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title: "Why Is AI Afraid Of This One Guy?"
date: "2026-04-09"
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# Why Is AI Afraid Of This One Guy?

Big Tech’s problem child is running for Congress. 

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Right now, Big Tech is mobilizing a network of super PACs with more than $100 million in the bank to influence the 2026 midterm elections. Their number-one target? One of their own: a former Palantir engineer who's running for Congress in New York’s 12th District.

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