MSNBC reportedly aired an edited image of the victim of the ICE shooting. Apparently someone thought he was not handsome enough for their airwaves, even in death.
MARKETS
Gold
$5,278.71
+3.81%
Silver
$114.20
+7.57%
Bitcoin
$89,061.42
+0.73%
Dow
49,003.41
-0.83%
S&P
6,978.60
+0.41%
Nasdaq
23,817.10
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*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 5:00 a.m.
Lead: Cuba Isn’t a Threat. So Why Is Washington Trying to Break It?
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“Cuba will be failing pretty soon.” That is what President Trump said on Tuesday.
What is this about?
Cuba is under longstanding trade embargoes, which means it has to work around normal channels to obtain oil. Previously, it relied heavily on shipments from Venezuela, but those supplies have been cut off after the Trump administration’s intervention there. Cuba then turned to Mexico, but the U.S. pressured Mexico to stop sending oil as well. Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said she would not comply with those orders but then she did. There was reportedly no oil shipment to Cuba from Mexico in January.
China has condemned this action. A spokesperson said that “China is deeply concerned about and strongly condemns the U.S. moves, and urges the U.S. to stop depriving the Cuban people of their rights to subsistence and development, stop disrupting regional peace and stability, stop its violations of international law, and immediately lift its blockade and sanctions against.”
Why would China care? Because China and Cuba are trade partners and it sees U.S. pressure on Havana as part of a broader regional contest between Washington and Beijing.
Could that be the real reason the U.S. is willing to harm Cuban citizens? Why otherwise would the U.S. withhold critical resources from a country already impoverished by decades of sanctions? Cuba is not a meaningful military or geopolitical threat to the United States. Sanctions are a slow burn of mass destruction and a torture inflicted primarily on ordinary people. This is an age-old tactic of economic isolation used as leverage. So why deploy it now? Is it really to provoke China or for another reason?
They’re Listening!
Photo credit: AI-generated image (ChatGPT/OpenAI)
Have you ever whispered something and then got an ad about it on your phone later? You’re not crazy. This happens.
Google settled a lawsuit this week that alleged Google Assistant recorded private audio even when users did not activate it by saying “Hey Google” or “OK Google.” Google did not admit wrongdoing but it also did not fight the case. Instead, it agreed to pay $68 million to make it go away.
The lawsuit claimed the assistant sometimes activated on its own, captured fragments of private conversations, and that those recordings were then used to inform targeted advertising. Google says these were “false activations,” not intentional surveillance. Plaintiffs say the ads that followed their private conversations told a different story.
The takeaway isn’t that your phone is always listening because that was not proven in court. Google settled so nothing could be proven or disproven. The takeaway is that the tech industry has quietly normalized collecting far more data than users meaningfully consent to and only draws a line when lawyers and judges get involved.
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39 years. That is how long it has been since Dirty Dancing was released. Now there is a confirmed sequel in the works starring Jennifer Gray and I am NOT for that. Leave Dirty Dancing alone!
2027. That is when Ukrainian President Zelensky says that Ukraine will join the European Union. Hahahahaha. If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge to sell ya’!
150%. That is how much uninstalls are reportedly up at TikTok after Larry Ellison took over the platform.
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