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"...Data centers can raise energy prices in surrounding residential areas — a concern the study’s authors found often mobilized locals to speak up about the construction. Residents and politicians also cited potential noise pollution and the strain on local resources."

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November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The 37-year-old scion of a homebuilding company fortune, Pulte has cultivated a reputation as a hyper-online millennial with a thirst for recognition and a desire to please the president. He and his wife also donated about $1 million to Trump’s campaign, disclosures show

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Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data
A confidant of Bill Pulte, the Trump administration’s top housing regulator, provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The politicians that are willing to do the work of alleviating the affordability crisis that multiple politicians have benefitted from, those are the politicians more people will vote for. The homelessness, cost of living crisis continues to accelerate in Georgia
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These 7 Georgia Democrats are running for Georgia governor in 2026
This spring, Georgians will choose who makes it to the gubernatorial election. So far, seven candidates are running for the Democratic nomination.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"ATLANTA — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Wednesday that the company was unveiling a new, ‘purpose-built’ data center in Atlanta. The data center first started operations in October."

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Microsoft reveals new datacenter for Atlanta, will be world’s first ‘AI super factory’
Microsoft said the new Atlanta facility uses almost no water to stay cool, a major shift in data center design.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The shutdown affected civilian workers at Robins Air Force Base, one of Georgia's largest employers. Many worked without pay for more than six weeks, creating a ripple effect throughout the Warner Robins economy that relies heavily on the military installation

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'Really taken a toll' | Warner Robins businesses breathe sigh of relief as government reopens after 43 days
Gregg's 2.0 was forced to cut employee hours and ran constant specials to survive as base workers went without pay
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November 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Congressional and political criminality.

"The GAO is the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies, but GOP House members and the Trump White House have attempted to undercut its independence and legal conclusions."
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Bill funding Congress would bolster member security, spare GAO from steep cuts
The fiscal 2026 legislation could clear Congress alongside an agreement to end the government shutdown.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It would be a temporary increase. The trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy + corporations were kept in place by Democrats and made permanent by Republicans.
If passed, Social Security and Veterans Affairs benefits would be expanded by $200 per month for six months.
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New bill would increase Social Security payments: full list of cosponsors
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act on October 30.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Most politicians including members of Congress are self-serving. That's why the cost of living, foreclosures, hunger and homelessness keep increasing while they consistently pass bi-partisan bills to enrich themselves, their families, friends corporations and the wealthy.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It should have never put in the bill and signed into law. Congress allowed a mentally ill madman who tried to overthrow the government to become president again, now some are trying to get away with the same government enabled corruption he does.

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House Republicans plan legislative response to provision letting senators to sue over phone records
There will be votes on the House floor and in the Judiciary Committee next week related to the controversial language in the government funding package.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
More money for the corrupt members of Congress. The government enabled greed, criminality, and conflicts of interest continue.

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Shutdown deal lets senators sue for $500,000 over data seizures like those in Jan. 6 probe
A provision of shutdown deal authorizes senators to bring lawsuits if federal law enforcement seizes or subpoenas their data without notifying them, with potential damages of $500,000.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Many people who are unethical or career criminals like government jobs, especially law enforcement, because there's very often little to no oversight, transparency or accountability. Every city or county with a police department needs a police oversight board.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
Head of N.Y.P.D. Oversight Board Resigns, Citing Pressure From Union
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November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
""The only way to end this crisis — which the Executive is adamant to end — is for Congress to reopen the government," Solicitor General Sauer wrote in the Trump administration's latest court filing."

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Supreme Court extends temporary pause on $4 billion in SNAP payments for November
A deal in Congress to end the government shutdown includes full SNAP funding through September and could mean the Supreme Court will not have to issue a ruling later.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Mr. Mamdani has privately tried to discourage his ideological ally from running. The mayor-elect and his team fear that another high-profile challenge from the left might compromise his own bid to push the Democratic establishment to support his affordability agenda"
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Against Mamdani’s Wishes, Gen Z Councilman Plans to Challenge Jeffries
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November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
""The only way to end this crisis — which the Executive is adamant to end — is for Congress to reopen the government," Solicitor General Sauer wrote in the Trump administration's latest court filing."

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Supreme Court extends temporary pause on $4 billion in SNAP payments for November
A deal in Congress to end the government shutdown includes full SNAP funding through September and could mean the Supreme Court will not have to issue a ruling later.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"For the better part of two years, well before the federal government shut down and SNAP payments were paused, lower-income consumers have been slowing their spending, especially for discretionary items."

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Low-Income Shoppers Cut Spending and Businesses Worry
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November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Democrats are catering to themselves and the wealthy just like Republicans That's why stock trading and all investments must be banned for every politician, regulator and judge because they are profiting from poverty with every bill that hurts poor people in America
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Democrats rebel after 8 senators cut a deal to end the shutdown without ACA funds
The pact struck between Republicans and a breakaway group of eight senators sparked fury among many congressional Democrats and liberal advocacy groups.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
"Nationally, corporate landlords own roughly 3 percent of all single-family rentals but in metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Charlotte and Phoenix, their footprint is far larger. Those concentrations have fueled rent inflation and squeezed supply for homebuyers.

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November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D), one of the governors who moved last week to distribute benefits, said in a statement that she is "disgusted that President Trump has the audacity to take taxpayers' money away from them when they are in crisis."
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Trump administration orders states "undo" full SNAP benefits
The Trump administration is fiercely fighting a judge's order to fully fund SNAP benefits.
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Racist and bigoted people are often violent. That's why it's dangerous to ignore or enable their behavior.

"The FBI reports that race remains the most common motivation for hate crimes in the United States, with more than 11,000 incidents reported last year."

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Suburban football player says racist comments from teammates forced him to quit Aurora University
An 18-year-old football player said racist comments from teammates made him quit Aurora University.
www.fox32chicago.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Homeowners taxes keep increasing because politicians give trillions to the wealthy, having to place the tax burden elsewhere. Politicians and investors have become corporate landlords keeping many homes vacant, which increases squatting and homelessness.

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Baby boomers want to axe property taxes. Millennials and Gen Z would pay for it.
Boomers want to stop paying property taxes on the valuable real estate they own. That could hamstring millennials and Gen Zers trying to buy a home.
www.businessinsider.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
It's so easy to impersonate ICE when ICE agents are allowed to hide their faces, don't have to identify themselves, don't need warrants, and are able to just grab people off of the street based on racial profiling enabled by the Supreme Court!
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FBI warns of people impersonating ICE agents to commit violent crimes
The FBI is warning about people impersonating ICE agents to commit violent crimes.
abc7.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"About 10 percent of the world has diabetes, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40 percent of Americans are obese."

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November 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM