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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 9h

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11h

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 9h

Here's the TOTAL budgets of some other agencies that are being cut so the Admin can send $20B your tax dollars to their ideological friends:

- EPA (clean air and water): $9.1B

- NOAA (weather forecasts, warn if hurricane coming): $6.8B

- DOE EERE (energy efficiency & renewable energy): $3.4B

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 10h

This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

Republicans “have become the party that stands in the way of lower energy prices for American households.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Republican Party is why your electric bill is going up

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 16h

Trump's drastic, tragic cuts to climate science budgets remain mostly only *proposed.* Congressional appropriators are pushing back, rejecting many proposed cuts. How this comes out in a CR or final approps bills is a story still to be told.
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Climate: Lost science

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Among the things we’re ignoring because of Trump chaos.

Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 1d

Drought is climate change's biggest threat: If this winter is as dry as last winter, and no major reductions in use occur, Lake Powell by 2027 would have no storage left and “would have to be operated as a ‘run of river' facility” in which only the inflow from the river could be released downstream.

‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately - Inside Climate News

A new report finds that Lakes Mead and Powell, the nation’s largest reservoirs, could store just 9 percent of their combined capacity by the end of next summer.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Make Soybeans As Great Again As They Were This Time Last Year.
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

America’s Soybean Farmers Are Panicking Over the Loss of Chinese Buyers

China hasn’t booked any U.S. soybean purchases in months. Farmers warn of a “bloodbath.”

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Getting his Portland and Gaza photos mixed up.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

President Donald Trump said both Israel and Hamas had agreed to terms for the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza

Trump Says Israel, Hamas Agreed to Hostage Release in Peace Plan

President Donald Trump said both Israel and Hamas had agreed to terms for the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, a major breakthrough in the US-brokered negotiations to end their two-year war.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Missouri

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

Vidalia onion

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Also, accused of voting in PA while living in MD.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Intelligence failure, in both senses of the word.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

The person with the single greatest access to real and true information in the history of humanity believes in his soul that Portland is burning to the ground because the tv told him so

David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Concepts of a shutdown.

David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Compare what’s happening in Portland to January 6. *That* was War-Ravaged Washington. And Trump pardoned them all.

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Clear evidence of #WarRavagedPortland.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to expedite solar and wind permits before federal green energy tax credits expire next year.

The order prioritizes high-priority projects to begin by July 2026.

With @opb.org

Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the move, which follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that highlighted impediments green energy advocates blame for the state’s poor ranking when it co...

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Irony alert. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

E&E News: Trump’s quest to cure cancer with AI is powered by energy that can cause it

The president signed an order to expand the use of AI for healing children with cancer. It comes as his administration is weakening a dozen EPA rules that reduce cancer-causing pollution.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

“We know how to unstick what’s stuck,” the White House says about fossil fuel projects.

They also know how to stick up wind, solar, and other clean energy.

Everything they’re doing is raising your electric bills.

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White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 2d

“Fair and balanced, you decide.” How did that work out?

David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

At a time like this, one could hope for more from Justice Kennedy.

The Origin of ‘Equal Justice Under Law' www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Opinion | The Origin of ‘Equal Justice Under Law'

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Concepts of a plan.

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👻👻 Ben, but rationalized a reason to stay on Xitter 💀💀 @benfields.net · 3d

"The problem is that the fact and truth businesses are both suffering economic headwinds driven by the bullshit and rhetoric businesses." www.pbump.net/o/you-cant-g... excellent insight from @pbump.com

You can’t get anti-institutionalists to trust an institution

I will stipulate at the outset that I do not know how to reverse the long trend toward distrust in traditional American news sources. There's probably a solution out there, likely something involving ...

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

The government almost can’t give away leases for beautiful clean coal.
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E&E News: Company bids one-tenth of a penny per ton in US coal sale

The $186,000 offer from the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. underscores coal's diminished value. It was the only bid received to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in Montana.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Hard to see how Lee Zeldin imagines this will help his post-EPA employment prospects. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

POLITICO Pro: EPA's Zeldin insults Democrats as shutdown continues

Administrator Lee Zeldin promised bigger sombreros and made crass jokes about House Democrats on Fox News.

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 3d

I still think it's funny that he thinks the left is well organized and funded.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Project 2029 will be focused on how the Project 2025 authors avoid responsibility for their actions.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 3d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Surprise, surprise!

Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · 3d

The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions, according to a new report.

New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News

Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

While we enjoy balmy fall weather in the eastern U.S. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/most-of-th...

Most of the world has recently set all-time heat records

Regional exceptions like the 1930s in the continental US notwithstanding

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