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AWS announces a commitment to invest up to $50B to build AI and HPC infrastructure for the US government, starting in 2026 and adding nearly 1.3 GW of capacity (Eric Revell/Fox Business)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/amazon-invest…

Amazon to invest up to $50B to build AI infrastructure for US government agencies
AWS announced an investment of up to $50 billion to build AI and supercomputing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies starting in 2026 through a new initiative.

Elected leaders can tackle some of the biggest problems facing the nation
— energy supply in the age of artificial intelligence and affordable health care amid surging prices
— despite the partisan dysfunction stalling governance at the federal level.
As chairman of the Western Governors' Association, Utah governor Spencer Cox and governors from Arizona, Idaho, Hawaii and Montana explored solutions to these challenges during discussions withq Donald Trump's top advi…

Why Cox, Burgum and RFK Jr. think governors will save America
Three Republican and two Democratic governors gathered on Thursday under the leadership of Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to send what he said was a vital message to the rest of the country.

Wow. The UK government is thinking of bailing out JLR. What a case study on how absolutely critical cybersecurity risk management is.
Government considers financial support for JLR suppliers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62nv0xx32go

Jaguar Land Rover: Government mulls financial support for supply chain firms
Fears are growing that some of the carmaker's suppliers could go bust without support.

So what, are the US armed forces a mercenary force working for a billionaire now? Are they literally potus and friends’ private army, navy, air force, coast guard and space force?
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @schakowsky.house.gov you rep me. How is this anywhere near legal?

Pentagon accepts anonymous $130M gift for payroll amid shutdown
The Pentagon has confirmed it's accepted an anonymous $130 million gift to help pay members of the military during the government shutdown. The announcement Friday raises ethical questions after President Donald Trump had said a friend offered the gift to defray any shortfalls. While large and unusual, the gift amounts to a small contribution toward the billions needed to cover service member paychecks. The Trump administration told Congress last week that it used $6.5 billion to make payroll. …

Governing Together: Toward Infrastructure for Community-Run Social Media
Sohyeon Hwang, Sophie Rollins, Thatiany Andrade Nunes, Yuhan Liu, Richmond Wong, Aaron Shaw, Andr\'es Monroy-Hern\'andez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19653

Governing Together: Toward Infrastructure for Community-Run Social Media
Decentralizing the governance of social computing systems to communities promises to empower them to make independent decisions, with nuance and in accordance with their values. Yet, communities do not govern in isolation. Many problems communities face are common, or move across their boundaries. We therefore propose designing for "inter-community governance:" mechanisms that support relationships and interactions between communities to coordinate on governance issues. Drawing from workshops w…

Cracks emerge in Democrats' unity on government shutdown (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/23/democrats-government-shutdown-ossoff-warnock-schumer
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p31#a251024p31

Elon Musk ultimately presided over a $220 billion increase in federal spending this fiscal year, excluding interest, The Wall Street Journal reported last month.
DOGE in May, was tasked with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government
but fell well short his goal to slash $2 trillion in government spending.
Now a new report estimates DOGE actually wasted billions.
Musk was tasked with rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government but f…

Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.

Crockett: 'I see the government shutting down' in January (Ryan Mancini/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5662745-government-shutdown-threat-january/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251224/p70#a251224p70

Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor's race (Lawrence Specker/al.com)
https://www.al.com/life/2025/11/doug-jones-will-enter-2026-alabama-governors-race.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p70#a251123p70