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Why ads funded by AI groups aren’t about AI: From the Politics Desk

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Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today’s edition, Ben Kamisar digs into how AI super PACs are getting involved in the midterms with tens of … Read more

Idaho advocacy groups denounce state legislators who allowed man to testify while wearing brownface

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Several advocacy groups in Idaho this week are condemning Republican members of the state’s House Business Committee for allowing public testimony from a man who appeared before the committee in brownface and has previously engaged in racist and antisemitic demonstrations throughout the state. The man, far-right demonstrator David Pettinger, was initially stopped from testifying before … Read more