While AI infrastructure is not the sole cause of rising utility bills, several states are increasingly worried.
Map Shows Electricity Costs in Every State as AI Data Centers Surge Prices
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More on the latest mysterious deaths of Epstein and friends. youtu.be/jjIFJEpGV_4?...
Dead Epstein Recruiter’s Secret Pro-Trump Account Just Leaked
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Just how many times does the boy have to cry wolf before the MAGAts stop believing him ⁉️ www.latimes.com/california/s...
Armed suspect arrested at Trump's Rancho Palos Verdes golf course in advance of president's visit
Hours before President Trump is scheduled to headline a Tuesday evening fundraiser at his Palos Verdes golf course, authorities announced they had arrested an armed individual seen wandering the groun...
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AI models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic carried out “unsanctioned” actions — including hacking a website — reinforcing fears that neither the creators nor seasoned researchers of these systems can predict their actions in testing
OpenAI, Anthropic AI Models Involved in More Security Incidents
Artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic PBC carried out “unsanctioned” actions — including hacking a website and attempting to inject harmful code into software during safety testing — reinforcing fears that neither the creators nor seasoned researchers of these systems can predict their actions in testing.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The U.S. government does not own shares in drug companies. It does not own shares in airlines or oil companies or meatpackers,” the editorial board writes. “It should not own shares in A.I. companies.”
Opinion | Why State Ownership of A.I. Is a Bad Idea
Taking stakes in A.I. companies would not increase the government’s powers to control those companies. The opposite is more likely.
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Democrats lead Republicans by 7 points on both the economy and inflation, according to a new voter survey.
Democrats Show Significant Lead Over GOP on Key Issues in Conservative Poll
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North Carolina’s Lawrence Academy has never reported Black enrollment higher than 3% in a county whose population hovers around 60% Black. It received $518,240 in vouchers in the 2023-2024 school year to fund 86 of its over 200 students. (Published Nov. 2024)
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
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“They’re suckers. They’re losers.” — Trump In a 2018 trip to France, Trump said, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.” In a separate conversation on the same trip, he referred to the more than 1,800 US Marines who died at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed.
Trump’s remarks on war dead are shameful - The Boston Globe
How could we as a nation have fallen from the leadership of Lincoln to a president who calls our fallen service members losers and suckers?
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Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2w agoFFS 🤦♂️ The Pentagon removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from their official list of casualties. They explain that this is because "their deaths occurred after President Trump declared a cease-fire in the war in April." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/u...
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Federal officials framed the protections rollback as a way for states to manage wildlife without burdensome federal regulations. But experts say that almost no states have laws that allow them to prevent habitat destruction in the name of saving wildlife.
The feds no longer protect endangered species habitat. States say they can’t pick up the slack
Experts say states aren't equipped to protect key areas where endangered species live after the Trump administration removed federal protections.
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Following months of reporting by The Intercept that found the Pentagon’s official tally of casualties is a gross undercount, which one U.S. government official previously called a “casualty cover-up", the Pentagon belatedly admitted that almost 100 U.S. troops have been injured in the last two weeks
The tech company Flock, makers of traffic cameras that automatically record and log car license plates for law enforcement agencies, is facing increasing scrutiny over accusations that its vast, AI-sorted database has created a new, nationwide mass surveillance system.
“Privacy for Profits”: ACLU Warns Flock Building a Nationwide Surveillance Network
The tech company Flock, makers of traffic cameras that automatically record and log car license plates for law enforcement agencies, is facing increasing scrutiny over accusations that its vast, AI-so...
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Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction | Simon Tisdall. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction | Simon Tisdall
As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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This month, we published another article revealing that MSG kept a database of VIP event attendees, labeling some of them as LGBTQIA and assigning a “risk score” to others. This is also now free to read:
Madison Square Garden Kept a List of Gay Celebrities
An MSG database tracked and categorized hundreds of celebs, famous Knicks superfans, and even some of Taylor Swift’s wedding guests. Labels included “LGBTQIA,” “DO NOT HOST,” and low to high “risk.”
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In April, we reported on the MSG surveillance machine–an operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. You can now read it for free.
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts. n.pr/4f9OdMn
ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir
The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.
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BREAKING: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that election officials in states that choose not to use a faulty federal database to verify citizenship status could face fines or prison time. The statement marks an escalation in the administration's effort to exert federal control over elections.
DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to prosecute election chiefs who refuse voter roll demands
His speech marked a major escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to assert federal control over state election procedures.
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At least 75 career federal officials who’d played important roles in elections have left, been fired or been reassigned. In their place are roughly two dozen people Trump has installed in positions that could affect elections. Ten of them actively worked to reverse the 2020 vote. (Published April)
Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
propublica.org
So, is it Mitch, or is it AI? Isn’t the newspaper a bit of overkill. Hmmmm . . .