“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordMarch 22, 2023
We have seen that these--some of these laws are ripped from the playbooks from Russia, China, and other places.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia
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Blinken compares restrictive NGO laws in Central America to those in authoritarian regimes.

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