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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

The American founders didn't expect Mike Johnson. www.thebulwark.com/p/speaker-mi...

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism

Every Trump needs his Johnson: a flunky who will rationalize his crimes.

www.thebulwark.com

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 3d

Even Marjorie Taylor Greene is fed up with Mike Johnson and the Republicans for refusing to do anything about healthcare insurance costs

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 5d

More proof that #Portland is "war-ravaged." Women wearing solar panels, youth working to protect the environment. Listen to my report from the trenches: @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @divestoregon.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 9d

The Calistoga Resiliency Center is one of only a handful of #communitymicrogrids in wildfire-prone #California. It consists of #fuelcells and storage. But is it truly clean? #microgrids

www.microgridknowledge.com/community-mi...

Inside the Calistoga Resiliency Center, One of Only a Few Community Microgrids in California

After years of disputes over how to deploy community microgrids to provide resilience in wildfire-prone California, the fuel-cell-based Calistoga Resiliency Center is now operational...

www.microgridknowledge.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 9d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 12d

Wind-Water-Solar pushing out gas in California

Fossil gas down 17.4% year to date in 2025 v '24 and down 37.4% v '23

Wind up 2.1% v '24 and 5.1% v '23
Solar up 15.1% v '24 and 44.8% v '23
Batteries up 58.4% v '24 and 206.4% v '23

Demand down 1.4% v '24 and 1% v '23

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11d

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 17d

Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva would be the deciding signature to force a vote to release the Epstein files.

Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in as a voting member. I wonder why? newrepublic.com/post/201005/...

The GOP Effort to Hide the Epstein Files Just Hit a Disgusting New Low

Republicans are attempting to delay swearing in a recently-elected Democratic member of Congress so she can’t become the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

https://newrepublic.com/post/201005/gop-effort-hide-epstein-files-just-hit-disgusting-new-low-adeli…

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 17d

New #podcast: What's not to like about #pluginsolar? You can hang it from balconies or install it on sheds or walls, then plug it into a standard outlet and begin producing electricity. But regulatory and legislative roadblocks prevent it from becoming ubiquitous. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 19d

Visit... War-Ravaged Portland

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Dustin @hareandthere.bsky.social · 19d

War ravaged Portland.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19d

War-ravaged Portland

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 17d

Peaceful #Portland protest today against #Trump's federal occupation threats. No war zone here!

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ACLU @aclu.org · 17d

Today the Trump administration federalized and deployed 200 National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.

This is a reckless abuse of power. Troops have no business policing our communities.

Donald Trump invokes Title 10 and authorizes federalization of Oregon National Guard

The Secretary of Defense authorized 200 members of the Oregon National Guard to perform federal functions for 60 days, including protecting federal property.

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 20d

Some companies are developing next-generation, #carbon-free technologies that are still eligible for the federal #investmenttaxcredit and can be used to help meet high demand. #microgrids

www.microgridknowledge.com/generation-f...

These Carbon-Free Technologies Still Get the ITC. How They Can Help Microgrids Meet Soaring Demand

Some companies are developing next-generation technologies that are still eligible for the federal investment tax credit and can be used in microgrids to help meet high demand...

www.microgridknowledge.com

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks for catching the typo, it's fixed now.

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 24d

Love these ladies wearing homemade #solarpanels at Sun Day Portland today: #solarenergy #SunDay @thirdactorg.bsky.social

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 24d

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · 24d

Sorry about the typo... It's $300 per month.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Sep 15

Stephen Colbert's Emmys acceptance speech: "I have never loved my country more desperately. God bless America. Stay strong, be brave, and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go crazy and punch a higher floor."

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · Sep 15

JUST IN: 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' wins the Emmy for Best Talk Series

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Lisa Cohn @lisacohn.bsky.social · Sep 13

New #podcast: Hadron Energy says its micro #modularreactors will produce power at 15 cents/kWh. How will the company make that possible? Do small #modularreactors create more radioactive waste? Which states ban #nuclearenergy #advancednuclearreactors Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 9

Credit to @robertgarcia.bsky.social for forcing the subpoena of the Epstein book and releasing it to the public, and for keeping the pressure on in the media too.

Every single Democrat in Congress should be this aggressive with this administration.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · Sep 9

Rep. Garcia: Trump is now walking into his own lie. First he says that it doesn't exist. We've proven that wrong. Now the White House is trying to play clean up and say it's not his signature. Again, that's being proven to be a complete lie. So the question to Trump is, what are you hiding?

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