The COTimes Recorder will host an online panel & fundraiser May 12, to discuss its investigation that illuminates how conservative donors, like billionaire Phil Anschutz, have poured millions into dark-money groups -- centered around Advance Colorado -- focused on public relations & ballot measures.
IF YOU BUILD A BIKE LANE THAT DOESN'T CONNECT TO ANOTHER BIKE LANE THEN YOU DIDN'T BUILD A BIKE LANE
"Raise taxes on wealthy older adults" is terrible politics but good policy. Property tax exemptions for older homeowners stem from good intentions but are actually regressive, because they reduce the availability of homes for younger, less wealthy renters.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
Ditch Uber and Lyft, get yourself onto the Drivers Co-op app instead. Most of your fare will go to the driver, instead of to the corporation who will then use your proceeds to lobby for higher prices and less worker protections.
denverite.com/2026/04/21/d...
Klan-run government
It's 2026. That money has still not hit the bank. Presumably it's a bequest on death but a) $6 million in 1988 is not worth the same in 2026, b) this is a great example of why fundraising for nonprofits is largely smoke and mirrors and we should tax billionaires appropriately.
1. Boy, Amazon is in a heap of trouble. Evidence made public yesterday by California AG @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov shows blatant price fixing. And there are so many examples. Here's Amazon scheming with a pet food supplier to get Chewy to raise its prices.
“Israel’s failure to prosecute settlers who attacked Palestinians in the West Bank led to the country’s former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, calling for the international criminal court to intervene to save Palestinians from “Jewish terrorists”, in an interview with the Guardian.”
This is damning.
The City of Minneapolis, evicting 48 of the poorest families in its care, for a total of $30,144.
Tim Hardaway Jr is here to make winning plays.
Really good headline
New from me: “When AI-driven algorithms are deployed to set prices “just for you” as a consumer or to determine the best wage “just for you” as a worker, the corporate objective is not your best interest. Not by a long shot.”
www.governing.com/workforce/ai...
The rise in climate pollution from the US is 2025 canceled out the reductions from China, India, Japan, and the EU combined.
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):
NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2
The Supreme Court will decide whether Colorado violated the First Amendment's free exercise clause by requiring schools participating in its universal pre-K program to abide by a non-discrimination policy that Catholic schools reject. (Exceedingly ominous.) www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
victor wembanyama: *does literally anything*
me:
Is anyone still in denial that Schumer has a preference for candidates who possess views wildly out of step with the base of the party
The Ascension, by Paolo Veronese, 1585, 📸 by @gwephoto
I am forever saying that if refusal isn't a live option in any decision making process about "AI", then no ethical practice is possible. You've got to be able to stop if the thing is unacceptable.
“The liability issue is intimately tied to the question on whether the chatbot encourages acts of violence by concretizing an action plan.”
the thing about our current moment is that yes, the anti-AI and anti-big tech people are getting very reactive nowadays - but have you seen what they’re *reacting* to?
personally I agree that we should indeed reject the hollow pluralism of pretending that we shouldn't judge Klan, Nazi, and sparkling eugenicist subcultures according to what they have historically produced, and would enthusiastically endorse rejecting inclusion of them in public life
1/9 of 1/3 of the government has the expressly stated understanding that his job is to literally make the lives of 5/8 of the country miserable. you don't have to tolerate this
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Newsmakers: “To be told a city-run grocery store is implausible, but $500 million a day to kill people in Iran and Lebanon is necessary speaks to a broken politics.”
The Israeli army struck civilians in the Lebanese city of Mayfadoun.
And then, the Israelis double-tapped the medics who arrived onto the scene.
And then, they triple-tapped the next wave of medics.
And then, they did it one more time for good measure.
Yet another ICE inmate death is ruled a homicide by medical examiners.
Heads I win, tails you lose. Fun game!
John Roberts is and always has been Sam Alito with better PR
he has declared himself and his fellow republican justices the unelected rulers of America and they have wielded their power in favor of making Donald Trump of all people untouchable
the court as it exists today must be broken
John Roberts why aren’t you dead yet you Roger Taney ass hack
