The Battle Over AI Dominance Starts With The States

 As artificial intelligence transforms the global economy, America faces a choice that will shape our economic and national security future for decades to come. Will we build the infrastructure needed to lead the AI age here in the United States, or will we allow regulatory barriers, political opposition, and short-sighted policymaking to push investment elsewhere?

The resistance we’re seeing to data center development in some states is concerning from both national security and economic perspectives. Data centers are the physical infrastructure that powers everything from cloud computing and financial transactions to military operations and artificial intelligence.

This fact makes data centers critical national security infrastructure. Furthermore, states that embrace data center investment will be rewarded with jobs, tax revenue, and long-term economic growth, while states that reject it risk being left behind. The bottom line is that we must keep data centers on U.S. soil.

Data centers house and process some of the most valuable information in the world. They support government operations, financial institutions, healthcare systems, defense contractors, communications networks, and the growing AI ecosystem that is becoming increasingly important to America’s economic and military strength. Allowing critical computing infrastructure to be hosted overseas would create strategic vulnerabilities precisely at the moment when technological competition with China is accelerating.

If America fails to expand domestic data center capacity, we risk becoming dependent on infrastructure located beyond our borders and potentially subject to foreign influence, disruption, or control. Every breakthrough in artificial intelligence depends on massive computing power. Every AI model requires enormous amounts of data storage and processing capacity. That capacity comes from data centers.

National security in the 21st century requires military strength, energy security, and digital infrastructure. Data centers are now part of that equation.

States that welcome data centers will win in the next economic boom. Yet, we’re seeing a tale of two states when it comes to data center policy: those that are putting out the welcome mat — and those pushing bans. In fact, 11 states are considering bills to pause the construction of data centers. Such resistance is foolish. Data centers represent one of the greatest economic development opportunities available to states today. The evidence is already visible. 

Virginia, which hosts the largest concentration of data centers in the world, has become a model for how states can benefit from embracing digital infrastructure. According to a 2024 report by Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, the state’s data center industry supports approximately 74,000 jobs annually, generates $5.5 billion in labor income, and contributes $9.1 billion to Virginia’s economy each year. Last year alone, data center investment accounted for roughly 84% of all announced capital investment projects in the Commonwealth.

Those numbers are not an accident. Virginia built a policy environment that welcomed investment. State leaders recognized early that data centers would become essential infrastructure for the digital economy and worked to create a competitive environment for development.

Other states face a similar choice. Some are pursuing policies that encourage investment by streamlining permitting, supporting workforce development, modernizing infrastructure, and maintaining competitive tax policies. Others are considering moratoriums, burdensome regulations, and restrictions, erroneously blaming data centers for rising energy costs and other community concerns.

Companies building AI infrastructure have options. They can invest in Virginia, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, and other states that welcome growth — or they can move projects to competing states or even competing countries. States that make it easier to build data centers will attract billions of dollars in private investment, create thousands of high-paying jobs, expand their tax base, and position themselves at the center of the AI economy. States that choose obstruction instead of opportunity will watch those benefits flow elsewhere.

China recognizes that America’s ability to build large-scale data centers is essential to maintaining leadership in AI, cloud computing, and advanced technologies, which is why it has been aggressively pushing misinformation on social media about environmental impacts, power consumption, and water usage of data centers. The most effective lies fueling the Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) movement are that data centers drive up energy prices and are transferring their costs onto Americans. Both are false but are, nevertheless, taking hold among the American public.

The reality is that data centers are already regulated at the local, state, and federal levels. There is no data center exemption to environmental and nuisance laws.

Beijing has spent years investing heavily in artificial intelligence, advanced computing, semiconductors, and related technologies, and views technological leadership as a core national objective. America cannot maintain leadership in AI without the infrastructure to support it. The states that choose to lead will help secure America’s technological future, with the added benefit of attracting jobs, investment, and economic growth.

Trump Declares ‘Game On’ As America’s Communists Make Their Move

 President Donald Trump took a shot at the far-Left wing of the Democratic Party on Thursday and sent a message to “communists” after radical candidates won multiple elections in New York earlier this week.

Trump suggested that he wasn’t surprised to see far-Left candidates, such as Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Brad Lander, win their primaries for the U.S. House. Valdez, Chevalier, and Lander are all backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and Chevalier and Lander defeated Democratic incumbents.

“The Communists are finally making their move,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I’ve been waiting and preparing for this for a long time. It’s easy to be a Communist — All you have to do is say, ‘I’ll give you everything,’ but that means you’re taking it away from others that have earned it. Over thousands of years, that Ideology has not worked once. The game is on. Enjoy watching!”

While the New York radicals who won their primaries identify as “democratic socialists,” they have been accused of pushing ideas that are indistinguishable from communist talking points. Chevalier was even asked recently to respond to people describing her as a communist, and she refused to address it.

“You know, I think that framing is one that I’ve been very proud to say that I don’t respond to, one in which I have been very intentional to say I won’t be reactive,” Chevalier told MS NOW anchor Ali Velshi. “We are presenting a vision of what we’re fighting for, and I think that for far too long, we have had politics that is reactive to what Republicans are doing. What we need is Democrats who are actually going to present a positive vision, one that sets the tone for what we should be talking about, which is the issue of affordability.”

Along with calling for the government to seize private property, Chevalier has also called to abolish police and borders, disparaged the American flag, and refused to condemn Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.

Valdez and Lander have also pushed leftist economic views, such as rent freezes, a policy being actively pursued by Mayor Mamdani in NYC. Valdez, meanwhile, has called for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding universal healthcare, increasing taxes on higher earners, and strengthening labor unions.

Shortly after New York democratic socialists won on Tuesday night, Trump said, “America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!”

Joe Biden Shouts, Stumbles, And Mumbles His Way Through Pre-Midterm Hype Speech

 Former President Joe Biden spoke at the Maryland Democratic Party’s Fight Back and Win Summit in Baltimore — and after shouting and mumbling through his remarks, he appeared to have some difficulty finding his way off the stage.

Biden’s typical speech patterns have not changed much since he left the White House in early 2025, as he alternately addressed the crowd calmly and raised his voice to a shout, at seemingly random intervals.

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“I should use nice, straightforward and simple,” Biden said, his tone even, before he pivoted to shout, “It’s time to get up, dammit! Get up! Get up now! And continue this fight. So let’s get up and fight back, God … darn it!”

Throughout the speech the former president took credit for the economy and accused Trump of taking on “vanity projects” that would only benefit him.

“Have you noticed that Americans are saying the economy under the Biden administration is a hell of a lot better than under Trump?” Biden asked. “It’s not just his vanity projects – tearing down the East Wing of the White House making room for his ballroom. Putting his name on the Kennedy Center. Building an arch in his own honor. Even hiring his own pool guy to fix the reflecting pool. Woah – what a loser.”

Biden mumbled through some more of his comments, and then turned to exit the stage. Pointing his finger to the left and then to the right, Biden appeared confused as to which direction he was supposed to go to exit the stage. After a momentary pause, he turned his back on the audience and walked away from the lectern.

Biden had similar difficulty at the recent grand opening of former President Barack Obama’s library and presidential center in Chicago, briefly scanning the crowd before asking where his granddaughter was sitting and then wandering off the stage.

What Happened To The Girl Scouts So Many Americans Grew Up With?

 When most people think of Girl Scouts, they picture campouts and merit badges, or girl power and lifelong friendships. They always think of the slightly overpriced yet maddeningly delicious cookies. 

But what they may not immediately realize is that, like most American institutions, the Girl Scouts were infected by the radical Left’s agenda decades ago. That rot has spread through the entire organization top to bottom, making it impossible to escape.

It’s frustrating to any conservative who has fond memories of joining Girl Scouts as a child and wants to share that same experience with her children and grandchildren. But the true nature of Girl Scouts becomes shockingly apparent during the month of June, which is when the scouts take an opportunity to spread lessons on LGBT pride and DEI principles.

This Pride month, it’s worth asking if you actually know what your daughter’s Girl Scout troop is doing.

Patti Garibay knows the truth about the organization better than most following years of volunteering and leading young girls. Garibay, a mom of three daughters, didn’t set out to start a competing scouting organization. She was happy to be a Girl Scout leader, where she led three troops, served as an area delegate, and helped organize new troops across northern Cincinnati. She bled green, as she puts it.

“I absolutely loved it,” she told The Daily Wire during a recent interview. “I loved the female empowerment, the leadership, the life skills, all the things that were so beautiful about Girl Scouts, patriotism, things like this.”

But that all changed in 1993 when she discovered that the organization was removing its reference to God in the Girl Scout promise. As a Christian, Garibay was upset by this, but as a volunteer, she was also alarmed. Where had the decision come from, she wondered, and why was no one informed?

“I was an area delegate,” she said. “That’s supposed to be a person that was chosen by their peers to represent and to really know what was going on in the Girl Scouts regarding governance. But yet I knew nothing about it.”

Garibay attempted to make changes by telling the public the truth about what was happening in the organization. But by 1995, she’d given up and launched American Heritage Girls.

Today, Girl Scouts USA publishes an official LGBTQ+ Pride Month fun patch program — available for Daisy scouts (kindergartners and first graders) on up. Fun patches are optional and are at the discretion of troop leaders to present.

Girls can earn a rainbow patch by completing activities including making rainbow flags “to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month,” watching documentaries on LGBTQ history “such as the Stonewall Uprising,” memorizing poetry by LGBTQ poets, reading children’s books such as “I Am Jazz” and “Love Makes a Family,” visiting the National Women’s History Museum website to study LGBTQ historical figures, and participating in the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (Glisten)’s No Name-Calling Week. The patch guide calls it an effort “to disrupt anti-LGBTQ+ harassment and bias-based bullying.”

Another suggestion is for the girls to don their uniforms and “attend an LGBTQ+ Pride celebration in June with your family or troop.”

“As a Girl Scout, even when I was a leader, I was not allowed to march in uniform for a pro-life parade,” Garibay told me. “But now they’re saying march in uniforms for your LGBTQ+ Pride Month parade.”

The patch program is national and comes straight from Girl Scouts USA. But individual councils have developed their own supplemental materials that go even further.

The Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes, for example, maintains an official LGBTQIA+ training page for troop leaders that informs volunteers, “Asking for and using correct pronouns is a way to treat everyone with respect.” 

The page also answers the question of who can participate in troops, camp, and other activities. Normal boys cannot. But the list of who is welcome includes “gender identity girl & sex assigned at birth male,” which means a male who identifies as a girl is welcome to participate in Girl Scout activities, including overnight camp.

On overnight arrangements, the council guidance is explicit: “Girl Scouts who are LGBTQ+ can share a room and all facilities with other Girl Scouts. Unless a Girl Scout states otherwise, no separate sleeping arrangements are necessary. There is no need to ‘out’ or discuss a Girl Scout’s gender identity with other youth or adults.”

As the rest of the world wakes up to the dangers of allowing men into women’s spaces, it appears Girl Scouts is still clinging firmly to the radical stances of years past. A biological male who identifies as female can share a cabin, changing area, and showers with your daughter. 

It’s worth reiterating that this isn’t one woke council on the West Coast. The rules come directly from the national organization in charge of the entire operation. 

The same national organization that once asked girls to promise their duty to God and country now publishes guides instructing troop leaders to familiarize themselves with Glisten terminology and celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31) and National Coming Out Day (October 11) alongside Pride Month.

The council recommends volunteers complete the Safe Zone Project, a DEI-laden, heavily pro-LGBT curriculum that includes materials called “The Genderbread Person” and “Privilege for Sale.”

And while the organization still technically permits the word “God” in the Girl Scout Promise, a substitute “in accordance with a person’s own spiritual beliefs” is explicitly allowed. As Garibay observed: “If you kick God out, you’re also going to kick out His laws and His truths and His worldview. And sure enough, that’s exactly what had happened.”

Just like in Boy Scouts, which recently rebranded to Scouting America, membership has been on the decline for decades. According to CBS News, Girl Scout membership stood at around 2.8 million in 2003. By 2021, it had fallen to just over a million, which is a 60% drop. Some of those numbers increased following the pandemic, but it’s nowhere near what it used to be. 

Many parents who want their girls to experience what Girl Scouts used to be — a place to develop faith, character, life skills, and true female empowerment — are joining American Heritage Girls instead. 

The organization, which operates in all 50 states and has attracted over 1 million girls since its inception, is going strong. American Heritage Girls recently launched the free e-book “Raising Godly Girls” and produces a three-times-weekly podcast and free downloadable guides on gender, identity, resilience, mental health, and, this summer, body image in direct opposition to the woke LGBT garbage the Girl Scouts are promoting.

“American Heritage Girls tells girls the truth, and girls are hungry for it,” Garibay said. “She tells girls that they’re created female on purpose, that their femininity is a gift we’re celebrating, and that God doesn’t make mistakes. We’re not pretending biology is a social construct or that we’re assigned something at birth by a doctor in a medical code. We give girls a biblical framework for their identity before someone else hands them a very different one at camp or in a classroom or at a troop meeting.”

It’s working, the founder says. “If parents don’t arm their kiddos with a solid framework, somebody else will fill that vacuum. I think we’ve seen that in so many youth organizations today.”

The Girl Scout cookies are great, but it’s impossible to ignore that they come with a heaping side of unwanted indoctrination. Conservatives should stay vigilant and not make the mistake of assuming the best parts of our childhood have remained unchanged, no matter how nostalgic it makes us. 

In 2023, James Talarico Argued That Doctors Have a ‘Moral Obligation’ to Treat Gender Dysphoria in Children

 

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Texas Democrat senate candidate James Talarico is desperately trying to backtrack his position on children and transgenderism. During a recent appearance on a podcast, he claimed that he no longer supports this.

Yet as recently as 2023, Talarico argued that doctors have a ‘moral obligation’ to treat gender dysphoria in children.

It’s going to be very difficult for Talarico to convince people that he has genuinely changed his position on this issue, because there is so much material floating around out there of him voicing strong support for it. He has mentioned it in media interviews, political events, and more. There is video of most of it too.

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Talarico, now a Texas U.S. Senate candidate running against Attorney General Ken Paxton, made the comment during a recent podcast appearance, saying, “I oppose gender reassignment surgeries for minors.”

However, clips from the Texas House floor during the 2023 debate over SB 14, provided exclusively to Breitbart News, show Talarico arguing against the bill he ultimately voted against. The legislation was described as “relating to prohibitions on the provision to certain children of procedures and treatments for gender transitioning, gender reassignment, or gender dysphoria and on the use of public money or public assistance to provide those procedures and treatments.”

Talarico asserted that “gender … is a spectrum,” echoing his earlier claim during a 2021 Texas House public education committee meeting that “modern science” recognizes “six” biological sexes.

He further stated, “Before this bill was filed, there was plenty of evidence that not treating extreme gender dysphoria can not only lead to suicide, but can lead to psychological and physical harm to a child, and since this bill is filed, the New England Journal of Medicine released a study of 350 young people with gender dysphoria who were receiving hormonal therapy, and it showed that that therapy reduced anxiety and depression … I’m asking us to follow that evidence, follow that science, and I’m disturbed that this body is not willing to let doctors make these decisions,” Talarico said.

Talarico added that doctors had a “moral obligation” under the “Hippocratic oath” to treat children’s gender dysphoria.

Here’s the video of him claiming he opposes trans surgery for minors.

And here he is in another video from the past.

He is going to have to explain his alleged turnaround on this issue. It’s a big one.

John Fetterman Presses Kristen Welker to Confront Graham Platner Over Kik Sexting Allegations

 Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) didn’t hold back during a recent NBC appearance, directly calling out the stunning far-left media blackout on the explosive sexting scandal engulfing Democrat Graham Platner, the oyster farmer and Marine veteran who somehow won the Maine Democrat primary to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November.

Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner appeared on MSNOW earlier this month for what was supposed to be a serious interview about the mounting allegations surrounding his campaign.

Instead, the interview became a perfect example of the double standard that now defines the modern media.

Now, Fetterman hammered host Kristen Welker, telling her and her colleagues exactly what questions they should be asking the “unknown guy” who has been lying about his character and record.

Here’s what Fetterman said on air:

“This is a guy that’s been dropping dick pics on Kik for a decade, you know. And now you’re, you know, you’re a journalist. You all know what Kik is for. And, you know, they have significant problems about being, you know, the predator’s playground for their, you know, why can’t someone, perhaps you ask him, why did you choose Kik of all the different apps?

You know, why did you choose Kik? And, you know, what was your safeguards to make sure that you weren’t interacting with people that are at least legal appropriate to.

And now he could just— we could just, just drop it. You know, he could just release all of those kinds of texts and he can explain it for everybody. You know, he could clear it all up.

But right now, this is what I’m saying. Like, he’s an unknown guy that’s been lying about his, his character and his record ever since. Now, I’m sure there’ll be more shoes to drop, and it’s only June.”

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Welker responded that the program has extended an open invitation to Platner and would love to ask him “some pressing questions.”

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Platner maintained an active Kik account (username “phustle0331”) on the very app the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has called a “predator’s paradise.”

The app has a well-documented “huge child exploitation problem,” no real age verification, and a history of being used to solicit minors.

Platner joined it back in 2016, right when Kik was already under fire for child pornography distribution, predators grooming kids, and even a murder case involving a 13-year-old girl who met her killers on the platform.

That wasn’t even the first bombshell.

Platner’s own wife reportedly flagged sexually explicit texts he sent to multiple women while they were married. She alerted the campaign early on. They brushed it off as a “private matter.”

Then came the Nazi-linked tattoo on his chest. The deleted Reddit posts where he bragged about masturbating in porta-potties, mocked Purple Heart veterans, disparaged women, Black people, and rape victims, and openly identified as a communist/socialist. The accusations from ex-girlfriends alleging abusive and violent behavior. The vulgar, degrading comments about sex and women.

And yet the Democrat Party, and their media allies, decided this was their guy to take on Republican Senator Susan Collins in a must-win Senate race that could help determine control of the chamber.