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Medium, a blog good enough for presidential candidates and billionaires

sudshr47 March 8, 2019

Medium has reinvented itself many times over, but one facet of its identity seems to be sticking: it’s becoming the writing platform of choice for billionaires, billionaire politicians, and anti-billionaire politicians alike.

On Friday, senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren published a blog post on Medium with her plan to break up Big Tech, including Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Gotta love the use of a tech platform to call out the tech industry.

But this wasn’t the first time eyeballs flocked to Medium for a major — if slightly more salacious — announcement. In February, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos chose Medium to make his bombshell announcement that the National Enquirer was trying to blackmail him with dick pics, and that he was not afraid! Read more…

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The bumpiest social media moments of the 2020 campaign so far

sudshr47 February 13, 2019

We’re only just getting over our 2018 midterms hangover, and now the 2020 presidential race is upon us.

That means any number of candidates are starting to hit the campaign trail — and some are already misfiring on all cylinders. From here on out, every single move candidates make will be scrutinized to the fullest extent that the grinding internet news cycle will allow.

Some of the bumbles are minor, but there are others that could hint at further trouble ahead. Here, then, are a few examples of early missteps from candidates who are either already in on the race or are flirting awfully heavily with the idea. Read more…

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Former Starbucks CEO says he might run for president and gets immediately… roasted

sudshr47 January 28, 2019

This is what a Venti serving of “NOPE!” looks like.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz tweeted on Sunday that he’s considering a run for the White House as a “centrist independent,” whatever that is.

I love our country, and I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent.

— Howard Schultz (@HowardSchultz) January 28, 2019

The tweet was part of a coordinated roll-out — an exclamation point to a coinciding profile of Schultz that aired on Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes. In his chat with Scott Pelley, the 65-year-old white billionaire tried to paint himself as a man for all people. Read more…

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Starbucks will chuck plastic straws in hopes of reducing ocean waste

sudshr47 July 9, 2018

Those days of searching for the correctly sized straw for your giant iced drink at a Starbucks counter will soon come to an end, as the company has announced it intends to fully ditch plastic straws by 2020.
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