Senator Chris Murphy Sounds Alarm: Is Trump Selling Out America to Unregulated AI Oligarchs and Venezuelan Oil?
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In a explosive new warning that’s going viral across social media, Senator Chris Murphy has exposed what many are calling the biggest giveaway to Big Tech billionaires in American history. The Connecticut Democrat is sounding the alarm about President Trump’s aggressive push to keep the entire Artificial Intelligence industry completely unregulated — something unprecedented for any major American sector, especially one poised to fundamentally transform society, jobs, economy, and democracy itself.
Here’s the full breakdown of what Senator Murphy revealed, why the first attempt crashed and burned 99-1 in the Senate, and why the AI industry is now desperately trying to sneak their dream provision into the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The First Attempt: A Shocking 99-1 Senate Rejection
“They want to be a totally unregulated industry. And so they said, ‘Republicans, why don’t you pass a law to ban states from regulating us?’ — like this doesn’t happen in any other industry, but because the AI industry gets whatever they want from Donald Trump, because these billionaires that run the companies are tight with Trump, Trump said yes.”
That’s Senator Chris Murphy laying it all bare.
In spring 2025, Republicans introduced legislation that would have stripped every single U.S. state of the right to pass any AI regulations whatsoever. The federal government could still regulate (in theory), but under Trump, everyone knows that’s not happening. This wasn’t about creating smart federal rules — it was about creating a total regulatory blackout while preempting states from stepping in.
The result? A historic 99-1 Senate vote crushing the proposal.
Even traditional conservative “states’ rights” Republicans revolted against federal overreach designed purely to protect AI oligarchs. The American public overwhelmingly rejected the idea of letting a transformative technology run completely wild with zero oversight, zero consumer protections, and zero accountability.
Why This Matters More Than Ever in 2025
- Artificial Intelligence is no longer sci-fi — it’s replacing jobs at lightning speed
- Deepfakes, algorithmic discrimination, mass surveillance, and autonomous weapons are already here
- AI data centers are projected to consume electricity equal to 22% of all U.S. households by 2028
- Without regulation, a handful of Silicon Valley and Austin billionaires will control the most powerful technology in human history
As Bernie Sanders has repeatedly warned, AI isn’t coming to free humanity — it’s coming for working-class jobs while making a tiny elite obscenely richer.
The New Plan: Sneak It Into the National Defense Authorization Act
The AI industry didn’t give up after the 99-1 humiliation.
“Guess what? The AI industry was furious. They came back to Trump. They said, ‘We want you to sneak it in to some piece of legislation that has to pass.’ And so, right now, as we speak, Trump, the AI industry, and Republicans in Congress are talking about putting that provision in the National Defense Bill.”
That’s right — the same must-pass legislation that funds the entire U.S. military could become the Trojan horse for permanent, total AI deregulation.
This isn’t speculation. Lawmakers and staffers confirm negotiations are actively happening behind closed doors to attach language banning state-level AI regulation to the NDAA — the one bill Congress cannot afford to let fail.
The Hidden Energy Crisis Fueling the Rush
Regulation isn’t the only pressure point for Big AI.
AI training and inference require absolutely massive amounts of electricity. According to MIT Technology Review, by 2028 — just three years away — AI data centers will devour power equivalent to 22% of all American households combined.
Meanwhile, China is powering its AI boom with cheap solar and wind, keeping costs low and competitive.
What’s Trump doing? Pushing America backward into coal and fossil fuels while blocking the clean-energy transition that could keep electricity affordable.
The Venezuela Connection: Is AI the Real Reason for “War on Cartels”?
Here’s where the story gets explosive.
Trump’s sudden executive order authorizing military strikes on “drug cartel boats” in the Caribbean — with no congressional declaration of war, no transparency, and widespread warnings from legal experts and military leaders that the orders may be illegal — suddenly makes a lot more sense.
Venezuela sits on the largest proven oil reserves on planet Earth.
And top Trump officials are now openly talking about Venezuelan oil as the solution to America’s coming energy crunch.
Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent has already floated accessing Venezuelan supplies as a way to drive down energy prices. With Nicolás Maduro mobilizing millions of militia and moving forces in direct response to the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier group now positioned in the Caribbean, the confrontation is escalating fast.
The timing is impossible to ignore:
- AI industry desperately needs massive new energy sources
- Domestic production + existing infrastructure won’t be enough
- Trump’s fossil-fuel policies are making electricity more expensive
- Suddenly Venezuela’s oil is back on the table — by force if necessary
The Bigger Picture: Oligarchs Over People
This isn’t just about one industry or one bill.
It’s about whether America will allow a handful of AI billionaires — many of whom are extremely close to Donald Trump — to write their own rules, seize unprecedented power, and externalize every cost onto workers, consumers, and the planet while pocketing trillions.
- No protections against AI-driven mass unemployment
- No guardrails on deepfakes destroying elections
- No limits on energy consumption driving up electric bills
- No accountability when AI systems discriminate or kill
And now potentially American service members put in harm’s way — not for national security, but to secure cheap heavy oil for data centers.
What Happens Next?
The fight over attaching AI preemption to the NDAA is happening right now, in real time, largely behind closed doors.
Democrats, consumer advocates, labor unions, civil-rights groups, and even some Republicans are mobilizing to strip any such provision from the defense bill.
But with Trump back in power and Big Tech writing massive checks, the pressure is enormous.
The Bottom Line
The American people already rejected total AI deregulation once by a margin of 99-1.
Now Trump and his billionaire allies are trying to ram it through the back door — attached to the one bill that funds our troops and defends the nation.
If they succeed, Artificial Intelligence will become the first trillion-dollar industry in American history to operate under zero meaningful oversight — at the exact moment it’s reshaping jobs, democracy, and power itself.
This is the biggest tech power grab most Americans have never heard of.
And it’s happening right now.