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What happens when Washington runs amok?
Ask a Native American
The late 19th and early 20th centuries were a time of rapid expansion for the United States.
Native Americans, and their claims to land and sovereignty, stood in the way.
In order to solve this “Indian problem” Washington sought to destroy tribes and tribalism.
It was an effort buoyed by moneyed interests who wanted to profit from tribal resources,
and by religiously minded folks who wanted …

Contributor: What happens when Washington runs amok? Ask a Native American
When forces unite with no care for the Constitution, the rule of law or anything you learned in civics class, you can end up with the entrenched overreach of the Plenary Power Doctrine.

Tests: chatbots rely on three obscure AI-built voter sites for US midterm answers; Copilot cited the error-prone Ballot Brief in 75% of tests and ChatGPT in 22% (Washington Post)

How an obscure website became a force in America’s election information machine
Experts are concerned the new crop of influential AI-created sites could quietly spread errors to millions of voters.

The $20,500 Ceiling
Columbia's journalism school paused its midcareer degree three months after Washington capped what America will lend a journalist....
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/10/03/the-20500-ceiling/

You can still get America.gov’s chatbot to come out of its shell if you encourage it gently, with technocractic enticements and a pinch of ignorance.
#Jan6 #ChatBots #americagov

Why do I keep digging into #genealogy when I've already got thousands of names in my family tree?
Because I want the stories.
Why did JC Mueller come to America? Why did Andrew Baldinger choose Galveston?
Names and dates tell me who they were. I want to know what made them go.
And when I look at my own family's journey from Ohio to Oklahoma, I realize I may have mor…

Putting Flesh On The Bones – Bob Mueller
Genealogy is more than names & dates. It’s about discovering the people behind the facts and putting flesh on their bones.

For decades, US voters got to choose between Republicans and Democrats.
Tomorrow, they can choose between oligarchy and democracy, and between Russia and America.

It’s a sunny Monday morning here. 1125 pm now. I’m in the coffee shop at work enjoying an Americano. I do not use my iPhone for much typing - on screen keyboards are so slow. However, I have a Bluetooth folding keyboard and a stand, and that works a treat when it’s all I have with me.

Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets will inevitably result not only in the erosion of rights for immigrants
but also for citizens.
Since the start of this Trump administration, we've watched those warnings come true.
https://projects.propublica.org/americ…

Federal Agents Have Detained More Than 500 American Citizens in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
ProPublica has cataloged every case we can find of an immigration agent detaining a citizen during the current Trump administration. Explore our database to learn more about each incident.

I have spent most of the time since Labor Day out across the country,
campaigning, knocking on doors, speaking at rallies ahead of the midterms.
I’ve been in upstate New York and eastern Pennsylvania, in northern Montana and the Central Valley of California, on the Kansas-Missouri line and southern Maine, in eastern Iowa and south-central Michigan, in Austin and in Dallas.
And I’ve been online more nights than not, helping with phone banks into every part of America.

I Knocked on Hundreds of Doors Ahead of the Midterms. Here’s What I Learned
After knocking on several hundreds doors across America ahead of the 2026 midterms, I came away with four basic reminders on where we are as a nation.

The Defense Department’s vaunted network of research laboratories
— whose scientists helped develop satellite communication, radar technology, and even the computer mouse
— is in trouble.
The labs lost a significant share of their staff last year,
largely in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to thin the federal work force.
Refilling critical positions was proving difficult due in part to President Trump’s demand that new hires be screened for their…

How Trump Is Dismantling America’s Scientific Research Machine
The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.