Between 3,000-3,500 new AI data centers are planned or under construction globally.

Between 3,000-3,500 new AI data centers are planned or under construction globally

Between 3,000-3,500 new AI data centers are planned or under construction globally. They’ll use a staggering 190 gigawatts of power. For perspective, that’s more electricity than many countries use. But they’re not just using power. They’re devouring water — as much as 449 million gallons. Every. Single. Day.

As AI systems rapidly expand, communities across America are seeing massive data centers suddenly appear near their neighborhoods. These facilities consume enormous amounts of electricity, water, land, and infrastructure resources, driving up utility costs, straining local\

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California resident exposes what’s really going on with Flock Cameras in America

WHAT THE FLOCK!!!

Wall Street Apes

This is horrifying and every American needs to hear this

California resident exposes what’s really going on with Flock Cameras in America

“I want to be clear what these cameras actually are, and I say that with somebody with 20 years of experience in IT. I’ve served as the chief network architect for Fortune 500 companies, I’ve designed data centers, and today I work on cloud infrastructure for one of the largest loan origination companies in the country. I’m not speculating on how this technology works. I’ve read their patents and I know how it works.

Flock advertises these cameras as simple license plate readers. But their own patents tell a different story.

They’re AI-powered surveillance machines that capture every passing vehicle and person and transmit that data to a private corporate cloud, making it queryable by a multitude of state and federal agencies. The city of Corona does not control that database, and Corona residents have no public record rights against a private company’s servers. Our daily movements are being harvested by a $7.5 billion corporation, that only answers to venture capital investors, not to us. Flock did not reach that valuation on their per-camera subscription fees. That math doesn’t add up

The city council should also understand who they’re doing business with. Flock CEO was asked whether the company had any federal contracts. He said no. That was a lie.

Public records revealed that Flock had been secretly running a pilot program giving the US Border Patrol access to local police camera data without the knowledge of the cities that paid for the cameras.

Now consider who’s behind the company and where your data flows. Flock integrates directly with Palantir, a data fusion platform, with a $30 million contract with ICE. Peter Thiel, the founder of Palantir, is also one of Flock’s primary investors. These are not separate companies with separate agendas. They are connected actors that are building a connected infrastructure.

Palantir’s own CEO stated publicly just this month that his technology is being used as a political instrument, designed to reduce the political power of certain voters. And that’s the ecosystem that our Corona cameras are feeding into.

We’re not anti-police at all. We’re against mass surveillance of innocent residents by a company with a documented record of deception, built by investors with a stated political agenda. We’re asking the City Council to start auditing the queries made against Flock’s database, to disclose any data sharing agreements, and to take a vote to cancel the Flock safety contract”

I looked more into this and he is 100% right

Patents describe broader object detection, including tracking people and pedestrians, patents like US11416545B1. The system uses a centralized cloud database for nationwide queries

Data goes to Flock’s private cloud, AWS-based, encrypted. Nationwide lookup is common, 75%+ of customers are enrolled enabling cross-jurisdictional searches. Residents have no direct public records access to the corporate servers.

This creates a mass surveillance network feeding a private company’s infrastructure.

If you ask me this is laying the infrastructure for a mass surveillance network in America. We are being lied to.

Trump says ‘decimation’ of Iran’s army ‘to be continued’ after he and China’s Xi discuss Hormuz

Trump says ‘decimation’ of Iran’s army ‘to be continued’ after he and China’s Xi discuss Hormuz

Jacob Magid

Nava Freiberg

US President Donald Trump counted “the military decimation of Iran” among his administration’s accomplishments in a social media post on Thursday, adding, “to be continued!”

The phrase, included in a lengthy Truth Social post, suggested he may resume the war against Iran after he returns from his trip to China on Friday. A ceasefire took effect in the US-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic in early April, though American-Iranian talks have yet to lead to an agreement.

“I am not going to be much more patient,” Trump said in an interview aired on Thursday night on Fox News’ “Hannity” program. “They should make a deal.”

But he also suggested that hunting down Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was primarily for political optics.

“I just feel better if I got it, actually, but it’s — I think, it’s more for public relations than it is for anything else,” Trump said in the interview.

“The other thing we could do is bomb it again,” he added. “But I, just, I would feel better getting it, and we will get it.”

US Central Command head Admiral Brad Cooper said in testimony to a US Senate committee on Thursday that the war had significantly degraded Iran’s military capability but that it retained the ability to strike.

Tensions also remain high over the Strait of Hormuz, the key pathway for the global oil supply that Iran has blocked since the war began in late February. On Thursday, a ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates was seized and was heading toward Iranian waters, the British military said, while India said a cargo ship was sunk amid the battle over the strait.

Trump said earlier that Chinese President Xi Jinping had offered China’s help to open the strait, and pledged not to send military equipment to aid Iran in the war.

“He said he’s not going to give military equipment… he said that strongly,” Trump told the “Hannity” show, after the two leaders met in Beijing. “He’d like to see the Hormuz Strait open, and said, ‘If I can be of any help whatsoever, I would like to help.'”

After talks between Trump and Xi on Thursday, the White House said the leaders had agreed that the strait should be open and that Xi made clear China’s opposition to the militarization of the strait and any effort to charge a toll for its use.

He also expressed interest in purchasing more American oil to reduce China’s future dependence on the strait, and the leaders agreed that Iran should never obtain nuclear weapons, the readout said.

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Europe's Green Deal Is Unraveling

Europe's Green Deal Is Unraveling

 Mohamed Moutii via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)

Over the past decade, Europe has played a leading role in shaping global climate policy, highlighted by the launch of the European Green Deal in 2019—Ursula von der Leyen described it as a “man on the moon moment.” The initiative aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 while fostering innovation and strengthening its industrial base.

Yet several years later, the results are deeply disappointing. Instead of meeting its goals, the Green Deal is increasingly associated with higher energy costs, weakened competitiveness, and growing political backlash. It has deepened divisions within the EU, strained global relations, and increased pressure on households and businesses—raising serious doubts about its feasibility and long-term economic impact.

Europe’s economic stagnation points to a deeper structural problem in its energy and climate strategy—one closely tied to the direction set by the European Green Deal. Since its launch, competitiveness has eroded sharply, with soaring energy costs at its core. Electricity prices in Europe are now two to three times higher than in the United States and China, with taxes accounting for nearly a quarter of the total cost.

These outcomes largely stem from policy choices. The EU’s binding targets—net zero by 2050 and a 55-percent emissions reduction by 2030—have constrained energy supply, despite Europe accounting for only six percent of global emissions. At the same time, phasing out nuclear, restricting gas, and relying on intermittent renewables have weakened energy security and increased price volatility. For industry—where energy can account for up to 30 percent of total production costs—this, combined with carbon pricing, has become a critical constraint, driving firms to scale back, relocate, or shut down, accelerating deindustrialization across the continent.

The automotive industry clearly illustrates these pressures: representing over 7 percent of EU GDP and nearly 14 million jobs, the sector is under pressure from the 2035 ban on combustion engines, forcing a rapid shift to electric vehicles despite unresolved technological challenges and market constraints. As Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius warned, the policy risks driving the sector “full speed into a wall.” The consequences for the sector are already visible: declining production, mounting restructuring, and significant job losses—86,000 jobs since 2020, with up to 350,000 more at risk by 2035—while tightening regulations are set to reduce profits by seven to eight percent by 2030, pushing the sector toward losses and eroding Europe’s automotive leadership.

Agriculture has also become one of the Green Deal’s clearest casualties. Stricter rules on emissions, land use, pesticides, and fertilizers are raising costs and increasing yield volatility, hitting small farmers hardest and accelerating consolidation among large agribusinesses. Targets such as cutting pesticide use by 50 percent and expanding organic farming risk significant declines in output, threatening both rural livelihoods and food security. Rather than enabling farmers to innovate and improve productivity, these policies are constraining production—fueling widespread protests and weakening both competitiveness and sustainability.

Taken together, these pressures are not isolated—they reflect a broader economic burden. The European Commission estimates that the transition will require at least €260 billion in additional investment each year, with total costs reaching up to 12 percent of EU GDP—a burden that is increasingly difficult for the European economy to sustain.

The economic strain is now translating into political backlash. In recent years, opposition to the European Green Deal has surged across the continent—from farmers and industrial groups to voters and political parties. The 2024 EU elections confirmed what was already clear: the once-dominant green consensus is fracturing. In response, Brussels has begun quietly rolling back key elements of the policy—weakening regulations, introducing loopholes, and even avoiding the term “Green Deal” itself. What was presented as a historic transformation is now unraveling.

This backlash reflects a deeper failure. Although the EU allocated $680 billion from 2021 to 2027—over a third of its budget—the Green Deal has achieved only modest environmental improvements, while imposing a heavy economic burden on households and businesses, who now face higher energy prices, taxes, and regulatory pressure.

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The Dark Symbolism Behind the “Fashion Art”

MET Gala 2026: The Dark Symbolism Behind the “Fashion Art”

Vigilant Citizen

While the media is in awe of the creativity of the outfits at the 2026 MET Gala, most miss the dark symbolism and references behind them, which often allude to the entertainment industry's darker side. Here's a look at the most symbolic outfits and those who parade in them. 

Covering the MET Gala has become a yearly tradition on Vigilant Citizen because, well, I just have to. In many ways, it sums up the contents of this site in one ridiculous yet deeply revealing event. Through a parade of industry slaves and powerful people seeking attention, symbolic outfits are used to celebrate the elite’s control, glorify its dogma, and fetishize its darkest impulses.

This year, more than ever, the outfits put on display by the world’s biggest celebrities were rife with symbolism and references to works of art from the past.

The theme of the 2026 MET Gala was “Costume Art,” which explores the relationship between clothing and the body. The corresponding dress code was “Fashion is Art,” encouraging attendees to treat the body as a canvas with artistic, over-the-top, and sculptural looks inspired by the new Costume Institute exhibition.

While every year has a different theme, the underlying theme is always the same: The occult elite controlling the industry. And celebrating its bizarre culture. This year’s theme was especially vague and open-ended, enabling creators to express their occult elite-ness brazenly.

Whether it’s through accessories that carry heavy symbolic meaning or outfits that are nothing less than “humiliation rituals,” the MET Galas are a yearly reminder that those who control the world are strange as hell.

Several outfits at the 2026 MET Gala were directly inspired by works of art, and when one understands the context and the references in these creations, one realizes that some dark, elite-sponsored messages are being communicated through “fashion art.”

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