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Europe Riots, and Choking EU Overregulation Holding Back Tech and AI (From FOX News)
In Europe, it’s the economy. FOX Business anchor Cheryl Casone led off discussion of the economic factors contributing to the protests and riots in Europe, such as unemployment and overregulation by the EU, including the targeting of American tech companies. [Read More...]
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Deputy Defense Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka Scores Wins for Poland’s Defense
With the European Union’s expanding military build-up, a new generation of leaders is arming the continent to counter Russian militarism. One of these leaders is Poland’s Deputy Defense Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, a fast-rising Polish politician who is already at the…
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U.S. Intel Warns of Iran’s Lethal Plots Targeting Americans (From FOX News)
Mike Emanuel: Now to the Middle East. According to U.S. intelligence, Iran is in the advanced stages of planning an attack against Americans abroad. The memo comes just days after the State Department warned diplomatic officials and their families to [Read More...]
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Robert Bork, Jr. on DA Alvin Bragg’s Antitrust Overreach
By Paul Steidler: Comedian and actor Jimmy Durante once famously said, “Everybody wants to get into the act!” And with Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg announcing a new “Corporate Crime and Antitrust Task Force” on October 14, it is [Read More...]
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Key Issues in the STB’s Ongoing Evaluation of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) recently resumed its review of the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern and set a procedural approval schedule. Public debate has focused largely on competition and shipper rates. Another dimension deserves attention:…
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Trump’s MOAB threat could put Iran’s deepest bunkers in America’s crosshairs (From FOX News)
The GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast was first used in Afghanistan in 2017 against an ISIS cave complex Take President Donald Trump’s threat on the MOAB seriously. The U.S. Air Force’s GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast weapon, nicknamed the “mother [Read More...]
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Up-Armor U.S. Navy Virginia Class Attack Submarines to Counter China Type 095 (From the John Batchelor Show with Gordon Chang)
Host John Batchelor with Gordon Chang set up the discussion of American undersea warfare advantages against China across the Indo-Pacific region. The Virginia-class attack submarine’s upcoming Block V and VI variants are being up-armored with enhanced payload modules carrying…
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Tech Companies Drive Nuclear Power Plant Expansions, More Electricity (from RealClearEnergy)
For much of the past 40 years, nuclear power has been in a funk in the U.S., though, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, it still produces nearly 20% of U.S. electricity and is the country’s largest single source [Read More...]
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METR in Spotlight Amid Frontier Model Evaluation, AI Agents Attack
By Paul Steidler: In recent weeks, the non-profit research organization Model Evaluation and Threat Research ( METR ), and its president, Chris Painter, have been thrust into the spotlight in AI news, and they are likely to become more prominent [Read More...]
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Why the EU’s AI Omnibus Still Leaves US Firms Facing Steep Costs (From The National Interest)
This summer the European Union’s Digital Omnibus on artificial intelligence (AI) became law, revising the implementation timeline for the EU AI Act. The measure postpones requirements for stand-alone high-risk systems until December 2027 and for high-risk systems embedded in…
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Reckless Politicians Stoke Baseless AI Surveillance Pricing Fears (From RealClearMarkets)
There is a major area of AI fearmongering that is under-reported: politicians charging that AI will lead to surveillance pricing whereby companies can easily and secretly pop-up prices to gouge consumers. Yet, this is not happening – and is not [Read More...]
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Seven Reasons For Loudoun County to Keep Data Center Grandfathering
By Paul Steidler: On Tuesday, October 6, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on whether to end a grandfathering decision-making process affecting 17 proposed data centers. The arcane provision has important ramifications for Loudoun County taxpayers,…
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Heating Up Competition for D2D Satellite to Smartphone Benefits America’s Space Economy
Picture this: your smartphone connecting directly to satellite networks in low Earth orbit. Commercial investment in Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite communications has burgeoned over the past year, with a range of business mergers, new investments and partnerships pursuing…
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87 Members of Congress Praise the Army’s Transformative MV-75 Tiltrotor
The Army’s Transformation Initiative includes one very advanced aviation platform: the MV-75 Cheyenne II, a tiltrotor for air assault. A letter from Sen. Jerry Moran and Rep. Ronny Jackson, addressed to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House Office [Read More...]
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When Congress Remade the Pentagon: The Goldwater-Nichols Act at Forty
The full paper is available here . Military victories are won by commanders and the troops they lead. But the preparation for those battles begins years before a bullet is ever fired—even in the committee rooms of Congress, as it [Read More...]
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Keep Out: Why the FCC Should Exclude Space Operations and Satellite Licensing from NEPA Environmental Reviews
The FCC is striving mightily to do all it can to clean up regulations that could drag down the acceleration of America’s space economy. The Lexington Institute is writing in support of the Commission’s effort to take a fresh look [Read More...]
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When Congress Remade the Pentagon: The Goldwater-Nichols Act at Forty
The full paper is available here . Military victories are won by commanders and the troops they lead. But the preparation for those battles begins years before a bullet is ever fired—even in the committee rooms of Congress, as it [Read More...]
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The FCC’s Spectrum Dilemma: When Space Launch Collides With Flight Test (From RealClearDefense)
Accelerating space launch is a top national security priority. So is flight testing for the U.S. Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber, the F-47 fighter, and the Navy’s unmanned MQ-25 Stingray drone, and yes, air taxis. Yet a petition pending [Read More...]
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Trump’s quiet China wins are more important than Xi’s empty state visit (From FOX News)
China’s President Xi Jinping, ruler for life, is not ready to make sweeping deals with the USA on soybeans, AI or anything else. This was a State Visit, not a summit, but even so, deliverables were light. China’s state-owned People’s [Read More...]
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Comments to FTC on Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Personalized Pricing
The Lexington Institute has submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission docket regarding the proposed Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Personalized Pricing. It makes a plain English case that the policy statement is vague, at best premature, likely to do more [Read…