The AI Files
Everything I have written about artificial intelligence - the money, the rules, the Pentagon, the surveillance it plugs into, and what it looks like on the ground in Memphis.
49 pieces
Congress’s own AI report told them how to protect you from AI. They did one thing on the list.
This morning I told you how the House built a bipartisan AI task force and then dissolved it the day the report dropped. I’ve been reading the report - this is what I found. A lot of the 85 items in the report are about helping the government and industry use more AI - adoption,…
Congress built an AI task force, then sent it home. Bring it back - for good.
I found out something about Congress this week that blew my mind. I’ve been talking about how we need an AI task force in Congress for a few weeks now, so I started to do the research on how to make that happen. What I found was a 273-page report. Turns out the House built…
What is the mitigation plan for xAI battery parks?
The xAI files Every essay in this series is pinned to a question on the board at rachelandthecity.com/the-xai-files. First published on rachelfortn.com on 2 July 2026, during the campaign for Tennessee’s 5th District. Moved here with the text as it was. Let’s talk about disaster mitigation, because that is an important part of a representative’s…
xAI’s turbines are poisoning Boxtown’s air - and the Trump DOJ just moved to kill the lawsuit
The xAI files Every essay in this series is pinned to a question on the board at rachelandthecity.com/the-xai-files. First published on rachelfortn.com on 19 June 2026, during the campaign for Tennessee’s 5th District. Moved here with the text as it was. Imagine being a slave - and not being told you were free until two…
Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire. You helped pay for it.
I thought everyone knew this - but I guess it bears repeating since I’ve seen so many posts defending Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire. CNN looked at how Musk got there, and the truth is Tesla and SpaceX don’t exist in the form they do today without government help. Our tax dollars ended up saving…
Forcing data centers to come clean before they break ground
The xAI files Every essay in this series is pinned to a question on the board at rachelandthecity.com/the-xai-files. First published on rachelfortn.com on 13 June 2026, during the campaign for Tennessee’s 5th District. Moved here with the text as it was. There’s a bill in Congress that would make it harder to pull off what…
Regulating Data Centers is Important - But So Is This
Okay - let’s talk about AI. I have a 10 part series that breaks down how I see the xAI issue - and my take on data centers and AI use. But this is not that - it’s coming - but this issue - the one I’m about to explain - in my opinion -…
Trump Made AI Data Centers a National Security Issue So Locals Can’t Stop Them
The executive order, the military authority, and the ratepayer scam behind the AI infrastructure boom AI data centers are being treated like military projects when it comes to permits, environmental review, and federal land - and like private businesses when it comes to who collects the profits. So I guess we get the worst of…
Altman Proposes Taxing Robots While Selling Them to the Pentagon
The company that dropped its ethics lost to the one that kept them People think I’m a cheerleader for AI. I would say that I’m not a cheerleader for anything. I just want to look at issues logically. AI is not good or bad - it’s just a tool - used by people - who…
David Sacks Helped Write Trump’s AI Policy, Then Blessed a $100 Million Group to Keep It
David Sacks spent a year writing White House AI policy. Now he's backing a $100M PAC to elect people who'll protect it. Total AI midterm spending tops $300M.
False Dilemma: When the Menu Only Shows Two Items
Most debates have more than two options “Either we let AI run completely unregulated, or we ban it entirely.” That isn’t a choice between two options. It’s a choice between two extremes with an enormous middle ground being quietly erased. The person presenting it as a two-way decision is counting on the listener to accept…
Bernie Sanders Turned an Instagram Rant Into a Data Center Bill Nobody Will Pass
Sanders and AOC want to freeze data center construction until Congress regulates AI. The problem? It would hand Big Tech a monopoly on the compute supply we already don't have enough of.