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“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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In Kerr County, Texas, Thad Heartfield is leading nearly 100 volunteers searching for flood victims. For him, this mission is personal. His son and three of his son's friends disappeared in the flood.
In Texas, a major search effort is being led by the father of a flood victim
In Kerr County, Texas, Thad Heartfield is leading nearly 100 volunteers searching for flood victims. For him, this mission is personal. His son and three of his son's friends disappeared in the flood.
n.pr
July 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In Kerr County, Texas, Thad Heartfield is leading nearly 100 volunteers searching for flood victims. For him, this mission is personal. His son and three of his son's friends disappeared in the flood.
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Regarding the flooding: GOP doesn’t want to fund the programs that predict these things, but they still want to blame the federal government for not predicting this. DOGE has consequences
July 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Regarding the flooding: GOP doesn’t want to fund the programs that predict these things, but they still want to blame the federal government for not predicting this. DOGE has consequences
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BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.
Supreme Court upholds South Carolina's ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.
n.pr
June 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.
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Mitch McConnell has a net worth of up to $52 million, and has had high quality government-financed healthcare for decades.
Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”
Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”
June 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Mitch McConnell has a net worth of up to $52 million, and has had high quality government-financed healthcare for decades.
Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”
Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”
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Thousands of people are signing up to see the highly automated assembly lines of Chinese EV brands like Xiaomi and Nio. www.wired.com/story/china-...
China's Electric Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hotspots
Thousands of people are signing up to see the highly automated assembly lines of Chinese EV brands like Xiaomi and Nio.
www.wired.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Thousands of people are signing up to see the highly automated assembly lines of Chinese EV brands like Xiaomi and Nio. www.wired.com/story/china-...
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NEW: My weekly update on what’s happening to our democracy and the court cases you need to watch next week just posted.
Watch, enjoy and share. youtu.be/F4clqzU54Lk
Watch, enjoy and share. youtu.be/F4clqzU54Lk
Federal Court Lets Trump Control California National Guard
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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June 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
NEW: My weekly update on what’s happening to our democracy and the court cases you need to watch next week just posted.
Watch, enjoy and share. youtu.be/F4clqzU54Lk
Watch, enjoy and share. youtu.be/F4clqzU54Lk
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We should all be saluting the Senate Parliamentarian who is defending the rules vs. lawless, rapacious Senate R's. Knocking out a host of reprehensible policy items that do not comply with reconcilliation rules. It is not an easy task. This is what it means to take responsibility for our democracy.
June 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We should all be saluting the Senate Parliamentarian who is defending the rules vs. lawless, rapacious Senate R's. Knocking out a host of reprehensible policy items that do not comply with reconcilliation rules. It is not an easy task. This is what it means to take responsibility for our democracy.
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Contrast betw Hegseth's preening, and the limited specific answers from Gen Caine, is difference between someone who thinks the world is a (weekend) Fox News show, and someone who is serious about business of war.
Hegseth's toadying comments about Trump impossible to imagine from previous SecDefs.
Hegseth's toadying comments about Trump impossible to imagine from previous SecDefs.
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Contrast betw Hegseth's preening, and the limited specific answers from Gen Caine, is difference between someone who thinks the world is a (weekend) Fox News show, and someone who is serious about business of war.
Hegseth's toadying comments about Trump impossible to imagine from previous SecDefs.
Hegseth's toadying comments about Trump impossible to imagine from previous SecDefs.
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
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If the U.S. bombs an underground uranium enrichment facility in Iran or kills the country’s supreme leader, it could kick off a more dangerous and unpredictable phase in the war. Our reporter explains some ways it could play out.
What Happens if Trump Decides to Strike Iran or Assassinate Its Leader?
If the United States bombs an underground uranium enrichment facility in Iran or kills the country’s supreme leader, it could kick off a more dangerous and unpredictable phase in the war.
trib.al
June 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If the U.S. bombs an underground uranium enrichment facility in Iran or kills the country’s supreme leader, it could kick off a more dangerous and unpredictable phase in the war. Our reporter explains some ways it could play out.
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In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, a “palantir” is a seeing stone that can be used to distort truth and present selective visions of reality.
Palantir Technologies bears a striking similarity.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate
Palantir Technologies bears a striking similarity.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate
June 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, a “palantir” is a seeing stone that can be used to distort truth and present selective visions of reality.
Palantir Technologies bears a striking similarity.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate
Palantir Technologies bears a striking similarity.
Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/palantir-the-worst-of-the-corporate
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so like i know brad lander is a candidate for mayor but maybe the headlines should focus on the fact they arrested the guy CURRENTLY IN CHARGE OF NEW YORK CITY’S FINANCES
June 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
so like i know brad lander is a candidate for mayor but maybe the headlines should focus on the fact they arrested the guy CURRENTLY IN CHARGE OF NEW YORK CITY’S FINANCES
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We have one request: livestream, take photos, and share everything you see. Don’t let them control the narrative. Tomorrow will be powerful and we can’t wait to see you out there.
June 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We have one request: livestream, take photos, and share everything you see. Don’t let them control the narrative. Tomorrow will be powerful and we can’t wait to see you out there.
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In the spirit of this great oped, journalists (inc. Goldberg) must recognize that one of Trump’s patterns is:
1. Do something wildly illegal
2. Identify the name of a law
3. Proceed to ignore every limit in that law
The pattern is tricking papers into writing “Trump is invoking a rarely used law.”
1. Do something wildly illegal
2. Identify the name of a law
3. Proceed to ignore every limit in that law
The pattern is tricking papers into writing “Trump is invoking a rarely used law.”
June 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In the spirit of this great oped, journalists (inc. Goldberg) must recognize that one of Trump’s patterns is:
1. Do something wildly illegal
2. Identify the name of a law
3. Proceed to ignore every limit in that law
The pattern is tricking papers into writing “Trump is invoking a rarely used law.”
1. Do something wildly illegal
2. Identify the name of a law
3. Proceed to ignore every limit in that law
The pattern is tricking papers into writing “Trump is invoking a rarely used law.”
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4 more examples of towns where Texans are making a stand!! Places like Harlingen, Nagaodoches, Coldspring and Lufkin. And remember the link to check out events is at the end.
June 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
4 more examples of towns where Texans are making a stand!! Places like Harlingen, Nagaodoches, Coldspring and Lufkin. And remember the link to check out events is at the end.
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NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
June 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
NEW: Unbelievable. A seemingly endless line of tanks & other military vehicles arrive in DC ahead of next week's parade.
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
They departed Texas 5 days ago.
What a colossal waste of time, money & military resources. All for a President who has shown zero respect for service personnel.
(🎥 DW)
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French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced that a major French carmaker will partner with a French defense SME to set up drone production lines on Ukrainian soil. The drones will serve both Ukrainian needs and support French military training.
June 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced that a major French carmaker will partner with a French defense SME to set up drone production lines on Ukrainian soil. The drones will serve both Ukrainian needs and support French military training.
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s.
www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...
www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...
"Gut Feeling" Is Outweighing Evidence-Based Rhetoric In US Politics"
A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s.
www.iflscience.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s.
www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...
www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...
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From St. Augustine, Fla., to Salt Lake City to rainy Frankfort, Ky., and across the nation, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators take to the streets to protest Trump and Musk. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country
Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
From St. Augustine, Fla., to Salt Lake City to rainy Frankfort, Ky., and across the nation, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators take to the streets to protest Trump and Musk. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
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Yes exactly.
NEW: There's no reason to act like Trump is pursuing a trade policy or an industrial revitalization strategy.
These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do.
prospect.org/economy/2025...
These are just sanctions, imposed to intimidate countries and companies into submission like they're universities or law firms. They're what a mob boss would do.
prospect.org/economy/2025...
They’re Not Tariffs, They’re Sanctions
Stop trying to place coherence on a policy that’s really just a mob boss breaking legs and asking for protection money.
prospect.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yes exactly.
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I'm a big fan of crowdsourced google docs to organize opposition to authoritarianism. This is a good one.
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'm a big fan of crowdsourced google docs to organize opposition to authoritarianism. This is a good one.
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Among the many errors this administration has made: 2019 was not the Biden administration. The VP tweets without first checking for obvious errors. If they make the easy ones, they're making the more subtle, less obvious ones too.
April 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Among the many errors this administration has made: 2019 was not the Biden administration. The VP tweets without first checking for obvious errors. If they make the easy ones, they're making the more subtle, less obvious ones too.