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AI.gov and the July 4th Digital Coup: Uncle Sam’s New Surveillance Engine

EDITOR'S NOTES

The federal government just exposed its hand—and surprise, it’s a steel claw wrapped in a velvet glove. A silent tech coup is scheduled for launch on the most symbolic day in the American calendar: July 4th. And no, this isn’t about innovation. This is about domination. A leaked project from inside the General Services Administration reveals a sprawling AI command center—AI.gov—designed to watch, rewrite, and ultimately replace the human backbone of government. This isn’t some fringe theory. This is the federal machine preparing for a future where algorithms rule and accountability dies. What follows is a warning you won’t hear from cable news or Silicon Valley press junkets.

Eric Blair Jun 18, 25

Independence Day Becomes Submission Day

A “premature leak” from a federal GitHub repo just blew the lid off what’s being quietly sold as the “AI Action Plan.” What’s really brewing is a federal AI infrastructure so vast it needs its own website: AI.gov. This Orwellian command post is set to roll out—get this—on July 4th, a fitting date for a state-sponsored digital enslavement campaign.

Thanks to sharp-eyed reporters at 404 Media and The Register, we know this site wasn’t just a brochure. It included backend code, API access points, and blueprints for something far more insidious: the full automation of bureaucratic power. Think of it as the Deep State’s Trojan horse. And the kicker? It’s draped in red, white, and blue.

The False Promise of “Government Efficiency”

Publicly, AI.gov peddles the usual buzzwords—“efficiency,” “streamlined operations,” “modernization.” But behind the curtain is a digital dragnet stitched together with FedRAMP-approved large language models from AWS and Meta’s LLaMA, unified under a single API spine. That spine plugs into Console, a secretive surveillance interface designed to monitor how federal agencies use AI... and likely who dares to resist it.

This is not transparency. This is not innovation. This is a command-and-control system, and it’s being built without your consent.

At the helm? Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer turned AI czar at the GSA’s Technology Transformation Services. His mission is clear: mandatory AI implementation across every government office, contract, and lawbook. He doesn’t want to assist humans—he wants to replace them.

DOGE Was the Dry Run

If this playbook sounds familiar, it should. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency—DOGE—pitched a nearly identical plan: replace human jobs with AI under the guise of “innovation.” That pilot program resulted in mass layoffs and unchecked data pipelines. What Shedd and AI.gov are doing is not a pivot from DOGE—it’s a federalized expansion.

And this time, the layoffs won’t just be bureaucrats. They’ll come for contractors, service workers, and any industry tethered to federal data. It’s central planning with an algorithmic brain—and a Silicon Valley smile.

Time Is Short, and the Lights Are Flickering

We’ve got until July 22 before the “official” AI policy drops. But if history has taught us anything, it’s that the government doesn’t wait for the paperwork. AI.gov is likely already operational in the shadows, and once this system goes live, rolling it back will be next to impossible.

This isn’t about “helping” government. This is about a federal AI overseer that never sleeps, never questions orders, and never goes away.

What You Can Do Now

If you’re still trusting mainstream media or the bureaucratic class to sound the alarm, you’ve already missed the sirens. The Fourth of July won’t just celebrate independence this year—it will mark the start of digital dependence. Get ahead of it now.

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Stay informed. Stay off-grid. Stay sovereign.
— Eric Blair