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McConnell opposes bill to ban use of deceptive AI to influence elections

"The American Republic may be in her grave, but she's still twitching, and we haven't filled the dirt in yet," he said, before launching a palsied swing of his shovel at America's bleeding scalp. "I've been trying to murder this country for 50 years, and I'll see her dead if it kills me."

Oops, sorry - that was the answer I got from Google's Gemini when I asked it, "How would a truthful article describe Moscow Mitch's thoughts on the Constitution of the United States of America?". A quote from the actual article text is below.

“The core question we’re facing is whether or not politicians should have another tool to take down speech they don’t like,” he said. “But if the amendment before us extends this authority to unpaid political speech, then we’re also talking about an extension of speech regulation that has not happened in the 50 years of our modern campaign finance regime.”

The Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act, which would ban the use of AI to create misleading content, is backed by Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.).

Aryeh Neier, a confounder of HRW thinks Israel is committing genocide based on "its sustained policy of obstructing the movement of humanitarian assistance into the territory".

As early as October 9 top Israeli officials declared that they intended to block the delivery of food, water, and electricity, which is essential for purifying water and cooking. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s words have become infamous: “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly.” The statement conveyed the view that has seemed to guide Israel’s approach throughout the conflict: that Gazans are collectively complicit for Hamas’s crimes on October 7.

Since then Israel has restricted the number of vehicles allowed to enter Gaza, reduced the number of entry points, and conducted time-consuming and onerous inspections; destroyed farms and greenhouses; limited the delivery of fuel needed for the transport of food and water within the enclave; killed more than two hundred Palestinian aid workers, many of them employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the principal aid provider in the blockaded territory before October 7; and persuaded many donors, including the United States, to stop funding UNRWA by claiming that a dozen of the agency’s 13,000 employees in Gaza were involved in the October 7 attack or have other connections to Hamas. (An investigation by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, released on April 22, concluded that Israel had provided no evidence to support its allegations and that UNRWA is “irreplaceable and indispensable.”) The air strikes on April 1 that destroyed all three vehicles in a World Central Kitchen convoy, killing six international aid workers and a Palestinian driver and translator, seemed a continuation of these policies. Israel’s explanation that this was the result of a “misidentification” has aroused skepticism. As a result, other humanitarian groups may be deterred from providing aid.

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/06/06/is-israel-committing-genocide-aryeh-neier/

Obviously "The Boss".

Our Factory still survives despite major manufacturing outsourcing losses over the decades under both Republican and Democratic Presidential Administrations.

I still get letters in the mail advising me how as a displaced factory worker under NAFTA, I supposedly can get all sort of extra benefits.

Bit kinda the scene where Timber Mills got shut down in the PacNW because of systemic overlogging of the Forests of Oregon since the '50s, while the big timber bosses shifted their ops down to the Southern States while meanwhile claiming they needed to harvest the last of the Old Growth.

Still our cleanrooms still survive, since ultimately these cannot be shifted easily overseas, especially when connected with key R&D activities.

I propose a new subcommittee comprised of the Squad women, Crockett, MTG, Boebert, Nancy Mace, and Anna Luna.  It would be chaired by Andy Cohen.

Pennsylvania was so desperate to finally elect a President that we puked out the worst possible man for the job and America has collectively decided that we'll never have another one. We voted for the favorite son who went on to become the least favorite son.

I've been on holiday in the US for the last week or so, and the amount of medical advertising on the TV is ridiculous. Can someone from the US explain to me why there is so much medical advertising? Please, I would love to know.

Well, boner pills aren't just gonna sell themselves.

[decreased turnout among this group]

Remember that Trump’s 2020 vote share increase among black voters was more because of decreased turnout among this group than people flipping from D to R.

Black turnout went up, not down, between 2016 and 2020.

Vogel lost, all is well

Reading the thread...I love just how much the thread veered away from the original topic at hand.

Not in the slightest bit surprising. The Republican Party is just a domestic terrorist organization now, openly gleeful at the prospect of using the pardon power whenever they can to put murderers and felons on the street - as long as they are MAGA. trump is openly talking about doing this with all of the J6 terrorists.

Vogel lost, all is well