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AI Villains And The Trump Administration
The Trump Administration is all in on artificial intelligence. The federal government shares the tech industry’s vision for AI to be embedded everywhere, displacing human thought and labor and deepening the strains on the environment and climate.
July 31, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has helped shaped the Trump administration’s AI policy as his company and personal wealth grew due to Nvidia’s processor chips central role in the current AI boom.
July 29, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Trump is the Cause of Our Problems
Nate Silver thinks Trump is no longer central to US politics because Trump-related stories are “boring and dumb.” Here’s why he’s wrong.
July 28, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Antonio Gracias
Valor Equity Partners founder and SpaceX investor Antonio Gracias has helped shape Trump’s AI policy, particularly through DOGE.
July 28, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Shyam Sankar
Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar has influenced the administration’s AI policy through Palantir revolvers, lobbying, and writings.
July 24, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
The Insider Trading Administration
Donald Trump’s administration profited handsomely from insider trading. Now they want to sell inside information to Wall Street.
July 22, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Talking About A World on Fire
Last week, well over 100 million people across the United States and Canada were forced to breathe dangerously unhealthy air, as smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada blanketed much of North America.
July 21, 2026
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Personal Information at Risk
The United States federal government knows a lot about you. If you’ve ever applied for federal student aid, the Department of Education has records of your income and assets. The Social Security Administration begins collecting information from the moment your parents apply for your Social Security number at birth, adds new data every time Social Security taxes are deducted from your paychecks, and continues to monitor you until the day you die.
July 16, 2026 | The American Prospect
After Industry Request, OSHA Moves to Roll Back Ladder Safety Regulation
After requests from the petrochemical industry, OSHA moved to rollback ladder safety. Unions and safety professionals are sounding the alarm.
July 09, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Sam Altman
Co-Founder, CEO, and Board Member of OpenAI and Trump donor and ally Sam Altman. Net Worth: $3.4 billion
July 09, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Chris Lehane
Chris Lehane is OpenAI’s Chief Government Affairs Officer.
July 09, 2026
AI Villains and The Trump Admin: Greg Brockman
Greg Brockman is the current President of OpenAI—a tech firm he co-founded in 2015 with Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Ilya Sutskever.