Town halls. Thousands of people. Hours of testimony. And they build the data centers anyway.

Today on Ignition News, we break down why that keeps happening. It has a name. Regulatory capture leads to inverted totalitarianism, and what you feel on the ground is neo-feudalism. We are not being dramatic. This is documented, peer-reviewed, and happening in your neighborhood right now.

We also get into the 2026 midterm math, and it is not good. The Washington Post ran the numbers this morning. Democrats could win the popular vote by four full points and still lose the House. Gerrymandering has tilted the map that hard. The wave is real. The surfboard is broken.

Then we talk about a fourth grader named Christian Mango, who did everything right, mailed a persuasive essay to his Congresswoman, and got told to ask his teacher about propaganda. By an 82-year-old former educator. No, really.

And the inflation numbers are here. Vegetables are up 44%. Jet fuel is up 60%. Your grocery bill in April erased everything March had given you.

But we are still here. Ten toes down. Stay lit.