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THE MILITARY TOLD THE LEGISLATURE THE CONFLICT HAS COST 47 BILLION DOLLARS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS PREPARED TO ESCALATE, A JUDGE SAID THE GOVERNMENT’S OWN BALLOT CHALLENGE WOULD “WREAK HAVOC,” THE MAN WHO BUILT HIS CAREER ACCUSING OTHERS OF VOTER FRAUD WAS HIMSELF CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL VOTING — AND AN AI ENGINEER RESIGNED FROM ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL LABS IN THE WORLD OVER ITS ROLE IN THE CONFLICT

Elon Musk’s Fourth Wealth Window Set to Open by October 30

This Cybercab you see in this image is taking me to Elon Musk’s new project…

Which he called “the most epic AI project in history.”

This is so big that I believe it will open a brand-new “generational wealth window…”

And whenever Elon opens one of those windows, people get rich.

The military told the legislature that the conflict with Iran has cost $47 billion. Twenty-nine billion of that… more than half… went to replacing the munitions the military used. And the administration is reportedly prepared to escalate after the midterms. Democracy Now reported the figures in its Thursday headlines.

Forty-seven billion dollars. That is the official number the military gave to the body that is supposed to authorize conflicts. The same body that voted to end it four times in the House. The same body that came one vote short in the Senate. The conflict no one in the legislature voted for has now cost $47 billion of the public’s money.

The president said the conflict would end “right after the election.” The military is telling the legislature it is prepared to escalate after the election. The promise is peace. The budget is for more.

Five million people lost food assistance. The government cut the program while spending $47 billion on a conflict the legislature never approved. The math tells you who the machine serves.

Forty-seven billion for the conflict. Food aid cut for five million. Four days before the election.

47 BILLION FOR THE CONFLICT. 29 BILLION FOR MUNITIONS. FOOD AID CUT FOR FIVE MILLION. THE MACHINE IS PREPARED TO ESCALATE.

BREAKING

A Judge Said the Government’s Own Request to Set Aside Ballots in California Would “Wreak Havoc and Disrupt the Election”

A federal judge reviewing the government’s attempt to set aside ballots in California said the request would “wreak havoc and disrupt the election.” Democracy Now reported the ruling in its Thursday headlines.

The government sent a voter list to California that included American-born citizens. It gave the state 48 hours to review it. And now it asked a court to set aside ballots from people on that list. The judge said no.

That makes five federal court rulings against the administration’s information and election campaign in two months: the press ban, the pollster lawsuit, the taxpayer ads, the sanctions on groups supporting the international court, and now the California ballots. Five rulings. Five losses. The courts keep saying the same thing.

The machine sent the list. The list was wrong. The machine asked the court to set aside the ballots. The court said the request itself would wreak havoc. Four days before the vote.

EXPOSED

The Man Who Built His Career Accusing Others of Voter Fraud Was Himself Charged with Unlawful Voting

James O’Keefe, the right-wing activist who has spent years filming undercover videos accusing others of election fraud, was charged with unlawful voting in Minnesota. Democracy Now reported the charges in its Thursday headlines. The charges stem from what prosecutors described as Islamophobic stunts at polling locations.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said: “Free and fair elections are the bedrock of democracy, and their protection is one of our highest priorities.”

The man who films others breaking election laws was charged with breaking them himself. The government that sends 3,000 agents a day to root out voter fraud and indicted 10 people for 10 ballots out of 8.5 million elevated a man who has now been charged with the exact thing he accused others of doing.

The machine accuses others of fraud. The machine’s own watchdog was charged with it. The pattern is the same every time: the accusation is the cover. The behavior is inside the house.

“Free and fair elections are the bedrock of democracy, and their protection is one of our highest priorities.”

— Mary Moriarty, Hennepin County Attorney, announcing the charges

DEVELOPING

An AI Engineer Resigned from One of the Most Powerful Labs in the World — Citing Its Role in the Conflict

An AI engineer resigned from Google DeepMind, one of the most advanced artificial intelligence laboratories in the world. Democracy Now devoted a full segment to his story on Thursday. He said he could no longer work for a company he believes is complicit in the conflict.

Workers at OpenAI protested government contracts. A researcher who was fired from Google for raising safety concerns won the Nobel equivalent. Workers across the industry are organizing against what they call a tech oligarchy. And now an engineer inside one of the most powerful AI labs on the planet walked out because of what the technology is being used for.

The people who build the systems are the people who understand them best. When they leave, they are telling you something the company will not say.

The machine builds the AI. The AI serves the conflict. And the engineer who built it walked out the door. The people inside the machine are the ones pulling the alarm.

 Connecting the Dots 

▸ The Bigger Picture

Four stories from one Thursday. The military told the legislature the conflict has cost $47 billion and the government is prepared to escalate after the midterms. A judge said the government’s own request to set aside California ballots would wreak havoc on the election. The man who built his career filming others committing voter fraud was himself charged with unlawful voting. And an AI engineer walked out of one of the most powerful labs in the world because of what the technology is being used for.

The press covers each on its own page. A “budget report.” A “court ruling.” A “legal charge.” A “tech resignation.” But the thread is the same in every one.

The machine spends, disrupts, accuses, and builds… and every tool it uses this week turned against it. The $47 billion told the legislature exactly how much the conflict it never approved has cost. The judge told the government its own ballot challenge would wreak havoc. The fraud watchdog was charged with fraud. And the engineer who built the AI walked out over what the AI is doing. Four days before the election, every tool the machine depends on is exposing the machine from the inside. The budget exposes the cost. The court exposes the overreach. The charges expose the hypocrisy. And the resignation exposes the conscience. The machine is not being dismantled from outside. The people inside it are walking out, one at a time.

When the budget tells the truth and the court says no and the watchdog gets charged and the engineer walks out… the machine is still running. But the people who run it are starting to leave. That’s the Seventh Floor.

They rely on the shadows.
It’s time to turn on the lights.