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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 3m

Agreed. This is spite and stupidity. Building out solar would be good business.

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James Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 5m

A serious question I have--and I hesitate to ask bc I'm not looking for snarky or sanctimonious answers--is why would renewable energy not be conservative? Isn't saving money conservative? Collecting free energy from the sky?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 41m

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

President Trump “is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result,” the editorial board writes.

Opinion | The Trump Bump on Your Energy Bills

The president is going after clean energy, and Americans will face higher bills as a result.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 23m

Good advice with Newark most of the time.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 9h

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 9h

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 26m

If only the media would report this.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 40m

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1h

He wants X thing so he gets X thing is not a given. And to me that's the thing to uproot from people's consciousness. Because we're less than a year in and many people seem already defeated.

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 13h

World Market has a number of Republic of Teas that no one else has right now, both holiday ones and regular. Can recommend the Hot Toddy Tea for one.

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 14h

To paraphrase Raylan Givens, if you insist everyone you meet is a liar, odds are you're the liar.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Kristi Noem: "I was in Portland and met with the governor and mayor and chief of police and superintendent of the highway patrol. They are all lying and disingenuous and dishonest people. Because as soon as you leave the room, then they make the exact opposite response."

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 18h

See also.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump: Everything we're doing is very lawful and what they're doing is not lawful.

And what the governor and mayor, as an example, you can say of Portland and certainly of Chicago, it's not lawful what they're doing. They have to be very careful.

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 18h

Always loved that one.

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 18h

Fucking delusional.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 18h

Solid choice, and yes, I know it well.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 19h

I'm no employment lawyer, but I feel like they should have been allowed to retire by now.

Photo of part of a business's signage which shows their slogan, "Real people working for you, since 1946."

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Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social · 23h

It’s SHAMEFUL to watch US Senators vote NO on the War Powers resolution & give this administration a blank check to bomb whoever the hell they want. The current conduct in the Caribbean is unconstitutional and unacceptable!

Time and time again, these cowards bend the knee.

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 23h

Once again "uninformed". Show him Trump's speech.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN CALLER: We just I guess resolved Israel and Gaza. What about the war that is being caused here in America when our president tells the military to shoot Americans, use the cities as war zones?

MIKE JOHNSON: I have no idea where that's coming from. It's obviously a misleading talking point.

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Jared Rizzi @jaredrizzi.bsky.social · 1d

This has been a Republican promise for more than 15 years and not one Republican leader has put forward an actual plan. In the meantime the popularity of the ACA has only increased.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social · 23h

C-SPAN callers are serving it to Mike Johnson this morning, and it's kind of delightful.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "Hearing you say that 'everyone is smiling' in cities where troops have been rolled into feels dystopian and insane watching the response to it."

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h

Democrats should just start insisting that they saw very real videos of people rioting at Mar-a-Lago -- overturning golf carts, setting fire to the brunch buffet, stabbing busboys with carving knives, whatever -- and calling on Trump to send the Illinois National Guard there to restore order.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23h

Hard not to see parallels of attacks on public institutions and the traditional media. Both have limitations but served an essential function. Take Weiss at CBS now. She railed against MSM, created an outlet that absolutely failed to match it's quality, and will now be paid to degrade it.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 23h

“God Bless America” is … not the national anthem. At the game I was at recently, some people stood and some people didn’t. It’s a piece of popular song that many people like and feel moved by, just like, say, “This Land Is Your Land.”

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters are freaking out after photos emerged of Super Bowl singer Bad Bunny sitting during “God Bless America” at a New York Yankees playoff game.

MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Sits for ‘God Bless America’

The singer is causing anger among Republicans for his actions during a baseball game.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

Miller is lying in order to get you (and “low-info voters”) to give up. Without surrender, Miller and the rest of the regime got nothing. They believe you will believe their lies and conquer yourself. But they can’t conquer you if you don’t believe them.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 1d

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Stephen Miller will conquer you if you believe his lies

The lies start with the ones he tells himself, about himself.

www.editorialboard.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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