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Another lesser known impact is that many proposed data centers are built on top of wetlands These impacts are way worse than they would have been even a few years ago because in 2023 the Supreme Court rolled back federal wetland protections
The ‘time-consuming’ permits dozens of data centers are skipping
A court ruling shrinking the scope of the Clean Water Act has allowed new data centers to speed through the federal permitting process. Communities are feeling the effects.
politico.com
This is happening in Nevada on BLM land but also, for DC area friends - a proposal to build data centers on land currently part of Prince William Forest Park (a NPS property) Keep in mind these projects also bring transmission lines, battery storage facilities, pipelines and other infrastructure
Prince William Forest Park land swap considered for data centers
Federal officials are considering a land swap that would allow a developer to build at least four data centers next to Prince William Forest Park in close proximity to Quantico Creek, one of the most ...
princewilliamtimes.com
There have been a number of proposals to build data centers on federally owned land Converting our public lands to industrial uses, reducing public access, fragmenting habitat and impacting biodiversity
Trump admin approval of data center faces legal challenge
A Nevada data center on federal land faces a court battle as environmental groups and local officials challenge its approval.
newsweek.com
You could be subsidizing the costs of AI data centers and the Big Tech companies that own them. That's wrong. I'm pushing for these companies to pay their fair share.
"In the face of what seems like an impossibly powerful industry w/almost infinite wealth & political power at its disposal, fighting a data center coming to your town is a way for people to reassert their efficacy, to not just say 'No' but actually do something about it." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Big tech has itself to blame for the data center backlash
Even Republicans are realizing which way the wind is blowing.
publicnotice.co
It sounds like the Trump administration has NO PLAN to get tariff refunds to the American people.
It sounds like the Trump administration has NO PLAN to get tariff refunds to the American people.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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If Jensen Huang has time to attend a $1 million-a-head dinner at Mar-a-Lago and fly across the world to meet with President Xi Jinping, he can find time to testify in front of Congress about reports that NVIDIA technology is powering Russia’s war machine.
Hollywood mega mergers hurt everyone except the people at the top. If you read one thing about the potential Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, let it be this: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers
“A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing,” contends the comedy writer whose credits include 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'Brookly...
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The Trump admin struck secret deals with 17 Big Pharma companies in the last year. I asked RFK Jr. to make those deals public. He agreed. Months later, still crickets. Why should Americans believe this isn't just another Trump handout to fatten Big Pharma's pockets?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Democrats Aim to Link Parasite Spread to Trump-Taylor Farms Ties
Senator Elizabeth Warren is pushing the US’s top health official to detail the government’s cyclospora outbreak response in the wake of a major produce supplier’s campaign contributions to political g...
bloomberg.com
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judge blocks Trump overhaul of funding for fair housing groups
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from restructuring a federal grant program to redirect money away from over 100 non-profit organizations that had historic...
reuters.com
Big defense contractors take taxpayer dollars, then spend billions buying back their own stock. Meanwhile, our national security gets shortchanged. Their own numbers show they can cut back. I’ve got a bipartisan bill to stop this kind of corporate greed.
Will you please take a moment and submit a comment on the Roadless Rule? www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
USDA to rescind Roadless Rule. Outdoorsmen &conservationists, please sign! Roadless areas where Americans hike, climb, bike, paddle, ski, &explore — rolling back the Rule would allow new roads & large-scale logging in our most wild backcountry areas. action.outdooralliance.org/a/roadless-d...
Defend The Roadless Rule
The USDA is moving ahead with plans to rescind the Roadless Rule, putting 45 million acres of backcountry forests at risk. Tell the USDA to protect backcountry recreation.
action.outdooralliance.org
Listen up. Your comments matter. 👇 action.outdooralliance.org/a/roadless-d... #voices4victory #dv1 #usDemocracy
ICYMI: Trump is working to repeal the Roadless Rule – potentially leaving 44 million acres of our public lands and forests open to development. Protect our forests! These are places where New Mexicans hunt, fish, pray, and connect with the land. Make your voices heard. (1/2)
Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA or Department) is proposing to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule (2001 Roadless Rule), which established broad prohibitions on road construction...
federalregister.gov
In naming @repmoskowitz ranking member of this subcommittee the @housedemocrats are again showing they don’t care that their voter base is overwhelmingly done supporting Israel’s genocide
So as Democratic voters completely oppose the war and aiding Israel, @housedemocrats are putting AIPAC-backed @repmoskowitz — who is “to the right” of Vance on the war and Israel, in a key position. And they wonder why the DSA is gaining steam? 🤔
Reminder: watch what they do, not what they say
“We need a massive anti-corruption push… for example, Trump selling access to his posts for $100,000/month.” @adammockler.com calls out Truth Social Senior Comms Advisor Katie Zacharia to her face, who hilariously claims the obvious insider trading is standard practice 🙃 🤥
WATCH: Fox (is not) News chucklehead @JesseBWatters called it “suicide” to spend $4 Trillion on Medicare for All… but @corbintrent.bsky.social points out he conveniently left out the key point: our CURRENT system costs $5.7 TRILLION (!!) We can’t afford NOT to do it. #MedicareForAllNOW
Welp — we’ll let Republican Rep. Massie handle this one 👀
BILL GATES: “AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice… Unfortunately, right now we are not preparing for it — There is no plan to ease the entry into the AI era… I’m especially worried about young people.” www.gatesnotes.com/a-turbulent-...
MICHIGAN: “Since Trump signed the bill last year, several Michigan hospitals and clinics have closed or cut back services and others are at risk… Rural health facilities particularly hard hit.” Republicans said they weren’t cutting Medicaid. They lied. michiganindependent.com/health-care/...
UPDATE: The Israeli ‘settler’ caught on video assaulting a nun ACQUITTED of criminal charges on grounds of “mental illness” 🤔 “The ruling comes amid growing attacks by extremist settlers against Christians in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank”: www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
ECONOMIST HEATHER LONG: “Most of the spending is coming from the top 20% of earners. Their reality is different from everybody else in the bottom 80%. In the rest of 🇺🇸, people are treading water.”
WVLT: “Union County is actively transferring 60 to 70 inmates from their correctional facility to other regional jail facilities after all correctional officers and jail administrator did not show up for their morning shift…” www.wvlt.tv/2026/08/26/m...
Hasan said literally the same thing Ezra said. Shame on everyone peddling this lie about @hasandpiker. @repjeffries @repscholten @corybooker
