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This exchange is so crazy:
MAGA Rep Troy Nehls: It is a hoax by the Democrats against Trump
Reporter: So then why support it?
Nehls: Why not? Trump said just release the damn files. He said do it—release the damn files
MAGA Rep Troy Nehls: It is a hoax by the Democrats against Trump
Reporter: So then why support it?
Nehls: Why not? Trump said just release the damn files. He said do it—release the damn files
It's a key tell that Trump propagandists are now claiming not just that he wants the Epstein files released, but also that they're getting released ONLY BECAUSE HE ORDERED IT TO HAPPEN. For Trump, the *perception* of his mastery over the GOP is what matters most.
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This exchange is so crazy:
MAGA Rep Troy Nehls: It is a hoax by the Democrats against Trump
Reporter: So then why support it?
Nehls: Why not? Trump said just release the damn files. He said do it—release the damn files
MAGA Rep Troy Nehls: It is a hoax by the Democrats against Trump
Reporter: So then why support it?
Nehls: Why not? Trump said just release the damn files. He said do it—release the damn files
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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"They don't care about Trump's past sins, they care about his current failures" is quite a GOP message.
Rep. Jason Smith: "Epstein had been dead for years. It's not something I hear from people when I travel back home in Missouri. They care about the affordability crisis."
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
"They don't care about Trump's past sins, they care about his current failures" is quite a GOP message.
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When you KNOW your interviewee is going to lie to your face…be ready
Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
When you KNOW your interviewee is going to lie to your face…be ready
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"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"There are about a thousand of us."
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.
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“...this is the worst six-month period in the South’s modern economic development history regarding job- and investment-generating deals announced publicly by a corporation."
Trump is utterly devastating the South’s manufacturing economy.
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sb-d.com/news/article...
Trump is utterly devastating the South’s manufacturing economy.
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sb-d.com/news/article...
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“...this is the worst six-month period in the South’s modern economic development history regarding job- and investment-generating deals announced publicly by a corporation."
Trump is utterly devastating the South’s manufacturing economy.
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sb-d.com/news/article...
Trump is utterly devastating the South’s manufacturing economy.
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sb-d.com/news/article...
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California has installed 17,000 MW of batteries connected to the electricity grid, up from 500 MW in 2020. 🔋🔌💡
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
California has installed 17,000 MW of batteries connected to the electricity grid, up from 500 MW in 2020. 🔋🔌💡
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"According to an analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund of data from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ... coal has the highest 'equipment-related outage rate' ... among coal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, and wind." heatmap.news/energy/coal-... by @zeitlin.bsky.social 🔌💡
Trump Wants to Prop Up Coal Plants. They Keep Breaking Down.
According to a new analysis shared exclusively with Heatmap, coal’s equipment-related outage rate is about twice as high as wind’s.
heatmap.news
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"According to an analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund of data from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ... coal has the highest 'equipment-related outage rate' ... among coal, hydropower, natural gas, nuclear, and wind." heatmap.news/energy/coal-... by @zeitlin.bsky.social 🔌💡
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This version of the @ember-energy.org data annual electricity data, from @sustainableviews.bsky.social, is quite good.
I am not going to get overly excited about a single data point.
But the trend is certainly encouraging.
2025 marks first year without fossil power growth despite rising demand
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I am not going to get overly excited about a single data point.
But the trend is certainly encouraging.
2025 marks first year without fossil power growth despite rising demand
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November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This version of the @ember-energy.org data annual electricity data, from @sustainableviews.bsky.social, is quite good.
I am not going to get overly excited about a single data point.
But the trend is certainly encouraging.
2025 marks first year without fossil power growth despite rising demand
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I am not going to get overly excited about a single data point.
But the trend is certainly encouraging.
2025 marks first year without fossil power growth despite rising demand
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"The Trump administration appears poised to force more coal plants to stay open past their planned closing dates — an unprecedented intervention in the power sector that is already making energy even more expensive for Americans." www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social 🔌💡
Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…
www.canarymedia.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"The Trump administration appears poised to force more coal plants to stay open past their planned closing dates — an unprecedented intervention in the power sector that is already making energy even more expensive for Americans." www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social 🔌💡
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Good morning with good news: Global solar grew by 498 TWh (+31%) in Q1-Q3 2025, compared to 2024, "the largest increase ever over a nine-month period."
Global solar output in first 3 quarters of 2025 already surpassed total output in all of 2024.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
Global solar output in first 3 quarters of 2025 already surpassed total output in all of 2024.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Good morning with good news: Global solar grew by 498 TWh (+31%) in Q1-Q3 2025, compared to 2024, "the largest increase ever over a nine-month period."
Global solar output in first 3 quarters of 2025 already surpassed total output in all of 2024.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
Global solar output in first 3 quarters of 2025 already surpassed total output in all of 2024.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
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China's fossil generation fell 0.7% in the last twelve months (Q4 2024-Q3 2025). compared to the previous twelve-month period.
India’s fossil generation declined by 2.5% in the twelve months to Q3 2025.
Why?
Mainly surging solar, wind & batteries.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
India’s fossil generation declined by 2.5% in the twelve months to Q3 2025.
Why?
Mainly surging solar, wind & batteries.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
China's fossil generation fell 0.7% in the last twelve months (Q4 2024-Q3 2025). compared to the previous twelve-month period.
India’s fossil generation declined by 2.5% in the twelve months to Q3 2025.
Why?
Mainly surging solar, wind & batteries.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
India’s fossil generation declined by 2.5% in the twelve months to Q3 2025.
Why?
Mainly surging solar, wind & batteries.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
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epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open
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BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s latest gerrymander ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution. This restores a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering and enacts a fairer map for 2026.
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s latest gerrymander ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution. This restores a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering and enacts a fairer map for 2026.
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Good morning with good news: "China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months!"
Transport CO2 fell 5% & electricity CO2 is flat, despite strong demand growth, in Q3 2025, compared to 2024.
Solar surged 46% & wind 11% in Q3 2025!
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... #energysky
Transport CO2 fell 5% & electricity CO2 is flat, despite strong demand growth, in Q3 2025, compared to 2024.
Solar surged 46% & wind 11% in Q3 2025!
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... #energysky
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Good morning with good news: "China's CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months!"
Transport CO2 fell 5% & electricity CO2 is flat, despite strong demand growth, in Q3 2025, compared to 2024.
Solar surged 46% & wind 11% in Q3 2025!
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... #energysky
Transport CO2 fell 5% & electricity CO2 is flat, despite strong demand growth, in Q3 2025, compared to 2024.
Solar surged 46% & wind 11% in Q3 2025!
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi... #energysky
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Trump is now claiming "affordability" issue that caused epic GOP losses is a "con." Repubs aren't allowed to contradict the despot, so that's become GOP gospel. Meanwhile MAGA coalition is fracturing.
On the pod, Bulwark's Joe Perticone is so good in explaining this:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
On the pod, Bulwark's Joe Perticone is so good in explaining this:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Angry Trump Snaps at Media as Brutal New Data Shows Size of GOP Losses
As Trump seethes at journalists amid the release of striking new analyses of the election, a reporter who covers Congress details how Republicans are barred from acknowledging Trump’s unpopularity—a d...
newrepublic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Trump is now claiming "affordability" issue that caused epic GOP losses is a "con." Repubs aren't allowed to contradict the despot, so that's become GOP gospel. Meanwhile MAGA coalition is fracturing.
On the pod, Bulwark's Joe Perticone is so good in explaining this:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
On the pod, Bulwark's Joe Perticone is so good in explaining this:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cartoon by @rubenbolling.bsky.social.
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Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Here’s how a 50-year mortgage would work
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Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
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"Midyear reporting indicates that the global power sector is doing a good job covering marginal growth with wind and solar," writes @gregor.us about H1 2025 data from @ember-energy.org: www.coldeye.earth/p/trade-games 🔌💡
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Midyear reporting indicates that the global power sector is doing a good job covering marginal growth with wind and solar," writes @gregor.us about H1 2025 data from @ember-energy.org: www.coldeye.earth/p/trade-games 🔌💡
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Wood Mackenzie confirms new natural gas generation is expensive!
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wood Mackenzie confirms new natural gas generation is expensive!
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
$126/MWh in 2030!
New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas!
New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas!
Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter. #energysky
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We need to build more clean electricity than most folks realize just to handle electric vehicles & buildings. The Administration is making clean electricity more expensive & harder to build, all while AI is spiking power demand. At my talk at MIT this week, I said when demand up & supply down: bad.
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We need to build more clean electricity than most folks realize just to handle electric vehicles & buildings. The Administration is making clean electricity more expensive & harder to build, all while AI is spiking power demand. At my talk at MIT this week, I said when demand up & supply down: bad.
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AOC: "The Supreme Court has given Trump a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and danger of this moment, but we cannot respond to that threat with cowardice."
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
AOC: "The Supreme Court has given Trump a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and danger of this moment, but we cannot respond to that threat with cowardice."
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Fox goes with real-world math over WH gaslight.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fox goes with real-world math over WH gaslight.