They discuss the North Carolina S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively) initiative  

Global Leadership Strategist, International Speaker, Author, and Executive Coach

Links mentioned on 2.16.2026 BLAINESWORLD podcast (and a few others), courtesy of Graeme Browning

BBC Survey
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-content

One in 5 Americans now regularly get news on TikTok (Pew Research)
1 in 5 Americans regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020 | Pew Research Center
https://www.pewresearch.org/tools-and-datasets/

Fact-Checking sites:
PolitiFact.org - Pulitzer Prize-winning site from the Poynter
Institute 
https://www.politifact.com/

FactCheck.org -- from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
https://www.factcheck.org/
 
AP News Fact Check
Fact Check: Political & News Fact Check | AP News
https://www.factcheck.org/

Snopes.com
The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation.
https://www.factcheck.org/

And One more link on the good AI can do. I'm sending it because I just love  this story, and it's so well written too.
To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/elliq-ai-robot-senior-companion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

She discusses "Close Quarters," opening on Feb. 20 and running through March 1 at Lamplight AVL. For tickets: https://pltc.simpletix.com/   ... To watch or listen, go to www.blainesworld.net and find the episode dated 2.17.2026. From there, you can watch on YouTube or listen on your favorite podcast platform.