by jmerritt | Sep 10, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Washington, D.C. — A coordinated right-wing narrative attacking an AI researcher who warned that leading labs are “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives” is falling apart under even minimal fact-checking, even as Republican...
by jmerritt | Sep 10, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Washington, D.C. — Financial disclosures released this week show Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to three young aides, roughly a third of their annual salaries, in a likely violation of federal law. Meanwhile, Democrats are building the case they’ll bring against...
by jmerritt | Sep 10, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Washington, D.C. — A former Anthropic and OpenAI researcher revealed this week that the people building AI privately believe it could end human civilization within years, with a current Anthropic researcher putting the odds above one-in-ten. In the face of this urgent...
by jmerritt | Sep 3, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration is moving to strip tax exemptions from a list of nonprofits and unions in what tax law experts call a blatantly illegal use of the IRS for political revenge and retribution. The scheme is getting more attention the same week...
by jmerritt | Sep 1, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
As Trump Demands Americans Accept More Data Centers and His Interior Secretary Looks to Trade Away Our Public Lands to Build Them, Congress Must Investigate Washington, D.C. — Donald Trump declared this week that any community resisting data center construction wants...
by jmerritt | Aug 27, 2026 | Press Releases & Statements
Washington, D.C. — A new report reveals the Trump administration is preparing a tax crackdown targeting a George Soros-linked nonprofit, the latest escalation in a campaign to turn federal agencies against nonprofits and civil society groups the administration...
