Obvious superficial takeaway: OpenAI can read the polls (80/20 for regulation) and feels at least a PR need to seem responsible and to buy off opposition. “[its OpenAI Foundation plans to spend $1 billion over the next year on medical research, AI resilience, and community
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Apr 3, 2026
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Actual useful policy article from @VanityFair. I did not expect the future of humanity under AI superintelligenct to be shaped by @ChrisLehane, who helped pioneer the style of cheap adolescent win-the-cycle putdowns as Al Gore’s press secretary in 2000. https://t.co/FCPdSR9HqN
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Apr 3, 2026
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I don’t think Hollywood has really confronted the possibility that “Go Woke, Go Broke” was one major cause of its apparent decline. (When it didn’t go Woke–eg “Top Gun: Maverick” it didn’t go broke!) A… what do they call it … a *reckoning* seems in order. I’m sure various https://t.co/KcOOdbuTEF
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Apr 3, 2026
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April 2, 2026 at 08:55PM
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Great, so he can be replaced by a Utah “Republican” in the Senate? No thanks. https://t.co/t4AZG2MW9D
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Apr 3, 2026
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I never quite bought the “Go Woke, Go Broke” theory–the main counterexample was Nike, which embraced Colin Kaepernick and seemingly prospered. But maybe it was the counterxample that proved the rule. Nike is now in trouble https://t.co/REqFlKJmzN
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Apr 3, 2026
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We’re always told ‘You just cherry-pick illegal immigrant murderers. What about all the non-illegal immigrant murderers?” Turns out, in Fairfax County VA at least, there aren’t many. https://t.co/CSwzZIcHTS
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Apr 2, 2026
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Recall @DAGToddBlanche is the guy who was monumentally incurious when Ghislaine Maxwell told him [regarding Epstein’s bigshot friends] “They’re men that went and had a massage and maybe did something sexual, they’re men, I wasn’t in the room.” No follow-up https://t.co/BhcnO4vwoK
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Apr 2, 2026
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If you want to know what @AnnCoulter *really* thinks about gays, read the second half of this column https://t.co/G1i2fSdQnO
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Apr 2, 2026
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Do politicos in far-away DC still the @GavinNewsom is going to be the Dem nominee? Looking at you @conncarroll https://t.co/aX7bd8UQVm
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Apr 2, 2026
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I thought Trump was ending this demeaning BS https://t.co/btZ8CjPu7s
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Apr 2, 2026
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This is their first bad one (that I’ve seen). Overreacting to lower court ruling that will certainly be appealed. https://t.co/s297s2ZpDZ
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Apr 2, 2026
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April 1, 2026 at 10:43PM
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Schools, crime, homeless, traffic …coyotes! All fit same mold: We can’t protect your family/life/culture because [insert PC policy/ACLU lawsuit here] https://t.co/eaVDDMGjCM
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Apr 1, 2026
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Specifically *regulating* AI is 80/20 in favor…. https://t.co/JyP6FgAyu4
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Apr 1, 2026
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Well, that’s one way to solve the problem of Congress’ dated, crippling inefficiency. (Not the one I would propose …) https://t.co/KCExToWYlE
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Apr 1, 2026
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March 31, 2026 at 10:47PM
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“Trump will be a very lucky man if the surviving leaders of the Iranian regime say yes.” @tomfriedman leaves the flaw in his (appealing) plan for the last graf. Would be stronger with more discussion of solving the flaw and less anti-Trump throat-clearing https://t.co/BGBbf9F3Zh
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Apr 1, 2026
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“The orange that’s set to ignite the popular imagination is International Orange ….” @NYTimes fashion writer gushingly overconfident about what we know is a very dangerous mission. Not a movie premiere https://t.co/xRPVevNoYl
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Apr 1, 2026
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March 31, 2026 at 09:40PM
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Not @JoshTBoswell’s first scoop! https://t.co/NWacxKUSE1 https://t.co/SEfP6AKCiZ
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Apr 1, 2026
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“And some are skeptical of the Treasury figures, wondering if many of the claims are illegitimate.” … https://t.co/m0IzAWMbtB
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Mar 31, 2026
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“A 2023 study by the School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found …” says the NYT. If you read the “study” you learn that the “70%” figure is a guesstimate made in 2017. Not a “study” that “found” anything. One of those numbers that lives on in journalists’ https://t.co/47SbLiDiAX
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Mar 30, 2026
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March 30, 2026 at 01:54PM
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In both cases Mayor Bass has been captive of PC thinking and failed to protect citizens. @spencerpratt https://t.co/Q3XT29JOet
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Mar 30, 2026
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March 30, 2026 at 01:31PM
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“Prelude to a Podcast,” The Autobiography of Vivek Ramaswamy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 30, 2026
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March 30, 2026 at 01:24PM
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Kash Patel?
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Mar 30, 2026
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March 30, 2026 at 03:10AM
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“Prelude to a Podcast” is a good title for *somebody’s* autobiography …. https://t.co/1SGDFd3BL4
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Mar 30, 2026
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March 30, 2026 at 01:16AM
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Soon: Jobs Humans Won’t Do https://t.co/g1x4Vum7my
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Mar 30, 2026
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March 30, 2026 at 01:02AM
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By the time @Jaguar actually produces something, nobody will remember the brand and its reputation. … Hmm. Maybe that’s the idea.
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Mar 30, 2026
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March 30, 2026 at 12:52AM
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