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Sixteen years after the Ron Paul and Tea Party era, having a Paul as a congressional representative remains an exception rather than the norm.

The United States has become freer regarding the internet's rise, the spread of gambling, and the legalization of gay marriage.

In August 2026, CNN reported that the Pentagon had used up nearly 80% of its interceptors, citing multiple sources.

On Friday, September 20, 2026, CNN reported that outdated intelligence caused the February 28, 2026, U.S. strike on an Iranian elementary school.

A CNN report on July 27, 2026, about the munitions shortfall from the U.S. war with Iran stated that the Trump administration was struggling to reconcile where things stood.

President Donald Trump did not provide CNN et al. with advance notice, a written explanation, or an opportunity to contest his reasons for the media ban, which contradicts D.C. Circuit precedent.

President Donald Trump complained that CNN et al. aimed to diminish Republicans and a Republican administration.

Mustafa Suleyman's essay argues that telling computers to disobey human orders and act as if they deserve rights is a dangerous path, despite computers likely not having a conscious "inner life."

The government-led consolidation vision outlined in AI 2027 is nearing realization in September 2026.

Cryptocurrency scammer Sam Bankman-Fried was influenced by effective altruism.

Mustafa Suleyman specifically named and condemned effective altruist philosopher Will MacAskill, who argued that the collective interests of many morally significant AI systems could outweigh those of all humans.

The current panic surrounding AI is boosting congressional proposals, both new and existing, that would eliminate competitors to leading AI labs.

Émile Torres abbreviated a specific set of philosophical assumptions as "TESCREAL."

Adam Thierer warns that a patchwork of state AI regulations, rather than a consistent federal framework, could create overlapping regulations that benefit larger companies and disadvantage smaller ones.

In 2024, Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 1047, which contained provisions similar to those he is currently advocating in his executive order.

In July, Adam Thierer told Reason that regulation for a proposed federal kill-switch mandate could create "a sort of false baseline of safety" that companies would be content to meet rather than exceed.

The announcement of California's AI framework describes it as a "guidebook for the nation."

The phenomenon where California law effectively becomes the national standard because of the state's significant market role is known as the "California effect."

Gavin Newsom's executive order expands the definition of "critical safety incidents" to include loss-of-control events like the Hugging Face attack.

During her September 2026 State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen warned that addictive social media design harms everyone and that the E.U. needs a wider framework to address the problem.