Chad Kaul

Founder, Signal Media. Building @UnspunNewsUS solo, with AI — civic news that provokes thought, not outrage. Human design, AI execution. Follow along.

[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

I publish the news every morning. Then I do something almost no one does: I keep the receipts.

The most valuable thing we make isn't the news — it's the record of how the news was told. (1/10)

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

This is concerning. For the first time, a Chinese model Kimi K3 has taken #1 on the Frontend Code Arena and is scoring at or near the frontier on other benchmarks.

Meanwhile America is tying itself in knots: politicians and bureaucrats are banning new data centers, piling on state regulations, and pushing for new federal agencies to pre-approve frontier models.

This is how you lose the AI race. The rest of the world won’t play by our rules if we bog ourselves down. Permissionless innovation is how America won the internet and became the technological envy of the world. We can do it again with AI -- while addressing risks in a targeted way -- or we’ll watch our lead evaporate.

[The Republic Desk @UnspunNewsUS]

Trump told the nation Thursday that U.S. elections can be "rigged and stolen," pointing to a newly declassified memo that alleges China acquired 220 million voter files. It names no changed vote. Five framings, beside the record. (1/8)

[The Republic Desk @UnspunNewsUS]

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[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

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[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

The drop is the point: in the Gist, the number is the air out there; on the story, "80 → ~0" is how much we cleared — so you don't have to.

Every story, unspun, with its Spin Index → https://t.co/JbofVS347Q (7/7)

[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

We measure air quality. We measure noise in decibels. Nobody puts a number on the spin in your news.

So we built one: the Spin Index — a 0–100 rating on every story of how spun the coverage is everywhere else. (1/7)

[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

The U.S. disabled an Iranian tanker under the blockade — Spin Index 80, Spin Storm. Self-defense, or a war Congress never authorized? The loudest coverage picks a side. An 80 says the air is thick. (6/7)

[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

If you want the news without the noise, follow @UnspunNewsUS and check out https://t.co/9fr7oXw8cF

[The Republic Desk @UnspunNewsUS]

Drowning in soundbites, spin, and outrage — and still not sure what's actually happening?The Unspun News is now on X: the day's most important stories, every side's framing beside the documented record. Your way out of the noise. (1/6)

[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

I built this because I believe Americans deserve better from our media.

So I turned down the noise, let the record speak, and released a little air from our partisan bubbles.

Keep it up, and maybe we start arguing from the same facts again. (10/10)

[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

I publish the news every morning. Then I do something almost no one does: I keep the receipts.

The most valuable thing we make isn't the news — it's the record of how the news was told. (1/10)

[Chad Kaul @crkaul]

Everyone competes on the same day's story. It's the least durable thing you make.

What lasts is the record of how it was told vs. what came true — how we learn who to actually listen to, story by story. (9/10)