Cathy Reisenwitz
@cathyreisenwitz.com
Writer, cathyreisenwitz.substack.com
Center-leftish takes on gender and politics
OF creator: /cathyreisenwitz, spicy art
Center-leftish takes on gender and politics
OF creator: /cathyreisenwitz, spicy art
Why protect only AI whistleblowers? Why regulate to advantage AI companies over human-powered businesses?
I think that if we keep answering hard questions for AI and AI only, we’re wasting a huge opportunity and creating a carveout/exemption for AI that we will likely come to regret later.
I think that if we keep answering hard questions for AI and AI only, we’re wasting a huge opportunity and creating a carveout/exemption for AI that we will likely come to regret later.
We’re wasting AI’s real potential
In my reading about AI, a theme is beginning to emerge.
cathyreisenwitz.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why protect only AI whistleblowers? Why regulate to advantage AI companies over human-powered businesses?
I think that if we keep answering hard questions for AI and AI only, we’re wasting a huge opportunity and creating a carveout/exemption for AI that we will likely come to regret later.
I think that if we keep answering hard questions for AI and AI only, we’re wasting a huge opportunity and creating a carveout/exemption for AI that we will likely come to regret later.
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We’re going to have to watch a bunch of soulless toadies with either shit-eating grins or feigned indignation lecturing us about how there are countless TOTALLY INNOCENT reasons a grown man would spend hours alone with a teenage trafficking victim. Perhaps they were doing Bible study?
It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States.
Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011:
"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."
Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011:
"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We’re going to have to watch a bunch of soulless toadies with either shit-eating grins or feigned indignation lecturing us about how there are countless TOTALLY INNOCENT reasons a grown man would spend hours alone with a teenage trafficking victim. Perhaps they were doing Bible study?
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We’ll be releasing the data with Trump’s tax returns.
CNBC: When do you we get the economic data releases? We're craving data, especially on jobs
HASSETT: We're gonna be staring a little bit in cloudy weather for a while until we get the data agencies back up
HASSETT: We're gonna be staring a little bit in cloudy weather for a while until we get the data agencies back up
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We’ll be releasing the data with Trump’s tax returns.
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Karp, man, reach out to the menswear guy
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Karp, man, reach out to the menswear guy
"The Nordic country’s tax authority is on the hook for the majority of legal costs stemming from its failed 'cum-ex' lawsuit and these are estimated to total about £400mn, according to court documents." Whomst among us hasn't made an expensive cum ex mistake.
Denmark faces £400mn legal bill after failed pursuit of hedge fund trader
Nordic country’s tax authority on the hook for costs in case that included Sanjay Shah
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"The Nordic country’s tax authority is on the hook for the majority of legal costs stemming from its failed 'cum-ex' lawsuit and these are estimated to total about £400mn, according to court documents." Whomst among us hasn't made an expensive cum ex mistake.
"And, while it shouldn’t matter, most of those would be white; 89.4 percent would be U.S.-born citizens; nearly one in three would be elderly or disabled; and 83 percent of those who are able-bodied adults are working."
The overlooked beneficiaries of SNAP: rural Americans - FREOPP
As the shutdown crisis appears to wind down, policymakers should abandon prejudicial stereotypes and help Americans who need assistance.
freopp.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"And, while it shouldn’t matter, most of those would be white; 89.4 percent would be U.S.-born citizens; nearly one in three would be elderly or disabled; and 83 percent of those who are able-bodied adults are working."
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Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
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We are in the weird situation of requiring novel policy responses to an authoritarian regime. As in: Demanding funds to be routed into escrow accounts the executive needs to jump through hoops to access.
Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
We are in the weird situation of requiring novel policy responses to an authoritarian regime. As in: Demanding funds to be routed into escrow accounts the executive needs to jump through hoops to access.
Houses are sacred and life is disposable ass ideology
Bo French has a house someone else could occupy, and that someone else would be sure to contribute more value to America than Bo French, who is a stain on the country and its culture. So that's one towards the hundred million right there.
Lebensraum for the late American Century
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Houses are sacred and life is disposable ass ideology
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This looks like they are trying to create an insurance market death spiral. Without the fsa, there is already a lot of incentive for healthy people to leave the market, and with cash to pay for the urgent care level med events that healthy people are likely to face, it's even worse.
(also pretty sure this graphic is is AI-generated, haha)
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This looks like they are trying to create an insurance market death spiral. Without the fsa, there is already a lot of incentive for healthy people to leave the market, and with cash to pay for the urgent care level med events that healthy people are likely to face, it's even worse.
"The Dutch election suggests that gloomy narratives about the inexorable rise of the far right across Europe are wide of the mark. The real story looks a bit different." Thermostatic political backlash remains a thing www.ft.com/content/b7fd...
The far right can win in Europe but it struggles to govern
The continent’s political future could be defined by a never-ending struggle between the centre and the radical right
www.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"The Dutch election suggests that gloomy narratives about the inexorable rise of the far right across Europe are wide of the mark. The real story looks a bit different." Thermostatic political backlash remains a thing www.ft.com/content/b7fd...
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As a reminder, when Biden announced student loan forgiveness—based upon a statute passed by Congress which explicitly said the President could do exactly that—Douthat called it "semi-Caesarist" because it was done "without consulting Congress."
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As a reminder, when Biden announced student loan forgiveness—based upon a statute passed by Congress which explicitly said the President could do exactly that—Douthat called it "semi-Caesarist" because it was done "without consulting Congress."
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October 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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They are worth your follow AND your support!
They are worth your follow AND your support!
"Vanessa Neumann, a Venezuelan defence industry entrepreneur and former opposition envoy with close ties to the US security establishment, said: 'The plan now is a capture of Nicolás Maduro. Capture-kill or capture-arrest and take him out, one way or another.'”
Donald Trump aims to topple Venezuela’s leader with military build-up
Objective of US mission has shifted from fighting drug traffickers to regime change
www.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"Vanessa Neumann, a Venezuelan defence industry entrepreneur and former opposition envoy with close ties to the US security establishment, said: 'The plan now is a capture of Nicolás Maduro. Capture-kill or capture-arrest and take him out, one way or another.'”
“'Six Seven' is a linguistic cypher, online flotsam with no significance whatsoever." good to know www.thecut.com/article/what...
The ‘Six Seven’ Panic
Adolescent slang has always been impenetrable to adults. That’s the point.
www.thecut.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“'Six Seven' is a linguistic cypher, online flotsam with no significance whatsoever." good to know www.thecut.com/article/what...
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A Border Patrol official just told a federal judge that no agents have been disciplined for their conduct in Chicago.
Ellis: Have any Border Patrol agents been disciplined in connection with a use of force?
Harvick: Not that I know of, your honor.
Harvick: Not that I know of, your honor.
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A Border Patrol official just told a federal judge that no agents have been disciplined for their conduct in Chicago.
Guys, I'm starting to suspect conservatives weren't worried about ideological indoctrination in public schools, so much as the kind they don't like
October 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Guys, I'm starting to suspect conservatives weren't worried about ideological indoctrination in public schools, so much as the kind they don't like
It is culture war. Last I checked, no one’s ability to feed their families rested upon whether or not trans women can compete in women’s sports or change clothes in the women’s locker room except for (maybe) a tiny percentage of the tiny percentage of people this legislation seeks to regulate.
Why Democrats are losing the culture war
I have a few thoughts on Democrats Are Losing the Culture War by Justin Vassallo for Ruy Teixeira.
cathyreisenwitz.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It is culture war. Last I checked, no one’s ability to feed their families rested upon whether or not trans women can compete in women’s sports or change clothes in the women’s locker room except for (maybe) a tiny percentage of the tiny percentage of people this legislation seeks to regulate.
TIL that Pam Bondi once lobbied for Qatar. According to a Senate Judiciary Committee report: “As a FARA-registered lobbyist, Bondi lobbied Congress on behalf of Qatar, earning $115,000 per month.” And, apparently, she declined to include that fact in her Senate confirmation paperwork.
Pam Bondi Is a Piece of Work
And it’s clearer than ever that she sees her job as covering for and protecting criminals within the Trump regime.
statuskuo.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
TIL that Pam Bondi once lobbied for Qatar. According to a Senate Judiciary Committee report: “As a FARA-registered lobbyist, Bondi lobbied Congress on behalf of Qatar, earning $115,000 per month.” And, apparently, she declined to include that fact in her Senate confirmation paperwork.
"One likely reason for anti-monopolism’s resurgence is that it is offers another way to attack Trump’s conflicts of interest and link them to his failure thus far to tackle exorbitant costs."
This is from May
This is from May
Have Democrats Caught the Anti-Monopoly Bug?
Since the failure of “Bidenomics” to win popular acclaim, the Democratic Party has been torn over how to navigate a populist electorate and reform capitalism.
www.liberalpatriot.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"One likely reason for anti-monopolism’s resurgence is that it is offers another way to attack Trump’s conflicts of interest and link them to his failure thus far to tackle exorbitant costs."
This is from May
This is from May
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In my township in the past six months, multiple non-chain restaurants have shuttered, as well as a grocery store and a specialty food store - businesses that had been here decades. Construction projects are going well past delivery date too. And it’s generally a prosperous area.
The end game here is just "no restaurants." There aren't, like, restaurant fairies who will keep the whole thing afloat. Just people doing jobs that we are worse off without.
I am working in a restaurant and everyone is scared. We've lost 4 or 5 to ICE. People are afraid to come to work during daylight hours, so they get to work 5 or 6 hours early and sleep in the dry storage until their shift starts. People are sleeping here at night.
October 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In my township in the past six months, multiple non-chain restaurants have shuttered, as well as a grocery store and a specialty food store - businesses that had been here decades. Construction projects are going well past delivery date too. And it’s generally a prosperous area.
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Ah, George Soros. The "Snowball" of the little Animal Farm authoritarian drama unfolding in Washington right now.
Billionaire Sir Chris Hohn’s foundation has stopped giving to US charities as Trump's EOs have targeted non-profits’ tax-exempt status and Trump accuses donors like George Soros and Reid Hoffman of funding “domestic terrorism.” Smaller charities' funding was already short www.ft.com/content/b87f...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Ah, George Soros. The "Snowball" of the little Animal Farm authoritarian drama unfolding in Washington right now.
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“Everyone who is rich enough or close enough to reactionary politics is effectively in a cult with beliefs loonier than the median Heaven’s Gate member” is a relatively straightforward description of the current moment. I don’t know how we live like this
I dunno, man... I dunno. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
“Everyone who is rich enough or close enough to reactionary politics is effectively in a cult with beliefs loonier than the median Heaven’s Gate member” is a relatively straightforward description of the current moment. I don’t know how we live like this