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“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
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On the recordJune 16, 2026
It just seems like this is supreme stupidity and a violation of the fundamental distribution of powers in our Constitution.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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huffpost.com

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Commenting on the dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.

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