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Gallup: 70% of Americans oppose local data center construction, citing water and electricity issues, with opposition higher among Democrats than Republicans (Tim Craig/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026

7 in 10 Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities
The survey found that Republicans and Democrats are uncomfortable living near a data center, but opposition is especially intense among Democrats.

From boing boing dot net:
Canada is fast-tracking citizenship for #trans Americans at risk
https://boingboing.net/2026/05/13/canada-is-fast-…

Canada is fast-tracking citizenship for trans Americans at risk
Canada rewrote its citizenship laws late last year, and the new rules could be a lifeline for Americans hoping to escape Trump's rights-canceling jamboree. Bill C-3 scrapped the generational limit…

Trump keeps winning:
US embassy tells all Americans to leave Iraq immediately after Iran managed to hit its air defence system in Baghdad. Overland, because the country's airspace is closed.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/united-stat

U.S. Embassy Urges Americans To Leave Iraq
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad was struck by an overnight missile attack.

Reid Hoffman and Lever for Change award $9M to CalMatters to scale its Digital Democracy tools, which give access to legislative data and use AI for analysis (Lever for Change)
https://leverforchange.org/article/press-release/trust-in-americ…

The Trust in American Institutions Challenge Awards $9 Million to CalMatters to Build Trust in U.S. Institutions - Lever for Change
Chicago, IL, April 14, 2026 – Reid Hoffman and Lever for Change have awarded $9 million to CalMatters through The Trust in American Institutions Challenge, an open call…

At least 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on board with Trump’s new military alliance.
They are calling it the America’s Counter Cartel Coalition.
Latin America’s top right-wing leaders are involved,
including El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei.
They met in Florida for the event, on March 7.
The United States has promised to use lethal force to destroy cartels and narco-traffickers in those nations.
Kristi Noem,…

The Donroe Coalition: Trump’s new right-wing military alliance
Last weekend, Donald Trump met with right-wing allies from Latin America to kick off a new military coalition to attack so-called drug cartels and push his agenda up and down the hemisphere. This is episode 8 of Under the Shadow, Season 2.

Is Latin America Ready to Abandon Cuba? (Simon Romero/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/world/americas/cuba-support-latin-america-conservative.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p10#a260314p10

Trump landed in Beijing last night with Elon Musk, Tim Cook, Jensen Huang, and 15 other American CEOs in tow
— the most powerful collection of corporate America ever to board Air Force One
— while at home Republicans scrambled to explain away his statement that he does not think about Americans’ financial situation.
Mike Johnson, asked directly whether that was the right message, said he did not know the context in which Trump made that comment.
The context was a p…

BREAKING: The president who said he doesn't think about you just landed in China with every billionaire who funds him
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Inter American Press Association: press freedom in the Americas suffered a "dramatic deterioration" in 2025; the US has "restrictions" on freedom of speech (Astrid Sušrez/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/americas-pr

Press freedom in the Americas saw 'dramatic deterioration' in 2025, watchdog says
A monitoring watchdog says press freedom across the Americas dropped sharply in 2025, with more killings, arrests and intimidation of media workers. The Inter American Press Association on Tuesday released its annual Chapultepec Index of Freedom of Expression and the Press covering 23 countries. It ranked Venezuela and Nicaragua as countries without freedom of speech. The group links rising attacks to more authoritarian leaders. It says Venezuela sees widespread self-censorship, and Nicaragua l…

Amid war, Trump says he doesn’t ‘think about Americans’ financial situation’

The president said he is only concerned about Iran not having a nuclear weapon. “I don’t think about anybody,” he added.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/20

Amid war, Trump says he doesn’t ‘think about Americans’ financial situation’
Trump said he is only concerned about Iran not having a nuclear weapon. “I don’t think about anybody,” he added.

Our annual ranking of military budgets shows the biggest shift since 2001
By one measure, America’s allies now outspend it on defence
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2026/05/11/by-one-measure-americas-allies-now-out…