message for her colleague, Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene. “How can anyone possibly make an objective vote on health care, energy, or war when their own money is tied up in pharmaceutical, oil and gas, or defense company stocks? You can’t. And we saw…
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