WelcomeFest’s Moderate Politics Are Stuck in the Past

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On Wednesday, the Welcome PAC, a center-left political action committee favored by the proponents of the abundance and popularism movements, held its third annual “WelcomeFest” gathering in Washington, D.C. It was a moderate sort of mess-around, the kind of place where a college student could introduce himself as a formerContinue Reading

Senate OKs $70B immigration bill after rejecting efforts to permanently ban Trump’s settlement fund

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill. Senators voted 52-47 to pass the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration andContinue Reading

In Alabama Primary Elections, Incumbent Utility Regulators Feel the Squeeze of High Energy Prices

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.—For some incumbents, politics have turned sour in sweet home Alabama. In the May 26 primary election for two seats on the Public Service Commission, the state’s utility regulator, voters rejected one incumbent and sent another to a runoff.  The electoral shakeup comes as Alabamians are increasingly concerned aboutContinue Reading

The Race to Build AI Data Centers — Before the People Can Protest

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Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has been making the media rounds defending the 40,000-acre data center project he’s backing in northern Utah. Dismissing residents’ concerns over the environmental impacts and water demands of the proposed project in the drought-stricken Great Salt Lake region, O’Leary has claimed protesters are “bused in,” “misinformed,”Continue Reading