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Banning Data Centers

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I don't imagine statewide bans on business approved by the federal government will hold up in the courts, but the issue of AI data centers is politically extremely hot and has a ton of potential for Democrats to get behind, if we nominate Democrats who...

Water Wars

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On April 17, 2026

I may be a westerner from west of the Cascades--the endlessly rainy corner of the region--but all of my family on both sides were from eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and.

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News of the Blockades

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May be light at the end of the tunnel? President Trump said the U.S.’s naval blockade on Iranian ports would “remain in full force” after Iran’s foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open” to commercial vessels, prompting uncertainty for shippers in the region. Oil plunged and...
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Fairfax

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On April 16, 2026
Whoa. Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife and then himself in an overnight murder-suicide in Annandale, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said. Authorities were called to the 8100 block of Guinevere Drive shortly after midnight Thursday morning. When WUSA9 crews...

Before the flood

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Ketanji Brown Jackson is continuing the trend of unusual truth-telling in public appearances:  Supreme CourtJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders.

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This is very disappointing: Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a highly unusual public apology to a colleague Wednesday, saying her criticism of Justice Brett Kavanaugh for his writing in an earlier immigration case was unfair. “At a recent appearance at the University of Kansas School of...
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