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Extracting money from politics has become the ultimate crypto use case.
American innovation!
SCOOP: While Bo Hines was leading the White House’s push to pass the Genius Act, Tether—the company with the most at stake in the bill—was steering millions of dollars to a company he co-owned.
Right after the bill passed, Tether hired him as its U.S. chief.
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This 4th-generation Iowa farmer talks about the high costs of the war for farmers and calls for a return to diplomacy and a peaceful end to the war — including farmers in achieving peace.
desmoinesregister.com/story/…
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We agree with this Midwest farmer:
“My request is simple: Members of Congress should take a lesson from history, study the impact that ‘two farmers’ and diplomacy had on our lives, then get back to work and end this senseless war.”
This 4th-generation Iowa farmer talks about the high costs of the war for farmers and calls for a return to diplomacy and a peaceful end to the war — including farmers in achieving peace.
desmoinesregister.com/story/…
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Jeff Merkley are introducing the Ban Flock Act.
This bill would effectively put an end to AI surveillance cameras that track Americans.
The Ban Flock Act would prohibit federal agencies from using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and block federal funding from state and local governments that use this technology, making it untenable for these AI surveillance cameras to continue proliferating across the country.
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BREAKING: John Fetterman is the lone Democratic senator to vote AGAINST Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s resolution to require the Department of State to report to Congress on Israel’s humanitarian abuses and killings of Americans in the West Bank.
Sen. Rand Paul is the only Republican who joined Democrats in voting Yes.
The motion thus failed 47-53, but this is a seismic shift in the Senate regarding U.S.-Israel relations.
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NEW REPORT: CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE DESTRUCTION IN THE IRAN WAR
Trump has threatened to “annihilate” Iran and destroy its critical infrastructure.
As our report documents, civilian infrastructure has already been a major target of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran – and these apparent war crimes will deepen if the war continues.
27 airports damaged.
12 bridges + 2 tunnels damaged.
210+ health centers struck.
6 hospitals knocked out of service.
1,288+ schools damaged or destroyed.
1M+ jobs lost.
Our new report documents what this war has already destroyed and what it means for the millions of people who depend on this infrastructure to live. So long as the war continues, these harms will mount.
Read the report: niacouncil.org/iran-unfilter…
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Our fellow Dorothy Slater, an oncology nurse in Cancer Alley, writes about nursing cancer patients at the frontier of industrial pollution—and a new wave of gas-powered AI data centers.
“Y’all are going to need a bigger hospital.”
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Flock and other spy camera company CEOs were asked by @HawleyMO to answer questions at a Senate hearing tomorrow. All of them refused. This is a clear attempt to avoid accountability. The American people deserve answers.
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On Sunday, the Trump administration missed a statutory deadline to declassify a FISA Court opinion from March that reportedly finds more Section 702 compliance issues affecting Americans’ rights. The administration is now in violation of the law. 1/18
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BIG AI IS BUYING OFF POLITICIANS. We're doing something about it.
As people demand action to stop Big AI from putting our lives in danger, execs from @OpenAI, @PalantirTech, and @a16z built a monster Super PAC to pay politicians to kill common-sense regulation.
We’re calling on every politician to REJECT @LeadingTheFutureAI. 10 federal candidates are already with us.
If you’re worried about AI and you’re looking to take action, you should know about Leading the Future. Read this 🧵 to learn more.
ALT STOP BLEEDING THE FUTURE: Our Leaders Reject AI SUPER PAC Leading the Future
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🆕PRESS REL: Dem leadership urged to call vote on Cuba War Powers Resolution, as oil blockade causes humanitarian crisis
47 US Senators voted to end the oil blockade, and the House must “take a similarly forceful action at this crucial moment"
CC @RepJeffries @RepGregoryMeeks
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For those still burying their heads in the sand about the risks of superintelligence to humanity: wake up!
We need to pump the brakes and get national action on superintelligence. This is an emergency and our government should act like it.
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The Fed, Wall Street’s most dependablefriend in Washington, is a wellspring of extra-legal behavior that contributes to thepreservation and expansion of corporate power over the public interest. prospect.org/?p=144011
ALT Aerial view of the Federal Reserve building
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NEW: The House votes TOMORROW on this bill to defund US universities that boycott Israeli companies or institutions, including those in settlements.
Groups opposing the bill include @ACLU, @jstreetdotorg & @NJNarrative.
Dean of the Jewish caucus Jerry Nadler says he’ll vote NO.
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New: Americans' feelings toward Flock & license-plate readers have completely flipped since last year.
More Americans now oppose police use than support it, saying the cameras don't make them feel safer and that they don't want any near their homes.
What the new polls show: 🧵
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Opposition to automated license plate reader use rose 13 points in the past year. Would likely be higher if "Flock" were included in the question wording. washingtonpost.com/technolog…
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Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. (It's not clear whether all that money the state waived was needed to attract the construction: in Georgia's case, by the state's own estimate, 70% of the data center construction would have happened anyway.)