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Aug 06 2024
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Elon Musk Sues Advertisers For 'Massive Boycott' After Twitter Takeover
WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws. The company formerly known as Twitter filed the lawsuit Tuesday in a federal court in Texas against the World Federation of Advertisers and member companies Unilever, Mars
HuffPost
Sep 05 2024
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Jack Smith Files Mystery Sealed Document in Donald Trump Case
In a new twist in the federal election interference case against former President Donald Trump, Special Counsel Jack Smith has submitted a mystery document, hidden from both the public and Trump's lawyers.
The filing was made in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where Judge Tanya Chutkan is overseeing the case.
A Wednesday court notice shows that Smith filed a
Newsweek
Sep 05 2024
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Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears files to run for governor in 2025
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) filed paperwork this week to run for governor next year in the state. Sears’s paperwork was accepted by Virginia’s Department of Elections on Wednesday, according to Nexstar’s Richmond affiliate WRIC. The Hill is owned by Nexstar Media Group. The development comes after Sears’s team said on Wednesday she would be making a “special announcement” in Virginia
The Hill
Aug 25 2024
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Trump Now Quote Retweet Trolling ‘Comrade’ Kamala Harris on X/Twitter
Former president and current Republican nominee Donald Trump aggressively stepped up his social media effort on Sunday, returning to X/Twitter with several new messages – including some that were not also posted on his own Truth Social. The Republican’s campaign is about to shift into overdrive – “Think Trump on steroids” as one adviser put it to CNN – and it seems clear that his stepped-up
Mediaite
Sep 05 2024
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Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears files to run for governor in 2025
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears has filed paperwork with the state Department of Elections to seek the Republican nomination for governor next year, setting up a potentially historic campaign in which she could become the first woman elected governor of Virginia. Earle-Sears, 60, who lives in Frederick County, made history two years ago as the first Black woman elected to statewide office in
Richmond Times Dispatch
Aug 20 2024
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The banks that loaned Musk $13B to buy Twitter might be having regrets
X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, looks like a pretty bad investment right about now. As readers might recall, billionaire Elon Musk borrowed $13 billion from Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and five other major banks to help finance the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, as it was then called. According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal has turned into the worst merger-
TechCrunch
Sep 12 2024
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Rare 1787 copy of U.S. Constitution that was found inside an old filing cabinet up for auction
A detail of the U.S. Constitution's preamble, printed on page 1, and the ratification resolution on page 4, signed by Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson. Photo: Brunk Auctions An original printed copy of the U.S. Constitution that was signed in 1787 and was discovered inside an old filing cabinet in North Carolina is expected to fetch millions of dollars at auction this month. Why it
Axios
Sep 10 2024
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Former Michigan football players file lawsuit against NCAA, Big Ten Network
Four former Michigan football players have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and Big Ten Network, seeking a payment of $50 million for the “wrongful” continued use of their name, image and likeness on television. The 73-page suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Eastern Michigan, names Braylon Edwards, Denard Robinson, Michael Martin and Shawn Crable as plaintiffs who “seek
MLive.com
Aug 22 2024
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Kennedy files paperwork to withdraw candidacy in Arizona
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork Thursday to formally withdraw his candidacy in Arizona — one day before a scheduled announcement in Phoenix in which he's expected to end his campaign. The big picture: Kennedy, his running mate Nicole Shanahan and the 11 electors for his independent presidential campaign filed withdrawal paperwork with the Arizona
Axios
Sep 07 2024
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Alleged Cambridge brothel network head to plead guilty, according to court filing
Two days after Han Lee filed for her hearing, one of her alleged top lieutenants, Junmyung Lee, 31, of Dedham, asked for a change-of-plea hearing. Court documents did not elaborate further on the specifics, but set an Oct. 1 hearing date, according to records. Both had pleaded not guilty . Han “Hana” Lee, 41, of Cambridge, intends to “enter a guilty plea as to the charges lodged against her,”
The Boston Globe