"In a statement published Thursday night, Amodei said Anthropic would not accommodate the Department of Defense's request to remove the safeguards on its AI model because, in a narrow set of cases, we believe AI can undermine, rather than defend, democratic values":
https://reason.com/2026/02/27/anthropic-ceo-refuses-pentagon-demands-to-remove-safeguards-on-military-ai/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=reason_brand&utm_content=autoshare&utm_term=post
#Trump #extremism.
#DefendingDemocracy #courage #CivilLiberties

"(Sen.) Kelly Sues Pentagon Over Threats of Punishment From Hegseth. Sen. Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, asked a federal judge to block the Trump administration from disciplining him for a video warning about illegal military orders":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/politics/mark-kelly-pentagon-hegseth-suit.html
#lawfare #MarkKelly #DefendingDemocracy #politics

The Shadow Docket: Democracy's Silent Killer | Dahlia Lithwick #DefendingDemocracy
https://podcastaddict.com/defending-democracy-with-marc-elias/episode/214360075 via @PodcastAddict

Ah yes, because nothing screams "defending democracy" quite like drowning readers in 29 mind-numbing charts! 🗳️📉 Just what we need—a data deluge to save the day, because words and #common #sense are so last century. 🗂️🤦‍♂️
https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/on-data-and-democracy-mid-year-roundup #defendingdemocracy #dataoverload #charts #galore #needed #datavisualization #HackerNews #ngated

Great resource #democracy #DefendingDemocracy

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:luu4cq5kcvpckwvas5pbpogn/post/3lqg4rrbj7k2t