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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Andrew Day) - As Walls Close In, Zelensky Lashes Out

Iulia Mendel, the president’s former press secretary, told The American Conservative she is being politically persecuted. The post As Walls Close In, Zelensky Lashes Out appeared first on The American Conservative .

Ukraine Ukraine As Walls Close In, Zelensky Lashes Out Iulia Mendel, the president’s former press secretary, told The American Conservative she is being politically persecuted. Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images Welcome to the barfing-in-the-neighbors’-bushes hangover of Ukraine’s “turning the tide” exuberance this summer. Actually, the exuberance phase was short-lived, so we’ve been feeling the crapulence since at least mid-July, when President Volodymyr Zelensky axed the popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Days later, he fired…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Jon Zobenica) - The UK’s Energy Woes Can’t Be Blamed on Gas

The pursuit of net zero has inexorably raised the cost of UK electricity—for which, naturally, fossil-fuel price spikes are getting all the blame. The post The UK’s Energy Woes Can’t Be Blamed on Gas appeared first on The American Conservative .

Economy Economy The UK’s Energy Woes Can’t Be Blamed on Gas The pursuit of net zero has inexorably raised the cost of UK electricity—for which, naturally, fossil-fuel price spikes are getting all the blame. UK Special Coverage In response to discontent over the UK’s punishingly high electricity prices—with domestic rates being near the highest in Europe and industrial rates being the highest —Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has been making the media rounds, asserting that rates are overwhelmingly “being driven by global fossil-fuel markets,” and that as a…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Luke Nicastro) - Will Conservatives Constrain the Machines?

The need for a political response to AI is becoming increasingly urgent. The post Will Conservatives Constrain the Machines? appeared first on The American Conservative .

Artificial Intelligence Will Conservatives Constrain the Machines? The need for a political response to AI is becoming increasingly urgent. (ALLISON BAILEY/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) The end of human civilization has gotten a little more thinkable.  Last week, a 27-year-old named Jacob Coxon quit his lucrative job at Anthropic, arguably the world’s most important AI lab, because he believed his employer was building something that could “kill us all by the end of the decade.” Remarkably, his concerns were affirmed by former colleagues of his who stayed with the company: Evan Hubinger, who leads…Open

STRIPES (Rose Thayer) - Fort Carson begins demo of 300 family homes, makes way for new construction | Stars and Stripes

The housing in Arapahoe Village dates back to the 1950s, and replacing it is the second phase of an ongoing project at Fort Carson to build 477 new homes.

STRIPES (Matthew M. Burke) - Younger veterans more likely to have elevated levels of ‘forever chemicals,’ study finds | Stars and Stripes

PFAS exposure has been associated with health problems including kidney and testicular cancers, as well as ulcerative colitis.

ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - House Oversight votes to hold Leon Black in contempt of Congress in Epstein inquiry

The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying two subpoenas related to its Epstein probe.

HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Helicopter Crashes And Kills At Least 3 People Near A Bus Crash In Los Angeles

Officials say a helicopter crashed in Los Angeles and killed at least three people near a deadly bus crash.

HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Kash Patel's Doozy Of A Hearing Highlights What A Mess His Tenure Has Been

Perhaps most alarming, though, was his refusal to commit to not sending FBI agents to the polls as midterm elections near and voting concerns grow.

HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Trump Administration Selling $2.8B Worth Of Powerful Bombs To Israel

The Trump administration plans to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal.