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This Week In Techdirt History: December 28th – January 3rd

1 month 2 weeks ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2020-2021, we published a series of posts on Trump’s Presidential Commission On Law Enforcement, starting with a look at its tone that everyone but cops are to blame for the terrible state of policing, followed by its repeated calls for anti-encryption legislation, and its conclusion that doing the same […]
Leigh Beadon

Trump says US will 'run' Venezuela, control oil production

1 month 2 weeks ago
President Trump said Saturday that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela until a transition takes place following the capture of the country’s President Nicholas Maduro.  "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition," Trump said during a news conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort. "We don't [...]
Julia Manchester

Prioritized Pastries loses lease

1 month 2 weeks ago
The Maplewood vegan bakery Prioritized Pastries announced on Facebook they were given the unexpected news on December 30 that their lease at 2719 Sutton Boulevard would not be renewed, and must be out by January 31. The post says they have met challenges in the three years at the location, but that this one is […]
Doug Miner

US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the country

1 month 2 weeks ago
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him out of the country in an extraordinary nighttime operation that was accompanied by a flurry of strikes following months of escalating Trump administration pressure on the oil-rich South American nation. The U.S. is now deciding next steps for Venezuela, President [...]
REGINA GARCIA CANO and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press