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Starbucks shares jump after Elliot Investment Management buys big stake in coffee giant

Shares of the coffee chain surged in late trading on Friday after activist investor Elliott Investment Management reportedly has a sizable position in Starbucks. Elliott is reportedly pressuring Starbucks, which has been criticized for its long wait times, to find new ways to boost its stock price. The Wall Street Journal was first to report […]

Melania Trump makes big impression at RNC, even without a speech

When former first lady Melania Trump appeared on stage to congratulate her husband, former President Trump, in the final moments of the Republican National Convention, he greeted her with a look of surprise. The former president leaned back and spread his arms in a gesture of shock, then returned his wife’s embrace. Melania Trump has […]

End Big Tech's free ride 

As the election approaches and the stakes become clear, we must not forget the outsized influence Big Tech has over our country. A while ago Facebook and Twitter came out. Key figures in the US election Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and X are so ingrained in the fabric of American society that they affect our democracy […]

It’s Time For A Big, Fat Gay Divorce From The Alphabet People

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The G in LGBTQIA2S+ stands for “Guilt by association.” Normal gay people should flee the Alphabet People before we get fatally trampled. The original gay rights movement operated within America’s broadly Jeffersonian ethos: Individuals enjoy the liberty to pursue happiness, if they do not limit the rights of others. The […]

‘We Want Our Hostages Back … Or You Will be Paying a Very Big Price’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in a speech Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, threatened countries and terrorist organizations currently holding Americans hostage. “To the whole world, we want the hostages back. If they are not back before I take office, there will be a very heavy price to pay.” While Trump […]

JD Vance’s populist plans to break up Big Tech monopolies

Last night, Senator J.D. Vance formally accepted the Republican nomination for Vice President at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, bringing optimism to Silicon Valley and the tech world. Vance, a right-wing populist, has criticized the old right’s market fundamentalism and championed a new right’s pro-labor economic nationalism that calls for antitrust enforcement […]