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The billionaire tech oligarchical "elite" will most likely demand that
their puppet politicians in Congress to outlaw exercising the use of the ballot box to stop these anti-Christ data centers.

https://dnyuz.com/2026/04/18/city-council-wrecked-in-voter-bloodbath-after-allowing-new-data-center/

Small town politicians are learning the hard way that when Americans say
no to data centers, they mean it.

In Festus, Missouri — a sleepy town of roughly 12,700 residents — the backlash was so great that residents ousted half their city council
after they approved a $6 billion data center development against the
public will. According to Politico, the uproar caused by the data center approval led to a surge in voter turnout, the majority of whom expressed
their discontent with the old councilors by voting in four anti-AI
newcomers.


Take Rick Belleville, a 70-year old who’d never previously run for
office, but who unseated Jim Tinnin in the city’s fourth ward. Tinnin,
an eight-year city council veteran, had previously been elected in 2018.
This time, he lost to the upstart Belleville by over 40 percentage
points after voting to approve the data center buildout.

“I ran because I thought the city was not listening to people,”
Belleville told Politico. “It’s really the way the deal was handled that led to this kind of uprising.”

Belleville is joined by three other fresh elects, who won as a result of
their anti-data center attitude. Speaking to local media, Belleville
promised to be more transparent than the previous representatives. He
said that each new council member would have a cellphone with a publicly-listed phone number for speaking to constituents directly.

Though the remaining city council members aren’t up for election until
next April, local media reports anti-data center voters are passing
around petitions to recall them as soon as possible.

“We do not want to wait till next April,” anti-data center voter Mary Fakes said, adding that citizens hope to boot the mayor out as well.
“This is a referendum against all of them based on their support of the
data center.”

One thing’s for sure: the resounding defeat sends a clear message to
elected officials across the country that public anger at data center developments has reached a boiling point.

More on data centers: Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed
to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed

The post City Council Wrecked in Voter Bloodbath After Allowing New Data Center appeared first on Futurism.
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On 4/18/26 19:38, A Person not authorized to speak on the matter wrote:

The billionaire tech oligarchical "elite" will most likely demand that
their puppet politicians in Congress to outlaw exercising the use of the ballot box to stop these anti-Christ data centers.

https://dnyuz.com/2026/04/18/city-council-wrecked-in-voter-bloodbath- after-allowing-new-data-center/

Small town politicians are learning the hard way that when Americans say
no to data centers, they mean it.

In Festus, Missouri

. . .

'Data centers' are a double-edged sword. In some
respect they mean a LOT of money moving into the
area plus a surge in job ops. There will be more
'tech class' living near too, which will buy homes
and better-class stuff.

Downside, they use up a LOT of land and a LOT
of electricity and WILL cause inflation and
inflated housing prices and nuke any 'small
town' environment.

So, each area has to decide for itself which
balance of goods and evils it prefers.

Clearly Festus did NOT want a DS.

However, typical, its 'representatives' saw
higher status/pay/biz-ops and were not very
interested in what the great unwashed wanted.
Likely a typical story in a number of places.

However Big AI *can* be defeated, or at least
re-located. The people there did the exact
right thing - throw the greedy pols out on
their asses. It's more civil than sabotaging
the DS once it's in-progress.

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On 4/18/2026 6:55 PM, c186282 wrote:

On 4/18/26 19:38, A Person not authorized to speak on the matter wrote:

The billionaire tech oligarchical "elite" will most likely demand that
their puppet politicians in Congress to outlaw exercising the use of
the ballot box to stop these anti-Christ data centers.

https://dnyuz.com/2026/04/18/city-council-wrecked-in-voter-bloodbath-
after-allowing-new-data-center/

Small town politicians are learning the hard way that when Americans
say no to data centers, they mean it.

In Festus, Missouri

. . .

  'Data centers' are a double-edged sword. In some
  respect they mean a LOT of money moving into the
  area plus a surge in job ops. There will be more
  'tech class' living near too, which will buy homes
  and better-class stuff.

  Downside, they use up a LOT of land and a LOT
  of electricity and WILL cause inflation and
  inflated housing prices and nuke any 'small
  town' environment.

  So, each area has to decide for itself which
  balance of goods and evils it prefers.

  Clearly Festus did NOT want a DS.

  However, typical, its 'representatives' saw
  higher status/pay/biz-ops and were not very
  interested in what the great unwashed wanted.
  Likely a typical story in a number of places.

  However Big AI *can* be defeated, or at least
  re-located. The people there did the exact
  right thing - throw the greedy pols out on
  their asses. It's more civil than sabotaging
  the DS once it's in-progress.

From what I've read, data centers produce maybe a dozen permanent jobs
for a given location, and create lots of heat and noise pollution while
using massive amounts of electricity and water. It's "funny" how the
WEF folks who constantly whined about global warming are silent about
the massive greenhouse gasses that these data centers will create on top
of the greenhouse gases coming from the bombing of Iran and other
nations subject to bombing and sabotage.
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"This is the first Quantum War, the observer effect is being expertly
used by both sides. Schrödinger’s Strait is simultaneously open and
closed, it switches states depending on who is observing it and talking
about it. The War is over but it was never a war. The ceasefire holds in
spite of there being no cessation of fire. Freedom of navigation is
sacred and inviolable, that’s why we’re blockading the Gulf of Oman." posted by 'Chunk' on MoA blog.

https://www.globalgulag.us
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:55:04 -0400, c186282 wrote:

'Data centers' are a double-edged sword. In some respect they mean a
LOT of money moving into the area plus a surge in job ops. There will
be more 'tech class' living near too, which will buy homes and
better-class stuff.

They will provide a number of construction jobs for a brief time. The operation of a data center requires a few technicians and some low paid security personnel.
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