Lifelong advocate for human rights (*for EVERYONE), public health, evidence-based policy. Jewish. Intolerant of lying, hatred, and denialism. Entrepreneurial non-profit leader. Writer/editor. Mom of two amazing kids and two very, very good dogs.
This is bad anyway you look at it. Either Sam Altman does not know about a law that will likely materially affect his company. Or he’s lying and my bet is on he’s lying because if you read the reporting about him, he’s well known to be a pathological liar
Eric Michael GarciaSam Altman is on the Hill. He told me he is unfamiliar with the DEFIANCE Act, AOC’s bill that would allow victims of nonconsensual deepfake AI porn to file civil lawsuits.
man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing
Aaron RuparMoreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
I generally don't think who marries whom and who dates whom when is material to a political campaign or life. There are too many factors. What I do think is material is that Susan Collins is duplicitous and has been all her life/career, and that has harmed many, many people, in and beyond Maine.
Collins WatchNEW: Susan Collins was close enough with Tom Daffron nine years before their marriage that she took him as her date to a black tie White House function -- at a time when he was a registered lobbyist and still married to his former wife. Our story at the link. #MEpolitics
Is it really THAT HARD not to be a sexual predator???? variety.com/2026/film/gl...
Jared Leto Says ‘I Have Never Sexually Assaulted Anyone’ Amid New Allegations: ‘These Claims Are Categorically False’Jared Leto has denied allegations of criminal sexual conduct leveled against him by several women in a BBC documentaryvariety.com
some very influential people in the media and dem party do very lazy work on elections (especially but not limited to yglesias' refusal to acknowledge non L-R dimensions of voting attitudes) but that doesn't stop a lot of people from consuming that work and making big decisions based on it. sad
Jonathan LaddCounterpoint. The Cooperative Election Study (CES) asked national samples to place the ideology of every Dem nominee since 2012 on a 1-7 scale. They rated all the Dem nominees at almost the same place on average.
Wait... didn't he say JUST THE OTHER DAY he was going to lower costs... in two weeks? I swear the two weeks thing comes from Trump watching Wimpy tell Popeye over and over that he would pay for the hamburger on Tuesday, and never actually paying up.
Kyle GriffinBREAKING WSJ: The Trump admin plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans — a move that could leave many seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year.