Less than a decade ago, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. helped win a landmark $289 million verdict against Monsanto, which was found to have distributed a weedkiller containing the carcinogenic chemical glyphosate.

I know most people think RFK Jr is acting out of love of the game, but my theory is that Trump has some lever of control over him and is actively trying to test the boundary. Renaming the Kennedy Center, reversing this ban on glyphosate, hell even that picture on the plane where they're all eating McDonald's -- it all just seems designed explicitly to attack all the little points of pride RFK had before joining the administration and humiliate him into submission.

Ultimately I don't think it matters though. Regardless of whether RFK Jr is being controlled or is acting purely on his own volition, he's enabling and contributing to the destruction of the country and that's all that really matters.

She's one of the very few people in congress who does not accept corporate or foreign donations. She's also hugely popular, especially among young people.

At the same time, Zohran is already delivering in NYC -- when 2028 comes around, he will likely be massively popular and AOC's association with him will give a ton of weight to the feasibility of a bold progressive vision to rebuild.

The corporate/ruling class is rightfully threatened by the possibility of an AOC presidential run -- whether you mean to or not, you're doing their work for them.

The ongoing campaign to paint AOC as a neoliberal centrist in progressive spaces is so tiring and predictable.

“Jeff Bezos is spending $200 billion on AI and robotics. Jeff Bezos is replacing hundreds of thousands of his workers at Amazon with robots. Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.”

Bezos, one of the richest people on the planet, created an AI startup last year with $6.2 billion in funding, some of it from his personal fortune, and Amazon—where Bezos is still the primary shareholder—has announced plans to invest $200 billion in AI and robotics.

“What a surprise,” said Sanders sardonically. “The Washington Post doesn’t want a moratorium on AI data centers.”

A community trust project (vouch) was shared here a few days ago that seems like it could be a viable solution to the kinds of problems the author is talking about.

Yea, sorry that was rude. Just frustrated by how amazon contributes so significantly to so many of the US's problems, and yet so many people are still perfectly happy to continue supporting them.

I wonder if OpenAI will give a cut of their cut to the creators whose content they trained their models on

lol nice advertisement Mr Bezos

what search engine do you prefer?

cool, what tax software? (open source?)

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