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    Democrats cite AI gains and automation in Senate bill calling for 32-hour workweek

    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/ai-and-automation-justify-shorter-work-week-democrats-argue.html POLITICS Democrats cite AI gains and automation in Senate bill calling for 32-hour workweek PUBLISHED THU, MAR 14 20243:40 PM EDTUPDATED 15 MIN AGO Ryan Anastasio @RYAN_ANASTASIO KEY POINTS Sen...
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    President Biden Calls for Ban on AI Voice Impersonations During State of the Union

    https://variety.com/2024/politics/news/president-biden-ban-ai-voices-state-of-the-union-1235934651/ President Biden Calls for Ban on AI Voice Impersonations During State of the Union By J. Kim Murphy Plus Icon Win McNamee/Getty Images President Biden included a nod to a rising issue in the...
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    TikTok is urging users to call Congress about a looming ban

    https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/7/24093308/tiktok-congress-ban-push-notification TikTok is urging users to call Congress about a looming ban A push notification warns that the move ‘strips 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression.’ By Mia Sato, platforms and...
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    Spain’s plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under two and half hours

    https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/02/23/spains-plan-to-ban-domestic-flights-where-you-can-take-a-train-in-under-two-and-half-hours Spain’s plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under two and half hours By Euronews Green Published on 23/02/2024 - 17:34•Updated 26/02/2024...
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    France: Free public transport takes off in Montpellier

    https://amp.dw.com/en/france-free-public-transport-takes-off-in-montpellier/a-68308580 France: Free public transport takes off in Montpellier Lisa Louis 02/21/2024 February 21, 2024 Montpellier is now the biggest metropolitan area in Europe where residents can take public transport for free...
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    How Oregon turned on its own trailblazing drug law: ‘not the utopia we were promised’

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/21/oregon-drug-law-measure-110-backlash A police officer writes a ticket for smoking drugs in public in downtown Portland, Oregon, on 25 January 2024. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images Oregon How Oregon turned on its own trailblazing...
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    Republicans are quietly deleting mentions of abortion from their websites. We asked them why

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-are-quietly-deleting-mentions-of-abortion-from-their-websites-we-asked-them-why/ar-BB1hroRt https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/republicans-abortion-prolife-deleting-sites-election-2024-b2484955.html Republicans are...
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    Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through Millions of Hours of Unreviewed Body-Cam Footage

    https://www.propublica.org/article/police-body-cameras-video-ai-law-enforcement An Axon body camera worn by police in Los Angeles Credit:Animation by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images. Criminal Justice Police Departments Are Turning to AI to Sift Through...
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    Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video)

    https://boingboing.net/2024/01/18/reno-commissioner-who-insisted-on-religious-invocations-at-county-meetings-walks-out-when-satanist-gives-opening-prayer-video.html Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video)...
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    China’s electric vehicle dominance presents a challenge to the west

    https://www.ft.com/content/de696ddb-2201-4830-848b-6301b64ad0e5?shareType=nongift China’s electric vehicle dominance presents a challenge to the west Companies such as BYD and Nio are targeting overseas markets, leaving governments torn between encouraging greater take-up and protecting domestic...
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    Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor

    https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/03/republicans-trying-to-kill-program-that-brings-affordable-broadband-to-the-poor/ Republicans Trying To Kill Program That Brings Affordable Broadband To The Poor Broadband from the dysfunction-junction dept Wed, Jan 3rd 2024 05:32am - Karl Bode Last month...
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    The NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000

    https://hellgatenyc.com/the-nypd-spent-150-million-to-catch-farebeaters-who-cost-the-mta-104000 The NYPD Spent $150 Million to Catch Farebeaters Who Cost the MTA $104,000 The massive increase in overtime spending coincided with just a two percent decrease in serious crime. 9:40 AM EST on...
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    Republicans Passing Bill Letting FBI Spy on Americans Enrages MAGA

    https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-passing-bill-letting-fbi-spy-americans-enrages-maga-1852597 Republicans Passing Bill Letting FBI Spy on Americans Enrages MAGA Dec 14, 2023 at 2:46 PM EST *video from another source Watch: House Passes 2024 National Defense Authorization Act[/SIZE] By...
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    The art of deception: How Israel uses ‘hasbara’ to whitewash its crimes

    https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/the-art-of-deception-how-israel-uses-hasbara-to-whitewash-its-crimes-46775 The art of deception: How Israel uses ‘hasbara’ to whitewash its crimes The Israelis have long relied on a public diplomacy strategy to dominate the arena of narrative control and...
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    Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/republicans-slam-broadband-discounts-for-poor-people-threaten-to-kill-program/ Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program Thune, Cruz complain that $30 discounts go to people who "already had broadband." JON BRODKIN...
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    Donald Trump Has the Worst Economic Record in Modern U.S. History

    https://democrats.org/news/donald-trump-has-the-worst-economic-record-in-modern-u-s-history/ Donald Trump Has the Worst Economic Record in Modern U.S. History AUGUST 9, 2023 Donald Trump is once again trying to distract from his horrible economic record, but he can’t run away from the truth...
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    Can This Car-Free Neighborhood Clone Itself?

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-12-15/culdesac-tempe-s-car-free-development-model-is-hitting-the-road Culdesac Tempe’s first residents have moved in, and the company is eyeing expansion in other cities. Photographer: Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg Citylab Housing Can This Car-Free...
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    Biden to Big Pharma: Gouge Prices and We’ll Snatch Your Patents

    https://newrepublic.com/article/177403/biden-big-pharma-seize-drug-patents Biden to Big Pharma: Gouge Prices and We’ll Snatch Your Patents Under a 43-year-old law, the feds can revoke drug patents if the company acts against the public interest. Will Biden be the first to try? DAN KITWOOD/WPA...
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    ‘We’re killing the youth of America’: calls grow for crackdown on US gambling

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/01/sports-betting-regulation-gambling-addiction ‘We’re killing the youth of America’: calls grow for crackdown on US gambling Worries that gambling addiction has spiked in the US as legal sports betting booms have led to calls for increased...
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    Massachusetts becomes fifth state in nation to make prison calls free

    https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-11-17/massachusetts-becomes-fifth-state-in-nation-to-make-prison-calls-free Massachusetts becomes fifth state in nation to make prison calls free A prison inmate makes a phone call at the York Community Reintegration Center on May 24, 2016 in Niantic...
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