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$1.31 billion. That's the estimated Texas state sales-tax revenue lost to data-center exemptions in FY2026 alone.
GOOD — making AI builders pay their own power and water freight, and killing secrecy NDAs, is basic fairness; phase out tax carve-outs cleanly
5.5%. That's how far the Nasdaq fell on Nov 5, 2026 — a one-day AI-policy scare after Democrats took Congress.
41. Local ballot measures on data centers across 10 states — and voters sided against them in nearly every counted race.
100%. That's the share of utility costs Ohio's new governor says data centers must pay — or they don't get built.
41%. That's Texas's share of planned U.S. data-center capacity for 2028 — and the new governor just promised a statewide ban on new approvals.
51 former intelligence officials signed an Oct 19, 2020 letter saying Hunter Biden's emails had the "classic earmarks" of a Russian info op. The same letter admitted there…
Zero. That's how many US rules specifically target child labor in Congo's cobalt mines, the source of most of the world's cobalt.
23 million inactive voter registrations. And mail ballots are where proven, outcome-changing fraud keeps turning up.
9.1%. That was peak inflation in 2021-22. And in 2026 it's rising again: 3.7% in September, mostly gasoline.
95%. That's roughly how far border crossings fell by FY2026 from their 2021-23 records, under tougher enforcement.
27 states, the NCAA, the IOC (from 2028) and a June 2026 Supreme Court ruling now allow or require female sports limited to biological females.
$190 billion. That's what Congress sent schools in COVID relief. Test scores still fell most where schools stayed remote longest.
15%. That's the polling bar to get on the presidential debate stage. No third-party candidate has cleared it since 1992.
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$24 billion. That's what California spent on homelessness from 2018 to 2023, and homelessness still rose 24% from 2019 to 2024.A court-ordered audit found Los Angeles couldn't say…
Zero. That's how many laws have banned free speech. The real threat is quieter: government pressure on private companies.The Biden administration pressed platforms over COVID and election posts…
$25.5 million. That's what Austin spent on police overtime in 2022, against a $5.85M budget, after 'defunding.'In 2020 Minneapolis, Austin and Portland cut or redirected police money. Officers…
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