Bannon`s War Room Episode 5166: Is The Admin Blocking AI Restrictions In Florida; Getting The Deportations Number Up
Feb 24, 2026
Tony Lyons, publisher and Make America Healthy organizer focusing on public-health outreach. Natalie Winters, investigative reporter probing border tech and foreign contractors. Mike Howell, Mass Deportation Coalition spokesperson pushing policy to raise deportation numbers. They debate AI limits in Florida, border surveillance tech and contractors, health coalition events, and strategies to increase removals.
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DeSantis AI Bill Focuses On Children And Chinese Tech
- DeSantis' Florida AI Bill of Rights targets AI-made child sexual content, parental controls, banning AI as therapists, and barring Chinese-created AI in state offices.
- The bill passed the Florida Senate quickly but stalled in the House after being routed to multiple committees amid White House pushback.
White House Pressuring States On AI Restrictions
- The White House is actively lobbying states to block stricter state AI laws that would raise the bar for a federal AI framework.
- Elizabeth Mitchell reports calls from OSTP to Florida House staff urging opposition to DeSantis' Florida AI Bill of Rights with child-safety and Chinese-AI limits.
OSTP Industry Ties Shape Federal AI Stance
- Inside the White House OSTP there are tech-industry ties influencing a pro-accelerationist stance against state-level AI limits.
- Mitchell notes OSTP connections to VC Andreessen Horowitz and that David Sachs once said he wouldn't oppose existing child-protection laws, yet the White House opposed recent bills.
