In fifteen years, the UK has deleted coal power from their power system, halved fossil gas use, replaced most of that with wind and solar, and the country has not suffered the hellish blackout apocalypse conservatives and media outlets promised would happen. ember-energy.org/data/electri...
DOGE grant freeze left Minnesota forest vulnerable to wildfires https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/07/30/doge-grant-freeze-left-minnesota-forest-vulnerable-to-wildfires/
DOGE grant freeze left Minnesota forest vulnerable to wildfires
A DOGE funding freeze delayed $10 million in Minnesota wildfire prevention. Now, thousands of acres in Superior National Forest are ablaze.
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Dems should offer an amendment to the SAVE Act actually require ID for all the stupid things that Republicans say require ID and see what happens. (Also, ffs, it is not about ID it is about showing proof of citizenship, which a lot of IDs don’t even do…)
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoRep. John McGuire on need for the SAVE America Act: "You can't go anywhere, you can't get medicine, you can't go to the Obama museum without a photo ID."
1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
The University of Chicago Press held its launch meeting for my book today. Respectability Politics will be out Summer 2027, with a cover featuring original letterpress work by the artist Amos Kennedy, Jr. whose work I greatly admire! So excited to share this book with y’all. I’m really proud of it.
I wonder if any reporters have asked Olive Garden to share their reaction to various elected officials telling the public that they can't eat there without photo ID.
1. Trump just signed a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, paving the way for the Saudis to enrich their own uranium. Meanwhile, Trump's top foreign policy advisor, Jared Kushner, is being paid tens of millions of dollars anually by the Saudis That fact was IGNORED in almost all the coverage
On May 26, a healthcare executive received a letter from the FDA that created an existential legal crisis for his company — and his career. Days later, he sent $1 million to MAGA Inc. (1/2)
Crude Oil has 43 days of supply left in the U.S. — the lowest inventory in 45 years @barchart.com ⛽️
Enjoy some photos of agrivoltaics.
On a Colorado farm, solar panels bring shade for plants, power – and cash: in pictures
More than 3,000 solar panels power Jack’s Solar Garden, cool the land and help it turn a profitThe Guardian receives support for visual climate coverage from the Outrider Foundation. The Guardian’s co...
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The only evidence that anything Trump said might be true is the absence of anecdotes where somebody called him “sir.”
Pundits have a special disdain for political science because political science specializes in explaining the vacuity and incoherence of pundits
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3w agoIf we are so omnipotent that politicians change their behavior based on our publications, then 🇺🇸 would have proportional representation & have amended the Constitution to abolish the Senate & the presidency.
Trump to sign order as soon as Monday to dismantle Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments www.abc4.com/news/politic...
President Trump expected to shrink Grand Staircase and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, sources say
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order to shrink the boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monuments as soon as Monday, three sources with knowl…
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Marketplace insurance enrollment has dropped 12% in non-metropolitan areas (more than in more urban areas) from 2025 to 2026. It has dropped more than 20% im non-metro areas in 5 states. dailyyonder.com/the-data-is-...
The Data Is out on GOP Budget Bill: Rural Americans Are Losing Health Insurance Coverage | The Daily Yonder
Editor’s Note: This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. Subscribe to get a
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I get the need to work in a bipartisan way, but it is baffling that @padilla.senate.gov is teaming up with someone who says that Senator Padilla should not even be a US citizen. helenair.com/news/state-r...
Sheehy, Padilla look to secure hazard pay for prescribed burns
Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate this month from Sen. Tim Sheehy and Democratic California Sen. Alex Padilla seeks to extend firefighter hazard pay to prescribed burns and training jumps.
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Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.
To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago
A letter to Becky Pepper Jackson about her trans sports case defeat at SCOTUS yesterday
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And some of us are neither naturalized citizens or 14th amendment birthright citizens…for those of us born abroad to an American parent, our citizenship is not even in the Constitution, it is based only in statute.
Anthony Michael Kreis@anthonymkreis.bsky.social · last mo.I see a lot of “so-and-so is a birthright citizen” because their parents weren’t citizens when they were born on American soil. But the truth is, we’re all birthright citizens, unless we have been naturalized.
🚨 NEW: "Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how he now earns most of his income from digital assets that have benefited from his policies" Tom Bergin and Koh Gui Qing for @reuters.com
Trump reports more than $1.4 billion in income from crypto ventures
U.S. President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in income from his family’s crypto ventures last year, showing how he now earns most of his income from digital assets that have benefite...
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Co-sign @stevevladeck.bsky.social. It may feel good to purge Trump holdovers under the next Democratic president. But the deeper damage that Slaughter inflicts on the infrastructure of our democracy will ultimately cause way more pain. www.stevevladeck.com/p/236-three-...
This is a great example of what's called "pluralistic ignorance" -- the phenomenon whereby most people share a particular view, but they *don't think other people share it*. In this case: most people are concerned about climate change but think others aren't.
Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same
That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll....
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“However, if you have some bear spray and want to beat some Capitol Police with flagpoles, you can expect a full pardon from President Trump.”
amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last mo.“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.
Messaging suggestion, we ought to start referring to adding seats to the Supreme Court as “UNpacking” the Court.
@startribune.com seems like you have a stake in this too…
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last mo.Really hoping someone files a FOIA into this and gets some investigatory material, because there is not a single shred of doubt that her post is protected free speech under the First Amendment and agents SHOULD know that. She literally identified the source of her information as a newspaper!
Announcing your plan to spoil the negotiations you just agreed to is some real Art of the Dealing.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump already has regrets his much-hyped Iran deal: "We'll play out the 60 days"
Here at the Reflecting Pool where a big chunk ofTrump's blue paint-apoxie has peeled off the bottom of the pool and is bobbling in the water.
The JCPOA, which Trump called "the worst deal ever," ONLY lifted nuclear-related sanctions on Iran. Sanctions for human rights violations, terrorism, and its missile program ALL remained. Trump is promising to end ALL SANCTIONS, even those imposed by international bodies. Victory for Iran.
Trump completely capitulated to the Iranians. I did not have a big enough imagination to believe we would sign a deal respecting theocratic dictatorship and then giving those killers billions and billions to strengthen their autocratic repression
