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Add The New York Post on Google 9/11 beat: Libs’ Deep Denial on Islamist Evil “As the world marked the 25th anniversary of 9/11,” mainstream-media outlets pivoted “away from the apocalyptic Islamist atrocity itself to hand-wring about the ‘backlash’ supposedly suffered by Muslims in its wake,” grumbles Spiked’s Tom Slater. “Liberal elites have been struggling” to reframe 9/11 “for a quarter of a century now.” This apologism “suggests that Islamists’ efforts to slaughter their way to paradise” pales in comparison to “the supposed horrors of ‘American imperialism’.” This reflects a “depressingly common refrain heard on the left after 9/11” suggesting America “had it coming.” “The ‘won’t someone please think of the Muslims?’ reflex” is “suicidal” in its “refusal to take Islamist barbarism seriously” and to acknowledge that “Western life is under attack.”
“Contrasting news from Ottawa and Strasbourg” regarding Russia was the “latest reminder” of how “misaligned Western policies toward Russia” have often been since the start of the Ukraine war, notes Vladimir Kara-Murza at The Washington Post. Kremlin “insiders” in Canada are newly unsanctioned, while the European Court of Human Rights “summarily dismissed hundreds of applications from Russian citizens” whose “rights have been violated” by Moscow. And “blanket bans” on entry by Russian citizens “often target Russians who oppose dictatorship and war.” The West “should focus on expanding and strengthening Western sanctions against the Kremlin” and “continue engagement and dialogue with Russian society,” much of which is “is increasingly — and evidently — turning against the regime and the war.”
OpenAI just hired “three heavy-hitter lobbyists who can help it appeal to both sides of the aisle,” reports The American Prospect’s Dylan Gyauch-Lewis — two “hired away from fellow tech giants Amazon and Meta” plus “Jessica Schumer, who is leaving her post directing Amazon’s public policy in New York.” She’s “a veteran of Democratic politics” but “also the daughter of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, with the added oomph “from the types of personal relationships the child of a Senate leader is able to develop.” So this hire offers “a glimpse into the government influence industry,” including a reliance on “the scions of political dynasties renting out access to their relationships and inside information.” In sports terms, “OpenAI didn’t poach a second- or third-stringer; they signed away a starter.”
“Who knew Jesus was an antitrust lawyer?” quips The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board. At least “so sayeth Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico,” who recently argued that “his Lord and Savior” would help him “break up these big healthcare monopolies” — when Democrats did so much to create: It is “government policies, especially ObamaCare,” that have driven consolidation of US hospitals and pharmacies. “The solution” isn’t simply “to break up” companies but “to repeal the regulations that prevent more market competition.” Yet “the left’s ultimate goal for the dysfunctions caused by regulation is a single-payer system in which bureaucrats in Washington determine what treatments you can receive. If Mr. Talarico were honest, he’d acknowledge as much. That’s what Jesus would do.”
“The Clarity Act,” explains Sen. Cynthia Lummis at The Hill, “is that rare thing: a genuine bipartisan compromise that gives the digital asset industry the regulatory certainty it needs and gives everyday Americans the protections we deserve.” She teamed with Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for “12 months of negotiations” that saw President Trump agree to ethics provisions that it would apply to him as well as many other Democratic asks, including consumer protections. “If my Democratic colleagues are truly concerned about the president’s crypto investments, then passing this bill — not blocking it — is the way to address that.” Beware: “This industry won’t evaporate if this bill fails,” but leave “for London, Singapore or Abu Dhabi. American jobs and tax revenue will go with them, and so will our ability to police any of it.”
