A Silicon Valley Congressman Faces the Shifting Sands of AI
Podcast:The Rip Current Published On: Sat Mar 07 2026 Description: This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theripcurrent.comYou’re about to watch a lawmaker’s thinking shift in real time — and in public. When I first talked to Silicon Valley Congressman Sam Liccardo in February, he was making a very Silicon Valley-friendly argument: we can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube, China will eat our lunch, don’t slow down. Then Iran happened. The Pentagon stripped the guardrail…