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The most powerful issue right now is not abortion, not immigration, not election-rigging, not the ballroom, not the reflecting pool, not the Iran war.

This most powerful issue today, BY FAR, is AI data centers. People all across the country and all across the political spectrum are enraged. First, they see AI as being mostly about the Surveillance State. They see it correctly as the billionaires ripping off taxpayers for sweetheart deals that provide no benefits to the local community: no jobs, higher electrical rates, wate of precious water, etc. This issue is potent, and ought to be the centerpiece of every campaign. And Dems should have a consistent position. Not just a vague "We don't like AI data centers", but something with real teeth, like: "We are going to enact legislation that requires every new data center to build reneable power systems (wind, solar, etc) that generates TWICE the amount of energy that the data center will consume. And the excess power will go onto the grid for free, LOWERING taxpayers' monthly electrical bills. And after 10 years, all that generation capacity becomes the property of the taxpayers, with the data centers paying regular consumer rates for the electricity they use."

Sound crazy? Maybe it is, but in negotiation, you start with a strong position, and this is a position that huge majoritties will favor. In other words, we need to get in front of this parade before the Republicans grab the issue and cloud everything so they can keep giving favors to the billionaires.

Having said that, we can walk and chew gum. Certainly Trump's Jim Crow law is worth talking about, and it could be the deciding margin in Maine, Alaska, Iowa ... Make the Republicans own it. And even if they back off, keep pounding them as if they might still come back and try it at any time.