Phillip Payne

@phillipgpayne.bsky.social

Historian, teacher, lives near Buffalo, New York . Opinions are my own. Author of Crash! How the Economic Boom and Bust of the 1920s worked and Dead Last: the Public Memory of Warren G. Harding's Scandalous Legacy. https://www.historyprofessorpayne.com/

Nick Langworthy served as Chair of the New York Republican Party from 2019 to 2023. During that time, he promoted and celebrated the New York Young Republicans. The same organization is now tied to the leaked group chats filled with racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages.

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Corporate lobbyists call it the “Save Our Bacon Act.” Farmers like Michael Burns @ Cayuta Sun Farms know better. We talked about what this bill really means for local farmers, our food security, & our health. Watch to see what’s @ stake & why I’ll keep fighting for family farms that feed NY.

The so-called “Save Our Bacon” Act wasn’t written for farmers. It was written by the big four corporate meatpackers that already control 80% of our meat supply. Two of them are foreign-owned. This bil...

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Not “best.” Not “favorite.” Not “most likable.” Most significant. Some of these films are obvious. Some obscure. A few will be controversial. Let the debate begin on our list of significant political films. Published June 22, 2023: https://trib.al/4OEgh53

The 100 Most Significant Political Films of All Time

Not “best.” Not “favorite.” Not “most likable.” Most significant. Some are obvious. Some obscure. A few will be controversial. Let the debate begin.

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Wired has been doing some really good reporting. www.wired.com/story/massiv... The first paragraph: "American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas... "

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”

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