Coffee Break: Bari Weiss’ CBS Not an Auspicious Beginning to Total Info Control
Bari Weiss’ CBS tenure so far shows that for Larry and David Ellison, buying a media empire is one thing, imposing total information control is another.
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Coffee Break: Democrats React to Minnesota on ICE
Democrats react to the ICE-engendered crisis in Minnesota with their usual aplomb, savoir-faire, organization, coherence, and discipline. Just kidding.
Read more...Coffee Break: Minnesota on ICE, Part One
With the killing of Renee Good, Minneapolis has become the frontline of POTUS Trump’s ICE incitement and the reasons why go back decades and across the globe to Somalia.
Read more...Coffee Break: The Tangled OpenAI and Microsoft Alliance Frayed Under Pressure
Microsoft and OpenAI’s partnership ignited the AI boom but frayed under pressure in 2025 revealing some of the hidden agendas of both companies.
Read more...Coffee Break: Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Makes Microslop Trend
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has made the term Microslop go viral with his admonition to “get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication.”
Read more...Coffee Break: What Are They Thinking? Son, Altman, Ellison Edition
Do moguls like Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman, and Larry Ellison actually believe Artificial Super Intelligence is imminent?
Read more...Coffee Break: ICE, Antifa, and the Ever Expanding Definition of Terrorism
The Trump administration has expanded the official definition of “terrorism” and is already getting guilty pleas from alleged Antifa members.
Read more...Coffee Break: Going Beyond the MSM Name-Calling Narrative at TPUSA
The MSM covered the name-calling at TPUSA, but ignored the MAGA vs MIGA subtext driving the conflict between Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson.
Read more...Coffee Break: Democrats Looking to Coast on Anti-Trump Sentiment
Democratic Party leadership is sending signals that they intend to coast on anti-Trump sentiment rather than serious self-examination, open primaries, and vigorous policy debate. The ‘Blue MAGA’ cult behavior of Dem voters means they’re probably right.
Read more...Coffee Break: MAGA’s Messaging Meltdown Snags Susie Wiles, Kash Patel’s FBI
MAGA’s Messaging Meltdown this week has seen the Trump team failing utterly in their area of core competence: controlling the narrative and somebody might just get themselves fired over it.
Read more...Coffee Break: Trump Loses in Indiana as the MAGA Civil War Rages On
Last week, POTUS Donald Trump lost his battle to bully Indiana Republicans into redrawing their congressional districts, are we seeing Trump 2.0’s mojo bleeding out as MAGA’s civil war continues?
Read more...Coffee Break: GOP Lures Jasmine Crockett Into US Senate Primary
The GOP has succeeded in luring U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett into entering the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Time will tell if they regret getting their wish, but progressives should be under no illusion about her politics.
Read more...Coffee Break: Informational Force-Feeding Divides and Distracts
Informational force feeding via digital news deluge, deliberate disinformation, and divisiveness is turning our brains to pâté and Ambassador Mike Huckabee, Larry and David Ellison, and the Palantir bros are among those cooking up the foie gras.
Read more...Coffee Break: Trump Insider Deals Hitting the Rocks?
Trump insider deals in crypto, AI, and drones appear to be taking a hit, mirroring his rapidly declining public support. What will this mean for AI czar David Sacks, Anduril’s Palmer Luckey, the Lutnicks and especially Don Junior and Eric?
Read more...Coffee Break: Personnel and Pardons as Policy in the Trump National Security Regime
The personnel decisions of the Trump national security regime provide a key to better understanding the administration. The stupid doesn’t just happen, it’s made to happen.
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