Ralph Nader

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At a time when members of Congress are very unknowledgeable about the creeping monster technology of generative AI and the resource hungry data centers that fuel it, they continue to refuse to revive and fund the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA)...

The All Devouring thousands of data centers have moved into new territory. They are now hiring away electricians, as well as other specialty trade workers, from local communities and paying them more with grossly undertaxed corporate dollars.

How’s this for gall? Corporate dictator Zuckerberg is criticizing tight control of AI power held by Anthropic and OpenAI. Zuckerberg controls the great majority of voting shares that go back to the way he structured his company into voting and nonvoting shares.

In the midst of Trump’s depraved, lying and delusionary speech to the nation yesterday, not many commentators—while debunking Trump’s transparent attempt to disrupt the November elections—pointed out that over the decades, the biggest disrupter of elections in foreign countries...

On Thursday night, Trump is planning to make a speech at the White House to try to make the improbable case that the elections in November are being interfered with by foreign elements and their allies in the United States. Full of lies.

Celebrated New York Times columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social wrote that large numbers of vulnerable infants, children, mothers and others are dying in destitute third world countries following Elon Musk's DOGE's closing of the Agency for International Development, with Trump’s backing.

Pratap Chatterjee, executive director of CorpWatch, joins us to discuss their latest report, MAGA Inc., which identifies the Crypto Czars, the Tech Titans and the Prison Profiteers who have bankrolled and benefited the most from Donald Trump’s corrupt regime.

MAGA Inc.

Pratap Chatterjee, executive director of CorpWatch, joins us to discuss their latest report, MAGA Inc., which identifies the Crypto Czars, the Tech Titans and the Prison Profiteers who have bankrolled...

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Caution to any families, especially those with small children, about the massively greater fireworks display on the National Mall this weekend. If you don’t want to stay away, you should definitely wear masks. -R

Fireworks on Mall likely to cause hazardous air pollution, documents show

Internal modeling shows the July 4th fireworks display will cause hazardous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy conditions across central D.C.”

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As AI company CEOs make big promises about the benefits of their technology and billions of dollars go to the construction of energy hungry data centers around the country to fulfill these whims, recall Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the Metaverse—a virtual reality world accessed by wearing goggles.

New Radio Hour—Ralph welcomes pollster Celinda Lake to discuss what Democrats can do to landslide the Republicans in the midterms. Then, Ben Cohen stops by to fill us in on his “Free Ben & Jerry!” campaign. Plus, Marine Corp vet Matthew Hoh tells us about his “Armistice Day and the Empire” speech.

A Progressive Compact for America

Ralph welcomes political consultant and pollster, Celinda Lake, to outline a ten-point Progressive Contract for America that she and Ralph believe – if adopted by Democratic candidates— will ensure th...

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