In the trove of documents released this week, Epstein at times seems preoccupied with Google results related to him. In an email dated December 10th, 2010, Epstein complains that “the google page is not good,” and references what appears to be payments made to clean up search results. In other emails, associates give Epstein step by step instructions on searching in Incognito on Chrome.
A group of 40 lawmakers sent out letters today warning 19 Democratic governors that they might be unknowingly sharing DMV data with ICE and Homeland Security through a platform called Nlets, as reported by Reuters.
A handful of states have already blocked ICE from accessing their residents’ DMV data, including Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Washington.
Not to get too self-referential by pointing you back to yesterday’s comment of the day, but commenter indignantgoat nails the more serious version of that same point:
indignantgoat:
It would be simpler if I were still young and dumb enough to think politics wasn’t inter-related with all the other things I enjoy reading about. Alas.
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Italian pasta companies are preparing to pull their products from US grocery stores as early as January, the Wall Street Journal reports — another downstream effect of the Trump administration’s sky-high tariffs and duties on imports. Some of the new taxes (which total 107 percent) come after a US Commerce Department review of several pasta companies, and the severity of the penalty has Italian producers worried.
Facing waves of cuts, reassignments, and rampant politicization, CISA is staring down a diminished role in US cyber defenses.
Years of irate comments have hammered home that not all our readers want us to cover politics. And hey, I’m just a humble phone reviewer, so I should stick to what I know. Now, let’s see if there are any new players in the phone industry this year...
PierogiPrince:
No more Trump articles! Stick to articles about phones! Wait hang on
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As the shutdown enters its second month, the FAA has decided to only allow commercial space launches and reentries from 10PM to 6AM, local time. The government has to clear significant swaths of airspace for SpaceX and others, and this is part of a broader order to ease stress on the air traffic control system.
b. Prohibition on Commercial Space Launches and Reentries During Peak Hours
Accordingly, with respect to commercial space launches and reentries, under the authority provided to the FAA Administrator by 49 U.S.C. §§ 40103, 40113, and 46105(c), and authority delegated to the FAA Administrator under 51 U.S.C. § 50909(a), it is hereby ordered that, beginning at 6:00 a.m. EST on November 10, 2025, and until this Order is cancelled, Commercial space launches and reentries will only be permitted between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00a.m. local time.
[Federal Aviation Administration]
The man accused of throwing a sandwich at a Border Patrol agent was found not guilty Thursday. The officer who was hit with the sandwich gave a testimony loaded with details, including that the sub “exploded all over” him and that he could smell mustard and onions. The jury apparently didn’t have a taste for it — perhaps it was a subpar case.
