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Michelle McPhee

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1529 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

You just mentioned Loudon.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

They're like, hey, look, we're getting all this property tax revenue from these data centers.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

But we've also seen โ€“

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

Much of the backlash, if we were to put it together, comes down to a few things.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

It comes down to electricity.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

It comes down to localism.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

And really what that means is just control over your area.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

I also think it comes back to failed promises and failed specifically like promises about, oh, okay, Northern Virginia, where we're both residents.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

Amazon HQ too.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

It's gonna come in, it's gonna do, we're gonna throw all these tax breaks.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

Oh, didn't work out.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

Actually, it just ended up kind of being a boondoggle.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

None of it really materialized.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

It's almost like we've heard this from you so many times.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

It also comes at a time of deep dissatisfaction with the very same companies that are actually building this out, either from social media or others in terms of the way that consumers feel about this.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

But, you know, from a pure monetary perspective,

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

let's say, either abundance or in terms of, let's say, long-term cheapening energy, I could see why somebody who's operating within your framework would be supportive of it.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

So how are you thinking about it?

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

It's a great question.

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
5/12/26: Bibi Blames Social Media For Anti-Israel Criticism, Derek Thompson On Billionaire AI Takeover

And the truth is that I'm not exactly sure that I have the perfect answer here.