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@susankayequinn Here's another article by @brianmerchant : bloodinthemachine.com/p/openai
"AI giants are indeed eating away at the livelihoods and dignity of working artists, and this devouring, appropriating, and automation of the production of art, of culture, at a scale truly never seen before, should not be underestimated as a menace"

Blood in the Machine · OpenAI's Studio Ghibli meme factory is an insult to art itselfBy Brian Merchant

Money is pouring into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election so fast that political observers now believe it is likely to reach $100 million by Tuesday, election day.

Already, it has become the costliest judicial race in U.S. history.

propublica.org/article/wiscons

ProPublicaWisconsin Tried Campaign Finance Reform. It Ended Up With the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History.
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"WhAt iF tHE BiLliONAiReS LeAVe??!!"
Is the most sycophantic, ignorant & moronic panic people come out with in this day & age.

Billionaires literally raided your economic systems. Got taxed less & less. Got preferential treatment like they were Royal. And if in the moment someone official decides to ACTUALLY tax them a little more they up and run, shutting down their whole wing of the economy, it kind of proves how bad they are.

Fuck billionaires.
#billionaires #Economy #money #politics #uk

Unlike the rest of us, the very rich live in their own ecosystems with gated communities, AC, filtered water, the best foods, vaccines and top notch medical care. That’s why they don’t care about the climate, famines, war and the growing number of natural disasters. And they certainly don’t care about the average person.

#watse #fraud #abuse #corruption In Plain Sight. No not from Dept of Education, Social Security, or #medicaid. This is 100% #doge #Musk #maga #billionaires #power #corrupts #absolutely #politics We are not a #democracy no #constitution This is #Despotism Plundering our #government. Musk Positioned to Profit Off #Billions in New Government Contracts. The boost in federal spending for #SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by #Trump and Elon Musk’s allies who control govt agencies. #DOD

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"Thanks to the political muscle of white Christian nationalist Evangelicals, and the financial backing of revanchist billionaires like the Kochs, the movement that started as the Tea Party and grew into MAGA became a ruthlessly successful RINO-hunting machine, executing a hostile takeover of both the Republican Party and state governments."

~ Michael Podhorzer

#ChristianNationalism #Trump #Republicans #evangelicals #EconomicElites #billionaires #racism
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weekendreading.net/p/americas-

Weekend Reading · America’s Second “Redemption”By Michael Podhorzer
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"One way to think about this is to say that Trump is doing to America what Elon Musk is doing to Tesla, destroying a valuable brand through erratic behavior and repulsive ideology. Did I mention that Tesla sales in Europe appear to be cratering?"

~ Paul Krugman

#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #economy #EconomicElites #billionaires #TaxCuts
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/tes

Paul Krugman · Destroying America's BrandBy Paul Krugman
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"Rather than denounce the clear and present dangers to our country, many business, religious, media, and other elites continue to support Trump and Musk. Some do this by staying silent, while others follow hollowed-out GOP politicians and Christian nationalist charlatans in claiming that the smash-and-plunder operation masquerading as a government is 'saving the nation.'”

#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #economy #EconomicElites #billionaires #TaxCuts #media #ChristianNationalism
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"We are living through processes of moral deregulation and moral collapse in America today under the authoritarian government of President Donald Trump and unelected co-President Elon Musk. Their policies are wrecking a robust national economy, paralyzing government, allying with dictators, creating conditions for the spread of disease, and abandoning the rule of law."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Musk #Trump #authoritarianism #economy #EconomicElites #billionaires #TaxCuts
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lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-li

lucid.substack.comWe Are Living Through Moral Collapse. How Democrats Can Strike BackMoral deregulation and moral collapse can inspire a new democratic politics that leads with values of justice, solidarity, equity, and accountability