"People will die. Tens of thousands, perhaps year after year after year, as a result of the Republican assault on the healthcare of the American people. I'm sad. I never thought I would be on the House floor saying this is a crime scene." Hakeem Jeffries spent more than eight hours delaying the final House vote on the GOP spending bill, but he was just delaying the inevitable. "Shame on this institution if this bill passes. That's not America, we're better than this. We are better, we are better." I'm sad to report that, at least as we approach this Independence Day, we're not better than this. By the time fireworks blow and the hot dogs hit the buns, we'll have a new kind of Independence. Independence from the safety net. Independence from fair taxation. Independence from renewables leadership. For the poorest Americans, Independence from food and healthcare. And for all, Independence from fiscal responsibility. It's a big win for the MG movement. (It used to be called MAGA, but America can no longer afford to buy a vowel.) As the Bill passes the House and heads for the president's desk, here's the latest from NBC and AP. Enjoy the 4th of July. If nothing else, hopefully you can get some Independence from bad news. 2ICE AgeThe bill provides a massive amount of new funding for the ICE deporation efforts, which have already been targeting those with no criminal record and even those who aren't in the country illegally. NYT (Gift Article): As Trump Broadens Crackdown, Focus Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists. "U.S. immigration agents wearing masks arrested a Georgetown University academic outside his home in Virginia. They detained two German tourists for weeks when they tried to enter the country legally through the southern border. They knocked on doors at Columbia University apartments, searching for pro-Palestinian protesters. The Trump administration has opened a new phase in its immigration agenda, one that goes well beyond the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants." 3Half Staff"CEOs have spent months whispering about how their businesses could likely be run with a fraction of the current staff. Technologies including automation software, AI and robots are being rolled out to make operations as lean and efficient as possible." WSJ (Gift Article): CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs. "Ford chief predicts AI will replace ‘literally half of all white-collar workers.'" (If you haven't already heard that AI will reduce jobs, you haven't been listening.) 4USB Mine"At first, the idea seemed a little absurd, even to me. But the more I thought about it, the more sense it made: If my goal was to understand people who fall in love with AI boyfriends and girlfriends, why not rent a vacation house and gather a group of human-AI couples together for a romantic getaway? In my vision, the humans and their chatbot companions were going to do all the things regular couples do on romantic getaways: Sit around a fire and gossip, watch movies, play risqué party games. I didn’t know how it would turn out—only much later did it occur to me that I’d never gone on a romantic getaway of any kind and had no real sense of what it might involve. But I figured that, whatever happened, it would take me straight to the heart of what I wanted to know, which was: What’s it like? What’s it really and truly like to be in a serious relationship with an AI partner? Is the love as deep and meaningful as in any other relationship? Do the couples chat over breakfast? Cheat? Break up? And how do you keep going, knowing that, at any moment, the company that created your partner could shut down, and the love of your life could vanish forever?" Wired: My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them. "In the end, the most profound impact of our new AI tools may simply be this: A significant portion of humanity is going to fall in love with one." (You'll to have a couple before reading this...) 5Extra, ExtraSuspending Spree: "The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday placed 144 employees on administrative leave and opened an investigation into their decision to sign a letter accusing the Trump administration of politicizing the agency." They're blowing up core American freedoms faster than fireworks. NYT (Gift Article): E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump. 6Bottom of the NewsNYT (Gift Article): What Makes Someone Cool? A New Study Offers Clues. "A new study suggests that there are six specific traits that these people tend to have in common: Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous." (I just missed making the cut with my six core traits: introversion, agoraphobia, misanthropy, apprehension, IBS, and a way with puns.)
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