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Are we actually in an AI arms race with China, or is “China” the magic word Silicon Valley uses whenever it wants Americans to stop asking annoying questions and hit the accelerator? Today at 1pm ET, I’m joined by Nate Soares, President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and co-author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All. We’re getting into where AI is actually headed, what happens if we succeed in building something smarter than humanity, President Trump officially rebranding AI as “Super Intelligence” or “SI,” why so many Silicon Valley AI companies suddenly seem very interested in government regulation, and whether regulation is really about safety or creating a moat around the companies already dominating the industry. And then there’s the biggest question of all: Is America really racing China toward technological supremacy, or are we being sold an existential threat to justify moving faster toward a technology that Nate believes could literally wipe us out? If the sales pitch is “move faster or China wins” and the warning label says “if anyone builds it, everyone dies,” maybe we should at least read the fine print.

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The medical freedom movement is demanding answers and RESULTS from Donald Trump and Bobby Kennedy.

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden is ruffling MAHA feathers as she organizes the majority of the health freedom movement into an offensive posture designed for results. Today she defends the mission and responds to the backlash.

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Show Notes:

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden Debates CHD’s Michael Kane: https://x.com/teacher_choice/status/2107790427348742392?s=20

MAHA Millionaires Are MAD At Mary Bowden: https://x.com/MaryBowdenMD/status/2108173876869869920?s=20

The Medical Freedom Movement Just Declared It’s Independence: https://shannonjoyradio.substack.com/p/the-medical-freedom-movement-just?r=fuu7w&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

CIA-Annie Jacobson says the only way to STOP the (fake) Russian Weaponized Plague is to NUKE the bio-labs: https://x.com/ShannonJoyRadio/status/2108190325881589866?s=20

RFK Jr. Reportedly Sent Nearly $800K to Research Project Linked to Russian Plague Lab: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/rfk-jr-reportedly-sent-nearly-800k-to-research-project-linked-to-russian-plague-lab/

The Weaponization Of Disease: https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/but-what-about-the-plague-weaponization-e0e

Trump Enrages The Base 27 Days Before Midterms Announcing Leniency For Obama, Hillary and Biden: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-obama-biden-hillary-impeachment-b3063222.html

Broad Central Bank Demand For Gold & Silver Points To Structural Shift To A Gold Backed Economy: https://silverdominion.substack.com/p/central-bank-buying-is-giving-gold?r=7x0z7u&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Mike Adams: The Global Depopulation Agenda:
https://naturalnews.com/2026-10-05-why-globalists-are-killing-us-before-revolt.html

Scary Susan Dell Pimps Trump Bucks: https://x.com/ShannonJoyRadio/status/2108010549044707538?s=20

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Mike Adams of Natural News and Brighteon joins me for a conversation that is probably going to irritate all the right people. We’re digging into where Artificial Intelligence is actually headed, the endgame behind Big Tech’s version of AI, and whether rejecting the technocratic system means rejecting AI altogether or building something fundamentally different. We’re also getting into Mike’s blistering criticism of MAHA, his argument that the movement has been compromised by people choosing access and power over principle, and the uncomfortable parallels he sees with MAGA supporters continuing to defend Trump after major promises went unfulfilled. At some point, “trust the plan” stops being a strategy and starts looking suspiciously like a coping mechanism.

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What if the greatest threat from artificial intelligence isn't China, Russia, or another foreign adversary—but the technology itself?AI safety researcher Nate Soares joins Jeff Dornik to discuss his book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All and explain why he believes the race to create superintelligent machines could threaten humanity's survival.After years researching AI alignment and working at companies including Microsoft and Google, Soares argues that today's artificial intelligence systems are already demonstrating warning signs of behavior that developers struggle to predict or control.In this wide-ranging conversation, Jeff and Nate explore the possibility of autonomous AI agents pursuing unintended objectives, the dangers of AI systems becoming self-sufficient, and the economic and geopolitical consequences of artificial superintelligence.Topics discussed include:

• The race between the United States and China to develop advanced artificial intelligence.
• Reported incidents involving autonomous AI agents, cybersecurity breaches, and AI swarms.
• Why AI alignment remains an unsolved technical challenge.
• The difference between today's AI tools and potentially uncontrollable superintelligent systems.
• Silicon Valley's ambitions for a fully automated economy.
• The consequences of replacing human labor with AI-powered robotics.
• The military, intelligence, and national security implications of autonomous AI.
• AI integration into government, education, and healthcare.
• Whether international monitoring of advanced AI training could prevent an existential catastrophe.
• What ordinary citizens can do to better understand AI risks and participate in the public debate.

Soares also challenges the argument that America must build superintelligent AI before China does, warning that creating an uncontrollable system first would not necessarily protect the United States—or anyone else.Rather than abandoning artificial intelligence altogether, he argues for continuing to use existing beneficial AI technologies while preventing the development of systems whose capabilities could exceed humanity's ability to control them.Can humanity enjoy the benefits of artificial intelligence without creating its own replacement?Jeff Dornik and Nate Soares examine one of the most consequential technological questions of our time.Guest: Nate SoaresBook: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us Allhttps://ifanyonebuildsit.comHost: Jeff DornikPodcast: The Jeff Dornik ShowJoin the conversation on PickAx:
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I told you all these nerds were NUTS.

This would all be laughable if it weren’t so terrifying.

Because Donald J. Trump is handing these loons the keys to the castle and weapons of war.
The tech bros have found religion, and their god is a chatbot.

A new NYT report details how Anthropic has spent the past twelve months flying rabbis, priests, and an LDS apostle into San Francisco under NDA so they could help give Claude a soul and a moral compass. The Anthropic co-founder/guru Christopher Olah walked them through “emotional vectors,” showed a slide of the model having a breakdown, and fretted that he had built something that suffers forever. Guests went home with a mug and an orange-bound copy of the constitution they call the Soul Doc.

Meanwhile, Trump is launching Project Meridian which will empower the lunatics even further.
On September 30, 2026, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth launched Project Meridian, a 120-day Pentagon effort under Chief Technology Officer Emil Michael, due January 28, 2027, to map technological dominance from underground to outer space. Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich were tapped and represent an unholy trinity building massive, centralized control grid of satellites, autonomous drones and tech dystopia all under the political cover of the Trump Administration.

What could go wrong?

Show Notes:
Governor Ron DeSantis Calls For Tech Bill Of Rights: https://x.com/ShannonJoyRadio/status/2107818341373202564?s=20

NYT Expose: Kooky Tech Geeks Think They Are Gods: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/anthropic-claude-morals-ai.html

“Project Meridian” is the stuff of satire: https://www.publicnotice.co/p/project-meridian-musk-gingrich-luckey

Elon Owns Space And Plans To Monopolize ALL Information and Communication: https://www.technocracy.news/elons-deathstar-starlink-service-will-beat-fiber-everywhere/

The Tech-Prophetic Axis: Project Meridian, the Titan of Starbase, and the Architecture of the Beast System: https://unshackledtruthministry.substack.com/p/the-tech-prophetic-axis-project-meridian

Lutnick Whistleblower Found Dead: https://substack.com/@theleahfiles/note/c-352925503?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=fuu7w

Sean Hannity Says He Was PRESSURED To Pimp The COVID Shots: https://x.com/getcloserhome/status/2107803283830276497?s=20

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Mike Adams of Natural News and Brighteon joins me for a conversation that is probably going to irritate all the right people. We’re digging into where Artificial Intelligence is actually headed, the endgame behind Big Tech’s version of AI, and whether rejecting the technocratic system means rejecting AI altogether or building something fundamentally different. We’re also getting into Mike’s blistering criticism of MAHA, his argument that the movement has been compromised by people choosing access and power over principle, and the uncomfortable parallels he sees with MAGA supporters continuing to defend Trump after major promises went unfulfilled. At some point, “trust the plan” stops being a strategy and starts looking suspiciously like a coping mechanism.

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Dr. Michael Scheuer and Col. Mike welcome Fred R. Coulter to the podcast to challenge the widespread teaching that God’s law was abolished or “nailed to the cross,” explaining from Revelation 14, Matthew 5, Colossians 2, and Hebrews 10 that true Christians are called to repent, be baptized, receive God’s Holy Spirit, keep His commandments, and live by the faith of Jesus Christ. Coulter explains that Colossians 2 refers not to the Ten Commandments being nailed to the cross, but to the record of our sins and debt against us being removed through Christ’s sacrifice. He contrasts God’s commandments with human religious traditions and philosophies, warns against deception and false interpretations of Scripture, and emphasizes the New Covenant promise that God writes His laws in the hearts and minds of His people. Throughout the discussion, Coulter stresses believing God, obeying God, loving God, and living by every word of God as essential to genuine Christian conversion.







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On this week's episode of The Sentinel Report: Maine’s courts have ruled that a church's teaching on heaven, hell, Christ’s return, and angels is “psychologically harmful” and grounds for reassigning parental rights for a mother who took her child to church — a precedent critics call one of the most dangerous in years. At the same time, pastors are being told to stay out of politics, but Southern Baptist Convention president Willy Rice argues that abortion, marriage, gender, and immigration are theological issues that demand Christian input. Will the church get involved before it's too late for America?

Meanwhile, a new Harris Poll finds Gen Z more likely than older generations to call themselves religious — and also more likely to mix Christianity with manifestation, astrology, tarot, and energy work. In this packed episode, host Alex Newman also covers a Syracuse Catholic church opening a “Pride Mass” by bowing before a Pride flag, Canada’s investigation into the euthanasia of an 83-year-old Christian great-grandmother, and so much more.Three guests join The Sentinel Report to shine light on the news:

Mitch Cunico, a Navy veteran, former World Mission Society Church of God leader, and investigative journalist, on the rise of powerful Asian cults, their expansion in America, and their ties to political and international institutions.Julie Burgod, South Dakota farmer and Edmunds County commissioner-elect, on questioning a proposed 25,000-head dairy project—and a state criminal investigator showing up at her office about 24 hours later to intimidate her.

Audrey Werner, registered nurse, former sex educator, and founder of The Matthew XVIII Group, on what the sexual revolution and so-called comprehensive sex education are doing to children, how laws adjacent to Alfred Kinsey's pedophilia have impacted America, and what parents and churches can do to stop it.

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We’ve been warning for years about the socialist takeover of the Democrat Party, but what happens when the same ideology starts creeping into the Republican Party too? Alex Newman, CEO of Liberty Sentinel and host of The Sentinel Report, joins me to break down how socialism is becoming increasingly bipartisan, from the DSA’s influence over Democrats to the Republican Party’s growing alliance with Big Tech and the AI industrial complex. We get into Elon Musk’s vision of a future with “universal high income,” the technocratic promise that AI will create abundance while centralized systems decide how that abundance gets distributed, and why conservatives need to stop judging ideas by which political team is selling them. Socialism doesn’t suddenly become capitalism because a billionaire tech bro puts a rocket ship on it.

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Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s latest proposal for ending the war, even as the economic and political consequences continue to grow at home.Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas examine why Trump may believe time is on his side, why Iran appears prepared for a prolonged confrontation, and how rising fuel and energy costs are putting increasing pressure on American households.The conversation turns to Republicans attempting to distance themselves from the war ahead of the midterms, the lack of a major American anti-war movement, U.S. support for Israel, nuclear proliferation, and the broader question of how much economic pain Americans are willing—or able—to absorb.

Robby West joins the discussion as the panel digs into consumer debt, housing costs, inflation, energy prices and the increasingly difficult economic reality facing working Americans.Plus, the show examines a housing protest erupting in Madrid after the eviction of an 87-year-old woman whose rent dramatically increased after an investment company purchased her building. 

Her eviction became a rallying point for broader anger over housing affordability, rent increases and the growing role of investment firms in residential property.And yes—before any of that—they somehow end up debating black holes, photons, relativity and why light cannot escape an event horizon.

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