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Politics and civics

Your tax dollars just paid for Trump propaganda

This week the federal government bought President Trump at least two campaign commercials. The White House calls them public service announcements. I call it propaganda, and I’m in good company. The first 30-second spot aired on Newsmax and Fox News carrying the tag “Paid for by the U.S. Government.” AdImpact, which tracks media buys, estimated […]

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AI Politics and civics

AI builders say slow down. The president says go faster.

Is the field of artificial intelligence proceeding at too fast a pace? If you ask the leaders building the systems, the answer this weekend was an overwhelming “yes.” If you ask President Donald Trump, the answer is basically “hell, no.” FYI, the general public is not on the president’s page: 73% do not trust companies […]

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The petrodollar risk that legacy media are ignoring

The Iran War may be doing more damage to U.S. dollar dominance than to Iran itself. And that helps explain Trump’s Saudi deference. Once upon a time, Henry Kissinger and Saudi Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud signed a secret agreement that “promised military aid and equipment in exchange for the Kingdom investing billions of […]