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McCarthy enlists MIT in prep for speakership
Mike Allen, author of Axios AM
https://www.axios.com/kevin-mccarthy-mit-house-midterm-165f099d-f7b2-42f4-b604-d6ea39bc4ce9.html
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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is enlisting MIT to help his conference bone up on complex issues changing the world drones, AI, hypersonic weapons in hopes they'll be in charge next year.
Why it matters: McCarthy's alliance with MIT is designed to add a future-focused dimension to the GOP agenda if the party wins the House majority in midterms, and he becomes Speaker.
What's happening: McCarthy and several of his likely committee and subcommittee chairs spent Monday at the MIT School of Engineering, with in-person instruction from professors who are experts in:
* Artificial intelligence (including applications for government and military) ... Quantum computing ... Life sciences (including vaccines) ... semiconductors ... and cybersecurity.
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HUAJIAO
(2,379 posts)applegrove
(118,462 posts)ck4829
(35,037 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,983 posts)And if they get that far, they can try Immunology 101 and a lab in Applied Renewable Energy.
applegrove
(118,462 posts)Turbineguy
(37,285 posts)When did they acquire this taste for luxuries?
zuul
(14,624 posts)Jim__
(14,059 posts)maxrandb
(15,292 posts)"Real" Retrumplicans and 'Murikans get their science from Pat Robertson's Regent University, their ethics and values from Donnie Dipshit U, and foreign policy advice from my drunk uncle down at the VFW.
LeftinOH
(5,351 posts)how voting machines can be hacked; how computerized voting can be manipulated, etc.
Let's not pretend the GOP is interested in technology for anything other than how to establish & maintain political control.
Ohio Joe
(21,726 posts)I have no doubt they wrote down many things out of context.