E-Bike Injuries Surge, Amazon Destroys Books for AI & Troops Gain Border Arrest Powers | TMI Ep 444

E-bikes were supposed to make transportation easier, artificial intelligence was supposed to preserve knowledge, and the military was supposed to stay out of civilian law enforcement. Today, all three assumptions are getting a serious stress test. And in Washington, one suspicious package managed to bring out the bomb squad for a reason nobody saw coming.On today’s TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan:E-bikes are becoming faster, more powerful and far more common — and emergency rooms are seeing the consequences. As injuries and deaths climb, states are rewriting rules once meant for ordinary bicycles. At what point does an e-bike stop being a bicycle and become a motorcycle with pedals?Amazon began as an online bookstore. Now an investigation says books — including rare and out-of-print titles — are being purchased, dismantled and scanned to help train artificial intelligence. Are tech companies preserving human knowledge, or literally destroying pieces of it to build the machines replacing it?The Justice Department says U.S. troops stationed inside newly designated military zones along the southern border can arrest trespassers and, under certain circumstances, pursue them beyond those boundaries. The legal theory runs straight into the 148-year-old Posse Comitatus Act. Has Washington found a legitimate exception to the ban on military policing — or a way around it?And finally, a suspicious electronic device with exposed wires outside a Washington, D.C., firehouse triggered road closures and a bomb squad investigation during rush hour. Authorities eventually figured out exactly what it was. Was Washington prepared for the answer?Join The TMI Show LIVE Mon–Fri at 10am ET.