The Unsatisfying Answer For Why Democrats Lost

Several large landlords allegedly colluded in an effort to keep apartment rents high, including by using an algorithm that influences prices, according to new legal filings by the Colorado attorney general, the U. S. Justice Department and a coalition of other states. An amended complaint filed Tuesday added six landlords to an antitrust lawsuit levied last summer against RealPage, the software developer whose algorithms have faced scrutiny for their alleged role in fixing rents.

Donald Trump has won. He is set to be inaugurated on January 20, and he has convinced many Americans not only that his attempt four years ago to carry out a self-coup is not disqualifying, but that mentioning it now is kind of gauche. Everyone feels they know what happened on January 6.

The Republican majority on the North Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the state election board from certifying the victory of one of the court’s own members—Democratic Justice Allison Riggs. In doing so, the state’s highest court laid the groundwork for potentially overturning the election and handing the seat to Riggs’ GOP challenger. Riggs leads the race by 734 votes after two recounts.

Joel Kaplan, Meta’s president of Global Affairs told Fox News' Fox and Friends program that they are doing away with fact-checking under the guise of freedom of expression, but it's all about following in Musk's footsteps while givcing free reign to liars and MAGA liars and peddlers of right-wing conspiracy theories. Independent fact-checking is being removed from Facebook and the like because the MAGA cult led by Trump lie and spread conspiracies so often. KAPLAN: Well, there's no question that the things that happened at Meta are coming from Mark. But there's also no question that there has been a change over the last four years. We saw a lot of societal and political pressure all in the direction of more content moderation, more censorship. And we've got a real opportunity now.

Trump held a bonkers press conference earlier today (with more red paint on his face than usual) and continued with his off-the-wall thoughts on many topics, including his weird obsession with water pressure. Listening to Trump, one has to wonder if he actually has ever turned on a faucet or taken a shower before? Donald "Rain Man" Trump explained to the press that rain falls from the sky, drip drip drip.

Daddy Trump sent Junior for some sightseeing in the dead of winter in Greenland today. He'll have about 4 1/2 hrs of daylight to do so. Source: Politico Donald Trump, Jr. is traveling to Greenland amid his father’s renewed interest in the U. S. gaining control over the Danish territory. The younger Trump reportedly has no plans to meet with any officials in Greenland during his visit Tuesday but the president-elect nonetheless linked the trip to his larger ambitions in a social media post. “Greenland is an incredible place, and the people will benefit tremendously if, and when, it becomes part of our Nation,” Trump said Monday on Truth Social.