blacklist
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The Commerce Department, which is led by Secretary Howard Lutnick, is drawing criticism for not putting the Megaspeed, the Singapore-based company at the center of the Nvidia scandal, on a blacklist months ago.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was among those who reportedly questioned why Megaspeed had not been placed on the Commerce Department's blacklist.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
If Bessent follows up on his threat to blacklist Chinese firms, U.S. and other users might find their access to Chinese models blocked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sheinbaum vehemently denied any attempt to compile a blacklist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The respectable element of the old union had scored a great victory, and work was resumed with many undesirable employes on the blacklist.
From Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail by Allen Chapman
But for real change to happen, Congress and dozens of states must act to end these unfair blacklists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
In the 1950s, the rise of McCarthyism saw it used to accuse suspected communists of plotting against America, resulting in the Hollywood blacklists.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
One website, Canary Mission, blacklists those they accuse of being antisemitic.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
He said the Taliban’s foreign outreach is hampered by blacklists preventing officials from traveling, and by lacking common ground with the rest of the world.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2023
Even though Flint blacklists me all over the country, as he probably will, I can duck into some job or other, somewhere.
From The Air Trust by George Allan England
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