Posts by Kim Browne
Who Are the AWFULs? Trump Hates Them, So They’re Doing Something Right
Nomenclature is potent. Donald Trump loves a nickname, and there is power in naming things. Once a thing has a name, it can be categorized, judged, explained, and perhaps satirized and belittled. Over the last decade, Trump has had wild success with giving names to his rivals. Most are on about the eighth-grade level, but…
Read MoreBritain eases rules for companies to raise funds
[LONDON] Britain’s revamped framework for raising capital came into force on Monday, aiming to make it easier and cheaper for listed and private companies to secure funds as it replaces the EU-inherited prospectus regime. The Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regime, set out by Britain’s financial regulator over the summer, removes the requirement for…
Read MorePetronas names new COO following Sarawak gas dispute: report
The company has also been struggling with declining profits and last year announced it was cutting around 10% of its workforce [KUALA LUMPUR] Petroliam Nasional (Petronas) has appointed Mohd Jukris Abdul Wahab as its new chief operating officer, starting Feb 1, enhancing its senior leadership structure amid an ongoing legal dispute over gas assets in…
Read MoreThe Residents of Minneapolis Are Fighting for All of Us
For as long as Donald Trump has deployed his ICE brownshirts in the “Democrat” cities he so despises, Americans have been out in the streets, confronting his masked goons and making sure the rest of the world sees what’s going on. One of the first witness videos I saw was in Washington, D.C., in the…
Read MoreMicron to buy Taiwan chip fabrication site for US$1.8 billion
The investment is part of Micron’s global expansion as it seeks to meet continued demand for memory chips [NEW YORK] Micron Technology has signed a letter of intent to buy a fabrication site in Taiwan from Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing for US$1.8 billion to expand its memory chip production. Micron will take control of the P5…
Read MoreStephen Miller Has a Truly Rancid Star Trek Opinion
“We’re near the Badlands, Captain,” one character, a half-Klingon, half-Jem’Hadar woman, remarks to the academy’s chancellor, played by Holly Hunter. “Subspace instability may be creeping in, and we’re the first to chart it.” Another crew member, presumably a science officer from her uniform, enters the scene. “This would make an excellent practical study module for…
Read MoreTrump’s Newest Voters Are Abandoning Ship
What a difference a year makes. Today, that widely accepted consensus about the 2024 election seems absurd. Trump hadn’t reshaped the electorate at all—he had simply won another toss-up election. Yes, he narrowly won the popular vote this time, but by a margin—in both popular and Electoral College terms—that was not historically impressive. And now,…
Read MoreVirginia Democrats Pass Major Amendment Amid GOP Gerrymandering Wars
Virginia’s Democratic-controlled legislature just got one step closer to victory in the battle against Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme. The commonwealth’s Senate passed an amendment Friday that would allow the state to redraw its congressional map before the upcoming midterm elections, potentially netting Democrats, who already control six of the state’s 11 districts, an additional three…
Read MoreJudge Accuses Trump, Rubio, and Noem of “Unconstitutional Conspiracy”
A Reagan-appointed federal judge says the Trump administration’s targeting of pro-Palestinian activists is an “unconstitutional conspiracy.” U.S. District Judge William Young, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, criticized Trump’s draconian crackdown on people like Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, whose only crimes were being vocal supporters of Palestine, while announcing his plans…
Read MoreAmericans Say Trump Is Failing on Nearly Everything, Brutal Poll Shows
A majority of Americans said that President Donald Trump’s first year back in office was a failure, according to a humiliating CNN poll published Friday. No kidding. Fifty-eight percent of Americans called Trump’s first year a failure, according to the poll, which showed Americans had found a new floor for the president’s dismal economic performance.…
Read MoreTrump’s Own Advisers Suddenly Unnerved as ICE Raids Take Horrific Turn
But is there any “right way” to carry out these policies within this adviser’s intended meaning of the phrase? The idea seems to be that one could achieve the full scale of mass deportations that Trump and Miller want, albeit in a way that would achieve wide public support. And there are huge problems with…
Read MoreTrump Snubs Machado After Explaining Why He Took Her Nobel Prize
“Officers threw flash bangs and tear gas in my car. I got six kids in the car.… My 6-month-old can’t even breathe. This was flipped over,” Shawn told Fox9, referring to his child’s car seat. “My car filled with tear gas, I’m trying to pull my kids from the car.” As bystanders rushed the children…
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