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War official blames foreign psyop for data center backlash; Los Angeles ratepayer's share of the psyop, $3,300.
As it ran on the front
You will be told the anger is imported. A Department of War official says foreign adversaries are running psyop campaigns to turn Americans against data centers. Campaigns, mind you. Plural.
In Bucks County the data centers were the belle of the ball; now public enemy No. 1. In Los Angeles, Reed looked at a utility bill of $3,300 and asked, "Did LADWP just decide that I pay my mortgage twice this month?" A bill of that size is not an opinion about data centers; it is ... a tariff. And a tariff is the schedule by which what the system spends is apportioned among everyone connected to it. The schedule does not ask whose load it was.…
…(cont) New Jersey's ratepayer watchdog warns the lawmakers' energy agency plan would "almost certainly" raise utility costs — "simply untenable." And the plan proceeds: four officials to a new "Super Intelligence Force." Four.
The forecast is upward.
Every winter the fox blames the wind. The hens watch the fence. Not yet.
“A guy in a war office says foreign adversaries turned you against data centers. Nobody turned Reed — LADWP handed him a bill for $3,300, and New Jersey's own ratepayer watchdog says the lawmakers' energy agency plan would almost certainly push costs higher still. They are not arguing with the number. They are arguing with you for reading it, and then they named four officials to a Super Intelligence Force.”
“Foreign influence in domestic movements is extremely well documented — I'm not saying your electric bill is foreign. Did I say that? That doesn't sound like me. Look, the Los Angeles bill is a city utility question, completely separate, and the Super Intelligence Force is about America leading on AI, which is not something a New Jersey watchdog gets a vote on, and frankly nobody's complaining about the football fields.”
The receipts
"Did LADWP just decide that I pay my mortgage twice this month?” Reed said.
A Department of War official says foreign adversaries are running psyop campaigns to turn Americans against data centers and AI infrastructure.
‘simply untenable’
BUCKS COUNTY, Pennsylvania — Just a few months ago, data centers were the belle of the Pennsylvania ball. Now they’re public enemy No. 1.
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