“Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense,”
They are loans. Not gifts. From the Department of War's website:
In February, Trump Jr told the Financial Times that he was “very involved in the strategic decisions regarding where to invest our resources” at 1789. Vulcan’s chief executive John Maslin and officials at the Pentagon and commerce department said the president’s eldest son was not involved in the company’s deal with the government. A spokesperson for Trump Jr told the FT he had no involvement in negotiations with the government on behalf of 1789’s portfolio companies. A Pentagon spokesperson said neither Trump Jr nor 1789 were involved “in any aspect of the conditional loan commitment discussions” between Vulcan and the government. According to PitchBook, 1789 has invested in 22 companies since Trump Jr joined the company following his father’s election last year. In 2023 and 2024 it invested in five. Its assets under management now surpass $US1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump appeared to nearly fall asleep multiple times during his Tuesday, Dec. 2, Cabinet meeting. The president, 79, sometimes squinted his eyes, and at least one time, fully closed them. Meanwhile, members of...
Cool. So you're fine with Texas using its rights as a state to ban abortion?
Which is it? Do you want national regulations or state by state?
Tax laws are federal - states might have different tax rates, but 37% is the highest marginal tax rate regardless of whether you're in California or Florida. By similar logic, I have no problem with banning state-wide regulation of AI. Especially if it makes it MUCH more difficult for AI to be woke.
"In the AI context, DEI includes the suppression or distortion of factual information about race or sex; manipulation of racial or sexual representation in model outputs; incorporation of concepts like critical race theory, transgenderism, unconscious bias, intersectionality, and systemic racism; and discrimination on the basis of race or sex. DEI displaces the commitment to truth in favor of preferred outcomes and, as recent history illustrates, poses an existential threat to reliable AI.
For example, one major AI model changed the race or sex of historical figures — including the Pope, the Founding Fathers, and Vikings — when prompted for images because it was trained to prioritize DEI requirements at the cost of accuracy. Another AI model refused to produce images celebrating the achievements of white people, even while complying with the same request for people of other races. In yet another case, an AI model asserted that a user should not “misgender” another person even if necessary to stop a nuclear apocalypse."
Which is it? Do you want national regulations or state by state?
Tax laws are federal - states might have different tax rates, but 37% is the highest marginal tax rate regardless of whether you're in California or Florida. By similar logic, I have no problem with banning state-wide regulation of AI. Especially if it makes it MUCH more difficult for AI to be woke.
"In the AI context, DEI includes the suppression or distortion of factual information about race or sex; manipulation of racial or sexual representation in model outputs; incorporation of concepts like critical race theory, transgenderism, unconscious bias, intersectionality, and systemic racism; and discrimination on the basis of race or sex. DEI displaces the commitment to truth in favor of preferred outcomes and, as recent history illustrates, poses an existential threat to reliable AI.
For example, one major AI model changed the race or sex of historical figures — including the Pope, the Founding Fathers, and Vikings — when prompted for images because it was trained to prioritize DEI requirements at the cost of accuracy. Another AI model refused to produce images celebrating the achievements of white people, even while complying with the same request for people of other races. In yet another case, an AI model asserted that a user should not “misgender” another person even if necessary to stop a nuclear apocalypse."
In February, Trump Jr told the Financial Times that he was “very involved in the strategic decisions regarding where to invest our resources” at 1789. Vulcan’s chief executive John Maslin and officials at the Pentagon and commerce department said the president’s eldest son was not involved in the company’s deal with the government. A spokesperson for Trump Jr told the FT he had no involvement in negotiations with the government on behalf of 1789’s portfolio companies. A Pentagon spokesperson said neither Trump Jr nor 1789 were involved “in any aspect of the conditional loan commitment discussions” between Vulcan and the government. According to PitchBook, 1789 has invested in 22 companies since Trump Jr joined the company following his father’s election last year. In 2023 and 2024 it invested in five. Its assets under management now surpass $US1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Please accept my apology. If Don Jr said his business dealings were totally legit, we have no reason to doubt.
meanwhile, Kushner is illegally representing the USA in high stakes talks with Putin, which owing fidiciary responsibility to Saudi, Quatar (of course) and other foreign nations because he is managing their investments.
this is literally against the law and I hope the statute of limitations does not run out before pam bondi is sent packing and the country gets back its DOJ.
The Trump accounts are his effort at reaching out. To try and understand the poorer people and its effect, at best will be similar to the “ Pell Grants”
Irresponsible people who aren’t really interested in educating themselves, improving themselves, investing in their future will take that money out on January 1st of their 18th year and go to da club, have children out of wedlock with its direct association to truancy, incarceration and continue to blame other people and vote democrat
meanwhile, Kushner is illegally representing the USA in high stakes talks with Putin, which owing fidiciary responsibility to Saudi, Quatar (of course) and other foreign nations because he is managing their investments.
this is literally against the law and I hope the statute of limitations does not run out before pam bondi is sent packing and the country gets back its DOJ.
It sounds so quaint to think that just a few years that people had to register as foreign agents to acknowledge that they might have financial interests that go beyond the benefit of America. And they could get in biggly trouble for not disclosing their foreign financial ties.
Today, we can't find anyone negotiating the future of Ukraine, Russia, Middle East, Europe that does not have direct financial ties to the nations they are negotiating with and against.
The Trump accounts are his effort at reaching out. To try and understand the poorer people and its effect, at best will be similar to the “ Pell Grants”
Irresponsible people who aren’t really interested in educating themselves, improving themselves, investing in their future will take that money out on January 1st of their 18th year and go to da club, have children out of wedlock with its direct association to truancy, incarceration and continue to blame other people and vote democrat
it continues to be wild that right wingers KNOW blue states are rich and, red states are poor...and yet right wingers keep saying Dems are irresponsible leeches on society.
It's one of the strongest examples of cognitive dissonance I've ever seen.
once again, red states are the leeches. They don't pull their weight. They get continuous subsidies from rich blue states. Rich blue states are rich because they go to college and pay their taxes and don't join political cults that require you accept lying, cheating and stealing to be core American values.
“Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s VC firm 1789 Capital, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense,”
They are loans. Not gifts. From the Department of War's website:
Donald Trump quietly pardoned on Tuesday a sports and entertainment executive, Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own justice department this year. Leiweke, who co-founded Oak View Group, was indicted in July for what federal prosecutors alleged was his role in “orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the bidding process for an arena at a public university in Austin, Texas”.
I thought the GOP was all for states' rights and not big government?
Cool. So you're fine with Texas using its rights as a state to ban abortion?
No, because I support women’s right to decide how to treat their own bodies and banning abortion violates their right to do so. I would also not be okay with Texas deciding that all Jewish people have to wear a star around their neck. But, I do support states’ rights to regulate commerce within their state. And, if you don’t believe states have a right to regulate commere within their borders, what rights do you think states should have?
Tax laws are federal - states might have different tax rates, but 37% is the highest marginal tax rate regardless of whether you're in California or Florida. By similar logic, I have no problem with banning state-wide regulation of AI. Especially if it makes it MUCH more difficult for AI to be woke.
"In the AI context, DEI includes the suppression or distortion of factual information about race or sex; manipulation of racial or sexual representation in model outputs; incorporation of concepts like critical race theory, transgenderism, unconscious bias, intersectionality, and systemic racism; and discrimination on the basis of race or sex. DEI displaces the commitment to truth in favor of preferred outcomes and, as recent history illustrates, poses an existential threat to reliable AI.
For example, one major AI model changed the race or sex of historical figures — including the Pope, the Founding Fathers, and Vikings — when prompted for images because it was trained to prioritize DEI requirements at the cost of accuracy. Another AI model refused to produce images celebrating the achievements of white people, even while complying with the same request for people of other races. In yet another case, an AI model asserted that a user should not “misgender” another person even if necessary to stop a nuclear apocalypse."
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