Former Utah congressman, Jason Chaffetz, stands to benefit financially depending on the outcome of the proposed A.I. data center in Box Elder County.
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✍: Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL
📸: Isaac Hale, Deseret News
@GovCox Wait, so you’re saying that the praying didn’t fix the problem? Damn! We better push the approvals through on the data center as fast as we can so it can run for 15 minutes before all of the water is used up.
For all the Mormons guffawing over this, let me break this cult-like behavior down for you:
1. “Mormon Stories” has existed for ~20 years. If it was genuinely confusing people about affiliation, that would’ve surfaced long ago. It didn’t.
2. The host is a publicly excommunicated, well-known critic. No reasonable listener thinks this is an official LDS product.
3. Show me the confusion. Not hypotheticals, but actual people who believed this podcast was run by the church. That evidence doesn’t seem to exist.
4. The branding argument is weak. Sharing a general color palette or modern app aesthetic isn’t the same as impersonating a logo or claiming endorsement.
5. Timing matters. Decades of coexistence, then suddenly it’s a legal issue? That looks a lot more like selective enforcement than genuine concern.
6. Trademark law is supposed to prevent real, evident brand confusion, not give powerful institutions a tool to squeeze critics.
7. And yes, people are going to notice the pattern: When a religious organization turns to expensive litigation against a critic over something this thin, it's simply the same playbook groups like Scientology became infamous for.
You can call it “brand protection” if you want. But we know strong-arm cult tactics when we see them.
@RyanQualtrics I used to work at the arena, but never got the chance to see a game. I would love to be able to cheer on the guys and be a part of Utah sports history!
UPDATE: Due to licensing restrictions, we are unable to stream The All-American Halftime Show on X.
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