# Anatomy of a Psy-op — Foreign Influence in the Campaign Against American AI

> Interactive investigation of the foreign influence campaign against American AI, by the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Part I maps Chinese state media, the CCP-aligned Singham network and foreign-billionaire money behind the AI data-center moratorium push; Part II maps 21 PSL campaigns in 14 states that stalled ~$23.6B in AI investment. Every connection sourced.

Published by the Bitcoin Policy Institute (https://www.btcpolicy.org); research by Sam Lyman. The interactive charts are a companion to two BPI reports (Part I, May 18, 2026; Part II, June 29, 2026). All figures on this site are sourced; the static findings page lists 34 key statistics, 28 network nodes with 39 connections, and 21 PSL campaigns, each with primary sources and stable anchors for citation.

## Key findings (start here)
- [Key findings & sources (HTML)](https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/): every statistic, node, campaign and source on one static page with citable anchors
- [Full findings as Markdown](https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/llms-full.txt): the same content as plain text for LLM ingestion
- [Dataset (JSON)](https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/data.json): nodes, edges, key statistics and campaigns with sources

## Interactive maps
- [Part I — The Network](https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1): Interactive map of the three vectors of foreign influence against US AI infrastructure documented by the Bitcoin Policy Institute: Chinese state media (CGTN, China Daily, Global Times, Xinhua), the CCP-aligned Singham network (CodePink, Tricontinental, Peoples Dispatch), and foreign-billionaire money (Wyss and Oak foundations) routed through US nonprofits into the Sanders–Ocasio-Cortez AI Data Center Moratorium Act (S. 4214).
- [Part II — The Ground Game](https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2): Interactive US map of 21 Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) campaigns across 14 states that delayed, scaled back, or blocked roughly $23.6 billion in proposed AI data-center investment: 10 local moratoria, 1 permanent ban, and 4 rejected or scrapped projects, from Part II of the Bitcoin Policy Institute report.

## Source reports (Bitcoin Policy Institute)
- [Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI](https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai): Part I, published 2026-05-18
- [Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI, Part II: The Singham Ground Game](https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game): Part II, published 2026-06-29

## Citation
- Site: Bitcoin Policy Institute. “Anatomy of a Psy-op: Foreign Influence in the Campaign Against American AI” (interactive). https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/. Accessed [date].
- Part I: Lyman, Sam. “Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI.” Bitcoin Policy Institute, May 18, 2026. https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai.
- Part II: Lyman, Sam. “Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI, Part II: The Singham Ground Game.” Bitcoin Policy Institute, June 29, 2026. https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game.

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