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It is May Day, May 1st, 2026.

I'm not calling May Day, but I am just noting the fact of it.

I'm John Potthorz, the editor of Commentary Magazine.

With me, as always,

executive editor Abe Greenwald. Hi, Abe. Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel. Hi, Seth. Hi, John. And

commentaries contributing editor and columnists for the free press and host of the Breaking History

podcast, Eli Lake. Hi, Eli. Hi, John. For Mayday, can I just

recommend for our listeners if they're looking to try to mark the occasion in the holiday,

I would suggest you open a bank account, start a business, or buy some stock. Happy Mayday

losers of the 20th century.

You know, very interesting thing is happening.

Wall Street Journal's lead editorial today makes this point that the economy did much better in the first quarter of 2026 that anybody expected.

And the reason that it is is business investment. And the reason that there is business investment in the United States that seems to have been unexpected is that it's probably

data centers and the construction of data centers and infrastructure for artificial

intelligence and for the companies that are doing artificial

intelligence. And I bring this up only because, you know, we're all very alarmed and worried

about artificial intelligence and the effect it's going to have on jobs and work and what we do

and how we collect information and fakes and will it take over the world and destroy the world and its hallucinations

will be ruinous. But it is worth noting that so far we are benefiting economically,

fiscally, financially, and in terms of our employment and our macro economy from it, which raises the May Day question of why Bernie Sanders wanting to have

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