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1 week agoSwiss gold and Rolex gifts to Trump raise questions over personalisation of US presidential power
High-value gifts from Swiss billionaires to Donald Trump sparked concerns about personalised presidential influence after a substantial cut to Swiss import tariffs.
Law
fromemptywheel
2 weeks agoLetitia James Highlights Eagle Ed Martin Just Before He Goes on a Conspiratorial Rant - emptywheel
Vindictive-prosecution claims are extremely difficult because defendants must prove the ultimate charging prosecutor harbored animus, not merely that others prompted the prosecution.
fromThe Atlantic
1 month agoTrump's Dodgy Plan for TikTok
Will the as-yet-unnamed U.S. buyers of TikTok be paying the full market price? The White House is apparently valuing TikTok's U.S. business at $14 billion, 1.4 times its annual U.S. revenue. That's a shockingly low figure for a thriving tech operation. As Bloomberg News reported, YouTube's parent corporation, Alphabet, is valued at eight times its revenue. Instagram's parent, Meta, is valued at 10 times its revenue. The buzz among investors is that TikTok in the U.S. should be worth about $40 billion, perhaps more.
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