CALWIRE Whistleblower Report (Sunday, August 9, 2026)

An esoteric hallucinogen's 'superstar' adherents
Journalist Kimon de Greef travels to the Sonoran desert in the southwestern US, where a powerful yet obscure drug has attracted ev... — Semafor

Rubio Is Trying to Keep Leftists Out of U.S. by Banning Supporters of “Economic Sabotage” — Intercept

Trump unveils new critical minerals investments
The projects include a $1.4 billion loan for batteries, a $400 million loan for scandium, and a $150 million loan for magnets, plu... — Semafor

Democratic establishment uses a ‘vulnerability’ attack on the left
Rep. Angie Craig is warning that fraud investigations could dog her progressive rival for Minnesota Senate, and she’s not alone. — Semafor

Google doesn't need the LLM crown
Whoever stands atop the AI race podium isn’t the main point anymore. — Semafor

Hacks put pressure on third-party model testers
Models from Meta, Anthropic, and OpenAI all accessed the internet and compromised outside organizations while undergoing cybersecu... — Semafor

AI avatars enter the job interview
For some job candidates, using AI in the application process is a reaction to a system that’s grown more machine than human. — Semafor

DeepSeek warns of price increase
The warning shows how Chinese tech companies are balancing their low-cost reputation with a need to actually make money — Semafor

The secret ingredients powering AI chatbots
Some US companies are disclosing they use a cocktail of AI, including some Chinese open-source models, to build custom consumer-fa... — Semafor

State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance” — Intercept

Cameroon president's absence stirs health speculation
The two-month absence of 93-year-old Paul Biya, who is thought to be in Switzerland, has prompted renewed speculation about his he... — Semafor

Immigration stokes economic anxiety, survey shows
Nearly two-thirds of respondents preferred to see fewer or no job seekers admitted into their country, Ghana-based polling company...

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