Valerie Stewart
@portlandval.bsky.social
🧢 Pacific Northwest; raised in Hawaii; wife, Mom, Social Scientist,animal lover,practiced the Mahayana way for 40 years. 🧢
She/Her LGBTQ+ Ally💙💙💙
She/Her LGBTQ+ Ally💙💙💙
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Important @motherjones.com piece here:
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Important @motherjones.com piece here:
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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Seriously….what the hell.
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Seriously….what the hell.
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I honestly don’t know what’s more concerning. That the president of the United States keeps falling asleep in public or that everyone around him is too scared to wake him up.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I honestly don’t know what’s more concerning. That the president of the United States keeps falling asleep in public or that everyone around him is too scared to wake him up.
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Good for Halle Berry. Dems, take note:
P.S. - I'm no longer a registered Dem.
As I have happily/gladly Dem-Exited.
However ......
I care about all women regardless.
And Gavin Newsom is an asshole.
For his anti-homeless folks stance.
And his anti-women's health stance.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
P.S. - I'm no longer a registered Dem.
As I have happily/gladly Dem-Exited.
However ......
I care about all women regardless.
And Gavin Newsom is an asshole.
For his anti-homeless folks stance.
And his anti-women's health stance.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Halle Berry blasts Gavin Newsom at live event, says he 'shouldn't be our next president' before he takes stage
"At this stage in my life, I have zero f---s left to give," Berry added.
www.yahoo.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Good for Halle Berry. Dems, take note:
P.S. - I'm no longer a registered Dem.
As I have happily/gladly Dem-Exited.
However ......
I care about all women regardless.
And Gavin Newsom is an asshole.
For his anti-homeless folks stance.
And his anti-women's health stance.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
P.S. - I'm no longer a registered Dem.
As I have happily/gladly Dem-Exited.
However ......
I care about all women regardless.
And Gavin Newsom is an asshole.
For his anti-homeless folks stance.
And his anti-women's health stance.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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"Gift" link.
Around ~38 min in, he chokes on the simple question, "You prefer the human race should endure?"
He looks like he just stepped out of strenuous wrestling match w/a steam room.
In other words, he's a massive freak.
Share this far & wide. Certainly affirms the "whack job" description.
Around ~38 min in, he chokes on the simple question, "You prefer the human race should endure?"
He looks like he just stepped out of strenuous wrestling match w/a steam room.
In other words, he's a massive freak.
Share this far & wide. Certainly affirms the "whack job" description.
Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"Gift" link.
Around ~38 min in, he chokes on the simple question, "You prefer the human race should endure?"
He looks like he just stepped out of strenuous wrestling match w/a steam room.
In other words, he's a massive freak.
Share this far & wide. Certainly affirms the "whack job" description.
Around ~38 min in, he chokes on the simple question, "You prefer the human race should endure?"
He looks like he just stepped out of strenuous wrestling match w/a steam room.
In other words, he's a massive freak.
Share this far & wide. Certainly affirms the "whack job" description.
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Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This!!! This right here!!!
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And there it is … bsky.app/profile/atru...
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
And there it is … bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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America's greatest villain......
Trump:
Impeached twice
Led an insurrection against the US
34 times felon
Adjudicated sex offender
Stole top secret documents
Epstein’s best friend
Now, war crimes too
Impeached twice
Led an insurrection against the US
34 times felon
Adjudicated sex offender
Stole top secret documents
Epstein’s best friend
Now, war crimes too
There was no fog of war after all. Just a war crime.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
America's greatest villain......
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Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
The FTC chairman would be required to issue a policy statement detailing “circumstances under which State laws that require alterations to the truthful outputs of AI models are preempted by the FTC Act’s prohibition on…
The FTC chairman would be required to issue a policy statement detailing “circumstances under which State laws that require alterations to the truthful outputs of AI models are preempted by the FTC Act’s prohibition on…
Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
The FTC chairman would be required to issue a policy statement detailing “circumstances under which State laws that require alterations to the truthful outputs of AI models are preempted by the FTC Act’s prohibition on engaging in deceptive acts or practices affecting commerce.” When Cruz proposed a moratorium restricting state AI regulation in mid-2025, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) helped lead the fight against it. “Until Congress passes federally preemptive legislation like the Kids Online Safety Act and an online privacy framework, we can’t block states from making laws that protect their citizens,” Blackburn…
dotnewstv.in
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
The FTC chairman would be required to issue a policy statement detailing “circumstances under which State laws that require alterations to the truthful outputs of AI models are preempted by the FTC Act’s prohibition on…
The FTC chairman would be required to issue a policy statement detailing “circumstances under which State laws that require alterations to the truthful outputs of AI models are preempted by the FTC Act’s prohibition on…
No no and no. We need this industry regulated. But GOP can only see dollar signs as usual.
GOP senators propose a temporary ban on state-level AI regulations. Are we ready for a hands-off approach to AI innovation? #AIRegulation
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5376235-blackburn-cruz-ai-provision-deal/
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5376235-blackburn-cruz-ai-provision-deal/
GOP senators reach deal on AI regulation ban
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said Sunday that she reached a deal with Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on new text for a provision in President Trump’s sweeping tax package that seeks to…
thehill.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
No no and no. We need this industry regulated. But GOP can only see dollar signs as usual.
Ted Cruz has been purchased and therefore has zero credibility in this realm. In fact, most politicians in the GoP and maybe over half of Democrats are bought by tech oligarchs. There needs to be regulation.
Opening a significant Senate hearing on AI policy at which Sam Altman will testify, Ted Cruz (R-Texas) calls for a hands-off approach: "To lead in AI, the United States cannot allow regulation, even the supposedly benign kind, to choke innovation."
Live: www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/5/winni...
Live: www.commerce.senate.gov/2025/5/winni...
Winning the AI Race: Strengthening U.S. Capabilities in Computing and Innovation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing titled “Winning the AI Race: Streng...
www.commerce.senate.gov
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ted Cruz has been purchased and therefore has zero credibility in this realm. In fact, most politicians in the GoP and maybe over half of Democrats are bought by tech oligarchs. There needs to be regulation.
Our government is bought completely by the billionaires of technology. Until we get their grubby fingers off our government they seem to have a totally open road. AI absolutely NEEDS regulation or we will all become jobless and homeless.
I write a lot about AI and in AI policy circles I kept hearing one thing -- China is the country talking loudest about wanting to regulate the technology at a global level.
Here's my explainer on what that could look like
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Here's my explainer on what that could look like
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
China wants to lead the world on AI regulation — will the plan work?
Having placed artificial intelligence at the centre of its own economic strategy, China is driving efforts to create an international system to govern the technology’s use.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Our government is bought completely by the billionaires of technology. Until we get their grubby fingers off our government they seem to have a totally open road. AI absolutely NEEDS regulation or we will all become jobless and homeless.
Data centers and AI sending electricity costs sky high and polluting/using up massive water.
Among the reasons I see AI as a bubble is the GOP's ideological hostility to rational electricity policy.
As a matter of physics, economics, and politics, you can't sustain a data center boom while going backwards on solar & wind. The Earth-killing energy sources they love are just too expensive.
As a matter of physics, economics, and politics, you can't sustain a data center boom while going backwards on solar & wind. The Earth-killing energy sources they love are just too expensive.
‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Data centers and AI sending electricity costs sky high and polluting/using up massive water.
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Based on our analysis, Sacks kept 449 stakes in AI-related co's. Of those, 438 stakes were classified as SaaS or hardware, despite having AI connections. Those co's could benefit as Sacks continues to influence US AI policy.
Read more in the full story here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Read more in the full story here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Based on our analysis, Sacks kept 449 stakes in AI-related co's. Of those, 438 stakes were classified as SaaS or hardware, despite having AI connections. Those co's could benefit as Sacks continues to influence US AI policy.
Read more in the full story here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Read more in the full story here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
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The U.S. does not subject itself to accountability, so we're using the avenues we have before us," Kovalik said Wednesday. "We believe that a decision in our favor, combined with public pressure, can get us that compensation and also can end the killings in the Caribbean
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The U.S. does not subject itself to accountability, so we're using the avenues we have before us," Kovalik said Wednesday. "We believe that a decision in our favor, combined with public pressure, can get us that compensation and also can end the killings in the Caribbean
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The numbers speak for themselves. No other state comes close to California's success.
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The numbers speak for themselves. No other state comes close to California's success.
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🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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If Trump tries to fight this, Costco will just open a 36 pack of Kirkland brand whoopass on him.
New in PN: Costco demands a refund from Trump
"One of the biggest importers in the country has entered the fray, at the risk of finding itself crosswise with the Trump administration. This is what happens when you let the president break the law for a little while."
"One of the biggest importers in the country has entered the fray, at the risk of finding itself crosswise with the Trump administration. This is what happens when you let the president break the law for a little while."
Costco demands a refund from Trump
The mega-retailer is suing to get its tariff money back.
www.publicnotice.co
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If Trump tries to fight this, Costco will just open a 36 pack of Kirkland brand whoopass on him.