Oct 7, 2026 · 58 min · 14 segments
Artificial intelligence is advancing fast—but should there be a line that we simply refuse to cross? On **Episode 684 of The Arrington Gavin Show**, Arrington dives into the growing debate over **AI…
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You have your smear campaigns, which is ads talking about each other, right? So say you have a congressional race or any races, you run ads either...

You sure you want to vote for this person because they did this and that and that and this.

But in addition to all this back and forth, right, you know, you have your different signage and road signs and yard signs.

And would you believe now, you know, here in my home city, because I've shared it a lot here on the show, and I've had the opportunity to speak with a lot of the candidates.

one of the five seats that will be up for grabs it's also it's also uh what 13 candidates running for school board again five seats very very very uh competitive and packed race what we have been noticing um is folks taking people's signs down, yard signs, road signs, for the most part, those big, big, big road signs, they have been removing them.

And it's very, I mean, it's, hey, it is... politics at its finest but you you start to think it's like damn you are again doing a disservice for voters because hey look they want big competitive races they want the option to be like hey look i don't just want to vote for um uh democrats i don't just want to vote for republicans i don't just want to vote for independence i want i want a fair election and i want to hear everyone's platform but that's not the case because see I'll tell you this, and look, I'm an independent.

What I have noticed in my home city is the signs that are being taken, for the most part, what I've seen are primarily Democratic candidates, Democratic endorsed candidates, because local races are considered nonpartisan, but you do have your endorsed candidates.

And you kind of want to say, You know, Republican Party, you're making it harder on yourself when you do X.

All I'm saying is it's a bit interesting the fact that you're the only signs that are still up and Democratic endorsed candidate signs are being taken down from places that are allowed to have road signs on there.

They literally have been taking the signs and leaving the stakes in the ground.

You have your smear campaigns, which is ads talking about each other, right? So say you have a congressional race or any races, you run ads either...

You sure you want to vote for this person because they did this and that and that and this.

But in addition to all this back and forth, right, you know, you have your different signage and road signs and yard signs.

And would you believe now, you know, here in my home city, because I've shared it a lot here on the show, and I've had the opportunity to speak with a lot of the candidates.

one of the five seats that will be up for grabs it's also it's also uh what 13 candidates running for school board again five seats very very very uh competitive and packed race what we have been noticing um is folks taking people's signs down, yard signs, road signs, for the most part, those big, big, big road signs, they have been removing them.

And it's very, I mean, it's, hey, it is... politics at its finest but you you start to think it's like damn you are again doing a disservice for voters because hey look they want big competitive races they want the option to be like hey look i don't just want to vote for um uh democrats i don't just want to vote for republicans i don't just want to vote for independence i want i want a fair election and i want to hear everyone's platform but that's not the case because see I'll tell you this, and look, I'm an independent.

What I have noticed in my home city is the signs that are being taken, for the most part, what I've seen are primarily Democratic candidates, Democratic endorsed candidates, because local races are considered nonpartisan, but you do have your endorsed candidates.

And you kind of want to say, You know, Republican Party, you're making it harder on yourself when you do X.

All I'm saying is it's a bit interesting the fact that you're the only signs that are still up and Democratic endorsed candidate signs are being taken down from places that are allowed to have road signs on there.

They literally have been taking the signs and leaving the stakes in the ground.
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