How the data-center backlash became a midterms flash point
The episode covers three major stories: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defiant UN speech amid international backlash and domestic political vulnerability; the rising grassroots opposition to AI-powered data centers across the U.S., which is reshaping local politics and influe
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