Allyn Duensing

The government is preparing to seize homes and land using eminent domain for the construction of a Data Center in Coweta County, Georgia This American’s childhood home is being “taken by force by Georgia Power. Homeowners in this county do not have a choice” It affects over 330 private properties. Georgia Power says it will negotiate purchases and easements and use eminent domain Georgia Power claims its to strengthen the grid for the growing energy demand in Georgia (due to many new data centers) The lines are widely linked to Project Sail, a massive proposed hyperscale data center campus that will span 829 acres

Hamas leaders are currently meeting in Istanbul to finalize the selection of the new leader of the Political Bureau, which is expected to be announced in the coming days. Hamas sources outside Gaza say that Khalil Al-Hayya, Hamas leader in Gaza, will likely be named Hamas's new leader, according to Saudi A-Sharq Al-Awsat. Some of the sources stated that Al-Hayya is expected to receive the appointment, especially after the elimination of his fourth son by Israel last week. "It is not unlikely that voters will give Al-Hayya the most votes in appreciation of his sacrifices," the sources said. Al-Hayya is set to return to Istanbul either tonight or tomorrow morning "to resume his duties," including finalizing preparations for the election of the new political bureau chief. For the past year and a half, Hamas had no political bureau chief, following the elimination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July, 2024. It was managed by a "leadership council" instead. The newly selected political bureau chief will hold the position until the end of 2026, as Hamas awaits "suitable security and political conditions to hold comprehensive elections in all regions, to select a new Shura Council, political bureau, and executive body, as well as at the regional, district, and local levels." Meanwhile, the Hamas delegation is set to hold meetings with mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey in Istanbul in the coming days. According to a source from the Palestinian factions, the mediators, especially Egypt, will present a new proposal to end the deadlock in negotiations over further implementing Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza. According to A-Sharq Al-Awsat, the Peace Council's high Representative to Gaza, Nikolay Mladenov, conveyed to Hamas Israel's conditions regarding disarmament, as well as its refusal to link withdrawal from Gaza with reconstruction.