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As Mayor Zohran Mamdani cries poverty and talks about raising the tax rate on homeowners to 30% from 18½%, he wants to waste $70 million on his government-owned grocery stores, as they have in Cuba. The NY Post reports that he plans to spend $70 million on his plan for a network of five government-owned grocery […] The post Red Zohran Plans to Move Ahead with $70M for Soviet Groceries appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

As Bill O’Reilly said, the State of the Union speech was not boring despite going on for two hours. For an hour and twenty minutes, Trump concentrated on domestic policy. For the next fifteen minutes, he talked a little about foreign policy and other matters. The rest of the speech was crucial. It showed what […] The post Bill O’Reilly Analysis: Big SOTU Victory for President Trump appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

In a wide-ranging conversation last year, OpenAI’s Sam Altman said that his dream policy in the artificial intelligence space would be giving users the same amount of privilege that they enjoy with doctors or lawyers. That is, make sure your conversations with ChatGPT can never be seen by the government. “If I could get one piece of policy passed right now, relative to AI, the thing I would most like, and this is in tension with some of the other things that we’ve talked about, is I’d like there to be a concept of AI privilege,” Altman told podcast host Tucker Carlson last September. “When you talk to a doctor about your health or a lawyer about your legal problems, the government cannot get that information.” “We have decided that society has an interest in that being privileged and that a subpoena can’t get that, the government can’t come asking your doctor for it, whatever. I think we should have the same concept for AI,” he added.  If you’re wondering what chats may fall into this basket, look no further than this month’s deadly mass shooting in Canada. Months before he opened fire on Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and killed six people, Jesse Van Rootselaar raised warning signs among OpenAI employees for conversations he had with ChatGPT on gun violence scenarios. On February 10, a dress-wearing Van Rootselaar gunned down his mother and brother before going to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia and killing another six people, including five children aged 12 and 13. Van Rootselaar died the day of the attack from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  After Van Rootselaar was identified as the attacker, OpenAI reached out to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to assist the investigation. Canadian officials have not been impressed with OpenAI’s handling of the situation.  Those conversations, which took place in June 2025, were not reported to law enforcement, though his account was banned, the Wall Street Journal first reported. It is unclear the content of the conversations. Canadian officials have summoned OpenAI employees for meetings to discuss their handling of the incident. Altman said that he had pushed policymakers in Washington, D.C. to adopt protections for AI companies and was confident about the prospects. “I was actually just in D.C. advocating for this. I feel optimistic that we can get the government to understand the importance of this and do it,” he said.  Previous Daily Wire reporting found that ChatGPT will advise young girls on how to access illegal abortion pills without parental knowledge, at the same time discouraging them from visiting life-affirming crisis pregnancy centers. ChatGPT also encourages gender-confused kids to obtain so-called “gender-affirming” resources like chest binders behind their parents’ backs. British Columbia Premier David Eby said Monday that he had read reports about “the possibility that OpenAI had received advanced notice of the shooter’s intentions in regard to the mass murder that took place in Tumbler Ridge.” “With shock and dismay, like many British Columbians, I am trying to figure out how it could be possible that a large group of staff within an organization could bring this kind of information forward and ask the police to be called and the decision be made not to do that,” he added.  He said that “from the outside,” it looked like OpenAI could have prevented the shooting and called for the federal government to establish a “national threshold” for reporting for AI companies when individuals are plotting violence.  Canada’s Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon met with employees from OpenAI on Tuesday to discuss their safety protocols.  OpenAI says that its models are designed to discourage real-world violence and have a system in place to flag troubling content for review and potential law enforcement referral. Giving AI companies privacy privileges could complicate how they handle potential threats of violence.  And even if a policy of “AI privilege” were adopted, it is possible that duty to report provisions would be included. Most states have laws in place that require mental health professionals to report clients who may be a danger to themselves or others.  OpenAI did not respond to a request for comment on whether Altman still advocated for privacy immunity for AI companies.

Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Clinton is set to answer questions under oath on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation before House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) on Thursday morning. Clinton’s deposition is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. ET and will be held behind closed doors in Chappaqua, New York, where the Clintons live. Comer and at least 10 other House Republicans are expected to attend the private hearing, Fox News reported. A video and transcription of Clinton’s hearing will be released to the public after it concludes. Comer spoke to reporters briefly before going into the building for the Clinton’s deposition and said the video and transcription will become available “as soon as everyone has approved it.” “This is going to be a long video because this is going to be a long deposition,” he added. After the first hour of questioning, some Republicans will go outside to provide an update, Comer said. Clinton, along with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, fought for months to avoid their depositions after the Oversight Committee subpoenaed them last August, arguing that they could share their limited knowledge of Epstein through written statements to the committee. The Clintons’ lawyers engaged in a long back-and-forth battle with Comer, and the couple skipped their scheduled deposition in January, which sparked contempt-of-Congress proceedings. But after Republicans and some Democrats voted to recommend contempt charges, the Clintons finally agreed earlier this month to answer questions on Epstein under oath. “Finally, they’re going to have to sit and answer questions under oath to Congress about their knowledge and involvement with the Epstein criminal activity as well as with Ghislaine Maxwell, who was the primary co-conspirator, the one who was responsible more than anyone for luring the girls into Jeffrey Epstein’s world,” Comer said Thursday morning. Comer also hinted at an important question Clinton will face during her deposition. “One of the questions that we all have in both parties is how was Jeffrey Epstein able to surround himself with the most powerful people in the world?” he said. “If you saw Hillary Clinton’s interview a few days ago, she acted like they barely knew Epstein and Maxwell. Well, that’s funny because Epstein was in the White House 16 times while Bill Clinton was president, and then Bill Clinton flew on his plane 27 times post-presidency, as well as Ghislaine Maxwell had a front-row seat at Chelsea Clinton’s wedding.” The former secretary of state and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee said last week that she doesn’t “recall ever meeting” Epstein, adding that she spoke with Maxwell “on a few occasions.” Clinton said the Oversight Committee’s decision to subpoena her and her husband takes away from what should be the “focus” of the Epstein investigation. “The Republican member of Congress who is running this hearing, or this investigation, is trying to protect the president,” Clinton said. President Donald Trump, like former President Clinton, used to be a friend of Epstein’s and was pictured multiple times with Epstein at events before the financier pleaded guilty to procuring a child for prostitution in 2008. Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein’s sex crimes. Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, told reporters that Democrats “from day one … have said we want to talk to anyone, any person with information about Jeffrey Epstein, about his crimes, about how he was able to get so much wealth. We will talk to any single person, whether that is a Democrat or Republican.” Before he walked into the building for Clinton’s deposition, Garcia added that it is “important to note” that there is “no evidence” of the former secretary of state having any interactions with Epstein. He then blasted the Republicans and the Trump administration, accusing the White House of covering up information related to the Epstein investigation. Trump and his administration have faced criticism over their handling of the Epstein case and the release of the Epstein files. After Congress passed legislation, which was signed by Trump, forcing the release of Epstein-related documents, the Justice Department began releasing a tranche of documents, emails, and photos, which shed more light on Epstein’s numerous relationships with powerful people. Included in the DOJ Epstein files dump were multiple pictures of former President Clinton, one of which shows him in a pool with Maxwell and a woman whose face was redacted. Another photo in the files shows the former president in a hot tub with a woman whose face was redacted. The Justice Department has stated that it redacted faces of minors, alleged victims, and some government officials, but the Trump administration was criticized after some photos released to the public showed the faces of potential victims. Other materials that were not properly redacted contained nude photos, names, and addresses. The Justice Department quickly removed thousands of documents following what it called a “technical or human error.” Neither of the Clintons has been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein’s sex crimes, but Republicans and some Democrats say they want answers about the former president and first lady’s relationship with the late convicted sex offender. Former President Clinton was a friend of Epstein’s in the early 2000s, traveling with the financier numerous times on Epstein’s plane, which was used for sex trafficking. The former president was also seen in a picture getting a back massage from Chauntae Davies, one of Epstein’s accusers. Davies has not accused Clinton of acting inappropriately. Bill Clinton is set to testify before the Oversight Committee on Friday.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a clear-eyed assessment of the Iranian threat during a press briefing on Wednesday, signaling that while the administration remains open to a diplomatic path, the window for Tehran to change course is narrowing. Rubio’s message was unmistakable: the United States will no longer tolerate an Iranian regime that builds “hidden” nuclear infrastructure while pointing a massive arsenal of ballistic missiles at American interests. Rubio addressed the talks recommencing on Thursday by reminding the world that Iran’s nuclear ambitions remain the primary flashpoint. Despite the crippling of their program under Operation Midnight Hammer, Rubio warned that the regime has not abandoned its desire to enrich uranium. “After their nuclear program was obliterated, they were told not to try to restart it, and here they are,” he noted. “You can see them always trying to rebuild elements of it. They’re not enriching right now, but they’re trying to get to the point where they ultimately can.” Rubio directly challenged the “peaceful energy” narrative often peddled by Tehran. He noted that if Iran truly wanted nuclear power, it would follow the model of other nations — utilizing above-ground reactors and imported fuel. Instead, their insistence on enriching uranium deep inside mountains suggests a singular, more sinister goal. “If what they really wanted was energy from it, they could do small modular reactors, which is something that’s quite affordable and achievable for a lot of countries,” Rubio said. “But when you say we want to enrich and we want to enrich deep underground, and you have a history in the past of enriching to 20 and even 60 percent, plus you’re building missiles that could potentially carry warheads, that doesn’t sound to me like someone who’s a country that’s not interested in building weapons.” “You would have to lack common sense to not know what that means,” Rubio remarked. He then shifted to Iran’s conventional military capabilities, arguing that the threat extends well beyond the nuclear file. “Iran possesses a very large number of ballistic missiles, particularly short-range ballistic missiles that threaten the United States and our bases in the region and our partners in the region, and all of our bases in the UAE, in Qatar, in Bahrain,” he pointed out. “They also possess naval assets that threaten shipping and try to threaten the U.S. Navy. So I want everybody to understand that, and beyond just the nuclear program they possess these conventional weapons that are solely designed to attack America and attack Americans, if they so choose to do so. These things have to be addressed.” “For a country that’s facing sanctions, whose economy is in tatters… somehow they still find the money to invest in missiles of greater and greater capacity every year,” Rubio said. “This is an unsustainable threat.” Asked whether the upcoming negotiations represent the “last chance” for a peaceful resolution, Rubio remained measured but firm. He said President Trump “greatly prefers” a diplomatic solution and wants progress “more than anything else.” But Rubio made clear there is a major sticking point: Iran’s refusal to discuss its ballistic missile program. “The Iranian insistence on not discussing ballistic missiles is a big, big problem,” he said. “I’ll leave it at that.”