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  1. China's Hammer Falls on Meta's AI Ambitions: Manus Acquisition Blocked

    China's government stops Meta from buying AI company Manus for $2 billion. This affects Meta's AI plans and future tech deals.

    #MetaAI, #ChinaTech, #AIacquisition, #ManusAI, #NDRC

    newsletter.tf/china-stops-meta

  2. China's government has blocked Meta's $2 billion deal to buy AI startup Manus. This is a big step in the tech race between the US and China.

    #MetaAI, #ChinaTech, #AIacquisition, #ManusAI, #NDRC
    newsletter.tf/china-stops-meta

  3. Chinas NDRC zwingt Meta, die 2 Milliarden Dollar teure Übernahme des KI-Start-ups Manus rückabzuwickeln.

    Meta hat die KI-Agenten von Manus bereits tief in die eigene Infrastruktur integriert, was eine technische Entflechtung nahezu unmöglich macht. Parallel blockiert Peking US-Kapital für heimische KI-Entwickler.

    #Meta #Manus #KI #NDRC #AIGeneratedImage
    all-ai.de/news/news26/manus-me

  4. Chinas NDRC zwingt Meta, die 2 Milliarden Dollar teure Übernahme des KI-Start-ups Manus rückabzuwickeln.

    Meta hat die KI-Agenten von Manus bereits tief in die eigene Infrastruktur integriert, was eine technische Entflechtung nahezu unmöglich macht. Parallel blockiert Peking US-Kapital für heimische KI-Entwickler.

    #Meta #Manus #KI #NDRC #AIGeneratedImage
    all-ai.de/news/news26/manus-me

  5. Chinas NDRC zwingt Meta, die 2 Milliarden Dollar teure Übernahme des KI-Start-ups Manus rückabzuwickeln.

    Meta hat die KI-Agenten von Manus bereits tief in die eigene Infrastruktur integriert, was eine technische Entflechtung nahezu unmöglich macht. Parallel blockiert Peking US-Kapital für heimische KI-Entwickler.

    #Meta #Manus #KI #NDRC #AIGeneratedImage
    all-ai.de/news/news26/manus-me

  6. Chinas NDRC zwingt Meta, die 2 Milliarden Dollar teure Übernahme des KI-Start-ups Manus rückabzuwickeln.

    Meta hat die KI-Agenten von Manus bereits tief in die eigene Infrastruktur integriert, was eine technische Entflechtung nahezu unmöglich macht. Parallel blockiert Peking US-Kapital für heimische KI-Entwickler.

    #Meta #Manus #KI #NDRC #AIGeneratedImage
    all-ai.de/news/news26/manus-me

  7. Chiny mówią „basta”. Koniec z bezużytecznymi robotami, które tylko ładnie tańczą

    Jeśli myśleliście, że Chiny są zachwycone każdym nowym filmikiem z tańczącym robotem, jesteście w błędzie.

    Pekin oficjalnie ostrzega swoją branżę technologiczną: przestańcie robić zabawki na pokaz, zacznijcie robić coś pożytecznego, albo znikajcie z rynku.

    Chińska Narodowa Komisja Rozwoju i Reform (NDRC) – potężny organ planowania gospodarczego – wydała bezprecedensowe ostrzeżenie dotyczące sektora robotyki humanoidalnej. Urzędnicy zauważyli niepokojący trend: dziesiątki firm wypuszczają na rynek niemal identyczne roboty, które potrafią niewiele więcej niż chodzić i wyglądać futurystycznie na targach.

    Syndrom „tańczącego robota”

    Iskrą, która rozpaliła tę gorączkę złota, był występ robotów Unitree podczas Gali Święta Wiosny w 2025 roku – oficjalnie najchętniej oglądanego programu telewizyjnego na świecie. Precyzyjny taniec maszyn zachwycił publiczność, ale jednocześnie wysłał inwestorom sygnał: „to jest modne”.

    W efekcie rynek został zalany startupami, które kopiują od siebie rozwiązania, nie wnosząc żadnej realnej wartości. Li Chao, rzeczniczka NDRC, ostrzega wprost przed ryzykiem powstania „bańki” w sektorze innowacji. Władze obawiają się, że utalentowani inżynierowie marnują czas na projekty „na pokaz”, zamiast pracować nad kluczowymi technologiami, które mogłyby zautomatyzować chińskie fabryki.

    Widmo cmentarzyska rowerów

    Obawy Pekinu nie są bezpodstawne. Chiny mają traumę po bańce aplikacji bike-sharingowych sprzed kilku lat. Wtedy również setki firm rzuciły się na modny temat, co skończyło się bankructwami i słynnymi na cały świat zdjęciami hałd tysięcy porzuconych rowerów. Rząd nie chce, aby to samo stało się z drogimi, zaawansowanymi robotami.

    Nowe zasady gry

    Co to oznacza dla branży? NDRC zapowiada wprowadzenie rygorystycznych zasad wejścia i wyjścia z rynku robotycznego, aby odsiać firmy, które nie oferują innowacji. Rząd planuje też budowę narodowej infrastruktury do testowania i trenowania robotów, aby wymusić na producentach skupienie się na użyteczności i R&D, a nie na marketingu.

    Przekaz dla chińskich CEO jest jasny: skończyła się zabawa w klonowanie Boston Dynamics. Czas, aby roboty wzięły się do prawdziwej pracy. Poniżej jeszcze zabawna kompilacja robotycznych wpadek, na pewno się uśmiechniecie, ale jak widać władzom Chin do śmiechu nie jest:

    Rosjanie pokazali swojego „pierwszego humanoidalnego robota AI”. Wszedł na scenę i zaliczył epicką glebę

    #chiny #gospodarka #NDRC #news #robotyHumanoidalne #robotyka #technologia #Unitree

  8. Chinese stocks soared to their highest level in a decade, driven by a rally in technology shares after Beijing emphasized tech self-reliance and advanced industry growth, with the Shanghai Composite closing at its strongest since 2015.
    #YonhapInfomax #ShanghaiComposite #TechStocks #GigaDevice #NDRC #YuanDepreciation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  9. Chinese stocks soared to their highest level in a decade, driven by a rally in technology shares after Beijing emphasized tech self-reliance and advanced industry growth, with the Shanghai Composite closing at its strongest since 2015.
    #YonhapInfomax #ShanghaiComposite #TechStocks #GigaDevice #NDRC #YuanDepreciation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  10. Chinese stocks soared to their highest level in a decade, driven by a rally in technology shares after Beijing emphasized tech self-reliance and advanced industry growth, with the Shanghai Composite closing at its strongest since 2015.
    #YonhapInfomax #ShanghaiComposite #TechStocks #GigaDevice #NDRC #YuanDepreciation #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
    en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

  11. Trung Quốc đang đặt mục tiêu bùng nổ công nghệ cao trong thập kỷ tới với 4 ưu tiên chính: nâng cấp ngành truyền thống, khuyến khích công nghệ mới, cải thiện chất lượng và hiện đại hóa cơ sở hạ tầng. Điều này hứa hẹn dẫn dắt tăng trưởng mạnh mẽ cho tương lai. #TrungQuốc #CôngNghệCao #ĐổiMới #NDRC #NgànhCôngNghiệpMới [Xem thêm](ift.tt/im6FaNx) ift.tt/im6FaNx

  12. 🇮🇪 🚀 Brilliant news about #Galway startup Forge Robotics - one of our #AIVentureForge cohort (#PorterShed / #NDRC Realisation Fund) - and founded by our #UniversityofGalway engineers Eoin Cobbe (Mechanical) and Robert Cormican (Electronic and Computer) - and (last but not least) accepted onto #YCombinator!

    siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/

  13. 🇮🇪 🚀 Brilliant news about #Galway startup Forge Robotics - one of our #AIVentureForge cohort (#PorterShed / #NDRC Realisation Fund) - and founded by our #UniversityofGalway engineers Eoin Cobbe (Mechanical) and Robert Cormican (Electronic and Computer) - and (last but not least) accepted onto #YCombinator!

    siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/

  14. 🇮🇪 🚀 Brilliant news about #Galway startup Forge Robotics - one of our #AIVentureForge cohort (#PorterShed / #NDRC Realisation Fund) - and founded by our #UniversityofGalway engineers Eoin Cobbe (Mechanical) and Robert Cormican (Electronic and Computer) - and (last but not least) accepted onto #YCombinator!

    siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/

  15. 🇮🇪 🚀 Brilliant news about #Galway startup Forge Robotics - one of our #AIVentureForge cohort (#PorterShed / #NDRC Realisation Fund) - and founded by our #UniversityofGalway engineers Eoin Cobbe (Mechanical) and Robert Cormican (Electronic and Computer) - and (last but not least) accepted onto #YCombinator!

    siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/

  16. 🇮🇪 🚀 Brilliant news about #Galway startup Forge Robotics - one of our #AIVentureForge cohort (#PorterShed / #NDRC Realisation Fund) - and founded by our #UniversityofGalway engineers Eoin Cobbe (Mechanical) and Robert Cormican (Electronic and Computer) - and (last but not least) accepted onto #YCombinator!

    siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/

  17. Ủy ban Phát triển và Cải cách Quốc gia Trung Quốc đã phân bổ 50 triệu nhân dân tệ để hỗ trợ phục hồi tại tỉnh Hà Bắc, nơi bị ảnh hưởng nặng nề bởi mưa lớn và lũ lụt. Số kinh phí này sẽ giúp khôi phục hạ tầng và dịch vụ thiết yếu. Cùng chung tay phục hồi! #HàBắc #PhụcHồi #ThiênTai #NDRC ift.tt/oTUxIJH

  18. "#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "

    #OligarchCamp
    #BohemianGrove
    #SCOTUS
    #ImpeachClarenceThomas
    #ChevronDoctrine
    #NDRC
    #KochIndustries
    #Oligarchy
    #CorruptSCOTUS
    #SCOTUSIsCompromised
    #Corporatocracy
    #Oiligarchy
    #EnvironmentalProtections
    #BigOilAndGas
    #CorporatePolluters
    #HeritageFoundation
    #ClimateDeniers
    #WaterIsLife
    #AirIsLife

  19. "#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "

    #OligarchCamp
    #BohemianGrove
    #SCOTUS
    #ImpeachClarenceThomas
    #ChevronDoctrine
    #NDRC
    #KochIndustries
    #Oligarchy
    #CorruptSCOTUS
    #SCOTUSIsCompromised
    #Corporatocracy
    #Oiligarchy
    #EnvironmentalProtections
    #BigOilAndGas
    #CorporatePolluters
    #HeritageFoundation
    #ClimateDeniers
    #WaterIsLife
    #AirIsLife

  20. "#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "

    #OligarchCamp
    #BohemianGrove
    #SCOTUS
    #ImpeachClarenceThomas
    #ChevronDoctrine
    #NDRC
    #KochIndustries
    #Oligarchy
    #CorruptSCOTUS
    #SCOTUSIsCompromised
    #Corporatocracy
    #Oiligarchy
    #EnvironmentalProtections
    #BigOilAndGas
    #CorporatePolluters
    #HeritageFoundation
    #ClimateDeniers
    #WaterIsLife
    #AirIsLife

  21. "#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "

    #OligarchCamp
    #BohemianGrove
    #SCOTUS
    #ImpeachClarenceThomas
    #ChevronDoctrine
    #NDRC
    #KochIndustries
    #Oligarchy
    #CorruptSCOTUS
    #SCOTUSIsCompromised
    #Corporatocracy
    #Oiligarchy
    #EnvironmentalProtections
    #BigOilAndGas
    #CorporatePolluters
    #HeritageFoundation
    #ClimateDeniers
    #WaterIsLife
    #AirIsLife

  22. "#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "

    #OligarchCamp
    #BohemianGrove
    #SCOTUS
    #ImpeachClarenceThomas
    #ChevronDoctrine
    #NDRC
    #KochIndustries
    #Oligarchy
    #CorruptSCOTUS
    #SCOTUSIsCompromised
    #Corporatocracy
    #Oiligarchy
    #EnvironmentalProtections
    #BigOilAndGas
    #CorporatePolluters
    #HeritageFoundation
    #ClimateDeniers
    #WaterIsLife
    #AirIsLife

  23. #ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events

    by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
    Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT

    Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

    " 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.

    "While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

    "The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.

    "The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.

    "In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.

    "By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.

    "Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."

    Read more:
    propublica.org/article/clarenc

    #OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife

  24. #ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events

    by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
    Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT

    Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

    " 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.

    "While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

    "The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.

    "The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.

    "In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.

    "By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.

    "Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."

    Read more:
    propublica.org/article/clarenc

    #OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife

  25. #ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events

    by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
    Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT

    Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

    " 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.

    "While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

    "The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.

    "The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.

    "In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.

    "By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.

    "Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."

    Read more:
    propublica.org/article/clarenc

    #OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife

  26. #ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events

    by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
    Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT

    Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

    " 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.

    "While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

    "The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.

    "The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.

    "In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.

    "By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.

    "Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."

    Read more:
    propublica.org/article/clarenc

    #OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife

  27. #ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events

    by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
    Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDT

    Excerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.

    " 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.

    "While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.

    "The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.

    "The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.

    "In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.

    "By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.

    "Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."

    Read more:
    propublica.org/article/clarenc

    #OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife

  28. Trung Quốc đã bổ sung thêm 100 triệu nhân dân tệ để hỗ trợ cứu trợ lũ lụt tại Quý Châu, nâng tổng khoản hỗ trợ lên 200 triệu nhân dân tệ. Sự hỗ trợ này sẽ giúp phục hồi cơ sở hạ tầng và phục vụ khẩn cấp cho các cộng đồng bị ảnh hưởng. #TrungQuốc #CứuTrợLũLụt #NDRC #QuýChâu ift.tt/l8QqLsY

  29. CW: Politics: Vote for more than just the presidency!

    The National Democratic Redistricting Committee #NDRC would like to remind you that there is more to voting than just the presidency!
    #Vote
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