Independent presidential candidate Kanye West met secretly with President Trump’s sister-in-law and former adviser Jared Kushner last weekend, according to a new report. The billionaire rapper had been camping with his family, including superstar wife Kim Kardashian West and their four children, in Colorado when he flew to Telluride to …
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SpaceX hires people to build a resort at the Boca Chica Launch Facility
SpaceX has made some exciting moves this summer. On May 30, their Crew Dragon spaceship launches on its historic Demo-2 mission, taking astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the ISS. They returned safely on August 2, shortly after the SN5 prototype performed the long-awaited 150 m (500 ft) jump …
Read More »Lyft joins Uber in threatening to pull out of California over driver status
Lyft said it would shut down operations in California if it were forced to classify drivers as employees, company executives said in a earnings call with investors on Wednesday. Lyft joins Uber in threatening to pull off one of its key U.S. brands over the question of drivers’ employment status. …
Read More »Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai released on bail urges protesters to be ‘cautious’
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, who was arrested on Monday under the nation’s new national security law, urges young Protestants to be “more cautious” in their progress. Lai, who runs the Apply Daily, one of Hong Kong’s most widely read newspapers, is one of the most prominent figures to …
Read More »The Republican Senate nightmare comes true
Wrote the First Chamber Member of Editor Jessica Taylor (bolding is me): “Finally, every day that Trump stubbornly refuses to change course [on the coronavirus pandemic] is another day that it becomes increasingly likely that he will not only refuel his own re-election bid, but may be on a kamikaze …
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