The Daily Edge

31/12/2024

How badly did the media fail us in 2024? 10 important stories—from the scandalous to the simply factual—that were deemed less "newsworthy" than Biden's age or rumors about immigrants eating pets in Ohio.

10 media fails that should have been bigger news—and mustn’t be forgotten

30/12/2024

Elon Musk is a national security risk

His cozy relationship with Chinese leaders and reported contacts with Russian officials is a cause for alarm.

29/12/2024

Trump has sold the movement to a foreign investor

The man Trump trained as his "foreign replacement" arrived in the US in 1992 as a young African immigrant.

28/12/2024

As Julesbonss tells her TikTok followers, Elon and Vivek want immigrants who have been raised to have "no social life, no social skills, but can literally work for a corporation day-in, day-out asking for no time off, no paid leave, no sick leave, none of that. They want you to be a robot. They want you to be another cog in the machine."

If you want to work for Elon, you'll have to act like a robot until he can replace you with one.

27/12/2024

The weapons of mass destruction were here all along.

The EPA was warned about toxic “forever chemicals” the year we invaded Iraq—and kept promoting them.

The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”

26/12/2024

Trump voters are now worried that Musk will slash their benefits

Voters in the struggling Pennsylvania city of New Castle backed Donald Trump hoping he’d curb inflation. But he’ll be under pressure to cut federal spending.

26/12/2024

I wrote about why Romney wasn’t the last Republican establishment nominee. He was the nominee who established the GOP as the party of lies.

Read free: https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/how-the-post-truth-era-began/

23/12/2024

"Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole."

I’ve dedicated my career to reducing violent crime and ensuring a fair and effective justice system. Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40

22/12/2024

My latest, free-to-read on Ghost https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/the-mump-regime/

21/12/2024

Yes, it’s a rigged system.

21/12/2024

Rigged system: https://unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/rigged-system/

18/12/2024

Biden deserves more credit for bringing inflation down even as the value of our nest eggs soared.

According to a new report from Fidelity, there were 9.5% more 401(k) millionaires in the third quarter, and many of them are Gen Xers.

17/12/2024

Making Grok free will only make misinformation worse

Musk has radicalized Twitter and amplified misinformation. Now he wants to poison news itself.

17/12/2024

STILL GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS

The president-elect had argued the charges against him should be dismissed because of a Supreme Court ruling in July on presidential immunity.

14/12/2024

"What’s happening in NC should be much bigger scandal: gerrymandered GOP legislature stripping power from Dem gov & AG in lame-duck session while Rs trying to throw out 60k votes to overturn Dem victory in state Supreme Court race." Ari Berman

"This is a nonviolent version of January 6."

14/12/2024

Polio survivor endorses vaccine.

“Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous,” said the former Republican leader, who is a polio survivor.

12/12/2024

Under Biden, no one's complaining about their nest eggs.

According to a new report from Fidelity, there were 9.5% more 401(k) millionaires in the third quarter, and many of them are Gen Xers.

12/12/2024

President Biden on Thursday announced he is commuting the prison sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in what the White House said was the largest act of clemency in a single day in modern presidential history.

The 1,500 people had been serving long prison sentences that would have been shorter under today's laws and practices. They had been on home confinement since the COVID pandemic.