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>>hn_ack+(OP)
I feel bad for guys like Wyden.

The citizens of the U.S. are neither organized enough, sufficiently intelligent and motivated, to keep the various levels of government in check.

As we have seen with the Epstein stuff, even when the evidence is overwhelming and unambiguous there is massive amount of direct support and an accompanying vacuum of response

The only conclusion to be had is: Everyone is ok enough with the state of reality that they will not change it.

Everyone gets the governance they deserve

>>Andrew+4i
He's literally one of if not my favorite senator right now. Oregon is an extremely based/wonderful state, and so are its brothers in Washington. The politics of the region is wonderful and most who hate them hate them cus they ain't them.

Now, if we could just get its population to stop hating AI and being luddities, they could ride the GenAI wave up forever. Unfortunately, "everyone in seattle hates AI"

>>Der_Ei+1n1
Ron Wyden, Rand Paul and Justin Amash (until he left office in 2021), are the only members of congress I have respect for simply because they've proven consistently willing to ignore party loyalties and even their own political currency to stand for certain issues they feel strongly about - regardless of which party it helped or hurt.