DrEarlSmith1
@watsoneddie.bsky.social
Professor of Social Stratification, University of of Delaware
The US-Israel war on Iran represents an unprecedented application of AI in warfare. The Pentagon’s Maven Smart System uses Anthropic’s Claude AI to “semi-autonomously rank targets by strategic importance, drafting automated legal justifications for each strike along the way."
Killer AI is already here—we’re using it in Iran
Despite AI fears, a new poll shows few Americans know about the Pentagon's AI-assisted massacres.
motherjones.com
"Today, Black men in the military are once again experiencing a unique, racist danger. This time around, it's the denial of advancement and promotion despite having served the U.S. military honorably, some for more than two decades," writes @watsoneddie.bsky.social in this @thehill.com op-ed. ⤵️
Merit-based and colorblind: The Pentagon’s cover story for purging Black officers
A veteran and academic argues that recent military leadership decisions under the Trump administration are dismantling racial equality in the armed forces by dismissing the merits of promoted Black…
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Five years ago today, Elias Law Group opened its doors as a mission-driven law firm dedicated to helping Democrats win elections, protecting the right to vote, and supporting progressive organizations. elias.law/press-releas...
Elias Law Group Celebrates Five Years of Helping Democrats Win, Citizens Vote, and Progressives Make Change - Elias Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five years ago today, Elias Law Group opened its doors as a mission-driven law firm dedicated to helping Democrats win elections,
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Still sometimes surprised at how quickly Trump's weird, desultory obsessions, grifts, biases, and brain farts turn into core tenets of Republican politics.
Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · last mo.Republicans who see Canada as an enemy has leapt up this year, similar to how Republicans’ approval of Putin shot up in 2016. Virtually no anti-Canada US constituency before this year, and virtually no pro-Putin constituency before 2016. Out of nowhere. Now millions say that’s their position.
Would an average American be offered this deal, or tossed in jail? This is his second accident of this nature. Thoughts? https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/49802892/tiger-woods-strikes-plea-deal-driver-license-suspended-5-years
Tiger Woods had his driver's license suspended five years Wednesday after striking a plea deal in his DUI case. Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving and refusal to submit to a lawful test in Martin County circuit court in Florida.
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Last week, the Trump administration deported eight people seeking asylum from the Iranian regime to the Central African Republic.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump: “When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?”
The GOP isn't happy about Trump's event and the cracks are showing. Congressmen are getting charged $25k to go to an event that Trump is going to make all about himself, as they march into midterms that aren't in their favor. https://politi.co/4i8mqOu
Republicans aren’t exactly flocking to Trump’s midterm convention
“I can't control what the president's going to say at the convention, but I can control where I'm at,” one battleground member said.
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Trump this month announced plans to rescind a landmark rule that has protected old-growth forests in the US for 25 years. If finalized, the rollback is expected to benefit the companies that Tom Schultz, chief of the US Forest Service, represented in his previous role as a timber industry lobbyist.
US Forest Service chief with industry ties pushed for more logging on public lands
Trump's plan to open up protected woodlands will benefit firms Tom Schultz once lobbied for.
motherjones.com
Some are characterizing this primary season as a time of generational change in which young insurgents are winning against old farts. That's an oversimplification. What's really happening? Progressive populist fighters are winning against the moderately flatulent establishment.
It’s Not Age
It’s anti-establishment populism
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Gabe Evans has never held an in-person public town hall since taking office. What would he rather use taxpayer money for? Using $320,000 of it on ads to promote himself ahead of his reelection bid.
Today marks one year since the administration began its unauthorized and unconstitutional boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific — killing over 200 people. One thing is clear: this military campaign, which continues with the latest strikes just last week, remains illegal and ineffective.
“Threats to federal judges’ safety have always existed, but their scope, frequency, and intensity have sharply increased over the past decade alongside the nation’s deepening political divisions.”
Politicians' reckless rhetoric is putting federal judges in danger
A new report highlights growing harassment and violent threats against jurists and their families.
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Gabe Evans has never held an in-person public town hall since taking office. What would he rather use taxpayer money for? Using $320,000 of it on ads to promote himself ahead of his reelection bid.
BTW, the same nonsensical argument is made about taxes: “oh so & so believes in higher income and/or wealth taxes, but they’re wealthy…they should just give all of their money to people!!??” Again, individual charity is different than a system that would demand more in return from our wealthiest.
Lindsey Boylan@lindseyboylan.bsky.social · last mo.What is so hard to understand about the difference between a system that gives everyone healthcare and personal charity?
Reminder that any political party trying to make it harder to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone. https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-voting-usps-officials-concerns-disenfranchisement
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta revealed that two high-ranking ambassadors from major U.S. allied nations have privately warned him that the current Trump administration bears a disturbing resemblance to Nazi Germany.
Jim Acosta says ambassadors compared U.S. to Nazi Germany
Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta shared warnings from two top European ambassadors who compared the Trump administration to 1930s Germany.
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EXCLUSIVE: The latest filing in my Epstein Files lawsuit against Todd Blanche scathingly calls him out for his continued violation of the law as well as court orders. Why Blanche is so desperate to keep the truth from getting revealed to the public: youtu.be/8jja7i_8cR8?...
🚨AG Blanche SCRAMBLES as SCATHING NEW Filing In MY Epstein Lawsuit BLOWS UP His Defense!!
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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On Monday, the same Supreme Court justices who helped Donald Trump return to the White House, gave him criminal immunity, and greenlit dozens of his illegal actions, gave the president yet another gift: a massive ballroom.
It’s just too late for John Roberts to say he doesn't like Trump’s ballroom
The president's lawlessness is the chief justice's fault.
motherjones.com
Trump: "On 11 separate days more than 3 million travelers flowed through the American flies they. They, uh, American skies were loaded up with planes."
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett speaks on Republicans closing down polling places in Texas. This is voter suppression plain and simple! #Pinks
For folks maybe less aware of the politics of Tarrant County, they were thisclose to going blue last time. The more ways Republicans can cut off voter access, the better it works in their favor. They don't win elections. They rig them. Also a reminder to stop shitting on the south.
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · last mo.🚨BREAKING: Republicans in Tarrant County, Texas just slashed Election Day polling places by 30%. Voters packed the meeting in protest, warning the move will disenfranchise students and low-income communities.
To the mothers, grandmothers, bonus mamas, and all the women who love on us, sacrifice for us, and hold everything together—we see you and we thank you. The world keeps turning because of y’all. Happy Mother’s Day 💐
