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'Do your job or get out': Fury after Mike Johnson lets slip a startling admission on CNN

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks on the day of a press conference with Republican House Leadership, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz

Congress Is Not Supposed to Take Orders From the Industry It Regulates

The Speaker’s Surrender

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress is “less qualified” than the people developing artificial intelligence to regulate it. That is not a confession of personal humility. It is an argument for surrendering public authority to private power.

Johnson offered the excuse after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei…

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