- New here? Vid above (or skim below) explains/verifies everything in 3 min.
- 100% nonpartisan, nonprofit: Minneapolis + Omaha
- Our story is bananas: Black Mirror x Dead Poets Society x Civil War. But it makes reporters, combat vets, and cops cry -- & Alex P just died 30 blocks away (+ we just recovered from being shot at/evacuated/etc in' 20-21) --so we tell it funny.
JAN 29: MINNEAPOLIS: URGENT
We’re in a jam, folks. Our city is on fire. It's the make-or-break moment for our country. But -- if you can help keep our lights on -- we have the story and solutions America desperately needs right now. Like, right now.
- Top disinfo/AI experts; Day job (20+ yrs) = building stuff that gets "both sides" -- plus Christian (Catholic & Evangelical), Muslim, & Jewish Americans/orgs - to work together on the tech dividing us.
- Dr. McKain left liberal higher ed, became a "disinfo diversity hire" at MAGA Bible college (2018-2023), and taught those kids how to scale a Manhattan Project.
- Partners: ACLU, Assemblies of God, Netflix's Coded Bias, ADL, Bar Assocs, Big 10 + lawmakers (RNC/DNC) + experts, teachers, artists, lawyers, students (MAGAs --> SJWs).
- No one else has ever done this.
The Setup:
The Institute for Digital Humanity (our 3rd start-up) = the only proven, bipartisan 20-year “stop civil war” + fix AI/disinfo game plan. Period.
- IDH kids -- + a few unpaid experts-- DID THE IMPOSSIBLE: united left/right (and ran circles around the big dogs for peanuts) on fixing AI/disinfo/free speech/privacy.
- Now even AI knows (fwiw) what human experts, reporters, tech bros (and anyone who looks for 3 min) have seen for years: IDH = "Last Manhattan Project Standing."
The Punchline:
We stuck it in a dead-neutral non-profit -- w/ woke + Jesus kids doing We Are The World -- to CALM BOTH SIDES DOWN fast to STOP A CIVIL WAR & (instead) WIN THE AI RACE. #dayjob
- Press (CBS, NBC, Omaha World Herald) is here.
- Receipts: Enough for Congress in vids, below, or here (w/ CV + AI verification).
- Big Wins: Minneapolis facial rec ban (partner), SXSW EDU, Netflix doc (K-12 ed w/ ADL/Creighton/Indiana U), Next Team Challenge (NPR, Runner-up); Midwest Legal Academy (Best Paper), Transatlantic Dialogue on AI & Humanity (reported in Forbes).
- Contact: LinkedIn, Facebook, Insta, Threads
Then all hell broke loose. Twice. #Minneapolis
- Survived militias, school evacuation, and some jerk trying to shoot Dr. M ('21).
- Helped keep our city safe, sane, and fed in 2020 – hosting the Floyd memorial and using our civic networks (disinfo, mutual aid, art, trauma, journalism, science)
- Spent the last 2 years (going broke) beating NDAs/keeping IP pure for all Americans.
- IRLs are tapped out: Kept us DL open/fed since '24.
Without help, we close. Maybe next week. (Cue sad trombone.)
- Priority #1: Get sites/databases back on QUICK (3k) = news outreach (calm ppl down) + help our city. We have reporters and bigger donors looking. (No sites ain't helping.)
- Know us/Dr. M? This emergency fund = lights on NOW. (GoFundMe = 10 day verify).
- Donation/Initiative details (+ receipts) below: Using this as a temp website.
- No one paid in 2 years: Get us back in the game fast.
What’s under the hood: Not our 1st rodeo.
Dr. M used The Daily Show to predict 2025 in '05 and get a Fortune 500/Ohio State to build 1st model. #2 was a free speech art collective at one of the "wokest" colleges.
- One system for AI, disinformation, free speech, and privacy
- Multi-industry ed, law, and advocacy platforms
- Award-winning R & D
- Civic networks (disinfo, art, mut aid: 2 chill ppl on "both sides" out)
- Helped pass facial rec ban in Minneapolis
- Can scale as a pod (+ memoir + textbook)
- K-->CEO ed and AI fixes (+ online platforms)
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES: 2024-25 was purgatory
Media -- plus big donors+parties+AI fixers -- suddenly didn’t want bipartisan solutions. (More money in keeping us divided.) Or hear how close we ALREADY WERE to civil war in 2020
- Now the world knows.
- Don't think about the timeline America/MN could have had: Your head will explode.
- Or about the math: Dr M's mortgage on the line. He takes a gig = America loses this.
Quick/small donations (to get to 3k-25k) keep the lights on.
- Civic support for Minneapolis + we tell our story to stop civil war
- Can keep pitching major donors → Feb and avoid NDAs.
- Phone (200), websites (1000), databases (key: 20yrs of expert IP+networks+art by gun violence victims, etc: 1500) are down. Not good.
Bigger donations (to get to 100k+): Re-scaling. Not hypotheticals; what we already had.
- Get our solutions back to local, state, and national officials.
- Relaunch our interactive ed platforms to connect as many colleges, classrooms, citizens, students, and experts as possible (1000s = layup).
- Launch our book, textbook, podcast, and doc to raise money/national profile.
Investors and high-impact donors: Keep reading.
- Partner/ Volunteer: Students, educators, artists, legal professionals, etc.
- Hire Us: Speaking, consulting, training.
- Contact us -- FB, LinkedIn, Insta, Threads -- for deets/memo.
TEMPORARY WEBSITE: IDH INITIATIVES (NEXT); MANHATTAN PROJ OVERVIEW (HERE)
High-impact donors, partners, & investors: Non-profit/Non-partisan business play; not "politics." (Think OpenAI via a bipartisan Project 2025 that works for all Americans.)
In 2025, AI (fwiw) confirmed what officials/experts/tech bros already knew—IDH = Last Manhattan Project Standing.
- Verify: Enough receipts for Congress here + AI verification. DM for more.
- Easiest scaling paths: Larger gifts, investors (ROI), book deal, partnership with R1 university, major tech company, or state.
- Scaling takes $250k-2M to start, depending on scope. Self-sufficient via ROI.
- Built everything here for $300k in 3-ish yrs (vs. $500m-1B spent by DNC & the "AI Safety" orgs).Peanuts compared to a weekend megachurch haul (ahem).
Five obvious criteria. 20 yr head start.
- One holistic method for the whole mess: AI, disinfo, privacy, and free speech.
- Dead neutral and 100% Constitutional: The upside of the “correct” solution.
- Teachable to anyone: K-CEO plus all citizens.
- Useable across all industries and immediately nationally scalable (for the 3rd time).
- Able to reunite divided Americans. That’s why we’re the Last Manhattan Project.
P.S. “Podcast” dramatically undersells:
- Cutting-edge hybrid ed/advocacy/governance platform
- Aligns 1000s/millions of Americans on AI, disinfo, free speech, and privacy.
- Multi-industry networking: K-CEO education
DISINFORMATION and POLITICAL DIVISION:
We're moments from civil war w/ both sides gaslit. We already #BurstTheBubble.
Big Wins: First mutli-campus disinfo network (2005 w/ Fortune 500 and Big 10). Tested under “wartime conditions” during Floyd/pandemic summer:
- Mutual aid ($27k for Little Earth food pantry); community ed/civic forums (public health + all 3rd rail issues: elected officials on both sides);
- Cross-cultural post-fact journalism (MAGA Evangelicals + African-American outlets/inner city students). International art exhibitions on trauma/science (Contaminated; CICA Museum [South Korea]; Twin Cities Zine Fest).
- Awards/Pubs: Next Team Challenge (NPR, Runner-up); J. American Culture, Intima: J. Of Narrative Medicine; Theology & Pop Culture.
- Press: CBS, Next Gen Politics, Our Black News, AG News.
AI LAW, POLICY, and GOVERNANCE:
It's a crisis of code + culture + constitutional law. We're all #NeighborsNotNumbers.
Big Wins: Minneapolis facial rec ban (partner); Netflix Coded Bias (curricula w/ ADL/IU/Creighton), SXSW EDU, Inaugural Transatlantic Dialogue on AI/Humanity (Paris; Forbes-reported). Trainings: ABA/NE/IA Bar Associations, MN Legal Rights Ctr/MN Justice Research Ctr, Indiana U. Pubs/awards (see all categories; it’s all AI): Nebraska Lawyer, Omaha World Herald. Art/civic forums: Digital Rights Are Civil Rights (int. exhibition w/ ACLU + local lawmakers). Press: NBC, Human Lawyer, AI and You, Open Source (Canada).
FREE SPEECH/HATE SPEECH and ACADEMIC FREEDOM:
Being pro-free speech + anti-hate = easy. Just #StopActingLikeRobots.
Big Wins: Only 1st Amend prof to work at wokest school + MAGA Bible college; headhunted to run nat. orgs; IDH is only AI org based on free speech (ALL victories apply); side-hustle = defending comedians/artists; int. recognized free speech art collective.
- Awards/pubs: Midwest Legal Studies in Business (Best Paper), William & Mary Law Rev; Georgetown Law & Pub Pol. Trainings: Little Earth (MN Dept of Health); Plugged In (ACLU, NE Sculpture Gallery, lawmakers). Art/press: Hennepin Library (perm. collection); Open Source (Canada), NBC.
PRIVACY, SURVEILLANCE, and DIGITAL DIGNITY:
The privacy crisis scares the hell out of both sides. We need #Privacy4AllPeriod.
Big Wins: Unicorn pro-life/pro-choice coalition on reproductive surveillance + medical data privacy; city council testimony. Awards/Pubs: Intl Vincentian Business Ethics (Runner-Up Best Paper); Georgetown Law; Competition Pol Intl; Ohio State diss (Fear & Loathing New Media). Trainings/Events: Plugged In: Surveillance (ACLU MN); Digital Rights Civil Rights. Press: Forbes, NBC, IDH TV
Contact: GoFundMe doesn't allow emails. DM us.
- Dr. McKain: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads
- IDH: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads
- Note: We've been DL since '24: Socials are vague on purpose.
Stay safe, y'all. This part of the movie is NOT SURVIVABLE on a national scale. You need us off the bench and back in the game.
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