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Party of Lincoln now: "With malice toward all, Charity for none."
Trump Christians: What you do to the least of us is all good to me. Punch 'em.
Rest of us: We do not forgive them for they know what they have done.
Trump Christians: What you do to the least of us is all good to me. Punch 'em.
Rest of us: We do not forgive them for they know what they have done.
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APHA & a group of health & environmental groups notified the EPA of their intent to file a lawsuit following the failure of the Trump administration EPA to meet a Feb. 7 deadline for designating areas in violation of the strengthened 2024 national air quality standard for soot. vist.ly/4r8tc
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
APHA & a group of health & environmental groups notified the EPA of their intent to file a lawsuit following the failure of the Trump administration EPA to meet a Feb. 7 deadline for designating areas in violation of the strengthened 2024 national air quality standard for soot. vist.ly/4r8tc
The U.S. fossil fuel industry benefits from an estimated $760 billion annually through subsidies.
The Trump administration added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025
Trump signed a bill that ended subsidies for wind and solar energy projects
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The Trump administration added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025
Trump signed a bill that ended subsidies for wind and solar energy projects
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See how climate change is accelerating
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The U.S. fossil fuel industry benefits from an estimated $760 billion annually through subsidies.
The Trump administration added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025
Trump signed a bill that ended subsidies for wind and solar energy projects
wapo.st/4abXa5w
The Trump administration added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025
Trump signed a bill that ended subsidies for wind and solar energy projects
wapo.st/4abXa5w
Congrats on Joining the Ubiquitous Surveillance Panopticon
open.substack.com/pub/paulwald...
open.substack.com/pub/paulwald...
Congrats on Joining the Ubiquitous Surveillance Panopticon
Oh, you have a problem with that? I guess you don't want to find lost dogs, you monster.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Congrats on Joining the Ubiquitous Surveillance Panopticon
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Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations
Recently disclosed records suggest a closer relationship than the Commerce secretary previously indicated.
www.politico.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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The biggest fraud ever perpetrated in America:
February 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
The biggest fraud ever perpetrated in America:
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Yup.
He won't sell, because its value to him is (a) to keep anyone else from saving it, (b) to truckle to Trump, so as to (c) keep Amazon / AWS / Blue Origin / etc federal contracts coming.
The ongoing losses, especially after he's gutted it, are trivial "costs of doing business."
He won't sell, because its value to him is (a) to keep anyone else from saving it, (b) to truckle to Trump, so as to (c) keep Amazon / AWS / Blue Origin / etc federal contracts coming.
The ongoing losses, especially after he's gutted it, are trivial "costs of doing business."
February 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Yup.
He won't sell, because its value to him is (a) to keep anyone else from saving it, (b) to truckle to Trump, so as to (c) keep Amazon / AWS / Blue Origin / etc federal contracts coming.
The ongoing losses, especially after he's gutted it, are trivial "costs of doing business."
He won't sell, because its value to him is (a) to keep anyone else from saving it, (b) to truckle to Trump, so as to (c) keep Amazon / AWS / Blue Origin / etc federal contracts coming.
The ongoing losses, especially after he's gutted it, are trivial "costs of doing business."
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SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
SEN. OSSOFF: “.. why are roving gangs of masked men — who look like they couldn’t pass the Army physical exam — dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?”
@acyn.bsky.social
@acyn.bsky.social
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Agree.
People are mad at @samuelmoyn.bsky.social but this is a good piece from him and @ryandoerfler.bsky.social on need to accept that SCOTUS has become functionally illegitimate. Key point is legitimacy does require the public to think the court operates in good faith:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Agree.
Trump will allow commercial fishing in the only marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, an area the size of Connecticut that is home to dolphins, endangered whales, sea turtles and ancient deep-sea corals.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Trump will allow commercial fishing in the only marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, an area the size of Connecticut that is home to dolphins, endangered whales, sea turtles and ancient deep-sea corals.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/c...
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Credit where it’s due:
This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Credit where it’s due:
This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
This is one hell of a hard nosed bullshit free article by the NYT. It feels like an editor slipped in the word anomalies, but other than that it’s tough & honest, & how news outlets should write about Trump & his racist administration.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
www.politico.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Remember: when expensive, polluting fossil fuel plants come on line, the most expensive one sets the price for the ENTIRE GRID, which means consumer costs go WAY UP. You pay for this mess, and your costs are raised ON PURPOSE by Trump and his corrupt fossil fuel donors.
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Remember: when expensive, polluting fossil fuel plants come on line, the most expensive one sets the price for the ENTIRE GRID, which means consumer costs go WAY UP. You pay for this mess, and your costs are raised ON PURPOSE by Trump and his corrupt fossil fuel donors.
The five wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean that Mr. Trump is trying to stop would collectively produce up to 5,800 megawatts, roughly enough to power 2.5 million homes. But 73,000 megawatts of solar projects on land are currently at risk from political interference.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
A Trump ‘Blockade’ Is Stalling Hundreds of Wind and Solar Projects Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The five wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean that Mr. Trump is trying to stop would collectively produce up to 5,800 megawatts, roughly enough to power 2.5 million homes. But 73,000 megawatts of solar projects on land are currently at risk from political interference.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/c...
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Elon. Bezos. Gates. Ellison. Thiel. Andreesen. Altman. Tim Cook. The list goes on. The tech bro robber barons are in many respects shittier and in most respects more influential than their 19th-century predecessors.
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Elon. Bezos. Gates. Ellison. Thiel. Andreesen. Altman. Tim Cook. The list goes on. The tech bro robber barons are in many respects shittier and in most respects more influential than their 19th-century predecessors.
Bush and Trump tax cuts have cost $10 trillion, responsible for 57% of the increase in the debt ratio since their creation.
Including interest, the total deficit impact of extending these tax cuts could exceed $4 trillion to $5 trillion over the next decade.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Including interest, the total deficit impact of extending these tax cuts could exceed $4 trillion to $5 trillion over the next decade.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Life, liberty and the pursuit of misery
How the most powerful nation in history lost its confidence in itself — and how it can get it back.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Bush and Trump tax cuts have cost $10 trillion, responsible for 57% of the increase in the debt ratio since their creation.
Including interest, the total deficit impact of extending these tax cuts could exceed $4 trillion to $5 trillion over the next decade.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Including interest, the total deficit impact of extending these tax cuts could exceed $4 trillion to $5 trillion over the next decade.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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The Department of Justice has demanded voter files from nearly every state and is suing those that refuse — despite states’ authority over voter rolls and elections. Here's what you need to know:
February 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The Department of Justice has demanded voter files from nearly every state and is suing those that refuse — despite states’ authority over voter rolls and elections. Here's what you need to know:
Never forget. Never forgive.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results (Published 2021)
Republican lawmakers raised objections to the official certification of electoral votes in a joint session of Congress that went into the wee hours of Thursday morning, in a futile effort to overturn ...
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Never forget. Never forgive.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Authoritarians are thought to express much deeper fears than the rest of the electorate, to seek the imposition of order where they perceive dangerous change, and to desire a strong leader who will defeat those fears with force.
www.vox.com/2016/3/1/111...
www.vox.com/2016/3/1/111...
The rise of American authoritarianism
A niche group of political scientists may have uncovered what’s driving Donald Trump’s ascent. What they found has implications that go well beyond 2016.
www.vox.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Authoritarians are thought to express much deeper fears than the rest of the electorate, to seek the imposition of order where they perceive dangerous change, and to desire a strong leader who will defeat those fears with force.
www.vox.com/2016/3/1/111...
www.vox.com/2016/3/1/111...
This other kind of sewage is also a problem in DC
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January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
This other kind of sewage is also a problem in DC
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