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21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
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I had my own reasons for despising that essay and did so here a few days ago, but it's heartening to see Congressman Casten, who's got a lot of expertise in both the energy issues and the politics, kick it to the curb his way.
21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!
December 21, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I had my own reasons for despising that essay and did so here a few days ago, but it's heartening to see Congressman Casten, who's got a lot of expertise in both the energy issues and the politics, kick it to the curb his way.
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🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
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4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
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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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Here's a better view of the now-deleted photo showing Trump with Epstein and Trump with a group of young girls.
The photo was originally posted as item EFTA00000468 but was later deleted. Now the 'official' list simply jumps from EFTA00000467 to EFTA00000469.
The photo was originally posted as item EFTA00000468 but was later deleted. Now the 'official' list simply jumps from EFTA00000467 to EFTA00000469.
December 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Here's a better view of the now-deleted photo showing Trump with Epstein and Trump with a group of young girls.
The photo was originally posted as item EFTA00000468 but was later deleted. Now the 'official' list simply jumps from EFTA00000467 to EFTA00000469.
The photo was originally posted as item EFTA00000468 but was later deleted. Now the 'official' list simply jumps from EFTA00000467 to EFTA00000469.
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If you are looking for a weekend read, I hope you will consider my @talkingpointsmemo.com series on the realities of mass deportation and the emerging Undocumented Underground that is fighting back. talkingpointsmemo.com/undocumented...
Undocumented Underground
Talking Points Memo (TPM) is an independent news organization that publishes reporting and analysis about American politics, public policy and political culture.
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you are looking for a weekend read, I hope you will consider my @talkingpointsmemo.com series on the realities of mass deportation and the emerging Undocumented Underground that is fighting back. talkingpointsmemo.com/undocumented...
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Amplify Maria Farmer. She was always telling the truth when she said she filed a complaint with the FBI against Jeffrey Epstein back in 1996. Believe the victims! Take a listen!👇🏼
#belivethevictims
#pinks
#belivethevictims
#pinks
December 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Amplify Maria Farmer. She was always telling the truth when she said she filed a complaint with the FBI against Jeffrey Epstein back in 1996. Believe the victims! Take a listen!👇🏼
#belivethevictims
#pinks
#belivethevictims
#pinks
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Olympian levels of raging Trumpian depavity, madness, and GUILT.
Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
December 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Olympian levels of raging Trumpian depavity, madness, and GUILT.
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New picture of Donald Trump:
December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New picture of Donald Trump:
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Famed weatherman Al Roker is urging the Trump administration not to follow through with its plan to dismantle a climate research facility in Colorado.
‘Today’ Show’s Al Roker Rebukes Trump Goon for Blowing Up Science
The climate change-denying White House says it’s moving to dismantle a “woke” climate center.
trib.al
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Famed weatherman Al Roker is urging the Trump administration not to follow through with its plan to dismantle a climate research facility in Colorado.
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So this is what he meant by “we are doing well”…
The Trump family business empire is booming. We map out 268 pieces of it, from crypto to Bibles to golf courses.
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It.
A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family.
on.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
So this is what he meant by “we are doing well”…
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Lawful immigration pathways are being weaponized by this administration.
Follow the rules and show up to your check-in? You risk arrest.
Miss a check-in? Your case is dismissed and you become deportable.
Secretary Noem knows this. I will continue monitoring 26 Fed until this abuse stops.
Follow the rules and show up to your check-in? You risk arrest.
Miss a check-in? Your case is dismissed and you become deportable.
Secretary Noem knows this. I will continue monitoring 26 Fed until this abuse stops.
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Lawful immigration pathways are being weaponized by this administration.
Follow the rules and show up to your check-in? You risk arrest.
Miss a check-in? Your case is dismissed and you become deportable.
Secretary Noem knows this. I will continue monitoring 26 Fed until this abuse stops.
Follow the rules and show up to your check-in? You risk arrest.
Miss a check-in? Your case is dismissed and you become deportable.
Secretary Noem knows this. I will continue monitoring 26 Fed until this abuse stops.
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Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Here's how lawyers can push back: bit.ly/48MyFJV
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Here's how lawyers can push back: bit.ly/48MyFJV
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again.
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.”
We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Good grief. I interviewed her for my podcast and she was nothing but reasonable and gracious when she didn't have to be. She's great. You can listen to my talk with Dr. Richardson here: soundcloud.com/profciara/de... 🎧📖🎙️
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Good grief. I interviewed her for my podcast and she was nothing but reasonable and gracious when she didn't have to be. She's great. You can listen to my talk with Dr. Richardson here: soundcloud.com/profciara/de... 🎧📖🎙️
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This proposal is an alarming expansion of digital surveillance that treats visitors like suspects & violates the First Amendment.
This xenophobia will not only decimate the tourism industry in NY & beyond, but it demeans our country.
Americans would be outraged if we were treated this way abroad.
This xenophobia will not only decimate the tourism industry in NY & beyond, but it demeans our country.
Americans would be outraged if we were treated this way abroad.
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This proposal is an alarming expansion of digital surveillance that treats visitors like suspects & violates the First Amendment.
This xenophobia will not only decimate the tourism industry in NY & beyond, but it demeans our country.
Americans would be outraged if we were treated this way abroad.
This xenophobia will not only decimate the tourism industry in NY & beyond, but it demeans our country.
Americans would be outraged if we were treated this way abroad.
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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On Saturday night, get ready for a stunning display of green meteors — weather permitting. The Geminids, regarded as the year’s biggest and best meteor shower, could sling 50 meteors overhead every single hour. https://wapo.st/4aa52EZ
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On Saturday night, get ready for a stunning display of green meteors — weather permitting. The Geminids, regarded as the year’s biggest and best meteor shower, could sling 50 meteors overhead every single hour. https://wapo.st/4aa52EZ
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The idea that having entered the country illegally means there is no inhumanity to which you can't be subjected is not "rule of law" or an orderly immigration policy. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The idea that having entered the country illegally means there is no inhumanity to which you can't be subjected is not "rule of law" or an orderly immigration policy. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
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Quite the day for Trump: The defeat below, the defeat in Indiana, the defeat on the latest Letitia James case, the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, really bad poll numbers (his handling of the economy numbers threatening to fall into the 20s) He's losing it politically as fast as he is mentally.
Say it again for the folks in the back: "The first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term." 🙌
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Quite the day for Trump: The defeat below, the defeat in Indiana, the defeat on the latest Letitia James case, the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, really bad poll numbers (his handling of the economy numbers threatening to fall into the 20s) He's losing it politically as fast as he is mentally.
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A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and finally address Appalachia’s devastating black lung crisis—has been under continued assault by coal bosses and the Trump admin. Now, it looks like it’s off the table entirely.
New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.
inthesetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and finally address Appalachia’s devastating black lung crisis—has been under continued assault by coal bosses and the Trump admin. Now, it looks like it’s off the table entirely.
New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
New for @inthesetimes.com: inthesetimes.com/article/the-...
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them