RIP Wendell Berry. Trump pushes a rapid data center buildout as Congress and regulators face mounting backlash over rising utility bills and water use. Meanwhile, a federal judge blocks Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech-based deportation policy, a court strikes down New York’s $75 billion climate superfund law, and the IRS targets progressive nonprofits.

The Department of Homeland Security bypasses courts to surveil journalists and unions, the administration designates protest groups as terrorists, and dark money surges past $1 billion in the 2026 midterms. The Trump admin shuts down federal food safety research, & pushes to strip tax-exempt status from progressive nonprofits. The Pentagon embeds conservative influencers in civilian roles.

The Trump administration targets progressive nonprofits with IRS audits and terror sanctions. Meanwhile, surging AI data center demand strains the PJM grid, driving state utility fights in Georgia and Florida. The Trump administration solution is to ease radiation safety standards. The right wing thinks hip hop was a US government-funded woke psy op, but now all that’s over thanks to DOGE (really!).

Earthjustice sues Trump’s EPA over fast-track approvals of toxic data center chemicals. Meanwhile, the administration escalates legal pressure against critics, threatening the Center for American Progress with a $5 billion defamation suit. Plus, states challenge a federal mail voting order ahead of the midterms, and Trump moves to expedite Arctic drilling in Alaska's petroleum reserve.

The EPA moves to eliminate public input on data center pollution permits as power grid strain and water depletion transform the midterm elections. Civil liberties groups challenge the Trump administration's NSPM-7 surveillance directive following record ICE arrests, while voting rights attorneys prepare to fight federal threats against election officials. Meanwhile, Nevada sues over federal Colorado River water cuts, and states advance hundreds of data center bills.

Homeland Security Investigations secretly subpoenas years of labor union SEIU’s bank records. AI data center expansion sparks widespread voter backlash across key 2026 Senate toss-up races. House Oversight Democrats probe DHS surveillance targeting Minnesota labor unions and activists. The Supreme Court grants Donald Trump an interim victory on mail-in voting restrictions, and federal regulators mandate deep Colorado River water cuts across three Western states.

Trump’s data center push collides with bipartisan midterm backlash as Greg Abbott and Kathy Hochul tighten rules on AI infrastructure. Also: Hakeem Jeffries meets Jared Kushner, California escalates its Paramount-Warner Bros. fight, DOJ’s Live Nation settlement draws scrutiny, and climate, surveillance, homelessness, and media battles intensify.

Data center fights surge across swing-state races, sparking federal excise tax legislation in the House and local moratoriums. Undercover DHS surveillance of Minnesota churches and labor groups sparks civil liberties pushback, while the Trump administration cancels 12.5 billion dollars in grid modernization grants. Michigan tribes contest a federal Line 5 pipeline permit over treaty rights.

A bipartisan backlash against AI data centers scrambles key midterm races as moratoriums spread, Pennsylvania tightens permitting, and gas-powered projects threaten grid emissions. House Democrats probe the Trump administration's use of NSPM-7 to target progressive groups amid covert DHS surveillance operations and DOJ charges against former SPLC leadership. Plus, Trump pushes the crypto Clarity Act and deploys federal agencies against California environmental policies.

How many people oppose data centers? A lot. Bipartisan opposition to AI data centers prompts state crackdowns from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Texas officials as pushback imperils tech expansions. House Democrats launch a congressional inquiry into Trump administration surveillance of left-leaning groups under NSPM-7, the Army Corps approves Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel, and ABC and Disney sue the FCC over First Amendment violations.