# When far left meets far right on AI, war and corporate power > Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon shared a stage this week, part of a growing overlap between political extremes ahead of the midterms. - Title: When far left meets far right on AI, war and corporate power - Summary: Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon shared a stage this week, part of a growing overlap between political extremes ahead of the midterms. Political extremes are… - Keywords: bernie sanders, steve bannon, artificial intelligence, midterm elections, tucker carlson, marjorie taylor greene, iran war, israel, data centers, corporate power, bipartisan, donald trump - Source: Newsweek — https://newsweek.com/americas-far-left-and-far-right-are-converging-on-critical-midterm-issues-12447158 - Published: 2026-09-16T08:00:00+00:00 - Read time: 2 min - Topics: bernie sanders, steve bannon, artificial intelligence, midterm elections, tucker carlson, marjorie taylor greene, iran war, israel, data centers, corporate power, bipartisan, donald trump ## Extremes meet in the middle Bernie Sanders shared a stage with Steve Bannon this week at an AI event. Tucker Carlson is backing a Democrat over a Republican in Michigan's Senate race. ## Sanders and Bannon unite on AI The two spoke back-to-back Tuesday at the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington. Nearly 300 people attended the event organized by the Future of Life Institute. ## Sanders wants to ban superintelligence He'll introduce legislation next week to permanently ban artificial superintelligence. He compared it to nuclear weapons as a threat to humanity. > Like nuclear weapons, artificial superintelligence is a threat to humanity, and it must be treated as such ## Bannon attacks AI executives He accused AI companies of exploiting crisis talk to lock in market dominance. He called their arrogance overwhelming. > All they're trying to do is to use a crisis and turn it to their advantage by creating a moat, a cartel ## Their solutions split fast Sanders wants Trump and Xi to negotiate a treaty pausing AI development. Bannon wants all Chinese nationals removed from American labs. ## Trump calls AI fears a hoax He dismissed warnings that AI could destroy humanity, comparing the backlash to the Russia investigation. He said whoever wins AI wins everything. > AI taking over the World, destroying Humanity, and all other things bad, is a HOAX. ## Voters worry about AI An NBC poll found 70 percent more worried than excited about AI. Seventy percent said AI is costing jobs, including 78 percent of Democrats. ## Data centers spark backlash Sixty-one percent oppose new data centers locally. Campaigns spent over $45 million on ads mentioning them since January, with 99 percent attacking the projects. ## AI enriches the few NYU professor Gary Marcus says the public sees AI making a few people rich while dumping costs on everyone else. Jobs, environment and safety are all at risk. ## Iran war splits MAGA Tucker Carlson called the war with Iran disgusting and evil. Trump fired back, saying Tucker has lost his way and isn't MAGA. > Tucker has lost his way. I knew that a long time ago, and he's not MAGA. ## Greene breaks with Trump Marjorie Taylor Greene sided with Carlson and said Trump has gone mad waging war against Iran. She wrote that Trump changed, not them. > We NEVER changed, Trump did ## Sanders blocks Israel arms sales Forty of 47 Senate Democrats backed his April resolution to block a $295 million bulldozer sale to Israel. Both his resolutions failed against unanimous Republican opposition. ## Massie and Khanna team up Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie joined California Democrat Ro Khanna on an Iran war powers resolution. The measure failed 212 to 219 in March. ## Shared anger, different answers Analysts say both sides are furious about corporate power, rising costs and foreign wars. They land on different solutions but tap the same frustration. ## Socialist policies poll well Republican strategist Alex Patton says socialist policies test fairly well without the label. Progressive group Our Revolution found corporate corruption now ranks as members' top concern. > They're done with a government that answers to corporations instead of to them. ## Key takeaway Political extremes are finding common ground on AI regulation, foreign wars, and corporate power, even as they propose different solutions.