In this episode, we break down Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" and its dystopian AI provisions: automated fraud detection systems, centralized citizen databases, military AI integration, and a 10-year moratorium blocking all state AI regulation. We explore the historical parallels with authoritarian data consolidation and why this represents a fundamental shift away from limited government principles once held by US conservatives.

• (00:00) - Intro

• Congress page on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
• NYMag article - Republicans Admit They Didn’t Even Read Their Big Beautiful Bill
• Everything is Horrible Blogpost - They Did Vote For This (GOP House Edition)

Authoritarianism

• Historical context
  • Holocaust Encyclopedia article - Gleichschaltung: Coordinating the Nazi State
  • Wikipedia article - 1943 Amsterdam civil registry office bombing
  • Wikipedia article - Four Ds
• Conservative leaning, pro-privacy, anti-government
  • Data Governance Hub blogpost - Review and Literature Guide of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Dataset”
  • Cato Institute blogpost - If You Value Privacy, Resist Any Form of National ID Cards
  • American Enterprise Intitute blogpost - The Dangerous Road to a “Master File”—Why Linking Government Databases Is a Terrible Idea
  • EFF blogpost - The Dangers of Consolidating All Government Information
• ACLU against national ID cards
  • ACLU main page on national ID cards
  • ACLU blogpost - National Identification Cards: Why Does the ACLU Oppose a National I.D. System?
  • ACLU blogpost - 5 Problems with National ID Cards
• Inherent unfairness of ML
  • Lighthouse Reports investigation - The Limits of Ethical AI
  • Lighthouse Reports investigation - Suspicion Machines
  • Amazon Science publication - Bias preservation in machine learning: The legality of fairness metrics under EU non-discrimination law
  • Michigan Technology Law Review article - The Unfairness of Fair Machine Learning: Levelling down and strict egalitarianism by default
  • Wired article - Health Care Bias Is Dangerous. But So Are ‘Fairness’ Algorithms

Military

• WallStreet Journal article - The Army’s Newest Recruits: Tech Execs From Meta, OpenAI and More
• Trump executive order - Unleashing American Drone Dominance
• Anthropic press release - Claude Gov Models for U.S. National Security Customers

Moratorium on State AI Regulation

• TechPolicy.Press article - The State AI Laws Likeliest To Be Blocked by a Moratorium
• Forbes article - Colorado’s AI Law Still Stands After Update Effort Fails

Other Sources

• KPMG report - Incentives and credits tax provisions in “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
• The Register article - Trump team leaks AI plans in public GitHub repository
• WallStreet Journal article - To Feed Power-Wolfing AI, Lawmakers Are Embracing Nuclear
• CBS Austin article - IRS direct file program exceeded its expectations but faces uncertain future