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  1. Hype for the Future 138E: Permian Basin, Texas

    Introduction The Permian Basin is a significant oil-producing region within relatively close proximity to the Pecos River in the area around the Cities of Midland and Odessa in West Texas. Travel The primary highways serving the general area around Midland and Odessa, the principal cities of the region known as the Permian Basin in West Texas, are Interstate 20 and United States Route 385, the former connecting the two principal cities and the latter connecting the City of Odessa to the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  2. Secretaries of state urge Elon Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading false election info

    
Grok, the AI search assistant on Musk’s X platform, suggested that Kamala Harris had missed the ballot deadline in nine states.

    She hasn’t.

    👉 Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter to billionaire Elon Musk on Monday,

    urging him to ⭐️“immediately implement changes” ⭐️to X’s AI chatbot Grok,

    after it shared with millions of users #false #information suggesting that ❌Kamala Harris was not eligible to appear on the 2024 presidential ballot.❌
    
The letter, spearheaded by Minnesota Secretary of State Steve #Simon and signed by his counterparts Al #Schmidt of Pennsylvania, Steve #Hobbs of Washington, Jocelyn #Benson of Michigan and Maggie Toulouse #Oliver of New Mexico,
    urges Musk to ♦️“immediately implement changes to X’s AI search assistant, Grok, to ensure voters have accurate information in this critical election year.”♦️

    
Within hours of President Biden’s announcement that he was suspending his presidential campaign on July 21,
    “false information on ballot deadlines produced by Grok was shared on multiple social media platforms,” the secretaries wrote.


    The secretaries cited a post from Grok that circulated after Biden stepped out of the race:
    “The ballot deadline has passed for several states for the 2024 election,” the post read,

    naming nine states: Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

    Had the deadlines passed in those states,
    the vice president would not have been able to replace Biden on the ballot.

    But the information was false.

    In all nine states, the ballot deadlines have not passed
    and upcoming ballot deadlines allow for changes to candidates.

    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  3. Russell also wrote an apology letter to #Hobbs, saying #socialmedia & news stories had become another #addiction for him, but has since taken courses on #anger management & substance abuse.

    “I am truly sorry for my actions. I’m not a violent man, I am a broken man. No one should be the target of such disrespectful behavior,”Russell told Hobbs in the letter.

    Logan suggested Russell read the US #Constitution while in prison & appreciate that the #UnitedStates has free & fair #elections.

    #law

  4. Earlier this month, a #Massachusetts man was sentenced to 3½yrs in #prison for making a #threat to bomb #Hobbs’ office in Feb 2021 when she was still the SoS.

    In Feb, an #Alabama man accused of sending #DeathThreats to a social media account for the #MaricopaCounty #Elections Dept was charged w/making interstate #threats.
    & an #Iowa man was sentenced to 2½yrs in prison for his conviction for threatening Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman & AZ AG Mark Brnovich, both #Republicans.

    #law

  5. Russell’s vms were among countless #threats against #Hobbs for her role in certifying #Biden’s 2020 presidential victory over #Trump in #Arizona & in the 2022 midterms. As SoS, Hobbs at times had 24hr #security bc of threats from Trump supporters who falsely claimed his loss was marred by fraud.
    Russell’s case is brought by #DOJ’s #ElectionThreatsTaskForce, which focuses on threats of #violence against elected ofcls, workers & volunteers to ensure they can oversee #elections free of #harassment.

  6. #Ohio man who acknowledged making #DeathThreats in voicemails left for then- #Arizona Secy of State #KatieHobbs during the 2022 #election season was sentenced Mon to 2½ yrs in prison.

    Joshua Russell had pleaded guilty to a fed charge of making an interstate #threat against #Hobbs, a Dem who was AZ’s chief #elections officer in 2022 & is now the state’s gov.

    #law #PoliticalViolence #MAGA #Trump #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
    apnews.com/article/arizona-ele

  7. via @arizonamirror

    If #Hobbs is serious about protecting #groundwater, she must work to close the #mining loophole

    by Russ McSpadden
    February 12, 2024

    "In her first State of the State address just over a year ago, Gov. #KatieHobbs was unequivocal about her commitment to tackling one of the state’s greatest challenges: our dwindling #water supply.

    “Our groundwater should be used to support #Arizonans, not foreign business interests,” she said in that speech, referring to the Saudi Arabian conglomerate #Fondomonte. Over the past few years, Fondomonte has been pumping unlimited amounts of groundwater in La Paz County for alfalfa crops that it ships to feed cows on the other side of the earth.

    "Though the Hobbs administration has already canceled one of Fondomonte’s four leases and says it won’t renew the others when they’re up this month, the problem doesn’t end with Saudi agriculture.

    "It’s also mining companies that take advantage of loopholes in the state’s water laws to maximize profit at the expense of Arizonans — including mining giants #RioTinto and# BHP.

    "Because of intense pressure from #lobbyists, when lawmakers adopted the much-heralded #ArizonaGroundwaterManagementAct in 1980 they exempted #mines from groundwater regulation, even when located in #ActiveManagement Areas — state-designated areas where groundwater pumping is controlled. That means that mines can pump unlimited amounts of water without paying the state a dime.

    "This exemption was controversial in 1980. Today it’s existentially dangerous.

    #ResolutionCopper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto and BHP, is a perfect example. Their proposed mine at #OakFlat — about 70 miles east of #Phoenix in the #TontoNationalForest and within the Phoenix Active Management Area — would pump 250 billion gallons of desert groundwater over the life of the project.

    "That’s 17 million gallons of water every day for four decades.

    "Under current water prices, that equates to $404 million worth of groundwater that Resolution Copper will get for free. Arizona won’t see a cent for it. And it’s more than likely that the copper ore from Oak Flat will be exported to China for smelting, again depriving local communities of economic benefit.

    "This limitless pumping would happen even as the #megadrought that has plagued the #AmericanSouthwest for the past two decades is likely to worsen, straining the #ColoradoRiver and #Gila rivers even more and making us all more reliant on groundwater aquifers.

    "If left intact, the mining loophole will facilitate construction of Resolution’s massive mine. The extreme water pumping from the #EastSaltRiverValley will lead to groundwater depletion and subsidence, threatening to deplete wells and damage infrastructure.

    "The #CenterForBiologicalDiversity, where I work, has been fighting for decades to stop this mine, and Canadian mining company Hudbay’s disastrous plan to mine for copper in the #SantaRita Mountains south of #Tucson (in the Tucson Active Management Area).

    "Both projects would devastate surrounding fragile #ecosystems, pushing endangered species like the #MexicanSpottedOwl closer to the brink of #extinction. They would also destroy sacred #TribalLands and gulp down massive amounts of water when other users are being asked to conserve.

    "Handing mines unlimited access to Arizona’s precious desert groundwater would be an injustice to Arizona’s #Tribes and every resident of this state.

    "Fortunately, Hobbs has the vision and courage to fight for a secure water future for Arizona. It is time for her to work with legislators to close the mining loophole in Arizona water law and subject mines to the same groundwater pumping limits that apply to other entities within the state’s Active Management Areas.

    "We’re hopeful she will work to block #ResolutionCopperMine and other terrible mining projects like #Hudbay’s. At the very least, it’s time for mining giants to pay for the water they use just like the rest of us."

    azmirror.com/2024/02/12/if-hob

    #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsViolations #CulturalGenocide #CopperMining #Mining #CorporateColonialism #EnvironmentalRacism #IndigenousNews #SaveOakFlat #IndigenousRights #Apache

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