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Former farm worker, mechanic, teacher, loves reading, writing, and history!
Why not let the billionaire owners of AI pay the entire electricity bill for the AI factories!#AI
Commentary: The amount of electricity data centers use in the U.S. is expected to be significant. States like Ohio are exploring different approaches to who pays what share of the costs, each with strengths, weaknesses, and potential drawbacks ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/17/d...
Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay? • Ohio Capital Journal
The amount of electricity data centers use in the U.S. in the coming years is expected to be significant. But regular reports of proposals for new ones and cancellations of planned ones mean that…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Why not let the billionaire owners of AI pay the entire electricity bill for the AI factories!#AI
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Rick Scott was convicted of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of BILLIONS
fucking Flori-DUH elected him Senator
fucking Flori-DUH elected him Senator
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Rick Scott was convicted of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of BILLIONS
fucking Flori-DUH elected him Senator
fucking Flori-DUH elected him Senator
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Vought says National Center for Atmospheric Research will be dismantled
Vought says National Center for Atmospheric Research will be dismantled
Loss of the program would mean “public safety is at risk and science is being attacked,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement Tuesday,
dlvr.it
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Vought says National Center for Atmospheric Research will be dismantled
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“State actors once again are diverting land and economic opportunity away from the Ute Indian Tribe,” the tribe argues in the updated lawsuit. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/12/16/ute-tribe-alleges-utah-house
December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“State actors once again are diverting land and economic opportunity away from the Ute Indian Tribe,” the tribe argues in the updated lawsuit. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/12/16/ute-tribe-alleges-utah-house
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Trump is an insult to every value on which this country was founded.
December 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Trump is an insult to every value on which this country was founded.
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When you think that you have heard the worst, you find out something worse.
December 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
When you think that you have heard the worst, you find out something worse.
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If only American journalists had the same amount of integrity, or ANY integrity.
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If only American journalists had the same amount of integrity, or ANY integrity.
Trump is a Russian Asset, and Republicans KNOW it!#RussianAsset
They should. It reads like they wrote it.
The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Trump is a Russian Asset, and Republicans KNOW it!#RussianAsset
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Why does Trump hate veterans so much?
"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Why does Trump hate veterans so much?
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trump will give OpenAI $1.7TRILLION because ALL the AI companies are invested in each other, so one collapses they ALL collapse, and trumps buddies like Thiel are invested heavily into AI so they'll take their money from the American public before it all collapses.
December 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
trump will give OpenAI $1.7TRILLION because ALL the AI companies are invested in each other, so one collapses they ALL collapse, and trumps buddies like Thiel are invested heavily into AI so they'll take their money from the American public before it all collapses.
Nuclear power is the
Most dangerous way to boil water known to man!#NuclearPower
Most dangerous way to boil water known to man!#NuclearPower
74 reactors at 23 #nuclear power plant sites worldwide vulnerable to tsunamis, flooding and storm surge. Global political instability leads to further threats.
www.nsenergybusiness.com/analysis/bey...
www.nsenergybusiness.com/analysis/bey...
Beyond Flood Walls: Protecting Critical Nuclear Systems - NS Energy
As climate change and tsunami change the flooding risk profile for the world’s nuclear power plants, new passive measures beyond simple walls are required to ensure flood protection for critical plant...
www.nsenergybusiness.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Nuclear power is the
Most dangerous way to boil water known to man!#NuclearPower
Most dangerous way to boil water known to man!#NuclearPower
From richest Americans to too many small businesses, avoiding paying taxes is just a game! Some keep one set of books saying they make little if any profits - for the Tax man! And another set in case they want to sell there highly profitable business! Lying is totally acceptable to them!#Taxes
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
From richest Americans to too many small businesses, avoiding paying taxes is just a game! Some keep one set of books saying they make little if any profits - for the Tax man! And another set in case they want to sell there highly profitable business! Lying is totally acceptable to them!#Taxes
Some powerful people want a warmer climate and are doing all they can to increase fossil fuel production and consumption! Putin and Trump lead the global warming team!#ClimateChange
On this account, you will be able to find the major #Climate data regarding temperatures and forecasts, for air but also oceans
Co2 levels
#cryosphere data
Solving the #ClimateCrisis is now impossible. Because citizens don't want to.
And the wall of money will support that decision
#Metacrisis
Co2 levels
#cryosphere data
Solving the #ClimateCrisis is now impossible. Because citizens don't want to.
And the wall of money will support that decision
#Metacrisis
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Some powerful people want a warmer climate and are doing all they can to increase fossil fuel production and consumption! Putin and Trump lead the global warming team!#ClimateChange
News of today: Trump fails character test again!#Character
December 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
News of today: Trump fails character test again!#Character
I went to a second class school. I wasn’t taught to read until I was 12! Books were censored and me and peers encouraged to join
Military not go to college! Class issues ruled! Same today. Kids need glasses to read. They need reading teachers! And great libraries and librarians!#Education
Military not go to college! Class issues ruled! Same today. Kids need glasses to read. They need reading teachers! And great libraries and librarians!#Education
When did we enter the age of literary decline? Was it with the arrival of TikTok? Television? Radio? The newspaper? In our new issue, Noah McCormack argues that such technologically determinist arguments miss the point.
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I went to a second class school. I wasn’t taught to read until I was 12! Books were censored and me and peers encouraged to join
Military not go to college! Class issues ruled! Same today. Kids need glasses to read. They need reading teachers! And great libraries and librarians!#Education
Military not go to college! Class issues ruled! Same today. Kids need glasses to read. They need reading teachers! And great libraries and librarians!#Education
Trump tickled to death over his ability to be judge, jury, and executioner of non-white Catholics. 90 so far. No arrests, no evidence, to accountability!#Murderer
US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
US military says strikes on 3 boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean kill 8 people
The U.S. military says it has attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people.
www.1011now.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Trump tickled to death over his ability to be judge, jury, and executioner of non-white Catholics. 90 so far. No arrests, no evidence, to accountability!#Murderer
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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“The United States once stood for freedom. Now it stands for freedom to steal.”
"I heard from a good source that the House might subpoena Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Balaji Srinivasan of Pronomos Capital to hearings about the case of 'JOH'—John Orlando Hernandez, the former president of Honduras, whom Trump pardoned this week."
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/15/t...
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/15/t...
Trump’s Secret Pardon-for-Profit Racket
Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and a bit of the backstory of the shameful pardon of the former Honduran president.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“The United States once stood for freedom. Now it stands for freedom to steal.”
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Along with Trump & Epstein - Kushner was one of the biggest beneficiaries of nearly $2bn in Deutsche Bank loans when nobody would touch them because of Don's bad debts. And who signed off on them? SC Justice Kennedy's son - & later they sterilize the records & the administrator drops dead 🤷♂️
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Along with Trump & Epstein - Kushner was one of the biggest beneficiaries of nearly $2bn in Deutsche Bank loans when nobody would touch them because of Don's bad debts. And who signed off on them? SC Justice Kennedy's son - & later they sterilize the records & the administrator drops dead 🤷♂️
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More than half (52%) of teachers in England have worked at a school with children who are homeless in the past year.
Half of teachers work in school with homeless kids as devastating impact set out
www.mirror.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
More than half (52%) of teachers in England have worked at a school with children who are homeless in the past year.
Trump and other criminals attempted a coup and now seek to sue media for minor errors in reporting! Trump hates the first amendment! He swore to uphold the Constitution but uses every opportunity to destroy it!#FirstAmendent
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over editing of president's Jan. 6 speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Trump and other criminals attempted a coup and now seek to sue media for minor errors in reporting! Trump hates the first amendment! He swore to uphold the Constitution but uses every opportunity to destroy it!#FirstAmendent
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Rob Reiner religion note: One of his last film projects was “God & Country,” a documentary released last year based on Katherine Stewart’s book.
The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism.
Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism.
Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Rob Reiner's 'God & Country' explores the politicization of Christianity
The new documentary looks at the rise of Christian Nationalism as a political movement through the eyes of theologians and conservative thinkers.
www.wbur.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Rob Reiner religion note: One of his last film projects was “God & Country,” a documentary released last year based on Katherine Stewart’s book.
The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism.
Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism.
Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."