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Big Tech says the quiet part out loud. They want you to be stupid. | Will Bunch Silicon Valley guru Alex Karp says the rise of AI will disadvantage women who vote Democratic. That's what they're going for.

Palantir billionaire CEO Alex Karp dropped a truth bomb

Silicon Valley wants you to be stupid

Inside Big Tech's plan to win the college/non-college divide for a GOP that gives it unlimited power - with robots rendering a college diploma worthless

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/alex...

The SAVE Act is Christian Nationalism in Action Gendered Burdens and the Right to Vote

If religion is the opiate of the masses, white Christian nationalism is the fentanyl of democracy.

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Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it "woke" The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department's latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists covering the agency.

The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department's latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists covering the agency.

‘Mr AI’ Peter Thiel lectures about antichrist in Rome Closed-door events set to challenge beliefs of American Pope Leo, who has warned about risks of artificial intelligence

Ultra rich technology investor/Republican donor takes his the devil is real and regulators are doing the Dark Lord’s bidding road show to Rome. Via FT

The biggest problem Iowa Dems face in 2026 statewide races Laura Belin: The GOP's massive voter registration advantage makes it hard to construct a winning scenario for Iowa Democrats.

Democrats should absolutely play for Iowa's Senate seat and all of the statewide offices.
But no one should be naive about the hole Dem candidates start in. The voter registration gap is larger now than when I highlighted the problem last June. #IASen #IAGov
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i never thought the leopards would eat MY face

But of course. 🤡

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Florida just handed Ron DeSantis a weapon to fire elected officials for supporting their own constituents.

SB 1134 passed both chambers and is headed to DeSantis’s desk. The bill bans local governments from funding or promoting anything tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with gender identity and sexual orientation baked directly into the definition.

That means Pride flags on city buildings, Pride Month proclamations, city delegations in parades, even a flyer on a bulletin board. Democrats warned that conduct as simple as mentioning an event at a county meeting could expose a local government to lawsuits.

But the real teeth of this bill aren’t the spending restrictions. It’s the enforcement mechanism. Under Florida’s constitution, DeSantis can suspend elected officials for misfeasance without a court hearing.

Just an executive order and they’re out. SB 1134 expands that power to cover any elected official who supports LGBTQ+ activities in their official capacity. Now that power extends to every mayor, city commissioner, and county official in the state.

Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building’s front entrance

The White House’s main entrance with its Ionic columns has been a signature image of the seat of American power.

Now the Trump-appointed head of a federal arts commission is proposing to replace them with a more ornate style favored by President Trump.

Content creation is a growing part of legal sex work. It has an unexpected dark side. - The Nevada Independent Sex workers are expected to be social media personalities. They worry it's made them vulnerable to exploitation, by brothel managers or through AI replicas.

Adult content is rapidly growing, and most of Nevada’s legal sex workers have become content creators.

It’s lucrative, but what are the risks in a field with few legal protections?

Read about how the online world is shifting legal sex work here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/cont...

Yrs ago I wore this on a flight. A pilot saw me in & asked the gate agent to have me change because it was “political”. Nope. I pointed to a man wearing a maga hat. They let me on & I made sure to smile at the pilot when we landed.

What does your t-shirt say about you? youtube.com/shorts/U9zWO... 

The environment, another casualty of war in the Mideast.

From the jet fuel used in bombing raids to acrid smoke from burning oil depots, the conflict in the Middle East is inflicting a significant toll on nature and the climate
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Which side are you on?

Perspective: the cost of just one part of Noem.
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ICE detained a boy with severe autism for more than 80 days, leaving him disoriented and afraid ICE is not supposed to detain children for longer than 20 days under a decades-old court settlement. The Trump administration has routinely violated that limit.

“This place broke something in us — something that I don’t know if we will ever be able to fix,”

ICE detained a boy with severe autism for more than 80 days, leaving him disoriented and afraid

Abolish ICE, abolish the CBP, abolish surveillance capitalism.

the right will get worse as it gets less popular

Laura Loomer confronted on anti-Indian posts during New Delhi trip The right-wing conspiracy theorist, who is close to President Donald Trump, said in 2024 that the White House would ‘smell like curry’ if then-Vice President Kamala Harris became president

The right-wing conspiracy theorist, who is close to President Donald Trump, said in 2024 that the White House would ‘smell like curry’ if then-Vice President Kamala Harris became president. It was one of several anti-Indian bigoted comments that were read back to her.

How mixed messaging on Iran may have Trump reeling politically President Trump's position weakens as the conflict with Iran enters its third week, raising concerns over his handling of the situation.

President Trump's position weakens as the conflict with Iran enters its third week, raising concerns over his handling of the situation.

This is one of the reasons why I launched Blue26.org.

He can’t even steal another country’s natural resources without fucking it up.

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Here is how we got these ppl in office: by our nation drowning in lies & us doing very little to change that.

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Fans are weeping in the stands over winning a quarterfinal game! As they should be!

Trump's remarks actually meet the test for moral depravity in warfare set out by St Augustine in Contra Faustum (383 CE). That's quite a feat.