Mike’s Blog Round-up

mdash; President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released.

This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. President-elect Donald Trump tells TIME in his Person of the Year interview that he may reject spending bills sent to him from Congress if they do not match the cuts prescribed by a cost-cutting plan being drafted by billionaire advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Just what America needed, an election-denying conspiracy theorist to be at the helm of the international broadcaster for the United States. We'll see what, if anything, the organization that actually oversees the hiring and firings at Voice of America has to say about that. The International Broadcasting Advisory Board was set up to be completely independent after Trump rescinded in his first term "a provision that prohibited U.

President-elect Donald Trump reacted Thursday morning to being named TIME’s 2024 Person of the Year and championed the potential for America’s economic growth in his second term. Trump said that coming into office in January he is better prepared in understanding how to staff his administration and utilize his power. “’Now we have experience we didn’t have,” he said. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read More: TIME 2024 Person of the Year: Donald Trump “TIME Magazine, getting this honor for the second time, I think I like it better this time,” Trump said at the New York Stock Exchange before ringing the opening bell alongside TIME CEO Jessica Sibley and others.

Fox News co-host Emily Campagno was furious over the hashtag #FreeLuigi showing up on social media so she came up with a fascist solution, spy on everyone and punish them. Mangione's alleged actions have spooked Trump's billionaire counselors. Free speech is dead! The accused murderer of the CEO United healthcare, Luigi Mangione has seen a dramatic rise in his online presence after his arrest.

Why does ‘Diversity, Inclusion, Equity’ fester in academia?