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Did you know that there’s a law  barring federal contractors  from making campaign contributions to a political party, committee, or candidate for federal office? Don’t feel bad if you don’t, because neither, it seems, does Elon Musk.  CNN money and politics reporter Fredreka Schouten  described Musk on October 26 as “aContinue Reading

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Newly released air traffic control recordings reveal the crew’s urgent mayday calls onboard a Learjet 60 jet, NewsFeed Newly released air traffic control recordings reveal the crew’s urgent mayday calls as a Learjet 60 jet rapidly lost altitude before crashing in Greenacres, Florida. The crash killed all nine people aboard,Continue Reading

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India’s election consultants are exporting covert campaign tactics to manipulate elections worldwide, including the US., New Delhi, India — In an unfurnished flat in a nondescript Ahmedabad neighbourhood in western India, a 22-year-old digital content creator worked through the nights, designing posters and editing videos for a presidential campaign thousandsContinue Reading

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October’s Linux app releases brought plenty of treats, a couple of tricks and mercifully few frights. In this post, I recap the updates that landed last month. There were other spooks in the shadows with a spotlight. October gave us a double-whammy of Firefox and Calibre updates, with JEPG XLContinue Reading

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With just days remaining before the midterm elections, Michigan’s Senate race continues to draw national attention. On Sunday, Rep. Haley Stevens, the Democrat who narrowly lost the state’s Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, announced she is backing Republican Mike Rogers. NewsNation’s Leland Vittert joins “NewsNation Prime” to discuss El-Sayed’s pastContinue Reading