The whole point of electing Trump is bust up the cursus honorum that prevents anything from meaningfully changing from administration to administration; anyone appointed under that system is already part of the swamp ooze.
Republicans in the Senate mostly let Biden’s nominees sail through, with all but three getting Republican votes. Merrick Garland got 70-30. Pete Buttigieg got 86-13. But Pete Hesgeth, for some reason, isn’t good enough? Ridiculous.

The libs I monitor today are whining about the removal of all “environmental justice” material from fed sites. I learned at my last few years at the college while I was on the Environment Committee that “environmental justice” is just a code for social justice/socialism projects gussied up to hitch onto the climate change wagon. All a big scam, and now no longer supported by the government.

they don’t seem to make the connection between the gain of function research and the terror that still traumatizes them

https://x.com/bungarsargon/status/1882851878536647058

I think this might make the basis for an effective strategy to apply to technology companies working with AI going forward.

The US is going to streamline the regulatory process to build out AI infrastructure and it’s required energy needs– but that will be funded by private investments, not the government.

Traditionally a company pits local/state/regional governments in a bidding war to supply energy/infrastructure to locate a new facility. In this case the energy requirements for AI will be massive. By co-locating the energy source with the data center the transmission expenses are avoided. These energy sources could at some point be connected to the larger grid and possibly sold on the market.

A large AI data center is estimated to consume 6 GW of power which is equivalent to the power needs of a city of 3 million people.

Trump plans to use emergency powers to fast-track generation co-located with AI
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-emergency-co-located-power-plants-ai-data-center-davos/738209/

Trump has set a new land-speed record for the first few days of a presidency!

Almost certainly better than he would have done, had he won in 2020.

Of course, we’ve now got a deeper hole to dig out of. But we’ve got a solid shot at another two terms with Vance or someone else, which I doubt would have been possible if Trump’s terms had been consecutive.

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It reads like a chapter out of the Old Testament, of a people losing their way, being tested, then finding their (sic) back again.