James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

President Biden freed Evan Gershkovich, captured El Mayo (Sinaloa Cartel), and killed Fu’ad Shukr (Hezbollah) & Ayman al-Zawahiri (al-Qaeda).

Donald Trump invited the Taliban to hang out at Camp David on 9/11, freed 5,000 of their elite fighters, and tried to kill VP Mike Pence.

“A lot of the journalists in this room are Black,” Donald Trump informed the National Association of Black Journalists today.

I have to admit, AI has saved me a lot of time. Every time I start reading about some interesting new app or service or product and see that it has "AI", I immediately stop reading and don't waste any more time on that thing.

J.D. Vance says childless people "don't really care about the future."

But he opposes laws on guns (the #1 cause of child death) and wants to burn more fossil fuels, which poison the world our children will inherit.

Does Vance care about his own children's future?

75% of voters support a binding ethics code for the Supreme Court.

They're tired of justices receiving millions of dollars in gifts from political donors who have cases before the court.

So why did Senate Republicans block a SCOTUS ethics bill last month?

Hello?

Why is it a bad idea to iron your four-leaf clover? Cause you shouldn't press your luck.

Proposal:
Make it a crime for a non-human entity (such as an AI) to represent itself as a human being.
If you ask a "virtual assistant" whether it's human, it should tell you the truth.

Oooo I've never seen one of these! Now to request one on a conveniently located fire hydrant. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-unveils-new-design-for-selfie-worthy-hydrant-water-fountains-1.6981322

President Biden Announces Bold Plan to Reform the Supreme Court and Ensure No President Is Above the Law.
1. Constitutional amendment - No Immunity for Crimes a Former President Committed in Office
2. Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices of 18 years
3. Binding Code of Conduct for the Supreme Court

This will require Congress to pass appropriate bills.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-bold-plan-to-reform-the-supreme-court-and-ensure-no-president-is-above-the-law/
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Is aMeRiCA ReAdY fOr A fEmAlE pReSiDeNt?

I don't know, are you ready for a fascist one?

#ElonMusk's #trans daughter has had enough: "Calling me dead on a podcast with JORDAN PETERSON of all people while basically admitting you have zero reading comprehension by saying you were 'tricked' into signing documents that you read over multiple times is basically a parody of itself... This entire thing is completely made up and there’s a reason for this. He doesn’t know what I was like as a child because he quite simply wasn’t there..." https://www.advocate.com/elon-musk-trans-daughter-vivian-wilson

Pete Buttigeig summed up Silicon Valley perfectly:

"These are very rich men, who have decided to back the republican party, who tends to do good things for very rich men."

Via Scott MacFarlane:

Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) formally introduces Constitutional amendment that would reverse the Supreme Court’s decision to grant US Presidents immunity from criminal prosecution #SCOTUS

https://democrats-cha.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-cha.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Constititional_Amendment_Signed.pdf

@GottaLaff the so-called "genius" CEO of an EV company publicly (and financially) supports a former president who wants to end federal subsidies for electric vehicles, and it's created repercussions? Who could have foreseen?