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☆ Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Trump to this day criticizes Pence for certifying the results of the 2020 election, falsely claiming it was stolen due to rampant voter fraud. In another interview in October of that year, Leavitt again denied that Joe Biden had won the 2020 election legitimately. Youngest White House press secretaryAt 27, Leavitt will be the youngest person ever to hold the position of White House press secretary. Trump praised Leavitt’s appointment, calling her “smart,” “tough” and “effective,” as he is expected to shake up the traditional White House press briefing in some way. Another included false claims of voter fraud in Georgia during the 2020 election.

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Bob Bryar, the former drummer for famed rock band My Chemical Romance, has died. Bryar was My Chemical Romance's longest serving drummer, playing with the band from 2004 to 2010, during which time they released their hit album "The Black Parade" in 2006. He was working as a sound engineer for The Used when he met the members of My Chemical Romance while on tour in 2004. My Chemical Romance went on to break up in 2013, before getting back together — without Bryar — in 2019. They're set to return to the stage next summer across North America on the "Long Live The Black Parade" tour.

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☆ Matt Gaetz is now hinting that he plans to run to succeed Ron DeSantis as Florida's governor
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementMatt Gaetz withdrew from his attorney general bid on Thursday. But he's since hinted on X at a possible 2026 Florida governor run. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz's bid for attorney general may have been short-lived, but he appears to have his sights set on another big career move. In a Saturday tweet, Florida State Rep. Anthony Sabatini posted on X his prediction that Gaetz would be the next governor of Florida. After Gaetz withdrew, Trump wrote on Truth Social that he appreciated Gaetz's "efforts."

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Ron DeSantis, Matt Gaetz's, Anthony Sabatini, Gaetz, Sabatini, Donald Trump, Vance, Trump, Matt, DeSantis, Jeb Bush, I'm, Charlie Kirk, Ginger, George Santos Organizations: Gov, Florida State, DOJ, Gaetz, CNN, Trump, Administration, Elon, Trump ., 119th, Business Locations: Florida, Florida's

☆ Elon Musk acknowledges something that was obvious about the new Twitter: It's no longer a good place for links.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AdvertisementElon Musk says a lot of us are doing it wrong when it comes to posting links on X. Musk says this will stop "lazy linking." For anyone who posts links to X, it's been intuitively clear that since Elon Musk took over, posts with links don't get the same reach as they used to. This just stops lazy linking. AdvertisementMusk says this is meant to stop "lazy linking" — which … I'm not sure exactly what that is.

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☆ Elon Musk floats buying MSNBC, but he’s not the only billionaire who may be interested
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Conventional wisdom holds that Musk — the world’s richest man and key Donald Trump ally — and his friends are just joking. But Musk’s posts are adding to the anxiety that MSNBC staffers are feeling about the reelection of Donald Trump and the recently announced spinoff of Comcast’s cable channels. I learned that more than one benevolent billionaire with liberal bonafides has already reached out to acquaintances at MSNBC to express interest in buying the cable channel. Instead, he is moving MSNBC and a half dozen other cable channels into “SpinCo,” a pure-play cable programming company. I have sensed quite a bit of enthusiasm at MSNBC about “SpinCo,” actually, because the new structure should allow for more investment into MSNBC, CNBC and the other brands.

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☆ Trump’s Labor secretary pick is surprisingly pro-union. It doesn’t mean his administration will be
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —This week ended with President-elect Donald Trump nominating one of the most pro-union Republican members of Congress to be his secretary of Labor. Trump support growing among unionsTrump received more support from rank-and-file union members in this election than he had in past elections. “Now he is threatening to take the unprecedented action of removing current pro-worker NLRB members in the middle of their term, replacing them with his corporate friends. Nearly half of the nation’s union members work for different units of government, not companies. Many of the public-sector bargaining rights are not set at the national level, but at the state level, where most public-sector employees and union members work.

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☆ Matt Gaetz says he’s not returning to Congress next year
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general on Thursday, said Friday he will not be returning to Congress next year. And I’m actually excited to see Northwest Florida go to new heights and have great representation,” Gaetz told Kirk. He also praised Trump’s subsequent choice for attorney general, which the president-elect announced just hours after Gaetz withdrew his name — former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. “My good friend Pam Bondi is going to be a phenomenal attorney general for Donald Trump. “I had a full-time job explaining to senators that maybe a tweet I sent about them was rash and not reflective of how I would serve as attorney general.

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☆ Absences by Trump’s Senate pals help Democrats confirm Biden judges
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Trump earlier this month had urged Senate Republicans not to allow any judicial confirmations in the final weeks of the Biden administration while the upper chamber was under Democratic control. Since then, other judicial nominees have been able to clear pivotal votes because not enough Republicans were present to block them. Two of the missing Republicans, Sens. Several of the missing Republicans – which also included Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s pick for secretary of state – were back in the chamber Wednesday. Even if no other Biden-appointed judge is confirmed, Trump will start his second term with a number of openings that is fewer than half of that previous number.

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☆ How much of Musk’s wealth comes from tax dollars and government help?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Government crucial to Musk’s net worthIt’s worthwhile to ask just how much of his world-leading net worth comes from government help over the last 10 to 15 years. Tesla and SpaceX got started – and survived their early days – with assistance from state and federal policies, government contracts and loans. Tesla buyers received federal tax credits worth an estimated $3.4 billion before the perk disappeared entirely for Tesla buyers at the end of 2019. “Take away the subsidies, it will only help Tesla,” Musk posted on his social media platform X in July. According to USASpending.gov, the government database that tracks federal spending, SpaceX has signed contracts worth nearly $20 billion.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Musk, ”, Daniel Ives, SpaceX doesn’t, Tesla’s, Noah Berger, Tesla, Trump, ” Musk, Elon Musk, Frederic J . Brown, Ives, Brandon Bell, USASpending.gov, Casey Dreier, ” Dreier, “ Elon, Dreier, CNN’s Jackie Wattles Organizations: New, New York CNN, SpaceX, Trump, Government, Wedbush Securities, Reuters, Department of Energy, Biden, US, Tesla, Getty, NASA, International Space, Planetary Society Locations: New York, Fremont , California, Hawthorne , California, AFP, Brownsville , Texas, Russia

Trump has been “heavily working the phones” to Republican senators for their support on behalf of Gaetz, according to a transition official. Trump announced Gaetz as his pick nearly a week ago. The official said Trump’s transition knows Gaetz is the toughest confirmation they will have to fight for by far. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND, said he had received a phone call from Trump personally urging him to support Gaetz. This year, Trump announced his first pick to be White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles just two days after election day.

Persons: Donald Trump, Justice Department — Matt Gaetz —, Trump, JD Vance, Chris Wray's, Vance, Biden, Pete Hegseth, Gaetz, “ Trump, Sen, John Thune, Kevin Cramer, ” Cramer, Ron Klain, Susie Wiles, Ben Carson, Carson, Elon Musk, Musk, Howard Lutnick Organizations: Justice Department, FBI, Trump, State , Defense, Homeland Security, Commerce, National Intelligence and National Security, White, Urban, Treasury Department, ‘ Department, Government Locations: Mar

☆ Bluesky has 'the juice' — but it still doesn't have the normies
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

There's a hero we need: Pop Crave. Bluesky has seen explosive growth in the last few weeks — hitting 20 million users. What Bluesky has right now is a ton of new users, mostly of a certain type — the brainiac set. However, there is a Pop Base account — a competitor to Pop Crave. Pop Base confirmed to me that they're on Bluesky — they said they joined in 2022 but only started posting regularly in the last few weeks.

Persons: it's, Bluesky, Elon Musk's, Donald Trump, — brainiacs, Max Read, Sabrina Carpenter stan, —, Olivia Rodrigo Organizations: Twitter, Pop Base Locations: Bushwick, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Forest Hills, Queens

☆ A New Way to Leave Twitter for Bluesky Without Losing Your Tweets
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"We know lots of people are importing their old posts, and we're excited about that," Liu says. To be honest, I've found it a bit weird to see my old tweets in my new home. To fix that — and to minimize the potential for tampering with old tweets — Bluesky is planning to label posts that are moved over from other platforms. "We're about to ship an update to show old posts that are imported with an archival tag," Liu says. Once I've got all my old tweets unpacked on Bluesky, I'm going to head back over to X and torch my entire archive.

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☆ Microsoft Copilot's underperformance is the latest red flag for investments in AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The big storyA Copilot conundrumMicrosoft; Chelsea Jia Feng/BIMicrosoft's challenges with its flagship AI product could be another red flag for an industry with high hopes for the tech. Earlier this year, analysts at Barclays highlighted an under-the-radar risk to AI bets: the depreciation costs related to AI chips . A potential Trump trade plan beneficiary: US semiconductor jobs. If Trump's proposed trade plan is enacted, the American semiconductor industry could see hiring growth. Walmart might be just fine under Trump's proposed trade plan.

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☆ Trump doubles down on provocative Cabinet picks as their fates hang in the balance
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Not all of Trump’s picks are causing uproar. But in a conventional administration, controversies raging around at least four key Cabinet picks would be seen as a disaster. The president-elect’s son explains the planGaetz and several other Trump picks have caused consternation in some circles given the questions about their qualifications and past behavior. That’s what the American people want.”It would take a handful of Republican senators to block the most provocative Trump nominees early next year, given that Democrats are likely to vote en masse against them. If he’s qualified, he’s qualified.”Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt said he believed Trump’s nominees would get confirmed.

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“I don’t think that Black Twitter is going to exist within the next couple of years,” said Jonathan Johnson, a 29-year-old behavioral therapist in Houston and a longtime Twitter and X user. “Social media is only important because of the social part, and if you don’t have that, people aren’t going to use” the app. Like many others, Black users have been eyeing an exit from the app since 2022, but users told NBC News that this mass exodus feels more permanent. He criticized the functionality of the app and said it will suffer without a mass of Black users. “It feels like a very welcoming, safe space,” said Pariss Chandler, the organizer of Black Tech Twitter and the founder of the recruitment platform Black Tech Pipeline.

Persons: ”, Jonathan Johnson, Mike Brown’s, Donald Trump, “, Ashon Crawley, Johnson, ” Elon, Musk, “ I’m, ” Crawley, Emily Liu, ” Liu, Gabrielle Union, Don Lemon, Vivek Ramaswamy, ” Johnson, Pariss Chandler, Chandler, “ It’s, ” Chandler, they’re, Rudy Fraser, Fraser, “ there’s, Bluesky, Bluesky’s, Blacksky Organizations: Twitter, University of Virginia, NBC News, Bluesky, Meta, Republican, “ Department, Government, Black Tech Twitter, Black Tech Pipeline Locations: Houston, Similarweb, Bluesky, Los Angeles, Crawley, Still

☆ From 'brilliant' to 'dangerous': Mixed reactions roll in after Trump picks RFK Jr. for top health post
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Frank-Thorp-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Frank Thorp V | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Thune ducked a question about whether he would support Kennedy's confirmation, saying that the process "is just getting started" and adding that there would be "a vetting process." Cassidy is currently the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee and is considered a contender for chairing the committee in the next Congress. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said in a post to X that Kennedy was “Dangerous. I will hold any HHS Secretary to the same high standard of protecting and improving public health," Polis added in the later post. A majority of senators must vote in support of a nominee in order for the position to be confirmed.

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☆ Iranian anti-regime activist who died by suicide buried in Tehran
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Warning: This story contains descriptions of self-harm that some readers might find distressingCNN —Iranian activist Kianoosh Sanjari, who died by suicide this week in protest at political imprisonments by the regime, was buried Friday in the capital Tehran. “It is time to act… as Iranians, we should attend his burial with enthusiasm and respect, to honor this noble and tortured individual,” Ronaghi wrote on X. Abdollah Momeni, another Iranian activist, said that when he saw Sanjar’s post, he rushed to meet him, only to find “a white sheet thrown” over his body by Hafez Bridge. On Thursday, the state news agency ISNA reported that a judicial case had been opened by the prosecutor’s office in Tehran regarding Sanjari’s suicide. He was accused of “acting against state security” and “propaganda against the system,” according to the human rights organization.

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☆ Matt Gaetz's most controversial moments
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

He has also been the subject of multiple House Ethics Committee probes. Related Video House of Representatives tumbles into chaos as fight for new speaker eruptsHere are some of the most controversial moments of Gaetz's career so far:He invited a Holocaust denier to the State of the Union. AdvertisementDemocrats urged the House Ethics Committee to investigate the matter. Advertisement"I'll give you the truth why I'm not speaker," McCarthy said in April 2024. House Ethics Committee probes GatezThe House Ethics Committee opened its probe into Gaetz in 2021.

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☆ Here's my playbook for how to invest in stocks during a Trump presidency
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The Trust portfolio is what we use for the CNBC Investing Club. Back in April 2018, Trump ruled then-Twitter — now X and under the ownership of Trump efficiency czar Elon Musk . It was labeled "Trump stock" and a professional announcer, the deep-voice guy we used to use all of the time at the network, recorded it. I pushed the button whenever I was sure that a stock could somehow do well under the first Trump administration. There was no "Trump Stock," "Trump Stock" button pressing for Amazon that day.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, He's, Elon Musk, Lisa, Jeff Marks, Jeff, —, Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Republican Donald Trump, Andrew Kelly Organizations: Dow Jones, Trump, CNBC, Twitter, Amazon, Facebook, Meta, New York Stock Exchange, Republican, U.S Locations: Bahamas, Butler , Pennsylvania, U.S, New York City

On the day after the election, Nov. 6, X experienced its largest user exodus since Elon Musk bought the platform in 2022. NBC News spoke to six people who have joined or committed to using Threads and Bluesky in place of X after the election because of Musk. In the past five days, Wurtz said people she used to follow on X have started to trickle over to Threads. “I have a private personal account for friends and family and a public account for Taylor Swift, so nobody drowns in my Taylor Swift content,” Polo said. Currently, X users can go to the site’s settings and opt out.

Persons: Elon Musk, Don Lemon, Donald Trump, Musk, Kara Wurtz, Louis, ” Wurtz, “, I’m, Wurtz, Wurtz isn’t, Adam Mosseri, Bluesky, ”, Mosseri, David Carr, X, Polo, Swifties, Taylor Swift, ” Polo, Elon, Rory Mir, ” Mir, José Vilson, “ I’m, ” Laura Sell, Sell, “ It’s, Micah Lee, Dr, Jorge Caballero, ” Caballero, it’s Organizations: Elon, Guardian, NBC, Trump, Twitter, NBC News, Bluesky, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Duke University Press Locations: Similarweb, United States, Canada, Bluesky

☆ Trump taps Lee Zeldin as EPA chief, Rep. Elise Stefanik for UN ambassador
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts as former U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin speaks at a rally ahead of the New Hampshire primary election in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S. January 19, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersPresident-elect Donald Trump said Monday that he would appoint former Rep. Lee Zeldin as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and current Rep. Elise Stefanik as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. The executive director of the Sierra Club, a leading environmental group, blasted Trump's selection of Zeldin for the EPA post. "Our lives, our livelihoods, and our collective future cannot afford Lee Zeldin – or anyone who seeks to carry out a mission antithetical to the EPA's mission." Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

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☆ Is this going to be a Twitter presidency or a TV one?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-11 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Does this mean Twitter is going to be more important in the Trump 2.0 era? It's really not Twitter — it's — Twitter goes on television, or if they have breaking news, I'll tweet, I'll say "Watch this — boom." AdvertisementTrump was the TV presidentTrump was transfixed by TV, and that meant TV was the most important medium during his first presidency. Musk, for instance, spent part of his Sunday using Twitter to criticize "Saturday Night Live" — just like Trump used to do. But I will be surprised if Donald Trump, TV guy, becomes Donald Trump, Twitter guy.

Persons: Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Trump, —, Tucker Carlson, Charlie Kirk, Kirk, US Sen, Rick Scott, 🇺🇸🇺🇸, own e, abou, witt, and i, ike Organizations: Twitter, Service, Trump, US, itt, Fox, Adv

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. "Our primary focus is #Bitcoin," Dorsey proclaimed on Twitter. The name of the business unit would be TBD. Block called it Web5 and said the mission was to create a more decentralized, secure and private internet. Dorsey said in a tweet in mid-2022 that Web5 "will likely be our most important contribution to the internet."

Persons: Jack Dorsey, Shiba Inu, bitcoin, Dorsey, Amrita Ahuja Organizations: Twitter Inc, Twitter, Square Inc Locations: Miami , Florida, U.S

You can delete your X account by deactivating it on the X website or mobile app. Related Video 5 ways Elon Musk shook up Twitter as CEOHow to delete your X account on iPhone or AndroidOpen the X app on your iPhone or Android. Jaures Yip/Business InsiderHow to delete your X account on desktopGo to the X website and log in to your account. Jaures Yip/Business InsiderHow to delete the X appIf you're not ready to delete your X account but want to take a break from the social network, you can delete the app from your device without deleting your entire account. How to reuse your username or email on XWhen you delete your X account, your username is deleted along with it.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Jaures Yip, You'll Organizations: Service

Next door in the 7th District, GOP state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie defeated Democratic Rep. Susan Wild, who had flipped a GOP seat in a 2018 special election. Republicans also flipped an open seat in Michigan’s 7th District, after Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin decided to run for the Senate. Because California is notoriously slow in counting ballots, some of the half-dozen hyper-competitive races there — critical to which party wins the House majority — likely will take days. In the 27th District, GOP Rep. Mike Garcia was narrowly beating Democrat George Whitesides with 65% of the vote in. In another California battleground race, NBC News projected Wednesday that GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley has defeated Democrat Jessica Morse.

Persons: Donald Trump, Will Trump, that’s, Kamala Harris, Trump, Mike Johnson, ” Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, ” Jeffries, Ezra Levin, Brendan Boyle, it's, ”, ” Boyle, “ Trump, Harris, Brandon Williams, Marc Molinaro, Josh Riley, Rob Bresnahan, Matt Cartwright, Ryan Mackenzie, Susan Wild, Wild, Elissa Slotkin, Nick Begich, Mary Peltola, Juan Ciscomani, Kirsten Engel, David Schweikert, Don Bacon, John Duarte, Adam Gray, David Valadao, Rudy Salas, Mike Garcia, Democrat George Whitesides, Michelle Steel, Derek Tran, Ken Calvert, Will Rollins, Kevin Kiley, Jessica Morse Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republicans, White, Senate, Representatives, NBC News, House Republicans, “, Biden, Congressional, Democratic, ”, Democrats, GOP, Empire State, NBC, Republican, Democratic Rep, GOP Rep, Central Valley’s, Democrat, District, longtime GOP, Rep Locations: West Palm Beach , Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan, D, Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, New York, Arizona , Oregon, Iowa, Southern California, Greenland, Syracuse, Empire, Pennsylvania’s, District, Michigan’s 7th, Alaska’s, In Arizona, Nebraska, California

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