Amy Mossoff

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

Namely: Luddite collectivism.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

This quote from a resident typifies what ails America:
“As soon as I was comfortable with the power use, I was on board,” he said. “Not because I like data centers or I like artificial intelligence or anything like that, but because this was very good for the city of Harwood.”

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 Americans are turning against AI data centers, but one tiny North Dakota town has voted overwhelmingly to welcome a $3 BILLION project.

In Harwood, population just 845, voters rejected a proposal to impose stricter oversight on major industrial developments by 325 votes to 105.

The reason? Money.

The planned 1.8-million-square-foot facility is expected to generate $1.65 MILLION in annual property taxes, roughly SIX TIMES the town's entire property tax revenue in 2024, while creating at least 200 permanent jobs.

The result stands in stark contrast to the rest of the country, where at least 40 ballot measures across 10 states sought to restrict data center development.

National exit polls found 76% of voters opposed having a new data center built in their community, while 57% believed AI would do more harm than good.

In Piqua, Ohio, voters even approved a ban on large data centers and recalled officials who supported a proposed $1 billion Meta project.

Harwood's mayor argued that the facility would probably be built nearby regardless, so the town might as well collect the tax revenue.

While much of America worries about the cost of powering the AI boom, Harwood has decided it would rather get paid for hosting it.

Source: The Washington Post / Writer: Mhedi

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@KosherRedPill @christopherrufo Free markets don't include "economic policy" at all. And "non-Americans" (excluding islamisists) are no threat in a free market. If you're talking about "beneficiaries" you're not talking about free markets. You've imbibed socialism and you don't even know it.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@DrDiGiorgio I'm currently beginning of process of exiting the system entirely. As long as they don't outlaw private pay, I'm hoping more doctors and test facilities will opt out and I'll be able to just pay the tax and be independent again, just like social security.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@Lieboisout Obviously not. ;)

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@NotTheirScript I'm trying to keep my daughter off the dependency path but there is no real alternative.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@NotTheirScript Not to mention that for those of us caring for a disabled person who have the means to pay for help, the help doesn't exist because the industry is monopolized by the government programs.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@bscholl Not over yet

[Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer]

Mr. Vice-President,

Please allow me to present a different perspective.

The problem was not the Iran War. It was the cease fire.

If you start a war, you need to win it and finish it – otherwise don’t start it.

This war should have been over six months ago, with the Strait of Hormuz wide open and oil flowing. The second and third tiers of Iranian leadership should have been destroyed, and we should have supported the pro-western forces who could have taken leadership. We stood on the brink of a new, more peaceful Middle East - and then we blinked. We had a chance not only to deny Iran nuclear weapons, but to get rid of the world’s biggest supporter of terrorism.

Instead, we had a cease fire, which was followed by months of will we or won’t we finish the job. Every day was a different message. There still is. Is the war over? Is it about to begin? No one knows. There is confusion and inconsistency.

In June 2025, America was not involved. This was an Israel vs Iran issue.

No one forced the United States to attack Iran then, or in February of 2026. It was a decision made by President Trump. In my opinion, it was the right decision.

Once the decision was made, we should not have stopped until the regime fell. But instead, you negotiated a cease fire that didn’t last, didn’t work and left us in no man’s land, with higher prices and our troops still deployed.

Our troops could have been home, the Navy returned to its bases, a peaceful regime in place , new alliances forged, and gas prices below $3.00 a gallon.

No, Mr. Vice President. It’s not the war. It’s the so-called cease fire.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

Thanks to @wrmead for the reminder of that gem.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -PJ O'Rourke

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@JDVance "The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." -PJ O'Rourke

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@shlevy Looks like a Bengal. We had one years ago. What a wonderful way to meet.

[David Reaboi @davereaboi]

I dunno. Seems like not winning it—and listening to people who advocated losing it—was the far bigger mistake.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@ratlpolicy @willchamberlain There is more than one way to end the war now. One is victory.

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@willchamberlain You might be right that "the American people" want the war over, but that doesn't make it right. Trump has a couple of months, minimum. Every hawk has betrayed this country when it got hard. Let's see if Trump can turn it around.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

🚨NEW TODAY🚨
@CatoInstitute is launching Restoring Free Enterprise (@Cato_RFE): a multiyear, multimedia project to analyze the federal government's new & unprecedented ownership of private US firms - and to push for these deals to be unwound ASAP:
https://t.co/vWowE3NImM /1

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@CPANOTWOKE @larryelder Hell yeah!

[Amy Mossoff @AmyMossoff]

@xxsparky89xx @larryelder The key to keeping this from happening is that Trump cannot back down on Iran.