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1. Elon Promised To Bring Memphis Jobs, But Delivered A Horror Story Instead
Elon Musk’s xAI promised Memphis a tech boom with jobs and investment, but the reality for the city’s historic Black neighborhoods—especially Boxtown—looks a lot grimmer. The so-called “world’s biggest supercomputer” now runs on 35 methane gas turbines, belching out smog-forming nitrogen oxides and formaldehyde, all without the proper air permits or pollution controls. The turbines make xAI the largest industrial polluter of NOx in Memphis, rivaling even major power plants.
Residents say their health and water are at risk, with the cancer risk in Boxtown already four times the national average. What’s even crazier is that the company’s expansion was kept quiet, and the city’s pristine aquifer is being tapped for cooling, raising fears about water quality and supply. Traditional media might frame this as a tech success story if it says anything at all, but the reality is that the greed of the richest man in the world has forced a community that was already marginalized to breathe toxic air and drink water that is suspect at best. Elizabeth Booker Houston breaks it down:
2. EMTALA: What the media got wrong about Trump’s recent abortion shenanigans
Last week, the media reported that Trump revoked EMTALA guidance and, therefore, hospitals no longer have to provide abortion even if it’s required to stabilize a pregnant patient. But the truth is: the law itself hasn’t changed. EMTALA—the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act—still requires ER doctors to provide lifesaving abortions if that’s what’s needed to save a pregnant patient’s life or prevent serious harm to her organs. The guidance was just reinforcement, not the law. So, while headlines scream about “repeal,” the core federal protection remains in place. The real story is how confusion and fear among doctors—and political posturing—are putting patients at risk, not the actual legal requirements. Traditional media often misses this nuance, leaving the public (and even some providers) in the dark about what’s really required in emergency rooms. Pari & Eve, MPH break it down:
3. Trump and MAGA are Pursuing Tech Bro’s Plot to Install CEO King
Curtis Yarvin, the software developer and far-right blogger, who writes under the name Mencius Moldbug, is Silicon Valley’s favorite political contrarian. He’s not just skeptical of democracy—he calls it obsolete and argues for a new system: a billionaire-led corporate monarchy. In Yarvin’s world, a single powerful CEO (think: a tech mogul) would run the country like a company, with efficiency as the solution to “messy” elections. While the media focuses on tech’s culture wars, MAGA world is actually following Yarvin’s radical blueprint to end democracy. Trump’s obsession with centralizing executive power and ending checks and balances is Yarvin’s playbook. Yarvin gives the far right a story they can sell; a vision that justifies dismantling U.S. democracy. It should alarm any American who actually believes in freedom. Matt Gordon breaks it down:
4. Trump Revives 2017 Muslim Ban
Trump’s infamously racist travel ban is back. First enacted in 2017 and later expanded, this was a blatantly xenophobic policy masquerading as national security. It was a big enough deal on the first go around that it sent tens of thousands of Americans to the streets and airports in protest, but in today’s flooded zone, it barely registers for millions. The new ban bars people from 12 countries, most of them Muslim-majority or African nations, from entering the U.S., essentially preventing family reunification, banning refugees, and upending the lives of students with absolutely no evidence that they pose a threat. This isn’t about safety, it is a litmus test for who deserves asylum or opportunity by the U.S. Trump’s take home message is clear: if you are black, brown, and/or Muslim, it’s not you. Aaron Parnas breaks it down:
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