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• Taxpayer-Funded Trump Ad Violates the Hatch Act
  A television ad boosting the image of President Donald Trump, which was paid for by government funds, violates laws prohibiting the use of government resources for propaganda, the Hatch Act, and other related laws, according to a complaint filed today by Public Citizen.The complaint, sent to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. […]
• Following SCOTUS Ruling, Common Cause Vows Immediate Legal Action Against Any Attempts to Disenfranchise Voters Using Flawed System
  Common Cause condemned the Supreme Court’s ruling today allowing the federal government to continue using the flawed SAVE system. Statement from Common Cause President & CEO Virginia Kase Solomón: “The Supreme Court’s decision to allow DHS and states to use an error-ridden system is completely unacceptable and didn’t need to happen this close to the […]
• SCOTUS Greenlights the Misuse of Social Security Data
  The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, in response to today’s Supreme Court decision greenlighting the use of Social Security data for determining voter eligibility: “In the name of non-existent voter fraud, the Supreme Court has given the Trump administration the power to misuse Social Security data to deprive […]
• FPF comments on White House's defiance of judge's media ban smackdown
  Hours after Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., delivered a resounding defeat to President Trump early this morning, restraining his administration from barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and holding that the ban is likely unconstitutional, the administration defied the order by continuing to deny access […]
• Sanders, Casar Introduce Legislation to Create New Federal Agency to Ban Artificial Superintelligence, Pause Advanced AI Development
  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) today introduced the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act — legislation to stop artificial intelligence (AI) oligarchs from building machines humans cannot control and to pause advanced AI development until we have put in place rigorous federal testing and oversight to ensure AI does not harm humanity.“When you […]
• Groundwork Reveals the Hidden Cost of AI
  Today, Groundwork Collaborative and Reset Tech released a new report, “The Hidden Costs of AI for American Households,” which exposes how artificial intelligence (AI) is already increasing costs for every American in nearly every line of the budget – and how that toll will only grow.AI is already increasing prices for American families, with electronics […]