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The debate around AI reminds me of the debate around transsexuals. At first, everyone tiptoed around, not sure of what to think and worried about saying the wrong thing. Then, after a couple of years of cowardly pussyfooting, someone finally said, “Y’all, a guy can’t magically become a woman.” And because one person said it, more and more people found the courage to repeat an obvious truth: that no amount of surgical mutilation, online censorship, media propaganda, and emotional blackmail makes it possible to switch sexes. It’s been the same around AI. At first, everyone felt the need to huddle…
During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” President Donald Trump stated that energy targets in Iran will be hit and “We’re going to knock out all of their power plants. We’re going to knock out all of their bridges, unless they get to the table and negotiate.” Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst asked, “Do you anticipate that the strikes we’re seeing this week against Iran will expand? Are you considering hitting energy targets or other locations inside of Iran?” Trump responded, “They’re going to expand. I’ll save the…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta faces a federal lawsuit from 26 employees who claim the company’s AI systems targeted workers on medical, parental, or family leave for termination as part of the company’s massive layoff. ABC News reports that the lawsuit, filed this week in federal court in Oakland, California, challenges Meta’s recent workforce reduction that affected approximately 8,000 employees, representing about 10 percent of the company’s total workforce. The plaintiffs allege that Meta’s selection process for the May layoffs relied heavily on AI systems that inherently disadvantaged employees exercising their rights to protected leave. According to the complaint, Meta utilized various…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report on Monday saying it generated $5.56 billion in expected recoveries and savings over a six-month period as part of its crackdown on healthcare fraud. The federal watchdog also reported barring more than 1,200 individuals and companies from federal programs, according to the Hill. The OIG report to Congress records returning $12.70 for every dollar it spent between October 2025 through March 2026. “OIG is determined to hold bad actors accountable,” Inspector General T. March Bell said in the report. “Notable actions include convictions of individuals running…
House Oversight Chair James Comer of Kentucky said Wednesday he wants Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to testify in the panel’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation “as soon as possible.” Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the Oversight Committee’s top Democrat, agreed that Blanche must answer members’ questions “immediately” about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files.Their comments come as Blanche, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is across the Capitol testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators hope they can confirm Blanche before they leave for the August recess, and Comer said Blanche could sit for…
The number of youngsters arrested over sexual offenses rose nearly a fifth last year, a government-backed report says The number of children arrested for sexual offenses in the UK reached a record high last year, a government-backed report has stated.The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), a charity researching youth violence prevention, said on Tuesday that 3,809 children were arrested for sexual offenses in 2024-25, up nearly a fifth from 3,225 a year earlier. The figure was 74% above the Covid pandemic low of 1,979 in 2020-21 and surpassed the previous record of 3,633 set in 2015-16.Separate YEF research based on a…
1980s SURPRISED AMAZED BUG-EYED BLONDE WOMAN LOOKING AT PILE OF CASH MONEY (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStockStarting in January, the federal government will begin depositing money directly into eligible workers’ retirement accounts — a first in U.S. policy. But millions of lower‑income women are poised to miss the new Saver’s Match entirely because they don’t have an account for the funds to land in.The Saver’s Match came out of the retirement law Congress passed in 2022, and it finally goes live next year. The idea is plain. You contribute to a retirement account. If your income qualifies,…
During a portion of an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” President Donald Trump said that the objectives of ensuring Iran doesn’t have a nuclear weapon, keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, and degrading Iran’s military are “completed” and strikes on Iran will “continue until I say that’s enough.” Fox News Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst asked, “So, your objectives are to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear weapon, to keep the Strait open, and to degrade the Iranian military. Can those objectives be completed in an air campaign alone or does this…
Breitbart News social media director Wynton Hall, author of the instant bestseller CODE RED, explained to Dr. Drew Pinsky that the race between the United States and communist China to control AI is not a mere marketing gimmick, because the winner will command both the global economy and the battlefield of the future. “We have to beat China without becoming China,” Hall told Pinsky during Tuesday’s episode of “Ask Dr. Drew.” “Nobody wants to live in a techno-authoritarian surveillance state.” According to Hall, the battle to control artificial intelligence is at a crucial point because, “We know that Russia and the…
The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy’s (IMSA) diversity office helped organize a graduation ceremony for black students, which included $640 in custom sashes and up to $1,200 for a graduation lunch, according to emails obtained by Defending Education through a Freedom of Information Act request. The event was separate from IMSA’s general commencement ceremony and was for black seniors only, although the promotional flyer indicated that guests could attend. The records show planning for the black graduation was underway by January 29, 2026, when an organizer asked IMSA’s director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Title IX coordinator to provide…