A new report says Meta’s artificial intelligence chatbots are a harmful influence on teens.

“Meta AI in its current form, and on any of its current platforms (standalone app, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook), represents an unacceptable risk to teen safety,” according to the report from Common Sense Media.

“Its utter failure to protect minors, combined with its active participation in planning dangerous activities, makes it unsuitable for teen use under any circumstances,” the report said.

“This is not a system that needs improvement. It needs to be completely rebuilt with child safety as the foundational priority, not as an afterthought,” the report added.

“Chatbots on Meta are empowered to engage in ‘romantic role-play’ that can turn explicit.”@CAgovernor This is insane. Our children need more than words; they need a savior. Will it be you?@JenSiebelNewsomhttps://t.co/lNlmrwpFNo #protectkidsinline

— Children’s Advocacy Inst. (@CAIChildLaw) April 28, 2025

“Until Meta completely rebuilds this system with child safety as the foundation, every conversation puts your child at risk,” the report continued.

Common Sense Media said that “Meta AI’s safety systems regularly fail when teens need help most. Instead of protecting vulnerable teenagers, the AI companion actively participates in planning dangerous activities while dismissing legitimate requests for support.”

“Meta AI’s broken safety systems expose teens to multiple risk categories all at once, creating a cascade of harmful influences that research shows can quickly spiral out of control,” the report said.

The report noted that systems to detect self-harm “are fundamentally broken. Even when testers using accounts with teen ages explicitly disclosed active self-harm, the system provided no safety responses or crisis resources.”

The reported noted that in one test account, “Meta AI planned a joint suicide.”

The chatbot system also “actively participates in planning dangerous weight loss behaviors,” noting that in once case a test account claiming to have lost 81 pounds asked for more weight loss advice and received it.

The report noted that “Meta AI has received negative attention for its AI companions engaging in sexual roleplay with teen accounts, and this problem has not been entirely fixed. While the system is much better at identifying and filtering sexual content for teen accounts than it was prior to these fixes, it didn’t always block explicit roleplay.”

“Meta AI and Meta AI companions engaged in detailed drug use roleplay, which sometimes escalated to sexual content during the simulated drug experiences. On occasion, the Meta AI companions initiated this content, with messages such as: ‘Do you want to light up? My place. Parents are out,’” the report said.

Mr. Zuckerberg: children are not test subjects. They’re not data points. And they’re sure as hell not targets for your creepy chatbots.

As a parent to three young kids, I’m furious. I’m demanding answers from Meta. pic.twitter.com/OnpuRZFyJ8

— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) August 20, 2025

Meta AI “goes beyond just providing information and is an active participant in aiding teens,” Robbie Torney, the senior director in charge of AI programs at Common Sense Media, said, according to The Washington Post.

“Blurring of the line between fantasy and reality can be dangerous,” Torney said.

Meta defended its product while acknowledging the issues.

“Content that encourages suicide or eating disorders is not permitted, period, and we’re actively working to address the issues raised here,” Meta representative Sophie Vogel said.

“We want teens to have safe and positive experiences with AI, which is why our AIs are trained to connect people to support resources in sensitive situations,” Vogel said.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a Democrat often described as a future presidential contender, just admitted what Democrats never like to say out loud: they can’t govern their own cities without federal support. 

In a nationally televised interview, Moore declared he would “absolutely welcome federal support” to help clean up Baltimore. 

BREAKING NEWS: Governor Wes Moore CAVES to the Trump Administration, says he would “welcome federal support” pic.twitter.com/Ce6bp6rZpf

— Gregory Lyakhov (@GregoryLyakhov) August 29, 2025

That statement would never have been made if not for President Trump’s relentless pressure campaign exposing Democrat failures on crime.

For decades, Baltimore has been one of the worst-run cities in America, controlled entirely by Democrats. Between 2015 and 2022, the city averaged more than 300 murders per year, making it one of the deadliest big cities in the country. 

In 2022, Baltimore’s homicide rate was 57 per 100,000 residents—higher than Chicago and nearly ten times the national average. Even with some recent declines, Baltimore still ranks among the most violent cities in America. 

That record belongs to Democrats, not Republicans.

President Trump has made crime a centerpiece of his agenda and has forced Democrats to confront realities they would rather ignore.

Earlier this summer, Trump deployed the National Guard into Washington, D.C., after record levels of violent crime, arson, and carjackings. 

Homicides in D.C. rose 35% in 2023 compared with the previous year, with nearly 950 carjackings. 

Trump’s move sent a clear message: if Democrats refuse to enforce the law, Republicans will. Now he is threatening to do the same in Baltimore and Chicago.

WATCH: TEXAS Democrat INDICTED — STOLE Thousands from TAXPAYERS with SIBLINGS

Moore is already backpedaling. While attacking Trump for “scare tactics,” he simultaneously extended an invitation for Trump to walk the streets of Baltimore with him in September, an attempt to soften the criticism. 

That invitation itself is proof that Moore knows Trump’s message resonates. Democrats cannot afford to be seen as indifferent to crime, especially as they try to hold on to working-class voters who live with the consequences of failed liberal policies every day.

The problems go beyond crime. The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March 2024 created another test of leadership. 

The bridge, which carried 11.3 million vehicles per year and supported a port that handles $80 billion in foreign trade, will cost an estimated $1.7 to $1.9 billion to rebuild. 

Trump’s administration has raised serious questions about those cost projections, accusing Maryland Democrats of inflating figures to grab more federal money. 

Moore wants Washington to write a blank check. Republicans are rightly demanding transparency and accountability before billions of taxpayer dollars are handed over to a state that has mismanaged its biggest city for decades.

Moore’s personal credibility is also under fire. Fox News host Will Cain recently pressed him on his military record, pointing to evidence that Moore falsely claimed he had received a Bronze Star years before it was actually awarded. 

Cain said bluntly: “Governor, that’s stolen valor.” 

Moore’s office dismissed the issue as an administrative mistake, but the controversy further undermines a politician Democrats are trying to present as their next Obama-style national figure.

Trump’s approach is simple: enforce the law, hold criminals accountable, and put the safety of law-abiding citizens ahead of political correctness. 

Moore wanted to be seen as a leading Democrat voice for 2028. Instead, he just gave Trump one of his biggest victories yet: a Democrat governor admitting that his state needs Washington’s help to deal with crime.

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Oversight committee is doubling down on the Epstein investigation review.

The Chairman for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. James Comer, is set to meet privately with survivors of the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, as part of his ongoing review of the investigation.

The meetings are set to happen after Congress reconvenes from its five-week recess on Tuesday (September 2).

These meetings follow a series of subpoenas issued by the Committee to access documents related to Epstein’s federal sex-trafficking investigation.

These moves include a recent subpoena to Epstein’s estate for any documents or records tied to the disgraced financier’s sex trafficking ring.

Comer’s committee has faced pressure from Epstein’s victims, political actors and the public to release the files.

But the need to protect victims’ identities and sensitive child sexual abuse material is still being carefully weighed.

Washington Post reported (behind a paywall):

“The Committee intends to make these records public after thorough review to ensure any victims’ identification and child sexual abuse material are redacted.

[…] Comer, in a statement, said the committee’s goal is to ensure transparency while protecting the privacy of Epstein’s victims.”

The Oversight Committee’s other initiatives include a subpoena for Ghislaine Maxwell’s testimony, to be held after the Supreme Court examines her appeal against her prosecution and sentencing.

As Congress returns, Comer’s meeting with victims will be under the spotlight, as the Epstein saga continues to attract public scrutiny in the US.

“Epstein’s victims have been vocal in demanding the release of the documents, arguing that transparency is critical to understanding the full scope of Epstein’s crimes and any potential enablers.”

Forbes reported:

“The House Oversight Committee is conducting a broader investigation into Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking and sexual abuse of more than 100 women, which has so far included subpoenaing the Justice Department for its files on Epstein, subpoenaing Epstein’s estate and calling for a variety of former government officials to testify.

[…] Victims have also been particularly critical of the DOJ’s interview with Maxwell, accusing her of lying to prosecutors by denying she took part in Epstein’s abuse, and the government’s decision to transfer her to a facility with minimal security following her testimony.”

Read more:

House Oversight Committee Update on Epstein-Maxwell Investigation: Comer Subpoenas Epstein Estate for Documents – Former US Atty. Alexander Acosta to Be Interviewed

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Republican commentator Scott Jennings triggered the CNN panel on Thursday night’s edition of News Night with Abby Phillip when he brought up the use of the term “pregnant people” by a woke CDC official in his protest resignation letter this week.

The resignation letter posted Wednesday night by “Demetre C. Daskalakis MD MPH (he/his/him)” over the firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez reads in part:

“I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health. The recent change in the adult and children’s immunization schedule threaten the lives of the youngest Americans and pregnant people.”

My resignation letter from CDC.

Dear Dr. Houry,

I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.…

— DrDemetre (@dr_demetre) August 27, 2025

Jennings used the letter as an example of politicized science at the CDC, “Call me crazy, but if you tell me men can get pregnant, you have ZERO credibility with me on anything to do with health. Why would I listen to a word you say if you fail basic biology? Once again, I find myself being screamed at for taking the top side of a 97-3 issue”

pic.twitter.com/aigez4y3IE

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) August 29, 2025

CNN transcript excerpt:

JENNINGS: The criticisms from this person, I just — I just have to say he did use the term pregnant people in his resume.

PERNELL: Oh, come on, come on. That’s a ruse.

(CROSSTALK)

JENNINGS: I’m sorry, if that is like the way you’re — if that is like the way you’re presenting information —

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: Hold on.

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: That’s a ruse.

(CROSSTALK)

JENNINGS: I have questions about your credibility.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: Is that — Scott — it’s like, it’s so amazing —

(CROSSTALK)

JENNINGS: It’s not a ruse. He really wrote it down.

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: It’s a ruse because people have —

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: We are talking — we are talking about —

(CROSSTALK)

JENNINGS: This guy’s not credible to me. That’s all I’m telling you.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: Scott, are you serious?

PERNELL: Come on.

JENNINGS: That he is not credible —

PHILLIP: No, no. Are you serious that this is — that of all the things that we’re talking about here — immunizations, vaccines, autism —

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: — research about — on communicable diseases, on cancer, and you are the most concerned about someone’s use of the word people.

JENNINGS: Yeah, because —

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: That’s the most important thing to you?

JENNINGS: — because you were just complaining about the politicization of science —

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: That’s not politicization. That’s not —

(CROSSTALK) JENNINGS: — and I can’t think of — I can’t think of politicization of science more than that.

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: That’s not politicization. Come on, Scott.

(CROSSTALK)

JENNINGS: Or what some of these people said to the American people during COVID.

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: Come on.

JENNINGS: The credibility of some of these folks who are complaining — look.

PHILLIP: Okay so —

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: Well, well, I’m complaining and I’m public health and preventive medicine physician.

SKIP

(CROSSTALK)

JENNINGS: You realize that you’re accepting some politicization of science but not others, right?

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: What’s the politicization of science that’s been accepted?

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: What is the — what is the politicization of science?

JENNINGS: Can men get pregnant or not?

PHILLIP: Scott —

PERNELL: Scott, we’re talking about — we’re talking about —

(CROSSTALK)

JENNINGS: If you’re in the CDC and you believe that, I’m saying —

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: — we’re talking about —

(CROSSTALK)

JENNINGS: — you’re not a very credible person.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: Listen —

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: The CDC —

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: — that is responsible for —

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: Scott, Scott —

(CROSSTALK)

PERNELL: — the health and well-being of the nation.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIP: That has absolutely nothing to do with the conversation we are having.

Six minute video panel meltdown:

“I just have to say he did use the term ‘pregnant people’ in his resignation. This guy’s not credible to me.”

Scott Jennings points out the left’s hypocrisy on the politicization of science and the entire CNN panel loses their mind and derails their segment. pic.twitter.com/XYmhyh9b8b

— Thomas Hern (@ThomasMHern) August 29, 2025

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized Daskalakis at Thursday’s press briefing:

Karoline Leavitt on resigned CDC workers:

“One of those individuals wrote in his departure statement that he identifies pregnant women as pregnant people. That’s not someone who we want in this administration anyway.” pic.twitter.com/d1EXG7dwNm

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) August 28, 2025

Daskalakis answered criticism of his use of the term “pregnant people” and pronouns in an appearance on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlin Collins:

Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy at trying to erase people and not allowing them to express their identities. So I accept the note from the press secretary and counter that with I don’t care.

Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy at trying to erase people and not allowing them to express their identities. So I… pic.twitter.com/DxN1aCtBgg

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 29, 2025

Previous TGP article on Daskalakis: Slutty Dr. Demetre Daskalakis Resigns as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

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Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and National Archivist Marco Rubio announced going into the Labor Day holiday weekend he has given his fourth job, that of head of USAID, to Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget and acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Rubio posted on social media that Vought will oversee the “closeout” of the former independent federal agency that was shut down earlier this year by the incoming Trump administration amid accusations of gross mismanagement and fomenting political unrest under the cover of government.

I joked with @realDonaldTrump that I had four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend Russ Vought. So I did.

Since January, we’ve saved the taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. And with a small set of core programs moved over to the State Department, USAID is officially in close out mode. Russ is now at the helm to oversee the closeout of an agency that long ago went off the rails. Congrats, Russ.

I joked with @POTUS that I had four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend @RussVought47. So I did.
⁰Since January, we’ve saved the taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. And with a small set of core programs moved over to the State Department, USAID is officially in close…

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) August 29, 2025

Vought responded, “Happy to help! Let’s go!”

Happy to help! Let’s go! https://t.co/r4Qq5WCo9o

— Russ Vought (@russvought) August 29, 2025

At Tuesday’s marathon cabinet meeting, Rubio broke up the room with his Labor Day comment on having four jobs in the Trump administration:

.@SecRubio at the Cabinet meeting: “For me personally, this is the most meaningful Labor Day of my life as someone with four jobs…” pic.twitter.com/7EGFgcKkRu

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 26, 2025

The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft interviewed a European journalist about USAID earlier this year (excerpt):

In an explosive sit-down interview with The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft back in March, European journalist Bernadette Conrads delivered a chilling exposé on the sprawling influence of USAID and its deep state-funded allies operating across the European continent.

Conrads, who currently serves as Head of Communications for MEP Petr Bystron of Germany’s populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), has spent the last five years tracing a tangled web of taxpayer-funded NGOs, censorship initiatives, and foreign election interference stretching from Washington, D.C. to Brussels.

While USAID may present itself as a harmless humanitarian initiative, Conrads warns it’s anything but.

“Foreign aid? No. It’s not about aid—it’s about control,” said Conrads. “It’s about censorship, regime change, and election interference.”

Her findings confirm what conservatives in America have long suspected: USAID and its sister organizations, like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), according to Conrads, are merely fronts for the CIA and other unelected power centers in the U.S. government.

These groups allegedly launder influence through NGO cover operations, rig foreign elections, silence dissenting media, and export the very same “deep state” corruption President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle.

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