Scott Nover
12 states sue to stop David Ellison’s takeover of Warner Bros.
A group of 12 states led by Democratic attorneys general sued to block Paramount Skydance’s $110 billion deal to buy Warner Bros.
Judge rules Trump order eliminating NPR, PBS funding is unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss struck down part of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, ruling that it was unconstitutional retaliation that violated their press freedom rights under the First Amendment. The May 1, 2025, executive order, titled “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media,” cut off funding to public media—with President Trump calling out what he perceived as left-wing bias in NPR’s and PBS’s news reporting. “The message is clear,” wrote Judge Moss in an opinion.
It’s the end of the internet as we know it—and I feel fine
The internet feels like it’s falling apart. To start, nothing seems to work anymore. Google’s search engine once provided directory-level assistance to the denizens of the internet. Now it’s chock full of ads, sidebars, SEO-optimized clickbait, and artificial intelligence-powered guesstimations of possible answers to peoples’ questions. On Amazon, the digital shelves are littered with sponsored products and cheap replicas of popular items. On social media, the situation is even more dire.