GOP Gave AI Ten Years of Silence, Bought with One Bill

TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: SHAME ON YOU. You just passed a 10-YEAR BAN on state and local AI regulation—buried deep inside a so-called budget bill. That wasn’t governance. That was obedience. You didn’t do it for the public good. You did it for Donald Trump’s ego and a few billionaire donors who wanted free rein to exploit unregulated AI—no matter the cost to privacy, safety, or democracy. This wasn’t a budget issue. It was a tech industry favor hidden in a funding bill. You ignored the Byrd Rule. You bypassed public debate. You trampled the rights of all 50 states to protect their residents—and handed the future of AI to the highest bidder. Shame on you. You’ve betrayed the people you swore to serve. ⸻ TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Strip the AI provision from the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” If you leave it in, the blood is on your hands when: • AI scams drain retirement accounts. • Deepfakes disrupt elections. • Autonomous systems harm real people—and no one is held accountable. You’re not protecting innovation. You’re protecting power. And all to give Trump a headline and keep donor cash flowing. Do the right thing—or be remembered for gutting democracy not in the name of efficiency, but in the service of ONE MAN’S EGO and a handful of billionaires. We see you. We won’t forget. We won’t stop.