The data center pushback grows.
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What is the current level of public opposition to new data centers in the US?
From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle.
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening and welcome to Tangle, a place where you get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking and a little bit of our take. That take today is coming from me, our managing editor, Ari Weitzmann, and it's Thursday, September third. feels a little crisp, doesn't it? There's a little bit of a back and forth behind the scenes tension between me and our executive editor, Isaac Saul about whether or not September is fall. On Isaac's side, he's favoring the astrological definitions of the season where September twenty first is the beginning of fall, and I like the meteorological definition where September first is the definition, but either way
doesn't really feel like it's in full swing yet. So just keep an eye out for what we're gonna say entangle, because we're gonna be the punxatawny fills of fall. You will know it when we determine that the season is upon us in full blast. It's just not quite there yet. But the winds of change are not only coming for us in our weather, but also in our politics. Today we're talking about a stiff breeze of anti-AI backlash that is sweeping the country right now. And it's battering my position on data centers. I'm going to be revisiting the things that I've thought and said before in my take today. But before we get into the latest arguments, I'm going to be revisiting the arguments that I Yeah. But before we get there, we're gonna do the same thing we always do.
We're gonna tell you the basics of the story, what the left right are saying. At the end of it, we have a little bit of information about the Luddite movement in the late nineteenth century, and then two stories we almost covered this week. So let's get it started by sending it over to Audrey to introduce our topic and I'll be back for my take.
Thanks Ari. First up we have today's quick hits. Number one. Three people, including the suspect, were killed during a shooting in a Minneapolis apartment building. Five others, including two police officers, were also shot. Number two. The House voted two hundred twelve to two hundred six to reject a constitutional amendment capping the Supreme Court at nine justices. The vote required a two thirds majority to advance. Number three. A plane carrying Secretary of Homeland Security Mark Wayne Mullen made an emergency landing after experiencing engine failure. Officials have not announced what caused the engine failure. Number four. President Donald Trump signed a continuing resolution to extend the government's current funding through december eleventh, averting a shutdown at the end of September.
Number five, a federal judge temporarily blocked an August executive order that would narrow eligibility for birthright citizenship for some children born in the United States. The order specifically targeted children born to alien enemies or parents that engaged in birth tourism.
One poll from earlier this year found that 71% of Americans oppose local construction of data centers, and even 63% of Republicans oppose them. Which is probably why political reports say that vulnerable House Republicans are urgently pushing for new legislation on reigning in data centers ahead of the midterm elections. But Donald Trump. in his infinite political strategic wisdom, has realized the best way to solve Republicans data center problems is by shaming the voters who oppose them. On Monday he said that anyone who opposes data centers in their community just quote, wants to end up being backwards and poor.
In recent months, opposition to data centers has increased across the United States, prompting both Republican and Democratic politicians to oppose the facilities and states to pause new construction. While some political leaders, including President Donald Trump, remain supportive of data centers, the topic has become a major issue ahead of the twenty twenty six midterm elections, often linked to concerns about societal disruptions brought on by artificial intelligence or AI.
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