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AMERICANTHINKER - Democrats spew ignorant-goober talking points about 'the rich' after Elon Musk successfully launches his SpaceX IPO

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Iran War Day 106: Pakistan’s PM Says Deal Expected in Next 24 Hours

State of the Union: The UAE will unfreeze Iranian funds and may already have transferred $3 billion to Iran, Reuters reported. The post Iran War Day 106: Pakistan’s PM Says Deal Expected in Next 24 Hours appeared first on The American Conservative .

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Saturday morning that a deal to end the Iran War would likely be finalized within the next 24 hours and signed shortly thereafter, as the conflict entered its 106th day. “We are closer to a peace deal than ever before,” Sharif wrote on X. “With finalisation likely expected in the next 24 hours, Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after, followed by technical-level talks next week.”  Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on X Friday that “the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has never been closer. Pending its finalization, the media should refrain from entering speculation about its content,” adding that “all details…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - DOJ Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

State of the Union: Bari Weiss, the editor-in-chief of CBS News, will likely oversee editorial decisions at CNN as well, reports say. The post DOJ Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger appeared first on The American Conservative .

The Department of Justice said Friday that it had signed off on Paramount’s $111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.  The merger, expected to be completed by September, will join Paramount+ and CBS with HBO Max and CNN, under the leadership of Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, the son of Oracle co-founder and billionaire Larry Ellison. The deal will create the largest theatrical distributor in the United States. Anonymous sources familiar with the deal told POLITICO that the DOJ concluded the deal wouldn’t harm market competition. Unlike past mergers such as ​​Comcast’s 2011 takeover of NBCUniversal, this one comes with no reported strings attached, as the government did not impose any divestitures,…Open

AXIOS (Amy Harder) - The power decisions that could shape the next century

The AI-driven power boom is forcing a once-in-a-generation decision about how America's electricity system should grow. The big picture: For decades, utilities planned around predictable increases in demand. AI is changing that. State of play: Data centers now seek amounts of electricity that used to be associated with entire cities — raising questions about who pays for new infrastructure, who gets access to scarce power and how quickly projects can connect to the grid. Driving the news: Debates are unfolding at the nation's largest grid operator, PJM, and at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. - Some proposals would allow data centers to connect directly to power plants or generate their own power on site, at least initially…