"A nation does not survive because its most fortunate individuals succeed in protecting themselves. It survives because enough of its people and institutions preserve the cooperative arrangements upon which the nation depends."
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It appears that what he wants is for the Iran war to spread to the United States, so that he can then live through a 9/11 himself and enjoy a burst of popularity. What else, after all, can he hope to gain from the war? All that is left is weakness brought by weakness, which in the setting of a disaster that he himself provokes he can hope to pantomime for a domestic audience as strength. In his speech at the UN, he kept connecting Iran to the elections. In two recent campaign appearances, he fantasized about Iran destroying American cities. I do not believe that anything of the sort will happen, since Iran has no reason to give Trump a gift. But it does show where Trump’s mind is: the weakness of a lost war can translate into the weakness of failing to prevent terror, and he can then hope to somehow be the man of the hour again.
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“AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause. That burden is falling onto everyone else, including smaller organizations,” Wikimedia said. “At a minimum, their systems should operate in a way that non-profit website owners like us can easily identify, and choose how they interact with our services.”
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In mid-September, the Trump administration bestowed press pool status on reporter—sorry, “reporter”—Beni Rae Harmony as she traveled to Ireland to cover the president.
Then, on September 26, the 24-year-old(!) Harmony, who worked for the network Real America’s Voice, took CNN’s spot on the presidential plane after Trump refused to let the network onboard.
Last Friday, Harmony switched sides, going from covering the White House as a member of the press to serving Trump as his newest assistant press secretary.
There are so many questions here, but let’s start with the most obvious one: Do you think she’ll get back pay?
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NATO’s Military Committee visited Kyiv for the first time in eight years, bringing together military representatives from all 32 NATO member states for talks with Ukraine’s military leadership, according to NATO Military Committee Chair Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone on October 7.
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“None of this means the Irkutsk pathogen will cause a pandemic. But the response clearly indicates that Russia believes an epidemic is possible - and that the responsible agent is likely a pandemic weapon or otherwise embarrassing for the government,” he added.
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It’s a depressing political reality that the clearest driver of Americans’ unhappiness isn’t the Trump family’s naked corruption or immigration agents shooting people in the streets, but rather the cost of refueling one’s car. Yet recent elections have shown just how sensitive voters are to price increases (just ask Joe Biden and Kamala Harris). And after winning the White House back in part over higher prices, Trump’s decision to smash the bright red “make gas more expensive” button may have handed Democrats the biggest electoral gift they could’ve hoped for.