AOC: An alternative point of consideration here, in terms of New York State’s recent moratorium—the kind of thought that, well, if you don’t want to build in your backyard, then maybe you shouldn’t have access to compute. We could say to the Silicon Valley billionaires who are constructing, pushing, and imposing these data centers on communities that are overwhelmingly rural, disenfranchised, and poor.
Ask if they want one of these data centers in their own backyard. Ask any one of us here on this committee. If anyone wants to live right next to one of these centers, please raise your hand.
@TheTNHoller@Kanew I turned him off about six years ago. I got sick of how condesingingly and mockingly he would say "liberals." I'm a liberal mf'er! Fuck you!!
My father was a carpenter. My mother worked nights in a light bulb factory, raised three of us during the day, and then went to college at 49 to become a nurse.
I grew up in Hancock in a house that didn't have running water, and we didn't have electricity until I was in fifth grade.
I don't talk about working people. I am one.
I spent eight years running the ACLU of Maine. I won a state Senate seat in a district that voted for Donald Trump on the same ballot, and the people there sent me back twice. I became the first woman to serve as Maine's Secretary of State.
Now I'm running for the United States Senate, to pass Medicare for All, fight for workers' rights, and protect our neighbors. And I need your help to get there. Sign up to volunteer! CL7P2qPwDUOxmk0mwXK1pw2
@EllenBarkin Nothing left to lose?
Post senate income stream.
Jobs for his kids, grandkids, etc.
Club memberships.
Invitations to social events.
Box seats at sporting events.
And the oldie-but-goodie: No death threats from the MAGA lunatics!
"The Israelis are out of control."
Rep. @LaurenUnderwood confirms she will vote in favor of Rep. Thomas Massie's amendment to cut off military aid to Israel.