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☆ Google’s Gemini AI picture generator to relaunch in a 'few weeks' following mounting criticism of inaccurate images
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Google introduced the image generator earlier this month through Gemini, the company's main suite of AI models. "We are hoping to have that back online very shortly in the next couple of weeks, few weeks." "The Gemini debacle showed how AI ethics *wasn't* being applied with the nuanced expertise necessary," Margaret Mitchell, chief ethics scientist at Hugging Face and former co-leader of Google's AI ethics group, wrote on X. On Sunday, a text-based user query went viral, asking the Gemini chatbot whether Adolf Hitler or Elon Musk's tweeting of memes had a greater negative impact on society. WATCH: Google's Gemini chatbot is 'evolutionary not revolutionary'

Persons: Demis Hassabis, Hassabis, Bard, OpenAI's, Gemini, Margaret Mitchell, Sundar Pichai, Pichai, Adolf Hitler, Elon Musk's, Elon Musk, Elon, Hitler, Sissie Hsiao Organizations: Google, Gemini, Mobile, Microsoft Locations: Barcelona, German, British, France, ChatGPT

☆ Neuralink faced many challenges in its bid to implant humans with brain chips. Here are the key takeaways.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's firm Neuralink said it's successfully implanted a brain chip in its first human patient. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementElon Musk's futuristic company Neuralink has implanted a brain chip into its first human patient. In 2019, Musk said Neuralink was aiming for approval for human trials by the end of 2020. In November last year, the company faced renewed scrutiny over the deaths of Neuralink's test monkeys.

Persons: Elon, Neuralink, it's, —, Musk, Gary Gensler, Stephen Hawking Organizations: Service, Elon, FDA, Reuters, Food and Drug Administration, Wired, SEC

☆ Why can’t we stop calling X, Twitter?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Saira Mueller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

While some people (mainly fans of Musk) have embraced the X brand, most have not. Many people, both online and in person, still call the platform Twitter, and refer to posts as tweets. WHY ARE WE STILL CALLING THIS PLATFORM TWITTER. Even when you do see X, it's framed as "X, formerly Twitter". So the brand is what they say it is… it’s not that customers can’t stop calling it Twitter, it’s that they won’t.”

Persons: it’s, adieu, Elon Musk, — Jack Scalfani, ”, — Sherrye Pomeroy, Linda Yaccarino, It’s, ” Ramon Jimenez, Wolff Olins, “, ” Marty Neumeier, —, Musk, ’, Zoë Schiffer, Schiffer, Josh Adelson, X, x.com, ” Musk, wasn’t, Neumeier, “ It’s, ’ ” Elon Musk, Alain Jocard, James Withey, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Withey, — Sandy Horne Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Premium, Twitter Twitter, Global, Merriam, Webster, Oxford English, Liquid Agency, Elon, Musk, Twitter Inc, X Corp, Getty, The New York Times, Apple, Adobe, Google, Strategy, Innovation, Nissan, Datsun Locations: @sherrye_pomeroy, San Francisco, Paris, AFP, Frankfurt, Germany, @SandyHorne61

☆ Elon Musk attacked my article accusing him of gaming Twitter's algorithm for more attention. In some ways, it gave him exactly what he wanted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Zoe Schiffer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Advertisement"Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first," the Platformer headline read. "After his super bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden's, Twitter's CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm." In December 2022, a former Twitter employee had been sentenced to three years in prison for spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia. AdvertisementBy the end of the week, did anyone even remember there had been a Super Bowl? From EXTREMELY HARDCORE: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter, by Zoe Schiffer, published by Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch, Elisabeth Murdoch, Musk, Biden, I'm, Jill Biden's, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, I'd, Elon, Zoe, Yang, Casey Newton, Biden's, Newton, who'd, Barack Obama, Twitter, Zoe Schiffer Organizations: Service, Farm, Super, News Corp, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles, Business, Eagles, Twitter, Elon Musk, Google, Washington Post, Engineers, UPS, Elon, Penguin Publishing, Penguin Random Locations: Glendale , Arizona, Arizona, Oakland, Santa Barbara, Saudi Arabia

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When it comes to dealing with a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track the private jets of billionaires, politicians and other celebrities, Taylor Swift apparently can't just shake it off. In that message, he emphasized that while he has never intended to cause harm, he also believes strongly in the importance of transparency and public information. “One should reasonably expect that their jet will be tracked, whether or not I’m the one doing it, as it is public information after all,” he wrote. A spokesperson for Swift echoed the legal complaint, saying that “the timing of stalkers” suggests a connection to Sweeney's flight-tracking sites. At one point Sweeney had more than 30 such accounts on Twitter, now known as X after Elon Musk purchased the site for $44 billion in 2022.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift's, Jack Sweeney, Venable, Sweeney, ” Sweeney, ”, Swift, Sweeney “, Elon Musk, Musk, tweeting Organizations: FRANCISCO, University of Central, Associated Press, Federal Aviation Administration, Swift, FAA, Twitter, Elon Locations: Florida, University of Central Florida

☆ Meet the Man Behind Litquidity, the Anonymous Instagram Account Dominating Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Reed Alexander | Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +26 min

The deck kicked off a game of one-upmanship among Wall Street banks trying to keep their employees happy. Lit capitalized on poking fun at Wall Street culture, selling $35 dad hats that read, "Do You Know Who My Father Is?" There have, of course, been endless rumors about Lit's identity, especially among Wall Street underlings. Wall Street underlings have speculated about Litquidity's identity for years. Basak, one attendee said, wanted to take a "wrecking ball through it all" and hold Wall Street heavy hitters accountable.

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☆ McConnell staked his legacy on a border-Ukraine deal. He may be too out of step with the GOP to save it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He also joined with other top House Republicans Monday afternoon to implore Senate Republicans to kill it. McConnell is already facing one key defection: Sen. Steve Daines, who leads the Senate GOP's campaign arm, is lined up against the bipartisan deal. "This bill unites Senate Democrats and sharply divides Senate Republicans," Lee said in another post. Since then, a group of Senate Republicans has continued to be vocal about the difficulties of having a GOP leader who has an at best icy relationship with Trump. As of this writing, there's a chance a majority of Senate Republicans will stand against their leader.

Persons: —, Mitch McConnell, He's, Donald Trump's, McConnell, Mike Johnson, Trump, Sen, Steve Daines, doesn't, Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, Ben Sasse, Rob Portman, Roy Blunt, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, Sens, JD Vance, Ohio, Josh Hawley, Kari Lake, Mike Lee of, Lee, McConnell's, Chuck Schumer, Eric Schmitt of Missouri, Jon Snow, Hawley, Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden, Rick Scott of, There's, Joe Biden's, there's Organizations: Service, Republican, Business, Democratic, Republicans, implore, Republican Party, Senate, Punchbowl News, Trump, GOP, Capitol Hill, Homeland Security, Senate Republicans, Capitol Locations: Ukraine, America, Asia, Sens, Utah, Missouri, Trump, Mike Lee of Utah, Washington, Rick Scott of Florida

☆ Highlights of Tesla CEO Elon Musk's court ruling: Mars, Frankenstein, a self-driving car pun
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a fireside discussion on artificial intelligence risks with Rishi Sunak, UK prime minister, not pictured, in London, UK, on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The bombshell, 200-page Delaware court ruling Tuesday ordering Tesla to undo its massive $56 billion compensation package for CEO Elon Musk features descriptions of a lawyer holding back tears, a reference to "Frankenstein" and a cringey self-driving car pun. And then there's a whole section about Mars — the planet — and Musk's belief that he has "a moral obligation" to use his incredible wealth to help colonize it to help "save humanity." That wealth is on track, barring a successful appeal, to be significantly reduced by a ruling issued by Chancery Court Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick. Musk wasn't happy about that Tuesday, tweeting, "Never incorporate your company in the state of Delaware."

Persons: Elon Musk, Rishi Sunak, Tesla, Elon, Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, Musk, McCormick Organizations: Tesla Inc Locations: London, Delaware

☆ Opinion: Here’s who won’t be Trump’s VP
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Opinion Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The Donald Trump vice presidential reality selection show is heating up, with pundits laying out lists of possible people Trump might choose. They range from South Carolina GOP Sen. Tim Scott, to Ohio Sen. JD Vance, to even former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Trump won’t select a running mate who will help expand his voting base, as he did in 2016 when he named then-Indiana Gov. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APWith those type of schemes, Trump needs a vice president who will not push back like Pence did. In fact, there’s plenty of time for the other contestants vying to be Trump’s VP pick to debase themselves with public displays of affection.

Persons: Dean Obeidallah, Donald Trump, Trump, South Carolina GOP Sen, Tim Scott, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Tucker Carlson, Mike Pence, Pence, Joe Biden’s, Biden, didn’t, Trump’s, ”, —, Elise Stefanik, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, policeofficers, ” Stefanik, Liz Cheney, Scott, Nikki Haley —, “, Kari Lake, won’t Organizations: CNN, South Carolina GOP, Fox News, Dean Obeidallah CNN, Trump, Indiana Gov, Foreign Affairs, GOP, Capitol, Electoral, of Justice, “, House Republican, Team Trump New, New York GOP, Twitter Locations: South, Ohio, Team Trump New Hampshire, Manchester, NH, New York, New Hampshire, Arizona, United States

☆ UNRWA: What we know about Israel’s allegations against UN staffers in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Hira Humayun | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has fired several employees in the wake of the allegations, which have not been made public. UNRWA was established by the United Nations after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war to provide humanitarian assistance for displaced Palestinians. At least 152 UNRWA staffers have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began, according to the agency. Neither Israel nor UNRWA have specified the nature of the alleged involvement of UNRWA employees in the events of October 7, nor did they specify the number of employees allegedly involved. “A case was compiled by the Intelligence Directorate, incriminating several UNRWA employees for their alleged involvement in the massacre, along with evidence pointing to the use of UNRWA facilities for terrorist purposes,” the IDF statement said.

Persons: Israel, –, Philippe Lazzarini, “, ”, ’, António Guterres, Guterres, United Nations Gilad Erdan, Syria hadn’t, Benjamin Netanyahu, Micheál Martin tweeting, ” Mustafa Barghouthi, Husseim Al, Sheick, Yoav Gallant, Israel Katz, Lazzarini, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, CNN’s Mitchell McCluskey, Benjamin Brown, Heather Law, AJ Davis, Ibrahim Hazboun, Rob Iddiols, Amir Tal, Akanksha Sharma, Lauren Izso, Caitlin Hu Organizations: CNN, UN, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, UNRWA, United Nations, United Nations ’, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Saturday, Intelligence, UN Security, US State Department, Palestinian National Initiative, International, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, Israel’s, Foreign, The Agency Locations: Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany

☆ TikTok's Lunden and Olivia Stallings are straight people's favorite lesbian couple. What do they owe queer fans?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

Lunden and Olivia told me their mission as influencers was to "represent and inspire others to be their authentic self." Advertisement"I did feel represented by them," Asia said, but the tweets "showed me that they are still white women." "We are especially confident in our sexuality and the way that we feel and who we are," Olivia told me. Lunden and Olivia told me they want to advocate for all LGBTQ+ people, including those who don't look like them. It's a chance, the couple told me, to combat the hate and negativity LGBTQ+ parents face.

Persons: Lunden Stallings, Olivia Bennett, Monique Lhuillier, Lunden, Taylor Swift, Stallings, David Yurman, preppy, Olivia, TikTok, Kendrick Brinson, who's, you've, Madison Mathews, sunnies, peck, they'd, Brooklynites, Remington, Zeta Tau, Olivia DMed Lunden —, Justin Bieber, snapbacks, haven't, Lunden's, Ellie Goulding's, Olivia couldn't, Caroline Bayne, Lunden's TikTok, Zara, Mercedes, Sophie, It's, Jackie J, Jackie, There's, Bud Light, Dylan Mulvaney, influencers, They've, KenzKustomz, Krysten Stein, Black influencers, Stein, Hill, millennials Organizations: Naylor, People, Business, Alabama, Chevrolet, New York Post, Daily Mail, Madison, University of Central, Jacksonville State University, Zeta Tau Alpha, University of Alabama's, University, Minnesota, BI, Braves, Rover, Pride, Nielsen, Saks, University of Illinois Locations: Roswell , Georgia, Asia, Olivia, Charleston, LoveShackFancy, Powder Springs , Georgia, Atlanta, Blytheville , Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas, Alabama, Roswell, Austin, RushTok, Alpharetta, Charleston , South Carolina, Southern, Publix, Fayetteville , Arkansas, University of Illinois Chicago

The website, beloved for being one of modern music’s true centers of gravity and renowned for its daily record reviews scored 0.0 to 10.0, will be folded into GQ, parent company Condé Nast announced Wednesday. Schreiber sold Pitchfork to Condé Nast in 2015. Says Snapes: “Music is so much more than a ‘men’s interest’ or leisure pursuit. Pitchfork paid close, longform critical attention to so many different types of music, and so many different niches. “It’s the independent, experimental artists that are going to suffer.”___ Maria Sherman writes about music for The Associated Press.

Persons: Condé Nast, Anna Wintour, ” Wintour, Ryan Schreiber, Pitchfork, Schreiber, ”, Laura Snapes, ” Snapes, “, ” Ann Powers, ” Powers, Wintour, Melissa Consorte, Condé, P4K, Consorte, Joanna Melissakis, Gareth Paisey, Yasmin Williams, Sam Sodomsky, Williams, Paisey, “ We’ve, Taylor Swift, ” ___ Maria Sherman Organizations: ANGELES, Pitchfork, GQ, Associated Press, Napster, “, SPIN, Blender, PITCHFORK, AP, Condé Nast, The Associated Press

☆ Mike Johnson seeks to avoid McCarthy's fate as he navigates shutdown and immigration
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Sahil Kapur | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Under pressure from right-wing members, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., faces stark challenges in keeping the government funded and responding to a potential Senate deal that would toughen immigration laws while providing funding for Ukraine. But passing the spending deal could make it politically more difficult for Johnson to support an emerging bipartisan Senate immigration deal that the right wing of the GOP is turning against. 2 is his position, but he was careful not to reveal specifics of what the House would accept if a Senate immigration deal came together, the sources said. Johnson's allies believe GOP opponents of the spending deal may vote against it but doubt they'll come for his job.

Persons: Mike Johnson, He's, Johnson, Chuck Schumer, Chip Roy, Steve Deace, Schumer, Brian Fitzpatrick, We've, it's, Doug Heye, Heye, Sen, James Lankford of, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Greene, It's, Kevin McCarthy, Johnson's, they'll, Jodey Arrington Organizations: Republican, Ukraine, White, Congress, Republicans, GOP, Fox News, Democrats, United States Congress Locations: Louisiana, Washington , DC, Iowa, Texas, Ukraine, Russia, James Lankford of Oklahoma

☆ How Group Chats Rule the World
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Sophie Haigney | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

We often get glimpses of such group chats in court filings, the familiar blue-and-white bubbles of iMessage screenshotted and laid out as evidence. I know of a group chat in which, among other things, a group of successful men trade investment tips and even function sometimes as a de facto investment group. You have to wonder what was being said in this “200+ tech founders” group chat before the bank run. The dynamics of group chats — who is in them, who is not — might seem like the adult version of kids’ jockeying for a lunch table. One of my favorite group chats, now defunct, was among me and two friends I was suddenly becoming closer to.

Persons: I’m, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, he’d, ” Ingraham, “, ”, people’s, Sam Bankman, Fried, —, ’, someone’s Organizations: Systems, Fox News, Trump, MSNBC, Australian Financial, Valley Bank, Twitter, Spotify Locations: Hayes Valley

☆ 42-year-old brings in more than $1 million a year from newsletter, podcast: 'My advice is just stop tweeting and do the work'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The 42-year-old founded his newsletter, Lenny's Newsletter, about product management in 2019. In 2022, Rachitsky started Lenny's Podcast. He releases two episodes per week and interviews leaders in the project management space to get concrete, actionable advice about their work. "A lot of people start tweeting all this advice before they've actually done anything and have any advice to share," he says. He accrued years of knowledge and started his newsletter with dozens of ideas about how to help people.

Persons: Lenny Rachitsky, Rachitsky, He's, they've, —

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MyPillow chief executive and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said Friday that Fox News has stopped running his company's commercials, disputing the network's assertion that it is simply because he hasn't paid his bills. Lindell went public by tweeting that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow's biggest advertising outlets, had canceled him. Several big-box retailers, including Walmart, have discontinued his products, and lawyers who were defending him against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies quit. In an interview with The Associated Press, Lindell acknowledged that MyPillow owes money to Fox. He said MyPillow has long spent an average of $1 million a week to run its ads on Fox.

Persons: —, Mike Lindell, hasn't, Lindell, Fox, Donald Trump’s, ” Fox, Irena Briganti, MyPillow, Lou Dobbs, Trump, Dobbs, ”, it's, ‘, ’ Organizations: Fox News, Fox, Walmart, “, Associated Press, Fox Business, Systems, Dominion Locations: MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota

☆ Bill Ackman wants more college presidents to be business people. But that's not the way it works.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Advancing through academia to the role of president is still the traditional route, with 54% of college presidents in the US taking this path. That's according to the American Council on Education's 2023 American College President Study, which surveyed more than 1,000 presidents. AdvertisementA 2017 Deloitte survey of sitting college presidents found they "overwhelmingly agreed" that campus leaders need academic experience. Business people aren't a popular choice for the position for several reasons, many of which have to do with a president's responsibilities. AdvertisementCautionary tales of presidents with business backgroundsWhile it's unfair to write off university leaders from business backgrounds, some recent experiments do provide a cautionary tale.

Persons: —, Bill Ackman, Claudine Gay, isn't, Ackman, Ackman doesn't, doesn't, Benjamin Ginsberg, it's, Ginsberg, Harvard's Gay, he's, Gay, Tim Wolfe, Simon Newman Organizations: Service, Harvard, Business, American Council, Study, Deloitte, Bloomberg, Johns Hopkins University, Faculty, IBM, Novell, University of Missouri, Mary's University, Education's, Futures Lab Locations: Mount St

☆ ESPN star Pat McAfee publicly attacks network executive amid Aaron Rodgers controversy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

McAfee implied Williamson may have leaked the idea for the story to New York Post reporter Andrew Marchand. That is just seemingly the only human that has information and then somehow that information gets leaked, and it's wrong." ESPN management values the importance of McAfee and Williamson and is looking into why McAfee denigrated an executive, according to a person familiar with the matter. "At the same time, we are thrilled with the multi-platform success that we have seen from the Pat McAfee Show across ESPN. The New York Post previously reported that McAfee has paid Rodgers "millions" to appear on his show.

Persons: Pat McAfee, Norby Williamson, Stephen A . Smith, McAfee, Williamson, Andrew Marchand, Marchand, I'm, Jemele Hill, There's, Aaron Rodgers, Rodgers, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeffrey Epstein, Kimmel, tweeting Rodgers, Aaron, Mike Foss, Achilles, Rodgers didn't Organizations: NFL, Phoenix Convention Center, ESPN, The New York Post, McAfee, New York Post, New York Jets, Disney, ABC, Front Office Sports, Super Bowl, Jets, Green Bay Packers Locations: PHOENIX , ARIZONA, Phoenix , Arizona, New

☆ The kind of 'free speech' Elon Musk says he wants would be terrible
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Henry Blodget | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementEveryone has theories about why Elon Musk publicly insulted and threatened Twitter/X advertisers last week. (And anyone who works there — or at any other company — would be fired for saying what Elon said last week). I also think Elon wants to suggest that we should be able to say whatever we want without any consequences—and even that there is a Constitutional right for us to do this. I also, respectfully, don't think Elon really thinks that. I don't think even Elon would enjoy that!

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Katie Notopoulos, Katie doesn't, Elon, Tesla Organizations: Service, Elon, Twitter, Business, Tesla

☆ The Storm Brewing Inside Elon Musk’s Mind Gets Out
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Tim Higgins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The complicated mind of Elon Musk has taken center stage—intentionally or not. This could have been— should have been—a week all about Musk’s goodwill trip to Israel that he made Monday after an outcry followed his tweeting in support of antisemitic vitriol.

Persons: Elon Musk Locations: Israel

☆ Trump, who's railed against Black Lives Matter for years, now says he'd be 'very honored' to have its support
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was "very honored" to receive support from Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter leaders condemned Fisher's remarks and TrumpThat Trump even has support from Black Lives Matter is being disputed by leaders in the movement. However, the website also said it is "not affiliated with any other Black Lives Matter Movement." The statement called Fisher's organization "illegitimate," said it had no connection to the wider Black Lives Matter movement, while disputing that Fisher should be called a "Black Lives Matter leader." AdvertisementHe accused Trump of doing "nothing but sit in the White House tweeting" during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, —, Mark Fisher, Fisher, Lincoln, he's, he'd, Fisher's, Gary Dantzler, Dantzler, Black, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump —, DeSantis Organizations: Service, Wednesday, Fox, Trump, Democrat, Providence Journal, BLM, BLM Incorporated, BLM Inc, Foundation, Florida Gov, GOP Locations: Maryland, Florida

Cheney writes most members knew “it was a farce” and “another public display of fealty to Donald Trump.”“Among them was Republican Congressman Mark Green of Tennessee,” Cheney writes. “Leader McConnell, who had made a career out of savvy political calculation and behind-the-scenes maneuvering, got this one wrong,” Cheney writes. In the book, Cheney also condemns right-wing media for amplifying the disinformation coming from Trump and his allies. “Several months later, I heard the show had been in the final stages of production when it was shut down,” Cheney writes. Cheney writes that Pelosi’s team “pulled together a list of the 10 worst things I had ever said about her.

Persons: Washington CNN —, Liz Cheney, “ enablers, ”, Donald Trump, Cheney, ” Cheney, Kevin McCarthy, Trump, he’d, Mike Johnson, “, Liz Cheney's, Brown, hypocrites –, Steven Cheung, ‘, Jesus, McCarthy, ” McCarthy, “ McCarthy, Jim Jordan, ” Jordan, Jordan, Russell Dye, Johnson, “ Johnson, ’ ”, Mark Green of, Green, sheepishly, ’, ’ Cheney, craven, fundraise, Kevin, “ They’re, Jerry Maguire, Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, it’s, Mike Pence, Pence, Paul Ryan, Ryan, Cheney’s, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheneys, cautioning, ’ ” Cheney, Roberto Schmidt, Hakeem Jeffries, George W . Bush, “ Liz, Courage, I’m, Nancy Pelosi, Liz ’, ruefully, Trump –, Mike Kelly, “ She’s, Mike Turner, Liz, Drew Angerer, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, George W, Bush, McConnell, Mitch McConnell, ” McConnell, Fox, Tucker Carlson, Pelosi, “ Trump, Jan, CNN’s Kristen Holmes, Annie Grayer, Oliver Darcy Organizations: Washington CNN, Republican Party, CNN, Wyoming Republican, Trump, White, GOP, Republican, California Republican, Fox News, “, Capitol, ”, Orange Jesus, Mar, Save America PAC, AFP, Getty, Democratic, Republicans, House Republican Conference, Caucus, U.S . Capitol, Jan, Senate Republicans, Fox Corp, Fox, Democrat, Independent Locations: Wyoming, California, Mark Green of Tennessee, Mar, Trump, Washington , DC, Ohio, WASHINGTON, DC, Washington ,, Trump’s, Congress, America

☆ Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Elon Musk is trying to make amends, or at least do damage control, after endorsing an antisemitic post on his platform X, formerly Twitter. The backlash to Musk’s comments on X was swift: Advertisers pulled their campaigns from X, and Musk came under international criticism. Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. A chat with Musk and a personal tour of Hamas’ devastation seems like it could have waited. Earlier this year, the ADL published a report documenting an increase in antisemitic content on X under Musk’s ownership.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, CNN — Elon Musk, isn’t, “, ‘ Hitler, ”, I’m, Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, X, ” X, White, Jonathan Greenblatt, Greenblatt, ” Musk, George Soros, Soros, Dilbert, Scott Adams, tweeting Organizations: Twitter, CNN, Musk, Defamation League, Israeli, Hamas, Islamic State, Center, Media, ADL Locations: New York, Israel, Buffalo, Gaza, Europe, Hungarian

A Tesla sign is pictured outside the Tesla Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo, New York, U.S., February 13, 2022. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) regional official on Friday tossed out a complaint filed in February by Workers United, a union seeking to organize workers at Tesla's Buffalo, New York "gigafactory." Workers United claimed that within days of announcing a union campaign earlier this year, Tesla fired dozens of workers from its Autopilot department. Tesla and Workers United did not immediately respond to requests for comment. President Joe Biden said this month that he supported the union's efforts to organize workers at Tesla and Toyota.

Persons: Carlo Allegri, Tesla, Kayla Blado, Blado, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, tweeting, Daniel Wiessner, Aurora Ellis, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: REUTERS, Tesla Inc, National Labor Relations Board, Workers United, Workers, United Auto Workers, UAW, Detroit Three, Tesla, Toyota, NLRB, Thomson Locations: Buffalo , New York, U.S, New York, Tesla's Buffalo , New York, Buffalo, Florida, Fremont , California, Albany , New York

☆ NYU Langone Fired Him for His Anti-Hamas Posts. He’s Suing.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Joseph Goldstein | More About Joseph Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

A prominent doctor is suing NYU Langone Health after he was fired as director of its cancer center over his social media postings about the Israel-Hamas war. Dr. Neel is one of two doctors whom NYU Langone has removed for online postings since the war began last month. The lawsuit could put NYU Langone under the microscope in the widening debate. “They should take away their scholarships,” Dr. Grossman wrote in a message to Dr. Neel in October. In a statement, NYU Langone said Dr. Neel’s decision to share those emails was just him “lashing out for being held accountable.”“The emails referenced in the suit were among colleagues and Dr. Neel is now making them public in an effort to pressure NYU Langone,” the statement said.

Persons: NYU Langone —, Benjamin Neel, NYU Langone, Neel, Zaki Masoud, Masoud, Dr, “ Dr, Perlmutter, Milton Williams, ”, “, Ben Neel, ” Dr, Joseph Pace, Pace, Robert Grossman, Grossman —, —, Grossman, Neel’s, Williams, “ Grossman, Ben Organizations: NYU Langone Health, NYU Langone, NYU, Journalists, Palestine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYU Langone’s, Court, Perlmutter Cancer, Social Media Policy, Social Media, New, “, Harvard, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Israel, New York, Gaza, Lenox, Mineola, Long, Manhattan, Connecticut

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