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Derek Thompson

What Derek Thompson thinks about America

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Writer and podcaster; co-author of Abundance with Ezra Klein and a staff writer at The Atlantic from 2008 to 2025.

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  1. Our readingAmerican sports laws function as a conspiracy that enriches billionaire team owners

    Their wordsAmerican sports laws amount to a kind of out-in-the-open conspiracy to help a lucky few billionaires get much, much richer

    ↗The American Sports Plutocracy Is Bullshitderekthompson.org 1st of 3 in this piece

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  3. Our readingOpposition to new AI data centers has become the fastest-growing political movement in America, putting it on a collision course with the industry that depends on building them.

    data centers

    Their wordsThe fastest-growing political movement in America is dead-set on stopping the construction of data centers, which are critical to the growth of the fastest-growing industry in America.

    ↗The Great American AI Rebellionderekthompson.org 2nd of 2 in this piece