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Americans Break Election Ties In Crazy Ways − And Jeopardize Democracy In The Process

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/03/2024 - 1:00am

Commentators and observers are concerned about the possibility of a tie in the November 2024 presidential election. One possibility is that both major-party candidates end up with 269 electoral votes – one short of the 270 required to claim victory. Another scenario is that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who appears to be attracting significant interest from the voters, collects a few electoral votes, preventing Biden or Trump from reaching the magic 270.

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White House Pushes Tech Industry To Shut Down Market For Sexually Abusive AI Deepfakes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/27/2024 - 6:00am

AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real from what’s not. The following photo-illustrated graphic highlights a few notable areas of an AI-deepfake of Pope Francis.
(AP Photo)

President Joe Biden's administration is pushing the tech industry and financial institutions to shut down a growing market of abusive sexual images made with artificial intelligence technology.

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Biden Lawsuit Against Sheetz Gas Will Enrage Pennsylvania Voters

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/27/2024 - 5:00am

This is the sign outside a Sheetz Mini Mart in Ebensburg, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.
(Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo)

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania -- The oldest gas station in America still in operation, Reighard's here in this Blair County city, got its start in 1908 when a local blacksmith decided to sell gasoline out the back of his shop when the Model T was introduced.

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Wide Scope Of Presidential Emergency Powers Could Be Reined In By Congress This Year

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/27/2024 - 4:00am

WASHINGTON — Senators from both political parties at a Wednesday hearing appeared to be on the same page about limiting presidential emergency powers, striking a bipartisan agreement that Congress should take steps this year to rework a decades-old law.

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Experts Eye Tax Changes Ahead Of Trump-Era Cuts’ Sunset

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/27/2024 - 3:00am

WASHINGTON — The race to harness the tax code is in full swing as economists and advocates across the political spectrum view the expiring Trump-era tax law as an opportunity to advance their economic priorities.

Democratic Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington said Wednesday that reworking the tax code will be “a reflection of what your values are.”

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Trump Is Holding A Rally In The South Bronx As He Tries To Woo Black And Hispanic Voters

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/27/2024 - 2:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will campaign in one of the most Democratic counties in the nation Thursday, holding a rally in the South Bronx to woo minority voters days before a Manhattan jury will begin deliberations on whether to convict him of felony charges in his criminal hush money trial.

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US Navy Flagship Carrier USS Ronald Reagan Leaves Its Japan Home Port After Nearly 9 Years

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 6:00am

Family members and friends of the crew of the U.S. navy aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) see off at the U.S. navy's Yokosuka base Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo. This is the ship's final departure from Yokosuka before transiting back to the United States.
(Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo)

YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A U.S. Navy strike group's flagship aircraft carrier left its Japanese home port on Thursday, wrapping up nearly nine years of deployment in the Indo-Pacific, where it served a key role in the U.S. effort to bolster defense ties with Japan and other partners in the region.

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What Voters Don't Know ... Yet

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 5:00am

The problem with early polls is just that. They are taken early, and they are a snapshot of what voters know and think at the time they are taken. Which may be wrong. Because most of the voters who decide elections -- the so-called swing voters -- pay about as much attention to politics as I do to baseball. Not spring training. Not even the regular season. I tune in for the playoffs, or maybe not even until the World Series.

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Dan Osborn Spurns Democrats, Other Parties Whose Help He Sought In Senate Race

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 4:00am

OMAHA — If blue-collar, nonpartisan candidate Dan Osborn gets elected to the U.S Senate this fall, he will do it without the help of the Nebraska Democratic Party — a party he courted for months and whose help political observers say he needed to win.

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With GOP Opposed, U.S. Senate Panel Advances Bills To Combat AI In Elections

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 3:00am

Members of the U.S. Senate are sounding the alarm about the threat that artificial intelligence poses to elections through its ability to deceive voters. But the prospects for legislation that can meaningfully address the problem appear uncertain.