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Attorney General Blanche’s appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at politica

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Sep 18 • 7:29 AM EDT • Politics • wtop.com
Attorney General Blanche's appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at political events that mark a sharp departure from norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias.

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Sep 18 • 7:28 AM EDT • Politics • wral.com
Attorney General Blanche's appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries

Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with speeches at political events that depart from longstanding norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias.

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Sep 18 • 7:27 AM EDT • Politics • newsday.com
Attorney General Blanche's appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries

Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with speeches at political events that depart from longstanding norms meant to protect the Justice Department

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Sep 18 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • 2news.com
Blanche's appearances at political events test Justice Department norms

Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with speeches at political events that depart from longstanding norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias.

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Sep 18 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • apnews.com
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Attorney General Blanche's appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries

Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with speeches at political events that depart from longstanding norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias | WWL

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Sep 18 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
Attorney General Blanche's appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries

Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with speeches at political events that depart from longstanding norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias | K-DAWN

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Sep 18 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
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Attorney General Blanche's appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at

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Sep 18 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • bangordailynews.com
Attorney General Blanche's appearances at political events blur Justice Department boundaries

Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at political events that mark a sharp departure from norms meant to p...

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Sep 18 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Attorney General Blanche's Appearances at Political Events Blur Justice Department Boundaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Todd Blanche is blurring traditional boundaries between politics and federal law enforcement with recent speeches at political events that mark a sharp departure from norms meant to protect the Justice Department from the appearance of partisan bias. Blanche took ...

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Sep 18 • 7:26 AM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
‘Seismic shift’: Todd Blanche’s political appearances shatter another DOJ norm

Justice Department veterans say the attorney general’s recent political activities fuel the appearance of a lack of independence from the White House.

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Sep 17 • 9:35 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Blanche’s Political Campaigning Breaks an Ethical Norm Going Back to Watergate

The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department.

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Sep 17 • 7:15 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Stein slams Trump’s claims on NC crime, Helene: ‘Just political nonsense’

President Donald Trump depicted North Carolina as lawless and crime-ridden during a speech in Gastonia. Public safety data shows crime is actually down, and even Trump’s own attorney general praised North Carolina’s declining crime rates.

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Sep 17 • 4:18 PM EDT • Politics • wral.com
Ray Jones Highlights Proposed Federal Grant Rule Changes in University Business

Spencer Fane attorney Raymond Jones authored the article What These Proposed Grant Rules Mean for Your Next Proposal, recently published by University

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Sep 17 • 3:59 PM EDT • Business • spencerfane.com
Rodo Sayagues Signs With Brillstein Entertainment Partners (EXCLUSIVE)

Filmmaker Rodo Sayagues has signed with Brillstein for management. He continues to be represented by WME and attorney Karl Austen.

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Sep 17 • 2:48 PM EDT • Entertainment • deadline.com
Oregon DOJ convicts multiple business owners of Medicaid fraud

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced a series of Medicaid fraud enforcement actions from the Oregon Department of Justice's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU), involving non-emergency transportation companies and a mental health care provider. The cases include guilty pleas from the transportation business owners and a grand jury indictment against the

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Sep 17 • 2:08 PM EDT • Business • ktvz.com
Community-Centric Approaches to the Development of Data Centers

Learn more about the latest updates in legal, with expert commentary and insights from trusted attorneys from Foley Hoag LLP. Foley Hoag is a professional community of highly qualified attorneys from all over the US.

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Sep 17 • 1:35 PM EDT • Business • foleyhoag.com
Lawyers seek sanctions for alleged ‘judge shopping’ to avoid Colorado’s Daniel Domenico

Lawyers for a group of San Diego-based corporate defendants are seeking sanctions against the plaintiff's attorneys for allegedly dismissing and refiling similar cases to try and avoid one federal judge in Colorado.

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Sep 16 • 6:34 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
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Judge refers Philadelphia’s progressive district attorney to DOJ for prosecution

A federal judge referred Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and one of his top prosecutors to the Justice Department for potential obstruction of justice, perjury and false statements tied to the recent review of a 2009 murder conviction.

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Sep 16 • 5:53 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Colorado Attorney General settles case involving misleading solicitations to businesses

The Colorado Attorney General's Office has reached a $150,000 settlement with two companies that allegedly mailed fraudulent marketing materials to businesses.

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Sep 16 • 4:29 PM EDT • Business • denvergazette.com
Beaumont City Treasurer Faces Multiple Charges Related To Motel Business

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office last week charged Beaumont City Treasurer Anup Giresh “AJ” Patel with six felony counts related to the motel business he operates in the city.

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Sep 16 • 3:22 PM EDT • Business • riversiderecord.org
House votes to hold Epstein associate Leon Black in contempt of Congress

The resolution says the billionaire’s refusal to comply with subpoenas “warrants referral to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia for prosecution as prescribed by law.”

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Sep 16 • 2:41 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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SA family sues Ken Paxton, University Health, others after mother dies mid-pregnancy, lawsuit says

The family of a San Antonio mother who died mid-pregnancy from medical complications filed suit Tuesday against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and others, claiming an abortion could have saved her life.

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Sep 16 • 1:13 PM EDT • Health • ksat.com
Political newcomers vie for Family Court bench

Attorney Patricia Marr and prosecutor Gwynneth Smith are hoping to fill the Clark County Family Court Dept. D vacancy resulting from Judge Bob Teuton’s decision not to seek reelection. Marr moved to Las Vegas from Ohio in 1985. She worked in the hospitality industry, and as a single parent, obtained a psychology degree from UNLV. […]

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Sep 16 • 7:55 AM EDT • Politics • nevadacurrent.com
Post-trial briefs in Pavilion Park trial due Oct. 9

Attorneys in a lawsuit over the sale of land in the fast-growing western Des Moines suburbs have until Oct. 9 to file post-trial briefs in the case after the trial concluded last week. The lawsuit alleges the owner of a development and brokerage firm and other entities he owns or manages, sold property in West…

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Sep 16 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • businessrecord.com
What comes next? Sports attorney weighs in after FSU athletic director fired

One day after the surprise firing of Florida State University’s athletic director Michael Alford, speculation is swirling around what happens next.

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Sep 15 • 7:15 PM EDT • Sports • wctv.tv
Norwalk man pleads guilty to years-long prize insurance business scam

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — A Norwalk man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to an offense related to the operation of a fraudulent prize insurance business, the United States Attorney for the …

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Sep 15 • 4:36 PM EDT • Business • wtnh.com
WATCH: Blanche justifies Trump bashing Supreme Court over mail ballots: 'He is very frustrated'

Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday it was proper for President Donald Trump to vent about the Supreme Court decision to decline the changes that the president wanted for mail-in voting.

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Sep 15 • 4:10 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Blanche vows DOJ is ‘not protecting people’ with classified 9/11 documents

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Monday committed to releasing more government records related to Saudi Arabia’s possible connections to 9/11, in response to family members of those who died during the attacks who have fought for more information on the issue. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 last week, several family members attended a New […]

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Sep 15 • 1:56 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Northwest Side attorney Bill Quinlan enters Chicago mayoral race

CHICAGO — Attorney William J. Quinlan, who has worked behind the scenes with some of the state’s highest profile politicians, is entering the crowded Chicago mayoral election fray. With his

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Sep 15 • 10:31 AM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
WATCH LIVE: Attorney General Blanche holds White House briefing
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Sep 15 • 10:30 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Business group abandons Lombardo in favor of Ford

The Retail Association of Nevada, which represents stores and restaurants in Nevada, is endorsing Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford for governor, a turnaround from the 2022 election when it endorsed now-Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican. “This is the first time in recent history that RAN has endorsed a Democratic candidate for governor,” the association said […]

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Sep 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • nevadacurrent.com
States, cities sue over Trump rule seeking to deny green cards to immigrants

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is leading a coalition of 21 other states in one of the suits, said the rule would force needy immigrant families to choose between seeking assistance and seeking legal status in the country.

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Sep 15 • 7:14 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Taylor aims to rein in private equity in healthcare, restore Medicaid funding and ACA subsidies

Taylor, who was first elected to her current role as Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney in 2011 and who is vying to unseat longtime Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, would also explore ways to more tightly regulate private equity in healthcare, if she’s elected.

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Sep 15 • 5:28 AM EDT • Health • virginiamercury.com
Health problem delays sentencing for Gov. Newsom's ex-chief of staff

Dana Williamson, a former top political aide to key Democratic leaders in California, including Gov. Newsom, is recovering from what appears to be an unplanned surgery, and court records show her attorney is asking a federal court to delay her sentencing.

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Sep 14 • 8:31 PM EDT • Health • kcra.com
Newly approved campaign contribution limits could be challenged, attorneys say

If passed, Ballot Measure 2 would delete a newly amended state law specifically limiting contributions to joint campaigns for governor and lieutenant governor.

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Sep 14 • 7:40 PM EDT • Politics • adn.com
DA Khan Demands Financial and Business Records to Unravel Slumlord's Paper Trail

Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan has escalated the consumer protection lawsuit against real estate business R & R Enterprises, by filing a new amended complaint and initiating the civil dis

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Sep 14 • 5:17 PM EDT • Business • buckscounty.gov
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California, others challenge Trump effort to deny green cards over past use of public aid

California and others filed lawsuits Monday challenging new Trump administration rules for denying green cards to applicants who have relied on public assistance.

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Sep 14 • 3:57 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Live Results: Delaware midterm primaries

Delaware’s Democratic U.S. senator, U.S. representative and state attorney general will go before voters in a state primary Tuesday as they seek reelection.

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Sep 14 • 3:38 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Delaware’s state primary

Delaware’s Democratic U.S. senator, U.S. representative and state attorney general will go before voters in a state primary Tuesday as they seek reelection. Voters will also choose nominees for state

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Sep 14 • 8:35 AM EDT • Politics • kdhnews.com
Toney vows to put public safety over politics in AG campaign stop

The GOP candidate for state attorney general visited Rice Lake on Saturday, telling Republicans he will right the Department of Justice ship and prioritize public safety over politics.

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Sep 14 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • apg-wi.com
ICE arrests a woman who had gone through miscarriage

For several nights, ICE held her at the agency's field office in Burlington without medical care. For more than a year, immigrants and their attorneys have alleged inadequate conditions at this facility.

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Sep 14 • 12:01 AM EDT • Health • bostonglobe.com
Accepting political violence as a form of expression is ‘dangerous,’ Jonathan Turley warns

Fox News contributor and constitutional law attorney Jonathan Turley discusses what he calls a rising trend of political violence on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’

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Sep 13 • 9:02 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Inside the Impeachment Trial that Threatened to End Ken Paxton’s Political Career

Mr. Paxton, the Texas attorney general now running for the U.S. Senate, was accused of abusing the power of his office to protect a campaign donor. He was acquitted on all counts.

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Sep 13 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
AARP and DCAL Health, Wellness and Resource Fair

On Wednesday, Sept. 16, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., join the Southwest Waterfront AARP Chapter and DC Department of Aging and Community Living (DACL) for their annual Community Health, Wellness and Resource Fair at River Park, 1311 Delaware Ave. SW. Participating are AARP, DACL, the Office of the Attorney General, Legal Counsel for the Elderly, […]

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Sep 13 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • hillrag.com
Immigration reporting measure fuels debate over Colorado’s role with ICE

A coalition of advocacy groups and several district attorneys rallied outside the Colorado Capitol on Thursday to oppose a ballot measure that, if approved by voters in November, would require state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Backed by Advance Colorado, Proposition 81 would require local law enforcement agencies to notify […]

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Sep 12 • 1:09 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Health administrator fired, plans wrongful termination suit against Monroe County

Monroe County health administrator Lori Kelley has been fired, her attorney says, and plans an EEOC charge and lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. Her departure comes as the health department is struggling with nursing vacancies.

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Sep 12 • 6:52 AM EDT • Health • bsquarebulletin.com
Trump can’t stop insulting his own candidate in Texas. Why?

Republicans’ hopes of holding their Senate majority might hinge on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton more than anyone else.

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Sep 12 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
The politics and possibilities of ‘AI could kill us all’

I found myself fielding a lot of questions from folks who don’t usually talk much about AI this week. They were mostly along the lines of “do you think AI is going to kill us all?” or “how worried should I be about this human extinction stuff?” Motivating this wave of existential anxiety was the highly dramatic resignation of now-former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon, who quit his job while publicly sharing his concerns about safety practices at the leading AI companies. More specifically, he declared that almost everyone at OpenAI and Anthropic, the leading AI labs, believes that there’s a decent chance the AI systems they’re producing could “kill us all” by the end of the decade, and the companies aren’t “acting responsibly.” Other AI safety researchers, including those still employed at Anthropic and OpenAI, all confirmed that yes, Coxon is correct, they’re all worried that their company’s products might prove fatal for the entire human race as well. Two more AI employees quit and joined the chorus. Now, the warning shot has been covered everywhere from the Wall Street Journal to Fox News to WIRED to the Guardian. I understand why all this sounds scary, but my response to those who have asked, has generally been: No, you don’t need to worry that AI will kill go rogue and kill us all. But that does not mean we shouldn’t worry, period. Far from it. The companies building AI products are now among the wealthiest and most powerful entities in the world. And they very much are building enormous engines of mass surveillance, extraction, and automation. They can and have allowed their AI systems to carry out felony hacks of other companies, provided the government with autonomously generated kill lists, and sold enterprise technology to firms around the world that is explicitly intended to replace jobs. But “AI” has done these things not because they have all-powerful minds of their own but, ultimately, because people have programmed, calibrated, and directed them to. In other words, it’s not AI we need to worry the most about. It’s the people and corporations working to profit from and gain power by deploying it. The technology is sophisticated, sure, and, especially in cybersecurity contexts, potentially disruptive to plenty of existing systems. But if we want to stop this predatory, profiteering, and extractive form of AI—and it’s worth noting that at this point, most people do—we absolutely can. A quick note/plea: I can only do all of this with the support of readers like you, so if you find value in independent, critical tech journalism and analysis, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. I want to keep as much of this un-paywalled as absolutely possible, and I need your support to do so. Many thanks to all who continue to chip in, it’s very much appreciated. Onward. Subscribe First, some context: AI industry folks like Coxon have been discussing the prospect that AI will destroy humanity for years. Even before the beginning of the AI boom, many working in the industry, from the executive staff to the rank and file researchers, have obsessed over ‘x-risk’, or the possibility that AI will become sentient or semi-sentient and move one way or another to exterminate humanity. This is ostensibly why Elon Musk bankrolled OpenAI in the first place, and is the grounds for his lawsuit alleging OpenAI betrayed its charter by abandoning its nonprofit status to become a commercial enterprise. Many AI engineers and startup founders have calculated their own personal p(doom), or the probability that the tech product they are working on will initiate an actual humanity-extinguishing apocalypse. 10-25% p(doom)s are pretty common. (I wrote about a long weekend I spent among these folks at one of their top conferences here, to give you an idea of their ideas and belief systems.) Sam Altman himself drove the narrative of the imminent rise of a super-powerful AI, or artificial general intelligence, to prominence by declaring that the technology he was building posed an existential risk to humanity. This idea is in other words baked into the DNA of modern AI companies and into the products they engineer. It’s also why the industry is routinely accused, by myself and others, of “doom marketing,” ie, using such proclamations and framings to impart the sheer power of the technology behind your product onto investors, partners, consumers, and the state. Some ambient understanding of this tendency may have helped prevent the press from repeating the claim every time one of the x-risk folks made it over the years, including when they quit their jobs at AI companies while doing so. Yet Coxon’s AI x-risk alarm has broken containment, as they say, and has exposed the idea to the mainstream media once again. This has happened, I think, for a number of reasons. First, when AI CEOs were going around saying AI might kill everyone in 2023, their companies were well-capitalized, but not nearly to the extent they are today. They were more easily dismissed as eccentric geeks of the sort that Silicon Valley is supposed to produce. Now, not only do their products have much greater market saturation, but people are more aware of a) the often unethical ways the executives and companies comport themselves b) the other adverse impacts of AI that have already arrived, and c) the physical cost of building these systems, particularly when it comes to data centers. Finally, toss in the constant stream of headlines in 2026 about AI models going rogue or potentially upending the world’s infrastructure. [ ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) [ With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial. ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) Brian Merchant · Aug 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-backlash-to-data-centers) As a result, general sentiment was already overwhelmingly skeptical of AI and its overlords, so the table was pretty well set for someone to come along and say ‘just a reminder, the companies that are building the product that promises to take your job and leave a data center in your neighborhood also think that it might exterminate the human race’ and get a strong reaction from the media and the public. The question is: Should we understand this stuff as hype, strategically fanned to feed already swelling valuations? Is it doom marketing? Genuine cause for alarm that the infrastructure that undergirds modern life is facing a novel threat vector? Or reason to be sincerely worried that AI companies are amassing too much power, and that their products are genuinely dangerous? The answer, I’m afraid, is “yes.” Let me try to untangle all of this a bit, because arguments over how to navigate this moment are extremely heated right now, as they are essentially arguments over how to approach the politics of AI at a moment where there may be a unique opening for action. Those sympathetic to AI alignment concerns and x risk arguments—which increasingly includes a faction on the left who want to shut down AI over safety concerns—argue that people who dismiss AI as all hype have their heads in the sand. Meanwhile, critics of the x-risk narrative—which I might note includes a cadre of investors and tech folks on the right, too—argue that it is hype and can be used to further inflate valuations or for pursuing regulatory capture. The challenge is that many feel that dismissing AI as just hype or purely marketing also diminishes the urgency of taking on the AI industry as the novel and threat to labor, civil society, and the public sphere it is; others that by accepting the industry’s own terms, we imbue it with undue power and enable it. But let’s be clear: Declarations that AI is so powerful it might end the world are a kind of marketing, and anyone who says otherwise is just as off base as those who say that’s all that it is. If you don’t think that these sub-trillion dollar companies have higher-ups who noticed that when their founders talked about super-powerful dangerous AI they got spikes in media interest and phone calls from investors, or that those founders didn’t notice that themselves, and lean into certain narratives to advantage their products, then I don’t know what to tell you. Not all marketing is a Pepsi ad campaign with a celebrity spokesperson. Yet confronting the AI industry should certainly be considered an urgent project. Do I share the x-riskers’ fear that out-of-control, super-intelligent AI agents might end the world? I do not. I’ve read a good deal of AI extinction literature over the last couple of years and I have not come across a credible, step-by-step documentation of how exactly AI might move from self-recursively improving AI to killing every single human on the planet. Most of what I’ve read seems predicated on a sort of reverse Ian Malcolmian logic: Eventually, it becomes smart enough and AI, uh, finds a way (to exterminate humanity). Are the AI companies also overstating and dramatizing what their products can do? Yes, pretty much all the time. They’re in a knife fight for market share and are trying to win customers and government contracts before their investors come knocking. And yet. They have concentrated enormous amounts of compute, have extensive data collection and surveillance capacities, have inserted themselves into the state in numerous capacities, including military kill chains, and they are being run by egomaniacal billionaires who are rushing to monopolize an entire new market. The way I think about their most recent frightening-seeming exploits is not as a “swarm of rogue AI agents building a new civilization” or whatever, but as corporations with a hitherto-unimaginable amount of compute at their disposal recklessly experimenting with automation programs, completely unafraid of any repercussions because we have been unwilling or unable to impose any on them. So I think we should welcome any newfound imperative to hold them accountable. I also think that ultimately, the AI critics, Pause AI folks, leftists, doomers, effective altruists, and, honestly, most of the public, want a lot of the same things: legitimate checks and limits on AI companies’ power, actual transparency into what the companies are doing, and for more of AI to be under public control. (Ultimately, a lot of what animates the x-risk fears are rooted in just that: a fear of losing control.) How we move towards all this, exactly, is the question of the day, and while there’s much to be argued over in terms of building a viable political platform to challenge the AI industry’s power, I do want to cast a vote against one particular approach. Not to pick on Chris here, as there are a lot of folks out there proposing stuff like this, and the policy ideas actually stem from AI safety groups. But not only would this be challenging to land politically (I can already hear the ‘China will beat us to AGI’ calls) and all but unworkable in practice, this approach is a) far too limiting, b) fails to address the current harms caused by AI and c) would likely only wind up serving Anthropic and OpenAI; it’s what regulatory capture looks like in action. Full model transparency is the floor for what should be on offer here. If these companies believe their products will kill us, the very least we deserve is to know how. It’s in the public interest. I would also argue we might get a lot of the way to stopping any currently envisioned robot apocalypse simply by forcing AI companies to assume liability, and to submit to the full brunt of the law. If Sam Altman were liable to be charged with a felony for approving the hack on Hugging Face1, if Google was forced to pay defamation fines each time it published a false and injurious AI Overviews, these companies might suddenly find cause to restrain their models’ output, and we might hear less about rogue AI. We would need to introduce new frameworks and available tools for tracking automated lawbreaking, to be sure, but I’d wager that little would frighten the AI companies more than actually being held accountable for what their products enable. To that end, Illinois has passed an AI liability law, which the industry fought tooth and nail, and Florida is considering one. The next steps would be towards moving AI under public control; again, it’s only reasonable, since everyone, not just AI insiders, should get a say over how a technology whose developers say might kill us is developed and deployed. Dismantling the whole industrial project as currently structured should be on the table, too, pending democratic input. But that’s for another post. For now, suffice to say that while I won’t be losing any sleep about an AI-enabled extinction event, Mr. Coxon and co. have given us an opportunity to underscore the urgency of the clear and present damage AI companies are doing, the extreme power they wield and the extent to which they hold themselves unaccountable, and the abundance of political capital there is out there for taking them on. Subscribe 1 Purely speculative! I do not know if he did or not.

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Big Law Moves to Meet Demand for Nonprofit, Business Litigation Work in Atlanta, Raleigh

Firms also added a mergers and acquisitions attorney in Nashville and a former federal prosecutor for white-collar work in Alabama.

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Sep 11 • 3:51 PM EDT • Business • law.com
Immigration‑reporting measure fuels debate over Colorado’s role with ICE

A coalition of advocacy groups, community members, and several district attorneys rallied outside the Colorado Capitol on Thursday to oppose a ballot measure that, if approved by voters in November, would require state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Backed by the interest group Advance Colorado, Proposition 81 would require law […]

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Sep 11 • 2:11 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Katherine Forster Named to Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2026 Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment Attorneys List

Munger, Tolles & Olson partner Katherine Forster has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2026 Leaders of Influence: Labor & Employment

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Sep 11 • 1:11 PM EDT • Business • mto.com
Bret Baier presses Paxton on Trump $5K dividend payment support

Fox News host Bret Baier questioned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate nominee, on Thursday over his support for President Trump’s new controversial “Trump dividend” proposal.…

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Sep 11 • 11:02 AM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Everyone hates data centers. Lawyers love them

Jason Morris spent years helping housing, office and industrial developers cut through red tape and NIMBYs around Phoenix. Occasionally, the land-use attorney advised data center builders.

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Sep 11 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com
Robert C. Creighton

Robert Creighton is a corporate attorney focusing on merger and acquisition transactions and representing banks in commercial lending.

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Sep 11 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • libn.com
Chad Lennon

Chad Lennon is an attorney in the military, security clearance and federal employment law sections at Tully Rinckey.

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Sep 11 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • libn.com
Anthony A. Nozzolillo

Anthony A. Nozzolillo is a Merrick-based seasoned attorney with more than 20 years of experience.

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Joshua M. Liebman

Rosenberg Calica Birney Liebman & Ross Partner Joshua M. Liebman is an experienced and skilled litigator and transactional attorney.

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Sep 11 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • libn.com
Thomas J. Garry

Thomas J. Garry, chair of Harris Beach Murtha’s management committee, is an attorney leader in economic development and public finance on Long Island and across downstate New York.

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T-Pain Sues Konvict Entertainment for $489K in Unpaid Royalties, Alleges Contract Breach

T-Pain has filed a lawsuit against Konvict Entertainment in Fulton County Superior Court, seeking $489,047.76 in allegedly unpaid royalties, prejudgment interest, and attorney fees. The complaint, filed on Friday, Sept….

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Sep 10 • 3:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • foxy99.com
Attorney opposing Republican-backed Missouri congressional map reacts to Supreme Court cases
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Meet a Health Hero Finalist: Rachel Rutter

The Phoenixville immigration attorney founded Project Libertad to help advocate for and provide all-encompassing support to youth asylum seekers.

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Sep 10 • 10:56 AM EDT • Health • phillymag.com
Health problem could delay sentencing for Gov. Newsom's ex-chief of staff

Dana Williamson, a former top political aide to key Democratic leaders in California, including Gov. Newsom, is recovering from what appears to be an unplanned surgery and court records show her attorney is asking a federal court to delay her sentencing.

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Colorado congressman asks DOJ to investigate violent student ICE walkout

U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank is asking the Justice Department to investigate violence at last week’s anti-ICE student walkout in Denver, including whether outside organizations helped organize, fund, or influence the demonstration. Crank sent a letter Tuesday requesting the investigation to Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Justice. […]

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How the Texas Attorney General Got This Way

Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton transformed the role from bureaucrat to culture warrior. What comes next?

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Bernalillo County DA highlights need for accountability and reform in juvenile crime and behavioral health

Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman addressed crime, juvenile reform and behavioral health during a speech in Albuquerque, emphasizing the importance of accountability and treatment working together.

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Paxton Aide Turned Whistle-Blower Appears in Ad Endorsing His Rival, Talarico

David Maxwell was among the staffers in the Texas attorney general’s office who accused Ken Paxton of abusing the power of his office, allegations that led to his impeachment. Mr. Paxton was acquitted.

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Sep 8 • 11:50 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Foster Swift Welcome Hahn and Serra, Strengthens Business Law and General Counsel Services in Southeast Michigan

Attorney Marcy Hahn Attorney Lisa Serra SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foster Swift Collins & Smith, PC is pleased to announce that attorneys Marcy Hahn and Lisa M. Serra have joined the firm's Southfield office, further strengthening its business law, corporate counseling, and general counsel capabilities throughout Southeast Michigan. Marcy and Lisa bring a unique blend of practices including fractional general counsel to business owners along with family law representat

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Oklahoma attorney says legal marijuana businesses face years of delays and costly shutdowns

An attorney for several Oklahoma marijuana businesses say delays of up to two years and shutdowns over minor inventory errors are pushing legal operators out of business.

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Sep 8 • 7:33 AM EDT • Business • kjrh.com
The State of Politics: Next Attorney General Will Control $219 Million Legal Settlement

Could spending of settlement cash from Meta and Facebook become issue in fall election?

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Sep 7 • 1:26 PM EDT • Politics • urbanmilwaukee.com
Chaotic meeting began with attempt to squelch public comment

When Attorney General Phil Weiser takes the governor’s office in January, he must immediately address the chaos of the latest round of appointees to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to assure stakeholders he’s willing to put pressure on the bleeding wound. The keys to the kingdom have fallen into the wrong hands and Weiser […]

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‘Culture of lawlessness’: Michael Gates talks attorney general campaign on Inside California Politics

(Inside California Politics) — Voters last elected a Republican to serve as California’s attorney general in 1994. Michael Gates is trying to break that streak in November when he faces incum…

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Ohio sues J. Peterman, catalog business Elaine worked for in 'Seinfeld'

"Seinfeld" made the J. Peterman Company famous, and now Ohio is suing it. The fashion and furniture company, headquartered in Blue Ash, Ohio, is facing a lawsuit from the Ohio Attorney General.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL TONG URGES CONNECTICUT INSURANCE DEPARTMENT TO REJECT DOUBLE-DIGIT HEALTH INSURANCE RATE HIKE REQUESTS

The following information was released by the office of the Connecticut Attorney General:. In a letter today to Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Josh Hershman, Attorney General William Tong urged the rejection of double-digit rate hikes sought by Anthem, ConnectiCare and UnitedHealthcare for individual and small group plans covering approximately...

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Treg Taylor is back in Alaska’s race for governor after election officials reverse decision

The former Alaska attorney general had previously been removed from the ballot for failing to follow the state’s financial disclosure laws.

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Las Vegas defense attorney says Lindsay Clancy mistrial points to mental health defense strength

With the Lindsay Clancy murder trial ending in a mistrial, a prominent attorney breaks down why the 11-1 deadlock in favor of insanity is a win for the defense.

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Texas Attorney General investigates military healthcare contractor TriWest

Following a report for the series “The Cost of Denial,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into the company at the center of the Nightly News story. NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin reports.

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Illinois files suit against ABC Plumbing over alleged deceptive business practices

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit against the home repair company for using allegedly deceptive business practices.

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Sep 4 • 7:10 PM EDT • Business • nbcchicago.com
Andrea Yates attorney speaks on public views on women's mental health amid Lindsay Clancy trial

"I've seen changes in the way the public views women's mental health through the years," Andrea Yates's attorney said amid the Lindsay Clancy trial.

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Sep 4 • 6:29 PM EDT • Health • abc13.com
Maria Bartiromo Denies Fox Firing, Retains Bryan Freedman As Attorney

"The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee of Fox are absolutely and unequivocally false," Freedman said.

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Football and politics: Courtroom battle over ex-pro athletes draws in Louisiana heavyweights

Two sitting district attorneys squared off against each other in open court as the SEC and NCAA try to stop LSU from adding some former pro players.

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A judge expanded abortion access in Idaho last month. Another court paused his decision

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador said the ruling “means unborn children and their mothers in our state are protected under Idaho law.”

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Maduro asks judge to drop federal drug-trafficking case

Attorneys for Venezuela's former president Nicolas Maduro and wife, Cilia Flores, say they have something called "sovereign immunity"

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Maduro asks judge to drop federal drug-trafficking case

Attorneys for Venezuela's former president Nicolas Maduro and wife, Cilia Flores, say they have something called "sovereign immunity"

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Could PA insiders profit from political prediction markets?

Federal officials argue states can’t regulate prediction markets. 44 state attorneys general, including Pennsylvania’s, argue otherwise.

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Gong-Show Griswold’s latest data dump a disaster

Last week, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s office discovered they exposed for weeks the addresses of more than 130,000 “confidential voters” — including victims of sexual assault, domestic violence — and her political opponent in the attorney general’s race, District Attorney Michael Allen. The act itself, another in a growing list of acts of […]

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N.Y. leads 23-state lawsuit over new Title X family planning funding conditions

Attorney General Letitia James is leading the challenge to new conditions tied to Title X.

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Sep 2 • 8:11 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Georgia AG urges SEC to suspend, expel LSU if school rosters former NFL players

A state judge is set to rule Thursday on whether former NFL players can suit up for LSU as Georgia's attorney general pushes commissioner Greg Sankey to impose severe conference penalties

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Sep 2 • 6:59 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Philadelphia leaders work to preserve Academy of Natural Sciences as museum prepares to close

The effort is focused on preserving the academy's research, education and public engagement missions, according to David Cohen, an attorney and former U.S. ambassador to Canada who has joined the effort.

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Sep 2 • 6:16 PM EDT • Science • 6abc.com
Florida Democrats call for attorney general’s impeachment over Hope Florida

Democrats have little power in Tallahassee.

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Sep 2 • 4:58 PM EDT • Politics • miamiherald.com
ASU's Matthew Mayich had heat stroke, lack of oxygen to brain

Matthew Mayich, the Arizona State hockey player and Blues draft pick who collapsed in an offseason workout suffered exertional heat stroke that reduced the flow of oxygen to his brain, his attorney told ESPN.

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Sep 2 • 4:14 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Fenton cites ‘geographic politics’ as Governor’s Council bid fails

SPRINGFIELD — Calling the results an illustration of “geographic politics,” Springfield City Councilor and local attorney Michael Fenton failed in his second attempt for the Eighth District seat on the Governor’s Council.

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Sep 2 • 2:48 PM EDT • Politics • thereminder.com
Expert analyzes impact of Clancy trial on mental health care

Criminal defense attorney Donna Rotunno discusses the latest on the Lindsay Clancy trial during 'Outnumbered' as the jury continues deliberations for a fifth day.

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Sep 2 • 1:13 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Middleton leads Johnson in race for Texas attorney general, but the contest is unusually close

State Sen. Mayes Middleton spent lavishly to capture the Republican nomination and build statewide name recognition. But the most recent polling shows him just five percentage points ahead of Democratic state Sen. Nathan Johnson -- with more than a fifth of voters still undecided.

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Sep 2 • 8:42 AM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
MyChart Medicare phishing scam raises concern among Philadelphia health systems

Pa. Attorney General David Sunday is urging residents to beware of unsolicited free offers and rewards.

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Sep 2 • 6:30 AM EDT • Health • inquirer.com
Another accused killer released from Virginia mental health facility after insanity plea

The Commonwealth's Attorney's Office agreed to the release of another man accused of murder after another accused killer fled the U.S. on a weekend pass from a Fairfax County mental health facility.

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Sep 1 • 6:43 PM EDT • Health • fox5dc.com
Florida Politics: Hope Florida, Nixon-Moody debate?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to host a forum with several huge names in the Florida Republican Party, such as Attorney General James Uthmeier and GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Byron Donalds. Meanwhile, Angie Nixon is throwing her hat into the ring, challenging U.S. Senator Ashley Moody to a public debate ahead of the general election. POLITICO Reporter and Florida Playbook author Kimberly Leonard joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer live over Zoom to discuss what's new in Florida politics.

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Sep 1 • 4:07 PM EDT • Politics • fox35orlando.com
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Caesars Entertainment Investor Alert: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Adequacy of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) are investigating the proposed sale of Cae...

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Sep 1 • 2:54 PM EDT • Entertainment • businesswire.com
Who is Rob Bonta? The AG at the heart of some of the biggest legal battles in business

California’s attorney general is angling for broader changes to the social media industry after a massive settlement with Meta.

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Sep 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • cnn.com
Live updates on the Massachusetts 2026 primary election

Follow along for our coverage of Massachusetts’ Markey-Moulton Senate matchup, the challengers to longtime House representatives and the Suffolk district attorney showdown.

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