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Map: Where Data Centers Are Being Built in Drought-Hit Areas

lamplighter — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:41:58 -0400

A wave of new artificial intelligence (AI) data centers is being built across drought-stricken parts of the U.S., raising concerns about water supplies as the country faces its driest start to a year since 1910.

US healthcare still expensive, with pathetic outcomes

lamplighter — Fri, 29 May 2026 13:41:08 -0400

An updated analysis comparing healthcare systems across 20 countries finds once again that the US system is an outstandingly poor performer, summarized as being a "persistent failure" for its high costs, poor health outcomes, and premature deaths.

Poll: Trump Supporters Reject His Anti-Weaponization Fund

lamplighter — Fri, 29 May 2026 08:32:25 -0400

Republican and Democrat voters agree in nearly equal numbers they oppose President Donald Trump's anti-weaponization fund ...

Judge: 1st Amendment questions are critically important

lamplighter — Fri, 29 May 2026 01:08:31 -0400

A federal judge questioned Wednesday whether to grant The Stanford Daily newspaper and two of its unnamed international writers sweeping declaratory relief relating to possible visa revocations and other punishments due to the students' reporting on or expressions of support for Palestine.

NC swing voters aren't ready to back Democrats

LampLighter — Thu, 28 May 2026 23:34:23 -0400

Swing voters in North Carolina say they are frustrated with President Trump and the state of the economy, but aren't ready to abandon him or his party as the midterms inch closer.

Nvidia Bets $150B on Taiwan

lamplighter — Thu, 28 May 2026 23:34:00 -0400

Nvidia will invest $150 billion a year to make Taiwan an AI "epicenter."

New California law seeks to stop election interference

LampLighter — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:49:21 -0400

The bill, an urgency measure, becomes effectively immediately -- just in time for California's Tuesday primaries.

California Governor Gavin Newsom repeatedly derided Donald Trump as he signed an election bill on Wednesday, saying stronger guardrails are needed in the wake of a "delusional" president.

The NATO Putin Should Fear Is One America No Longer Controls

LampLighter — Thu, 28 May 2026 18:57:26 -0400

A jet goes blind over the Baltic, and the problem is suddenly much larger than one aircraft. An RAF plane carrying British Defense Secretary John Healey last week lost GPS for a three-hour flight after he visited British troops in Estonia, a fellow NATO ally. . Pilots used another navigation system and officials said it was unclear whether Healey's plane had been deliberately targeted. The plane landed safely -- which is precisely why the episode matters. No missile had been fired, no NATO border had been crossed in the old-fashioned sense.

Yet the alliance still had to decide whether anything serious had happened. NATO's answer to incidents like this has long been calibrated in Washington. It is typically measured, lawyerly, slow to escalate.

Biden Sues DOJ to Block Release of Audio Recordings

LampLighter — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:32:06 -0400

Former President Joe Biden filed suit against the Justice Department on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of recordings and transcripts from interviews he gave for his memoir ...

Meta says Goodbye to Those Who Won't Use AI

LampLighter — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:31:02 -0400

Meta is the latest company to trim its workforce as a result of the growing use of AI within the industry.

CBS News Declined to Renew Contract for Correspondent

lamplighter — Wed, 27 May 2026 21:30:42 -0400

CBS News has not renewed the contract of Sharyn Alfonsi, the "60 Minutes" correspondent who clashed with Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss over a December report on a Salvadoran prison, according to an interview published on Wednesday in the New York Times.

Blue Wave, Red Seawall: The 2022 Lesson Dems Can't Ignore

lamplighter — Wed, 27 May 2026 17:32:08 -0400

Analysis: On the eve of the 2022 midterms, Republicans had everything a party out of power could ask for. Democratic President Joe Biden's approval was deep underwater.

Americans Relied on a Spurned Friend During the Iran War: Canada

lamplighter — Wed, 27 May 2026 12:30:19 -0400

When Trump kicked off the Iran War many American citizens were caught off guard and were struggling to get out of the region safely. At the time story after news story told the tale of an American stranded in the Middle East and getting little help from the U.S. government to help them get out. Semafor writes that one country surprisingly stepped in to help Americans: Canada.

Musk: US drones used Starlink in violation of SpaceX rules

LampLighter — Tue, 26 May 2026 21:47:12 -0400

Musk says drones used Starlink instead of Starshield, blames military contractor. SpaceX and the Pentagon have been bickering about the price of using Starshield satellite service during the Iran war, according to a Reuters report published today. It appears that SpaceX asked the military for more money after it started using satellite terminals on "kamikaze" attack drones in Iran.

Lithuania: Russia can falsify GPS signals deep into Europe

LampLighter — Tue, 26 May 2026 20:59:11 -0400

Russia can falsify GPS signals deep into Europe at a radius of up to 450km (280 miles) from its Kaliningrad exclave due to hugely-expanded capacity, a Lithuanian official said on Tuesday. Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, opens new tab, European nations have often accused Russia of electronic interference but President Vladimir Putin's government denies that, blaming Western smear tactics.