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A moratorium on data centers is a good thing (opens the original)
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I have done a good amount of traveling across the country this summer and there is not a community I stop in where the issue of data centers does not come up on the local news or in conversation. The… Read more
Tim Miller on GOP Corruption and Betrayal (opens the original)
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Rural voters keep hearing about scandal in Washington, but most of it never gets past the surface. Tim Miller, host of the Bulwark Podcast, joins Heidi to dig into what’s actually driving political corruption right now, from foreign money shaping U.S. policy to the insider trading scandals barely making headlines.Tim traces how political corruption has evolved, from straightforward kickbacks to the foreign money now quietly steering decisions on war and energy. He and Heidi also get into what’s
Decoding Trump with Aaron Rupar (opens the original)
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Trump is fighting to control how states run their own elections, and the fallout could shape the midterms before a vote is cast. Aaron Rupar, an independent journalist who’s tracked Trump and the media covering him for years, joins Heidi and Joel to break down what’s happening and why it matters outside Washington.Aaron explains how he tells what’s real from what isn’t, in a news cycle built for speed, and why he left Vox to build Public Notice on his own terms. He also gets into how Twitter/X,
Data Centers, Tariffs, and the Fight for Rural Votes (opens the original)
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Data centers are showing up in rural counties across the country, and not everyone is happy about it. Isaac Wright, a strategist who’s spent two decades working rural campaigns, joins Heidi and Joel to talk about why that is, what tariffs have cost farmers selling to Brazil and China, and why he sees real opportunity for Democrats in Iowa and Ohio in the midterms.Isaac explains why rural voters respond to authenticity and local trust over national talking points, and what Rob Sand’s win in Iowa
Saving Small Farms, with Rep. Angie Craig (opens the original)
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Farm country has been waiting on a new farm bill for almost two years. Angie Craig, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee and a Minnesota congresswoman now running for the state’s open Senate seat, joins Heidi and Joel to talk about what’s holding it up, what tariffs have cost rural families, and why farm bankruptcies are becoming as much a security question as an economic one.Angie covers the imbalance that lets large agribusiness thrive while beginning farmers struggle to get a f
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