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The Michigan Senate race between Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed and GOP candidate Mike Rogers is shaping up to be one of the most closely watched contests of the midterm cycle. DDHQ’s data scientist Scott Tranter joins “The Hill Sunday” to discuss El-Sayed’s recent momentum, how tight the race has becomeContinue Reading

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Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist Gabriel Zucman debunks their lies. Watch. His new book “We Need to Tax Billionaires” is out now. https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-need-to-tax-billionaires-the-most-important-economist-in-the-world-today-gabriel-zucman/113ca645a136d886 0:00 The problem with taxes 0:36 The rise of extreme wealth 1:20Continue Reading

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Washington announced permanent control of Greenland on Friday. The two governments that must ratify it announced, in the same breath, that the text recognizes their sovereignty. Both cannot be the settled meaning of an agreement neither parliament has seen. The President’s post gave the United States “permanent control over security,Continue Reading

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Here is a prediction from inside the compliance trenches: the CMMC Reform Task Force closed its sixty-day review on September 11 and is now finalizing recommendations for the Department of War’s Chief Information Officer, with a public report expected within weeks. When that report lands, read it knowing what itsContinue Reading

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The Kingdom Trilogy by Bethany Jacobs The Tithenai Chronicles by Foz Meadows The Councillor by E.J. Beaton The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien A Snake Among Swans by Hannah Kaner Bonus: Coming in November, check out An Embodiment of Souls by Julia Laurel, Read MoreContinue Reading

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Gates Foundation is convening Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Foundation and dozens of other organizations to help make artificial intelligence more accessible in underrepresented languages. The partners — 60 in total, according to Monday’s announcement — include frontier AI labs, corporations, philanthropies and others already working toContinue Reading

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Al Jazeera’s James Bays sits down with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres., On the Record In this episode of On the Record, Al Jazeera’s James Bays sits down with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, ahead of his final UN General Assembly before stepping down in December 2026. They discuss theContinue Reading

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Treasury Secretary says airports and companies servicing Iranian carriers risk being cut off from the US dollar system., Scott Bessent says airports and companies servicing Iranian carriers risk being cut off from the US dollar system. United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Iranian airlines could effectively be shut outContinue Reading

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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community AI/ML STIG Lecture Series, 28… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   AI/ML STIG Lecture Series Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Science and Technology Interest Group Agentic AI: Fundamentals & ApplicationsContinue Reading