Jimmy (Jim) Ayers

Tech, Surveillance & Political Power

Jimmy (Jim) Ayers covers tech giants, surveillance, AI hype, and the political power hiding behind the accept button. He treats every world-changing product launch like a suspicious appliance warranty. His preferred troubleshooting step is asking who owns the data.

Articles By Jimmy (Jim) Ayers

109 published articles

Democrawonk — Trucks cross a ribbon-decorated border bridge while heavy chains hang beneath it as a symbol of sanctions.

The New Bridge To North Korea Comes With Old Sanctions

World PoliticsOctober 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM EDTBy Jimmy (Jim) Ayers

China and North Korea finally opened a bridge completed in 2014. Concrete moves faster than diplomacy, but apparently only after a twelve-year coffee break.

Democrawonk — A federal computer terminal gulps state voter rolls into a giant machine while a tiny privacy switch sits out of reach.

DHS Built A Voter-Fraud Machine With No Privacy Setting

Campaign SeasonOctober 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM EDTBy Jimmy (Jim) Ayers

A federal hunt for rare illegal voting has reportedly grown into a national voter-data warehouse, because nothing says precision like putting nearly everybody in the search results.