Political Coffee 7-21-26: Salem data center controversy, Intel lays off more, Drazan gets it right on electricity, OR economic crisis and SCOTUS to decide on Alaska bush pilot plane seizure over 6 pack

Salem data center controversy: Are data centers good for humanity, especially AI? https://katu.com/news/local/massive-51b-data-center-proposed-for-salem-draws-praise-and-pushback-oregon-environment-local-money-water-energy-local-portland-hillsboro-companies-business-jobs Intel lays off more in OR in it’s data center group: https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/07/intel-plans-fresh-layoffs-this-time-in-its-data-center-group.html Drazan gets it right on electricity: https://oregoncatalyst.com/98178-highlights-drazans-energy-speech.html Is Oregon in economic crisis? Our biz ranking falls again down to #42: https://salembusinessjournal.org/2026/07/20/oregon-business-ranking-no-42/ Alaska wants to seize a bush pilot’s plane over a 6 pack of beer to be decided by SCOTUS: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alaska-seize-pilots-plane-6-pack-beer-supreme-court-jouppi-rcna588498?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us