# One Big Bad Bill

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Podcast: [muckrAIkers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/muckraikers-7026051)
Published: 2025-06-23T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://kairos.fm/muckraikers/e014/
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## Resource

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 (01:13) - Bill, general overview (05:14) - Bill, AI overview (07:54) - Medicaid fraud detection systems (11:20) - Bias in AI Systems and Ethical Concerns (17:58) - Centralization of data (30:04) - Military integration of AI (37:05) - Tax incentives for development (40:57) - Regulatory moratorium (47:58) - One big bad authoritarian regime Links 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…

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