Smart Like Vizzini Billionaire Buffoonery and an Accidental AI Threat

This week: a billionaire claims that introspection didn't exist until recently. The problem? Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, St. Augustine, and Montaigne all have thoughts on that.
Also in this edition — the AI tool Anthropic built that was so effective they decided not to release it.

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Smart Like Vizzini Billionaire Buffoonery and an Accidental AI Threat

Vizzini: "Have you heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?"
Westley: "Yes."
Vizzini: "Morons."

Marc Andreessen, basically, in 2026.

Also in this week's newsletter: the AI model Anthropic was too nervous to release.

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Thanks to everyone who attended the “Meet the Candidates for Governmental Transparency” event yesterday in Edgeley. I had a lot of good conversations with folks who been feeling unheard.
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Democratic U.S. House candidate Trygve Hammer shows up at NDGOP convention Plain Talk host Rob Port talks about getting texts about U .S. House candidate Trygve Hammer ironically turning up at the North Dakota Republican Party's sta...

North Dakotan Nice applies across party lines, and in about a week, I'll be headed to Edgeley to speak again with some of the Republicans I met at their state convention. #hammerfornd champ.ly/siYciDtc

Had a great time at the 4 Bears Roar game in New Town tonight!
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Cramer vs. Good-Faith Engagement Senator Turned Thin-Skinned Purveyor of Rhetorical Nonsense

"Misery loves company, I guess, which must be what I was thinking when I hired my wife to work for the campaign. She’s fantastic at planning and tracking our spending, but she’s no longer someone with whom I can escape the campaign. Also, it does not seem to have made me her boss."
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Cramer vs. Good-Faith Engagement Senator Turned Thin-Skinned Purveyor of Rhetorical Nonsense

"Cramer rebuts an argument Brickner never made, because her actual claim—that Cramer aligns himself with the Dominionist/Seven Mountains movement when he says the United States has a “Biblical obligation” to Israel—is too difficult for him to refute."
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Real Republicans of the Dakotas, Part 2 Unconventional Conventions . . . and Colonoscopies

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Real Republicans of the Dakotas, Part 2 Unconventional Conventions . . . and Colonoscopies

Republican conventions, colonoscopy truthers, and carbon pipelines — North Dakota politics has it all. New post on the "Real Republicans of the Dakotas."
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Thanks to everyone who welcomed me in Bismarck and Pekin!
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Full 2026 ND Dem-NPL Convention Speech at BSC YouTube video by Trygve Hammer

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Real Republicans of the Dakotas, Part 1 The "ND" in NDGOP Does Not Stand for "No Drama."

Too much drama for just one post. Still to come: convention drama.
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U.S. Congressional candidate Trygve Hammer won the Dem-NPL nomination and speaks to war in Iran - News & Views with Joel Heitkamp 03/10/26: Trygve Hammer defeated Democratic-NPL candidates Vern Thompson and Helene Neville to secure the party’s nomination for U.S. Congress at the recent convention. Trygve and Joel discuss the Far...

Trygve Hammer defeated Democratic-NPL candidates Vern Thompson and Helene Neville to secure the party’s nomination for U.S. Congress at the recent convention. Trygve and Joel discuss the Farm Bill, war in Iran, Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak, and more.
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War Leaves Scars. Short excerpt from speech following my endorsement at the North Dakota Democratic-NPL convention.

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North Dakota Democrats endorse several statewide candidates • North Dakota Monitor North Dakota Democrats rallied for a turnaround Saturday, endorsing several candidates for statewide office to take on Republicans in November.

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Democrats send message of necessity and opportunity at state convention Over 450 delegates attended Saturday’s convention for the state’s Democratic Party.

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North Dakota Dem-NPL Party holds energized convention, endorses Hammer for US House Democratic-NPL delegates from across North Dakota gathered in Bismarck on Saturday for their state convention with a single word driving the conversation: energy.

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North Dakota Dems endorse Trygve Hammer for U.S. House race against Fedorchak Hammer will face incumbent Republican Julie Fedorchak in the race for North Dakota’s congressional seat.

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Trygve Hammer tapped for another run for North Dakota US House seat • North Dakota Monitor North Dakota Democrats endorsed Trygve Hammer Saturday to represent the party after a fiery convention speech critical of Republican incumbent Rep. Julie Fedorchak. Hammer overwhelmingly defeated Demo...

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North Dakota Democrats endorse Trygve Hammer in House race, set statewide nominees "We will win because our state and our country need us to win," Hammer told the crowd at the party's convention in Bismarck.

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North Dakota Democrats seeking more strength in numbers • North Dakota Monitor The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party expects to see many new faces at its state convention this weekend but it also will need to find new leadership among its legislators. Adam Goldwyn, chair of the ...

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US commander said Trump "anointed by Jesus" to attack Iran: Report Some U.S. military leaders are telling troops the Iran war is part of "God's divine plan," religious freedom advocates say.

This actually makes me more angry from my perspective as a Christian than from my perspective as a retired Marine Corps officer. Tying this rhetoric to Christianity and to the military damages both and is counter to any sane principle of theology or leadership.

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This is exactly why people are sick of politics—the attacks, the distractions, the noise. That’s not why I served, and it’s not why I’m running.

I spent 34 years in the U.S. Navy serving this country. To me, service means putting people first and making sure they’re heard — not tearing others down.