Brad Johnson
@climatebrad.hillheat.com
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January 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM
"investment protections"=looting of the public treasury (of both Venezuela and the United States)
Exxon CEO: If you look at the commercial constructs, frameworks in place in Venezuela today, it's uninvestable. Significant changes have to be made to these frameworks, the legal system. There has to be durable investment protections and change to the hydrocarbon laws.
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"investment protections"=looting of the public treasury (of both Venezuela and the United States)
Yeah I don't think Republicans are going to work with us
I hear from constituents like Christine all the time — utility bills are too damn high!
Democrats have a plan to lower energy bills and hold utility companies accountable for rate hikes. It's time for Republicans to work with us. Enough is enough.
Democrats have a plan to lower energy bills and hold utility companies accountable for rate hikes. It's time for Republicans to work with us. Enough is enough.
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Yeah I don't think Republicans are going to work with us
No species better at accelerating entropy than us
Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year - Inside Climate News
Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs. Global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025, a...
insideclimatenews.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
No species better at accelerating entropy than us
Renee Good's murder wasn't an accident. It's policy.
Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Renee Good's murder wasn't an accident. It's policy.
whomp whomp
NEW: The full DC Circuit lets stand a 2-1 decision allowing Trump's firing of Cathy Harris from the Merit Systems Protection Board.
They didn't even vote on whether to rehear the case en banc after two Trump appointees (Katsas/Walker) sided with Trump before SCOTUS even heard the FTC firing case.
They didn't even vote on whether to rehear the case en banc after two Trump appointees (Katsas/Walker) sided with Trump before SCOTUS even heard the FTC firing case.
January 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
whomp whomp
The oil executive was not joking.
Nothing to see here - just @politico.com’s morning finance newsletter casually reporting (w/ hint of joke) about American Petroleum Institute running Venezuela like the ruthless & corrupt Dutch colonizing corps back in 17th century.
These folks are absurd, unserious, heartless ghouls.
These folks are absurd, unserious, heartless ghouls.
January 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The oil executive was not joking.
Reposted by Brad Johnson
Incredible how little attention this is getting outside Germany. "In its third full day, a ... power failure in Berlin resulting from an arson attack...tens of thousands...making do without heat, electricity, cellphone service & warm food or drinks." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
Thousands in Berlin Go Days Without Power and Cell Service After Cables Are Set on Fire
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Incredible how little attention this is getting outside Germany. "In its third full day, a ... power failure in Berlin resulting from an arson attack...tens of thousands...making do without heat, electricity, cellphone service & warm food or drinks." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
The House GOP are pathetic worms
House fails to override Trump vetoes
Republicans ultimately decided not to cross the president — despite previously voting for the bills Trump now wishes to scuttle.
www.politico.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The House GOP are pathetic worms
working people are being buried in bills.
It is contemptible that @mattyglesias.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com et al. are condemning activists who fought the LNG buildout while claiming to be on Team Affordability.
They know @ieefainstitute.bsky.social and @tysonslocum.bsky.social is right.
It is contemptible that @mattyglesias.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com et al. are condemning activists who fought the LNG buildout while claiming to be on Team Affordability.
They know @ieefainstitute.bsky.social and @tysonslocum.bsky.social is right.
Trump’s LNG Energy Export Policy Cost Households $12 Billion in First Nine Months of 2025 - Public Citizen
Record-breaking levels of natural gas exports are breaking the bank on your monthly energy bill...
www.citizen.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
working people are being buried in bills.
It is contemptible that @mattyglesias.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com et al. are condemning activists who fought the LNG buildout while claiming to be on Team Affordability.
They know @ieefainstitute.bsky.social and @tysonslocum.bsky.social is right.
It is contemptible that @mattyglesias.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com et al. are condemning activists who fought the LNG buildout while claiming to be on Team Affordability.
They know @ieefainstitute.bsky.social and @tysonslocum.bsky.social is right.
"I took an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I view after January 6th, the Republican Party is a domestic enemy to our Constitution." - Jesse Ventura
Former #Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura comments on the Minneapolis killing
YouTube video by Onest.
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:01 AM
"I took an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I view after January 6th, the Republican Party is a domestic enemy to our Constitution." - Jesse Ventura
Snowflakes
The Trump administration says it's illegal to record videos of ICE. Here's what the law says.
"Violence is anything that threatens them and their safety, so it is doxing them, it's videotaping them where they're at when they're out on operations," Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
reason.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Snowflakes
It's not that hard to find who are the real leaders of the Democratic Party now
Yesterday, ICE murdered an American citizen.
The only way to prevent future horrors is to prosecute and ensure full accountability up the entire chain of command.
The only way to prevent future horrors is to prosecute and ensure full accountability up the entire chain of command.
January 8, 2026 at 11:15 PM
It's not that hard to find who are the real leaders of the Democratic Party now
We're better than Kazakhstan
According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
We're better than Kazakhstan
Just another United Kingdom cyclone, would not have been possible without the contributions of BP to the planetary heat content
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Just another United Kingdom cyclone, would not have been possible without the contributions of BP to the planetary heat content
"Joe Biden couldn't say a serious word about climate to save his life. They wouldn't pick any fights with the fossil fuel industry. They settled for an IRA bill that was not an adequate solution to the climate crisis." - @whitehouse.senate.gov
Sheldon Whitehouse on How to Confront ‘Fossil Fuel Monsters’ in the US
The Rhode Island senator tells Zero why he thinks the oil and gas industry has captured US politics and what to do to break its shackles
www.bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 AM
"Joe Biden couldn't say a serious word about climate to save his life. They wouldn't pick any fights with the fossil fuel industry. They settled for an IRA bill that was not an adequate solution to the climate crisis." - @whitehouse.senate.gov
"Can’t wait to see how Congress, the legislative body that theoretically controls the nation’s purse strings, will respond to this. Perhaps they will confirm another cabinet member."
Snatching Maduro was all about the spectacle
Kidnapping a world leader for online clout
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
"Can’t wait to see how Congress, the legislative body that theoretically controls the nation’s purse strings, will respond to this. Perhaps they will confirm another cabinet member."
“We’re going to market the crude coming out of Venezuela: First this backed up stored oil, and then indefinitely, going forward, we will sell the production that comes out of Venezuela into the marketplace." - Trump Secretary of Energy Chris Wright at a Goldman Sachs energy conference
Watch Energy Secretary Chris Wright answer questions about Venezuela
Wright will be interviewed by Goldman Sachs at the bank's annual energy conference in Miami.
www.cnbc.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
“We’re going to market the crude coming out of Venezuela: First this backed up stored oil, and then indefinitely, going forward, we will sell the production that comes out of Venezuela into the marketplace." - Trump Secretary of Energy Chris Wright at a Goldman Sachs energy conference
the cbsnews.com homepage is almost all
"RFK Jr says"
"Trump says"
"Rubio says"
"Mike Johnson says"
"White House says"
etc etc
"RFK Jr says"
"Trump says"
"Rubio says"
"Mike Johnson says"
"White House says"
etc etc
January 8, 2026 at 1:04 AM
the cbsnews.com homepage is almost all
"RFK Jr says"
"Trump says"
"Rubio says"
"Mike Johnson says"
"White House says"
etc etc
"RFK Jr says"
"Trump says"
"Rubio says"
"Mike Johnson says"
"White House says"
etc etc
This was a political assassination.
January 7, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This was a political assassination.
The fascists who seized control of the United States believe they live in the imaginary world of Fox News and X (and now CBS). If we do not stop them, their fantasy will become reality, through ever rising lies, terror, abductions, torture, and murder.
Tyrants have only one playbook.
Tyrants have only one playbook.
A woman in Minnesota was shot and killed by ICE today. We all saw the video, and the Trump administration is lying about it.
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM
The fascists who seized control of the United States believe they live in the imaginary world of Fox News and X (and now CBS). If we do not stop them, their fantasy will become reality, through ever rising lies, terror, abductions, torture, and murder.
Tyrants have only one playbook.
Tyrants have only one playbook.
Reposted by Brad Johnson
A woman in Minnesota was shot and killed by ICE today. We all saw the video, and the Trump administration is lying about it.
January 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
A woman in Minnesota was shot and killed by ICE today. We all saw the video, and the Trump administration is lying about it.
Makes sense that the website is dangerously overweight and pipe-clogging
Lord help me, the National Design Studio is back on their bullshit. realfood.gov This website weighs in at 16 (*six.* *teen.*) MB. The full game of the original DOOM was 12MB. 1/
America's New Dietary Guidelines
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans reset U.S. nutrition policy by restoring science, common sense, and real food as the foundation of national health.
realfood.gov
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Makes sense that the website is dangerously overweight and pipe-clogging
One year ago, fossil-fueled wildfires destroyed Eaton and the Palisades. Fascist arsonists soon took over the nation.
A few hours after Eaton Fire, Altadena (Jan. 8, 2025)
YouTube video by Mel M
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
One year ago, fossil-fueled wildfires destroyed Eaton and the Palisades. Fascist arsonists soon took over the nation.
this AI model definitely trained on Kung Fu Panda
January 7, 2026 at 5:55 PM
this AI model definitely trained on Kung Fu Panda