John,
In a massive giveaway to Big Tech billionaires at the expense of your utility bills, Donald Trump just issued an executive order to stop states from regulating artificial intelligence (AI).
Trump’s order gives his administration sweeping power to sue states in order to overturn their laws meant to protect our utility bills, workers, children, consumers, and our environment from the negative impacts of AI. Plus, it threatens to cut federal broadband internet funding for any states that don’t bend the knee.
But it’s not just Trump cozying up to Big Tech companies: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries announced a new Democratic commission on AI, which will “develop policy expertise in partnership with the innovation community” – aka give the AI and Crypto lobby whatever they want.
Naturally, the Democrats appointed to co-chair this commission are in the pockets of Big Tech and AI corporations, including NC-04 Rep. Valerie Foushee, who’s being challenged by Justice Democrats-endorsed Nida Allam in our first Democratic primary of the cycle in March. Here’s what the American Prospect had to say about Foushee on the committee:
As Sludge reported, “The panel’s leaders rank among the House Democrats with the deepest ties to Big Tech and AI, from holding millions of dollars in tech stock to the contributions they’ve raised for their campaigns and the Republican-backed deregulation bills they've signed onto.”
Once again, as billionaires threaten our costs, our jobs, and our planet, the corporate Democratic establishment is trying to figure out how to cozy up even closer with them.
We need to retire the members of this Party who work overtime to protect the profits of Big Tech billionaires.
In solidarity,
Justice Democrats
