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AFR Commends Senators’ Rejection of CLARITY, the Billionaire-Backed Giveaway to the Crypto Industry
Following today’s failure to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act in the Senate, Americans for Financial Reform and Demand Progress Action’s Mark Hays, Associate Director of Cryptocurrency and Financial Technology, issued the following statement:
Today all voting Democrats and several Republicans stood up for the public interest and rejected the deeply flawed crypto bill th…

Peggy Flanagan,
the progressive lieutenant governor of Minnesota,
clinched the victory in the state’s Democratic primary for US Senate,
beating out moderate US representative Angie Craig.
The AP called the race, with Flanagan leading with nearly 59% of the vote.

Minnesota progressive wins Senate primary over anti-ICE sentiments, as Wisconsin governor’s race remains close – live
Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary; in Wisconsin, moderate David Crowley and Democratic socialist Francesca Hong face tight race to be Democratic nominee for governor

Raiders Drop 27 in Week 1, but Alarming Flaws Signal Danger Ahead https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-dolphins-kirk-cousins-red-flags/

A campaign using manipulated videos of US celebrities, falsely branded with CNN logos, is targeting Democratic candidates and seems to be backed by the Kremlin (Brandy Zadrozny/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/news/russia-election-influencing-campaign-targeting-dem…

A Russian disinformation campaign is doctoring celebrity videos to meddle in the midterms
The Kremlin-backed operation, known as Matryoshka, has Hollywood actors telling voters to disavow the Democratic Party and vote Republican.

Lisa Demuth, the Republican speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives,
secured the Republican nomination for governor,
-- edging out pillow salesman Mike Lindell, who had received Trump’s endorsement in the race.
Demuth became speaker last year in an evenly divided House, becoming the first Black person in the role.

Minnesota progressive wins Senate primary over anti-ICE sentiments, as Wisconsin governor’s race remains close – live
Peggy Flanagan sweeps Minnesota Senate primary; in Wisconsin, moderate David Crowley and Democratic socialist Francesca Hong face tight race to be Democratic nominee for governor

"Yet the system is falling apart as it is. Yes, the AfD (and the far right in general) is a fundamental threat to liberal democracy, but so is the fact that a sizeable and growing part of the population no longer feels represented by its politicians. While many still come out to vote for democracy, they increasingly vote against a party rather than for one.
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The AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right
This party is among the most extreme in Europe. To protect our democracies, liberal parties must urgently change their tactics, says Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today

‘It’s going to be fine’: Trump rebuffs rising alarm over AI dangers, sparking outcry
Trump is brushing aside growing concern among leading scientists and bipartisan lawmakers that artificial intelligence could soon pose an existential threat to humanity,
-- fueling anxiety in Washington and Silicon Valley that the president may not fully grasp the urgency of the threat.
Alarm mounted throughout the summer as researchers at leading AI labs, including Anthropic, OpenAI and G…

'It's going to be fine': Trump rebuffs rising alarm over AI dangers, sparking outcry
Alarm mounted throughout the summer as researchers at leading AI labs found the pace of development far outstripping their expectations.

The attacks on September 11, 2001, unleashed a wave of Islamophobia in the United States
that resulted in widespread harassment and persecution of Muslim Americans.
In addition to vigilante attacks targeting Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim,
there was also state repression including police roundups,
community surveillance,
prosecutions on often flimsy terrorism charges
and mass deportations.
Meanwhile, the wars launched by the United States …

“Let’s Just Round Them Up”: The Rise of Islamophobia in the Post-9/11 Domestic War on Terror
The attacks on September 11, 2001, unleashed a wave of Islamophobia in the United States that resulted in widespread harassment and persecution of Muslim Americans. In addition to vigilante attacks targeting Muslims or those perceived to be Muslim, there was also state repression including police roundups, community surveillance, prosecutions on often flimsy terrorism charges and mass deportations. Meanwhile, the wars launched by the United States in the aftermath of 9/11 have killed close to 1…

With Senate majority up for grabs, candidates fight for independent voters
A set of New York Times/Siena polls reported last week showed Democratic candidates for the Senate ahead in Texas, Michigan, Alaska and Ohio
and neck-and-neck in Kansas and Iowa
— all states Trump carried in 2024.
Republicans, meanwhile, are feeling increasingly bullish about their chances in Maine, New Hampshire and Minnesota,
all states that went blue in the last presidential elect…

With Senate majority up for grabs, candidates fight for 'kingmaker' voters
Eight Senate races are considered the most competitive, nearly all in states with significant swaths of people unaffiliated with either major party.

Jack Williamson’s 1947 novelette
"With Folded Hands" tells of a new type of robot following a Prime Directive:
“to serve and obey and guard men from harm”.
Since the robots work for free, soon no one has a job.
It gets worse. The robots take the “guard men from harm” directive too literally.
They ensure a person can’t do anything remotely dangerous.
Before long, humans can do nothing except sit… with folded hands.
We should not fear this sc…

These are all the times sci-fi writers predicted the future
Sci-fi writers have often pre-empted technological developments but we don't always heed their warnings in real time.