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[ad_1] When Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) teased his new AI bill in The New York Times, he undersold the socialist vision he had for the tech industry. Now that the bill text has been released, we know just how much government ownership of AI he wants. On Thursday, Sanders unveiled the American A.I. Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, which would impose a 50 percent tax, paid through stock, on any AI company with annual “gross receipts” of at least $200 million. Taxing gross receipts rather than revenue is a savvy move by Sanders, since most businesses traditionally considered AI companies aren’t…

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[ad_1] The Israeli prime minster’s era may be nearing its end, writes Ramzy Baroud. But before this bloody political chapter closes, countless more Palestinians may be displaced and killed. Displaced Palestinians during their journey back to Gaza and the north via Al-Rasheed Street, crossing the bridge over the estuary of the Wadi Gaza, Jan. 28, 2025. (Ashraf Amra – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East/ Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 3.0 igo) By Ramzy BaroudCommon Dreams Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His…

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[ad_1] Trump speaking Wed. at the G7 Summit in France, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio look on. President Trump just did a remarkable thing. Of course we Democrats can’t say so, since we’re an opposition party defined by opposing Trump, not war. (Top Democrats actually wanted the war with Iran, although they kept it low key.) But make no mistake, Trump was right to step off the escalation trap and take us from a war footing with Iran, towards peace. Democrats are quick to point out that this was a war of Trump’s choice…

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[ad_1] All of the four activists who raided a Wolverhampton arms factory were immediately released on bail after the jury was deadlocked, John McEvoy and Hanna-Johara Dokal report. John McEvoy and Hanna-Johara Dokal for Declassified UK After more than 17 hours of deliberation, a jury at Birmingham crown court on Thursday failed to reach a verdict over whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory. Iain Evans, Hana-Yun Stevens, Frank Sherman and Hisham Alkhamezi were each accused of criminal damage at a factory owned by Moog, a U.S. aerospace firm, in Wolverhampton. During the trial, the jury saw footage from…

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[ad_1] As corporate profiteers rake in billions under the guise of public safety, their vast network of automated license plate readers is quietly transforming the basic right to peaceful travel into an inescapable, taxpayer-funded surveillance dragnet. Every time you pull out of your driveway, you probably still harbor the illusion that you are a free individual going about your business. The reality is far more grim: your vehicle is bleeding data into a massive, unregulated dragnet the moment you pass the neighborhood entrance. Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) and Flock cameras have infested our communities, quietly transforming the American landscape…

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[ad_1] From Craghtten v. U.S., decided Wednesday by the Ninth Circuit (Judges Kenneth Lee, Gabriel Sanchez, and Holly Thomas): Isaac Craghtten—a Canadian-born American Indian and a lawful permanent resident of the United States—tried to acquire a firearm at a gun store in Idaho. But he was unable to do so because he lacks an alien registration or admission number required of non-citizens to complete the federal Firearm Transaction Record Form 4473…. Form 4473’s alien-number requirement for non-citizens comports with the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment guarantees that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be…

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