@#39 ... Gaslighter, you are one obtuse SOB ...

Thank-you for that compliment.

Now, back to the topic of the thread ...

... Have you ever tried reading for context before asking an insipid question? ...

Yes, I have.

And in that context I ask ...

Has your current [trolling?] alias ever tried answering a simple question posed to it,, instead of deflecting?

Yer up.

@#1 ... The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going and which route they took. ...

So, if you happen to take a back road, AI is going to report you to the police to be pulled over, and possibly arrested, because you didn't take the main route to the destination?

Pres Trump's vision for Making America Great Again,it seems.

Just popped up on a playlist here ...

@#48 ... The source of the divide is none other than the polarizing figure of Donald Trump ...

So a President who seems to want to divide, rather than unite.

More from the cited article ...

... In a world where celebrity lives often seem untouchable, the private struggles behind the spotlight can be just as intense and raw as any headline-grabbing scandal. Molly McNearney, executive producer and co-head writer of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and wife of the late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, recently peeled back the curtain on a deeply personal and painful family rift.

The source of the divide is none other than the polarizing figure of Donald Trump, whose support among some of McNearney's own relatives has fractured bonds and ignited emotional turmoil. ...

@#61 ... It took out Richard Nixon. ...

The reporting of the press was a driver to, let's say, convince those close to Pres Nixon to encourage him to resign.

But the press did not do the act of Pres Nixon resigning.

It was the information the press presented.

@#60 ... Does this "4th branch" have governing power. ...

I do not see the comment your current alias seems to be replying to as saying that the Fourth Estate has governing power. That just seems to be a figment of your imagination.

What I did see in #57 were the words ...

...The media is often called the "fourth branch of government," a term that signifies its role in informing the public and acting as a check on the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. ...

The First Amendment of the Constitution ...

...
First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
...

Of course, that then begs the question ...

Why does Pres Trump seem to be so afraid of the Freedom of the Press?

More from the article ...

...A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte and Justice Department official Ed Martin illegally shared sensitive grand jury information with unauthorized people, according to two people familiar with the probe.

The investigation, according to two people familiar and documents reviewed by MS NOW, is focused on whether the mortgage fraud investigations of Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and possibly of New York Attorney General Letitia James have been tainted by the investigative methods allegedly used by Pulte and Martin.

Improperly sharing sensitive grand jury information is a serious breach of Justice Department rules. Investigators who are found to have done so can face criminal charges including obstruction of justice, contempt of court and also stiff fines.

FBI agents have asked witnesses to turn over records and have interviewed them about people who may have presented themselves as federal investigators working on behalf of Pulte or Martin, according to the sources and documents reviewed by MS NOW.

It's an extraordinary turnabout for the Department of Justice to be investigating two of Trump's staunchest allies, who together have pressured career prosecutors to bring mortgage fraud charges against Schiff, James and others when those prosecutors have broadly concluded the facts do not support seeking indictments of those individuals.

According to two sources, the office of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who reportedly has grown concerned about unforced errors in Justice Department investigations, is helping to oversee this new Maryland probe. ...

@#3 ... Another good question, who is going to replace them? ...

Well, with conditions like this (from the article) ...

... And at some facilities, staff said the agency had even stopped providing basic hygiene items for officers, such as paper towels, soap and toilet paper.

"I have never seen it like this in all my 25 years," an officer in Texas told ProPublica. "You have to literally go around carrying your own roll of toilet paper. ...

OK, now it seems to be more understandable why Ms Maxwell apparently has asked for, and was granted, an unlimited supply of toilet paper in her quid pro quo.

@#57

Another NW reply.

@#56 ... I knew there was something wrong with public schools. ...

That's the response your current alias has?

So lame.

I guess my first observation about this trend might be along the lines of ...

OK, so now, the correction officers who worked in prisons, who seemed to be willing to work for low wages so that they could control inmates, are now being recruited by ICE to control citizens?

More from the article ...

... This is one of the unintended consequences of the Trump administration's focus on mass deportations. For months, ICE has been on a recruiting blitz, offering $50,000 starting bonuses and tuition reimbursement at an agency that has long offered better pay than the federal prison system. For many corrections officers, it's been an easy sell.

Workers at detention centers and maximum-security prisons from Florida to Minnesota to California counted off the number of co-workers who'd left for ICE or were in the process of doing so. Six at one lockup in Texas, eight at another. More than a dozen at one California facility, and over four dozen at a larger one. After retirements and other attrition, by the start of November the agency had lost at least 1,400 more staff this year than it had hired, according to internal prison data shared with ProPublica.

"We're broken and we're being poached by ICE," one official with the prison workers union told ProPublica. "It's unbelievable. People are leaving in droves." ...

@#9 ... That Nobel Attempt is taking up all of his time. ...

You mean his current attempt, wrt Ukraine, for the Nobel Surrender Prize?

@#1 ... Mind you, to work, these agents must have access to your account's permissions via the Windows On-Device Registry (ODR) to manage your files, automate routine tasks, adjust settings, and work with your system tools. ...

Stated differently, Microsoft now seems to giving itself full control over, and access to, what you may think is your computer.

More from the OpEd ...

... Once upon a time, when you ran Windows on your desktop, it was your desktop. Oh, the IT department might have called the shots on how much you could do with it, but you could write what you needed to, and it was all kept nicely on your PC or your choice of network drive.

Those days are long gone. ...

First, Microsoft started replacing standalone applications with cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) programs such as Microsoft 365. Today, you have little choice but to run Microsoft 365. In addition, unless you turn it off, every file you make or save ends up in OneDrive. ...

Now, there's a new twist. Microsoft's been hinting at it for a while, but on Nov. 10, Pavan Davuluri, Microsoft's president of Windows, tweeted: "Windows is evolving into an agentic OS, connecting devices, cloud, and AI to unlock intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere."

What does that even mean? ...

It means -- as near as I can decipher -- that with Microsoft's Agent Workspace and Copilot Actions notes in this latest and greatest version of Windows 11 (OK, that may be an oxymoron, but bear with me), you'll run AI agents in isolated, secure workspaces.

These agents will have their own user accounts, Agent ID, which are separate from the primary user (you).

Mind you, to work, these agents must have access to your account's permissions via the Windows On-Device Registry (ODR) to manage your files, automate routine tasks, adjust settings, and work with your system tools. ...

[more at the link]

The issue I have with her, is that she seems to lie and deflect almost as much as Pres Trump does.

So, how is she useful to Americans as a Press Secretary?

@#2 ... How long before that car-monitoring program becomes a tool that Pres Trump's militia (a.k.a., ICE) starts using against Americans? ...

My first guess,don't have a dangling air freshener on your rear-view mirror.

But, I suspect that guess may be naive.

@#7 ... She's even worse as a Prosecutor. ...

Looks that way.

But that then begs the question ...

Why did Pres Trump choose her for the position?

I found this ...

@#5 ... Trump apparently is not happy with his Loyalists f-ing up everything they touch ...

At some point, Pres Trump may realize (or not, maybe I give him too much credit) that loyalty is not an indication of competence.

Let me say that again ...

Loyalty is not an indication of competence.

@#18 ... the MAGA't civil war ...

I disagree.

imo, it is not a civil war at this point.

It is a political war.

And how might that political war wind up?

Too soon to tell, imo.

The voters seem to be having regrets about the votes they have cast in 2024 (that could be an understatement). The 2025 election results seems to show that, in spades.

Will that regret carry on to November 2026?

imo, too soon to tell.

But stay tuned ...

@#52

I wish I had said that.

Thanks.

NW.

@#3 ... That fake prosecutor with the Farrah Fawcett hairdo may well go too. ...

This one?