AI Has Become a Punching Bag
Even the industry’s biggest tycoons are holding back on political spending, because it might hurt candidates more than it helps.
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Panicked Red-State Republicans Learning Politics on the Fly
GOP candidates in places like Kansas and Texas are having to really campaign for the first time.
Lock In, Losers. It’s Time to Vote.
And you’ll have to overcome a lot to do it this year.
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Senate Democrats Block Husted’s ‘Toothless’ Data Center Energy Costs Bill
A Republican senator seeking re-election in Ohio once touted data centers. He tried to pass a bill that fell short of requiring them to pay their fair share. No wonder it failed.
‘I Know I Couldn’t Live Here’: Standing Up to a Data Center in Alabama’s Black Belt
Faced with little transparency about a mammoth facility, Lowndes County fights back.
A Tale of Two Toss-Ups
Democratic House candidates in two New York metropolitan area districts had markedly different performances in debates against the Republican incumbents they’re trying to unseat.
Time on Task
The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.
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Left Anchor: Occupy Wall Street Revisited
Fifteen years ago, the American left sprang back onto the political stage. What has happened since?
Organized Money: What Do AI Giants Really Want?
All the money in the world, and absolutely no liability.
Organized Money: How the Democratic Party Runs on Elder Fraud
Don’t respond to the text, don’t even read it, and make sure your parents don’t either.
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Time on Task
The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.
Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics?
States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying.
The Road to Universal Medicare
The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.
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License Plate and Switch
Cities are succumbing to public pressure and removing Flock license plate readers. But they are substituting alternatives with the same capabilities.
Supreme Court Allows ICE to Restart Third-Country Removals
Two federal courts have said it’s obviously unlawful to expel immigrants to a place they’ve never been. And yet.
Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
The Road to Universal Medicare
The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.
Here’s a Way to Stop Silicon Valley Megalomania
‘Dual class’ shares are a fraud on the public market.
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Senate Democrats Block Husted’s ‘Toothless’ Data Center Energy Costs Bill
A Republican senator seeking re-election in Ohio once touted data centers. He tried to pass a bill that fell short of requiring them to pay their fair share. No wonder it failed.
Trump’s No Good at Dictatoring
Not for lack of trying. Trump would like to be a supreme dictator, but his demented narcissism keeps undercutting his own schemes.
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Battling an Army of Price-Setters
Lindsay Owens’s new book details all the ways that corporations seek to maximize profits at your expense.
Leon Black Is Not Very Interesting
Unfortunately, author William Cohan thinks the ousted Apollo co-founder is fascinating enough to quote him at length, while neglecting the impact of private equity predators.
A World From the Inside
Theo Baker is exposed to the inner sanctum of how Silicon Valley makes its anointed fellow travelers unspeakably rich.
