Companies building data centers are "targeting" Indigenous communities where there is often less legal infrastructure to hold them accountable, says Krystal Two Bulls from @honortheearth.bsky.social.
"Right now, we're looking at about 103 to 160 proposed hyperscale data centers on Native lands."
Maine lawmakers recently approved the first statewide moratorium on new AI data centers, though it's unclear if Governor Janet Mills will veto the bill. State Representative Melanie Sachs explains what motivated the legislation.
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With the VA yes vote, Democrats will emerge with +1 House seat in the redistricting wars Trump kicked off last summer. They are very, very likely to win back the House in November
Breaking News: President Trump is said to be in talks to send Afghans who helped the U.S. war effort to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Man is RFK Jr lucky that @aoc.bsky.social didn't actually kick his ass 👊
The most morally corrupt DOJ in US history.
![“The better path for Israel right now, in my view, is for Israel to ask friends like Germany, Poland and Czechia to block any Spanish initiative, and I think they will,” Abrams continued. “Sanchez’s hostility to Israel is not consensus among EU leaders, even given their criticism of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.”
Cook said Washington is unlikely to step in unless core defense supply chains are threatened. He noted that the “only way the U.S. would get involved is if Europeans tried to hold up parts for [Israel’s] F-35s [fighter jets],” adding that “critical components are built in Europe.”
Fitton-Brown, on the other hand, said that the U.S. should take action in response. He argued that a potential option could be for Washington to “question Spain’s right to protection from NATO,” adding that the U.S. could argue that such members that “undermine a key U.S. ally do not qualify as allies themselves.”
“The U.S. should make clear that it will not tolerate anti-Israeli policies beyond a certain point,” Fitton-Brown said. “Sanchez is almost equally showy in his anti-Americanism, and should be taught that such a policy is not without costs.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreictghrwdwlc6zwutk5sx3gnbefhymswsw5lxpcagytg6zl257y7xi)
“The better path for Israel right now, in my view, is for Israel to ask friends like Germany, Poland and Czechia to block any Spanish initiative, and I think they will,” Abrams continued. “Sanchez’s hostility to Israel is not consensus among EU leaders, even given their criticism of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.” Cook said Washington is unlikely to step in unless core defense supply chains are threatened. He noted that the “only way the U.S. would get involved is if Europeans tried to hold up parts for [Israel’s] F-35s [fighter jets],” adding that “critical components are built in Europe.” Fitton-Brown, on the other hand, said that the U.S. should take action in response. He argued that a potential option could be for Washington to “question Spain’s right to protection from NATO,” adding that the U.S. could argue that such members that “undermine a key U.S. ally do not qualify as allies themselves.” “The U.S. should make clear that it will not tolerate anti-Israeli policies beyond a certain point,” Fitton-Brown said. “Sanchez is almost equally showy in his anti-Americanism, and should be taught that such a policy is not without costs.”
Pro-Israel analysts in Washington DC want Trump to threaten Spain (and other European countries) with de facto expulsion from NATO if they're too mean to Israel, a country not in NATO and not even in a treaty-bound relationship to the US.
Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.
(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
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3 SDF members dead after explosion during training in southwestern Japan-KYODO
Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online
NEW: Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) will be sworn in as U.S. House member within the hour.
Further narrowing GOP majority
ICYMI — new HUNGARY 🇭🇺 PM Magyar says Netanyahu will be arrested if he goes to Hungary
They don't get lifetime health care. They have to pay for it.
Mass hungerstrike in PA ICE detention center
"What started with 70 people participating in the strike on Thursday morning, escalated to roughly 100 people by Friday morning on Unit Four of the facility, the man said."
www.pennlive.com/news/2026/04...
Hello friends, I wrote for Nation Magazine about how Iran has a reasonable legal basis for regulating the Strait of Hormuz and those that argue otherwise are reinforcing double-standards and imperial international law-making www.thenation.com/article/worl...
History shows how attempts to overthrow governments can backfire with global consequences.
https://bit.ly/3ONExN8
MARCH DATA: China's cleantech ‘new three’ exports surged by a staggering 39% in March, compared to February, to a staggering $21.9 billion🤯
Solar +121%
Batteries +44%
EV's +5%
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Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh: The U.S. is trying to sabotage the path of the diplomatic effort through this diplomatic circus that they are adopting…Trump talks too much. He says contradictory things within the same statement
UNITED STATSS U.S. Central Comma... * •12h Guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) patrols the Arabian Sea, April 17, as U.S. forces enforce the naval blockade on ships attempting to enter or exit Iranian ports. Since commencement of the blockade, 21 ships have complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around and return to Iran.
X.com @FarsNews_Agency • Translated from Persian by Grok • Spokesman of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (PBUH): Control of the Strait of Hormuz Returns to Previous State The Islamic Republic of Iran, following previous agreements, has consented with good intentions in the negotiations conducted to allow a limited number of oil tankers and commercial ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in a managed manner. 1/4 Rate this translation: 2:59 AM • 4/18/26 • 75K Views
• @FarsNe... • 4h Translated from Persian Show original But unfortunately, the Americans, with their repeated breaches of trust that are part of their track record, continue to engage in piracy and maritime theft under the so-called title of blockade. 2/4 X.com @FarsNews_Agency § Translated from Persian by Grok For this reason, control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state, and this strategic strait is under the strict management and control of the armed forces. 3/4 Rate this translation: 2:59 AM • 4/18/26 • 14K Views
Barak Ravid @BarakRavid X.com A U.S. defense official claims the IRGC has conducted at least three attacks on commercial ships in the strait of Hormuz since Saturday morning 7:40 AM • 4/18/26 • 8.3K Views
⚠️ Strait of Hormuz today:
• US continued military blockade.
• Iran announced the Strait was closed again as a result.
• Ships tried to cross.
• IRGC fired on multiple ships.
• Ships turned back.
• Iran still controls the Strait.
• US blockade is also still in effect.
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the Iran project director for the International Crisis Group: "Trump Has Lost Control of Events in Iran" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/o...
Before Trump's war in Iran, many in the country wanted the help he offered. Instead, he sent bombs and threats to 'end civilisation'.
Has Trump's War made Iran's people hate him, while making its regime stronger than ever?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-t...
How Sanctions Work by Narges Bajoghli, Vali Nasr, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, and Ali Vaez @stanfordpress.bsky.social explores how Iran's economy and society managed to endure decades of punitive economic measures.
Review by Zahra Niazi @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
House Democrats are plotting an aggressive new strategy to challenge President Donald Trump's Iran war, according to Axios: introduce war powers resolutions every single day the chamber is in session until one passes or military operations end.
🚨 U.S. MILITARY BLOCKADE OF IRAN REMAINS IN EFFECT, U.S. OFFICIAL TELLS REUTERS
