I just voted in the Massachusetts state primary. What a travesty. On the Democratic ballot, virtually every candidate is an unopposed incumbent. On the Republican ballot, virtually every office is uncontested. Democracy isn't threatened in Massachusetts. It's nonexistent.

The number of AI legislative proposals in the United States is now up to 876 bills (114 federal, 762 in states) according to MultiState.👀👀👀 At this rate, we could be on our way to seeing 1,000 AI bills in America by the close of the year. Again, this is: (1) A

This is outrageous. It's clear Tigran's condition is rapidly deteriorating - the Nigeran government must release him immediately.

This video👇is of Tigran Gambaryan, the former US federal agent who led many of the biggest crypto crime cases in history. He's being charged in Nigeria with money laundering and tax evasion, entirely for the actions of his employer, Binance. He's now been jailed and denied

A great statement from ⁦@CFTCmersinger⁩ questioning the CFTC’s enforcement resource allocation and calling for clear notice-and-comment rulemaking on DeFi derivatives. cftc.gov/PressRoom/Spee…

Some friends asked me why some servicemembers might not be enthusiastic about voting for Trump. I gave five reasons. Why Not Trump?, by Bryan McGrath open.substack.com/pub/conservati…

🧵: BREAKING: U.S. Department of Energy releases preliminary report that finds more than 60 GW of new nuclear capacity could potentially be built at currently operating or recently retired nuclear power plant sites across the country. (1/5) Here’s what we found ⬇️ energy.gov/ne/articles/co…

Here's Peter Van Valkenburgh's opening statement from today's DeFi hearing in the House

A tour de force. Thanks Peter Van Valkenburgh and Coin Center.

Today, Colgate remembers the lives of seven alumni who were among the 2,977 killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

“Turned out to be true.” “Turned out”! It didn’t “turn out.” It was true when he said it. It wasn’t some mystery, the details of which later came to light. Crowley got it wrong. She was wrong to do it, and she was wrong substantively. “Turned out to be true.” Good grief.

It should be pretty simple. Securities markets and laws were designed for investing in centralized companies. We need a new approach for investing in decentralized networks.

When one must resort to "reading between the lines," it's almost certain the regulator hasn't done its job.

.Palantir CEO Alex Karp delivers a flawless 2 minute summary of why America remains an exceptional country. 🇺🇸

It is not, in fact, anywhere close to shameful to want to have children.

1/ Rep Rep. Jay Obernolte urged @CAGovernor Gavin Newsome to veto SB1047 noting that #AI is fundamentally an interstate commerce issue and a 50-state patchwork of regulations would hurt U.S. tech innovation, especially small businesses.

I was listening to Advisory Opinions this morning and was flabbergasted to hear that a Princeton University student group was prevented from hosting David French & Sarah Isgur on campus. The ostensible reason was that doing so would violate the school's tax-exempt status. That makes no

very troubling AI policy news with Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) signaling his support for the nightmarish Blumenthal-Hawley regulatory framework for AI, which is the most radical legislative policy framework yet floated in the United States. Final legislative

Why would the SEC go after NFTs and NFT exchanges *now*, even though the projects they're targeting (OpenSea, Flyfish) look more like art dealerships or club memberships than stock exchanges or financial products? I think it's strategic boundary-pushing. SEC leadership may

Kannon Shanmugam's Constitution Day speech defending the Supreme Court's legitimacy—and decrying recent unfounded, dangerous, politically-based attacks on it—echoes my own views and delivers them more eloquently and comprehensively than I ever could. He calls for civility—for