David Jaros

OSSOFF: Your opening statement stated that as a result of last summer's airstrikes, Iran's nuclear enrichment program was 'obliterated.' Correct? GABBARD: That's right OSSOFF: The WH stated on March 1 that this war was launched to 'eliminate the imminent nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime.' Does the IC assess that there was an imminent nuclear threat? GABBARD: The only person who can determine what is or is not an imminent threat is the president OSSOFF: False

Neguse: Where is this company headquartered? Noem: I don’t know. Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that received 143 million dollars was incorporated 8 days before this contract went out. You want the American people to believe that this is all above board, that $143 million of taxpayer money just happened to go to this one company that doesn't have a headquarters, doesn't have a website, has never done work for the federal government before and is registered apparently or attached to a residence from a political operative, and of course one of the subcontractors of that contract, as you know, is a political firm that's tied to, to you back when you were governor of South Dakota?

Sam Altman was fired by his own board. His co-founder Ilya left. His top researchers left to start Anthropic. His head of alignment quit. He dissolved the safety team and its replacement. He converted a nonprofit into an $850B for-profit. He removed 'safely' from the mission statement. His employees begged him to stand with Anthropic. He said he would. That night he took the deal they refused. Then announced it on X like a victory lap. And you still think this man is building AI for humanity?

"Cancel ChatGPT" goes mainstream after Sam Altman takes the U.S. department of war deal Anthropic refused — in surveillance of U.S. citizens and autonomous weapons. Altman claimed that ChatGPT wouldn't be used for these purposes, but was immediately contradicted by a U.S. official. OpenAI users aren't very happy about it, and rightfully so. Anthropic has been blacklisted by the U.S. administration for refusing to back down on its red lines. OpenAI picked up the bag. windowscentral.com/artificial-int…

Sam Altman is such an incredible backstabber, liar and traitor. While your competitor is taking a heroic and principled stand, you swoop in to make your deal. Imagine working for this guy - is there a greater shame? This should lead to a mass exodus from OpenAI.

Dario Amodei just gave his first interview since the Pentagon blacklisted his company. The toll is visible on his face. He was asked one question. What would you say to the President right now? He didn’t hesitate. Amodei: “We are patriotic Americans. Everything we have done has been for the sake of this country.” Anthropic built their models to defend America. They were the first AI lab cleared for classified military systems. They wanted to help the warfighter. But the Pentagon demanded unrestricted access to fully autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of American citizens. Amodei drew the line. The government responded with emergency Cold War powers. A supply chain designation normally reserved for foreign adversaries. A six-month federal phaseout ordered from Truth Social. Amodei: “When we were threatened with supply chain designation and Defense Production Act, which are unprecedented intrusions into the private economy, we exercised our classic First Amendment rights to speak up and disagree with the government.” The administration framed Anthropic’s refusal as anti-American. Amodei’s response dismantled that framing in one sentence. Amodei: “Disagreeing with the government is the most American thing in the world.” Here is the deeper paradox nobody in Washington wants to say out loud. We are in a geopolitical race against autocratic adversaries who use AI for mass surveillance of their own citizens and autonomous weapons with no human oversight. The Pentagon demanded that Anthropic build those exact capabilities for America. Amodei: “The red lines we have drawn, we drew because we believe that crossing those red lines is contrary to American values.” You cannot defeat authoritarianism by adopting its methods. You cannot defend the open society by forcing private companies to build its antithesis under threat of wartime emergency powers. Anthropic held the line. Got blacklisted for it. And came out the other side saying the same thing they said going in. That is what it actually looks like to mean it.

Veteran CBS News producer Mary Walsh takes leave (first reported by Guardian) "We've been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don't know how to do that."

The cover of the Lancet. It says it all.

Correctional officer accused of assault at Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center thebanner.com/community/crim…

National Review's warnings about Trump from the start have been vindicated. There's no point denying it. And I'm glad to see that it is one of the vanishingly few outlets on the right where people can still speak out against the corruption of the Trump-Vance administration.

For those keeping score at home:

This should be a bigger story. A Reagan-appointed judge just ruled Trump’s Energy Secretary illegally ran a secret panel of climate deniers to cook up a biased report and sabotage clean air rules. They didn’t follow the law, didn’t follow the science, and betrayed the public to serve Trump’s agenda. Disgraceful. nytimes.com/2026/01/30/cli…

The Post laid off one of the last brave reporters still reporting from inside Russia for a US outlet. Unreal.

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist" mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/med…

The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s decision to sever its partnership with the city’s anti-violence program is “neither legally required nor factually justified,” according to an opinion commissioned by Mayor Scott that just dropped (w/@justin_fenton) thebanner.com/politics-power…

This is terrifying: Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Mic drop... Mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, superbly owns the moment

VIDEO: Maryland's pro-ICE Sheriffs & County leaders came to Annapolis to testify AGAINST banning local police from helping ICE with deportations. I had the chance to ask them questions about the so-called 287g programs that push local police to spend resources doing ICE's job:

Reporter: The president called you a loser. Republican Senator Thom Tillis: “I am thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president.”

Five moments in the Alex Pretti shooting that raise red flags for policing experts wapo.st/49ZqtqC