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Republicans counter Biden announcement with dystopian, AI-aided video

by Isaac Stanley-Becker and John Wagner Washington Post April 25, 2023April 26, 2023

The RNC video has images made with artificial intelligence technology along with fake reports by what sound like news reporters.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: The gun lobby’s strength is cultural, not financial

by David A. Hopkins Bloomberg Opinion March 31, 2023March 30, 2023

The NRA’s biggest achievement has been defining the ownership of firearms as a distinctive form of social identity.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Trump calls for protests, but even some ardent supporters dismiss the idea

by ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press March 20, 2023March 20, 2023

The hundreds of arrests that followed the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, not to mention the convictions and long prison sentences, may have dampened the desire for repeat mass unrest and violence.

Nation & World, News, Politics

DeSantis dismisses Russian invasion of Ukraine as a ‘territorial dispute’

by Leo Sands and John Wagner The Washington Post March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

DeSantis’s statement comes amid a growing fissure in the Republican Party over the U.S. commitment to Ukraine and the need to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Tennessee Republican congressman was ‘mistaken’ about his college degree

by KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press February 28, 2023

Tennessee U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles has also called himself an economist even though he only took one community college economics course, a Tennessee TV station reports.

Business, Nation & World, News, Politics

Republicans argue Biden student debt program is ‘major question’

by Michael Macagnone CQ-Roll Call February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

Republicans want the Supreme Court to use a case about student loan debt relief to restrict the regulatory power of the Biden administration — even if that also would hamstring a future GOP president.