I Was Duped August 20, 2026August 22, 2026 But first, and most important . . . AVOID HOLY WARS! We didn’t vote for this war, and we sure didn’t vote for a Holy War. Watch! (90 seconds) Also . . . AVOID SPAM PACS! Hook and Squeeze: How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. Be sure you know whom you’re giving to. Which leads me too . . . OOPS Bill Clinton’s wonderful speech I posted yesterday turns out to have been fake. Fortunately, whoever wrote it, human or otherwise, did a great job — and in a just cause! — so it’s still well worth watching. But it’s scary to think how people like me, who’ve known the guy for 40+ years, could watch for 21 minutes and not have a clue. (In hindsight, there were some tells — why was he plugging The Bluebill . . . I guess that’s likely who wrote the speech — but my guard was down and I lapped it up.) Scarier still to think AI will be twice as powerful in 6 months, and twice again more in a year. Boy, do we ever need honest, thoughtful, brilliant people to lead us into the future. A couple of you sent helpful suggestions: → “When you click on a YouTube video, select ‘description.’ They disclose when it’s made with AI.” → Steve Brill’s latest venture: NewsGuard AI. Join Indivisible! Support the opposition!