CALWIRE Whistleblower Report (Sunday, August 9, 2026)

By Cal Wire Investigative Desk

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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