Trump's Data Center Shock Explained w/ Owen Winter

 

The Economist's Owen Winter joins host Molly Jong-Fast to explain how data centers became a surprisingly important election issue, feeding voters' frustrations with big corporations, AI and a Trump administration that seems out of touch, and why so many counties and state governments passed moratoriums on data centers in response to the backlash. He also breaks down the huge Democratic blue wave, driven by unusually high turnout from Black, Hispanic and young voters along with some Republican voters switching sides, which produced big wins in places like Texas and Mississippi and left several polls missing in Democrats' favor. Later the conversation turns to the Democratic leadership fights and Chuck Schumer's future, a string of Trump-world controversies involving Todd Blanche, Susie Wiles, Calley Means and Pete Hegseth, and the lack of oversight on AI after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted an affair with a Chinese spy.

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Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast

Join noted author & pundit Molly Jong-Fast for irreverent humor that cuts right to the heart of our … 

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