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POLITICO - ‘We are screwed’: People near data centers dread heat wave pollution Extreme temperatures threaten to strain the grid as data centers are increasing energy demand. What could go wrong? “To relieve some of the pressure, the Department of Energy granted permission Tuesday to the region’s grid operator, PJM Interconnection, to potentially force data centers to use backup diesel generators." (...) "Many data centers rely on backup diesel generators, which release planet-warming emissions and lack air pollution controls designed to safeguard public health. "

Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Pennsylvanians Can Now Save for Education and Disability Related Expenses with Cryptocurrency - PA 529 & PA ABLE gift cards can now be purchased using cryptocurrency

Another case of AI mass surveillance policing charging someone who wasn’t even in the state AI claims they were.

And then forcing the innocent to prove their innocence. Jacob Rockwell does a good job at explaining, with evidence, how unAmerican this AI mass surveillance state stuff really is. This is entirely too common, and I almost can’t believe government officials are just allowing this to continue unabated.

Please don't help the pro-industry propaganda by lecturing people facing gas plants and a dozen data centers in residential neighborhoods about how "we need data centers though" you don't have to preface anything with that in order to talk about the harms.

And don't make me make a third podcast rant on this topic! 

Don't let them tell you we're to blame for monstrosity AI data centers. Don't Wait For Everybody - Episode 029 Chloe Humbert Aug 26, 2025

He ain't gonna just "roll over" data center opposition, he needs to roll on out of our government.

Call your member of congress and your representative US Senators today.

Backlash to this affront to American’s basic rights must be swift and unmistakable.

US energy chief exhorts data center backers to push back against opponents - Reuters By Timothy Gardner Tue, June 30, 2026 at 1:41 PM EDT - AOL U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “We’ll roll over the opposition to data centers faster than we otherwise should” … Wright, a former CEO of oilfield service company Liberty Energy, likened the issue to opposition he faced over the drilling technique for oil and gas known as fracking. “They cannot win and they will not win,” Wright said.

My letter to reps in the house and senate:

You must act. Impeach and remove U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright! It’s an abomination that he is saying he’s going to roll over people who oppose data centers in our community! This is an attack on freedom of speech, property rights, and everything good and decent in America. Chris Wright has no place in our government, and data centers don’t belong anywhere near our neighborhoods.

Please feel free to copy or repurpose for your own letters to reps.

Feel free to copy what you want off me to your reps, edited or verbatim.

My letter to all other representatives in state & local government:

It’s reported in the news that U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said: “We’ll roll over the opposition to data centers faster than we otherwise should.” What is your position on this statement, and what are you planning to do about it? This is an attack on freedom of speech, property rights, and everything good and decent in America. Chris Wright has no place in our government, and data centers don’t belong anywhere near our neighborhoods.

Lawmakers look to taxes on Big Tech to help cover state spending needs - by Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA | June 11, 2026 Two options have been floated, including eliminating the state’s sales tax exemption for purchases related to building and maintaining data centers. The commonwealth is projected to miss out on $2 billion in accumulated tax revenue by 2031. The other proposal would extend the state’s 5% gross receipts tax to firms that sell digital ads. That tax could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars a year in new revenue, although estimates vary.

My letter to PA state reps:

Eliminate data center tax exemptions.

Please feel free to copy or repurpose for your own letters to reps.

There are other states that have this data center tax exemption.

Everyone should think about who might come to be described as “experiencing mental illness” and what that could mean.

Bloomberg Law - Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights June 23, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT Ben Penn, Celine Castronuovo Miller, the president’s powerful deputy chief of staff, was frustrated that the department’s Civil Rights Division was still reaching settlements compelling states to transfer those experiencing mental illness out of institutions, added the individuals, who spoke anonymously out of fear of retaliation. They said Miller felt DOJ’s agreements—including one reached with South Carolina in December—would increase homelessness and didn’t adhere to President Donald Trump’s July executive order pressuring cities and states to move homeless people into treatment centers.

my latest rant on the "secret" industry of PR online influence operations, product cults, and data center propaganda