Digital Touchstone

Elon Musk helped start OpenAI, tried to take it over, left when he didn’t get his way—then sued when it grew without him. Now he’s building his own for-profit AI company and claiming he’s the ethical one.

Classic Musk move: wrap a power grab in a doomsday prophecy and call it altruism.

We see you, Elon. This isn’t about saving humanity—it’s about owning the sandbox.

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Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE's Use of AI Wired Magazine

The Cost of "Efficiency": Why the Government is Gambling with Veterans' Data

The Cost of "Efficiency": Why the Government is Gambling with Veterans' Data The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is making headlines again, but not for the reasons it might hope.

Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign with eight months’ pay.

“NUTS!” Brigadier General McAuliffe’s bold reply at Bastogne still echoes 80 years later. The story of the Battle of the Bulge reminds us of the sacrifices made to defend democracy against fascism. Take a moment to read this powerful account—history worth remembering.

WATCH: Bishop ‘Pleads’ for Trump to Be Merciful to Immigrants, LGBTQ+ People With Trump and Vance in the front row, Rev. Mariann Budde preached a pointed sermon today at the National Cathedral.

“They want you to be alone. Nobody is going to fix this alone. That’s not how this works.”
- Timothy Snyder, historian of authoritarianism and author of On Tyranny

"It’s like Munchausen by Proxy, politics edition."

We Got Who They Voted For The president chose not to take the high road