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Do Elected Officials Even Exist? Who's actually running the government?
Front Page Magazine ^ | December 17, 2023 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 12/17/2023 4:03:07 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

During Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s incapacity, we learned that her office was running as usual. So was Sen. Fetterman’s office. Staffers went on issuing press releases, taking positions and co-sponsoring bills on their behalf.

Senator Feinstein just introduced the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2023 to mandate abortion nationwide while outlawing state restrictions on late-term abortion when babies can feel pain… but Feinstein isn’t really introducing or sponsoring bills, her staffers, who announced her retirement without her knowing about it, are legislating in her name.

This is routine. Our government isn’t run by elected officials. And sometimes the elected officials aren’t even there. It’s just AI.

Susan Zhuang, who was elected to represent a newly created Asian-majority district in southern Brooklyn, admitted she uses popular AI tools like ChatGPT after being confronted by The Post about AI-generated answers she submitted for a recent Q and A interview with the media outlet City & State.

When asked, “What makes someone a New Yorker?” Zhaung sent back a 101-word response that began with, “New York City, the concrete jungle where dreams come true. It’s not just a place, it’s a state of mind. Being a New Yorker means having an unstoppable hustle, unbreakable resilience and unrivaled independence. …”

Hank Sheinkopf, a longtime New York-based Democratic political consultant, said he’s heard of elected officials using AI for campaigning — but never to respond to general questions from reporters or other members of the public. He fears it “could be the wave of the future.”

“It is very troubling,” he said. “We’d be better off with robots in public office – at least we would know what we got.”

I guess. Between staffers and AI, to what extent do we even have anything resembling the government envisioned by the Founding Fathers?

(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ai; bureaucracy; coup; deepstate; donatefreerepublic; electedofficials; greenfield; jimknows; staffers; usgovenment
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1 posted on 12/17/2023 4:03:07 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bureaucrats eau de Beltway......


2 posted on 12/17/2023 4:05:07 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I really think the whole thing is an illusion. We don’t have anything like an actual government. We have powerful people in back rooms somewhere working to get what they want. It’s a big club, and you’re not in it.

Likewise, in the corporate world, the whole “Bud Light” type of disaster is a demonstration that the people “running the show” don’t know how to run the show. Somebody, somewhere, in some back room just managed to get something done. That sort of person is never held responsible.


3 posted on 12/17/2023 4:07:31 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The MAJORITY of U.S. elections, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL are FRAUDULENT.

START THERE.

4 posted on 12/17/2023 4:07:47 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

America hasn’t been free since WWII. One could argue even before that. We lost representation when they pinned the House at 435 and passed the 17th amendment. America as founded died a century ago, and those of us who want it back are being targeted by the government and labeled fringe by the rest of the country. Imagine.


5 posted on 12/17/2023 4:09:01 PM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The real work of legislation is done by staff, who coordinate with donors and lobbyists.

And the staff are typically supplied to new incoming Congress-criters by party leadership.

And how are party leaders selected? By who can bring in the most donor money.


6 posted on 12/17/2023 4:12:31 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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With this current regime, I’d say Gyorgy Schwartz and the rest of the WEF miscreants.


7 posted on 12/17/2023 4:14:41 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Act of 1871 did away with our nation’s sovereignty.


8 posted on 12/17/2023 4:18:02 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Porn star staffers.


9 posted on 12/17/2023 4:19:22 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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The 80,000 democratic government workers run this country….they make all the rules…congress is supposed to approve them. But they don’t…


10 posted on 12/17/2023 4:20:11 PM PST by Hojczyk
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I really think the whole thing is an illusion.

Heh, great timing. I just got done watching the Columbo episode "Now You See Him", the one with the "Great Santini".

As everyone knows, he turned out to be a Nazi.

11 posted on 12/17/2023 4:23:46 PM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Blackmail networks run everything.


12 posted on 12/17/2023 4:30:51 PM PST by Farcesensitive (K is coming)
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To: rarestia

The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 and the 17th Amendment completely destroyed limited government in this country.


13 posted on 12/17/2023 4:53:40 PM PST by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deepstate)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think AI might be orchestrating operations.


14 posted on 12/17/2023 4:59:13 PM PST by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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“...but Feinstein isn’t really introducing or sponsoring bills, her staffers, who announced her retirement without her knowing about it, are legislating in her name.”


My favorite part of the Feinstein thing was when she gave power of attorney to her daughter for her own financial affairs, but continued to vote in the US Senate for laws for America !


15 posted on 12/17/2023 5:06:26 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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Congress regularly passes 2000 page bills with none of them reading a page.

Whoever is writing those 2000 pages is who actually governs us.


16 posted on 12/17/2023 5:11:21 PM PST by MNDude
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dr. Demented and the disciples of deceit.

That could have been the name of a band...

With their #1 hit song, Polices of Sabotage.


17 posted on 12/17/2023 5:21:28 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Bookmark


18 posted on 12/17/2023 5:29:17 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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Feinstein isn’t really introducing or sponsoring bills, her staffers, who announced her retirement without her knowing about it, are legislating in her name."

That's the part that's known as "The Deep State".

19 posted on 12/17/2023 5:34:20 PM PST by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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The legislative reference bureaus write the laws.
https://www.palrb.gov/


20 posted on 12/17/2023 6:22:54 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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