Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Project2025, the controversial playbook & #policy agenda for a #RightWing presidential admin, has lost its director & faced scathing criticism from both Democratic groups & Trump. But Project 2025’s plan to train an #army of #PoliticalAppointees who could battle against the so-called [mythical] deep state govt bureaucracy on behalf of a future #Trump admin remains on track.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
One centerpiece of that program is dozens of never-before-published videos created for #Project2025’s #PresidentialAdministrationAcademy. The vast majority of these videos — 23 in all, totaling >14 hrs of content — were provided to #ProPublica & #Documented by a person who had access to them.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Inside #Project2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate #ClimateChange references”; only talk to #conservative #media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover [ #criminal activity]. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second #Trump admin would operate.

#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Project2025, the controversial playbook & #policy agenda for a #RightWing presidential admin, has lost its director & faced scathing criticism from both Democratic groups & Trump. But Project 2025’s plan to train an #army of #PoliticalAppointees who could battle against the so-called [mythical] deep state govt bureaucracy on behalf of a future #Trump admin remains on track.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Inside #Project2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate #ClimateChange references”; only talk to #conservative #media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover [ #criminal activity]. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second #Trump admin would operate.

#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
“serving for 24yrs. He used his #Gl Bill benefits to go to college,& become a #teacher. He served as both the #FootballCoach & the advisor of the #GayStraightAlliance.
“I share this background both because it's impressive in its own right,& because you see in no uncertain terms how it informs his record. He worked w/ #Republicans to pass #infrastructure investments.He cut #taxes for working #families. He passed a #law to provide #PaidFamily & #medical leave to Minnesota families.
#HarrisWalz2024
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Here are several of #TimWalz's accomplishments — w/an unusual number of legislative successes scored in March 2023 alone — & setbacks during his tenure as governor.

Walz's use of #EmergencyPowers during the #pandemic — including the institution of a #MaskMandate, business #shutdowns & a #hotline number established to report people violating #SocialDistancing guidelines — outraged his critics.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Several lawsuits followed, including one filed in 2020 by the #conservative Upper Midwest #Law Ctr alleging #TimWalz misinterpreted the #Minnesota Emergency Management Act & illegally bypassed state lawmakers….

The case, which focused on the #COVID #pandemic#MaskMandate, eventually made its way to the MN Supreme Court, which sent it back to the MN Court of Appeals. In July 2023, that court ruled that #Walz indeed had the authority.👏🏻

#PublicHealth#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
“He made #Minnesota the first state in the country to pass a #law providing constitutional #abortion protections after the #SupremeCourt overturned #RoeVWade, & as an avid hunter, he passed a bill requiring #UniversalBackgroundChecks for #gun purchases.

“But what impressed me most about Tim is his deep commitment to his family: Gwen, Gus, & Hope. Doug & I look forward to working w/him & Gwen to build an administration that reflects our shared values.

#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
#Law enforcement took the #BearCub to Albany for analysis & determined that it had been hit by a car, likely outside the park. They also confiscated the bicycle to test for fingerprints.

“I was worried because my prints were all over that bike,” #RFKJr says in the video….

But the mystery remained unsolved, & the story eventually faded away. Now, almost 10 yrs later, Kennedy said he was prompted to come clean ahead of an anticipated New Yorker exposé.

#insane #idiocracy#WTAF #weird#USpol

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
For the second time in <2 wks, a doctored video of MVP #KamalaHarris has spread widely on #ElonMusk’s #SocialMedia platform #X.

A video known as a “ #deepfake” that was posted on X on Sat *appears* to show #Harris repeating herself over & over again, using a crude audio rendering made to seem like Harris is struggling to finish a complete sentence.

#ElectionInterference #law #disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#Moderation
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/deepfakes-elon-musk-donald-trump-kamala-harris-x/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
The video is obviously #manipulated & easily debunked by viewing the unaltered footage, which shows #Harris speaking smoothly, w/o repeating the same words & phrases as portrayed in the doctored video.

The video, whose origin is unclear, was posted by #Trump himself on Truth Social on Sat, accompanied by a rant in which he calls Harris “DUMB!” & “extremely Low IQ.”

#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #law#X #disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation#InternetManipulation

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
For the second time in <2 wks, a doctored video of MVP #KamalaHarris has spread widely on #ElonMusk’s #SocialMedia platform #X.

A video known as a “ #deepfake” that was posted on X on Sat *appears* to show #Harris repeating herself over & over again, using a crude audio rendering made to seem like Harris is struggling to finish a complete sentence.

#ElectionInterference #law #disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#Moderation
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/deepfakes-elon-musk-donald-trump-kamala-harris-x/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
#ElonMusk said he wanted #Grok to be unfiltered & “answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other #AI systems.”

The secretaries of state, who are the chief #elections officers in their states, are objecting not to Grok’s tone but its factual inaccuracies & the sluggishness [unwillingness] of the company’s move to correct bad information.

#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Moderation #regulation #law#ElectionInterference#FarRight

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Secretaries of state are grappling w/an onslaught of #AI-driven election #misinformation, incl’g #deepfakes, ahead of the #2024election. Simon testified on the subject before the Senate Rules & Administration Cmte last yr.
Many of them are also still beating back the ramifications of widespread [by #Trump, #MAGA#Republicans &#ElonMusk] false #ConspiracyTheories that plagued the last presidential election.

#disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation #law#ElectionInterference

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
…“It’s important that #SocialMedia companies, especially those w/ #global reach, correct mistakes of their own making — as in the case of the #Grok#AI #chatbot simply getting the rules wrong,” Simon added. “Speaking out now will hopefully reduce the risk that any social media company will decline or delay correction of its own mistakes between now & the November #election.”

#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #law#X #disinformation #misinformation#FarRight #propaganda#Online#Moderation

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
#Grok is available only to #X Premium & Premium+ subscribers, but the #disinformation about #ballot deadlines was “shared repeatedly in multiple posts — reaching millions of people,” the letter read. Grok repeated #misinformation for more than a week until it was corrected on July 31.
Simon expressed disappointment in the way X initially responded. He said the response was “the equivalent of a shoulder shrug. Dismissive & detached.”

#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #law#SocialMedia#Moderation

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Simon reached out to his counterparts in all 9 states mentioned in the #Grok msgs, but only 4 others agreed to sign the letter. All the signatories are #Democrats, except for Schmidt of Pennsylvania, a Republican who is an appointee of Gov #JoshShapiro, a Democrat & a top candidate to be #Harris’s running mate.
#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #law#X #disinformation #misinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation#AI
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
5 #SecretariesOfState plan to send an open letter to #ElonMusk on Mon, urging him to “immediately implement changes” to #X’s #AI #chatbot#Grok, after it shared w/millions of users #misinformation suggesting that #KamalaHarris was not eligible to appear on the #ballot for the 2024 presidential #election in multiple states.
#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Online#Moderation#FarRight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/04/secretaries-state-urge-musk-fix-ai-chatbot-spreading-false-election-info/
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
The letter, spearheaded by #Minnesota#SecretaryOfState Steve Simon & signed by his counterparts Al Schmidt of #Pennsylvania, Steve Hobbs of #Washington, Jocelyn Benson of #Michigan & Maggie Toulouse Oliver of #NewMexico, urges #Musk to “immediately implement changes to #X’s #AI#SearchAssistant, #Grok, to ensure #voters have accurate #information in this critical #election year.”

#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Moderation #regulation #law#ElectionInterference

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
“These popular reforms will help to restore confidence in the court, strengthen our #democracy & ensure no one is above the #law.”[#Harris cont]
Critics of the #Biden reform plan say that it is an attack on judicial independence,but that’s not right.…the current #SCOTUS—the crown jewel of a #conservative movement that spent 50yrs & millions…trying to shape the court in its favor—is not…independent of the ideological movement & #political party that trained its members & shaped its jurisprudence
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Reform, then, is less an effort to restrain the #independence of the #SupremeCourt than it is the beginning of a long battle to restore the independence that was lost when #conservatives seized this branch of our government for their own ends.

#law#SCOTUS#PartisanCourt#ActivistCourt#ExtremistCourt#CorruptCourt#FarRight#DarkMoney#CourtReform

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
The #Constitution means whatever the #JohnRoberts court says it means, even when that meaning conflicts w/the basic principles of American #democracy.

It is against this backdrop of institutional #dysfunction & #judicial arrogance that President #Biden, fresh from his decision to leave the campaign trail in favor of his vice president, introduced his three-point package of #SupremeCourt reforms.

#law#SCOTUS#PartisanCourt#ActivistCourt#ExtremistCourt#CorruptCourt#DarkMoney#CourtReform

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
…#Biden’s proposal is worthwhile. Not because there is a good chance of it becoming #law —important constitutional questions aside, there is almost no chance that #Democrats could elect the overwhelming congressional majorities needed to pass the package into law—but because it represents something almost novel in contemporary American #politics: a willingness to challenge #SCOTUS as a #political entity & to offer, in response, an alternative constitutional vision.

#ActivistCourt#PartisanCourt

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Whether or not #Biden’s reform plan can pass, it is important that he has planted a flag in opposition to #SCOTUS — a marker for the next generation of #Democrats to work from. And VP #KamalaHarris …has already said that she will pick up the standard if elected in November.

“There is a clear crisis of confidence facing the #SupremeCourt as its fairness has been called into question after numerous #ethics scandals & decision after decision overturning longstanding #precedent,” Harris said…

#law

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
“These popular reforms will help to restore confidence in the court, strengthen our #democracy & ensure no one is above the #law.”[#Harris cont]
Critics of the #Biden reform plan say that it is an attack on judicial independence,but that’s not right.…the current #SCOTUS—the crown jewel of a #conservative movement that spent 50yrs & millions…trying to shape the court in its favor—is not…independent of the ideological movement & #political party that trained its members & shaped its jurisprudence
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
#Biden’s proposal is a declaration that #SCOTUS is wrong about the #Constitution, that it has abused its power & influence & that it needs to be checked & balanced. He is, of course, far from the first president to do this — Abraham Lincoln & Franklin Roosevelt come to mind — but he is the first modern #Democratic president to recognize that the court as constituted is a major obstacle to the party’s ability to #govern in accordance w/its popular mandate.

#law#ActivistCourt#CourtReform

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Whether or not #Biden’s reform plan can pass, it is important that he has planted a flag in opposition to #SCOTUS — a marker for the next generation of #Democrats to work from. And VP #KamalaHarris …has already said that she will pick up the standard if elected in November.

“There is a clear crisis of confidence facing the #SupremeCourt as its fairness has been called into question after numerous #ethics scandals & decision after decision overturning longstanding #precedent,” Harris said…

#law