“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 recordJuly 29, 2009
I have looked closely at this 5 day week largely because it is one of the few things I think the public is not going to throw their hands up at.
Said by
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
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Editor's note · Context

Norton discusses the public's potential acceptance of a 5-day work week for postal services.

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