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Trump Threatens to Blow Up Power Plants in Iran in Response to Tehran Targeting Ships in the Strait

Economy & Power

[ad_1] President Donald Trump said that he would order strikes on Iranian bridges and power plants in response to attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.  “From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket, Drone, or any other device or weapon,” the President wrote on Truth Social Wednesday. “The United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran.” The US has bombed civilian infrastructure in Iran over…

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We’ve been wrong about nuclear power

Political Spin

[ad_1] Zion Lights is a former spokesperson for the radical environmental group Extinction Rebellion, whose members are known for causing mass transportation stoppages and gluing themselves to planes to call attention to what they say is a “climate and ecological emergency.” She has gone from protesting nuclear power plants to aggressively campaigning for their expansion as a way of helping the global poor raise their living standards. Raised in Great Britain by working-class immigrants from rural Punjab, her new book is Energy Is Life: Why Environmentalism Went Nuclear. She talks with Nick Gillespie about how she came to reject the…

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U Tennessee Track & Field Head Coach Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against “Untruthful, Derogatory and Offensive Statements” Plus More Commentary

Politics & Policy

[ad_1] From a Report and Recommendations today by Magistrate Judge Jill McCook (E.D. Tenn.) in Ross v. Lambert: According to the allegations in the Complaint, Plaintiff is a former collegiate track and field champion, 2004 Olympian, and the current Head Coach and Director of Track & Field at the University of Tennessee.” In August 2022, Plaintiff hired Defendant “to serve as the track and field Recruiting Coordinator—which was a non-coaching, administrative position.” Plaintiff alleges that less than a year later, in May 2023, he “advised [Defendant] that he was being terminated from his position as Recruiting Coordinator at the University…

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Trump to Sign Nuclear Deal with Saudi Arabia that Could Allow for Enrichment

Economy & Power

[ad_1] President Donald Trump plans to sign a nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that will provide the Middle East kingdom with access to nuclear technology from the US, with limited inspections.  The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that the White House is prepared to ink a nuclear agreement with Riyadh. The deal will allow for US companies to build nuclear reactors in Saudi Arabia; Westinghouse will receive the initial contract.  President Trump confirmed later in the day that the agreement was signed.  The nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia is a significantly modified 1-2-3 Agreement. The US has signed the 1-2-3…

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Where can the data centers go?

Political Spin

[ad_1] During a discussion of data centers’ environmental and public health impacts at yesterday’s meeting of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) asked what one would assume she thought was a devastating rhetorical question.  “Ask Peter Thiel, ask Elon Musk, ask Mark Zuckerberg if they want one of these data centers in their own backyard,” she said. “Ask any one of us here on this committee. If anyone wants to live right next to one of these data centers here on this committee, please raise your hand.” This is pretty standard populist demagoguery. The billionaires…

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