Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label power. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2026

In summer heat, high electric bills spark anger and fear : NPR

Eric Widger also gets a helping hand. He works at the Kimberly-Clark toilet paper factory near Tulsa, and says his power bill has doubled to around $500 a month...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5943289/electric-bills-summer-heat-oklahoma-power 


Saturday, June 6, 2026

Trump to meet with artificial intelligence companies on government profit share plan as soon as next week - POLITICO

Trump’s former AI czar, David Sacks, an anti-regulation figure who recently played an influential role in temporarily halting the White House’s efforts to address increased cybersecurity risks from advanced AI models, came out against the idea of AI equity stakes Friday, calling it an acceleration of “the corporate-government fusion we’re already sliding toward.” 

“Conservatives rightly fear a Central Bank Digital Currency. They ought to be even more concerned about Central Government AI — a system with even more totalistic power over information, decision-making, and human behavior,” Sacks wrote on X...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/05/ai-companies-white-house-profit-sharing-00952167 


Friday, February 20, 2026

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Democrats have a constitutional power they aren’t using

Today, state legislative resolutions would have far more political weight than any poll, provide a galvanizing mechanism to drive public opinion, and solidify the states as defenders of basic American rights seeking to safeguard constitutional freedoms and the safety of electoral processes. State resolutions would expose the brazen hypocrisy of the Trump administration as it tramples on the formerly sanctified principles of states' rights and free speech, and as Trump poses a clear and present danger to free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.

Using such resolutions, the state legislatures could organize debate within the legislatures, stage public hearings with witnesses and experts, hold legislative votes that force Republicans on the record, conduct signing ceremonies by governors, and send delegations for formal presentations to the Congress. The process would command both local and national media attention, especially since the Democratic-controlled states are among the largest ones and include the media capitals in New York and California. And states could either have varied resolutions or coordinate their language...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/03/democrats-constitutional-power-state-resolutions


 

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

In Scathing Ruling, Federal Judge Orders Release of Liam Ramos From Detention – Mother Jones

Biery wrote of the detainment: "Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency."… 

Judge Biery accused the federal government of "ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence" and "that pesky inconvenience called the Fourth Amendment." At the end of the ruling, he includes that now indelible photo of Liam with two Bible verses. Matthew 19:14, which quotes Jesus: "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." 

And John 11:35, "Jesus wept."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/in-scathing-ruling-federal-judge-orders-release-of-liam-ramos-from-detention/ 


 








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