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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
China has expanded overseas travel restrictions for top AI professionals in private firms to include the families of key personnel, further tightening measures designed to prevent the outflow of critical know-how and information www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Broadens Travel Curbs to Encompass Family of Top AI Talent
China has expanded overseas travel restrictions for top AI professionals in private firms to include the families of key personnel, further tightening measures designed to prevent the outflow of criti...
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Jesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Weapons of mass decentralization
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Weapons of mass decentralization - Works in Progress Magazine
Iron weaponry brought down the empires of the Bronze Age. Could technologies like drones do the same today?
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Neil Flanagan 🧱🗃️ @jgbollard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is a pretty savvy move from the DC preservation office. If Trump takes the suggestion (which he won't) it at least follows the original design. If he doesn't at least *study* the congressionally-endorsed columns as an alternative, it opens the door for very strong NEPA/106 lawsuits.
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Build columns, not Trump’s arch, D.C. official tells administration
Local officials, preservationists and historians are pushing to scale back Trump's planned arch, advocating the slender columns originally envisioned by architects and lawmakers a century ago.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Republican senators have been left raging by a “contemptuous” briefing from Pete Hegseth’s policy chief.
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GOP Senators Blast Pentagon’s ‘Contemptuous’ No-Answers Briefing
Elbridge Colby, the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, riled almost everyone.
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Who was right on job creation — Adam Smith or Schumpeter?" www.ft.com/content/9edd...
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 17/09/2026
Trump credited Delcy Rodríguez’s government with progress against drug trafficking as the U.S. eased a key designation on Venezuela.
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Trump removes Venezuela from U.S. list of countries failing drug fight
Trump credited Delcy Rodríguez’s government with progress against drug trafficking as the U.S. eased a key designation on Venezuela.
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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 16/09/2026
‘Global crude markets are tightening at what analysts at described this week as an “eye-watering pace“ as China has returned to buying oil on the open market and the Saudi pipeline has shut down.’ www.ft.com/content/3a88...
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Chinese oil prices hit record highs after attacks on Saudi pipeline
Beijing has cushioned global impact of Iran war by drawing down stocks but is now ‘coming off its crash diet’
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/09/2026
Chinese oil prices hit record highs after attacks on Saudi pipeline ft.trib.al/hpbfFhK
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Chinese oil prices hit record highs after attacks on Saudi pipeline
Beijing has cushioned global impact of Iran war by drawing down stocks but is now ‘coming off its crash diet’
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Reuters @reuters.com · 17/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say reut.rs/4AnBVbW
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EXCLUSIVE: China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say
China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with ​the matter.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 16/09/2026
Microsoft AI chief calls out Anthropic's approach to AI consciousness reut.rs/4h7Q2sP
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Microsoft AI chief calls out Anthropic's approach to AI consciousness
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman said he shared Anthropic's ‌focus on safely managing AI, but flagged risks in the way it trains its Claude chatbot on ideas related to consciousness and welfare interests.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 16/09/2026
SB 1050 makes it a misdemeanor for companies to use AI actors without disclosing it in ads.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signs California law to ban AI-actors in ads without disclosure
SB 1050 makes it a misdemeanor for companies to use AI actors without disclosing it in ads.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Prime Minister Carney announced that Canada has formally applied to join the Joint Expeditionary Force and welcomed the UK’s support for Canada’s participation in this important initiative.”
pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Carney meets with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Andy Burnham
Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Burnham underscored the close relationship between Canada and the UK, rooted in historic ties and shared values.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The U.S. Is Burning Through Its Supply of Interceptors to Counter Iran’s Attacks The U.S. had to expend 70 or more Patriots and Thaads to blunt a recent attack on Jordan www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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The U.S. Is Burning Through Its Supply of Interceptors to Counter Iran’s Attacks
The U.S. had to expend 70 or more Patriots and Thaads to blunt an attack on Jordan.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
however much you think the iran war is sapping u.s. military readiness, it's probably more than that. a free link for you, the people www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Iran Blockade’s Growing Price Tag Is Draining America’s Global Military Power
The cost of naval operations since the buildup began in January has topped $7.1 billion — not including all the US assets being used to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...
cbsnews.com
New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Jeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchers
New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 15/09/2026
The day after the U.S. and Israel launched their opening strikes on Iran, the Islamic Republic shot back with swarms of drones aimed at the Gulf’s newest high-value targets: American data centers.
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The Gulf’s AI Nightmare Came Courtesy of an Iranian Drone
Amazon data centers in the U.A.E. and Bahrain are still offline months after being hit in the Iran war, testing the region’s multibillion-dollar ambitions.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 15/09/2026
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. By Eileen Sullivan www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort (Gift Article)
As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15/09/2026
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Exclusive: Open Chinese models close gap with Silicon Valley’s frontier AI models
Ars previewed Mozilla’s report on how cheap open models caught up on capability.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CBO estimates that Iran War cost DoD $38B through August 1. That figure covers incremental DoD costs only; excludes routine costs already budgeted, costs borne by other agencies, and costs CBO was unable to estimate, such as damage to US bases and certain longer-term expenses
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Estimating the Cost of Combat Operations Against Iran
CBO assesses the Department of Defense's costs for the current armed conflict against Iran, as well as the conflict's economic and budgetary effects.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
University leaders, college students and Republican officials have condemned Bo French’s racist posts. www.washingtonsun.com/texas/univers…
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University of Texas Responds to GOP Candidate’s Racist Posts
University leaders, college students and Republican officials have condemned Bo French’s racist posts.
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David Schleicher @profschleich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
❗New Article❗ The Great American Property Tax Freakout! Since 2024, many states have radically reshaped their property tax systems.The changes are an example of a national trend of carving out influential groups from taxation, in this case a majority group: homeowners papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Great American Property Tax Freak Out
There has been a lot of news over the last two years, so it is understandable that neither the mass media nor the legal academy has focused on what is happening
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Facing an ethics probe, the chief justice of New Hampshire resigns. (He was GOP-appointed, and the governor is GOP now.) www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2026...
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NH Chief Justice MacDonald announces resignation; ethics probe loomed
Gordon MacDonald, the state's top judge, announced his sudden resignation on Tuesday. He was facing potential discipline for his role in a unique personnel maneuver that benefited a top ally.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 15/09/2026
Venezuela’s interim president Rodriguez plans UN visit, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4xs5mXD
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Venezuela’s interim president Rodriguez plans UN visit, Bloomberg News reports
Venezuela’s Interim President ​Delcy Rodriguez ‌is planning to attend the ​United ​Nations General Assembly ⁠in New ​York next ​week, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, ​citing ​people familiar with the ‌plans.
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 15/09/2026
New post reviewing Zidar and Zwick's new book, which I loved. paulgp.substack.com/p/who-is-ric...
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Who is rich in America, and why?
A review of “The Everywhere Millionaire” by Zidar and Zwick
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 12/08/2026
Israel’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’ ft.trib.al/O7a4C0Q
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Israel’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’
Israeli forces have systematically destroyed homes, roads, farmland and forests despite ceasefire with Hizbollah
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15/09/2026
The Pentagon’s inspector general has released its first report on the war with Iran, saying the conflict has resulted in a shortfall of U.S. munitions and “bottlenecks” in supply chains as the Trump administration works to replenish weaponry.
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Pentagon watchdog says Iran war has led to munitions shortfall
It’s the first public report on the ongoing war started Feb. 28 by the U.S. and Israel.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The second-most powerful man at the State Department put the brakes on a U.S. international exhibit featuring a bull statue because he worried it might look like Baal, a pagan god some associate with Satanic child sacrifice & Jeffrey Epstein www.axios.com/2026/09/15/l...
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Baal out: Top diplomat's worry about pagan god elicits eye rolls
A top State Department official showed unusual interest in an art exhibit.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
House Democrats' new climate policy document has plenty of policies to address climate change. It just doesn't use the word "climate change." Less use of the words "climate crisis" or "Environmental justice" and in are "affordability" and "energy security" heatmap.news/politics/dem...
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Even Democrats Don’t Talk About ‘Climate Change’ Anymore
A new set of policy proposals from House illustrates a marked change in rhetoric since 2020.
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 15/09/2026
Wealthy Chinese, tech talent confront tighter borders as Beijing widens exit controls
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Wealthy Chinese, tech talent confront tighter borders as Beijing widens exit controls
China's new border-control regulations are designed to keep two of its most valuable assets from leaving the country: money and talent.
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New @nberpubs: "Strategic Sovereignty: U.S.–Israeli Strikes and the Reversal of Anti-Regime Protest in Iran" www.nber.org/papers/w3573... "we document a sharp reversal in political mobilization."
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 14/09/2026
Despite the low rate of convicted terrorist recidivism, @pwbeck.bsky.social, @seamushughes.bsky.social, and Camden Carmichael explore why this trend may be on the path to quietly inching higher in the coming years as a growing number of convicted terrorists are being released.
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Terrorism’s Second Act
A growing number of convicted terrorists are soon to be released from prison, there’s no plan to address potential recidivism.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15/09/2026
How Poland lost $230mn trying to buy Venezuelan oil with crypto ft.trib.al/JcJRoBy
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How Poland lost $230mn trying to buy Venezuelan oil with crypto
An attempt to use digital currencies for a bold oil trade became one of Poland’s biggest scandals
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 14/09/2026
The European Parliament is to open an office in Canada, Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced today.
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EU Parliament to open office in Canada
Parliament will work in Ottawa alongside the existing EU delegation.
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 14/09/2026
In both China and the west, the gig economy has become a sort of safety net/labour market shock absorber. But automation is coming for a lot of this work. Which means the biggest impact of AI/robots might unfold in the dark, in the part of the economy hardest to track. www.ft.com/content/a2c3...
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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“It turns out that by breaking jobs into tasks performed remotely, stripping them of the need for institutional knowledge or personal relationships, [white-collar gig platforms] have made that work particularly vulnerable to being replaced by AI." www.ft.com/content/a2c3...
ft.com
Automation is coming for the gig economy
A safety net for people who have fallen out of the formal labour market is being dismantled
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 14/09/2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’
Though Elon Musk and Sam Altman have supported Dario Amodei's calls to slow the pace of AI development, Jensen Huang seems to feel differently.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 14/09/2026
New: The federal income tax has 7 brackets today. That may seem normal, but it’s a historical anomaly. There were once 56 brackets, and there were 14 as recently as the 1980s. But, like it did much else, Reaganism broke our brackets. @samarthgupta.bsky.social has a new brief on how to fix them: 🧵
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Reaganism Broke US Tax Brackets. It’s Time To Fix Them.
The US once had dozens of income tax brackets. Samarth Gupta argues that restoring more brackets at the top would better address today’s extreme income inequality, raise revenue, and give policymakers...
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 14/09/2026
A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled against Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn on Monday, declaring that outgoing executive committee members had “no authority” to vote on sweeping rule changes at a recent August meeting.
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Judge Strikes Down Controversial Rule Changes Benefitting Embattled Brooklyn Party Boss
Outgoing party leaders had no authority to vote on rule changes that would have changed the balance of power on the party’s executive committee, a State Supreme court judge found.
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NPR @npr.org · 15/09/2026
The incident came less than a day after NATO leaders pledged that strikes close to the alliance's territory would drive the trans-Atlantic organization to increase support for Kyiv. n.pr/4gXLqp6
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NATO jets down drone in Lithuanian airspace
The incident came less than a day after NATO leaders pledged that strikes close to the alliance's territory would drive the trans-Atlantic organization to increase support for Kyiv.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 15/09/2026
The EPA announced it is repealing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants. The move eliminates requirements that would have forced some power plants to sharply reduce their emissions. to.pbs.org/4hpNIyO
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EPA repeals limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
The EPA announced it is repealing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants. The move eliminates requirements that would have forced some power plants to sharply red...
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The U.S. military has deployed weapons into orbit, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said, publicly acknowledging a capability in space that the Pentagon had kept largely secret.
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A Military Official Says U.S. Has Put ‘Space Control Weapons’ in Orbit
It marks the first public acknowledgment of space-based capabilities previously kept under wraps.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
USAF has deployed on-orbit space control weapons, reveals Secretary Troy Meink. www.militarytimes.com/news/yo...
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US Air Force secretary reveals deployment of on-orbit space control weapons
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink revealed that the service deployed on-orbit space control weapons but did not offer details on the type of weapon.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 14/09/2026
A former top elections official is accusing Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins of changing local election results, trying to deceive a federal judge in a voting administration case and illegally using state funds to influence a St. Louis County election. #moleg #mogov
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Former elections official accuses Missouri secretary of state of altering results, misleading judge • Missouri Independent
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is a used of changing local election results, trying to deceive a federal judge in a voting administration case and illegally using state funds to influence a...
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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 11/09/2026
Data obtained by KJZZ through a public records request — supports claims from applicants who said the state has made it nearly impossible to have their SNAP eligibility verified by DES.
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Data shows DES failed to complete most SNAP eligibility interviews, resulting in massive cuts
The state agency responsible for confirming which Arizonans qualify for SNAP benefits reported dropping more than 3 million calls with potential beneficiaries during an 18 month period — as nearly hal...
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 14/09/2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismisses AI doomsday scenarios at All-In Summit, lauding former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon's whistleblowing. President Donald Trump also called into the talk and rejected the notion that robots will take over. bit.ly/3UNKOv6
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang swats down AI doomerism
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI doomer predictions aren't grounded in science and got a call from President Donald Trump to weigh in.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 14/09/2026
University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax has added prominent conservative attorney John Eastman to the team of lawyers representing her in her high-profile discrimination lawsuit against the university.
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Trump ally John Eastman joins UPenn professor's legal team, citing 'despicable cancel culture'
University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax has added prominent conservative attorney John Eastman to the team of lawyers representing her in her high-profile discrimination lawsuit against the university.
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Dan Smith @profdansmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Great resource for those interested in studying Korean elections! Song, Hwang & Lee introduce the Korean National Assembly Elections Dataset (KNAED): candidate-level data for all South Korean legislative elections, 1948-2024. 👏 @electoralstudies.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨 The 33rd US government equity stake just dropped🚨 "Elmet Group wins $2 billion US tungsten stockpile contract" www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Chance Phillips @chancephillips.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Some great work by my friend Alex Jobin documenting the difficulty of accessing HRT in Alabama today: www.alreporter.com/2026/09/14/b...
alreporter.com
Birmingham clinic faces scrutiny over delays in care for transgender patients
Patients and providers describe a bottleneck that leaves some waiting years, while advocates push for broader hormone therapy training.
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