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0:00 i'm standing outside the department of justice on pennsylvania avenue where federal prosecutors just filed suit against lyft for systemic civil rights violations in episode one ninety six we tracked regulatory pressure mounting against platform monopolies this morning that pressure became a federal lawsuit under the americans with disabilities act the complaint details drivers refusing riders with service dogs and0:22 stowable wheelchairs then slapping those same riders with cancellation fees now here are the other consequential lines moving across the country this hour in tech microsoft is actively lobbying the trump administration to scuttle a planned national security ban on chinese made optical transceivers the laser components that move data between servers at light speed the white house argues beijing0:43 could use them to intercept traffic or cut power to artificial intelligence data centers microsoft says domestic supply chains simply cannot replace them without stalling build outs that's claimed not confirmed i'll tell you the moment domestic supply figures are verified on monetary policy federal reserve governor christopher waller put a half point rate increase on the table for december1:03 if core inflation numbers show monthly consumer prices up 0.3% or more waller says a 25 basis point hike won't be enough in the courts the ninth circuit blocked california from enforcing laws forcing large companies to disclose indirect supply chain emissions the judges ruled unanimous compelling businesses to issue value laden judgments violates the first amendment look the real1:25 collision point today is washington's sudden squeeze on the physical infrastructure of artificial intelligence we're watching two branches of government pull in opposite directions within six city blocks while the commerce department prepares import bans on chinese optical hardware to protect domestic infrastructure technology giants are warning that existing american facilities will grind to a halt without foreign components at1:46 the same time federal reserve officials like thomas barkin and austin goolsby are warning that the sheer capital expenditure pouring into data centers is actively stoking near term inflation well here's the thing you have the executive branch treating high speed fiber hardware as an espionage threat while corporate balance sheets treat it as oxygen add waller's rate warning into2:08 that mix and the cost of financing these gigawatt projects just got steeper okay the administration wants total supply chain decoupling but the hardware in the ground tells a very different story2:21 so across all of this november 10 reveals an emerging reality federal oversight is no longer nibbling at corporate policy from rideshare dispatch algorithms to fiber optic cables under data center floors the federal government is intervening directly in how american commerce moves and calculates that's the picture from here back to you in the studio
