Silicon Valley was once viewed as a center-left stronghold where tech founders partnered with Democrats to push clean energy and digital innovation. But today, the world’s most powerful tech titans in many cases are bankrolling right-wing authoritarianism, promoting anti-democratic ideologies. Gil Durán is the author of “The Nerd Reich Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy.” He joins Chris Hayes to discuss the radicalization of tech oligarchs, why he says they’re attempting to dismantle American democratic values and more.
Florida Congressman Carlos Gimenez joins host Stuart Varney to discuss Cuba's proposed economic reforms. Gimenez argues that real economic change is impossible without political reform, warning that the regime is using these measures to buy time.
Eric Barrett, the man who spent two years at Jimi Hendrix's side as his roadie and confidant, has broken decades of silence in a new memoir, and the rock legend's final words to him had nothing to do with music. Barrett's book, Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond, recounts the harrowing scene […] The post Jimi Hendrix's roadie recalls guitarist's last words after Hells Angels turned a festival into chaos appeared first on American Almanac .
Eric Barrett, the man who spent two years at Jimi Hendrix's side as his roadie and confidant, has broken decades of silence in a new memoir, and the rock legend's final words to him had nothing to do with music. Barrett's book, Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond, recounts the harrowing scene at Hendrix's last official concert on the Isle of Fehmarn, a German island where hundreds of Hells Angels overran the festival, chased off security, and, by Barrett's account, beat and robbed fans who had been camping out. Hendrix took one look at the mayhem and retreated to his room alone and sober before taking the stage. In an interview with Fox News Digital , Barrett described the concert and the minutes after it as the most…Open
A tractor-trailer hauling squid to a processing plant tipped over on a Narragansett, Rhode Island street and dumped its cargo across the pavement, closing the intersection for nearly eight hours on one of the hottest days of summer. Narragansett police responded at 9:27 a.m. on Sunday, August 16, after the fully loaded trailer dislodged and […] The post Twenty tons of squid blanket a Rhode Island road after trailer tips, shutting down intersection for hours appeared first on American Almanac .
A tractor-trailer hauling squid to a processing plant tipped over on a Narragansett, Rhode Island street and dumped its cargo across the pavement, closing the intersection for nearly eight hours on one of the hottest days of summer. Narragansett police responded at 9:27 a.m. on Sunday, August 16, after the fully loaded trailer dislodged and fell on its side as the driver tried to navigate a turn. A "substantial portion" of the load, roughly 20 tons of squid , according to the New York Post, wound up spread across the roadway in the coastal town south of Providence. Nobody was hurt. The driver and a passenger in the cab walked away uninjured, and no other vehicles were involved. But the mess they left behind kept crews busy until 5:15…Open
