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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
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Thing thing about Matty and what makes this so boring is that it is all just that his personal priors laundered through electoralism
November 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Thing thing about Matty and what makes this so boring is that it is all just that his personal priors laundered through electoralism
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really hard to overstate how horrendous the oil industry has been for every aspect of human society--the biggest source of industrial pollution and also the biggest funder of reactionary politics
October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
really hard to overstate how horrendous the oil industry has been for every aspect of human society--the biggest source of industrial pollution and also the biggest funder of reactionary politics
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Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.
October 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.
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a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement
October 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement
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Just your latest reminder that, although everyone has decided to stop talking about climate change, it is still very much happening -- worse and faster than predicted.
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just your latest reminder that, although everyone has decided to stop talking about climate change, it is still very much happening -- worse and faster than predicted.
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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Estimates by Lazard
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Estimates by Lazard
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This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is literally what the actual "siege" of the auxiliary ICE building looks like
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this is just fucking insane. i feel like i'm hallucinating reading this. we just finished getting hot cocoa and blackberry thyme coffeecake and now we're taking the babies to an ancient forest to watch the old people doing tai chi. this could not be a calmer happier city
Trump says he authorizes Hegseth to deploy the military to Portland, which he lyingly calls "war ravaged," and says he is authorizing "full force."
September 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
this is just fucking insane. i feel like i'm hallucinating reading this. we just finished getting hot cocoa and blackberry thyme coffeecake and now we're taking the babies to an ancient forest to watch the old people doing tai chi. this could not be a calmer happier city
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Portland can get rowdy — it’s part of our identity — but it can’t be emphasized enough how mellow Portland has been this summer.
Trump is increasingly desperate and will do anything to distract from the news of how bad the economy is, his unpopularity, & his prominent position in the Epstein files.
Trump is increasingly desperate and will do anything to distract from the news of how bad the economy is, his unpopularity, & his prominent position in the Epstein files.
September 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Portland can get rowdy — it’s part of our identity — but it can’t be emphasized enough how mellow Portland has been this summer.
Trump is increasingly desperate and will do anything to distract from the news of how bad the economy is, his unpopularity, & his prominent position in the Epstein files.
Trump is increasingly desperate and will do anything to distract from the news of how bad the economy is, his unpopularity, & his prominent position in the Epstein files.
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Trump is launching a full blown attack on free speech while his harem of billionaires buys up every media platform. This is no coincidence. It’s a coordinated attack on your fundamental right to speak freely without worrying if you’ll lose your job or worse.
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Trump is launching a full blown attack on free speech while his harem of billionaires buys up every media platform. This is no coincidence. It’s a coordinated attack on your fundamental right to speak freely without worrying if you’ll lose your job or worse.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
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it’s fascinating. majorities of americans oppose the military occupation of cities. a substantial number of those are fucking furious about it, but rather than lean into this anger and attack trump’s perception of strength, these “strategists” want democrats to avoid the confrontation entirely.
There it is folks. The brilliant Dem strategy, according to the genius pundits with the ear of Dem leadership, is to let Trump keep doing everything he's doing but only if we can also help Republicans avoid paying a political price for hurting people long enough to hold the House and Senate in 2026
September 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
it’s fascinating. majorities of americans oppose the military occupation of cities. a substantial number of those are fucking furious about it, but rather than lean into this anger and attack trump’s perception of strength, these “strategists” want democrats to avoid the confrontation entirely.
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Interesting shutdown politics thread by health policy expert and former OMB official Topher Spiro.
September 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Interesting shutdown politics thread by health policy expert and former OMB official Topher Spiro.
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if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war
September 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
if i had the opportunity to ask a question of anyone in the administration, given this "war in chicago" messaging, i would ask them how many americans the president intends to kill in his war
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What these Schatz posts say to me is that Dem elected officials like him seem incapable of perceiving the right as a *political movement.* The response to Covid mitigation and the Floyd protests was not a spontaneous reaction...it was a right wing backlash organized by a reactionary movement.
I've never seen such a disconnect between Dem elected/staff/consultants and actual Dem voters.
The latter understand what's going on.
The former are awash in right-wing brainrot, hence @schatz.bsky.social blaming COVID mitigation and BLM marches for the GOP's wanton destruction of public health.
The latter understand what's going on.
The former are awash in right-wing brainrot, hence @schatz.bsky.social blaming COVID mitigation and BLM marches for the GOP's wanton destruction of public health.
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It was in this moment that many of us hanging on to a thin sliver of trust in our institutions irrevocably lost faith in them. One of the most poisonous blows to public trust in living memory - worse than the effect of the Iraq War in many ways. RFK Jr is a direct result of this.
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September 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What these Schatz posts say to me is that Dem elected officials like him seem incapable of perceiving the right as a *political movement.* The response to Covid mitigation and the Floyd protests was not a spontaneous reaction...it was a right wing backlash organized by a reactionary movement.
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ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
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i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.
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Hey remember when Trump's former chief of staff bravely came out publicly during the election to warn the nation that Trump was a dangerous fascist and the New York Times ran a story about on page A14?
August 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Hey remember when Trump's former chief of staff bravely came out publicly during the election to warn the nation that Trump was a dangerous fascist and the New York Times ran a story about on page A14?
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if they start threatening wind energy executives with jail time over bird deaths, just remember that oil pits kill three times as many birds per year, according to the federal government’s own data
August 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
if they start threatening wind energy executives with jail time over bird deaths, just remember that oil pits kill three times as many birds per year, according to the federal government’s own data
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someone at a white house press briefing should ask why the president consistently refers to his black american critics as “low IQ”
August 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
someone at a white house press briefing should ask why the president consistently refers to his black american critics as “low IQ”
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If you'd like to let the Secretary of the Interior know about this new invention called "the battery," you can contact him here:
July 31, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you'd like to let the Secretary of the Interior know about this new invention called "the battery," you can contact him here:
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This is exactly right. Anyone voting for the spending bill is voting for higher energy bills and blackouts.
If this Senate language on solar passes, I think we’re in a full-blown national energy crisis within 2 years.
Forecasting after the cliff is even worse, but project pipelines will dry up, supply chains will convulse...and cost of new additions will soar. Assuming we can even meet demand growth. 🔌💡
Forecasting after the cliff is even worse, but project pipelines will dry up, supply chains will convulse...and cost of new additions will soar. Assuming we can even meet demand growth. 🔌💡
June 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is exactly right. Anyone voting for the spending bill is voting for higher energy bills and blackouts.