Stop the double speak. Anthropic is standing up for democracy.
Claude AI stands firm: no "mass domestic surveillance" and no “fully autonomous weapons". If the DOW doesn’t like it, you can find another AI to do their dirty work.

If another country suspects that Americans have drugs on their boat are they allowed to blow it up and kill everyone too, or are only we allowed to do that?

Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency.

She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) during a hearing. Francis Chung/POLITICO

Rep. Melanie Stansbury: “Just to be clear, Republicans in the Oversight Committee just voted NO on a motion to hold Pam Bondi & the DOJ in contempt of Congress for violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act”

BREAKING: Canada Set To Announce MASSIVE Trade Partnership With China That Includes America's Oil/Uranium. LOL. We prefer stable dictators, I guess. And it's Trump's fault.

BREAKING: Canada Set To Announce MASSIVE Trade Partnership With China That Includes America's Oil/Uranium. LOL.
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Graphic with a blue background and large white text reading “DEAR AMERICAN FRIENDS.” Below is a screenshot of a post explaining that Canada does not have CBS, that a “60 Minutes” episode aired normally in Canada, and stating that Canadian networks are not subject to U.S. government interference. The post ends with “We’re not under a dictatorship. You are.”

This message hits hard.

The first casualty of fascism is truth.

‘Incomplete Release’: DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files in Violation of New Law Read more here.

The Department of Justice failed to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny, Republican and Democratic lawmakers said.

Families 'Horrified' After Daycare Teacher Pulled Out Of Preschool By Armed Federal Agents The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the

Trump’s ICE goons dragged a childcare worker out of a bilingual daycare and preschool in front of children and parents.

This is who Trump claims is the “worst of the worst” — a woman who has dedicated her life to educating and caring for children.

The cruelty is the point.

The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.

It didn't matter.

Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.

Rupert Murdoch-owned @thetimes.com of London completely fabricates a hit piece on @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social , gets called out by former mayor Deblasio — then deletes it.🤔

I can't believe I'm saying this, but she's actually telling the truth.

WSJ: The Trump administration is canceling the annual survey that tracks how many Americans struggle with food insecurity, data usually collected each December by the USDA.

If you hide the numbers, the hunger disappears.

BREAKING: The DC Circuit has *rejected* Trump's bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed board, allowing her to participate in tomorrow's interest-rate setting meeting.

Trump's last hope is a quick stay from SCOTUS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Bolsonaro convicted for attempted coup!

Congrats, Brazil. Way to have rule of law.

Embarrassing for the US by comparison. Both Brazil and South Korean handled coup attempts better than America, and get to still have a democracy.

A federal judge has ordered Florida to shut down "Alligator Alcatraz," after the state spent a staggering $218M to build the now-vacant detention camp.

Closing it will run taxpayers another $20M.

An utterly cruel and costly waste.

Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign Reed Hastings is a longtime Democratic donor and Newsom ally.

Just another reason to keep giving Netflix my money.

Jesse Watters Shared The Formula For Keeping Fox News Viewers ‘Until They Die’ The Fox News host “spoke the truth for once” in a “self....own,” some critics said.

Truth… Fox needs to be taken off of the air. They are the enabler that is brainwashing Americans and destroying our country by pandering to their fears… www.huffpost.com/entry/jesse-...

Sunday thought: Is there a silver lining to these darkening clouds? Friends,

Sunday thought: Is there a silver lining to these darkening clouds?
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I'd just like to point out how weird it is that places with hundreds or even thousands of reporters — the NYT, WaPo, CBS, NBC, AP, etc. — are all getting pummeled on every major story by the dozen computerboys at Wired. To fumble the bag this consistently is, at some point, cowardice and a choice.

Everything that is happening and will happen with Iran is a direct consequence of Trump’s first-term decision to shit on American diplomatic credibility by impulsively shredding a hard-won nuclear agreement.

Holy shit, New York!

Here’s the full view.

#NoKings #50501Movement

Karen Dunn and Other Top Lawyers Depart Paul Weiss to Start Firm

Four top partners at Paul Weiss announced they are leaving the law firm, a major blow following its decision to cut a deal with President Trump to head off an executive order that would have restricted its business.

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.

Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.

That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.

It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

Congratulations to Bill Owens and Scott Pelley of CBS for standing up for the Constitution and the First Amendment.

Trump, and his lawsuits against CBS and other media, must be strongly resisted. Paramount (which owns CBS) must not give in to Trump’s authoritarianism.

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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

These guys inherited one of the most functional state apparatus in the history of the world and they are inhabiting it like a crack house.
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Meanwhile, at the Murdoch boys' website, the huge DOJ story is nowhere to be found.

And integrity