Friday Smorgasbord

The American Radicals Podcast covers Flock reforms, chatbots in Congress, Mexico's inflation rate, and a fraudulent English professor. Check us out on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/09AZ2WuYnWbZ2941wsb6jW?si=76c005605dc64dc1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/02/how-police-officers-used-vast-network-cameras-spy-their-exes/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/08/13/flock-unveils-changes-after-post-report-police-misuse-its-network/  https://www.404media.co/flock-pitched-a-plan-to-turn-uber-and-lyft-drivers-into-roaming-surveillance-vehicles/  https://www.404media.co/license-plate-reader-company-flock-is-building-a-massive-people-lookup-tool-leak-shows/  https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/correcting-the-record-flock-nova-will-not-supply-dark-web-data?ref=404media.co  https://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/new-orleans-becomes-first-major-us-city-to-use-ai-for-9-1-1-calls/  https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/fcc-bans-future-roombas-from-being-sold-in-the-us-3393016/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/13/chatbots-are-doing-work-congress-with-little-oversight/  https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/splc-employee-who-paid-neo-nazi-lover-1-2-million-unmasked/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost  https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/12/breaking-former-splc-cfo-arrested-ag-blanche-confirms/ https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_77dccea0-57e7-42f3-9db3-f913885a1cab.html  https://mexiconewsdaily.com/ceo-corner/inflation-mexico-lower-united-states-why-thats-such-a-big-deal-a-perspective-from-our-ceo/  https://www.investmentnews.com/practice-management/sports-betting-is-pulling-gen-z-dollars-away-from-investing-betterment-finds/267806  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/betterments-2026-retail-investor-survey-reveals-a-new-generation-of-investors-is-blurring-the-lines-between-information-advice-and-entertainment-302848376.html  https://www.city-journal.org/article/cambridge-professor-jason-arday-plagiarism