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James Eagle: The AI infrastructure boom is here, but will it last
What this chart shows is how imports of data centre equipment have jumped dramatically, while other equipment imports have risen more modestly.
This explosive growth represents just another way to understand the infrastructure demands of artificial intelligence. While the dotcom bubble saw steady increases in tech infrastructure, today’s AI revolution is driving imports at nearly twice the historical rate. The gap between data centre equipment and other imports has never been wider, reflecting the extraordinary computing power required to train and run large language models. Unlike previous tech cycles, this isn’t just about connectivity or storage. It’s about raw processing capability on a scale we’ve never seen before.
Is this infrastructure buildout sustainable, or are we witnessing the early stages of overcapacity?
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RawStory: Hegseth’s ‘Department of War’ threatens to court-martial Dem Sen. Mark Kelly
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s so-called Department of War threatened to court-martial Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) after he appeared in a video stating that U.S. troops have a constitutional duty to refuse illegal orders.
(RawStory more…)Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – November 24, 2025
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Turning to military tribunals harks back to QAnon, a conspiracy theory that took off in 2017. It maintained Trump was leading a fight against an international ring of pedophiles that he would bring to justice through military tribunals. As recently as during the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump called for those he perceives to be his enemies to be prosecuted in military tribunals, saying, for example, that former representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) was “guilty of treason” because she participated in the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s social media page has been reposting QAnon sayings.Attacking Kelly appeals to Trump’s base, but it was impetuous. As law professor John Pfaff noted: “There’s clearly no adult in the room to say ‘wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran [for office] after his wife was a victim of political violence.’” On social media, a post circulated showing a picture of Kelly in his dress uniform juxtaposed with a photograph of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth guzzling from a bottle; the caption compared Kelly’s “shirt covered with medals” with Hegseth’s “shirt covered with booze.”
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)David French: Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation
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Lisa Needham: Trump’s lawfare takes a big L
Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump’s comically incompetent US attorney, is out, and along with her, the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. So what’s next?
(Lisa Needham more…)Allison Gill: Comey Indictment DISMISSED
Judge Currie has dismissed the indictment against Jim Comey without prejudice. What happens next?
Jay Kuo: A Wrench In Trump’s Revenge Machine
Yesterday’s ruling holding that Lindsey Halligan was illegally appointed carries big consequences for Trump’s political prosecutions
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If appointment authority now rests with district court judges instead of Pam Bondi, we are far more likely to see qualified, non-political replacements—two qualities Halligan is notably lacking.
(Jay Kuo more…)Alternet: DOJ reverses course on nixing Halligan’s name from cases as lawyers grow ‘tired of losing’
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“At 4:30 PM, instruction was reversed. They were told to resume using Halligan’s name on cases.”
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Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims: Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or characters. Hargett suggested that libraries that made such books available to children were violating federal and state law. Some libraries have closed for days so staff could focus on weeding out prohibited volumes.
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Boing Boing: “Jmail:” A Gmail clone that lets you browse Epstein’s real emails
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Reading these emails in a vacuum, as black letters on white paper, are sickening enough. Exploring a meticulous recreation of Jeffrey Epstein’s inbox as it actually may have appeared, however, is even more so. Going seamlessly from a Quora Digest update to a frank conversation with Ghislaine Maxwell about how best to discredit each new wave of allegations makes it all feel a little too real for my liking.
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