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I'd like to report a y-axis crime…
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I'd like to report a y-axis crime…
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This is sad, but good: Artists are refusing to normalize this idiocy, and instead of just commanding performances - which they can't do - the Trump people are closing it down and slinking away.
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
This is sad, but good: Artists are refusing to normalize this idiocy, and instead of just commanding performances - which they can't do - the Trump people are closing it down and slinking away.
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I hope all of the reporting on this leads with the fact that the Kennedy Center completed a $250 million renovation 6 years ago that was Congressionally authorized.
February 2, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I hope all of the reporting on this leads with the fact that the Kennedy Center completed a $250 million renovation 6 years ago that was Congressionally authorized.
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Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
How can late nite TV even begin to compete with this? Turns out Senator Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) finds the law and the 4th Amendment "completely unacceptable."
BASH: Wouldn't ICE wearing body cameras help with what you're describing?
RON JOHNSON: I don't have a problem with that personally, but that's not what I heard what Democrats were demanding. Their primary demand was judicial warrants, which is completely unacceptable.
RON JOHNSON: I don't have a problem with that personally, but that's not what I heard what Democrats were demanding. Their primary demand was judicial warrants, which is completely unacceptable.
February 1, 2026 at 9:03 PM
How can late nite TV even begin to compete with this? Turns out Senator Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) finds the law and the 4th Amendment "completely unacceptable."
“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave,” the Portland mayor wrote. “Through your use of violence and the trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Portland mayor issues scathing statement after ICE protesters are gassed
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to resign and told their bosses to leave Portland.
www.seattletimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
“To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave,” the Portland mayor wrote. “Through your use of violence and the trampling of the Constitution, you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
He addressed Mr. Trump directly:
"The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back against where you're taking this country and to investigate your crimes," Menefee said.
www.cbsnews.com/news/democra...
"The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back against where you're taking this country and to investigate your crimes," Menefee said.
www.cbsnews.com/news/democra...
Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for U.S. House seat in Texas
Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans' already-slim majority.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:17 PM
He addressed Mr. Trump directly:
"The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back against where you're taking this country and to investigate your crimes," Menefee said.
www.cbsnews.com/news/democra...
"The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back against where you're taking this country and to investigate your crimes," Menefee said.
www.cbsnews.com/news/democra...
"Since Trump took office, Democrats have flipped eight Republican-held state legislative seats in special elections across five states. Republicans have flipped zero Democratic seats.
The average swing across these eight flips is 19 points. Tonight’s 32-point swing in Texas blew past that."
The average swing across these eight flips is 19 points. Tonight’s 32-point swing in Texas blew past that."
"The point is: a big wave is gathering. For Democrats, tonight is another piece of evidence that the 2026 midterms are going to be a good year for them (if the elections are free and fair, which is not guaranteed)."
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Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing
A nerdy look at precinct-level data from the TX SD-9 special election
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"Since Trump took office, Democrats have flipped eight Republican-held state legislative seats in special elections across five states. Republicans have flipped zero Democratic seats.
The average swing across these eight flips is 19 points. Tonight’s 32-point swing in Texas blew past that."
The average swing across these eight flips is 19 points. Tonight’s 32-point swing in Texas blew past that."
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NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order – #9 in Conejo Arias v. Noem (W.D. Tex., 5:26-cv-00415) – CourtListener.com
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT--The Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Grea...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:27 PM
NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Holy crap!! This is what they call de-escalation??
Seriously - how is this not domestic terrorism?
Seriously - how is this not domestic terrorism?
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Holy crap!! This is what they call de-escalation??
Seriously - how is this not domestic terrorism?
Seriously - how is this not domestic terrorism?
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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This
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This
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One of my "If I had Mackenzie Scott Money" fantasies is "How much of the coal industry could I dismantle for $10B?" You can, after all, buy Peabody Energy, about 20-25% of the market, for $4.4B.
Perhaps things would cascade from there...
Perhaps things would cascade from there...
New from @gruberte.bsky.social and I in @science.org: The energy transition is at risk, and energy models are missing the threat. Fossil energy networks from oil to coal to gas have minimum viable scales of operation, and those thresholds are closer than we think:
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Fossil energy minimum viable scale
Unseen infrastructural threats to safety and decarbonization may arise as fossil energy systems are phased out
www.science.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:16 PM
One of my "If I had Mackenzie Scott Money" fantasies is "How much of the coal industry could I dismantle for $10B?" You can, after all, buy Peabody Energy, about 20-25% of the market, for $4.4B.
Perhaps things would cascade from there...
Perhaps things would cascade from there...
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This is correct. And note, WSJ, NYT, WaPo and the major networks simply ignore what is batshit crazy, thinking you don't need to know about it.
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This is correct. And note, WSJ, NYT, WaPo and the major networks simply ignore what is batshit crazy, thinking you don't need to know about it.
Washington's Senate voted to make the Columbia Plateau cactus the state cactus (and I'm sure it all happened with no giggling)
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ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_N...
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Washington's Senate voted to make the Columbia Plateau cactus the state cactus (and I'm sure it all happened with no giggling)
ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_N...
ci3.googleusercontent.com/meips/ADKq_N...
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"unprecedented attack on the First Amendment"
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"unprecedented attack on the First Amendment"
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This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
This just in: "Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy awards," Lemon's attorney Abbe Lowell says.
January 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This isn’t about convicting Don Lemon. It’s unlikely that will happen. It’s about intimidating journalists & making them censure themselves out of fear of consequences. It’s about eroding the free press because the administration can’t afford the criticism.
Fascist much?
Just how long is it going to take for impeachment - if nothing else, Republicans ought to be very worried that Trump is bankrupting the country, including the many future civil rights lawsuits
Just how long is it going to take for impeachment - if nothing else, Republicans ought to be very worried that Trump is bankrupting the country, including the many future civil rights lawsuits
Not one, but TWO courts already rejected charges against Don Lemon. This is pure vindictiveness, clearly they don't give a shit about the law, or the constitution. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Minnesota Live Updates: Don Lemon Is Arrested Over Church Protest
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Fascist much?
Just how long is it going to take for impeachment - if nothing else, Republicans ought to be very worried that Trump is bankrupting the country, including the many future civil rights lawsuits
Just how long is it going to take for impeachment - if nothing else, Republicans ought to be very worried that Trump is bankrupting the country, including the many future civil rights lawsuits
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The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.
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American paramilitary units are on the cover of international newsmagazines.
But please, come visit and invest.
We’re “open for business.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
But please, come visit and invest.
We’re “open for business.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
January 30, 2026 at 12:24 AM
American paramilitary units are on the cover of international newsmagazines.
But please, come visit and invest.
We’re “open for business.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
But please, come visit and invest.
We’re “open for business.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.
And the Hunter hunters are silent.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
@heyjohnryan.bsky.social
Kinda interesting man bites dog story - SB 6318, which appears to be moving, imposes big fee increases on the state's shellfish industry.
And - the industry is supporting it!
Kinda interesting man bites dog story - SB 6318, which appears to be moving, imposes big fee increases on the state's shellfish industry.
And - the industry is supporting it!
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
@heyjohnryan.bsky.social
Kinda interesting man bites dog story - SB 6318, which appears to be moving, imposes big fee increases on the state's shellfish industry.
And - the industry is supporting it!
Kinda interesting man bites dog story - SB 6318, which appears to be moving, imposes big fee increases on the state's shellfish industry.
And - the industry is supporting it!
Dear WA policy makers, pls make a note of it:
" . . . rates of state sales & income taxes had NO association w/changes in median household income . . .States w/colder temps & higher property taxes saw GREATER median income growth . . ."
washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/27/r...
" . . . rates of state sales & income taxes had NO association w/changes in median household income . . .States w/colder temps & higher property taxes saw GREATER median income growth . . ."
washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/27/r...
These are the states where incomes grew the most, least in recent decades • Washington State Standard
Household incomes grew in all but one state over the past 50 years, but a new study concludes that growth has been uneven across the country.
washingtonstatestandard.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Dear WA policy makers, pls make a note of it:
" . . . rates of state sales & income taxes had NO association w/changes in median household income . . .States w/colder temps & higher property taxes saw GREATER median income growth . . ."
washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/27/r...
" . . . rates of state sales & income taxes had NO association w/changes in median household income . . .States w/colder temps & higher property taxes saw GREATER median income growth . . ."
washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/01/27/r...
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This is physically unsustainable for all life on earth.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This is physically unsustainable for all life on earth.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.
The plans for data centers - if they succeed - guarantee that we burn the world down and blow every climate tipping point.
The fierce debate here is not just about "speed" but about who gets to decide and how we plan the entire economy.