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2 days agoTypically this position is referred to as ‘Lieutenant Governor’, and every state I know of has one.
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9·3 days agoThey are referring to some fringe “tax protester” conspiracy theories which dispute that the 16th amendment was properly ratified. You can read about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_Sixteenth_Amendment_arguments#Sixteenth_Amendment_ratification
Suffice it to say, these ‘theories’ have been largely rejected, including by the states themselves, and by the SCOTUS.
33·4 days agoThey already do. (“They” meaning AI generally, I don’t know about Claude or ChatGPT’s bots specifically). There are a number of tools server admins can use to help deal with this.
See also:
I empathize with the hope that the national guard would side with protesters in violation of their orders, but is there any historical precedent for that?
On the other hand, there have been plenty of historical confrontations where the national guard has engaged in violence against demonstrators.
Maybe it can be different this time, but I don’t know.