21 SEP 2026: A.I. Nearly Causes US/China Conflict // TikTok Silences GOP // Global Diesel Crisis Grows // IRS Hangs Up, Says No // Why Schools Fail // Dems Target Ice, Love // Global: Terror, Greenland, Germany
Summary
Brian Dean Wright reports on a near-miss US-China crisis caused by an AI-generated intelligence error and examines TikTok’s alleged censorship of conservatives ahead of midterms. The episode covers the Trump-Xi summit agenda, including Chinese car manufacturing, missing F-35 parts, and rare earth supply chains, alongside a growing diesel shortage. Wright also discusses declining public school satisfaction, IRS tax settlement cuts, and FBI warnings about dating app honeypots targeting law enforcement. Global news includes a thwarted Hamas terror plot in Germany, shifting German elections, an…
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Introduction and Monday headline brief overview
AI hallucination triggers false military intercept order
TikTok censorship concerns and US-China joint venture
Trump on Chinese car manufacturing and data security
Missing F-35 stealth canopy parts in Hong Kong
China's dominance in rare earth supply chains
Diesel price crisis and potential export ban
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IRS cuts back on offer in compromise tax deals
K-12 education satisfaction and Nicole Hanah Jones
FBI warning on fake dating profiles targeting men
Fraud in Minneapolis ICE relief fund
Midterm election outlook and Democrat party shifts
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German prosecutors indict Hamas-linked terrorists
German state election results and AFD rise
Berlin left party gains and housing seizure plans
Trump's new Greenland deal and episode preview
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