The White House is expected to formally request a supplemental spending bill in the coming days
Archiv: democracy comes with a price...
Trumpâs trillion-dollar business delegation arrives in China, eager for deals
The delegationâs collective wealth exceeds US$1.07 trillion, according to data from Forbes and United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings compiled by Quiver Quantitative, and each member holds a significant commercial stake in the bilateral relationship.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk leads the group with a personal net worth of US$827 billion, representing over 77 per cent of the delegationâs total wealth.
Musk announces arrival of new âAmerica Partyâ after Trump split
While Musk may have the millions to pour into backing certain candidates â which he has already promised to do, pledging to support Rep. Thomas Massieâs (R-Ky.) reelection campaign amid targeting from Trump â establishing a third party involves a series of thorny obstacles including navigating complex state laws, ballot access regulations and other legal hoops.
So far, the billionaire would-be party founder has yet to outline a concrete plan forward.
Elon Musk Says He Will Start a New Political Party
Mr. Musk, once a close ally of President Trumpâs who in recent weeks has repeatedly bickered with him, had not filed paperwork as of Saturday evening for the new party, though he added in a separate post that the America Party would be active in elections ânext year.â No immediate signs suggested that Mr. Musk was working to establish his party quickly. Any new entity would be required to be disclosed to the Federal Election Commission.
Muskâs X blocks account of jailed ErdoÄan rival
(May 8, 2025)
Critics have slammed the platform for having a „double standard,“ slamming how Musk proclaims to be a free speech absolutist but also complying with Ankara‘s government gag orders. Other Big Tech platforms have also cooperated with similar Turkish government requests in the past.
X said in its post that it risks being entirely shut down in Turkey if it does not comply with the orders.
Interesting⊠when we use our TeamKennedy email address to set up @instagram accounts we get an automatic 180-day ban. Can anyone guess why thatâs happening?
Twitter allows my campaign and me to have a voice. Thank you @elonmusk.
(at)instagram still hasnât reinstated my account, which was banned years ago with more than 900k followers.
To silence a major political candidate is profoundly undemocratic. Social media is the modern equivalent of the town square. How can democracy function if only some candidates have access to it?
(at)elonmusk
Replying to @RobertKennedyJr @instagram
Would you like to do a Spaces discussion with me next week?
Op-Ed: Three days after 9/11, I was the lone vote in Congress against war
(Sept. 13, 2021)
My vote against the 2001 military force authorization remains the most difficult vote Iâve cast in my career in Congress. But I knew the last thing the country needed was to rush into war after 9/11, or ever, without proper deliberation by the people â represented by Congress â as the Constitution intended.
My father was a retired Army lieutenant colonel who fought in World War II and Korea. He was the first person who called me after that lonely vote. He reminded me that we should never send our troops into harmâs way without a clear plan, objective and exit strategy. Instead, we were asked to approve an authorization that gave the executive branch a blank check to carry out global war in perpetuity.
Rep. Barbara Lee Joins Competitive Race to Replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein
(February 25, 2023)
Both Porter and Schiff, like Lee, have progressive voting records. Both Democratic competitors have already amassed tens of millions of dollars, respectively, in campaign donations. Their early fundraising places them in a stronger position than Lee to win the 2024 Democratic primary which will be held about a year from now.
Dianne Feinstein, 89, wonât seek re-election, opening up a California Senate seat in 2024
(Feb 14, 2023)
Feinstein, who at 89 is the oldest sitting U.S. senator and the longest-serving senator from her state, said she intends to âaccomplish as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my term ends.â
âEven with a divided Congress, we can still pass bills that will improve lives,â Feinstein said in a statement.
Guess How Much Money Feinsteinâs Reelection Campaign Has Raised So Far
(Feb. 06, 2023)
Senator Dianne Feinstein has reported a mere $558 in contributions to her 2024 reelection campaign last quarter, raising new questions about her readiness for a reelection bid.
Twitter Spaces return after Elon Musk temporarily suspended them
The unfortunate thing about the Spaces shutdown is that Twitter is pretty much the only company that has managed to make live audio work on a sustained basis.
Twitter Suspends Over 25 Accounts That Track Billionairesâ Private Planes
(14.12.2022)
The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitterâs owner. It was reinstated hours later, before being suspended again.
1. Thread: THE TWITTER FILES
(03.12.2022)
2. What youâre about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter.
3. The âTwitter Filesâ tell an incredible story from inside one of the worldâs largest and most influential social media platforms. It is a Frankensteinian tale of a human-built mechanism grown out the control of its designer.
I am not expressing an opinion, but did promise to conduct this poll. Should Assange and Snowden be pardoned?
Note to Readers
(Dec 2, 2022)
Those of you whoâve been here for years know how seriously I take my obligation to this siteâs subscribers. On this one occasion, Iâm going to have to simply ask you to trust me. As it happens, there may be a few more big surprises coming, and those will be here on Substack. And there will be room here to to discuss this, too, in time. In any case, thanks for your support and your patience, and please hold me to a promise to make all this up to you, and then som