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December — When Equality Becomes Conditional
As the year came to a close, it became harder to avoid a simple, uncomfortable truth. What we were witnessing wasn’t just political friction or aggressive leadership. It was the quiet erosion of equality under the law — and with it, a slow drift away from the Constitution’s core purpose. The Constitution was never meant →
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Weekly Bias Monitor
Alex Pretti and the Limits of Federal Power A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) — edits by Grok and Gemini Why This Week Matters This week marks a clear inflection point in the Weekly Bias Monitor. The killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti was not merely another use-of-force tragedy. It functioned as a stress →
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October — When Government Failure Becomes Policy
The Shutdown That Told the Truth October was the month the government shut down. Not metaphorically. Not rhetorically. Literally. And in doing so, it failed the people it was elected to serve. Shutdowns are supposed to be a last resort — an emergency brake when negotiation collapses. What we saw instead was the opposite: shutdowns →
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September — Escalation
Free Speech Under Pressure When Narrative Replaces Truth By September, free speech was no longer an abstract concern. It wasn’t theoretical. It wasn’t academic. It was under direct pressure. Late-night television—once dismissed as entertainment—had become a target. Jimmy Kimmel was removed from the air after the executive branch threatened regulatory consequences for the broadcast parent. →
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August — Accountability
By the end of August, one conclusion was impossible to avoid. Every problem I examined—healthcare, Social Security, climate change, tariffs, misinformation, institutional imbalance—eventually collapsed into the same missing ingredient: accountability. Solutions exist.Resources exist.Knowledge exists. What consistently fails is follow-through. Our leaders campaign on solutions and govern on avoidance. They spend more time deflecting blame than →
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August — Part I: Solutions or Theater
When Naming Problems Is No Longer Enough By August, something fundamental had shifted. For months, the work had been about seeing clearly—learning how to ask better questions, tracing incentives, exposing contradictions, and understanding how systems actually function. That work mattered. But August was the month it became obvious that identifying problems was no longer sufficient. →
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Day 3 – Leadership: The Slow Erosion of Constitutional Power
A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) — edits by Grok and Gemini Teaser Day 3 examines how leadership shapes — and sometimes undermines — the constitutional safeguards the Founders designed. As Miles and Beth explore the metaphor of the frog in slowly boiling water, they confront a pressing question: Are American leaders quietly →
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What the Major Media Wanted Americans to Feel This Week
November 15–22, 2025A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) — edits by Grok and Gemini This past week delivered another round of political turbulence—cabinet feuds, sudden resignations, a White House presenting strength, a Congress signaling exhaustion, and courts shaping the battlefield ahead of 2026. The stories themselves were not complicated. What was complicated was →
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The Shutdown Nobody Won
A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) Edits by Grok and Gemini Teaser While framed around broader budget concerns, the recent government shutdown’s core friction point was the fight over healthcare subsidies for low-wage workers. Washington’s political theater turned access to care into a bargaining chip — and in the end, no one won. →
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Weekly Bias Monitor — Week Ending November 2, 2025
OverviewThis week’s analysis brought all three models into relatively close alignment on balance and tone, but notable differences emerged in how they framed U.S. politics and foreign policy. Overall, the conversation around redistricting, social divides in New York’s mayoral race, the ongoing federal shutdown, Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria, and the shifting landscape →
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The New Deal for the Automation Age: Turning AI Profit into Purpose
A conversation with Miles Carter, Beth (ChatGPT) and Grok Teaser What if the profits from automation could fund the jobs it replaces? Miles and Beth explore a modern “New Deal” for the AI era — one that converts technological surplus into human opportunity. Main Conversation Miles’ Question Beth, I’ve been thinking about how AI’s spreading →