The public is right to be concerned about AI. But Carney and his ministers have framed our reluctance as ignorance.
Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, says internal government document.
Retired Lt. Col. David Flippo overcame carpetbagging accusations in Nevada’s lone Republican House district.
Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) addressed the string of controversies about his past behavior on Wednesday, following his recent win in the state’s Democratic primary election. “There’s nothing out there that’s actually concerning,” Platner, who is looking to unseat incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), said on MS NOW’s on “Morning Joe.” “People will make…
Michigan Democrat Abdul el Sayed, who is running for Senate, supports a proposal from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) that calls for public ownership of artificial intelligence companies. On Tuesday, the progressive candidate said the government should regulate AI firms like public utility companies because the advanced technology could potentially be disastrous for humanity. “I hear […]
Spencer Pratt's AI-fueled Los Angeles mayoral campaign shows cheap viral slop may get views, but not votes.
NBC’s Steve Kornacki and Ryan Nobles preview the primary in Maine as Graham Platner looks to secure the Democratic nomination for the Senate race. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell and Ben Kamisar discuss the president’s claims of voter fraud in California’s primary.
When a violent crime is committed, it tends to feel not just unwarranted but random. When a murder, sex crime, or burglary happens, we often ask, "How did this happen?" Even worse is when a violent crime is committed by someone with a violent criminal past. We then demand to know, "How did this happen... again?"
ProPublica reports that the federal government was looking into violations of the Clean Water Act from Southern Coal and other affiliated mining operations controlled by West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and his family. In the past, the companies have been sued numerous times by state and federal authorities for failing to follow environmental laws, and racked up numerous pollution violations. The Trump administration doesn’t see the value.The investigation was an effort spanning multiple federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice’s Environmental Crimes Section, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Virginia. Initially, prosecutors thought they had the backing of Robert Tracci, President Trump’s top official in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.Such a criminal probe was a rare occurrence, as there are only a dozen Clean Water Act criminal cases prosecuted each year by the DOJ. Rarer still is the fact that such an investigation was killed so early. As prosecutors fought the companies for records through subpoenas in court, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, headed by now–Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, shut down the investigation.“They were told ‘pencils down,’” an unnamed source told ProPublica. A former federal prosecutor, Rick Mountcastle, told the publication that he had “never heard of that happening before.”“There shouldn’t be some sort of untouchables list of people who are immune from enforcement,” said Mountcastle, who spent 24 years as a federal prosecutor in the Western District of Virginia. Justice is a Republican elected to the Senate in 2024, winning the seat with the help of Trump’s endorsement.It’s no secret that Trump doesn’t care about environmental laws, and he has long praised coal as an energy source, ignoring its widespread negative impact on clear air, water, and public health. Protecting a political ally like Justice from any consequences from the unsafe effects of a sprawling coal operation is entirely expected of this president.