Tag: congress
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A computer picked the wrong man. Police arrested him anyway. Memphis isn’t using this software – “at this time.”
Now that I have your attention on the Flock Camera issue – I think it is worth revisiting an issue I’ve been writing about that should be just as chilling – if not more. In January 2020, Detroit police arrested a man named Robert Williams on his front lawn, in front of his wife and…
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A camera photographed your car today. Nobody needed a warrant to search where you’ve been.
I’ve been doing some research on Flock cameras. Here’s what I found. A camera probably took a picture of your license plate today. It saved where you were, what you drive, what time you passed, and even the dents and bumper stickers on your car. You didn’t do anything wrong. It kept the picture anyway.…
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Congress’s own AI report told them how to protect you from AI. They did one thing on the list.
This morning I told you how the House built a bipartisan AI task force and then dissolved it the day the report dropped. I’ve been reading the report – this is what I found. A lot of the 85 items in the report are about helping the government and industry use more AI – adoption,…
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ICE’s own agents asked to leave ICE in 2018. Congress gave it $110 billion instead.
In 2018, nineteen of ICE’s own top agents wrote a letter to their boss asking to be split off from ICE. These weren’t protesters. They were the special agents in charge of Homeland Security Investigations – the part of ICE that chases child predators, drug cartels, and human traffickers. They told the Secretary of Homeland…
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Economic development keeps chasing tourists. The research says we’re doing it wrong.
Let’s talk about economic development, because every city in America plays the same game. Public money usually goes to the things visitors see – stadiums, arenas, convention centers, entertainment districts. The pitch is always the same: tourists will come, spending will follow, and the benefits will trickle down to everybody. Meanwhile, the neighborhoods two miles…
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Crime prevention doesn’t need new laws. It needs the money Congress already promised.
Let’s talk about crime prevention, because it’s the question I get asked most in Memphis, and the honest answer starts with what a freshman member of Congress can and can’t do. Here’s the thing – a first-term representative doesn’t walk in and pass landmark legislation. Seniority runs the committees, leadership runs the floor, and a…
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The new veterans bill is full of good ideas. Disabled veterans are paying for all of them.
Let’s talk about veterans, because there’s a 554-page veterans bill moving through Congress right now, and most of what’s in it is good. The way it’s paid for is not – and they’re hoping you don’t read that far. It’s called the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act – H.R. 9237. It bundles more than…