{"slug": "theres-one-thing-bannon-and-bernie-agree-on", "title": "There’s One Thing Bannon and Bernie Agree On", "summary": "Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Trump, has joined forces with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to oppose the AI boom, specifically backing their proposal to ban new data center construction. The Wall Street Journal reports that Bannon, a far-right podcast host, agrees with the Democratic socialists on the dangers of artificial intelligence and the need to fight data centers that power AI deployment.", "body_md": "“Steve Bannon has made a career out of clashing with far-left politicians. But these days, President Trump’s former chief strategist has found a common cause with them: opposition to the AI boom,” the [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/bernie-aoc-and-bannon-can-agree-on-one-thing-the-fight-against-data-centers-7f13159a?mod=rss_socialpoliticsfeed) reports.\n\n“The far-right podcast host has joined Democrats in warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence and the need to fight data centers that power AI deployment.”\n\n“Bannon backs a proposal from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VtT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who are aligned with the insurgent Democratic socialists, to ban the construction of new data centers.”", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-one-thing-bannon-and-bernie-agree-on", "canonical_source": "https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/02/theres-one-thing-bannon-and-bernie-agree-on/", "published_at": "2026-09-03 01:13:46+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 01:23:02.583904+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Steve Bannon", "Bernie Sanders", "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez", "Wall Street Journal"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-one-thing-bannon-and-bernie-agree-on", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-one-thing-bannon-and-bernie-agree-on.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-one-thing-bannon-and-bernie-agree-on.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/theres-one-thing-bannon-and-bernie-agree-on.jsonld"}}