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Congressman Josh Riley has yet to make any statement about the proposal from Bitcoin mining company Terawulf to put a huge data center right on the shores of Cayuga Lake in order to facilitate the spread of AI slop across the internet.
Why the silence from Josh Riley?

Josh Riley, once again, is not hitting his fundraising goals. Why???

Could it be the fact that Josh Riley keeps on betraying the progressive Democrats who worked their asses off to elect him last year?

Just a theory. Why don’t you run a poll on that, Josh?

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To make it clear: The Terawulf data center would increase NYSEG utility bills for homeowners in Ithaca and Lansing.

Delaying or preventing the data center would stop the hikes in our electric bills.

Terawulf proposed data center on Cayuga Lake Lansing New York

Tonight at 6:30, a meeting of the Town Board of Lansing will consider a 1 year temporary moratorium on land development reviews. This would delay the proposed Terawulf data center, which would create a big hike in our NYSEG bills. #CayugaLake #Terawulf #Ithaca
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U.S. Rep. Josh Riley of Ithaca just voted for a resolution providing official congressional endorsement of Charlie Kirk’s “Biblical Truth”.

U.S. Rep. Josh Riley just voted for a resolution providing official congressional endorsement of Charlie Kirk’s “Biblical Truth”.

Does he really think that’s what Ithaca elected him to do?
#JoshRiley #Ithaca #separationofchurchandstate

Anthropic announced today that its Claude generative AI chatbot will now be using all chats and programming as material for training its new models. So, I’m helping to “train” Claude with prompts like this:

Congressman, rate hikes are not "merely a tool to pad the pockets of corporate executives overseas”. The NPR article you cite explains that massive new data centers are set to consume as much electricity as homeowners by next year.
These data centers are for:
- AI
- Cryptocurrency mining

Josh Riley Won’t Talk About The Role Of Cryptocurrency In High Utility Bills — Josh Riley Watch Why won’t Josh Riley talk about the link between cryptocurrency miners, generative AI schemes, and higher utility bills?

Why won’t Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca talk about the link between cryptocurrency data centers and increased utility bills at NYSEG? Why does he keep scapegoating foreigners instead?
#cryptocurrency #nyseg #Ithaca
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These data centers are not just supporting generative AI. They are also running large numbers of high-powered computers for the purpose of Bitcoin mining. It's a combination of AI and cryptocurrency that's increased your NYSEG bill.
Why doesn't Josh Riley mention that?
#nyseg #crypto #ai #JoshRiley

It’s on the eastern side of Cayuga Lake, in Lansing, roughly across the lake from Trumansburg, perhaps a bit to the north of there.

The facility on Cayuga Lake will produce electricity of 400MW total, and of that, 138MW will be "predominantly zero-carbon", which could mean that only 51% of the 138MW will be actually zero carbon, with the rest of the 400MW emitting a massive amount of carbon dioxide, along with other pollutants.

The TeraWulf lease allows the company to burn fossil fuels to create 82.74 percent of its energy for its generative AI center on Cayuga Lake. It is not predominantly zero carbon. It is predominantly dirty fossil fuels spewing carbon dioxide pollution. TeraWulf counts on the people of Ithaca not being able to do simple math.

Ithaca environmentalists take note:
The old coal-fired power plant on Cayuga Lake has been taken over by TeraWulf, with deceptive “predominantly zero carbon” language in its lease.
In fact, the lease allows for up to 82.74% of the energy to come from burning fossil fuels.
This is for generative AI.

Josh Riley took a trip to Israel, paid for by AIPAC, completely the pro-Israel lobbyist group. He told aides not to tell constituents where he was.
He’s supposed to use the August recess listening to constituents, but his August calendar has no public events.
I hate to see what he’s become.

We are going to keep asking Josh Riley to tell the truth and come clean about this. He can’t ignore it, and hope the issue just goes away.

Why did Congressman Josh Riley take a secret trip to Israel paid for by lobbyists?

Ithaca wants to know:
Why did Congressman Josh Riley take a secret trip to Israel paid for by right wing lobbyists?

Annelle Sheline of the Quincy Institute calls Josh Riley’s attempt to take a secret trip with lobbyists to Israel to meet with the architects of that country’s genocide in Gaza as a “debacle”.
When will Josh Riley come clean about about what he did in Israel?

Congressman Riley, we need you to be honest and explain your lobbyist-paid trip to Israel.

Do you think it was a good idea to meet with the Israeli President while the Israeli government assassinated journalists?

We need you to be open and honest about this. Engage on it, please.

Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca took the gift of a free vacation from lobbyists with AIPAC.
Josh Riley told his aides not to tell his constituents where he had gone.
Josh Riley went to Israel to meet the Israeli President.
While Josh Riley was there, Israel was assassinating journalists.

Josh Riley is refusing to talk about his lobbyist-paid luxury trip to Israel.
Every day he goes without explaining why he took AIPAC money, and why he went to rub elbows with the leaders of a country that starves children and kills reporters, the story gets worse and worse for him.

Senator Webb, would you consider running for Congress in place of Josh Riley in 2026? He’s lost the trust of Democrats in the district with his secret lobbyist-paid trip to Israel.

Democrat Michelle Hinchey for Congress Ithaca Binghamton Cortland 2026

Democrats in New York's 19th congressional district are discussing State Senator Michelle Hinchey as a replacement for Josh Riley in the 2026 congressional election.
Josh Riley has alienated Democrats in Ithaca, Binghamton, and Cortland by going on a secret AIPAC-funded trip to Israel this month.

Josh Riley accepted lobbyists’ dirty money to pay for his vacation in Israel to meet the Israeli President at the same time that the Israeli government was assassinating journalists and starving children. Josh Riley tried to keep this trip secret, so Ithaca wouldn’t know.

Josh Riley accepted lobbyists’ dirty money to pay for his vacation in Israel to meet the Israeli President at the same time that the Israeli government was assassinating journalists and starving children in Gaza.
Josh Riley tried to keep this trip secret, so Ithaca wouldn’t know.
#Ithaca

When I called Ithaca Congressman Josh Riley’s office, they refused to tell me where he was. Now, we find our Josh Riley vacationed in Israel, a trip paid for by lobbyists, in the middle of the genocide there.
Genocide Josh Riley?
This is not what I voted for.
#Ithaca #JoshRiley #Israel #Genocide

Ithaca trusted Josh Riley.
Josh Riley just flew off to Israel, instead of meeting with constituents here.
His tickets, food, and hotel were paid for by AIPAC.
He met with Isaac Herzog, who has called for the killing of every single person in Israel, including children.
#Ithaca #JoshRiley

There are too many serious problems in America right now for Blue Dog Democrats like Josh Riley to keep on playing games of collaboration with Donald Trump.

Did Josh Riley Visit Israel To Meet Netanyahu During The Genocide and Famine Of Gaza? — Josh Riley Watch Josh Riley hasn't been observed anywhere in the USA since August 5, the day before the expenses-paid trip to meet Netanyahu. Did Josh Riley fly to Israel even as Gaza starves under siege?

Did Congressman Josh Riley of Ithaca fly to Israel on a lobbyist-funded trip to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu?
Tell me if you know where he is.
#Ithaca #JoshRiley #AIPACDemocrat
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😜🪨 No stone unturned. Still no sign of Josh Riley.

Seriously, does anyone know where New York’s 19th congressional district US Rep has gone to?

There’s too much happening for Josh Riley to play hooky.

Where Is Josh Riley? Not With Constituents Here In New York. — Josh Riley Watch Josh Riley has zero events scheduled to meet with constituents in August 2025. Where is Josh Riley?

U.S. Representative Josh Riley is supposed to spend the August recess meeting with constituents, but he has ZERO constituent events scheduled.
Where is Josh Riley, if he isn’t in New York’s 19th congressional district, with constituents?
Do you know? Tell us!
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