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Oakland Mayor, Who Supported 'Defund The Police' Has Her Car Stolen Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, An alleged thief stole Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s city-owned vehicle after breaking into her office just two days earlier, according to the California edition of the New York Post.  The Oakland Police Department recovered the vehicle within hours, two days after somebody tampered with her office’s door.  “The Oakland Police Department is investigating the theft of a city-owned vehicle. On February 17, 2026, OPD was notified that the vehicle was stolen from Oakland City Hall,” the OPD said through a spokesperson. “The vehicle was recovered within hours....

Speaking to reporters on Monday night, President Trump boasted of his his ramped up embargo on Cuba, which has involved cutting off Venezuelan oil shipments and pressuring Mexico to end its oil exports, causing major fuel shortages in the country. “Cuba is right now a failed nation, and they don’t even have jet fuel for […]

Three Key Constraints That Could Derail The Data Center Buildout Story The data center investment macro story centers on hyperscalers such as Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon Web Services, whose massive cloud computing services are becoming the backbone for AI workloads, including ChatGPT and others. However, as we've previously noted, the data center buildout has run into supply-chain snarls, including memory chip shortages, power-grid constraints, and even a shortage of turbine blades for natural-gas generators. The data center boom powering the AI revolution is certaintly impressive to watch unfold, but it...