Because you'll never hear anybody else give you an honest assessment of what happened here: The bill, touted as a way to keep datacenters from pushing their energy expenses onto the citizenry, wasn't blocked in Senate because the Dems wanted to cause "max pain", it was opposed because the bill was toothless, only offering suggestions to states, and had no binding rules or enforcement. The bill gave states a year to form a committee to "consider" the proposed changes, and 2 years to make a decision whether to do it or not.
The Dems, instead, put up something called the GRID Act, which would have legislatively pushed the burden of energy expenses for AI datacenters to the AI datacenter companies. GRID would have forced FERC to create a binding ruleset that any facility using more than 150 megawatts pay for its own power and connection costs. GRID was blocked by Republican and AI data center lackey Bernie Moreno.
And once again I say I am SICK of the GOP forcing me, a damned CONSERVATIVE, to take up for the frigging DEMOCRATS because the "Republicans" are too busy virtue signaling and trying to screw The People over.
The U.S. House will be in session only 4 full days from July 24th to November 8th.
That’s 100 paid days off versus 4 full workings days plus 4 travel (half) days.
Meanwhile TRUMP says YOU have too many holidays.
The same people who told you that Ketanji Brown Jackson wasn't qualified to sit on the US Supreme Court are totally fine with lindsey graham's sister being senator because she's lindsey graham's sister.
I remember when getting a consensual blowjob was enough to warrant an impeachment. Now Presidents can pay out $5M+ to the victims they raped and no one fucking bats an eye
The same "Never Comply" crowd that won't change their thermostat, wear a mask, or use a paper straw turns into "comply or die" the second masked federal agents start gunning down people on American streets.
Don't let them gaslight you into thinking they stand for liberty.
It will never not be insane to me that someone could have a billion dollars and still fight tooth and nail to have even more money? Like, you won, it’s over, build a library or help end hunger. Fully fund endometriosis research and become a hero. Real unimaginative loser shit.
The United States is a capitalist plantation run by 1,000 billionaires who oversee 200 million broke workers with the assistance of 20 million millionaires who provide cover.
This is nothing to celebrate.
Then Jesus said unto the sick, “you better have insurance.”
Then Jesus said unto the stranger, “are you here legally?”
Then Jesus said unto the hungry, “my taxes better not be paying for these loaves and fishes.”
Then Jesus said unto the poor, “this is your own fault.”
I love the economic model where we are told that paying supermarket cashiers a living wage will instantly collapse the global economy, but a CEO getting a $50 million exit bonus for ruining a company is just standard market health.
The irony of Republicans controlling all branches of government while
bankrupting the country, starting a war, sending money to fraudulent programs, violating the Constitution, giving corporations immunity...
but arguing that the biggest problem we have is “stolen elections.”