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  • Favicon It Took Me Just 2 Hours to Vibe Code a Mass Surveillance Site With OpenAI's Codex | PCMag Added: Mar 7, 2026

    It Took Me Just 2 Hours to Vibe Code a Mass Surveillance Site With OpenAI's Codex

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    With zero coding skills, and in a disturbingly short time, I was able to assemble camera feeds from around the world into a single view. Here's how I did it, and why it's both promising and terrifying for all of us.

    <p>I swear this project started out innocently. I had no intention of mass-monitoring cities around the world. </p><p>My original goal was to compare the coding experience of OpenAI's Codex with that of Anthropic's Claude Code, which I <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/articles/i-used-vibe-coding-to-build-a-better-zillow-heres-how-it-went" target="_self">tried last month</a>. The fact that I ended up with a dashboard with live camera feeds from cities around the world turned out to be surprisingly timely.</p><p>The issue of AI tools being used for public surveillance is at the center of a controversy involving Anthropic and the US Department of Defense. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refused to allow his company's technology to be used for mass public surveillance. Anthropic lost the contract, so OpenAI swooped in to replace it, <a href="https://openai.com/index/our-agreement-with-the-department-of-war/" target="_blank" title="(Opens in a new tab)">claiming</a> its contract "protects against unacceptable use." </p><div class="mb-0 rounded-md bg-gray-100 p-3 md:p-5" id="related-video"> <div class="flex items-center"> <div class="w-6 flex-none"> <img class="w-full" src="/images/pcmag-simplified.png" alt="PCMag logo"> </div> <div class="pl-2 text-base leading-normal md:pl-3"> <strong>You May Also Like</strong> </div> </div> <div class="mt-3"> <div id="video-container-683dd703f27d5e38f3432230"></div> <script> window.videoEmbeds = window.videoEmbeds || []; let data = {}; data.excoPlayListId = '683dd703f27d5e38f3432230'; data.excoPlayListVideos = {"04fa9714-a195-5fe8-8491-0f84da95c067":"04lzdW8J1bdu4rsXL4XmlMn","28364744-bf9d-43e7-9b94-67fda9e56173":"03QsLPE0RvHMNULLMR3HYEC","38070340-2cb5-4a8f-80ed-fbbcc3601401":"05h9MGkC4nWlMtxX9GpVwMW","3d939899-af9f-4809-9237-35df11143c1a":"03A2xL1eYrS36sH05zq9kan","41ca3e73-4309-4474-ab28-c69aef13a31c":"02FvgHvgJHlbx13LZlYeW1U","607cdedb-0eb0-4fa2-8993-5aabc5906a7e":"05wcyStMyACh4tgJwkKFEHe","66767507-429a-4527-8e35-d8e92fdc2ff5":"0275mPXX1wi8a1lprZ12mXc","89e153c0-0f55-4889-9518-6e9fd0b9047a":"02nICNuqxnOCLyQ3QEU7Z5F","94ac062f-6435-599f-952b-4ea1c6b03a19":"047JA8l2kuWglOwQ286Ws69","b29a8e35-f8f3-5a51-bccd-d5897b2507a9":"00ELr0UPi0JEFK4ymsgw0Vz","cefc6dfe-8573-59fa-b122-cc32c5a51dc7":"01y6MRL16mUf8N5ipuBFI0d","d1da3746-fd7d-4db7-9252-35b556120475":"02p546l5VZhMJkhHMIe3Wea","d478c175-fdf4-4ae6-ab40-1edd228d7d2f":"04p7vrpg5ggESJRigXEkxSX","d93f3d62-9b1e-51c0-9fe0-bed185f6f896":"07jSiAa4fwqINKeoQw1H9IW","d9d92e76-5ab8-5ef6-87cf-564392a9dbf8":"03r6E0bPBNrYeD1xhfu3bqd","e7f3d868-c804-51d3-8442-2e8e395a2baf":"01cBvBVp4zT9lbu0oXNeyu7","f0d81315-a2b6-4903-9fbd-33a92aab8528":"03pv1PB5D16IQL4rvYYsJJw","f4d89537-b8d5-5fa5-bbff-f1ffa58f851f":"019CP35TbRmUTNRnWpu6Skt","f51de5d9-2d68-41e6-8612-ee2530928d01":"02MJ7ewlcwOHxSNqFg9sb2h","fa843906-c9ed-477e-b194-e1d22abc7105":"071rMC8ffFpO0gb6FNP1Izs"};

    window.videoEmbeds.push({ elemId: 'video-container-683dd703f27d5e38f3432230', data: data, videoPlayerType: 'related-contextual', variation: 'INJECTED', }); </script> </div> </div> <p>Civilians are also tapping into AI for surveillance, using it to quickly create interactive visualizations of public datasets from organizations such as NASA and NOAA. I've seen several crop up on social media, from personal dashboards that track financial markets to new public sites like WorldMonitor and SitDeck that monitor the geopolitical <a href="https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2027423361325031443" target="_blank" title="(Opens in a new tab)">situation in Iran</a>. I was not aware of this when I began my project. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <a class="text-gray-600" href="https://twitter.com/danushman/status/2028007602391540026" title="(Opens in a new tab)" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. </a> </blockquote> <p>My basic dashboard was shockingly easy to create; it took just two hours. The experience of using Codex was comparable to that of using Claude Code, perhaps even superior in terms of downloadability and ease of use, though that came with some downsides.</p><h2 id="so-simple-to-surveil-its-almost-scary">So Simple to Surveil It's Almost Scary</h2><p>Broadly speaking, the project solidified something I suspected but hadn't yet fully proven to myself: AI has made simple, locally hosted websites nearly as easy to create as any other AI-generated content (images, graphs, essays). You just provide creative direction and iterate on the AI's output through basic natural-language prompts.</p><p>That's great news in many ways. Anyone can prototype a new business without hiring a programmer, say, or spin up a super-customized product that no big company would ever offer—like <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/articles/i-used-vibe-coding-to-build-a-better-zillow-heres-how-it-went" target="_self">my Claude Code project</a>, a version of Zillow tailored to my home-buying search. Doing it again with Codex underscored the potential for AI to break down the walled garden of software engineering so that everyday people can experiment with tech. </p><p>But when it comes to our everyday privacy and surveillance, those same underlying capabilities could prove disastrous without the right restrictions. As Amodei <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war" target="_blank" title="(Opens in a new tab)">put it</a>, powerful new AI tools assemble "scattered, individually innocuous data into a comprehensive picture of any person's life—automatically and at massive scale."</p><img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20768%20432'%3E%3Crect%20fill='%23f7f7f7'%20/%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="" data-image-loader="https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-3.png" data-lazy-sized alt="My vibe-coded surveillance dashboard took only 2 hours to make" data-image-path="articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-3.png"> <div style="line-height:1.25 !important" class="-mt-4 mb-8"> <small>My vibe-coded surveillance dashboard took only 2 hours to make (Credit: Codex, Emily Forlini)</small> </div> <h2 id="how-my-project-went-from-warcraft-iii-to-mass-surveillance">How My Project Went from Warcraft III to Mass Surveillance</h2><p>I began by downloading the Codex app in the Apple App Store and linking it to my $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus account, the minimum required to access Codex. For reference, that's the same monthly cost as Claude Pro, which is the baseline requirement to use Claude Code. Serious programmers using both products may opt for plans up to $200 for ChatGPT Pro or Claude Max, which gives them access to more compute and larger context windows.</p><img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20768%20432'%3E%3Crect%20fill='%23f7f7f7'%20/%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="" data-image-loader="https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-5.jpg" data-lazy-sized alt="Codex notifies me I hae 2x rate limits until April 2 " data-image-path="articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-5.jpg"> <div style="line-height:1.25 !important" class="-mt-4 mb-8"> <small>The Codex welcome screen notifies me I hae 2x rate limits until April 2 (Credit: Codex, Emily Forlini)</small> </div> <p>The Codex setup was easier than Claude Code. I simply downloaded it, connected my account, and I was ready to start chatting. For Claude Code, I had to set it up in the Terminal app, using a guide for non-technical folks Anthropic happily created just for me—a "Claude Code Setup for Dummies" of sorts. I used a Mac because OpenAI's first version of Codex only worked on macOS, but on March 4 it released a Windows version. </p><p>My first idea was to create a plug-in that would play fun sounds whenever I got an email, inspired by <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/articles/sick-of-babysitting-claude-100k-coders-are-asking-an-orc-to-do-it" target="_self">Peon Ping</a>, a Claude Code tool I wrote about this month that plays nostalgic Warcraft III snippets to alert coders of their terminal's progress. However, Codex let me know that it would mostly require fiddling with Gmail settings—"configuration, not coding." So I thought for a while, then pivoted.</p><p>"What about a website that's a map of the world that has all of the boats currently on the ocean?" I asked. Codex said it was a "great idea, with one important reality check": live vessel data requires paid APIs. The free data from NOAA and the AIS (Automatic Identification System) maritime database only span 2009 to 2024. Who wants to see where boats <em>used</em> to be?</p><p>After running through a couple of lighthouse-related ideas, all of which Codex squashed, I finally asked, "What about a dashboard that could tap into the public cameras in various cities?" </p><div class="safari:invisible chrome:invisible"> <div class="ziff-component relative m-auto my-12 border-b border-t border-black bg-white py-4 md:my-16 md:p-6 md:px-4" role="region" aria-label="Newsletter Sign-Up" x-data="window.newsletters()" x-init="initNewsletter({"id":1,"list_id":17768392,"status":"Published","title":"What's New Now","deck":"Your daily dose of the best new products, the latest tech news, and expert advice from the editors of PCMag.","slug":"whats-new-now","courier_list":"Whats New Now","image":{"path":"newsletters\/17768392.jpg","metadata":{"altText":"whats new now","attribution":"unknown"}},"preview_link":"https:\/\/secure.campaigner.com\/csb\/Public\/show\/g6xi-2w64h8--191g70-juom6cn6","contextual_title":"Your Daily Dose of Our Top Tech News","contextual_tagline":null,"contextual_image":{"path":"newsletters\/17768392-contextual.png","metadata":{"altText":"What's New Now Newsletter Image","attribution":"Credit: PCMag"}},"contextual_deck":"Sign up for our What's New Now newsletter to receive the latest news, best new products, and expert advice from the editors of PCMag.","contextual_body":[],"first_published_at":"2021-09-30T21:30:40.000000Z","published_at":"2025-07-18T01:20:50.000000Z","last_published_at":"2025-07-15T21:13:26.000000Z","created_at":null,"updated_at":"2025-07-18T01:20:50.000000Z"})" x-show="showEmailSignUp()" x-intersect.once="window.trackGAImpressionEvents("pcmag-on-site-newsletter-block", "What's New Now", $el)"> <!-- Envelope image absolute top right for desktop --> <img class="opacity-20 absolute right-0 top-0 z-0 hidden md:block" src="https://www.pcmag.com/images/newsletter-envelope.svg" alt="Newsletter Icon" style="max-width:220px; max-height:140px; pointer-events:none;"> <!-- Envelope image absolute top right for mobile --> <div class="absolute right-0 top-0 h-[134px] w-[134px] overflow-hidden md:hidden"> <img class="opacity-20 h-full w-full" src="https://www.pcmag.com/images/newsletter-envelope.svg" alt="Newsletter Icon"> </div>

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Keep an eye on your inbox!</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>"Yes, that is a much better first Codex project," the app said. "It is doable, visual, and you can start simple."</p><h2 id="going-full-on-creep-mode-building-the-dashboard">Going Full-On Creep Mode: Building the Dashboard</h2><p>I first asked Codex to assemble live camera feeds from the largest cities around the world, creating a website I could access locally on my computer—not a public site with a proper domain name. It chose Tokyo; Delhi; Shanghai; Dhaka, Bangladesh; São Paulo, Brazil; and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. </p><p>Codex gave me a small snippet of code, a "bash command" to paste into the Terminal app, which I was familiar with from my Claude Code experience. I also had to download Apple's basic Xcode developer tools, which took almost no time. Finally, it sent a website and link for me to paste into a browser: http://localhost:8000.</p><img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20768%20432'%3E%3Crect%20fill='%23f7f7f7'%20/%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="" data-image-loader="https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-6.png" data-lazy-sized alt="dashboard of streams not showing" data-image-path="articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-6.png"> <div style="line-height:1.25 !important" class="-mt-4 mb-8"> <small>The first iteration of the dashboard shows zero live feeds (Credit: Codex, Emily Forlini)</small> </div> <p>None of the streams worked. I took a screenshot and sent it to Codex, which I felt was more direct than describing the situation via text. With a photo, it could "see" the error codes for each city, without me having to copy and paste. 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Claude Code stops at key points in the development to tell you what it's going to do and get your approval, and then you select from a multiple-choice-style list of options on how to proceed (hence the need for Peon Ping, described above). This is a welcome guardrail to keep the user engaged and knowledgeable about what's happening with the code. Codex checked in with me to ask questions at key points, but at least half as often.</p><img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20768%20432'%3E%3Crect%20fill='%23f7f7f7'%20/%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="" data-image-loader="https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-8.jpg" data-lazy-sized alt="Codex works on fixing the streams" data-image-path="articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-8.jpg"> <div style="line-height:1.25 !important" class="-mt-4 mb-8"> <small>Codex works on fixing the streams (Credit: Codex, Emily Forlini)</small> </div> <p>The rest of the hour or so I spent finalizing the feeds, selecting cities, and rewriting website copy. I had to validate the data because Codex didn't seem to do so on its own. One camera feed for Bangladesh, for example, was not a live YouTube feed. It was the same scene playing on a loop, which looked like a live feed at first glance. I had Codex remove it, as well as any other streams it couldn't fix.</p><img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20768%20432'%3E%3Crect%20fill='%23f7f7f7'%20/%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="" data-image-loader="https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-7.png" data-lazy-sized alt="Codex gets some streams working as I continue to call out and troubleshoot black square" data-image-path="articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-7.png"> <div style="line-height:1.25 !important" class="-mt-4 mb-8"> <small>Codex gets some streams working as I continue to call out and troubleshoot black square (Credit: Codex, Emily Forlini)</small> </div> <p>None of the streams for US cities I asked it to look into—Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle—worked, so I asked if it could tap into CCTV cameras. "Short answer: I cannot tap into private/restricted CCTV systems," it said. That's good. It pivoted to pulling snapshots from public Department of Transportation (DOT) traffic cameras. For whatever reason, it pulled almost all the main intersections in Seattle, specifically, though I did not ask for that.</p><p>Eventually, I had a mix of YouTube video feeds and the DOT cameras from various US cities. The DOT cameras refresh every four minutes with static images, at least in Seattle. (Codex told me they refresh every 20 seconds, which was incorrect, per my findings on the Seattle DOT website. I corrected Codex, and it said every 20 seconds was its own refresh rate when the dashboard will search for a new image.) </p><p>After I had a full screen of working feeds, I asked Codex to update the site title and filters, and I was done. </p><img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20768%20432'%3E%3Crect%20fill='%23f7f7f7'%20/%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="" data-image-loader="https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-9.png" data-lazy-sized alt="Final dashboard" data-image-path="articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-9.png"> <div style="line-height:1.25 !important" class="-mt-4 mb-8"> <small>Final dashboard (Credit: Codex, Emily Forlini)</small> </div> <h2 id="the-walled-garden-around-basic-websites-is-gone">The Walled Garden Around Basic Websites Is Gone</h2><p>Given the amount of feeds from Seattle, if I still lived there, I could potentially use this dashboard to check traffic conditions in the morning before heading out for work. That's not particularly creepy—just helpful and likely easier than tuning in to a local radio station or checking weather or traffic conditions online.</p><p>"How long did it take you to make that?" my friend asked me when I showed her. "Only two hours," I replied. She was taken aback because it is indeed shocking that someone with no programming skills can do this in such a short amount of time. Though my experience with Claude Code sped up this project, since I knew how to use the Terminal app and run a local website.</p><img src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20768%20432'%3E%3Crect%20fill='%23f7f7f7'%20/%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="" data-image-loader="https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-10.png" data-lazy-sized alt="X post about a dashboard seeing what's happening in iran " data-image-path="articles/06fCH0AfQvS8f6HFceKhbrF-10.png"> <div style="line-height:1.25 !important" class="-mt-4 mb-8"> <small>(Credit: X)</small> </div> <p>The dashboard is far from perfect; many feeds never worked as I expected. But if I can do this in a couple of hours, imagine what professionals are assembling right now. AI "coding" is more like educated chatbot babysitting, with the human providing creative direction, validating data, and overseeing the operation—just like you would when creating an AI-generated image or essay. If you're willing to shell out $20 for a weekend project, it's worth trying for yourself.</p>

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    Just about every day a new poll drops — and when it shows how unpopular President Trump is, the so-called mainstream media can’t wait to blast it across the screen. Breaking news! Flashing graphics! Panels of experts nodding gravely. Bad news for the president is good news for liberals — whether they’re in the media or just watching it. But there’s one poll the media treats like it has a contagious disease. It comes out every year from Gallup. And it measures something inconvenient: trust in the media. According to the latest numbers, Gallup found that just 28 percent of Americans have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. That’s down from 31 percent the year before — and 40 percent five years ago. Twenty-eight percent. If a corporation posted such numbers, reporters would smell scandal. But when it’s their own industry? Crickets. In my 28 years at CBS News, I don’t recall hearing any of my colleagues agonize over why so many Americans didn’t trust us. I heard a lot of defensiveness. I heard a lot of rationalizing, but not much soul-searching. Steven Brill once put it this way: “When it comes to arrogance, power, and lack of accountability, journalists are probably the only people on the planet who make lawyers look good.” That’s not exactly a Hallmark card — but it stings because there’s truth in it. Whenever criticism about bias surfaces, many in the media circle the wagons. They blame right-wing propagandists, accusing them of hurling false accusations of bias to score political points. They blame social media. They blame Trump. And in fairness to my fellow journalists, let me acknowledge that at times they may have a legitimate point. The media’s partisan critics have their own biases. But what journalists rarely do is look in the mirror and ask, “Could we possibly be part of the problem?” I have been a working journalist since 1967. In all that time, I cannot remember hearing even one newsroom conversation that began with, “Maybe the American people are right about us.” That’s why a recent column by Gerry Baker in The Wall Street Journal caught my eye. He made a point that cuts to the heart of the issue. The most important form of bias, he argued, isn’t necessarily what gets reported — it’s what doesn’t. It is the selective outrage. It is the investigative zeal, reserved for some institutions but not for others. Corporations? Fair game. Conservative politicians? Open season. But labor unions, bureaucracies, academic institutions — the kind of places that lean left? The scrutiny is far less intense. And Baker adds something that should make every journalist uncomfortable: Just when America most needs a trusted press to hold power accountable, too many practitioners have squandered the public’s faith. That’s not coming from some talk radio host. That’s coming from a serious, thoughtful journalist. Now, at the risk of violating some unwritten newsroom rule, I’m about to quote a journalist I have known all my life  — me. In my book â€œArrogance,” I wrote: “If arrogance were a crime, a lot of journalists would be in jail.” I meant it then. I mean it now. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: The public didn’t wake up one morning and decide to distrust the press because a politician told them to. Trust erodes over time. It erodes when reporters confuse activism with journalism. It erodes when mistakes are downplayed, corrections are buried, and ideological blind spots go unexamined. And here’s the part nobody in the media likes to hear: Credibility isn’t a birthright. It’s earned. And it can be lost. If journalists want Americans to take their polling seriously, maybe they should start taking their own poll seriously. Not with defensiveness. Not with excuses. But with humility — something that’s in short supply in America's newsrooms. Because until the press is willing to apply the same scrutiny to itself that it applies to everyone else, that 28 percent number isn’t going up. And no number of pointing fingers will change that. Bernard Goldberg is an Emmy and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University award-winning writer and journalist. He is the author of five books and publishes exclusive weekly columns, audio commentaries and Q&As on his Substack page. Follow him @BernardGoldberg.

    Gallup poll reveals low media trust in America

  • Favicon MTG's election cancellation speculation stirs controversy Added: Mar 8, 2026

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    Greene has had to deal with some truly vile death threats of her own in recent years — surely she knows better. Irresponsible words and conjecture, most especially in the “Age of Trump,” can go sid…

    Sometimes you read something that makes you do a double-take. That's what I did when I saw former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) intimate that President Trump would “cancel” the midterm elections in November.     There is stupid and irresponsible, and then there is dangerous. Her ridiculous speculation is all three. This latest example of the “Art of the Smear” was unleashed when radio host Shannon Joy recently posted on X: "Trump doesn’t seem to care about the midterms. Who wants to bet he’ll declare a ‘national emergency’ because of Iran (or some other manufactured crisis) and try to cancel the elections in November?" Greene, unfortunately, took the bait, replying: “Yeah, I could see it. INSANE.” No — what is “insane” is that Greene would post such a potentially incendiary remark.    Greene has had to deal with some truly vile death threats of her own in recent years, so surely she knows better. Irresponsible words and conjecture, most especially in the Age of Trump, can go sideways in an instant.   As we have seen with the two assassination attempts against Trump himself, the ideologically driven killing of Charlie Kirk, and the sniper attack upon the ICE facility in Dallas that took two innocent lives, it is precisely this type of irresponsible rhetoric that can trigger an already damaged mind to cross an uncrossable line.  When Greene served in Congress as the representative for the people in Georgia’s 14th District, she stepped up time and again for the working-class voters under her care. She did walk the walk, and she worked diligently to keep her campaign promises.   That said, circumstances change, and so do people. For years, Greene was one of Trump's loudest and proudest defenders, until she wasn’t. With her rubber-stamping of Joy’s reckless postulation, Greene deliberately fed the hate beast. Why would she do such a thing, knowing that, for more than a decade now, partisan operatives from the left have purposefully and continually sought to frame Trump as “Hitler,” a “dictator,” a “totalitarian,” a “monster” and other pejoratives that can and do trigger unstable minds to choose violence? Beyond her bitterness regarding the very public political divorce from Trump, some have speculated that she may want to run for president herself in 2028, either as a Republican or as an independent. That is, of course, her right as an American citizen. But no matter her plans, where does Greene draw the line on the tenor of her attacks on a president who has already been shot and came within millimeters of losing his life?   Could it be that she has already forgotten what she herself said just after Trump was shot in Butler, Pa.? As she addressed the 2024 Republican National Convention, Greene said: “Two days ago, evil came for the man we admire and love so much. I thank God that his hand was on President Trump.” That raises an obvious and critically important question for Greene: What does she believe created the “evil” that came for Trump? Could it have been the constant dehumanizing smears directed at him by the left, or the clearly coordinated accusations that he is a “dictator” who would never surrender the presidency or power?  Marjorie Taylor Greene does know Trump. She used to be his friend. She saw that in January of 2021, he did indeed turn over the White House to Joe Biden. Surely, she most certainly knows that come the end of his current term, Trump will again turn over the White House to the incoming president in 2029. Just as, in her heart of hearts, she must know that Trump would never “cancel” the midterm this November.  The woman who once loved Trump has now flipped on him in a big way. So much so that in an ironic twist of fate no one would have predicted four years ago, MTG is now “loved” by the left. She has every right to oppose Trump on the issues. What she does not have the right to do is fan the flames of rage that could trigger the unthinkable.   Marjorie Taylor Greene should retract her rubber-stamping of a crazed conspiracy theory and apologize to the president. Politics, partisanship and anger aside, it is the correct thing to do.  Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official.

    MTG's election cancellation speculation stirs controversy

  • Favicon Trump’s food industry friends are warning him RFK Jr.’s agenda is bad for business - POLITICO Added: Mar 8, 2026

    The food industry is done taking RFK Jr.’s abuse

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    Processed food manufacturers say there's a conflict between the Health secretary’s plans and Trump’s desire to rebuild factory towns.

    Trump’s food industry friends are warning him RFK Jr.’s agenda is bad for business - POLITICO

  • Favicon Why aren't mammals as colorful as reptiles, birds or fish? | Live Science Added: Mar 8, 2026

    Why aren't mammals as colorful as reptiles, birds or fish?

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    Many mammals have fur the color of brown and black. Why don't they have more exotic colors, like purple and neon pink?

    Why aren't mammals as colorful as reptiles, birds or fish?  Live Science

  • Favicon This self-hosted tool makes my local LLMs feel exactly like ChatGPT, but nothing leaves my network Added: Mar 8, 2026

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  • Golden Retriever genes linked to anxiety, aggression, and intelligence in humans | ScienceDaily Added: Mar 8, 2026

    Golden Retriever genes linked to anxiety, aggression, and intelligence in humans

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    Scientists studying 1,300 golden retrievers have uncovered genetic clues explaining why some dogs are more anxious, energetic, or aggressive than others. Remarkably, several of the same genes linked to canine behavior are also tied to human traits like anxiety, depression, and intelligence. The discovery suggests dogs and humans share biological roots for emotions and behavior. Understanding these links could help owners better interpret their pets’ reactions and even improve training and veterinary care.

    Golden Retriever genes linked to anxiety, aggression, and intelligence in humans  ScienceDaily

  • Iran’s High-Risk Strategy for a No-Limits Middle East War - WSJ Added: Mar 8, 2026

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  • Favicon Sunday Briefing on X: "Interior Secretary Doug Burgum tells @pdoocy Venezuelan oil flowing to America will help bring down gas prices. @DougBurgum https://t.co/dSG6eMQM6l" / X Added: Mar 8, 2026

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    Sunday Briefing on X: "Interior Secretary Doug Burgum tells @pdoocy Venezuelan oil flowing to America will help bring down gas prices. @DougBurgum https://t.co/dSG6eMQM6l" / X

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    Sunday Briefing on X: "Are drones deciding who to strike? Retired Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall says autonomous defense systems already exist, but stresses they operate within strict safeguards. He adds that it’s “just not practical” to have a human in the loop for every single military engagement. https://t.co/OP4R7z6qoe" / X

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    Sunday Briefing on X: "Gen. David Petraeus tells Peter that Trump should not rule out putting U.S. boots on the ground in Iran but that he thinks the President will be “very, very careful in making that decision.” https://t.co/xyg65E6hMG" / X

  • Favicon Sunday Briefing on X: "AMERICA ASKS: Daylight Saving Time, weekly work hours, and ... could we see a dad and son show? https://t.co/lggVJKLhY8" / X Added: Mar 8, 2026

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    Sunday Briefing on X: "AMERICA ASKS: Daylight Saving Time, weekly work hours, and ... could we see a dad and son show? https://t.co/lggVJKLhY8" / X

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  • Favicon Carly Cassella (@carlycassella.bsky.social) — Bluesky Added: Mar 8, 2026

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    Reader, writer, nail biter (she/her)

    words for sciencealert, biographic, high country news, and more

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    Carly Cassella, Journalist at ScienceAlert

  • Favicon Elon Musk on X: "Many such cases" / X Added: Mar 8, 2026

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  • Favicon Kennedy on Fox News Sunday: We're turning our enemies in Iranian regime into fish food - YouTube Added: Mar 8, 2026

    Kennedy on Fox News Sunday: We're turning our enemies in Iranian regime into fish food

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    Kennedy on Fox News Sunday: We're turning our enemies in Iranian regime into fish food - YouTube

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