Josh Vlasto

Everyone involved in the debate over AI policy needs to focus on facts and reality. This is too important to let partisanship grind progress to a halt.

We have an opportunity to pass a smart, strong national regulatory framework that creates American jobs, drives economic growth, expands access to the benefits of AI for all Americans, establishes meaningful frontier model safety standards, and protects users, kids and communities.

Extreme voices and partisanship will derail efforts to pass regulation that can actually become law and be implemented.

We need to tune out the noise, reject fearmongering, and not allow narrow corporate agendas masquerading as altruism to stand in the way of real progress.

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Smart and ground truth take from @JimVandeHei @mikeallen this morning.

Goes right to the core of reality for anyone trying to understand the current (as well as past and future) politics and get actual votes…

For years, we've been reminding you about the power of Normal America: The vast majority of people — including our siblings, who are scattered from Oshkosh to Oregon — don't marinate in cable news, obsess about X or wake up thinking about Washington.

•They volunteer, they give to good causes, they'll help you in a pinch.

•They're good, they're fair ... and they're smart.

axios.com/2026/11/06/mid…

These numbers on data centers could not be more clear and they were true this summer, they were true before the election and they are true now.

Voters are thoughtful on this issue...

And 5 out of 6 of these PAC’s have not disclosed one major donor through the FEC.

Not one…

Fourteen years ago today, Superstorm Sandy devastated communities across New York. What followed was one of the most intense, exhausting and impactful periods of my time working in government.

In the hours, days and weeks after the storm, we worked relentlessly alongside partners across city, state and federal government to respond to communities in desperate need and deliver whatever help we could.

Every day was about finding a way to move the ball forward. Getting the power back on. Getting aid or the national guard to a neighborhood. Helping serve food to families in housing developments in the Rockaways. Solving one problem, then moving on to the next.

There were incredibly difficult conversations, plenty of frustration and even a few laughs along the way. But we never stopped. And neither did the thousands of public servants, first responders, volunteers and community leaders who showed up every single day.

Looking back, what stays with me most is the extraordinary commitment of so many people to helping their fellow New Yorkers. No one had all the answers, but everyone understood the urgency and the responsibility.

The work in those early days, and the years of rebuilding that followed with critical support from the federal government, helped make our city and state stronger and more resilient.

It was New York at its best. People coming together, putting differences aside and doing whatever needed to be done.

Fourteen years later, I’m still incredibly proud to have been a small part of that effort and grateful to everyone who gave so much to help New York and New Yorkers.

observer.com/2012/11/the-co…