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"So that you will learn by experience that I do not tolerate interference, I will now detonate the nuclear warheads in the two missile silos. Let this action be a lesson that need not be repeated."

AI has always haunted our nightmares.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Our AI Fears Run Long and Deep
Fictional portrayals of computer sentience reveal not only what we want from this technology, but also what we know about the fallibility of humans.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Donald Trump’s Putinization of America

My new column: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Donald Trump’s Putinization of America
It’s not just in foreign policy that the President is turning Russia’s way.
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February 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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The U.S. president has now chosen to throw America to Putin’s side and is more than willing to see this war end on Russian terms.

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A Terrible Milestone in the American Presidency
Trump switches sides in the war for freedom.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Good people are revealing themselves daily. This is where hope lies.
Read the letter of resignation from SDNY AUSA Hagan Scotten, Bronze Star recipient, former clerk to Chief Justice Roberts. Bravo!
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February 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Veep Vance stating judges are not allowed to control the President's legitimate power shows either an ignorance of or total disregard for the balance of power as delineated in the Constitution. He's an educated guy, so I'm assuming its the latter.
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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“A republic, if you can keep it.”
We didn’t.
“Rather than fascism or single-party dictatorship, the United States is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism,” Steven Levitsky writes:
The New Authoritarianism
This isn’t single-party rule, but it’s not democracy either.
www.theatlantic.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM