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Finally, Something Everyone Agrees On: Data Centers Should Cover Their Own Costs Data centers should pay the cost of their grid connections—but instead, they’re passing those expenses to you.

The clear takeaway from Energy Analyst Mike Jacobs' study of data center transmission costs from earlier this fall is that data centers should pay for their grid connections—but instead, they’re passing them onto you. Total costs shifted to consumers in '24 was at least $4.3B in just 7 states.

Graphic with a blue star-patterned background titled “Equity Endorsements – New York and New Jersey.” Six photos of elected officials are shown with circular blue and gold “ELECTED” badges over each image. From left to right, top row: Zohra Mamdani, Mayor of New York City; Mark Levine, Comptroller of New York City; Jumaane Williams, Public Advocate of New York City. Bottom row: Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Borough President of Manhattan; Antonio Reynoso, Borough President of Brooklyn; Mikie Sherrill, Governor of New Jersey.

Every one of our endorsed candidates won last night! Join us in sending a congratulations to all.

The fascists are not inevitable. They're not unstoppable. They're not all powerful. They want you to think that, but millions turned out last month to call their bluff. And millions turned out today to claim our power. We will win.

Yes, and strive to emulate how he financed and conducted his campaign. Zohran did everything a small 'd' democrat needs to do.

Watch @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring victory speech.

This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace.

Turn the volume up.

CBS Spiked Interview Question About Trump's Crypto 'Corruption' "According to the standard set by the Trump FCC, Trump's efforts to control the interview content "could qualify as news distortion and deserve an investigation," according to a spokesperson for the only Democratic FCC commissioner.

As its new right-wing leadership comes under scrutiny, CBS News was found to have edited out a question from Trump's "60 Minutes" interview in which he was interrogated about his "corrupt" pardon of a crypto executive.

War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84 Cheney was a chief architect of the US invasion of Iraq and broader "war on terror" that has killed millions of people since its inception.

"He should have died in The Hague."​

Donald Trump is Dick Cheney's Legacy Stating the obvious.

"The current iteration of the Republican Party is a direct consequence of a political environment that was already in decay because of what Dick Cheney forcefully and intentionally normalized."

Happy Zohran Day to all who celebrate!!

OK, I will. His daughter is a profile in courage.

Her father was a war criminal who never faced justice.

We'd never had gotten Dick Cheney (or Trump) if we'd had a NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE.

www.nationalpopularvote.com

Corporate America Accelerates Layoffs As Trump Economy Flashes Red Warning Signs US Corporations announce major layoffs as economy weakens. Job cuts reach highest levels since 2020 shutdown. Experts predict worsening labor market.

Corporate America Accelerates Layoffs As Trump Economy Flashes Red Warning Signs

👋 Good morning! We’re here at #TeacherUnionDay @uftnyc.bsky.social @nysut.bsky.social @rweingarten.bsky.social

Happy Halloween! I'm trick or treating as the scariest thing I can think of: an AI object of myself! 👾😉

To the ProPublica Board: We Need a Fair Contract Now — ProPublica Guild Last week, we reached out to ProPublica’s board of directors to raise serious concerns about ProPublica’s harmful disciplinary process as well as our collective interest in getting a fair contract now...

1/ Last week, we delivered a letter to @propublica.org's board members, urging them to direct management to agree to a fair contract now. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/to-t...

Is Shell to blame for a ‘super typhoon’? Philippines survivors to sue oil giant in legal first Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021

67 people from the Philippines have announced legal action against fossil fuel giant #Shell. The claimants suffered harm from Typhoon Odette in 2021, including serious injuries, deaths of loved ones, or losing their homes. UCS stands w/ the claimants as they demand compensation. #MakePollutersPay

We showed up & out at the Magnet & Pathways Conference earlier this month, handing out over 750 leaflets & wearing our union buttons. Proud to be #unionstrongatana! #magnetptecon #magpath25

IMPEACH Mike Johnson for effectively obstructing justice.

Actors Equity logo at top, text "Stands With Local 802 AFM for a Healthy Broadway" in bold blue letters, surrounded by a border of red lights.

We are putting our full support behind AFM Local 802 as they work with The Broadway League to reach a deal. If the League pushes the musicians into a strike, Equity actors and stage managers will honor and join the picket lines."

Stage managers and actors are watching closely. We stand with the Local 802 musicians!

On Authoritarianism, Democracy, and Militarism ​As the forces of fascism and neoliberalism threaten our freedom and our most basic human rights, the imperative is to insist on respect for our dignity, for constitutional democracy, and for the rule of legitimate law.

With the post-Cold War era now history, we have faced an increasingly dangerous time reminiscent of the years leading to World War I.

Why Americans Hate the Democratic Party Most voters aren’t rejecting Democrats over the culture war. They’re rejecting them because they don’t deliver.

Most voters aren’t rejecting Democrats over the culture war. They’re rejecting them because they don’t deliver.

Freeing the Prisoners of Palestine w/Charlotte Kates PsychLib 27 Appearance

The ongoing struggle for the liberation of the 11,000+ Palestinians subjected to the most extreme forms of torture, has drawn global attention amid the prisoner exchange. rumble.com/v704jva-free...

Trump's Anti-Immigrant Violence Is a Message for the Rest of Us ​This is how it always starts, this process of getting citizens used to the government using violence that will one day be turned against them.

The brutality, in other words, is the point. It’s not an accident, a side effect, or the result of poor training. It’s intentional. It’s a signal of their broader intentions. Following the classic dictator’s playbook, says @hartmannreport.com.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi (Amy Poehler) testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Mikey Day, James Austin Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, Ashley Padilla, Jeremy Culhane, and Tommy Brennan)!

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CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning. When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning. By: Michelle Ellner

"But real peace is not negotiated in boardrooms, or awarded on stages. [...] Real peace is built by Venezuelan mothers mobilizing to demand the return of children seized under ICE and migration policies, and by nations that choose sovereignty over servitude."

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When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning. When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, “Peace” Has Lost Its Meaning. By: Michelle Ellner

In other words, to the same folks that today's Nobel Committee just honored.

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Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Neoliberalism Has Always Been a Threat to Democracy More than just a set of free-market policies, neoliberalism has always sought to alter society's balance of power in favor of bosses. Its assault on democracy and undermining of unions is now playing straight into the hands of the far right.

More than just a set of free-market policies, neoliberalism has always sought to alter society's balance of power in favor of bosses.

Its assault on democracy and undermining of unions is now playing straight into the hands of the far right.