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A draft of a bill being pushed by Anthropic would allow the government to block an AI model only if it has a ‘foreseeable risk’ of killing ‘more than 50 people'
nysun.com/article/anthropic-…
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It will be interesting to see the fine print of the 1% commission for fraud.gov and how this actually gets paid out.
The only other inventive for exposing fraud that exists is something called, “Qui Tam,” or the False Claims Act. It’s remarkable how few people know about it
In a Qui Tam, you sue on behalf of the government (you’re called the “relator”) if you are the original source or whistleblower. If the case prevails, you get 15-25% of the recovery if the government intervenes, or 25-30% if the relator pursues the case alone.
That is much higher than the 1% in the announced program….
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Bob Woodward shared an excerpt from his new memoir in The New Yorker. This part about his stint as an editor jumped out at me.
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exclusively can report that Abdul El-Sayed used to do the thing were were changed our names for Halloween on here.
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UPDATE: Arizona Attorney General @AZAGMayes tells Maricopa County Recorder @RecordersOffice she is prepared to sue if his office does not reinstate voting rights to 24 Arizonans who were allegedly noncitizens—but were confirmed to be citizens by @Rachel1Mitchell. Expect action this week.
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BREAKING: The flagship law review at UC Berkeley is poised to delete all internal application records after we reported on the journal's use of personal statements to promote "diversity," sparking concerns that the journal is attempting to destroy evidence of unlawful discrimination.
The law review will vote tomorrow on a document retention policy that would require the journal to delete all "Write-On application materials following the conclusion of each year's Write-On process," as well as any materials related to the election of the journal's Holistic Review Committee. It would also bar the law review from retaining "any recordings of election forums."
As a reminder, law review editors have pledged in writing to "uplift Native voices," weigh "diverse life experience" against "technical editing abilities," and "integrate anti-racist sentiment" into the selection process.
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EXCLUSIVE: The purchase of several airplanes by the Department of Homeland Security during then-Secretary Kristi Noem’s tenure is tied to an “ongoing criminal law enforcement investigation.”
Via @byMarkAlfred of @washingtonsun: washingtonsun.com/legal/kris…
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New: the DHS officials who tried to search the man who wiped his GrapheneOS phone lied. They pushed him about having child abuse images. Documents reveal that was a pretext; he wasn't suspected of this at all. He's a Stop Cop City activist 404media.co/dhs-said-they-se…
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.@POTUS absolutely roasts Mongoloid Moron @AndrewFeinberg for his disgraceful behavior:
"What's wrong with you? Are you a sick person? I actually think there's something wrong with you."
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The airports authority just announced a separate "VIP terminal" will be built at Dulles. Passengers who pay extra will have their own private parking, security screening, personalized check-in & baggage, and they will be driven straight to their gate/plane.
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New: The list of 20,000 non-citizens DOJ provided to Los Angeles election officials includes duplicates, cancelled registration and "high percentage of U.S. born-persons," LA officials say theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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NEW: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, per US officials and ppl familiar.
Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public, 2 ppl said.
SpaceX reps called WH seeking support
Have these prosecutors not heard of Supreme Court's Bartnicki decision, protecting media's right to publish truthful information of public interest lawfully obtained, even if someone else broke the law to release it? miamiherald.com/news/politic…
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Markwayne Mullin: "This is affiliated to the Prophet Muhammed. When it's permissible to lie, it says there's three reasons that it's permissible. One is in a time or war, one is in a time of conflict -- to try to reconcile -- and one is when you're trying to persuade your wife essentially to stay with you. Where does other religions say it's permissible to lie? So you can't compare that. Extreme Islam is dangerous."
NEW: Audio shows prosecutor accused cyberextortion defense executive Edward Dubrovsky of "actually working on behalf of the threat actors." He sought pretrial release but mag judge denied, citing Dubrovsky's foreign ties/wealth. More w/@johnnysaks130 ($) subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
JUST IN: DC Circuit panel rules, 2-1, in favor of churches' challenge to Trump policy allowing more immigration enforcement at sensitive sites. Maj: Pan, Wilkins. Dissent: Rao. Overturns Friedrich finding that religious groups likely lacked standing. Doc: documentcloud.org/documents/…