Monday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
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🗓️ 5 August 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Washington's Blanket Primary Election has Democrats and Republicans mixing with some non-traditional political parties, Washington's Secretary of State is asking X owner Elon Musk to monitor his AI chatbot more carefully, and the state Department of Children, Youth and Families continues to clash with several Washington Counties about youth rehabilitation facilities.
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| 0:00.0 | These days, there's so much news. |
| 0:01.8 | It can be hard to keep up with what it all means for you, your family, and your community. |
| 0:06.4 | The Consider This Podcast from NPR features our award-winning journalism. |
| 0:10.7 | Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a news story and provide the context and analysis that helps you make sense of the news. |
| 0:17.5 | We get behind the headlines. |
| 0:19.4 | We get to the truth. |
| 0:22.3 | Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. |
| 0:26.9 | Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle Now. I'm Ruvita Luna. Here are today's |
| 0:33.8 | top stories. It's Monday, August 5th. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is one of five election officials who are urging Elon Musk to make changes to his website's AI chatbot. |
| 0:48.2 | Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon drafted the letter. It's signed by the secretaries of state of Pennsylvania, |
| 0:55.5 | Michigan, New Mexico, and Washington. The letter says exes chatbot called GROC, falsely shared |
| 1:02.7 | information, suggesting that Kamala Harris was not eligible to appear on the 2024 |
| 1:08.2 | presidential ballot in nine states, including Washington. |
| 1:12.4 | The letter adds that in all nine states, this is not true and that ballots are not closed. |
| 1:18.6 | They're asking Musk to immediately implement changes and urged him to direct users to the website, |
| 1:25.2 | can I vote.org. |
| 1:31.2 | Tomorrow's primary in Washington state is a nonpartisan blanket primary. Every candidate from every party runs against each other at once. Since you can |
| 1:38.4 | write in whatever party preference you like, that means Democrats and Republicans share space on |
| 1:44.1 | the ballot with some less |
| 1:45.9 | traditional parties. KUOW politics reporter Scott Greenstone has more. |
| 1:51.5 | Richard Boyce is running for Congress in Lakewood, where he lives. Under his party preference, |
| 1:55.9 | he put, Congress sucks. Every shirt I wear has Congress sucks on it. And I have Congress sucks bumper stickers |
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