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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 22m

The Trump administration’s emergency order to keep the huge J.H. Campbell coal plant on Lake Michigan operating past its planned retirement date has cost at least $80 million since May, its operator, Consumers Energy, told regulators and investors this week.

From @insideclimatenews.org

Trump’s Order to Keep Michigan Coal Plant Running Has Cost $80 Million So Far • Michigan Advance

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2h

Just so we’re clear…

SNAP isn’t saved yet. A judge gave the USDA until Monday to decide how or if benefits go out. They could be delayed, reduced, or partial. Nothing’s guaranteed.

Even if payments restart, states still have to reload cards and update systems, so delays are certain.

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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 21h

The fund won’t cover a full month, but it would allow partial payments while the shutdown continues.

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Judge pushes USDA to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits

A federal judge in Boston is signaling that she will intervene to ensure food aid continues to flow to Americans affected by the shutdown.

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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 5h

(AP) Trump loses again in court re: adding the requirement for citizenship proof on the federal voting form. Judge quotes the Constitution that this is NOT in the powers granted to the White House.

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Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form

President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced. U.S.

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Michigander @otherwiseagain.bsky.social · 5h

They have to make sure they can rig elections before breaking the filibuster

Michigander @otherwiseagain.bsky.social · 5h

This (among so many other things) is not the behavior of someone who will ever leave the white house.

Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 5h

(WSJ) Once again, Trump is limiting press access to his administration. Following the restrictive policy at the Pentagon, this policy prevents the media from entering the area where senior White House communications staff are located, just part of the autocracy.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

White House Limits Reporters’ Access to Communications Office

The White House is imposing new restrictions on press access to the West Wing, limiting reporters’ ability to enter the area where senior communications staff typically work.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 21h

Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories.

www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

The Telegraph Headline: New Covid virus found in wild Brazilian bats

Subhed: The discovery of a ‘furin cleavage site’ suggests the mutation which helps the virus adapt to humans is naturally occurring

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Michigander @otherwiseagain.bsky.social · 5h

Stop calling this Socialism. In socialism the working people control the power- of government and economic infrastructure.

This - is- oligarchy, theft, graft, and corruption - Trump uses taxpayer money to prop up a business and in return gets money that only he will use.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5h

"It’s funny that conservative commentators get so tied up in understanding how Trump picks winners and losers when the actual business operators are clear-eyed." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-nuc...

Trump's Nuclear Socialism

You’re worried about Mamdani? The real socialism is coming from inside the White House.

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 5h

❗️🇩🇪Berlin-Brandenburg Airport suspended all flights for almost two hours last night after unidentified drones were spotted in the area. Several flights were diverted.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

All this guy does is fly around with his girlfriend on private jets, cover up the Epstein files, and take credit for the investigative work of field agents. And he even regularly fucks that up.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“The driver’s family identified him as Carlos Jimenez, 24, a U.S. citizen, and said he was on his way to work at a food bank when the shooting occurred.”

www.latimes.com/california/s...

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

"Bovino wants the community he is embedded in to see him not as a law enforcement officer but as an occupying military commander. He has not tried to establish a working relationship with the city; he has tried to dominate it."

This Man Is the Face of the Future

Greg Bovino is next.

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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 19h

Mike Johnson has a responsibility to honor our democracy and the 813,289 people who voted for Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva. Sign our petition if you think it's time for her to be sworn in:

We Demand the Immediate Swearing-In of Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva

I just signed the petition We Demand the Immediate Swearing-In of Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva. Sign here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/swearherin

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The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 12h

Federal agents wearing horror masks during real arrests is psychological intimidation and performance violence.
The Purge — except it’s not fiction.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

'Happy Halloween!': DHS spokeswoman responds to report of immigration agents wearing horror masks in L.A.

The story by a local news site featured images posted to social media showing what the outlet says were agents in unmarked cars donning Chucky and Momo masks.

www.nbcnews.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19h

Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

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Michigander @otherwiseagain.bsky.social · 1d

As Michigan is going full on in the AI data center business and catering to even more GOP billionaires like the Ellison family here is a detailed breakdown of what we are likely to expect

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom

Data centers accounted for 4% of total U.S. electricity use in 2024. Their energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.

www.pewresearch.org

Michigander @otherwiseagain.bsky.social · 1d

Job estimates seem inflated.

Michigander @otherwiseagain.bsky.social · 1d

To avoid nuisances from generators you need excessive amounts of land or sound baffles during run times. Effects on electrical use, water, and land use need to be transparent to the community. Worst case scenarios like Memphis are what people worry about.
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis

The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump regime has murdered at least 59 civilians in the Caribbean. At least one survivor has washed up on the coast of Mexico where the Mexican navy rescued him. The presidents of Colombia and Mexico have spoken out against the Trump led murders. Both countries are US allies.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

The average American family has ~$6000 of their taxes go to corporate subsidies and ~$100 of their taxes go to SNAP for 42 million hungry Americans.

Remember—we don't lack money to serve our neighbors in need, we lack the money needed to satisfy billionaire greed.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: A government watchdog group filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the department ignored records requests related to Heather Honey, an anti-voting activist who was appointed to a senior position in the department.

DHS Sued for Records on Trump-Appointed Election Conspiracy Theorist