White House shields AI gold rush, Trump family allies profit

Riyadh's on fire. The press just got banned from the White House. Meanwhile, Obama sounds off on AI regulation, Newsom signs new election security laws in CA, and much more. Everything you need to know:

All we really see during these White House live streams are images of Trump sleeping and dying before our eyes. If the majors stop covering him and continue to focus on how we move forward, we starve him. We need to dim his voice and focus our attention on the people's voices. Oh and Fuck AI.

The White House isn't backing down from its laissez-faire approach to AI, even as the industry's biggest leaders call for stronger safety rules and as public concern about AI intensifies.

Kash Patel went on Fox to brag he's increased AI at the FBI by 605%, a number with no baseline and no meaning. Then he said the quiet part: every big tech company embedded in the bureau, combing databases and collecting DNA. That's a surveillance state with a Fox segment.

The whole rhetoric around unregulated AI is: "something, something... China." In reality it's about corruption in the White House and fast money for the tech bros. The truth is that China has a comprehensive regulatory system for AI. We shouldn't have to fear AI; regulate the tech AND data centers.

As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails #TheGuardian

Trump is resisting new restrictions on A.I. His family and closest allies have accumulated financial interests from the expanding AI boom, drawing scrutiny from Dem lawmakers, government ethics watchdogs and, by some accounts, his own senior aides. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump Rips AI Safety as "Hoax," White House Regulatory Freeze @bluthrunthru.bsky.social @ltwlauren.bsky.social @katarinakriz.bsky.social @bluthrunthru.bsky.social @bm1970.bsky.social @moberzan.bsky.social @katarinakriz.bsky.social @claynobles.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social

THIS is Kleptocracy: "Trump is resisting new restrictions on AI at a moment when his family and some of his closest allies have accumulated financial interests in the infrastructure and defense-technology ecosystem expanding alongside the AI boom." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Sunday (9/20) News Roundup: Massive Corruption as “[WH] shields the AI gold rush”; Trump Wants an "AI Force" - WTF?;”; "Even in Reliably Red Kansas, [GOP] Enthusiasm Is Fading"; Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05) Thinks "Iran war not to blame for skyrocketing fuel prices" bluevirginia.us/2026/09/sund...

America's AI Success Relies on Chinese Experts as US Races to Beat CCP ->Newsweek | More on "US-China AI competition strategy" at BigEarthData.ai | #AI

Day 606 continues White House ENFORCES its ban on CNN, MS NOW + Politico; reporters are turned away and outlets threaten legal action. —The Felon-in-Chief announces an “AI Force” + new AI czar while opposing new AI regulation. —He blasts Supreme Court over tariff, birthright citizenship rulings.

I fucking told you. They’re building an AI data center and installing Musk’s Grok under the fucking White House to run the country. Why do you think Elon stole all of the private data of every American?

So just when all the grown-ups need to have an urgent discussion about the extreme risks & downsides of uncontrollable AI and when we need to put a full break on that apocalyptic race, we have someone as corrupt and moronic as Donald Trump in the White House. Give humanity a fair fighting chance!

Sept 14th Susie Wiles must’ve seen Bessent’s bomb of a hearing, (or maybe it was Kevin Warsh?) and convinced him to hire someone who knows wtf they’re doing. “To that end, I will be announcing, in the near future, the AI ‘Czar’ — Only High I.Q. individuals need apply!”