Well due to my job I found myself sitting 50 feet in front of Kristi Noem as she delivered a private event speech to the ICE industrial complex caucasians this morning. I didn't fact check her speech but I suspect some was true, quite a bit was “alternative facts”, and a lot was pandering to her good friend the president. Much emphasis was given to combatting the cartels, securing the industrial base, cybersecurity, and blowing up antiquated procurement methods in favor of increased agility. Again, the audience was a bunch of contractors and software types. My company publicly abandoned facial recognition tech in 2020, but holy shit there are a lot of AI and spacial surveillance firms with terrifying use cases just drooling for contracts. Y'all know me by now, this isn't my vibe. They let a dirty liberal hippie in the henhouse. I'm sure if P.J. O’Rourk was still alive he'd say something like giving AI and data to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. I may disagree in principal with this administration’s tactics, but make no mistake - she's a hell of a politician at a podium. Just trying to preserve America for her 4 grandkids, and the family whose mom was killed by a no-good undocumented driver in an auto accident. After a day in DC, I need a shower. And a 12-step meeting.