🚨 Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have announced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Moratorium Act, legislation that would enact a reasonable pause to the development of AI to ensure the safety of humanity.
In addition, NOBODY should be legally able to evade taxes from the IRS. Please support efforts to not allow POTUS to receive preferential treatment regarding his illegal tax evasion.
What I appreciated most in terms of pushback was hearing the House voting to restore said to Ukraine. The Senate still folded on ICE funding so I have to conclude that we have a long way to go with pushback on Trump and his EO’s.
Linda, did you know that you can click those 3 little dots to the upper right of any of your posts and edit your comment? Love this feature! And your comment! :-)
Did they change the app so you can now edit? I uninstalled it because it didn't have that feature. I use my browser. If it has it now, I'll reinstall it!
I don't know, since I only use my browser! The App isn't available for the Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet anyway. Being old, I need the bigger print and keyboard of a Tablet, and I don't have the money for an iPad.
Oh! I didn't realize there was a browser on the kindle. I have my mom's, but it's really old. I just read books.
For here, I'm on my phone and on Google chrome. I tried downloading the app, but I couldn't edit. There are no 3 dots up top by your name, they're below to the side of your comment. Except it doesn't say edit. So, like I said, I deleted and I stick with my browser. That's why people don't edit, is my guess. They can't because they're on the app.
The tide is turning for Trump and it should. He broke all his promises and only caters to himself, his family and billionaires. He forgot about most of us.
Scott Pelley is a hero to me. A throwback to the likes of Walter Conkrite and a time when you could trust the news to search out and protect the truth.
The joke is on the rest of us, but mostly on MAGA. He only paid lip service to caring about the rest of us from the beginning of his career. He has always been ,since childhood, A diagnosible malignant narcissist. By definition, that means he can only focus on himself. Whether the other Billionaires are using him as their useful tool, or he is using their combined power and wealth to protect himself, is the next political question to be sorted out, after we wrest power out of their greedy hands! Billionaire Taxes? Prosecution for bribery and insider trading? All questions for the future. All I know is that the work on inquiries and fixes to the system is going to take a lot of work in the future, and we, as a Country can't afford to be afraid of Trifectas in the future, just because this particular one has become so toxic to the Country. Hamstringing Congress with deep Party divisions, just neuters the ability of forming an effective government' For and By the People' jointly.
“Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.” - James Baldwin
It’s always hard to pick the best but I’ll give my vote to Scott Pell because he didn’t go quietly and going forward we shouldn’t trust @cbs. #BoycottCBS #BoycottParamount
I appreciate your highlighting daily the resistance, Scott. However, some days it feels so inadequate to the magnitude of what is being torn asunder in our country. 70b more to ICE which will last throughout his term, with no accountability for murders, lack of medical care, and imprisoning our neighbors and friends in holding cells with no oversight. The fascism of Pete H's comments "commemorating" DDay while accusing Europe of allowing non-white people from other countries through their borders, the ongoing and in your face corruption of the T family bilking this country for his vanity projects...on an on. Sorry, but today it is just overwhelming to me.
About the only way we can let Europe know that Hegseth does not speak for us (We the People) is to haul him off to the hoosegow for the unlawful acts he has had our military commit. And to somehow right the many wrongs he has done by discharging so many ranking military members for no actual reason. We have to get this guy out of command and behind bars!
Ms Penn, it's totally inadequate to the magnitude of what's being torn asunder in this country. But none of the principals care about that. The clown/princess/vacuum gets attention and more money (which he couldn't use even if he weren't too old), and the donors get their special access. The special attention paid to the clown will be undone with a renewed government (or even increasingly this one), and someone will figure out whether or not we can claw back the grift snagged by the already overbloated companies.
The "good" news is that no one will forget who confirmed Hegseth and the other garbage now destroying this country.
I think the (unsurprising) corruption exposed around ballroom donor contracts gives me the most hope. Racists will be bigots and billionaires will be self-serving, but seeing our tax dollars spent like this will anger even the most diehard conservatives. That may be the exact transparency we need in order to open the eyes of Trump supporters, most of whom are just trying to get by.
It gives me hope, at the same time we must continue to keep the pressure on. June 14 is one week away going to wave my flag high and wide and make good trouble 😈
I pray that Trump is losing support and continues to do so. He is not untouchable and with truth tellers, like the Dworkin Report, we will be set free from this Regime and the chaos, lies, inhumanity and incompetence they bring. And for Scott Pelley for standing up for his belief in truth telling. Scott, you can either retire or join with Substack to keep doing what you love…reporting with your voice telling the truth.
MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN POSTED THE ARTICLE BELOW.
Please sign the PETITION and SAY NO!
Private equity and AI companies are taking over our public utilities. I’m not having it.
This is a longer note about how private equity executives and AI companies are taking over our country’s electrical grid — but I hope you stay with me, because it directly impacts the utility bills you receive every month.
Since President Trump took office a year and a half ago, gas and electricity bills have risen by 11%.
And private equity — you know, guys who are gutting hospitals, nursing homes, and local malls — they're on track to make things worse.
Let me zoom out for a sec and clarify what’s going on:
Right now, our country is using much more energy than before.
And don’t let them fool you. It's not because you're keeping the AC on longer or running the dryer too much. That increase is coming from AI data centers sucking up more and more electricity.
In fact, according to the International Energy Agency, data center electricity demand worldwide will more than DOUBLE by 2029.
And as always, Wall Street smells money.
Data centers need a tremendous amount of energy to go online. So much energy that our grid isn't ready. As AI scales up, it will require upgrades to our electrical grid — really expensive upgrades.
So private equity companies are now trying to buy up all the utility companies that will be responsible for making those upgrades.
And we know how damaging the private equity playbook can be to the industries they take over: They cut staff, make services worse, and jack up prices for consumers.
So basically, AI data centers and private equity interests will both be cashing in by taking over our public utility system, making your services worse, sucking up profits for themselves, and passing cost increases onto consumers.
And here's the real kicker: Utility companies are legally allowed to operate as monopolies.
So no matter how bad it gets, you're probably stuck with your utility company. If they come in and raise your rates, you gotta pay it. If private equity mismanages your utility company, you gotta deal with it.
I’m not having it.
I’ve already called for Big Tech companies to pay their fair share for the electrical grid updates made specifically to accommodate their data centers’ energy needs. And I’ve opened up oversight investigations into Blackrock and Blackstone in response to their utility company acquisitions.
All of us need to stand up to this corporate takeover. Add your name if you’re with me: Private equity executives should NOT be able to profit off of public goods like our utilities. Let’s demonstrate that there’s strong, public pushback to their greed.
Thank you for highlighting that. When I look through Substack, I see many many postings by Elizabeth Warren and she is actively doing a lot. So when people say the Democrats aren’t doing anything, please look at what she’s doing and support her.
#DumpTrump is what Americans🇺🇸 are doing. That’s great news about AI because that technology is here to replace workers, silent firings that nobody hears about. AI is anti human rights.
🚨 Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have announced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Center Moratorium Act, legislation that would enact a reasonable pause to the development of AI to ensure the safety of humanity.
Learn more & support this bill in Congress here: https://bit.ly/4twnWMU
🚨 SIX OTHER URGENT ACTIONS TODAY
Pass Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission https://tinyurl.com/44afaxvd
Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service: https://tinyurl.com/mrx8cvv7
Demand Acting AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files: https://tinyurl.com/2uc9vca9
Defend voting rights! https://tinyurl.com/3f3m728j
Stop Trump from deporting people with Temporary Protected Status https://tinyurl.com/yc8rfa7j
Letters written!
done!
Thank you Scott for the "Marching Orders". I just copied the list and will get to work.
🚨 NEW 🚨 Tell Congress: Block Trump's heist of taxpayer money for his felon-to-felon slush fund https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-block-trumps-theft-of-taxpayer-money-for-his-felon-to-felon-slush-fund/
In addition, NOBODY should be legally able to evade taxes from the IRS. Please support efforts to not allow POTUS to receive preferential treatment regarding his illegal tax evasion.
If this corrupt POSPOTUS gets immunity, every American should as well!
done!
We’re not waiting for someone to save us. We’re building the pressure, story by story, win by win. And we’re just getting started.
🔥🔥🔥
Some weeks you feel the shift. This was one of them. Keep fighting. We’re stronger together than they want us to believe.
There are more of us than them, indeed! 💙💙💙
Thank you all who helped flood congress with calls and messages.
What I appreciated most in terms of pushback was hearing the House voting to restore said to Ukraine. The Senate still folded on ICE funding so I have to conclude that we have a long way to go with pushback on Trump and his EO’s.
Slava Ukraini!!! A good omen... more of this, please!
Should be “aid”.
Linda, did you know that you can click those 3 little dots to the upper right of any of your posts and edit your comment? Love this feature! And your comment! :-)
Did they change the app so you can now edit? I uninstalled it because it didn't have that feature. I use my browser. If it has it now, I'll reinstall it!
I don't know, since I only use my browser! The App isn't available for the Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet anyway. Being old, I need the bigger print and keyboard of a Tablet, and I don't have the money for an iPad.
Oh! I didn't realize there was a browser on the kindle. I have my mom's, but it's really old. I just read books.
For here, I'm on my phone and on Google chrome. I tried downloading the app, but I couldn't edit. There are no 3 dots up top by your name, they're below to the side of your comment. Except it doesn't say edit. So, like I said, I deleted and I stick with my browser. That's why people don't edit, is my guess. They can't because they're on the app.
The tide is turning for Trump and it should. He broke all his promises and only caters to himself, his family and billionaires. He forgot about most of us.
Scott Pelley is a hero to me. A throwback to the likes of Walter Conkrite and a time when you could trust the news to search out and protect the truth.
Yep, feels like breathing clean air again... the legacies of Mike Wallace, Walter Conkrite, Edward R Murrow. Thank you, Scott Pelley. Sharon Alfonsi.
Exactly!
The joke is on the rest of us, but mostly on MAGA. He only paid lip service to caring about the rest of us from the beginning of his career. He has always been ,since childhood, A diagnosible malignant narcissist. By definition, that means he can only focus on himself. Whether the other Billionaires are using him as their useful tool, or he is using their combined power and wealth to protect himself, is the next political question to be sorted out, after we wrest power out of their greedy hands! Billionaire Taxes? Prosecution for bribery and insider trading? All questions for the future. All I know is that the work on inquiries and fixes to the system is going to take a lot of work in the future, and we, as a Country can't afford to be afraid of Trifectas in the future, just because this particular one has become so toxic to the Country. Hamstringing Congress with deep Party divisions, just neuters the ability of forming an effective government' For and By the People' jointly.
Keep going. And heed this:
“Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.” - James Baldwin
It’s always hard to pick the best but I’ll give my vote to Scott Pell because he didn’t go quietly and going forward we shouldn’t trust @cbs. #BoycottCBS #BoycottParamount
I appreciate your highlighting daily the resistance, Scott. However, some days it feels so inadequate to the magnitude of what is being torn asunder in our country. 70b more to ICE which will last throughout his term, with no accountability for murders, lack of medical care, and imprisoning our neighbors and friends in holding cells with no oversight. The fascism of Pete H's comments "commemorating" DDay while accusing Europe of allowing non-white people from other countries through their borders, the ongoing and in your face corruption of the T family bilking this country for his vanity projects...on an on. Sorry, but today it is just overwhelming to me.
About the only way we can let Europe know that Hegseth does not speak for us (We the People) is to haul him off to the hoosegow for the unlawful acts he has had our military commit. And to somehow right the many wrongs he has done by discharging so many ranking military members for no actual reason. We have to get this guy out of command and behind bars!
Hoosegow for Hegseth!
Oh, there was a reason Trump fired so many generals... they were black.
And it is good here to mention that the Military was a place where the persons
merits gained promotions. The color of their skin wasn't a criteria it was their performance.
I too have been overwhelmed by what is happening, and what T comes up with every day.
I get my relief by writint postcards and calling Republican Senators and leaving messages.
Doing something small, like those actions, relieves some of the pressure I too, feel.
The best thing is, just look at these comments. We are all in this together.
[And ICE is an abomination.]
Ms Penn, it's totally inadequate to the magnitude of what's being torn asunder in this country. But none of the principals care about that. The clown/princess/vacuum gets attention and more money (which he couldn't use even if he weren't too old), and the donors get their special access. The special attention paid to the clown will be undone with a renewed government (or even increasingly this one), and someone will figure out whether or not we can claw back the grift snagged by the already overbloated companies.
The "good" news is that no one will forget who confirmed Hegseth and the other garbage now destroying this country.
I think the (unsurprising) corruption exposed around ballroom donor contracts gives me the most hope. Racists will be bigots and billionaires will be self-serving, but seeing our tax dollars spent like this will anger even the most diehard conservatives. That may be the exact transparency we need in order to open the eyes of Trump supporters, most of whom are just trying to get by.
Racketeering. Needs to be investigated and prosecuted.
It gives me hope, at the same time we must continue to keep the pressure on. June 14 is one week away going to wave my flag high and wide and make good trouble 😈
I pray that Trump is losing support and continues to do so. He is not untouchable and with truth tellers, like the Dworkin Report, we will be set free from this Regime and the chaos, lies, inhumanity and incompetence they bring. And for Scott Pelley for standing up for his belief in truth telling. Scott, you can either retire or join with Substack to keep doing what you love…reporting with your voice telling the truth.
We need to let Scott Pelley know that he is welcome here on Substack, Anytime!
I suspect that Iowa will be the straw that breaks the Republican camel's back
Fervently hope you are correct
MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN POSTED THE ARTICLE BELOW.
Please sign the PETITION and SAY NO!
Private equity and AI companies are taking over our public utilities. I’m not having it.
This is a longer note about how private equity executives and AI companies are taking over our country’s electrical grid — but I hope you stay with me, because it directly impacts the utility bills you receive every month.
Since President Trump took office a year and a half ago, gas and electricity bills have risen by 11%.
And private equity — you know, guys who are gutting hospitals, nursing homes, and local malls — they're on track to make things worse.
Let me zoom out for a sec and clarify what’s going on:
Right now, our country is using much more energy than before.
And don’t let them fool you. It's not because you're keeping the AC on longer or running the dryer too much. That increase is coming from AI data centers sucking up more and more electricity.
In fact, according to the International Energy Agency, data center electricity demand worldwide will more than DOUBLE by 2029.
And as always, Wall Street smells money.
Data centers need a tremendous amount of energy to go online. So much energy that our grid isn't ready. As AI scales up, it will require upgrades to our electrical grid — really expensive upgrades.
So private equity companies are now trying to buy up all the utility companies that will be responsible for making those upgrades.
And we know how damaging the private equity playbook can be to the industries they take over: They cut staff, make services worse, and jack up prices for consumers.
So basically, AI data centers and private equity interests will both be cashing in by taking over our public utility system, making your services worse, sucking up profits for themselves, and passing cost increases onto consumers.
And here's the real kicker: Utility companies are legally allowed to operate as monopolies.
So no matter how bad it gets, you're probably stuck with your utility company. If they come in and raise your rates, you gotta pay it. If private equity mismanages your utility company, you gotta deal with it.
I’m not having it.
I’ve already called for Big Tech companies to pay their fair share for the electrical grid updates made specifically to accommodate their data centers’ energy needs. And I’ve opened up oversight investigations into Blackrock and Blackstone in response to their utility company acquisitions.
All of us need to stand up to this corporate takeover. Add your name if you’re with me: Private equity executives should NOT be able to profit off of public goods like our utilities. Let’s demonstrate that there’s strong, public pushback to their greed.
https://act.elizabethwarren.com/signup/ew-em-ai-pe-utilities/?source=EW_EMZ31R_PEQ_ENG_20260607_F&refcode=EW_EMZ31R_PEQ_ENG_20260607_F&t=9&referring_akid=2921.6183162.w6rjEj
Thank you for highlighting that. When I look through Substack, I see many many postings by Elizabeth Warren and she is actively doing a lot. So when people say the Democrats aren’t doing anything, please look at what she’s doing and support her.
Absolutely agree Pam! Elizabeth Warren is smart and knows how our government works, and does not work. She has very good ways to get us back on track!
#DumpTrump is what Americans🇺🇸 are doing. That’s great news about AI because that technology is here to replace workers, silent firings that nobody hears about. AI is anti human rights.