Ex-Twitter director for civic integrity. Media commentary & analysis; social media, election admin & voting tech. Lapsed poli-sci academic. Likes: democracy, facts. http://linkedin.com/in/eddie1perez Board of Directors @osetinstitute.org
I don’t know what’s better… Trump is humiliated for his stupid, childish, baseless lies; or Jeanne Pirro is gonna get shitcanned for no longer backing his stupid, childish, baseless lies. Two-fer! ☺️ 👏👏👏
Chris Geidnerjeanine and michael are basically mocking trump here. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
“Trump’s sweetheart audit immunity deal is perhaps the most brazenly corrupt action taken by a president in American history, and Congress must permanently put a stop to the unchecked greed on display.” — Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee
Robert ReichAs millions of Americans lose their healthcare and food aid and struggle to deal with surging gas and grocery prices, what are Senate Republicans focused on? Protecting Trump's sweetheart IRS immunity deal. Priorities.
“The AI companies are pleading for *others* to make *them* act responsibly. And here we have a pressing example of how they’re acting irresponsibly in the meantime…That’s a human problem, a corporate accountability problem, a government problem, and a regulatory problem — that’s not a tech problem.”
Garrett M. GraffThe OpenAI/Hugging Face incident is worthy of your time—it's an important warning sign about the weird moment we're in with AI, with a side order of US-China rivalry. Most of all, though, it's a reminder that AI is a story about humans, not technology. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/welcome-to...
WHY DO INVESTORS THROW MONEY AT PEOPLE LIKE THIS
Dare Obasanjo“What we need to explain to the world: Number one, we are close to creating a genie that can grant any wish. Number two, we are going to make sure that our first wishes broadly benefit humanity” - Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI — This is definitely the opposite of Anthropic’s AI kills all jobs pitch.
He’s just stupid. And weak.
Steve BenenMembers of Trump’s own team have acknowledged Russia’s role in aiding Iran during the ongoing war. Trump could believe them, but he wants to double check with the suspected Russian war criminal and former KGB agent whose word he trusts implicitly for unexplained reasons. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
We don’t have a president. We have a disgusting mafia boss who runs protection rackets — except it’s not in certain neighborhoods; it’s entire states in the United States of America.
Steve BenenWe’re talking about a White House that withholds federal resources from states based on voters casting ballots in ways the president doesn’t like. Not to put too fine a point on this, but that kind of corruption sounds an awful lot like an impeachable offense. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump cares only about himself. His fragile ego isn’t capable of thinking about our union of 50 states — or the American people. In his deplorable world, if you’re not a useful object for him, you’re nothing.
Steve BenenWe’re talking about a White House that withholds federal resources from states based on voters casting ballots in ways the president doesn’t like. Not to put too fine a point on this, but that kind of corruption sounds an awful lot like an impeachable offense. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
“Telling our history fully is not anti-American. It is a form of respect for the American people and a commitment to constantly be in pursuit of 'a more perfect union.’”
NPRIn a House DOGE subcommittee hearing, GOP representatives excoriated the director of the National Museum of American History, following a White House report earlier this month that also criticized her. n.pr/44GtxWs
“Since Trump returned to office last year, his administration has set about deliberately sabotaging the capacity of the federal government to protect our election infrastructure… The truth is that the president doesn’t really want to protect the existing system, he wants to own it.”
Joyce White VanceMaine Senator @senangusking.bsky.social: There is a serious threat to our elections in 2026 — and to democracy itself — but it’s not the Chinese, Venezuela, noncitizens voting or mail-in ballots. It’s Donald J. Trump. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Good. This is the right decision, and I applaud both ABC and NBC for showing some backbone. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
ABC, NBC will not air Trump's election security speech on broadcast networksTwo of the three major U.S. television networks have decided not to broadcast a planned prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary platforms, risking the ire of an admi...www.reuters.comSince Trump remains fixated on the “plan in search of a problem” SAVE Act, here’s your reminder that the act would disenfranchise as many as 70M (!!) women voters who have taken their spouse’s name — b/c their birth certificate doesn’t match their legal name. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of CitizensThe SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote.www.americanprogress.orgFrom a Republican US House Representative… 👇👇👇
Aaron RuparMassie: "I don't think the problem is that our elections aren't secure because we control the House, Senate, White House, and to some degree we control the Supreme Court. So I ask my Republican colleagues, why are you complaining about election fraud? We won all the damn elections!"
“Removing career experts like me harms the Department’s ability to fulfill its vital mission of upholding the rule of law, and it makes America less safe.”
Roger ParloffFormer DOJ pardon atty Liz Oyer says then Dep AG Todd Blanche "fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation." www.lawyeroyer.com/p/my-letter-...
“Trump’s basic philosophy is: if you can get away with it, do it. That stands for illegal wars, unconstitutional executive orders and ethically-challenged wheeler-dealing that uses the full powers of the state to benefit the Trumps personally.”
Mark Chadbourn“Trump is caught between inserting himself into America’s foundational story and draining as much cash out of the system as possible to the point of death, like a cross between Forrest Gump’s Evil Twin and Nosferatu.”