
Digital authoritarianism: AI surveillance signals the death of privacy
We teeter on the cusp of a cultural, technological and societal revolution the likes of which have never been seen before.

We teeter on the cusp of a cultural, technological and societal revolution the likes of which have never been seen before.

The Respect for Marriage Act passed the House with a 267-157 vote, including 47 Republicans. The legislation, which now goes before the Senate, seeks marriage equality for all genders, including federal rights, benefits and obligations of marriages in federal code.

The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has announced $3 million in grant funding to protect and preserve sites representing African American history.

An ESPN.com story by David Hale caught us up with former Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall. Reading it made me think, I’m glad that’s all over with.

Aquilino Gonell felt rage. The U.S. Army veteran and 16-year member of the Capitol Police force was listening to Cassidy Hutchinson tell the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack how Donald Trump had spurred on his followers even though he knew many were armed.

When Donald Trump was in office, he and Mitch McConnell made three lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court. McConnell went so far as to defy Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish—that the next president appoint her replacement—by packing the Court with Amy Coney Barrett just eight days before the 2020 election.

According to NOAA, summer thunderstorms “are more frequent and directly impact more people and homes in the U.S. than hurricanes.”

Bicameral legislation to remove the designation of Arlington House as a memorial to Robert E. Lee was introduced last week.

Is an insurrection percolating in the MAGA universe? A civil war?

Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo got nothing when Bryce Harper left as a free agent in 2019. But if history is a guide, he’s likely to get little more than nothing if he tries to trade Juan Soto ahead of him bolting for greener pastures.
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