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Koch Brothers Abandon Trump
The Koch brothers have jumped ship. They’ve given millions to Republicans in the past but they say they’re more interested ideas than party.
Daniel Henninger in the WSJ reports, “In an interview, Charles Koch said trade wars and prosperity were incompatible and that his organization’s financial support wouldn’t depend on party affiliation.”
Donald Trump called Koch “a total joke in real Republican circles.”
Koch Brothers Abandon Trump
Henninger askes, “what Republican circles?”
Rather than a one-off event or joke, the Kochs look more like a phenomenon emerging on the right and left, including MoveOn, Daily Kos, Breitbart, Black Lives Matter, Club for Growth and Netroots Nation.
Some voters will tie themselves to the Trump mast and ride it out. But Charles and David Koch aren’t a joke. That feud was a warning shot.
Possible Fake News Tesla Tweets
Elon Musk tweeted that he wants to take Tesla private and has $70 billion in backing to do it. Tesla shares jumped 10% on the news. But now that the S.E.C. is on his case for possible fake news Tesla tweets the stock is back to ground zero.
Facebook Likes Your Bank Account
Facebook says it would like to add your bank account to its data mining operations.
Internet Censors
Facebook, Apple, and YouTube kicked conspiracy theorist Alex Jones off the internet for “hate speech” on Monday.
According to Vox Jones’ Infowars website gets 10 million viewers a month and his YouTube channel has two and a half million subscribers.
Internet Censors
As private companies they can censor anything they want. But Ben Shapiro says they’re “dead wrong” to do it.
So what is hate speech anywayI? In April Mark Zuckerberg told Congress he’d leave it up to AI to answer that question.
Urban Meyer Trick Play
Ohio State assistant coach Zach Smith stands accused of roughing up his former wife. So Urban Meyer fired him. But that might not be enough. The school suspended Coach Meyer while it investigates whether he took action in a timely fashion.
Urban Meyer Trick Play
If he didn’t it could cost him his job and $38 million. It wouldn’t be the first time. His predecessor Jim Tressel was fired because some of his players traded trinkets for for tattoos. In a less enlightened time the Dutch got Manhattan for the same stunt.
