"We straight up just don't want these here ever." francescahongwi.bsky.social is the only candidate for Wisconsin governor calling for a moratorium on new AI data centers. Wisconsin's been here before, she says — they already got Foxconned once. www.youtube.com/watch?v=slyB...

The Socialist Who Wants to Stop AI Data Centers

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We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.

Another stolen summer day

What are we still waiting to learn?

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As Abdul El-Sayed surges, Mallory McMorrow drops out, and Haley Stevens digs in, Michigan is revealing a national realignment inside Democratic politics. www.levernews.com/democrats-mi...

Democrats’ Middle Lane Is Collapsing

As Abdul El-Sayed surges, Mallory McMorrow drops out, and Haley Stevens digs in, Michigan is revealing a national realignment inside Democratic politics.

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Opponents of Zohran Mamdani and his movement are slamming socialism without admitting that America’s most popular programs are socialist. www.levernews.com/what-sociali...

What Socialism Critics Can’t Admit

Opponents of Zohran Mamdani and his movement are slamming socialism without admitting that America’s most popular programs are socialist.

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BREAKING: For the first time since the start of the Iran war, Congress has attempted to circumvent President Donald Trump and end the conflict without his approval. www.levernews.com/the-first-re...

The First Real Legal Challenge To Trump’s Iran War

In a stunning House vote, lawmakers began an attempt to end the war without presidential approval — creating conditions for a potentially historic legal showdown.

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Our health care is broken! The people of Oregon need to ban together to fight back against Medicaid cuts and build a better future together! HCAO, partnering with Indivisble East Portland is sounding the alarm. We need universal health care now. Join us June 7th at 3pm in Dawson Park for our rally!

Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"

An oligarch-funded think tank is trying to preemptively undermine Medicare For All even before Democrats win back power. Some candidates are rejecting the ploy. www.levernews.com/rejecting-th...

Rejecting The Health Care Trap

An oligarch-funded think tank is trying to preemptively undermine Medicare For All even before Democrats win back power. Some candidates are rejecting the ploy.

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Political corruption is the crisis creating every other problem. To build a functioning one-person-one-vote system where oligarchs don’t pull the strings, we need to make anti-corruption the central focus of our politics. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeO41h4fHb4

Is the Supreme Court About to Legalize Corruption?

For decades, rich and powerful interests and their right-wing political allies have been executing a secret plot to buy

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For decades, rich and powerful interests and their right-wing political allies have been executing a secret plot to buy our political system — and it may get a whole lot worse. @davidsirota.com reveals the full story of how we got here, and what we can do to get out of it. youtu.be/AeO41h4fHb4?...

How Corruption Got Legalized in America (and What We Can Do About It)

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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thanks again joe manchin!

NBER@nber.org · 4mo ago

When the expanded CTC expired in 2022, each $1,000 in lost benefits reduced consumer sentiment by 1.7 points—with effects lasting nearly two years—long after the checks stopped, from @jacobbastian.bsky.social and Melody Harvey www.nber.org/papers/w35059

TALK TO THE PEOPLE MAKING THE PLAN. Even if you are aware and highly involved with the work of the Universal Health Plan Governance Board, the process is long, involved, and confusing. Oregon is on track to be the first state to transition to a universal healthcare system, and the time is now.

People give @davidsirota.com shit about "Don't Look Up" but he nailed it, sorry

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The matter-of-fact way she asks what investors should do if Trump destroys Iran. Absolutely wild. "Let's talk about tonight, this deadline that President Trump has set 8 p.m., has threatened to destroy a civilization. How does an investor process that? Is it a bigger upside risk or downside risk?"

My next book is called Hyperscale, and it comes out in October! I gave a little preview of what’s going to be about in this month’s recap, but expect more in the coming months. Plus, subscribe to get access to the full recap and support my work on Disconnect!

Did I mention I’m writing a new book?

Plus, all the tech news you missed in March 2026

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Exciting news: Master Plan has been selected for Amazon Music’s History Editor’s Picks. The new season traces the decades-long movement to expand presidential power — and how it led to the moment we’re in now. Listen on the Amazon Music app.

Honored to be with @wyden.senate.gov today to stand against the SAVE Act, in defense of democracy, and in full throated support of our safe, secure voting by mail system here in Oregon. Thank you to Rep Levy, Councilor Osborne, and Commissioner Chang for joining us.

In February, internal documents revealed ICE's plans to buy its ten of its detention centers from the private prison firms that own and operate them. This proposal has largely flown under the radar. But I found it could have serious consequences. www.levernews.com/how-ice-coul...

How ICE Could Buy Its Way Out Of State Oversight

Trump’s immigration enforcers are considering buying private detention centers — a move that could shield facilities from state oversight and lawsuits over abuse.

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🚨 The Pentagon’s decision to sideline a leading AI firm over its refusal to support mass surveillance and autonomous weapons was orchestrated by a top official with a multimillion-dollar stake in one of its direct competitors, according to financial disclosures reviewed by The Lever.

The Pentagon’s AI Gatekeeper Holds Stock In Anthropic’s Rival

As the Pentagon moves to blacklist Anthropic for pushing AI safeguards, the official leading the charge holds millions in a competing firm.

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We’re going live with No Kings leaders and @staceyabrams.com in 15 minutes. The big question: How do you confront a presidency without limits? Join the discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOUN...

How did the U.S. presidency become this powerful? A new season of Master Plan traces the decades-long effort to build an all-powerful executive — from Nixon and Reagan to Cheney, the Supreme Court, and Project 2025. 🎧 Master Plan: The Kingmakers launches today.

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Quick H/T to @propublica.org's new financial disclosure search tool — which helped surface the ethics filing behind our DHS scoop. A former Anduril Industries insider is now overseeing Department of Homeland Security’s massive biometric surveillance dragnet.

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined

They don't know what they want to achieve, why they're doing it or what the consequences might be. They are lost in the void.

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As news of the House Iran war powers vote hits, we're hosting a live event to get Rep. Ro Khanna’s immediate insights. Join us RIGHT NOW: www.levernews.com/breaking-new...

Can Congress Stop The Iran War?

Join this exclusive live virtual event with Congressman Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to discuss the House's vote today.

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We’re just playing all the greatest hits. By next week we’ll be selling weapons to Iran and the CIA will be clandestinely dosing American citizens with LSD Fuck it, let’s just watch the American Empire’s memories flash before our eyes one last time while the empire dies www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics

The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran and the Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish lea...

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Had a lovely coffee and chat with Bend mayor @melaniekebler.bsky.social this morning. The city is growing like crazy but also rapidly densifying, adding bike lanes, reforming zoning, pushing back on new gas, etc. Fascinating case study & just a wonderful place.

Hey, wanna get a beer and I can tell you why you're wrong? 😁 But seriously, I'd love to tell you about Bend's history and evolution and how we're working on that next evolution to less car dependency and more multifamily and missing middle homes.

Justice Gorsuch’s tariff-decision concurrence underscores a broader truth: The Supreme Court is no less political — or conniving — than everyone else in power. www.levernews.com/the-lesson-o...

The Lesson Of Neil Gorsuch

The justice’s tariff-decision concurrence underscores a broader truth: The Supreme Court is no less political — or conniving — than everyone else in power.

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as far as i can tell “bio hacking” is just a goofy term for giving yourself some combination of an eating disorder and a drug addiction

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Tech companies like Palantir now stock vending machines with nicotine pouches in the hopes of boosting their workers’ productivity."