Tea Party Legend Launches MASSIVE Revolt Against Big Tech Power Grab

Liberty Check

• Tea Party founder Amy Kremer launches nationwide ‘Data Center Revolt’ tour to fight Big Tech overreach in local communities
• Grassroots movement demands transparency and accountability as tech corporations force residents to subsidize billion-dollar AI infrastructure
• White House pushes ‘Ratepayer Protection Pledge’ amid growing backlash, but critics say Big Tech still exploits American taxpayers

A legendary conservative organizer is taking the fight directly to Big Tech’s doorstep, launching a nationwide bus tour to combat what she calls a corporate power grab threatening American communities coast to coast.

Amy Kremer, chairwoman of Humans First and a founder of the Tea Party movement, announced the “Data Center Revolt” will kick off September 12 in Austin, Texas. The tour will sweep across the South and up the East Coast, stopping in Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia before reaching its final destination in California’s Silicon Valley.

Kremer sees striking similarities between this grassroots uprising and the early days of the Tea Party. Both movements share one common enemy: unchecked power forcing its will on ordinary Americans.

“The reason we’re doing this tour is because we have seen over the past couple of years that Big Tech is trying to shove their technology, their AI technology, down our throats,” Kremer said.

“The American people are very upset over the technology and the buildout. And so that’s why we’re doing this tour, to give people a voice, to stand with them and support them as they battle this in their local communities. And that’s exactly what we did with the Tea Party movement.”

The organization represents a growing network of residents alarmed by the breakneck pace of AI infrastructure development in their backyards. In Festus, Missouri, voters sent a clear message in April by unseating four city council incumbents after officials greenlit a proposed $6 billion data center project.

“The people don’t have a seat at the table, they don’t have a voice in what is being built in their community,” Kremer said.

Humans First isn’t pushing for federal or state bans. Instead, the group demands local transparency and genuine community representation in decisions affecting their lives.

“Communities should have a voice in decisions that affect their electricity rates, water, land and quality of life. We should end secretive NDAs and corporate welfare and make sure ordinary Americans aren’t forced to subsidize some of the wealthiest corporations in the world,” Kremer said.

“Limited government doesn’t mean unaccountable corporate power.”

Since launching this year, Humans First has faced intense scrutiny over its origins and funding structure. Critics have questioned whether hidden left-wing networks are manipulating conservative opposition to a major national priority.

An investigative report published in March cited California public records showing Humans First was incorporated by Oliver Zhang and Arunim Agarwal in January, while both worked at the Center for AI Safety (CAIS). CAIS is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that has received millions from Open Philanthropy, an organization founded by Facebook co-founder and Democratic Party mega-donor Dustin Moskovitz.

The report alleged Humans First presented itself as grassroots and bipartisan but was actually “constructed by the Effective Altruist (EA) left and disguised as something liberty-loving Americans could believe in” to advance a progressive agenda.

A July investigation found several local organizers behind a mass protest organized by Humans First had left-wing, Green Party or Democratic-aligned backgrounds, including a transgender Green Party House candidate, local progressive activists and a Democratic state legislative candidate.

Protest footage from the Humans First event in Gilroy, California, showed signs protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a common target of the left.

When Kremer assumed leadership in April, the organization announced it was shifting from a bipartisan organization toward conservative activism. Kremer acknowledged the group’s beginnings but said it was independent of CAIS and defended its conservative credentials.

“Humans First today is an independent conservative organization with its own leadership, strategy and agenda,” Kremer said.

“Our positions are determined by our team and our mission, not by CAIS or the individuals involved in the organization’s original formation.”

Regarding funding, Kremer said Humans First received an initial startup loan from CAIS that is being repaid. She added that the group does not disclose individual donors and does not receive money from Open Philanthropy.

“We will not accept funding that compromises our independence, dictates our policy positions, advances a foreign influence operation, or conflicts with our America First mission,” Kremer said.

Kremer noted that most staff members are longtime conservative activists, and she rejected those questioning the group’s conservative credentials.

“This line of attack is preposterous but not surprising,” Kremer said.

“This is exactly the same line of attack we saw during the early days of the Tea Party. The establishment and their handmaidens in the media were willing to smear Tea Party activists as racists and bigots in their effort to defend the big interests of their corporate masters.”

“Instead of questioning our conservative credentials, how about asking how any so-called conservative can take money from the same big tech and big AI billionaires who have worked tirelessly to destroy the conservative movement over the last 10 years,” she said.

The debate unfolds alongside broader policy efforts surrounding AI development. Roughly one year ago, the White House released an AI action plan, outlining over 90 federal actions aimed at accelerating data center construction, streamlining permitting, and securing American technological leadership over foreign rivals like China.

Kremer supports President Donald Trump’s mission of ensuring American tech companies dominate over China, but she argued that U.S. data centers remain reliant on components like Chinese lithium batteries. She also cited a July report detailing how OpenAI and Google supplied AI model access to Singapore subsidiaries of Chinese tech firms listed on the Pentagon’s military blacklist.

The sales are legal, according to the report, but the news has “reignited calls for tighter US regulation of AI models similar to its restrictions on exports of the chips used to train powerful models.”

“Pick a lane. You cannot be America first and China funded,” Kremer said.

“And that’s what’s going on here … and it’s all on the backs of the American people.”

Kremer also argued that county boards are handing out tax breaks to wealthy tech corporations while residents foot the bill for infrastructure and utility spikes.

In March, the White House addressed growing public concerns over infrastructure burdens by introducing a “Ratepayer Protection Pledge.” The voluntary commitment asks AI companies, utilities and data-center developers to shoulder the costs of electricity generation and infrastructure, so expenses are not passed on to local residents or businesses.

In July, the White House announced it had brought “more than 200 additional utilities, data center developers, cooperatives, and states into this growing national commitment.”

A White House official said President Trump is cementing American AI dominance over China while ensuring data centers pay for their own power, water, and other utilities.

“President Trump is cementing American AI dominance over China while ensuring data centers pay for their own power, water, and other utilities. The President’s commonsense approach will beat China, harness this technological boom, and deliver lower costs and new opportunities for working families and small businesses.”

Kremer argued that technological advancements, national security and local community protections can co-exist.

“America absolutely must lead China in AI and advanced technology,” Kremer said.

“But we reject the idea that beating China requires giving Big Tech a blank check or asking American communities to surrender their rights and resources. We can lead the world in AI while protecting American families, communities, taxpayers and national security. Those goals are not mutually exclusive.”

Ultimately, Kremer is calling on lawmakers to establish stricter guidelines on Big Tech to protect consumers.

“People want Congress to act. They need to put safety mechanisms in place,” she said.

“The American people are demanding accountability and they’re demanding answers.”

“I think they would be foolish to ignore this movement,” she added.

“And I think they need to get their heads out of the sand and start governing and do their job.”

Recent reports have also pointed to foreign influence involved in the anti-data center push.

A May report by the Bitcoin Policy Institute alleged that nonprofits funded by pro-CCP tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham — including CodePink — have spent years fueling opposition to U.S. AI infrastructure and data center expansion in coordination with Chinese propaganda narratives and foreign-funded activist networks.

Sam Lyman, head of research at the Bitcoin Policy Institute and a former senior speechwriter for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, said ensuring AI safety and American worker empowerment must be a top priority.

“Ensuring that AI is safe and empowers American workers must be a top priority for US policymakers. But the discussion about AI safety should not be influenced by geopolitical rivals, especially China, whose leaders have publicly stated their intentions to accelerate AI development to ‘gain the initiative in global science and technology competition.'”

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