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19 May 2023 3 minute read 3 comments Cje95
I often see headlines now that years ago would have really sent my mind on a wild adventure. This last week one such instance where the headline read, "Leaked Memo Suggests Democrats on US House Committee Were Told to Support Party Position on Crypto...
17 May 2023 3 minute read 4 comments Cje95
It has really blown my mind that people did not connect the dots until a few days ago that Sam Altman is much more than the head of OpenAI. As groundbreaking as OpenAI has been and the security concerns that have followed it the bigger security issue...
4 May 2023 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95
TL;DR Two days ago the Supreme Court said it was going to revisit the court case that led to regulatory bodies like the SEC being able to expand its power into things like cryptocurrencies that they initially were not in charge of by stating that wel...
25 Apr 2023 6 minute read 3 comments Cje95
As many of my followers likely know I work for Congress on a House of Representatives Committee and while it can be an amazing job it can also be one of the most stressful stomach-churning things as well. One of the biggest things that I have tried t...
17 Apr 2023 2 minute read 7 comments Cje95
Last week the House Financial Services Committee released a letter they had sent to SEC Chair Gary Gensler "nicely" informing him about his agency's failures to provide records and responses that the Committee had requested. In fact, the Committee I...
12 Apr 2023 5 minute read 3 comments Cje95
Late last week I stumbled across an article that suggested that OpenAI would best be served to move from a company to a DAO. Naturally, this idea caught my attention since it would result in a monumental shift in corporate America that I am not sure...
7 Apr 2023 4 minute read 3 comments Cje95
I love my job, what I do, and the people that I work with but at the same time it is some of the most draining chaotic stuff I have ever encountered. When I started I figured that it would be like any other "normal" job. You work from X to Y, if you...
4 Mar 2023 2 minute read 7 comments Cje95
Last week I spent two days attending an Investigation and Oversight boot camp for a small group of Congressional Staffers. Each day was 8 and a half hours long with only two five-minute breaks and one twenty-five-minute break. Not to mention that fo...
17 Feb 2023 4 minute read 2 comments Cje95
I know others have written about this topic on Publish0x and have reached various conclusions. Since I do happen to work on Capital Hill though, I feel it is necessary to throw in my two cents and help clarify what is going on up here. While there ha...
15 Feb 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95
Welp turns out the SEC is an old dog that is not able to learn new tricks. To be honest for a while I had a small sliver of hope that maybe just maybe they would not do anything psychotic. I was wrong and that is what yesterday's news has told us now...
