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We need this in Virginia.
Gov. Kotek signed HB 3546 yesterday.
The bill gives the Oregon PUC the authority to raise rates for data centers and crypto miners to cover the costs of new generation and transmission lines to meet the tech companies enormous power needs -- thereby protecting other ratepayers.
The bill gives the Oregon PUC the authority to raise rates for data centers and crypto miners to cover the costs of new generation and transmission lines to meet the tech companies enormous power needs -- thereby protecting other ratepayers.
Oregon's Legislature has just passed HB 3546, designed to shield residential ratepayers and other industries from paying the cost of serving data centers' soaring electricity demand.
Gov. Tina Kotek has promised to sign the bill.
Gov. Tina Kotek has promised to sign the bill.
June 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We need this in Virginia.
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because of these chucklefucks it is a miracle that we go a day without a passenger airline crash
Duffy on the air traffic control system: "The lights are blinking, the sirens are turning ... what you see in Newark is gonna happen in other places across the country."
Good luck, air travelers!
Good luck, air travelers!
May 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
because of these chucklefucks it is a miracle that we go a day without a passenger airline crash
Why does this sound like communism?
Trump: "I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls ... they don't need to have 250 pencils. They can have five."
May 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Why does this sound like communism?
The average American has three friends.
May 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The average American has three friends.
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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
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"Poorer people end up paying a disproportionate percentage of the tariffs, because they spend 100% of their paychecks on goods," says Gary Cohn, vice chairman of IBM and a former top economic adviser to President Trump in his first term.
"The tariffs are going to affect the poorer people more."
"The tariffs are going to affect the poorer people more."
April 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Poorer people end up paying a disproportionate percentage of the tariffs, because they spend 100% of their paychecks on goods," says Gary Cohn, vice chairman of IBM and a former top economic adviser to President Trump in his first term.
"The tariffs are going to affect the poorer people more."
"The tariffs are going to affect the poorer people more."
Ya know who else had Motherhood Medals? The Nazi Party.
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Ya know who else had Motherhood Medals? The Nazi Party.
Ya know who else had Motherhood Medals? The Nazi Party.
April 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ya know who else had Motherhood Medals? The Nazi Party.
The Trump administration is taking ideas directly from the Nazi party. Identical.
April 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Trump administration is taking ideas directly from the Nazi party. Identical.
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WELKER: The markets lost more than $6 trillion in value. Was this disruption always part of the plan?
BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.
BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.
April 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
WELKER: The markets lost more than $6 trillion in value. Was this disruption always part of the plan?
BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.
BESSENT: We had record volume on Friday and everything is working very smoothly. So the American people can take great comfort in that.
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I wonder why trump fired the General in charge of cybersecurity this week...🤔
SCOOP: Elon Musk’s DOGE has plans to stage a “hackathon” next week in Washington, DC. The goal is to create a single “mega API”—a bridge that lets software systems talk to one another—for accessing IRS data, sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I wonder why trump fired the General in charge of cybersecurity this week...🤔
Wild that Democrats allowed the record to be held by an absolute racist for over 68 years.
As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because, as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful."
See the moment Sen. Cory Booker broke Strom Thurmond's record
As he broke a record set when Thurmond stood against the Civil Rights Act, Booker said, "I'm not here, though, because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because, as powerful as he w...
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Wild that Democrats allowed the record to be held by an absolute racist for over 68 years.
The American government is being run by idiots and we are going to eventually pay for it.
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The American government is being run by idiots and we are going to eventually pay for it.
Trump’s America sucks.
March 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Trump’s America sucks.
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if the democratic party had a functional propaganda arm it could make a lot of hay of the fact that a non-trivial number of MAGA personalities and politicians are child sex offenders
March 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
if the democratic party had a functional propaganda arm it could make a lot of hay of the fact that a non-trivial number of MAGA personalities and politicians are child sex offenders
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99-0. Every single senator voted to confirm this ghoul.
The annual State Department human rights report “will remove all sections covering the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and the disabled as well as sections dedicated to discrimination against indigenous people and corruption in government.”
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marc...
Marco Rubio removes LGBTQ+ people & women from annual human rights report - LGBTQ Nation
He also removed sections on women, people with disabilities, and government corruption.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
99-0. Every single senator voted to confirm this ghoul.
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WATCH | Australian medic Muhammad Mustafa describes the aftermath of last night’s attacks at Baptist Hospital in Gaza City:
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
March 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
WATCH | Australian medic Muhammad Mustafa describes the aftermath of last night’s attacks at Baptist Hospital in Gaza City:
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
Allow players to take steroids, but pay those players SIGNIFICANTLY less money.
You have the right to voice your most controversial baseball opinion. Let's hear it.
March 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Allow players to take steroids, but pay those players SIGNIFICANTLY less money.
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BREAKING: I just offered an amendment on the floor to give Veterans fired in the Trump-Musk layoffs their jobs back.
Every single Republican blocked it.
Shame on them for betraying our heroes.
Every single Republican blocked it.
Shame on them for betraying our heroes.
March 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
BREAKING: I just offered an amendment on the floor to give Veterans fired in the Trump-Musk layoffs their jobs back.
Every single Republican blocked it.
Shame on them for betraying our heroes.
Every single Republican blocked it.
Shame on them for betraying our heroes.
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
theonion.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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I don’t really like to comment on political strategy but WTF are Schumer and Newsom, two of the most powerful leaders in the Democratic Party, doing right now?
March 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I don’t really like to comment on political strategy but WTF are Schumer and Newsom, two of the most powerful leaders in the Democratic Party, doing right now?
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Check this out — American stocks were on par with global stocks up until late January — and have now dropped terribly since then
Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
March 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Check this out — American stocks were on par with global stocks up until late January — and have now dropped terribly since then
Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
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It’s a DOGE eat DOGE World
March 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It’s a DOGE eat DOGE World