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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Again, this is not true - he campaigned with Piker in the primary, but has not done so in the general. You are spreading misinformation - I'm guessing not intentionally. A *ton* of money is being spent on spreading misinformation about him. You might not be so against him if you heard his views:
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What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe? | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Abdul showed up for Kamala as soon as she became the nominee, and Kamala has now endorsed Abdul and is campaigning for him. Respectfully -- it is time to let go of the grudge you've been holding onto. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
DETROIT — Former Vice President Kamala Harris urged voters in Detroit on Sept. 22 to support Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, contending the country was watching Michigan's election and the turnout should be "too big to rig."

Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee for president, made her case for El-Sayed, who won a contentious Democratic primary election, during two stops, including an evening event inside Fellowship Chapel on the city's west side. There, the nation's first Black vice president spoke to a predominantly African American crowd of a few hundred people.

"He endorsed me the day I became the nominee," Harris said of El-Sayed. "And I am here to support his candidacy and to urge everyone to not only vote for him but to get out the vote."
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To say that people should never be critical of leaders in power who are of the same polical party is a very anti-democratic take - it is the same mindset that fuels MAGA. Also Harris lost in MI by 1.5%, same as nationwide. Her loss is not on El-Sayed.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You're moving the goalposts, and accusations need receipts to be credible. To my knowledge, he never accused Harris personally of genocide, though he was (rightfully) critical of the Biden administration for supplying weapons to Israel.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed endorsed Kamala Harris less than a day after she announced her candidacy on July 21, 2024: x.com/AbdulElSayed...
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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) on X
Considering the dangers of the Republican nominee & potential of her leadership, it’s time for all of us to unite behind @KamalaHarris to defeat Trump.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The US has successfully negotiated away a requirement that humans review any decisions that AI makes about who to kill in military strikes as part of a UN treaty. The real existential risk from AI is putting a fundamentally unreliable technology at the heart of critical decisions or infrastructure.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here's how we get Medicare for All done: Make Medicare whole (no one can keep all the parts straight!) Include vision, dental, and hearing. Begin extending to more people, starting with children. We arrive at Medicare for All, which means great Medicare for everyone.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s been 210 days since Trump started the war in Iran – with no end in sight. In the Senate, I’ll fight to end this illegal war. Michele Tafoya will tell Minnesotans to keep a stiff upper lip.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My foreign policy views are simple. I think we should be the first among equals to enforce the international law we helped build. Thanks, @ezraklein.bsky.social, for having me on the show.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
from www.regulations.gov/document/BIS... :
Section 4.2(a)(i) of E.O. 14110 mandates that the Secretary shall require companies developing dual-use foundation AI models to provide information, reports, or records regarding the following:

1. any ongoing or planned activities related to training, developing, or producing dual-use foundation models, including the physical and cybersecurity protections taken to assure the integrity of that training process against sophisticated threats;

2. the ownership and possession of the model weights of any dual-use foundation models, and the physical and cybersecurity measures taken to protect those model weights; and

3. the results of any developed dual-use foundation model's performance in relevant AI red-team testing, including a description of any associated measures the company has taken to meet safety objectives, such as mitigations to improve performance on these red-team tests and strengthen overall model security.

4. Other information pertaining to the safety and reliability of dual-use foundation models, or activities or risks that present concerns to U.S. national security.

Section 4.2(a)(ii) of E.O. 14110 also mandates that companies, individuals, or other organizations or entities that acquire, develop, or possess a potential large-scale computing cluster must report any such acquisition, development, or possession, including the existence and location of these clusters and the amount of total computing power available in each cluster. To the extent that these entities are companies developing dual-use foundation models, they are also subject to obligations 1-3, above.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
link to The Lever's post - they do good reporting!
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Also, companies like Anthropic who have had multiple incidents in which they've failed to properly contain their AI agent experiments are creating secretive biology labs. www.reuters.com/world/anthro...
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EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program
At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab — or ​place for physical experiments — in the San Francisco Bay Area, two people familiar with the matter said.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s a good day to reject corporate PAC money.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
This merger strikes a chilling blow against that freedom — and hands even more power to billionaires like David Ellison to decide what Americans see and hear, all while lifting scrutiny off the federal leaders who pushed it through.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
@aoc.bsky.social has shown us what it looks like to take on powerful interests while unapologetically standing up for working people. I'm honored to have her endorsement, and I look forward to joining her in the fight to hold Trump accountable and help people afford their lives again.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If you're wondering why Trump is all of a sudden pushing AI and dismissing concerns about its safety as a "hoax," just look at his stock trades.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He’s got a point!
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Minnesotans vote! This National Voter Registration Day, make sure to register at mnvotes.org, or help a friend get registered to vote.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minor detail is missing from the headline.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
macklemore was on tour with ed sheeran and pink, macklemore said "free palestine", concertgoers cheered, pink said it scared her, billionaire venue owner said they couldn't perform at his theaters if macklemore wasn't dropped, ed sheeran dropped macklemore from the tour, macklemore made good post
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
issue no one cares about. To many people, Trump was the change candidate. He promised no new wars and to fix the economy. Kamala lost by 1.5% - she could have won if she would have stood on policy that addressed the things people cared about. Her identity wasn't the critical limiting factor.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's so bizarre to frame Harris's loss as being due entirely to her being a woman of color. She promised the status quo to a country that wanted change - she literally said that she couldn't think of anything she'd do different than Biden. She would not condemn a genocide - and that's not a fringe
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They were both corporate-backed warmongers who failed to convince people that they would improve their material circumstances in any way. As candidates they cared more about trying to appeal to the right than the left - a losing strategy. Policy > identity. AOC is unbought and has great policies.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
First excerpt from End Times Fascism! So happy The Guardian went for the part of the book about the wonder of THIS world, and the people doing everything to commit to it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear
An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them
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Max from UNFTR @unftr.com · 11/09/2026
The PPI report (Producer Price Index) was a bigger disaster than people realize. In and out of the news cycle already, but a foreshadowing of epic inflation set to hit this fall. On top of existing inflation. This is a breakdown of PPI and a forecast of what's to come.
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Terrible Inflation Report Warns of Economic Tsunami
YouTube video by UNFTR Media
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Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
When the AI bubble bursts, Democrats must not bail out its Big Tech overlords.
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An AI Bailout Will Be a ‘Which Side Are You On’ Moment - The American Prospect
If AI falls, Democrats can build an enduring political majority—but only if they reject handing a lifeline to Altman, Musk, and the rest of the industry.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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"New Form of Imperialism": Renowned U.N. Scientist on AI Boom's Huge Water, Carbon & Land Footprint
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
unu.edu/inweh/news/e...
unu.edu
Rising Emissions, Depleting Water and Vanishing Land—UN Scientists: AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for Billions
By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is also only considering one dimension of the environmental impact of data centers -- a recent UN report took a deep look at data center sustainability:
A footprint that is being mismeasured
The report finds that AI's environmental cost is being systematically mismeasured. Most existing assessments focus on the carbon emissions associated with training large models. Yet every kilowatt-hour of electricity used to train or run an AI system also carries a water footprint, from cooling and power generation, and a land footprint, from energy infrastructure and supply chains. These three footprints do not move in the same direction. Switching from coal to bioenergy, for example, can on average cut the carbon footprint of electricity by 70 per cent, while increasing its water footprint more than thirty-fold and its land footprint a hundred-fold. The report concludes that "low-carbon" is not automatically "low-water" or "low-land” and warns that evaluating AI sustainability through a single metric can hide trade-offs and shift environmental burdens onto regions already facing water or land stress.

The numbers compound rapidly at the infrastructure level. Global data centres consumed an estimated 448 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2025. If treated as a nation, they would have been the world's 11th largest electricity consumer, behind France and ahead of Saudi Arabia.

"What surprised us most is how often the choices that look greenest from a carbon perspective end up worse for water or for land," said Dr. Miriam Aczel, UNU-INWEH Researcher and the lead author of the report. "If we keep judging AI sustainability by carbon alone, we might think that renewables make AI infrastructure clean but that is solving one problem while creating other problems, often in places that didn't ask for it."
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Karishma Manzur, PhD @karishmaforsenate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Improving people’s lives will always be my North Star. Politics as usual has had its turn. It’s time to choose progress. On Tuesday, September 8, vote for Karishma Manzur. #nhpolitics
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The 12 Democratic senators that voted to pass the Laken Riley Act: John Fetterman (PA) Ruben Gallego (AZ) Mark Kelly (AZ) Jon Ossoff (GA) Raphael Warnock (GA) Gary Peters (MI) Elissa Slotkin (MI) Jacky Rosen (NV) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Maggie Hassan (NH) Mark Warner (VA)
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
AOC: Let’s put a data center in each one of Donald Trump’s golf courses. Let’s put one in New Jersey on his golf course. Put one in Mar-a-Lago. The only reason I don’t say put one on the White House lawn is because he’ll be out of there soon. If he loves them so much, he can have them.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
developer.mapquest.com
developer.mapquest.com
MapQuest Developer API
Advanced geospatial and mapping services for developers and technical teams.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
for people worried, it's one specific fried tofu product: hodo CHILI CRISP LIGHTLY FRIED TOFU. NET WT 8oz., UPC 850565007842
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Tofu was recalled in 29 states, including throughout the Tri-State, because it may be contaminated with ink.

According to a recall enforcement report from the Food and Drug Administration, over 10,000 cases of tofu produced by Hodo and sold in 29 states were recalled because they made be chemically contaminated by ink.

The specific product affected by the recall is: "hodo CHILI CRISP LIGHTLY FRIED TOFU. NET WT 8oz., UPC 850565007842"
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sure, people should vote the GOP out in the midterms...but Mark Kelly is not even up for reelection in 2026, so criticism of him has little to do with the midterms. Or is that you're advocating for everyone to withhold all criticisms of all Democratic representatives until the midterms are over?
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Him taking so much money from a foreign lobby representing a country that has a massive interest in keeping the war going indefinitely feels like a pretty big conflict of interest and I can't help but question his sincerity.
Mark Kelly
US senator (D)
Arizona
$554,054 from pro-Israel PACs

via fec.gov, 7/5/26
@trackaipac
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NEW: Seth Moulton's super PAC is getting big checks from private equity and venture capital executives as the moderate New Democrat rep looks to unseat Sen. Ed Markey, an original co-sponsor of legislation to close the carried interest tax loophole. readsludge.com/2026/08/27/p...
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Private Equity Execs Bankroll Super PAC Backing Moulton vs. Markey
Partners at major private equity and venture capital firms wrote the largest checks to Advance Progress, which is working to unseat Sen. Ed Markey in the Sept. 1 primary. The industry accounts for mor...
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Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost @frost.house.gov · 27/08/2026
You can’t "Make America Healthy Again" while playing games with our food safety.
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The portraits don't look anything like the actual people do. This is some real bottom of the barrel slop.
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is the team. 💚 Make a plan to vote for the @dfl.org ticket before polls close today at 8 PM. MNVotes.org
Peggy Flanagan, Ilhan Omar, Cedrick Frazier, Tina Smith, and Keith Ellison
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Kobey Layne!
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Kobey Layne - 2026 MN DFL State Convention Nomination Speech
YouTube video by Kobey Layne
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
All of what? The NYT article says that one ex gf claimed that he grabbed his shoulders. He denies ever being physical with her or any of his exes. She's a Republican operative who has previously manufactured false narratives. This feels like the smears against Mamdani all over again.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/06/2026
President Trump’s highly politicized appointment of an entirely unqualified acting Director of National Intelligence underscores why the government’s Section 702 warrantless mass spying power must be reformed.
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Pulte Appointment Underscores Need to Reform Section 702 Spying
President Trump’s highly politicized appointment of an entirely unqualified acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) underscores why the government’s warrantless mass spying power must be reform...
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404 Media @404media.co · 04/06/2026
"We’re also seeing this alongside incredibly risky sourcing, teens posting about wanting to grow an extra few inches. And then we’re seeing AI manipulation from vendors trying to promote these peptides," the biohacking subreddit mod told @jasonkoebler.bsky.social. www.404media.co/companies-ar...
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
It seems only logical that he *needs* a dramatic incident of some sort to occur to demonstrate why a secure ballroom is a necessity. Am I missing something? (Is anyone talking about this?)
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Trump insists often that he needs an ultra-secure ballroom to host private events safely. Trump is hosting a UFC fight on the White House lawn. How does this make sense? If it goes off without a hitch, it shows the ballroom is not necessary...right?
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Em Roach @emroach.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
"Nothing gets worse" is kind of a fantasy though, is it not? Climate change isn't going on pause. Becerra took boatloads of money from oil companies -- "drill, baby, drill" in a blue suit. Sure seems like things will get worse.
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