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Dispatches From the Culture Wars - July 28, 2026

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By Brandon Tensley Verified, Virginia Heffernan, Josh Nathan-Kazis
| Portside
Dispatches From the Culture Wars — July 28, 2026 Published July 28, 2026 Black Organizers Lead the Fight for Voting Rights What’s New About the Data Center Movement AIPAC Electeds’ Cry of “Enough” is Too Much Incels and Male Loneliness Achtung, It’s Miller Time Breaking ICE Deep Doo Doo The Millionaire Exodus Myth Conspiracy Charges from Haymarket to Michigan 8 Helping Workers Beat the Heat Black Organizers Lead the Fight for Voting Rights By Brandon Tensley, Capital B The U.S. Supreme...
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The Data Center Protests Looked Typical. They Were Anything But. Original

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By Virginia Heffernan
| The New Republic Verified
From the aging strip malls of Kenilworth, it’s hard to see this blue-collar borough as part of northern New Jersey, one of the richest regions in the country. But on Saturday it was hard to see anything at all. Carcinogenic compounds from the Canadian wildfires saturated the air, extending the long days of grayscale gloom. Making matters worse was the flood watch. Cars in nearby Manhattan were submerged. Still, the voices outside the red-brick borough hall sounded defiant.
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And Now, MAGA—and MTG, Even!—Have Joined the Anti-Data Center Movement Original

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By Virginia Heffernan
| The New Republic Verified
The mass mobilization against data centers is coming to a boil this week, and the tech aristocracy is turning paranoid. No wonder: The AI zealots of Silicon Valley have staked their souls on President Trump’s commitment to blitzscaling these rural facilities. On Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order imposing a yearlong statewide moratorium on data-center construction. This panics the AI overlords.
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