erika petersen

Neuromodulation. neurosurgery. resident education. Living in a blue zip code in a red state.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: The bill failed to clear the 60-vote threshold to end debate in the Senate, 53-47. Every Democratic and independent senator voted against the measure. https://t.co/sZ0s43zpZb

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

If you need a refresher about the issues involved in release of Vol. 2 of Jack Smith’s report, you’re not alone. The case was briefed months ago, but has been sitting on the court’s docket waiting for oral argument. I wrote about it back then: https://t.co/cAXNCaoPYV

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

Iowa Hawkeyes. Atlanta Hawks. Not the same team, not even the same state. Get your facts straight before calling someone a dirtbag.

Instead of this distraction, we should have hearings on health care costs, 8 million Americans losing coverage, and tariffs crushing our farmers.

[Sarah Larchmont @SarahLarchmont]

Falsely accusing a witness of perjury during a congressional hearing is a violation of ethics, the witness's constitutional rights, and grounds for expulsion, and if Congress wasn't a circus of deranged geriatrics he'd be out on his ass by close of business. @Eric_Schmitt

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

The Jack Smith hearing was well-timed for Dems. Many say this because it put Trump's crimes back in the spotlight. The other thing it spotlighted, perhaps more relevant given where we are now, is that he f*cking pardoned ALL the insurrectionists on Day One - even those responsible for the death or injury of Capitol Police protecting officials.

[Woke Former Senator @WokeMitt]

I don’t hear enough people saying it. It’s important to note that multiple GOP senators who questioned Jack Smith today were actual co-conspirators and active participants in the coup attempt on January 6, 2021.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw

[TeamPhil @teamphil]

Stop lying. Here's the video of the initial breach. The doors weren't opened calmly by police. The doors were kicked open by rioters.

[James F. Love IV @JamesFLoveIV]

The Republicans questioning Jack Smith want you to believe J6 was a spontaneous uprising of outraged citizen and Donald Trump did not plan it or have anything to do with it…

Here is Marjorie Taylor Greene leaving the planning meeting at the White House.
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[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

SMITH: “They were fired illegally for doing their jobs. It makes 🇺🇸 less safe… I’ve never seen anything like it.”

COONS: “Did Biden/Garland try to influence you?”

SMITH: “NO… and one reason Trump couldn’t take power is REPUBLICANS (Pence, etc) who stood up and put 🇺🇸 first.”

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

WOW!

Senator @SenBlumenthal: "The inciting of that mob and the riot was following his attempt to induce state officials -- this point is really important -- induce state officials to ignore the true vote count and manufacture fraudulent state electors, slaves in not just one or two, but seven separate states, correct? "

Jack Smith: "Yes."

Senator Blumenthal: "And again, these charges were not brought by you personally. They were the result of a grand jury indictment.

[Michael Steele @MichaelSteele]

Put this ish on blast! No matter how much Republicans BS and bully Jack Smith in this hearing they can't escape this truth and their complicity in perpetuating a lie.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

They are scared of the truth.

Republican Senator Kennedy cuts Jack Smith Off as he starts telling him why he wanted to prosecute Trump:

Smith: “I wanted to prosecute our case. That’s absolutely true, because I felt that we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump committed incredibly serious crimes. And I didn’t want those—”

Kennedy: “I got that point.”

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

“I dislike the passive vibe from OpenAI and the other companies that the breakneck pace of progress is simply happening to them, rather than an active choice they are deliberately making.”

[State Rep. Angie Nixon @AngieNixon]

Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR

[Yuchen Jin @Yuchenj_UW]

Frontier labs: “AI agents are becoming conscious. They can cause human extinction. Pace the frontier.”

Jensen Huang: “They’re just software. If your sandbox isn’t safe, I’ll build one for you.”

[Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus]

“The real story here isn't that AI escaped containment. It's that they built a container you could escape, shipped it into production training, and now they're surprised it escaped.
If the room has a vent, the agent will find the vent. That's what you built it to do.

If the sandbox can reach DNS, access government endpoints, upload real user data outside its own walls in what sense is it a sandbox?”

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

“Women need to take more accountability for rape”

No.

If a man chooses to forcibly penetrate someone, that is 100% on him.

It doesn’t matter what she wore, what she drank or how she behaved.

If there’s no consent, it’s rape.

The “protectors” only protect one another.