Ep. 131 - Texas Still Sucks

Welcome back to Frown Town! Vee and J discuss the White House's Blueprint to the AI Bill of Rights and why we need more than a plan. Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links: Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights - https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/ The White House released an ‘AI Bill of Rights’ - https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/tech/ai-bill-of-rights/index.html Here’s why tech companies keep paying millions to settle lawsuits in Illinois - https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/20/tech/illinois-biometric-law-bipa-explainer/index.html Famous AI Gone Wrong Examples In the Real World We Need To Know - https://www.analyticsinsight.net/famous-ai-gone-wrong-examples-in-the-real-world-we-need-to-know/ AI Gone Rogue: 6 Times AI Went Too Far - https://www.makeuseof.com/ai-gone-rogue-times-ai-went-too-far/ AI Gone Wrong: 5 Biggest AI Failures Of All Time - https://www.jumpstartmag.com/ai-gone-wrong-5-biggest-ai-failures-of-all-time/ Hot Robot At SXSW Says She Wants To Destroy Humans | The Pulse - https://youtu.be/W0_DPi0PmF0

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about Puerto Rico and how colonialism has negatively impacted their ability improve their present and their future.  Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links: An Uncertain State: In the debate over whether to admit Puerto Rico to the union, which side is Puerto Rico on? - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/puerto-rico-statehood-us-politics-democrats.html What Does It Mean to be A Territory of the United States - https://www.puertoricoreport.com/educators-mean-territory-united-states/#.YzDNenbMJEZ Freely Associated States 2022 - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freely-associated-state Compacts of Free Association - https://www.doi.gov/oia/compacts-of-free-association Colonialism's Ledger: Puerto Rico in the shadow of debt - https://www.thenation.com/article/society/rocio-zambrana-colonial-debts/ The Origins of the Puerto Rican Debt Crisis - https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/090915/origins-puerto-rican-debt-crisis.asp S.2328:  PROMESA - https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2328 Act 22 - https://www.the2022actsociety.org/tax-incentives/act-22/ White liberals must stop pushing Puerto Rican statehood for their own benefit. Let us decide. - https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/white-liberals-must-stop-pushing-puerto-rican-statehood-their-own-ncna1247419

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J go all Brian Windhorst about Lindsey Graham's proposed abortion ban legislature. Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links Graham proposes 15-week abortion bill, dividing Republicans ahead of midterm elections - https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/13/politics/lindsey-graham-abortion-15-week-ban/index.html Lindsey Graham’s abortion ban bill baffles some Republicans as Democrats sharpen attacks in key midterm races - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/16/lindsey-graham-abortion-ban-bill-splits-gop-on-midterm-message.html The Perverse, Potentially Lethal Consequences of Lindsey Graham’s Federal Abortion Ban - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/lindsey-graham-republicans-federal-abortion-ban.html The Only Way Lindsey Graham’s Abortion Ban Makes Political Sense - https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/lindsey-graham-abortion-ban-2022-midterm-2024-election.html

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J are joined by rapper, activist, and all-around dope ass person Bigg Villainus to talk about gun control's racist roots and what the best ways to address gun violence look like! Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Special Guest: Bigg Villainus Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/overthrowmedia Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/biggvillainus Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@biggvillainus Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/biggvillainus Twitter - https://twitter.com/BiggVillainus

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about Texas' Operation Lone Star and its alleged civil rights violations. Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links: Chicago welcomes immigrants bused out of Texas with open arms - https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2022/9/1/23332748/chicago-illinois-asylum-seekers-bus-texas-governor-abbott-mayor-lightfoot-sanctuary-city-day-two Editorial: Trafficked to Union Station? Migrants are not interstate political pawns - https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-migrants-union-station-chicago-greg-abbott-20220901-rbeahavvv5dpnek5thzqcysriu-story.html Justice Department is investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for alleged civil rights violations - https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/06/operation-lone-star-doj-investigation-abbott/

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about credit score reporting.  Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links: The History of Consumer Credit in One Giant Infographic - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-consumer-credit-one-infographic/ When Did Credit Scores Start? - https://www.credit.com/blog/when-did-credit-scores-start-152354/ The History Of Credit - https://www.rockethq.com/learn/credit/the-history-of-credit Understanding the Fair Credit Reporting Act - https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/credit-education/report-basics/fair-credit-reporting-act-fcra/ In boon for consumers, 3rd Circuit clarifies ascertainability, post-TransUnion standing - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/boon-consumers-3rd-circuit-clarifies-ascertainability-post-transunion-standing-2022-08-26/

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J talk about the laws governing the classification of confidential, secret, and top secret information. Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links: The Law of Classified Information: A Primer - https://www.lawfareblog.com/law-classified-information-primer 50 U.S.C. § 3161 - https://casetext.com/statute/united-states-code/title-50-war-and-national-defense/chapter-44-national-security/subchapter-vi-access-to-classified-information/section-3161-procedures The provisions of Executive Order 12356 of Apr. 2, 1982 - https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/laws/national-security-information

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee and J discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, specifically its $369B in climate provisions, the largest amount the American government has ever earmarked for spending on the climate crisis.  Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links: US House passes Democrats’ landmark healthcare and climate bill - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/12/us-house-passes-climate-bill-inflation-reduction-act Senate passes $739bn healthcare and climate bill after months of wrangling - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/07/inflation-reduction-act-senate-democrats-pass Why Internet Leftists Are So Pissed About Democrats’ Historic Climate Bill - https://slate.com/business/2022/08/inflation-reduction-act-climate-change-criticism-adam-mckay-david-sirota.html What the Inflation Reduction Act Does — and Doesn’t Do — for Climate - https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/08/12/what-the-inflation-reduction-act-does-and-doesnt-do-for-climate/

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, Vee returns and joins J to talk jury nullification! Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links: Jury Nullification - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/jury_nullification It's Perfectly Constitutional to Talk about Jury Nullification - https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/its-perfectly-constitutional-talk-about-jury-nullification

Welcome back to Frown Town! This week, J goes solo to talk about the Honoring our PACT Act. Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury! - https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/album/fcon Relevant Links: Jon Stewart Slams Ted Cruz Video As Row Heats Up: 'Not Tonite Sweetie' - https://www.newsweek.com/jon-stewart-slams-ted-cruz-video-row-heats-veterans-burn-pits-1729360 Senate Republicans burned a bill that would have helped veterans — here’s why - https://www.vox.com/2022/7/30/23284976/senate-republicans-pact-act-veterans A secretary says Republican-backed amendments to burn pits legislation would lead to ‘rationing of care for vets’ - https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/31/politics/pact-act-burn-pits-legislation-cnntv/index.html ‘Darn shame’: Veterans react to PACT Act blockage - https://www.wect.com/2022/07/29/darn-shame-veterans-react-pact-act-blockage/ 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT BURN PITS - https://www.publichealth.va.gov/docs/exposures/ten-things-to-know-fact-sheet.pdf