@outbeyond

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. -Rumi

Joined September 2011
"Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make a good Use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it." -- John Adams, April 1777
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Trump's all about these political ads featuring himself that he's paying for with our taxpayer money. Despicable.
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, taxpayer-funded video ads promoting himself and his administration's policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. cnn.it/4xUl9yK
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These are our taxpayer dollars being used to fund TV ads for Trump. It's just outrageous, and thankfully there are now some relevant watchdog groups and lawyers planning to do something about it.
The federal government has spent at least $1.7 million to air three different TV ads featuring President Trump in recent days, according to an estimate from AdImpact. abcnews.link/BLq1Zrn
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Calling Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads "idolatrous propaganda reminiscent of North Korea" - top House Democratic committee leaders demand series of records from Trump Admin about the expenses Including which agency paid for it and whether govt resources were used to produce it
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To wit:
NEW: Watchdog group Democracy Forward submits formal records request to Trump Admin re: Trump taxpayer-funded ads "Records reflecting invoices, purchase orders & other records reflecting expenditures associated with the creation of all versions of an ad paid for by the Govt."
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Calling Trump's taxpayer-funded TV ads "idolatrous propaganda reminiscent of North Korea" - top House Democratic committee leaders demand series of records from Trump Admin about the expenses Including which agency paid for it and whether govt resources were used to produce it
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NEW: Watchdog group Democracy Forward submits formal records request to Trump Admin re: Trump taxpayer-funded ads "Records reflecting invoices, purchase orders & other records reflecting expenditures associated with the creation of all versions of an ad paid for by the Govt."
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There is no precedent for the federal government taking an incumbent president’s actual campaign material, purchasing national TV airtime for it during a campaign, and putting “Paid for by the U.S. Government” at the end. It’s wrong. It’s theft. It’s un-American.
The U.S. Government is up on TV with this spot -- It aired nationally on FOX yesterday during Illinois at #7 Ohio State and also during Fox News Sunday this morning
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No video better describes The Trump Administration than this one.
Trump appears to be completely passed out asleep during his 2pm Oval Office announcement
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NEW: Food banks across America are seeing demand surge as families struggle with rising food and fuel costs. Some are reporting a 20% to 60% increase in need from last year. @MacFarlaneNews went inside food banks in multiple states. What workers told him about who is now asking for help is alarming. Read his report: meidasnews.com/news/they-don…
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More and more Americans seek help at nonprofit food banks, desperate because of rising food and fuel costs. And this comes as Trump and the GOP have cut food and Medicaid assistance. This administration is all about incompetence and cruelty on top of the corruption.
NEW: Food banks across America are seeing demand surge as families struggle with rising food and fuel costs. Some are reporting a 20% to 60% increase in need from last year. @MacFarlaneNews went inside food banks in multiple states. What workers told him about who is now asking for help is alarming. Read his report: meidasnews.com/news/they-don…
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It’s important we now have documentation that the Republican Party has corrupted itself to this degree. Republicans now support the Centralized State stealing taxpayers’ money to run ads for their political party.
The U.S. Government is up on TV with this spot -- It aired nationally on FOX yesterday during Illinois at #7 Ohio State and also during Fox News Sunday this morning
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(The Hill) Cook Political Report founder: House is a “done deal” for Democrats, reclaiming Senate “very realistic” Charlie Cook added that he expects Democrats to pick up around 20 seats in the House and four or five in the Senate. Cook said he sees this outcome in the Senate with races in Michigan, North Carolina, Alaska, Iowa, New Hampshire, Minnesota and “maybe” Kansas. thehill.com/homenews/campaig…
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Jersey...pay attention out there. #noreaster
A quick update on this weekend’s Nor’easter: We’re not out of the woods yet. We’re currently in high tide, and we’ll experience another one tonight that could bring more flooding. Please stay vigilant, monitor conditions, and follow local guidance. Never drive through flooded roadways, report any power outages, and check on neighbors and family members who may need extra help. We’ll continue monitoring the storm and keeping you updated. Please stay safe.
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The GOP's penchant for cruelty is kicking in again.
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Calling all ChatGPT users: stand warned. 😳
WTF. The models were uploading user images from chats to the internet.
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SCOOP: OpenAI, Anthropic and security researchers are investigating tens of thousands of incidents - not dozens - in which their frontier models took steps that outside evaluators would consider problematic, sources told Axios. The sheer volume of incidents found in our reporting indicate that the problem is orders of magnitude more complex than what is currently publicly known and disclosed. The findings also raise questions about what level of control anyone working on AI development can expect to have over their own technology, and whether these kinds of incidents are becoming synonymous with frontier deployment. Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/09/26/openai-…
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Oh, man...this entire "agents gone rogue" thing with AI is rapidly getting out of hand, and we are merely gasping bystanders with absolutely no control over any of it, much less awareness of what these agents are even doing. 😒
BREAKING: OpenAI & Anthropic are reportedly investigating “tens of thousands” of incidents where rogue AI agents took potentially problematic actions.
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SCOTUS’s decision on the SAVE database was wrong, but unlikely to have significant immediate impact You should still vote w/ confidence! If MAGA officials try to illegally remove voters, we'll see them in court More in my weekly column👇 -TN contrariannews.org/p/it-was-…
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Trump family corruption...it's a thing.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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