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<p>As CEOs push replacing people with AI, AI isn&#x27;t quite ready to do the job <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/30/ai-jobs-replace-humans-ceos-amodei" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.axios.com/2025/05/30/ai-jobs-replace-humans-ceos-amodei"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.axios.com/2025/05/30/ai-jo</span><span class="invisible">bs-replace-humans-ceos-amodei</span></a><br><a href="/tags/axios/" rel="tag">#axios</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#usnews</a></p>

<p>As we enter a new phase in American politics, we’re reaffirming our commitment to facts, journalism and open discourse. Our values have not changed. </p><p>Our managing editor <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@csullivan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>csullivan</span></a></span> explains more. </p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboards-commitment-to-facts-for-a-new-political-era/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboards-commitment-to-facts-for-a-new-political-era/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/inside-fli</span><span class="invisible">pboard/flipboards-commitment-to-facts-for-a-new-political-era/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trumpadministration/" rel="tag">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a> <a href="/tags/misinformation/" rel="tag">#Misinformation</a> <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#Disinformation</a> <a href="/tags/facts/" rel="tag">#Facts</a></p>

<p>&quot;A private citizen with zero Constitutional authority is effectively seizing control of critical government functions. 🚨 </p><p>The Constitution explicitly requires Senate confirmation for anyone wielding significant federal power — a requirement Musk has simply ignored&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/elons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/el</span><span class="invisible">ons-twitter-destruction-playbook-hits-the-us-government-and-its-even-more-dangerous/</span></a></p><p>Here’s a thread with links to articles about the <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> takeover of the US <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a>. </p><p>Is it a <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a>? Will anyone stop it?</p><p><a href="/tags/oligarchy/" rel="tag">#Oligarchy</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a></p>

<p>Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts</span></a> <a href="/tags/researchanddevelopment/" rel="tag">#Researchanddevelopment</a> <a href="/tags/trumpadministration/" rel="tag">#Trumpadministration</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#Climatecrisis</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USnews</a> <a href="/tags/race/" rel="tag">#Race</a></p>

<p>EPA to launch program that lets people adopt its lab animals amid Trump cuts <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-lab-animals-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-lab-animals-trump-cuts"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/03/epa-lab-animals-trump-cuts</span></a> <a href="/tags/trumpadministration/" rel="tag">#Trumpadministration</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#Animals</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USnews</a></p>

<p>EPA puts 139 employees on leave after they sign a ‘declaration of dissent’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-employees-administrative-leave" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/epa-employees-administrative-leave"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/03/epa-employees-administrative-leave</span></a> <a href="/tags/usenvironmentalprotectionagency/" rel="tag">#USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a> <a href="/tags/society/" rel="tag">#Society</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USnews</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a> picks of the day:</p><p>(Long thread so no descriptions)</p><p>US GENERAL NEWS<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheConversationUS</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NewsDesk</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>npr</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@PBSNewsHour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PBSNewsHour</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@motherjonesmag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>motherjonesmag</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@NewYorker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NewYorker</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAtlantic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheAtlantic</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Vox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Vox</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://flipboard.com/@csmonitor" rel="nofollow">@csmonitor</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@19thnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>19thnews</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Jezebel" rel="nofollow">@Jezebel</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@MsMagazine2019" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MsMagazine2019</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheRoot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheRoot</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@NewsLitProject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NewsLitProject</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@RollingStone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RollingStone</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@vanityfair" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vanityfair</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Salon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Salon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Slate" rel="nofollow">@Slate</a> <br><a href="https://flipboard.com/@USAToday" rel="nofollow">@USAToday</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@abc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abc</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@time" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>time</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AxiosNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AxiosNews</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@bloomberg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bloomberg</span></a></span> </p><p>US POLITICS<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@UnicornRiot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UnicornRiot</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://paydayreport.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>index</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lawfare" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lawfare</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@nybooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nybooks</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/@ShineMyCrown" rel="nofollow">@ShineMyCrown</a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@Forbes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Forbes</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://journa.host/@sludge" rel="nofollow">@sludge</a> &amp; <span class="h-card"><a href="https://readsludge.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.thedissident.news/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://www.levernews.com/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>news</span></a></span> </p><p>🧵 1/8</p>

<p>U.S. immigration authorities are using smartphone facial recognition technology in the field to determine whether people are citizens, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span> reports. Officers use an app called Mobile Fortify, which has a bank of 200M images and data from the State Department, CBP, FBI, and states as well as datasets relating to “individuals, vehicles, airplanes, vessels, addresses, phone numbers and firearms,” according to a memo viewed by 404&#x27;s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>josephcox</span></a></span>. Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement: “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship — including a birth certificate — if the app says the person is an alien.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/BHoeAL" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/BHoeAL</a></p><p><a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a> <a href="/tags/trumpadministration/" rel="tag">#TrumpAdministration</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>

<p>Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl at today&#x27;s hearing over social media’s alleged harms to children:</p><p>&quot;If your glasses are recording, you must take them off. It is the order of this court that there must be no facial recognition of the jury. If you have done that, you must delete it. This is very serious.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-18/mark-zuckerberg-tesimony-la-social-media-trial" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-18/mark-zuckerberg-tesimony-la-social-media-trial"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.latimes.com/california/sto</span><span class="invisible">ry/2026-02-18/mark-zuckerberg-tesimony-la-social-media-trial</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#meta</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/metaglasses/" rel="tag">#MetaGlasses</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a></p>

<p>&quot;Many people did not want this in their neighborhood. We don&#x27;t want these kinds of centers that&#x27;s going to take resources from the community.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://patch.com/new-jersey/newbrunswick/new-brunswick-city-council-kills-proposal-build-ai-data-center-100-jersey" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="patch.com/new-jersey/newbrunswick/new-brunswick-city-council-kills-proposal-build-ai-data-center-100-jersey"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">patch.com/new-jersey/newbrunsw</span><span class="invisible">ick/new-brunswick-city-council-kills-proposal-build-ai-data-center-100-jersey</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/newjersey/" rel="tag">#NewJersey</a> <a href="/tags/nj/" rel="tag">#NJ</a> <a href="/tags/datacenter/" rel="tag">#DataCenter</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a></p>

<p>&quot;A grassroots boycott called QuitGPT has been spreading across the US and beyond, asking people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions. More than a million people have answered the call.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/commentisf</span><span class="invisible">ree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley</span></a></p><p>&quot;We&#x27;re organizing Americans and people around the world to quit ChatGPT.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://quitgpt.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>quitgpt.org/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/quitgpt/" rel="tag">#QuitGPT</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#USNews</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/openai/" rel="tag">#OpenAI</a> <a href="/tags/chatgpt/" rel="tag">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a></p>

<p>Colorado governor likely to grant clemency to election denier Tina Peters, lawyer says <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/04/colorado-governor-tina-peters-election" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/04/colorado-governor-tina-peters-election"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">26/mar/04/colorado-governor-tina-peters-election</span></a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#UsNews</a> <a href="/tags/worldnews/" rel="tag">#WorldNews</a> <a href="/tags/colorado/" rel="tag">#Colorado</a> <a href="/tags/uselections2020/" rel="tag">#UsElections2020</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#UsPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/usvotingrights/" rel="tag">#UsVotingRights</a></p>

<p>ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/usnews/" rel="tag">#usnews</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a></p>