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Jeff Blattner

@theblatt.bsky.social
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Former Chief Counsel to Sen. Ted Kennedy, Dep. Asst US Atty General, Sup. Ct Law Clerk. Pittsburgh guy now in Colorado jeffblattner.substack.com dornsife.usc.edu/center-for-politic…

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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In 2050, the robot overlords will look back at this moment and it will all seem funny.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How much is Anthropic going to set aside to reserve for legal liabilities and costs from ending humanity? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus
Long-awaited S1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How much is Anthropic going to set aside to reserve for legal liabilities and costs from ending humanity? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Anthropic warns of ‘existential risks to humanity’ in IPO prospectus
Long-awaited S1 filing reports Claude maker lost $8bn last year on $4.6bn in revenue
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
OpenAI and Anthropic face the *risk* of unbounded liability for catastrophic harm caused by their agents, yet they have been headed for IPOs. Is it any wonder that they are now turning to Congress for regulation?
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pope Leo thrashing Peter Thiel in the final act is the sci-fi movie the world is waiting for.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Suggested reframing of the conversation about AI: Talk about the risks created by the *companies* that produce AI models, rather than the risks created by the models themselves. E.g. "There is an x percent risk that OpenAI and Anthropic may destroy humanity." Put the responsibility where it belongs.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Suggested reframing of the conversation about AI: Talk about the risks created by the *companies* that produce AI models, rather than the risks created by the models themselves. E.g. "There is an x percent risk that OpenAI and Anthropic may destroy humanity." Put the responsibility where it belongs.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How long until Trump orders his hollowed-out and subverted Antitrust Division to investigate this constitutionally protected boycott?
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How long until Trump orders his hollowed-out and subverted Antitrust Division to investigate this constitutionally protected boycott?
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Please listen and share broadly. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The messes a Democratic president will have to clean up in 2029 will make the messes President Obama had to clean up in 2009 look like a birthday party.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The messes a Democratic president will have to clean up in 2029 will make the messes President Obama had to clean up in 2009 look like a birthday party.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Imagine if, after creating the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project published the plans and left the uranium stockpile for anyone to take...
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
youtu.be/JVvEjLn5hto?...
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F-16 Pilot that was Scrambled on 9/11
YouTube video by C-SPAN's American History TV
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Would you put your young children in a room with two revolvers, one of which had one live round, even though there was only an 8% chance one of them would be killed? That's smaller than the risk ALL of humanity is facing.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Select Committee on AI makes sense. Hope it will be informative and probing without being partisan. The risks humanity faces transcend politics. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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House Democrats weigh new AI committee with subpoena power
Democratic leaders are open to creating a new panel to investigate the tech industry if the party wins back the House, according to four people familiar with planning.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Would you put your young children in a room with two revolvers, one of which had one live round, even though there was only an 8% chance one of them would be killed? That's smaller than the risk ALL of humanity is facing.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The simplest way to make AI firms more careful about the risks they create is to make them and their executives legally and financially responsible for the damage they cause.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The way to make AI firms internalize the seriousness of the stakes is to make them legally and financially liable for the damage they cause.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Talked with John Fetterman back when he was Mayor of Braddock and an outsider sticking up for working people. I don't recognize him any more. He's no longer the person Pennsylvania elected. He should resign.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Talked with John Fetterman back when he was Mayor of Braddock and an outsider sticking up for working people. I don't recognize him any more. He's no longer the person Pennsylvania elected. He should resign.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Proud to have signed this.
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Mark Ruffalo Defended by Hannah Einbinder, Joel Coen and More Than 170 Jewish Figures After Paramount Accuses Him of Using ‘Antisemitic Tropes’ — Read the Open Letter (EXCLUSIVE)
Joel Coen and Todd Haynes are among more than 170 Jewish figures who have signed a letter in support of Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism claims.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Any reason New York City shouldn't rename Trump Tower's block "Lake Ontario Avenue"?
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Sens Ted Kennedy & John McCain died on this date, 9 yrs apart. As Sen McCain recalled at Sen Kennedy's wake, they held sharply different views but respected each other immensely. They often argued loudly on the Senate floor, & then retired to the cloakroom to laugh about it. youtu.be/F7I8lUeJwQY?...
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Edward Kennedy Memorial Service - Sen. John McCain
YouTube video by PoliticsNewsPolitics
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
KBJ has them cold:
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Truly a blast from the past: The Times' obituary of Sen. Kassebaum was written by Adam Clymer, who died in 2018. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/u...
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Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94 (Gift Article)
A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Saw Sen. Kassebaum up close back in the '80s and '90s. Rare politician who was more of a listener than talker. Hardworking, & a rock-ribbed midwestern conservative with a heart. Knew right from wrong. (E.g. her vote against Tower nomination for SecDef.) We miss her kind today. R.I.P.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Prospects for a Democratic majority in the Senate, and for perhaps multiple Supreme Court vacancies before January 20, 2029, may well depend on this.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I didn't think anything could make me feel sorry for a chatbot, but... www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...
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Tommy Tuberville Debates Healthcare with AI Chatbot
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) uses AI to kill time on his long drives and have in-depth discussions about healthcare policy.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.denverpost.com/2026/08/14/c...
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‘Smoking gun’ email shows White House summoned agencies to Colorado-focused meeting amid Tina Peters furor
A Trump assistant asked officials from five agencies to join a call “prepared to discuss immediate actions that your department or agency can take with respect to Colorado.”
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A reminder to all my Democratic friends: It takes a big tent to defeat fascism.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A reminder to all my Democratic friends: It takes a big tent to defeat fascism.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Not buying it. Significant majority of Americans not at extremes. Polarization mostly driven by social media, conflict-addicted news, gerrymandering, two-parties' primaries, unlimited campaign $$, & frustration with resulting dysfunctional government. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/o...
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Opinion | Has America Already Undergone a Soft Breakup? (Gift Article)
It can’t go on like this forever.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Not buying it. Significant majority of Americans not at extremes. Polarization mostly driven by social media, conflict-addicted news, gerrymandering, two-parties' primaries, unlimited campaign $$, & frustration with resulting dysfunctional government. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/o...
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Opinion | Has America Already Undergone a Soft Breakup? (Gift Article)
It can’t go on like this forever.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is a plausible and troubling scenario, and one worth war-gaming in advance.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Even more true after Michigan Senate primary...
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is a plausible and troubling scenario, and one worth war-gaming in advance.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Clarence Thomas will be 80 years old at the end of Trump's term, and Samuel Alito will be 78. The choice in EVERY Senate race in November is between a Democrat who will deny Trump more SCOTUS nominees and a Republican who will rubber-stamp them.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Tillis and Cornyn know better. They beclowned themselves today.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is how it is done. In June 1985, the Senate Judiciary Committee, which then had a Republican majority, rejected the nomination of William Bradford Reynolds to be Associate Attorney General. www.nytimes.com/1985/06/28/u...
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SENATE COMMITTEE REJECTS REYNOLDS FOR JUSTICE POST (Published 1985)
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Very interesting profile of LA mayoral candidate Nithya Raman. www.vanityfair.com/story/nithya...
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Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman Was Once Poised to Be the City’s Mamdani—Then She Broke With the Local DSA
In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, Nithya Raman shares new details about her dramatic break with Karen Bass, reflects on her strained ties to the Democratic Socialists of America, and explain...
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Like confirming a horse thief if he returns the horse...
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Now we know.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every law student should read. How greed and cowardice wrecked a legal institution. (I was a summer associate at PW in 1979). www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
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How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Every law student should read. How greed and cowardice wrecked a legal institution. (I was a summer associate at PW in 1979). www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
nytimes.com
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)
Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
How the current Todd Blanche-as-perpetual-acting-AG scenario might have been avoided...
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Translation: Trump gets to keep Blanche as acting AG while keeping his collusively obtained tax immunity and $1.776 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund for insurrectionists.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Cornyn's thinking appears to be either he will strip Trump and family of their ill-gotten tax immunity (revenge) or he will block Blanche's nomination. Why not both? www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Blanche nomination hangs by a thread as Cornyn stands by settlement ultimatum
“Maybe they think I'm just going to give up or, you know, go along, but they're mistaken,” the GOP senator said.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Like confirming a horse thief if he gives back the stolen horses: Trump and Blanche agreed to immunize the Trump family's past tax liabilities & take $1.7 billion from taxpayers & give to insurrectionists. Cornyn will vote for Blanche if the agreement is rescinded. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Cornyn wants Trump IRS settlement rewritten before voting for Blanche
The Texas Republican drew a red line ahead of a crucial Judiciary Committee vote Thursday.
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Jeff Blattner @theblatt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Jason Crow is the real deal. From his working class childhood in Wisconsin, to his 3 combat tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq, to his valor on January 6th, and his exemplary service in Congress, Jason stands out among the new generation of Democrats poised for leadership.
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