@inafried@shift7@smithmegan@RepYvetteClarke .@smithmegan's advice to the new administration on tech and Big Data in government : "This is a team sport...really prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion in these teams and prioritize these topics and these capabilities."
@inafried@shift7@smithmegan@RepYvetteClarke .@RepYvetteClark: "Data programed incorrectly with baked-in biases can be harmful to citizens in our nation, whether it's determining how one is able to purchase a home, get a student loan or having access to the infrastructure that children need for remote learning."
@inafried@shift7@smithmegan@RepYvetteClarke .@RepYvetteClarke on how biases in technology reflect real life: "What we're seeing in the growth of the tech industry is indicative of a number of the biases that exist in every corner and facet of our lives here."
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OFF THE RAILS, episode 4: Trump torches what is arguably the most consequential relationship in his Cabinet. axios.com/trump-barr-rel…
By the late summer of 2020, Trump and Barr were regularly skirmishing over how to handle the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.
The president wanted to invoke the Insurrection Act and send the military into U.S. cities. Barr disagreed. axios.com/trump-barr-rel…
In one especially volatile mid-August meeting, Trump grew more and more frustrated about Barr's resistance to deploying troops. "No one supports me," Trump yelled. "No one gives me any fucking support."
OFF THE RAILS, episode 3: The outside lawyers Trump brought in to try to reverse Biden’s win plotted to seize voting machines, “catch the traitors” and tie Obama-era officials to convoluted theories about Communists, spies and computer software. axios.com/trump-off-the-…
It was clear Trump recognized how unhinged his outside legal advisers were.
But he was becoming increasingly desperate about losing to Biden, and Sidney Powell and her crew were willing to keep feeding the grand lie that the election could be overturned. axios.com/trump-off-the-…
This new gang of advisers shared some common traits.
They were sycophants who craved an audience with the president, they were hardcore conspiracy theorists. And all of them had, at one point in their lives, done impressive, professional mainstream work. axios.com/trump-off-the-…
OFF THE RAILS: As election results continued to skew in favor of Joe Biden, Trump stopped buying what his professional staff was telling him and turned to radical voices who told him what he wanted to hear. axios.com/trump-lawyers-…
Top aides believed that Trump had one long shot at victory. It would require them to win enough outstanding votes in Arizona and Georgia to squeak home in those two states, and to win a legal challenge to election practices in Wisconsin. axios.com/trump-lawyers-…
Trump listened calmly and told them their plan was worth a shot. But it would never get off the ground.
Plan B, driven by Rudy Giuliani and a parallel track of conspiracy theorists, was already coming together, unfolding before official advisers' eyes. axios.com/trump-lawyers-…
Axios subject-matter experts brief you on the incoming administration's plans and team. 👇 axios.com/axios-am-new-w…
Top corporate leaders tell Axios that President-elect Biden's Cabinet and West Wing picks appear to be animated more by competence than by ideology, making business optimistic about working with the new administration. axios.com/what-business-…
President-elect Biden’s foreign policy team could just about have been assembled by returning to President Obama’s second term and playing a round of musical chairs.
OFF THE RAILS: Trump’s refusal to believe the election results was premeditated. He had heard about the “red mirage” — the likelihood that early vote counts would tip more Republican than the final tallies — and he decided to exploit it. axios.com/trump-election…
For weeks, Trump had been laying the groundwork to declare victory on election night — even if he lost. But real-time results, punctuated by Fox’s call to become the first outlet to call Arizona for Joe Biden, upended his plans and began his unraveling. axios.com/trump-election…
Over the next two months, Trump took the nation down with him as he descended into denial, despair and a reckless revenge streak that fueled a deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol by his backers seeking to overturn the election. axios.com/trump-election…