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[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish The answer to today's poll question depends on whether the proposed 'kill switch' if it can be created is intended to power down rogue AI or rogue humans.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni Interesting that the warnings from AI experts who argued that artificial superintelligence could mean the end of humanity and aired on your October 2025 podcast seem to be muted amid the present AI data center expansion.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish Whether Dr. Fauci is granted immunity or not, congressional oversight should focus on better understanding COVID-19 origins in order to prevent or at least minimize the risk of the next pandemic, not on his private behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish Not only should the first primary be held in a general-election battleground state as a potential predictor of wider success, but it should also be held in one with open primaries given the 45% of US adults who identify as political independents.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni @stavridisj Why isn't the War Powers Resolution of 1973, a federal law that prohibits armed forces from being engaged for more than 60 days without congressional authorization or a declaration of war, being enforced?

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish Instead of publicly repudiating the DSA, Democrats should rebrand it, clarifying how markets still have a place in a socialist economy.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish Wonder if Tom Friedman's 2-point peace plan focusing on core interests proposed in his March 31 NYT opinion column (Iran gives up its highly enriched uranium, and US gives up on regime change, with both sides agreeing to end all hostilities) could have been a better alternative?

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish "Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share" (as per the recently introduced 5% annual wealth tax proposal before Congress) would be a much better way to message this tax theme.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni @NinaTotenberg High time for a federal law requiring that electoral district boundary adjustments should only be performed by independent bipartisan or nonpartisan redistricting commissions.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @tomfriedman @CNN @cnni Wonder if restoring the 2015 JCPOA, or at least some variation of it, might be the best solution coming out of the Iran-US peace talks?

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish Wherever the illegally collected tariff money goes, reduction of the nearly $39T US national debt needs more attention.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni @FrancesHaugen Notwithstanding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, social media companies should be held accountable for the consequences of youth addiction if they failed to properly warn of the serious mental health risks of using their platforms.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni @ZekeEmanuel Hopefully, results from this major new study will not dissuade us from maintaining a healthy diet, exercise, and lifestyle.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni Perhaps the question of whether prediction markets will replace or simply complement political polling in the future should be posed to the prediction markets?

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish Not sure those voting 'yes' on today's poll question would want a registered Republican or Democrat to vote in an Independent party primary if there were a relevant independent centrist third party.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni @JohnsHopkins USA already practices some aspects of democratic socialism (e.g., Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid), but how would its expansion be paid for (e.g., to potentially include UBI) by a country already carrying massive debt loathe to increasing taxes much higher?

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish US carries way too much debt and US citizens would not tolerate raising taxes high enough to sustain democratic socialism nationwide.

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@smerconish Same NYT article also said, "Moderates are hardly blameless here. They have too often promoted a bland technocratic centrism and backed uninspiring candidates" . . . time for a fresh new independent centrist third party.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish 3.5% rule (https://t.co/7MQ60Piaqt) was not met, falling short by over 5 million protesters.

[Darrel C @DC_GoodGrief]

@smerconish @CNN @cnni Closed primaries would become a nonissue if a relevant independent centrist third party could form.