The Source

Billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Mark Zuckerberg are using their tremendous wealth, influence and A.I to undermine democracy. They are able to control essential public communication, information and government operations. As mass surveillance goes mainstream with algorithms designed to quash descent, a warning about what the future holds is emerging. Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and staff writer with The New Yorker, joins us to discuss "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State."

Yale's Health Care Affordability Lab is launching a new project aimed at bringing down healthcare costs. They have identified $450 billion in savings that could happen without a complete overhaul of the health care system.

As the city of San Antonio is developing a bond package of city improvements, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has been challenged by City Council on being able to pick the three chairpersons to lead the 2027 bond process. Council members passed an ordinance to give themselves that authority. Mayor Jones joins us to give us an update on bonds and discuss whether this move could delay moving forward.

The San Antonio Food Bank is pursuing a new revenue source to rescue more surplus food as high grocery prices and reduced access to federal food assistance put additional pressure on South Texas families.

Texans are casting ballots as early voting in underway in what could be a historic election. A battery of polls have shown Democrats including Senate nominee James Talarico with a lead. But how reliable are those polls? And what does the trend in early voting tells us about what to expect on Nov. 3?