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December 9, 2025
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Trump’s A.I. plan would make us less safe. “How can you expect us to believe you’re on the precipice of creating groundbreaking superintelligence if you can’t manage to comply with a handful of state laws?”

— Amy Klobuchar, a U.S. senator from Minnesota

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Netflix? Paramount? They’re both terrible for Warner Bros. “The message to Warner Bros. Discovery should be: If you must sell, maybe try finding a buyer who is not a direct competitor.”

— Tim Wu, a contributing Opinion writer

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The president’s security strategy is misguided. “The strategy looks like the Janus face of a fraying domestic constitutional order, providing geopolitical cover for domestic authoritarian rule and corporate aggrandizement.”

— Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson, experts in national security

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What’s the point of Congress? “Women will never be taken seriously until leadership decides to take us seriously, and I’m no longer holding my breath.”

— Nancy Mace, a Republican, represents South Carolina’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives

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