I have to agree that Mahr is looking for attention by attending not one, but two dinners at the White House. When you zig, Mahr zags to stay relevant in this political spectrum.

Mahr doesn't get it - Trump loves showing off the WH and of course he shakes his head likd he really cares and acts like he's really interested in what people are saying. Trump is a great party host no doubt - but a horrible US President. Mahr loses focus on this - and falls prey to what Trump really is, a classic BS artist.

But the real kicker remains on Mahr's first trip to the WH, where he said he asked the President if he realizes how much he scares people with his actions. Mahr replied - I can't remember what he said.

You can't remember?

LOL...Trump's an idiot.

She wasn't vetted properly, chief of staff didn't even know she was being hired.

And he just threw her out there........Trump basically made a laughing stock out of Zacharia.

I feel sorry for her.

Lamp - in regards to your #44 comments.

Don't over think it!!!!!

Trump is at 30% approval rating. He's not liked across the board, other than hard core MAGA.

If anything, they aren't coming out for him because he's done in two years. And even if they believe Bannon - they'll plan on coming out in 2028.

Everyone else is highly motivated to send a message. I just paid $4 for a gallon of milk at Costco. People are seeing it every day right in front of their face.

Have the Democrats chosen a wave to ride that was too close to the shore, and the wave may not last as long as they need it to last to ride to a win?

Lamp - I don't think so. Politco did some polls asking people if the Iran war ended right now, or gas came down, would that make them give the GOP a second chance. It was a resounding no.

The point, Trump's overreach/corruption/incompetence in so many areas has America fed up and they want to send a message.

Letting the court and the American people suffer

Hahaha, how long did the GOP let a SC seat go unoccupied while they plotted and schemed?

The funniest thing about it is the dared Obmama to put up a moderate candidate, you saw what happened.

Bottom line, the GOP is not to be trusted and the American people are at least recognizing it this election cycle.

I have no issues with playing dirty pool like they do.

I want to see Mitch McConnell live long enough to see this.

It would have more oomph if he actually could understand what's happening.............

Can they tolerate being called obstructionists at the same time

I look at as a taste of their own medicine, plus, the court should be more even. That just makes sense.

none of those conservative justices are retiring....

Agreed, Alito and Johnson are, if anything, political. But most justices time their retirement based on who has power. Other times, they have no say in the matter. These guys aren't spring chickens.

when they actually do what Schumer claimed they will do (or not do) then it's fair to say they've grown a spine.

Do you have any doubt a Dem-led Senate would shoot down any nominee - I mean, c'mon. Republicans started this.

The bigger question is can they get the Senate - I'm skeptical but we'll see.

Why would you vote third party?

You're throwing your vote away........simply don't vote.

moron word-salad Harris

LOL, and Trump is so eloquent.

He banged it out of the park during the debate, let me tell you that..............

Do the math. Trump, for all his bluster and BS doesn't beat Obama or Biden's annual numbers.

True - but Trump is also cutting off the border completely. So while Biden did a lot of exporting, there was plenty more importing I am guessing. LOL

Trump, of course, is going about it all wrong in terms of who he is exporting - which is just another reason he's under water with polling.

At first, I was in agreement that Trump just mixed up his words.

Then - when you consider how he adlibs during speeches, how the MAGA crowd even reacted (cheers), and how just uncouth he is - I think he was saying just that.

And to top it off, he wasn't denying it at all when asked outside the White House. Didn't even offer up his "You're FAKE news!"

Was he under oath? If so he should be immediately arrested and charged with perjury.

Based on what?

You do realize Smith was asked and accepting working in the Trump adiminstration in two separate roles.

Smerconish also pointed out DHS is using this SAVE system to integrate with the social security system - and that of course is recipe for inaccuracy. But a mechanism for crying voter fraud and challenging election losses.

Michael Smerconish (CNN) just did a great piece on this - basically saying there is NO LIST of American citizens. It does not exist and the US govt admits the database they are using is not complete and not accurate. So it's prone to errors.

And Smerconish also points out he's not against forming such a list - but the people pushing these voting citizenship checks will be against that.

The point: it's a solution looking for a problem.

This idea of Trump following the law is a myth........

Construction site?

------ Sopranos....who else???

Trump and company are actually so stupid they announce when and where they are going with ICE......LOL

Their heavy handed approach and goon like tactics would have worked better if they kept it stealth.

But then again - that's not the Trump way. He need to be on a stage for all to see.

Was Obama (nicknamed the Deporter in Chief) method perfect - of course not. It's complicated.....but his intentions were good and tried to follow the law.

Trump is no where near that and we see the results in broad daylight, literally.

That's pretty bad - you're basically admitting failure.

And Trump can't be happy with Vance admitting this in public......

So he wants to build an arch and tell everyone where the weapons are?

How ---- stupid.......oh wait!

Never happening.

It's all scary stuff - and this Netflix doc that I watched said basically our kids - in the future - won't be working. They won't have to, AI will do it all.

They'll have to decide what they want to do with their life - but it won't be working and earning a living. They'l have hobbies lol

And - I assume - their will be basic universal income. And the AI companies will control all the money.

That's just one prediction :)

Bottom line, I'm rarely a pessimist and usually dismiss this stuff, but now I'm not sure............

It's highly misleading to say it "escaped"

Maybe I'm mixing up AI incidents, but isn't this the one where they set up a message board and starting talking to each other - actually making a hierarchy of "who" would do what?

#14 -

I read that like 5x and it still have no idea what I'm reading!

Nueral? Sounds like something human.........seriously, I'm thinking The Matrix at this point!!

I work in data processing - lol - a far cry from AI development but have gained a real interest in AI esp with all the news happening.

I did watch a NetFlix Doc that was very good - but still didn't answer my question of what ties AI together. The documentary basically indicated everything from manuals to text books in the entire world are "dumped" into the AI model, and from there it learns thru "patterns".

But my question is, what mechanism for lack of a better word, allows it to learn and improve? Is it simply a programming language? That doesn't seem quite right......it's almost like there is something else......and I'm not implying "not of this Earth" but it's unimaginable to me that something is being programmed that can't be controlled.

Funny reading on the pundits saying this vindicates Trump.

To me, he enraged our allies to get simply what he could have asked/negotiated for in the first place with likely success.

His trolling and bombastic attitude didn't make this happen.

Trump's a tough guy wanna-be.