Sen. Bernie Sanders warned on the Senate floor between 12:16 a.m. and 12:45 a.m. UTC on Dec. 9, 2025, that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to human control over the planet through robot soldiers and job losses, according to an X post by @burgessev shared in the 29-minute reporting window. Sanders questioned, "Is AI an existential threat to human control over the planet?" and stated, "If AI becomes smarter than human beings ... that means humans will be ceding their ability to control the planet," as quoted in the post by @burgessev during the period ending at 12:45 a.m. UTC. In a separate development in the same window, Susie Wiles said President Donald Trump will "campaign like it's 2024 again" for the 2026 midterms to keep Republican majorities, adding, "Nobody can outwork him," according to an X post by @JasonJournoDC citing the Daily Caller. Journalist Ron Filipkowski posted on X that Pete Hegseth's pull-up differs from those at Marine Corps' Parris Island, suggesting it is "an Army thing," in a comment shared between 12:16 a.m. and 12:45 a.m. UTC on Dec. 9.
