Elon Musk becomes the midterms' biggest known donor with $276 million since July
Every source from the earlier chapters of this story, grouped by worldview.
Chapter 8 · Sep 3 – Sep 7 · 3 days
Trump's data center push
Dem Soc3 articles
Liberal8 articles
- As Trump pushes for data centers, voters in key midterm races say they don't want them
- Public backlash against data centers is rising. Politicians are playing catchup
- GOP Sen. John Kennedy says the U.S. must 'choke [Putin] to death' as Trump admin meets with him
- How much does Donald Trump care about winning the midterms? Apparently, not much at all | Jonathan Freedland
- Americans love AI. They don't want the data centers that power it.
- GOP Rep. says midterms 'won't go well for us' if party focuses on 'fighting about Lake Ontario'
- This must be a disease of some kind
- How Trump Made America Expensive Again
Center-Right4 articles
Libertarian1 article
Tech5 articles
- David Sacks: Trump's Instincts on AI and Data Centers Are Right
- Why China Is the Bogeyman Data Center Enthusiasts Just Can't Quit
- Billionaires Pouring Money Into Ads About How AI Data Centers Are Actually Good
- College Graduate Employment Is Cratering Where Data Centers Are Being Built
- AI compute provider Nscale is looking for $3.5B in pre-IPO financing
Chapter 7 · Aug 31 – Sep 2 · 3 days
Trump's data center push
Far Left1 article
Dem Soc3 articles
Liberal4 articles
- Trump's pro-data center stance is putting pressure on Republicans ahead of midterms
- Growing backlash against data centers in American cities as poll finds over 70% oppose them
- A red line on data centers is splitting Democrats in the midterms
- In a rare moment of unity, Americans are fighting Big Tech together
Center1 article
Center-Right2 articles
Libertarian2 articles
MAGA5 articles
- Exclusive – Sen. Ron Johnson Says Chinese Propaganda Fueling Data Center Opposition: ‘Do We Really Want to Lose the Race to AI?’
- Trump drops divisive 'Truth' bomb about data centers, and even some MAGA voters won't be happy
- Who pays for US power boom? Blue, red states offer starkly different ways to lower utility bills amid AI surge
- West Virginia looks to AI data center boom to help eliminate state income tax
- Dem Senate hopeful pivots on data centers as rising power costs collide with campaign
Chapter 5 · Aug 5 – Aug 9 · 2 days
Data centers become ballot issue
Far Left1 article
Liberal4 articles
- Data centers are a political issue crossing party lines, driving voters to candidates
- AI is booming on the West Coast. So why is unemployment so high there?
- Progressive activist wins Democratic primary in one of the country's biggest House races
- Michigan in spotlight as Democratic Senate primary results tallied
Center3 articles
Center-Right1 article
Tech8 articles
- AI Data Centers Are Causing Unfathomable Amounts of Air Pollution, and It Gets Worse With Each New One They Build
- Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
- An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
- Weird Town Begs for AI Data Center
- Texas Avoids Blackout by the Grace of Solar Power
- The AI Demand Bubble
- SpaceX made more revenue as an AI company than a space company
- SpaceX doubles revenue on Anthropic and Google compute deals, Starlink growth
Chapter 3 · Jul 11 – Jul 18 · 5 days
Data centers raise costs
Far Left2 articles
Dem Soc3 articles
Liberal4 articles
- These disabled workers lost their jobs. They say AI targeted them
- Takeaways from Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh's first congressional testimony
- AI demand is jacking up prices for iPads, Nintendo Switches and other gadgets. What experts say you should do
- Falling gas prices likely cut inflation last month but renewal of Iran war could undo progress
Center2 articles
Libertarian1 article
Tech18 articles
- Riding high on the AI bubble
- AI Bubble Fears Are Starting to Spill Over
- A Chinese AI Model Just Shot to Number One on the Charts
- The data center backlash isn't just NIMBYism
- America's political economy is pretty bleak right now
- Farms aren't nature
- Why I didn't sign the 'We Must Act Now' statement (yet)
- Sixteen Nobel-Winning Economists Warn That Major AI Job Losses Are Coming
- Health Care Workers Furious as NYC Replaces Nurses With AI
- Experts Give URGENT WARNING About AI
- New York Becomes First State to Ban AI Data Centers
- New York State halts construction of all new data centers
- A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry
- The Economics of Data Centers Creating Jobs Are So Bad That They Sound Like a Joke
- Premium: The Hater's Guide To The Memory Crisis
- SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs
- Nvidia’s biggest RAM supplier just had a trillion-dollar debut on Wall Street
- Which MacBook to Buy (2026): My Honest Advice on Which to Buy
Chapter 1 · Jun 12 – Jun 19 · 6 days
Musk Crosses a Trillion
Far Left4 articles
Dem Soc6 articles
Liberal2 articles
Center4 articles
Center-Right1 article
Libertarian3 articles
MAGA5 articles
- 4,400 regular SpaceX employees just became millionaires — and the left isn't happy about it
- How SpaceX Became The Dutch East India Company Of The Space Age
- What Elon's Trillionaire Status Reveals About The Left's War On Success
- Didn't Buy SpaceX On Friday? You Might Already Be Invested.
- Leftist Freak Out Over Elon Musk's Trillionaire Status Embodies Their Hatred For Success
Tech20 articles
- SpaceX Stock Had Quite a Bad Night
- SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO
- SpaceX is public: Everything you need to know post-IPO
- SpaceX's biggest-ever IPO just grew to $85.7 billion raised
- As AI companies race to go public, who else is along for the ride?
- SpaceX IPO closes up 19% and delivers the world's first trillionaire
- The More Data We See About SpaceX's IPO, the More We're Wincing
- The world's first trillionaire is a killer
- Premium: The Silicon Valley Bubble (Part 1)
- Extremely Unflattering Statue of Elon Musk Appears in Times Square, Complete With Horrifying Slogan
- SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know
- SpaceX's massive IPO: all the latest news
- SpaceX is now public
- The More Data We See About SpaceX's IPO, the More We're Wincing
- The world's first trillionaire is a killer
- Premium: The Silicon Valley Bubble (Part 1)
- Extremely Unflattering Statue of Elon Musk Appears in Times Square, Complete With Horrifying Slogan
- SpaceX IPO: Live updates on everything you need to know
- SpaceX's massive IPO: all the latest news
- SpaceX is now public