Politics (Page 17)

The energy needs of the AI boom and the construction of massive data centers in states across the country have created a backlash from both Democratic and Republican voters. The battle against data centers is at the heart of a campaign in Tennessee: Democratic state Representative Justin J. Pearson isContinue Reading

We speak with tech journalist Paris Marx about his new book, Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. In the book, Marx exposes the deceptive ways tech companies are taking resources from vulnerable communities in order to build massive AI data centers. “We have seen the techContinue Reading

Jennings, who was reportedly in the running for the White House press secretary job, appeared on the panel just hours after Katie Zacharia’s train wreck debut., Read MoreContinue Reading

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) elicited audible laughter during a recent debate for blaming skyrocketing diesel costs on one particular party., Read MoreContinue Reading

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on Social Security’s 2027 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which will be 3.6 percent:“Every year, Social Security’s benefits are automatically adjusted to account for inflation. This is an essential feature of the system, which prevents benefits from eroding overContinue Reading

The devastation goes on apace at the teeny toxic hands of the clowns and hacks in power (maybe not much longer?). Topping the abuses: An assault by Homeland Security (sic) thugs on the home of a duly elected (albeit female, brown, Muslim) member of Congress for imaginary crimes as aContinue Reading

The latest inflation report shows real wages have declined for six straight months year over year, a bad sign for U.S. workers stung by the higher costs., Read MoreContinue Reading

The famed political strategist put the president’s alleged corruption in scathing historical context., Read MoreContinue Reading