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We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.

Columbia Journalism Review: “AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity, with nearly one in four Americans now saying they have used AI in place of traditional search engines. These tools derive their value from crawling the internet for up-to-date, relevant information—content that is often produced by news publishers.  Yet a troubling imbalance has emerged:… Continue Reading

Executive Order Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP

Unprecedented attack by the White House on a law firm with past and current representation of  clients who are “adversaries” of Donald Trump. The pretext for this attack is that Perkins Coie implemented eliminate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP. Executive Order, March 6, 2025. “Section 1. Purpose. The dishonest… Continue Reading

How popular is Donald Trump?

Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman. “We’ve just launched this landing page, where we’ll update President Trump’s approval ratings several times per week. Sometimes, you’ll find a quick note here analyzing the latest trends. And sometimes, approval ratings can be pretty boring, so we won’t have much to… Continue Reading

DOGE Is the Deep State

Wired: “A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar! The “deep state” is a top-tier conservative bogeyman, right up there with DEI and George Soros. But it seems fair to ask: If a bunch of shadowy, unelected figures, many with shared business interests and… Continue Reading

The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied

Joan Westenberg: “For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few massive corporations. Every post, every “friend,” every creative work—locked behind closed doors,… Continue Reading

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

EFF: “At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about Street Level Surveillance technologies—the technologies used by police and other authorities to spy on you while you are going about your everyday life—such as automated license plate readers, facial recognition, surveillance camera networks, and cell-site simulators (CSS). Rayhunter is a new open source tool… Continue Reading

Tariffs—Everything you need to know but were afraid to ask

Fact Sheet • By Adam S. Hersh and Josh Bivens • February 10, 2025 . “During his presidential campaign, President Trump pledged to impose universal tariffs of 10–60% on all U.S. imports—a whopping $4.2 trillion in goods and services purchased from abroad in 2024. This was always a real possibility. The International Economic Emergency Powers Act… Continue Reading