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Chris Elsner's avatar

It's still so bizarre to me that conservatives will complain about the (essentially non-existent) benefits that immigrants are sucking out of the system, but then have no problem spending thousands of dollars to detain them.

I don't ever again want to hear that we don't have the resources to fix the problems in our country, because we absolutely do. Rather, it's that some people would rather spend money on cruelty than compassion.

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Dave Gallagher's avatar

Thanks for shining a light on Amazon's "playbook," perhaps more accurately referred to as Amazon's propaganda machine. "Water positive" is a misleading concept.

Amazon is also misleading the public regarding AI/Data Centers and electricity. After numerous articles reporting on the connection of rising electric costs to data centers, the Jeff Bezo owned Washington Post Oct.25 article, "There's a reason electricity prices are rising, And it's not data centers," now wants us to look the other way and not see data center's affect on the cost of electricity. When the oligarchs get their hands on the money, they don't want to just keep it, they want more money, even if that requires propaganda to get more money. Glad Amazon doesn't own the Tucson Agenda.

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Michael's avatar

Also from the Gaurdian is this article about data center cooling systems that use a gaseous PFAS. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/04/pfas-pollution-data-centers-ai

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La Corua's avatar

Boy. We are officially in an age of pawns. People exist to serve the King’s whims. As for Ciscomani, I knew him back in his Hispanic Chamber days. He was a climber in the name of God, and he's certainly come into his calling.

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Wyatt Kanyer's avatar

It would be interesting if that facility were to be used as, I don’t know, a shelter for unhoused people and/or people needing substance abuse treatment, as DT promised to provide in his executive order. Allocating a “small” portion ($1-2 billion) of the $45 billion in the budget for DHS spending to actually provide treatment as he promised in his executive order? Novel concept.

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Carolyn's avatar

Let’s hope not.

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Richard Grayson's avatar

The news article about Lamb that you linked to, like the articles about the 5th C.D. race in the Arizona Republic and elsewhere, always seem to describe its geographically incompletely, saying it takes in parts of Gilbert and Chandler in Maricopa County and neglecting to mention that it takes in a very densely populated part of southeastern Mesa, including the Harkins Superstition Springs 25, where I saw "One Battle After Another" yesterday.

Unfortunately, this election is no battle, and Lamb will march to victory like a lion, as no one else with his name recognition and money is running against him: https://politics1.com/az.htm

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