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Ned Finkle / NVIDIA:
NVIDIA Statement on the Biden Administration's Misguided ‘AI Diffusion’ Rule — For decades, leadership in computing and software ecosystems has been a cornerstone of American strength and influence worldwide. The federal government has wisely refrained from dictating the design …
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The Verge, Wired and Semafor, more at Techmeme »
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Ensuring U.S. Security and Economic Strength in the Age of Artificial Intelligence — Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming central to both security and economic strength. The United States must act decisively to lead this transition by ensuring that U.S. technology …
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Business Insider, CBS News, Defense One and daveverse, more at Techmeme »
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Biden Administration Adopts Rules to Guide A.I.'s Global Spread
Biden Administration Adopts Rules to Guide A.I.'s Global Spread
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USA Today, ABC News, Washington Times, Agence France-Presse and The Information, more at Techmeme »
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's thuggish response to the California fires is a bad omen — Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fire season in more than 40 years. As of Sunday, ongoing wildfires have destroyed more than 12,000 homes and killed at least 24 people while burning through an area larger than San Francisco.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Republicans and Trump discuss tying California wildfire aid to debt ceiling — The current California fires could become the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. — A group of House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump talked about tying wildfire aid …
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Washington Examiner, E&E News and East Bay Times
Zach LaChance / Washington Examiner:
Barrasso vows no ‘blank check’ for wildfire aid
Barrasso vows no ‘blank check’ for wildfire aid
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Salon, Raw Story, Breitbart, Washington Times and The Hill
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence — In its original form, the virus survives in just two countries. But a type linked to an oral vaccine used in other nations has already turned up in the West. — Most American parents hardly give thought to polio beyond the instant …
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Paul A. Offit / New York Times:
Don't Call Kennedy a Vaccine Skeptic. Call Him What He Is: A Cynic. — The news media labels Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.” He's not. I'm an actual vaccine skeptic. In fact, everyone who serves with me on the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory committee is a vaccine skeptic.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
The Hill:
Democrats want to slow Gabbard confirmation path — Senate Democrats want to slow the roll on Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the U.S. intelligence community. — Democrats are insisting on delaying Gabbard's confirmation hearing for director of national intelligence …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ — New York CNN — Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
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Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Elon Musk Is an ‘Evil Person,’ Steve Bannon Says — The comments highlighted rifts within the U.S. right wing and between two men who have been influential advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump. — Stephen K. Bannon has launched a stinging attack on Elon Musk, calling him a …
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Chris Michael / The Guardian:
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
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New Republic, Crikey, The Independent, Digby's Hullabaloo and Breitbart
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Steve Bannon derides Elon Musk, vowing to limit influence over Trump
Steve Bannon derides Elon Musk, vowing to limit influence over Trump
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Fox News, Axios, The Independent, New Republic, The Hill, Daily Mail and HuffPost
Associated Press:
Incoming Trump Team Is Questioning National Security Council Staff Over Loyalty — Nonpolitical career civil servants are reportedly being grilled over who they voted for, their political contributions and more. — LOADING — Incoming senior Trump administration officials …
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Raw Story, Associated Press and New Republic
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Defense pick Pete Hegseth repeatedly criticized removing names of Confederate generals from US bases — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying the names should be changed back.
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Raw Story
Steve Vladeck / One First:
117. Judge Cannon and the Special Counsel's Report — The Supreme Court could soon be dragged into one last dispute arising from the prosecutions of President-Elect Trump—this time over public release of part of the Special Counsel's final report — Welcome back to “One First,” …
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Just Security, emptywheel and Law Dork
Cagan Koc / Bloomberg:
Europe's Largest Pension Fund Sold Tesla Stake Over Musk's Pay — Europe's largest pension fund sold its entire €571 million ($585 million) stake in Tesla Inc. in the third quarter partly due to disagreement with Elon Musk's remuneration package. — “We had a problem” with Musk's pay package …
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Fortune
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: House Dems plan $10 million opening salvo for 2026 … - Jeffries has already started to message against the legislation, labeling it the “GOP tax scam part two” at a press conference last week. … - The campaign will include TV and digital ads to “hold Republicans accountable …
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Arizona Mirror, PoliticusUSA and E&E News
Sam Skove / Politico:
Moon over Mars? Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk's space dream. — The Trump ally wants the U.S. to forgo the lunar surface for the red planet. He faces one problem: Congress. — Trump confidant Elon Musk wants NASA to drop its ambitious plans to return to the moon and instead head straight to Mars.
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Reuters, Raw Story, New York Times, Metro.co.uk and Forbes
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump's deportation vows only for ‘rabid’ Republicans and will fail, says Newt Gingrich — Former US House speaker says documented people, Dreamers, mothers and children must not be deported — Newt Gingrich, the former US House speaker and presidential hopeful, said a section …
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Raw Story
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Exclusive: DNC taps Harris' viral wizards for new social media push … - The account will be run by many of the same people who led the @KamalaHQ social media account during the 2024 campaign. — @FactPostNews will start on X, Threads, and Bluesky and will eventually expand to TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram.
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Woke DEI + Green Nihilism = Dresden in California … Over 25,000 acres are ablaze in Los Angeles in the Pacific Palisades fire, a veritable living hell. — Some 12,000-plus structures were incinerated. More than 250,000 souls have been evacuated and are in need of shelter.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
New rule could slash nicotine levels in tobacco products — The Biden administration is poised to try to lower the amount of nicotine in tobacco products, an eleventh-hour effort that's been years in the making. — The move would give the White House one last chance to try to regulate tobacco …
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Carolina Journal and Reason
August Pfluger / Washington Examiner:
The Pentagon needs a new kind of leader — At the hands of President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the nation has witnessed one foreign policy disaster after the next. The duo's catastrophic decision-making and military execution has left Americans dead, our military vulnerable, and our adversaries emboldened.
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Washington Post
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Vance says those who ‘committed violence’ on Jan. 6 ‘obviously’ shouldn't be pardoned — Vice President-elect JD Vance said people who “committed violence” on Jan. 6, 2021, “obviously” shouldn't be pardoned by President-elect Trump. — “I think it's very simple, look …
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The Guardian, Fox News, The Post Millennial, Kevin Drum, Rolling Stone, Daily Mail and Bloomberg
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Associated Press:
Vance says Jan. 6 participants who committed violence ‘obviously’ shouldn't be pardoned
Vance says Jan. 6 participants who committed violence ‘obviously’ shouldn't be pardoned
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The Guardian, Mother Jones, NBC News, Washington Times, Daily Mail, Twitchy, HuffPost, Raw Story, The Independent, New York Post, Law & Crime, USA Today, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, RedState, Washington Examiner, Fox News, Breitbart, Mediaite and Salon