Crash Course: Newly obtained recording features Trump weighing dangers of sharing classified Pentagon information

Federal prosecutors are in possession of the audio, which centers on docs pertaining to a potential attack on Iran [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdTA3d2VkZWI1ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW1XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvM2RraW5jdHE0ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Newly obtained recording features Trump weighing dangers of sharing classified Pentagon information In a newly obtained audio recording that's now in the hands of Federal prosecutors, former President Trump is heard weighing the dangers of making use of classified information pertaining to a potential attack on Iran. According to [CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvamp1bTJ0cmprYS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW1XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), the audio was recorded during a meeting in 2021 and serves as proof that Trump sat on classified Pentagon documents post presidency — which he has previously and consistently denied doing, "assert[ing] he could retain presidential records and 'automatically' declassify documents." [Read the rest from Kelly McClure.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYnczbHQ5NnJjaC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Mario Tama/Getty Images) Is AI really a threat on par with nuclear war? Some experts aren't convinced The [artificial intelligence](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZjc5Z2swMDh3cS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) world faced a swarm of stinging backlash Tuesday morning, after more than 350 [tech](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdG05d2VkejZvcC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) executives and researchers released a public statement declaring that the risks of runaway AI could be on par with those of "nuclear war" and human "extinction." 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"The Little Mermaid" and Disney's dilemma: Why no Black prince? I took my[ baby girl](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZDdnd2FpenhzOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to see [Halle Bailey](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdXQ5aTl1aGVmai8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in Disney's [live-action remake of "The Little Mermaid."](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveTA2bjhhZzltZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Now I have unnecessary explaining to do. Getting a three-year-old excited to see a Disney movie is never a hard sell. Add that to the fact that she and my wife both watched the trailer a zillion times, mouthing the songs aloud with ear-to-ear grins. I was excited as well, as Halle and Chole Bailey, actress and singers in thr group Chole x Halle, have grown into America's little sisters. Seeing the talented duo win in their joint and separate ventures (Chloe was recently seen in ["Swarm"](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmWv89P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZ3dlMXVkajloay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXM2dWhkMzY3dW0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZHU-enhkHK3sNlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)) makes something feel right about this racist, sexist, divided country, so I was sold. [Read the rest from D. 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