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The same old Susan Collins charade. As soon as a controversial nominee or a bill has enough votes to pass, she announces she will vote no when it doesn’t matter. She never casts a deciding vote against Trump. Now she will claim this shows how she is so “independent.”

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39.1% of US electricity still comes from gas. Coal supplies 16.1% with wind (10.2%) & solar (8.6%) distant providers. But why are nuclear plants, running 24/7 with zero emissions, providing only 17% of our power & there hasn’t been a new major plant built in decades. x.com/stats_feed/s...

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39% of US electricity still comes from gas. Coal, often declared dead, still beats solar. And nuclear runs 24/7 with zero emissions yet hasn’t had a new major plant built in decades.

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Mitch McConnell stole two Supreme Court seats. Now ask yourself this: If McConnell were still Leader and a Democratic senator had been missing from public view for more than six weeks, what would he be doing right now? 1/2

Reddit struck $60M/YR deal allowing Google to use material to train its Ai. But Ai-generated answers to queries reduce clicks to outside websites so Reddit,as well as USAToday,Politico,Economist,People,Reuters,are assessing whether to,or even if,they will continue to feed Google bit.ly/4fCwhci

Google Was a Lifeline for Publishers. Now Some Are Thinking of Cutting It Off.

Article by Alexandra Bruell: “One of the richest sources of online information is re-evaluating its relationship with Google. Reddit, the online message board that powers a swath of Google search resu...

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This. If he had been able to find any evidence at all, we'd have heard about it. Instead he had to resort to lying, and then releasing so-called "evidence" that actually proved he was lying in hopes that no one would read it.

Dean Baker@deanbaker13.bsky.social · 3w ago

I guess we can see Trump's speech last night as the ultimate proof there was nothing wrong with the 2020 election he lost. He has all the resources of the FBI, the Justice Department, and the intelligence agencies, and Trump couldn't find anything.

How much is the new, but unnecessary, $1 US coin with tRUMP’s face on it costing taxpayers. Scott Bessent claims it will ‘honor the enduring legacy of liberty’ with a ‘lasting symbol of patriotism.’ Can you imagine carrying 5 of these in your pocket? Yuck! share.newsbreak.com/j0m7ue9l?s=i16

Scott Bessent says $1 coin with Trump’s face on it will ‘honor the enduring legacy of liberty’ with a ‘lasting symbol of patriotism’ - NewsBreak

Federal law bars a living person's portrait from appearing on U.S. currency. Treasury cites the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020.

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“They clearly want one individual & it’s not me,” MI Dem contender Abdul El-Sayed sd, referring to pro-Israel groups... “So long as our politicians continue to be bought off by AIPAC, do not be surprised when we fight wars that are in their best interest to annex Lebanon, or to do genocide in Gaza.”

Democrats split as Israel’s war in Gaza dominates US midterm races

Tensions between progressive and moderate camps of Democratic party on display in key Senate race in Michigan

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Dems positive comments about Graham indirectly lends support for Trump's fascist movement-- which explains why so many Americans just don't automatically reject GOP candidates for Dems. We are in a fight to save democracy and must discredit and defeat Trump and all his sycophants and enablers.