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- Secretary of War Pete Hesgeth on the US Government purge of Anthropic.

- Jonathan Turley: Jack Smith had secret orders targeting Kash Patel and Susie Wiles. Jack Smith should face charges.

- From the archives: 5 misconceptions about colonial American history.

- Sam Altman on OpenAI and ChatGPT reaching an agreement with the DoW.

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- You have no idea how screwed OpenAI actually is. Have to wonder if OpenAI is this generation's more expensive Netscape or WebCrawler.

- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on why the Trump tariffs are necessary.

- Jonathan Turley: The Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump's tariffs. Time for a Plan B?

- VDH: Does the Democrats chaos strategy work? Never considered before that the shutdown was meant to galvanize key groups of voters before this week's election. 

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Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The Future of the Free Press.

- OpenAI and chipmaker AMD reach deal that gives OpenAI 10% of company.

- Douglas Murray: The war Israel won - and the one the West is losing.

- It seems we are getting to this point.

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- Was not aware of the history regarding the Black Tom 1916 bombing.

-  The biggest pot distributor in California has collapsed. The California system is setting companies up to fail. (HT The View from Lady Lake)

- Most of OpenAI's employees send letter to board tell them to resign or else. Interesting. As Paul Graham put it, "If 95% doesn't count as a vote of no confidence, what number would?"

- Donald Trump and Truth Social file suit for defamation against 20 media companies. The dam of lies is breaking!

Sam Altman and OpenAI

 

Not sure why but the Sam Altman situation at OpenAI and many of the staffers threatening to quit if he remains out as CEO reminded me of this scene from Mad Men.