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05/15/2021

Speaking against the For the People Act, which would expand voting rights and reduce the influence of money in politics, Cruz wove a fantasy that the law would create millions of illegal voters, who would disenfranchise legal voters by diluting the legitimate vote.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to the floor of the Senate recently to make a bizarre speech on the history of Jim Crow laws.

04/27/2021

Started in Arizona now they are here. is the only 'news outlet' allowed to view this! This is America, the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Let me know what you think. Is this overreach?

An Antrim County Circuit Court Judge on Monday said he will allow new experts, including the Cyber Ninjas, to analyze and rebut a Secretary of State election audit that determined election errors were the result of human error and not vulnerable or tampered-with election software and tabulators.

04/26/2021

Big Tech has showered Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ PAC and charities with millions in donations — and censors her online critics — as she backs their battle to control the internet.

Jack Dorsey/PHOTO: jdlasica (CC) Isabel Vincent has this today in the New York Post: Big Tech has showered Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ PAC and charities with millions in donations — and censors her online critics — as she backs their battle to control the internet.

04/15/2021

Happened in to the Shiawasee County Democratic Club this evening. They were very hospitable to me poppin in.

Follow Friends of the Shiawassee County Democratic Party to stay engaged.

04/13/2021

04/08/2021

From the article: For content strategist and inclusive design expert David Dylan Thomas, issues of bias in artificial intelligence are nothing new. His 2020 book, “Design For Cognitive Bias,” focuses on that problem and possible solutions.

New technology carries the biases of its creators. For instance: In a July conversation with Technical.ly, Thomas pointed to an example of an Amazon hiring bot only hiring men as an example of sexist bias affecting hiring practices. According to Thomas, if an Amazon hiring bot using 10 years of resumes uses 10 years of men’s resumes as hiring data, its artificial intelligence will make it keep selecting men for jobs and inadvertently downplaying women’s resumes in the process.

Now available to stream on Netflix, "Coding Bias" is a documentary that examines the human biases that lie in artificial intelligence and how they affects the tech we use on a daily basis. An inclusive design expert weighs in.

04/08/2021

Body Camera Footage Shows LAPD Arresting a Black Man Even Though Their Suspect Was White https://bit.ly/3rYrLds

04/06/2021

PepsiCo is popping the tab on a new funding program for women-led small businesses.

PepsiCo is popping the tab on a new funding program for women-led small businesses. Learn more about their multi-benefit strategy.

02/10/2021

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01/30/2021

We must find a way to breach the barrier between the Black Community and Law Enforcement. Police Unions do more to perpetuate the norms than to repair the relationships.

Stand up and speak out against Police Brutality!

An association of Black police officers on Thursday pushed back against a Missouri bill that would allow citizens to use deadly force against protesters on private property.

01/29/2021

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