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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 20h

Just so you know. Glass houses and all that...

Charlotte Crist @touchesky.bsky.social · 1d

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 21h

I love the smell of MAGA civil war in the morning.

Pete Hegseth responds after Laura Loomer blasts Qatari air base in US

Speaking alongside Qatar’s Minister of Defense Friday, Hegseth announced deal to build a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho

www.independent.co.uk

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

From the EO: Sec. 10. Powering Artificial Intelligence Data Centers. (a)
"...the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Energy shall identify regions where coal-powered infrastructure is available and suitable for supporting AI data centers; ".

Trump’s coal bailout won’t solve the data center power crunch

The Department of Energy is spending $625 million to help prop up coal power. It won’t solve the industry’s underlying challenges—and might make your energy bills higher.

www.yahoo.com

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

"The (EOs) signed by Donald Trump regarding coal could cost consumers an estimated $3 billion to $6 billion annually by 2028. The cost is largely a result of mandating that aging, uncompetitive coal-fired power plants continue operating past their scheduled retirement dates. "

Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. In

www.whitehouse.gov

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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

Australia (and the rest of the world) knows what's up. Meanwhile, the fool Americans voted into office for the SECOND time, is all in on reviving the coal industry to prop up his base. Damn.

"The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable." 🧵

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

www.wired.com

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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

Stop being hysterical about The Handmaid's Tale they said.

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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

"merit alone" - hit 'em where it hurts.

MIT President Sally Kornbluth said MIT disagrees w/ provisions of the proposal, including some that would limit free speech & the university’s independence. She said it’s inconsistent with MIT’s belief that 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆.

MIT Rejects White House Deal To Unlock Funds In Exchange For Adopting Trump’s Political Agenda

In a letter to Trump administration officials, MIT President Sally Kornbluth said MIT disagrees with provisions of the proposal.

www.huffpost.com

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

When ICE says " rapist, murderers, gang bangers, & worst of the worst," they actually mean hard-working mothers, fathers, their children, & now pastors.

Call ICE what it is - an ill-trained, unrestrained, paramilitary force that believes there are no consequences for their actions. Unconscionable.

VIDEO: ICE agents shoot Chicago pastor in head with pepper ball outside Broadview facility

Pastor David Black of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago is suing the Trump administration after being struck in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents during a protest outside an ICE dete…

wgntv.com

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited Wick pic

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2d

“‘I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,’ Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document …” www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...

Pope Leo in first major document: Love for the poor is not optional for Christians

“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first m...

www.americamagazine.org

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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

God out here dropping logic.

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

FFS. She got her DOJ doing Trump's personal dirty and has the NERVE to convene a press conference for that fool!? Damn.

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

The newest inductee to the New Resistance Ring of Honor: Portland Frog Guy. Respect and thank you. ✊🏽

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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure that soy beans and coal aren't desirable Rare Earth minerals, but, by all means, keep showing your ignorance. If we could outmatch them, why jack up the tariff rate in a panic?

Trump: For every Element that they have been able to monopolize, we have two.”

#showyourcards

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 1d

Kudos, MIT! Y'all out there making Good Will Hunting - and me - very appreciative. Way to hold the line. ✊🏽

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 2d

The accidental, non-DM that will live in infamy.

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 2d

Unlike Pam Bondi, Lindsey Halligan, and the Eastern District of Virginia grand jurors, the Nobel Committee stood up to Trump's browbeating attempts. It awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to a worthy recipient. Props and respect. ✊

Congratulations, Maria Corina Machado!

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Opponent of Maduro regime receives award and praise for keeping ‘flame of democracy burning’

www.theguardian.com

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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 2d

This classic episode of "The Cosby Show" aired 40 YEARS ago today.... #GenX was seated for it.

Rest easy, Malcolm-Jamal Warner 🕊

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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 2d

I wholeheartedly concur.

Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 2d

Jay Jacobs, the chair of the New York State Democrats, has issued a statement on the indictment of AG Letitia James, calling it “nothing less than political retribution by a vindictive felon who happens to occupy the White House.”

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent point.

"The bailout will help pay off farmer debt to the banks."

Yes, because the bankers are the ones Trump truly supports. He wants to make them whole, not the farmers.

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly! Looking forward to an actual judge making this connection between reality and the Trump regime's dangerous, bullshit rhetoric.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 2d

It’s #BannedBooksWeek and yes, they banned To Kill a Mockingbird because it “makes people uncomfortable.”

That’s the point!

Books that expose racism and injustice should make you squirm.

Silencing truth is cowardice.
Read what they fear.📚

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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 3d

These moments of clarity from MTG are pretty jarring. It's like finding out that Chief could hear and speak all along in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 3d

I vote that Turning Point USA host their own new country somewhere very remote. It's always that other cultures need to adapt to them (Turning Point, MAGA, etc.) to make them comfortable. They wouldn't even consider trying to make people from other cultures comfortable.

#iminmexicospeakenglish

Keith @hirosh7.bsky.social · 3d

Sound like what Jesus would do. Pope Leo knows what's up. Not sure about GOP Christians like Mike Johnson.