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The AI Power Trip Almost three years after its launch into the public sphere, generative artificial intelligence has permeated nearly every crevice of human life.

The Bulletin is excited to announce The AI Power Trip, a year-long project examining how the people and organizations developing AI applications are gaining control of the world's governance, information ecosystems, energy resources, military-industrial complex, and more. #AIPowerTrip

How do journalism editors allow this crap to be published? I blame the oligarch owners of media for this insult to the citizens of America.

The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."

The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees let the Trump administration end the legal status of 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were granted Temporary Protected Status, a type of humanitarian relief for people whose home countries are in crisis.

North Dakota Democrats showed up.

By the way, this is the fourth sold out event I have attended in the last three weeks. There’s something happening in GOP- dominated states.

Are You Still Rebuilding After Hurricane Helene? We Want to Hear From You. We want to hear from North Carolinians whose homes were damaged or destroyed to better understand how well the state housing recovery program, RenewNC, is working for those who need it.

We want to hear from North Carolinians whose homes were damaged or destroyed to better understand how well the state housing recovery program, RenewNC, is working for those who need it.

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Famous boulders, the Spokane River, Felts airfield across the river. An October afternoon on the Centennial Trail.

Read this thread from a great Portland reporter! The New York Times running this story today is absolutely calculated. It has been positioning Portland for years as a progressive villain. Also: why send a reporter from the Bay when the NYT has at least two reporters who actually live in Portland.

High school football on a cool Friday night at the Stadium. I am at the nexus of the Podium, and the Arena on the bustling North shore of the Spokane river. Busy night. Rogers verses West Valley.

New skyline view, with sunset. From the north Washington Street Bridge, crossing over to the Stadium. Busy tonight on Riverside Avenue. Spokane downtown on a Friday evening.

Trump cancels blue-state projects, trolls Dems on social media as shutdown drags on | Alabama Reflector U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, said on a call with reporters that Republicans posting the videos show they are treating the shutdown “as a joke.”

Via @jennifershutt.bsky.social: “They need to stop the taunting," said U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington. "They need to stop the childish behavior. They need to stop hurting people and they need to come and work with us to solve a serious problem in front of our country.”

Out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for shutdown sent on behalf of some federal workers without their consent | CNN Politics The emails resemble messages that have appeared on several agency webpages amid the shutdown and blame Democratic senators for Congress’ failure to agree to extend funding at the start of the fiscal y...

Multiple furloughed workers from the Department of Education had out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown automatically sent from their email accounts without their consent or knowledge, according to four sources familiar with the situation.

The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia It turns out that edgy free-speech warriors will scuttle their principles for a check from a brutal autocratic regime.

The point of white-washing and soft-power spectacles like the Riyadh Comedy Festival isn’t to get a couple of stand-up comics to look the other way; it’s to get the whole world to look the other way.

Okey, this interaction stuff with computer voices is getting weird. This is grooming that the oligarchs are encouraging, talk to crapGPT and get the real connection, confess to the machine and be absolved of sin is next.

GOP Senator: Project 2025 Creator Has Dreamt About This Since Puberty Republicans all know the havoc Russell Vought is about to unleash this shutdown.

“Russ Vought, the OMB director, has been dreaming about this moment—preparing this moment—since puberty."
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Democrats are doing more to resist Trump than their voters think There’s only so much you can do without a majority.

Democrats, both in and outside of Congress, actually have tried to resist and obstruct the Trump administration’s second-term agenda. But they haven’t been flashy or high-profile.

This is exactly the opposite of transparency. Conservatives don’t write anything down, they know not to leave a trail, it’s why Mr. Trump, and other conservatives play at golf clubs so much. They blur the lines between organized crime and organized business, both need heavy regulation.

Local Lookout: ICE inducts 25 deputies | Shutdown shorts tourists on TP | Park County banks on outdoor rec - WyoFile The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office taps its deputies and jail to assist ICE. Johnson County commissioners weigh in on the roadless rule, which could affect more than half the Bighorn National Forest....

The Laramie County Sheriff's Office taps its deputies and jail to assist ICE. Johnson County commissioners weigh in on the roadless rule, which could affect more than half the Bighorn National Forest.

It didn't take long for Grand Teton National Park tourists to notice the federal shutdown.

Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges Authorities say the founder of a Texas megachurch has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister.

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.

Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. We must call a regime that’s a danger to our way of life what it is.

The same forces breaking down democracy have succeeded in undermining key institutions: the judiciary, the integrity of religious institutions, and the guardrails of one of our two political parties. trib.al/wrt6zhk

If we want better outcomes, we must commit ourselves to restoring them.

The end of all this will end with the end of Putin. Where is James Bond when ya need him.

Protect Journalism Online Efforts to undermine First Amendment rights on the internet and to censor online content are a fundamental threat to the free press.

ALERT: A bill empowering Congress to censor information about its members on the internet has unfortunately passed the Senate.

But it's not too late to stop it.

Use our new, easy action center tool to tell the House not to sacrifice transparency for a false sense of security.

Peruvian police arrest suspects over livestreamed femicide in Argentina Nine people have been detained after the murders of Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, 20, and Lara Gutierrez, 15.

Nine people have been detained after the murders of Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, 20, and Lara Gutierrez, 15.

Mass resignations at two Alaska newspapers after out-of-state owners bow to political pressure | Alaska Beacon Monday’s action by reporters and editors marks a second walkout by Carpenter Media Group employees this year in the state.

Mass resignations at two Alaska newspapers after out-of-state owners bow to political pressure, reports James Brooks for the @alaskabeacon.com

None of this bullshit was happening when Joe Biden was in charge. Vote Republicans out.

Sure. Left wing terrorism is at an all time high, going from 3% of domestic terror fatalities to 4%. Right wing terrorism on the other hand has dipped to an all time low of 95%

So technically, yeah.

How fossil fuel billionaires are funding the anti-trans movement | Xtra Magazine A report from “HEATED” and Atmos found sizable donations from fossil fuel companies and billionaires to anti-trans organizations

The anti-trans movement in the U.S. is being funded by fossil fuel companies and billionaires, according to a report from HEATED and Atmos

Trump’s Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary

Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a $20 billion package to rescue the Argentinian economy. The taxpayer-financed deal has little upside for ordinary Americans.

However, the announcement had massive economic benefits for one American: billionaire hedge fund manager Rob Citrone.

How America’s elite colleges breed high-status careers—and misery “They funneled the shit out of me.”

America’s worst capitalistic instincts have many roots. But elite colleges—and their nudging of students toward big-money, high-status careers—is undeniably one of them.

Let me correct your obvious misinformation, NBC, strike “U.S. government,” it should read “Republican’s and Mr. Trump’s ineptitude,” because the federal government ran fine under Joe Biden.