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Ask Who Holds the Pen
Jul 8 • Ellen Leyrer
America at 250: Can We Still Be One Nation?
It's up to you and me.
Jul 4 • Ellen Leyrer

June 2026

State of Play: The Infrastructure of Artificial Intelligence Is Taking Shape
What Does One Data Center Require?
Jun 23 • Ellen Leyrer
A Small Nuclear Reactor Just Reached a Big Milestone
Good News About Energy
Jun 21 • Ellen Leyrer
Texas Regulators Pause Massive 765-kV Transmission Buildout
Time to Get Some of the Questions Answered
Jun 18 • Ellen Leyrer
The Infrastructure Question
If America Needs AI, How Should We Build It?
Jun 13 • Ellen Leyrer
The Resistance Is Building
Why Communities Across America Are Pushing Back on AI Data Centers
Jun 12 • Ellen Leyrer
$920 million a MONTH to rent compute capacity
To meet Google's surging customer demand for Gemini Enterprise
Jun 11 • Ellen Leyrer
America’s Course Correction
A strong America requires the capacity to create the products, technologies, infrastructure, and industries on which both prosperity and national…
Jun 11 • Ellen Leyrer
The Suicide of France
A Nation Must Believe It Has the Right to Remain Itself
Jun 10 • Ellen Leyrer
Texas’ $100 Billion kV Lines
The Transmission Debate Is Entering a New Phase
Jun 9 • Ellen Leyrer
Trump, Bernie, Bessent, and the Return of the “American System”
Behind the Scenes?
Jun 8 • Ellen Leyrer
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