Ask anyone in Maine what Angus King has done for them through his decades of elected leadership and you'd struggle to get an answer. This man has coasted on a reputation of being "independent" for years, despite the fact that he's in total lockstep with the corporate center of both parties.

King repeatedly makes sweeping speeches about defeating fascism — then votes to confirm Trump judges and to undermine what leverage Dems do have. The speeches get a headline from the Press Herald while King's actions in caving to authoritarians is distorted into some sort of brave serious leadership

Two years ago, I wrote about Kings decision to run for re-election at the age of 79 - and about the continued media deference to his moderate, pro-establishment politics. @mainemorningstar.com

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I do. But that’s an irrelevant question. The Israel lobby is one of the most prolific spenders in US election history - it’s not just one PAC but a network of PACs and individual donors. And unlike Platner’s parents, those donations + relationships expect support for a genocidal foreign government.

I'm sure the AIPAC donations she's almost certainly going to accept will speak for themselves

"We have allowed tech companies to mediate the most basic functions of our lives, from cooking to travel to sleep. The AWS and ES outage is a stark reminder that we should do what we can to limit the control these tech companies have over our lives."

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I recommend checking out the Data Vampires series from Tech Won't Save Us, to start: www.techwontsave.us/data-vampires

Wow this one is so good. They made a book at some point with all these prints in it.

Candidates who are either corny themselves or let their staffers have a little fun are good. You can't find this analysis anywhere else.

thanks for sharing. i'm a fan of their manifesto - especially the writing about the problem. we tend to see a lot of "problem with big gov IT projects" framed in purely dollars and efficiencies and time - not in the actual tangibles of missed appointments, evictions, no money for food, etc.

The state of Maine desperately needs a data privacy bill of rights and policy governing AI use in government.

Tech is already spending big; the comprehensive data privacy bill last session was the top recipient of lobbying money @mainemorningstar.com

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Think about it: if an officer has a body camera on but, say, obstructs the view of the camera: what other evidence exists of an interaction? Could the officer say "I see a weapon" or "suspect draws weapon" — regardless of whether they actually see a weapon? this gets put in the report.

The AI models, which are built in ways that are opaque and discriminatory, could be making assumptions or inaccurately reporting things.

Officers could be speaking and narrating an event as it's happening in ways that aren't truthful - just to have the report reflect the reality they want reported