Dan Gillmor

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NY Times headline: "Inside the Partisan Battle Over America’s 250th Birthday Celebrations"
Google Maps listing of a New York restaurant, showing AI summary before anything else.
NY Times Editors’ Note: May 1, 2026 "This article was updated after The Times learned that a remark attributed to Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, was in fact an A.I.-generated summary of his views about Canadian politics that A.I. rendered as a quotation. The reporter should have checked the accuracy of what the A.I. tool returned. The article now accurately quotes from a speech delivered by Mr. Poilievre in April. He said, “My personal opinion is that when a member of Parliament goes back on the word they made to their constituents and switches parties, constituents should be able to petition to throw them out and have a byelection. That would put the people back in charge of our democracy rather than having dirty backroom Liberal deals by Mark Carney determine our destiny.” He did not refer to politicians who changed allegiances as turncoats in that speech."
NY Times headline: Columbia Punishes 2 Who Helped Epstein’s Girlfriend Enter Dental College The release of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein has sent ripples through the worlds of business, politics and academia, including at Columbia, where he helped his girlfriend gain entry.
NY Times headline: Super Bowl Visitors Find San Francisco Better Than Its Apocalyptic Image Problems with homelessness and open-air drug use have been widely broadcast, but many visitors this week said they found the city surprisingly pleasant.
NYT headline: "How the Trump Administration Rushed to Judgment in Minneapolis Shooting"
From a NY Times commentary: "But it is a measure of how much Mr. Trump has changed the definition of normal that his appetite for seizing land that does not belong to him is debated as a serious proposition rather than dismissed out of hand as a brazen violation of U.S. treaty obligations and international law."
NY Times headline: "F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups"
AP headline, quoted in post.
Osaka skyline...
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USA Today headline and lede: Trump wins inaugural FIFA peace prize WASHINGTON — It wasn’t the one he had in mind but Donald Trump did finally take home a peace prize.
New York Times article, entitled "Olivia Nuzzy Did It All for Love"
Twitter post: "Today we’re taking the next step in making powerful AI easy and useful on Windows 11. With Copilot and new agentic experiences at the center, every Windows 11 PC becomes an AI PC that empowers you to connect, create, and work in more natural ways. Voice is becoming the next..."
NY Times headline: "De Blasio Impersonator Tricks British Newspaper With Fake Criticism of Mamdani"
Photo of demolishing of part of the White House East Wing to make room for Trump's fascist monument to himself.
Ars Technica headlines on Oct. 4: A biological 0-day? Threat screening tool may miss AI-designed proteins Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs Ars Live: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Apple removes ICEBlock, won't allow apps that report locations of ICE agents HBO Max subscribers lose access to CNN livestream on November 17
AP headline: "Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out"
NYT headline: "Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders"
NYTimes headline: "Explaining the G.O.P.’s Misleading Talking Point on the Looming Shutdown"
From Reliable Sources newsletter: Disney so cherishes its squeaky-clean brand that it doesn't even let trash linger on the ground at Disneyland. But now there are free speech protesters picketing outside the theme park. One sign at last night's rally in Anaheim called it "the happiest place on Earth – as long as you comply."
From NY Times article: In some cases, [the judge] said, the government offered “fabricated” context and “ersatz” evidence. He called some prosecutor conduct “chicanery,” echoing observations he had shared at times during the case. He appeared particularly angered by the government’s insistence that the fired workers had ways outside of district courts to challenge their dismissals. Mr. Trump effectively disabled those options when he fired people in key positions, Judge Alsup noted.
Trump "answering" press questions: Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
First post in thread by Ken White: "Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that."
Post editorial defends Trump's move to rename Department of Defense to Dept of War
Guardian headline: "Trump says he plans unconstitutional executive order to mandate ID for voters"
Headline from public radio station about so-called "voluntary" deportation of a woman who was kidnapped and imprisoned by ICE, and who agreed to leave the country because of the conditions inside the jail.
AP headline: "Trump’s law enforcement surge is alienating DC residents, senior officers say"
From NYT story: "The news that an adviser to Mr. Adams, Winnie Greco, had attempted to pay a reporter from an online news outlet, The City, stood out as a bold departure from political norms. Ms. Greco had put a red envelope stuffed with cash inside a potato chip bag and slipped it to the reporter after a campaign event."
NYT headline: "Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency"
AP headline: "How redistricting in Texas and other states could change the game for US House elections"
Election Law Blog pointer to another site, along with a long excerpt from the other site.
NYT actual headline: "Should ICE Agents Be Allowed to Wear Masks? It Depends Whom You Ask."
WSJ story lede: "Elon Musk’s SpaceX has agreed to invest $2 billion in his artificial-intelligence company xAI, investors close to the companies said, nearly half of the Grok chatbot maker’s recent equity raise."
Trump post: "What’s going on with my “boys” and, in some cases, “gals?” They’re all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening. We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and “selfish people” are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein. For years, it’s Epstein, over and over again. Why are we giving publicity to Files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration, who conned the World with the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, 51 “Intelligence” Agents, “THE LAPTOP FROM HELL,” and more? They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called “friends” are playing right into their hands. Why didn’t these Radical Left Lunatics release the Epstein Files? If there was ANYTHING in there that could have hurt the MAGA..."
Corporations that publicly endorsed Trump's megabill: 3M Altria AT&T Charter Communications Chevron Cisco Comcast Delta Airlines Door Dash Great Clips Hair Cuttery T-Mobile Uber United Airlines UPS Verizon
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NY Times headline/deck: Close Trump Allies Sponsored the Military Parade, Raising Ethical Concerns Federal regulations prohibit government employees from using their public office for private gain.
Portion of the NY Times homepage showing the only mention of the massive anti-Trump, pro-democracy protests yesterday: a reference to the killing of a protester in Utah.
NY Times headline/deck: Takeaways From Trump’s Military Parade in Washington The events in the capital were overshadowed by an assassination in Minnesota and turmoil in the Middle East.
NY Times headline: "Party Politics Is Said to Have Played a Role in Kennedy’s Firing of Vaccine Advisers"
AP headline: "Marines have been deployed to LA in response to immigration protests"
Guardian home page, headlines about Trump regime pushing more violence against anti-ICE protesters.
NY Times headline: "Return of Wrongly Deported Man Raises Questions About Trump’s Views of Justice"