Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Wonk

Pakistani Ambassador Rizwan Saeed at @NewAmerica discussing Kashmir, China, living in a "nuclear neighborhood", climate change, Afghanistan, and more.

Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth The world has become dangerously dependent on American stocks, writes the former IMF chief economist

Are you doomscrolling?
Want to get REALLY worried?
Read this: www.economist.com/by-invitatio... #GlobalEconomy

At the podium NOW: Senator
Mark Kelly (D-AZ) talking about the disruption AI could cause (e.g. jobs, electricity prices, warfare, logistics, cybersecurity, etc.). Can we have speed AND responsibility? Can we fix Dept. of Defense procurement?

Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media trial Meta and other firms have been accused of making addictive apps while ignoring risks to young people.

👀 "Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to testify in a landmark trial in the US over the impact of social media on young people." www.bbc.com/news/article...

YouTube video by MRCTV NewsBusters Podcast: FCC Chair Brendan Carr on Free Speech

Don Carrleone repeats his threats to broadcasters who don't fall into line: "there’s broadcasters... that may very well end up losing their licenses. Now, of course, there’s a whole process that has to be run there that people don’t really focus on”

NB: he runs the process
youtu.be/137HrN9VntM?...

In the midst of a government shutdown, and in the face of fundamental challenges to the rule of law and to democratic accountability, the House of Representatives--the people's house, the heart of our democratic republic--hasn't cast a vote since Sep. 19. An extraordinary failure of responsibility.

He did everything he possibly could to overturn the election & stay in power - threatening his VP, Govs & Secs of States, organizing a mob to storm the Capitol. He knew if he ordered a military coup they would’ve refused & he would’ve been tried for treason. That’s why he left.

At @newamerica.org for Future Security Forum. On stage now, Brett H. McGurk, Biden's coordinator for the Middle East interviewed by Peter Bergen, VP, New America

Group of five people, including Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, smiling and engaging at an event, with text overlay titled "How We Lost the Internet—and How We Might Win It Back" by Prem M. Trivedi.

We’ve watched the internet become a tool of surveillance, control, and corporate dominance. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.

@techanddemocracy.newamerica.org's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social explores how we can rebuild a more democratic digital future.

🛜 go.newamerica.org/how-to-rebui...

No Kings and the Laws of Power Understanding the Republican will to power and what Democrats must do to counter it.

Pledge to tear down the ballroom and restore the White House. Show R's that they can do what they want, but the ratchet turns both ways. This is a layup. Why don't Dems take it?
www.thebulwark.com/p/no-kings-a...

‘Dangerous and Legally Flawed’: Experts Slam Trump Judges’ Green Light for Portland Military Takeover  - Democracy Docket Legal experts are sounding the alarm on a shocking federal appeals court ruling that all but permitted President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon.

Legal experts are sounding the alarm on a shocking federal appeals court ruling that all but permitted President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon. They warn that, if upheld, the order would give Trump unbridled power to use the military domestically

Thei wante us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe, and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to sell us hell and have us pay for it.

Johnson: They go before cameras incredibly and just lie to the American people. Over and over. It's a stunning thing to watch

Even more true now, seven months after this was first published!

Provocative (and useful).

Nobody Lost Taiwan The island remains secure and stable—for now.

Taiwan faces real and growing threats, but it also has good cards to play. My latest for Foreign Affairs, with Ryan Haas.
www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/nobod...

Howard Wachtel
Senior Director and Head of UN and International Organizations Policy - Microsoft

Unfortunately, the Zoom link did not work for Audrey Plonk
Deputy Director for the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation - OECD
Who was supposed to speak virtually

The line-up:

Moderator: Cam Kerry, @BrookingsInst

Alexandra Reeve Givens
President, CEO - Center for Democracy & Technology

Ursula Wynhoven
Director and Representative to the United Nations and Head of UN Affairs - International Telecommunication Union

A panel of outstanding speakers on the final wrap-up panel about the need for networked governance mechanisms (e.g. AI summits,
@IntGovForum, @OECD, @UN, standards bodies, NGOs like @CenDemTech, and more). #InternetAndJurisdiction

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand

Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.

Portland feds are escalating chaos at ICE protests Hundreds of protesters were gassed and pepper-sprayed—and a federal court is letting Trump send in troops.

Portland Feds Are Escalating Chaos at ICE Protests.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.” My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

On Oct. 11, @annabower.bsky.social started to receive Signal messages from the U.S. attorney who is leading the prosecution of Letitia James.

Throughout the exchange, Lindsay Halligan complained about Bower’s tweets and reporting on the indictment–but never once asked to be off the record.

Blacksky Algorithms == Hard Decentralization.

Q: A pardoned January 6 rioter was charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

MIKE JOHNSON: Terrible. That's the first I've heard of that. I don't know anything about it.

I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.

Enough is enough. Adelita Grijalva was elected on September 23. The people of Arizona have a right to be represented in Congress.
 
During today’s pro forma session, when the House is called to order I will seek unanimous consent to insist upon the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

Glad I was able to attend part of this in-person even though the current (global) panel is 100% virtual. I came for the box lunch and the cookies but I stayed for some very useful insights. #ArtificialIntelligence #TechFutures

The world is changing, multilateralism must too | Brookings The multilateral system is faltering and must be reimagined for today's challenges, Brahima S. Coulibaly and Zia Qureshi explain.

"If the multilateral order unravels, everyone will end up worse off, not least the United States."
As the World Bank and IMF hold their annual meetings, Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Zia Qureshi argue the U.S. must lead in reshaping the multilateral system.