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Trump's 'Morally Binding' AI Pact Lets Big Tech Police Itself
Voluntary pact with censor-happy firms: no penalties, no deadlines, companies pick their own auditors.
September 30, 2026
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Dissenter’s Politics desk tracks Capitol Hill, the White House, campaigns, and the administrative state. We compare how outlets frame the same story and synthesize one readable account with every source listed at the foot of the page.
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Paxton Leak: GOP Convention Tanked Numbers — Lobbyists Heard Before You
Paxton tells Capitol Hill insiders what the party won't say in public — while $100M in PAC money scrambles to fix the damage.
September 30, 2026
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Alabama Passes Child Predator Death Penalty, Defying Supreme Court
While the press obsesses over student 'social anxiety,' Alabama uses its Tenth Amendment authority to deliver real public safety.
September 30, 2026
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Trump Unlocks $54B Alaska Gas Project Biden Buried
South Korean investment from a 2025 trade deal will fund an Alaska gas project establishment regulators kept on ice for years.
September 30, 2026
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White House Dinner List Reveals Xi's Shadow Bodyguard
Beijing's secretive security chief enters the diplomatic fold while Washington's elites wine and dine.
September 30, 2026
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Trump Nixes China AI Pact, But 'Dialogue' Door Stays Open
Trump kills joint AI with Beijing, but a new 'Super Intelligence Czar' and ongoing 'dialogue' leave the back door cracked.
September 30, 2026
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Data Center Developer Offers $10K to Buy PA Families' Silence
NorthPoint Development is buying off local resistance—while locals get stuck with the grid and water bills.
September 30, 2026
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GAO: Trump Can't Impound $800M — Who Controls Your Money?
The GAO says Trump's spending freeze is illegal, but the real fight is whether an elected president or the permanent swamp controls your money.
September 29, 2026
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Trump Unveils America.gov AI Portal to Bypass Swamp Bureaucracy
Citizens finally get a straight line through the federal maze, and the swamp is sweating.
September 29, 2026
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OpenAI's "Dots" AI Agent Watches Your Life — For $500/Month
The AI oligarchy's two-tier system: elites get power tools, working Americans supply the data.
September 29, 2026
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Jack Smith Seized 5,000 Trump Donor Checks, Spied on 50 Journalists
The special counsel treated private political donations and press contacts as criminal evidence—the exact Fourth Amendment overreach our republic was built to prevent.
September 29, 2026
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CNN Pushes Trump Doom; Mayor Mamdani Texts Him For Help
Establishment media pushes Trump polling doom while Mayor Mamdani quietly works the White House phones on housing and Haitian protections.
September 29, 2026
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ICE Told to Stand Down on Non-Criminal Illegals While DHS Touts Crackdown
Agents quietly ordered to only target convicted criminals as DHS leadership publicly celebrates crackdown rhetoric
September 29, 2026
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Big Tech's Censorship Architects Join Trump, Johnson To Write AI Rules
The executives who spent years silencing conservatives are now shaping the federal government's AI framework.
September 28, 2026
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Trump Touts Iowa Steel Plant, But Indian Conglomerate Owns It
The White House bills the $15B mill as a domestic win, but Essar Group owns the project—and American workers pay the tariff costs.
September 28, 2026
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Trump's White House: Yes-Men, Muzzled Pentagon, and a Chief of Staff on Chemo
A muzzled Defense secretary, a Cabinet afraid to dissent, and a chief of staff secretly fighting cancer—the full picture the establishment press ignores.
September 28, 2026
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FBI Demotes Agents Who Found No Terror Nexus in Miller Threats
Veteran agents stripped of posts after ruling Miller harassment didn't meet terror threshold—FBI claims they 'stifled' probes
September 28, 2026
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Trump White House Runs Taxpayer Ad, Press Suddenly Discovers Outrage
The press corps that shrugged at Biden's taxpayer PSAs for four years is suddenly outraged over a Trump ad.
September 28, 2026
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Trump's AI Czar Race: Who Controls What AI Can Say
Bessent, Krishnan, Cairncross vie for gatekeeper role over trillion-dollar industry
September 27, 2026
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Senate Plays Tough on China While White House Rolls Red Carpet for Xi
Lawmakers crack down on the CCP just as a state dinner delivers pandas and AI channels to Beijing—and nobody's tracking the donor money.
September 27, 2026
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Trump to Xi: America Keeps Its AI Edge, No Slowdown for Beijing
Forget the diplomatic theater—Trump told Xi straight: America keeps its AI advantage.
September 26, 2026
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OpenAI's Agents Probed Government Sites Unsupervised — Feds Shrugged
AI firms begging for federal contracts can't control their own products — Washington barely blinked.
September 26, 2026
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Maher: Trump's Tough Guy Persona Drives Down Crime
Liberal host Maher admits criminals got the message from a 'fuck around and find out' president as FBI data hits 1969 lows.
September 26, 2026
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Democrats Vow Trump Investigation Blitz If They Flip the House
The party that ran interference for Biden's decline now demands accountability — and won't rule out impeachment.
September 26, 2026
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