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Federalist Radio Hour - Why The West Needs A ‘Wake Up Call’

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," author Israel Ellis joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to analyze the rise in antisemitism following Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, discuss the "foreign policy fraud" affecting the political landscape of the Middle East, and explain how anti-Western ideology is infecting American institutions. 

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Native America Calling - Tuesday, March 4, 2025 – What to watch: From Dark Winds to Sugarcane

Among the shows and films touching on Native American themes is the start of season three of the suspenseful Dark Winds crime saga on AMC. The well-received show has new mysteries with Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon), Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten), and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) among many other Native characters. The show just got confirmed for a fourth season. The Netflix limited series American Primeval is a violent retelling of the American West with several significant Native storylines and characters. And fresh off its Academy Award nomination, Sugarcane is a hard-hitting documentary about the Canadian residential school system.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: What AI Means for ERCOT and the Texas Grid w/ Haley Thomson

ERCOT expects peak demand to hit 150 GW by 2030. Here’s what Texas needs to do to manage that load.


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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Haley Thomson, director of energy trading at Luxor Technologies, joins us to dive deep into ERCOT's unique energy market and how Texas plans to manage the incoming wave of AI and HPC data center demand. We explore battery storage solutions, creative power generation approaches, and why Texas has become the epicenter of both crypto mining and AI computing infrastructure.


Notes:

• ERCOT expects 150GW peak demand by 2030

• ERCOT current peak load is 84GW (2024)

• 6GW of data center demand expected next year

• 24GW solar deployment planned 2024-2025

• 13GW storage deployment planned 2024-2025

• $40B worth of nat gas plants proposed


Timestamps:

00:00 Start

02:02 ERCOT's surging power demand

05:37 2023 power price spikes

10:42 ERCOT energy storage plans

17:58 Does storage help AI data center demand?

24:02 Baseload buildout trailing demand

30:01 PGM vs energy only

36:33 Creative energy work arounds

39:16 Does off grid power scale?

40:19 Types of AI power demand

45:35 Hyperscalers buying mining sites

48:40 Wrap up



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Short Wave - Reviving The Woolly Mammoth … With Mice

You've heard of the woolly mammoth. But have you heard of woolly mice? These critters were genetically modified by the Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences to have the same "woolly" and fat appearance as the ancient mammoths. The mice are a key step in the longer journey to de-extinct the woolly mammoth. NPR's Rob Stein takes us to the lab where it all happened.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Local Response To Hospital Pausing Gender-Care Surgeries For Trans Youth

On Feb. 28, President Trump issued an executive order that the federal government will not fund gender affirming or “transition” surgeries. In response, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago announced it would pause these surgeries, and not schedule future ones, for patients under 19 years of age. Reset discusses the impact this is having on trans teens and their parents with WBEZ’s Kristen Schorsch and a parent to a trans child, Michelle Vallet. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Up First from NPR - Ukraine Funds Paused, Trump Addresses Congress, Tariffs Begin

The White House put a pause on military aid to Ukraine after a heated Oval Office exchange with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump will address Congress tonight, outlining his agenda on immigration, tax cuts, and his approach to Ukraine. And, Trump's new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China have sparked retaliation, escalating a trade war that could impact the global economy.

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Headlines From The Times - Trump’s Return: A Speech That Could Redefine Executive Power

Trump returns to Congress, pushing for expanded executive power—while some Democrats protest. Pacific Palisades debates new affordable housing, but not everyone’s on board. More tech layoffs hit HP and Autodesk as companies brace for uncertainty. And Kroger’s CEO resigns after an ethics investigation, leaving the company at a crossroads.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Buck off: US pauses Ukraine aid

In an effort to bring Ukraine to the negotiating table, America has paused military help to the war-torn country. What will this mean on the ground? Our correspondent explores a new cryptocurrency craze, visiting Turkey’s bazaars to meet people trading goods using stablecoins (9:43). And why the Louvre is staging its first fashion gala (16:00). 


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 3.4.25

Alabama

  • Congressman Aderholt offers bill to make English official language of US
  • Sen. Tuberville's bill to protect women's sports fails to move forward in senate
  • Tuberville also weighed in on recent exposure of NSA sex chat rooms
  • Restructuring bill for VA not on schedule for today's legislative agenda
  • Robert McCollum will be running for state auditor in 2026
  • The ALGOP says a resolution is not dead but being revised re: tax cuts
  • DOGE has cancelled 13 leases for government offices in state of Alabama

National

  • Trump places hold on military aid being sent to Ukraine
  • Trump announces Taiwan semiconductor company investing $100B in US
  • Trump says tariffs on Mexico and Canada to go into effect today
  • Linda McMahon is confirmed as next Secretary of Education
  • FBI field office director in SNY resigned as requested by Kash Patel
  • DOJ arrests two men running largest illegal alien smuggling ring into US
  • EPA secretary calling for investigation into agency's past reckless spending
  • First Lady Melania Trump adovcating for the "Take it Down" Act dealing with revenge porn and AI images