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I said it, and it’s true. rollcall.com/2026/02/12/e...
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“The bigger worry is what will be left to reclaim of the Justice Department once Bondi and Trump are done.” Corruption at MAGA DOJ is epidemic. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
link:https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/pam-bondis-contempt-for-congress
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The immense bravery of the Ukrainian people inspires awe around the world. I thank @gmfus.bsky.social for the @munsecconf.bsky.social conversation on lessons we’re learning from Ukraine’s resilience.
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The courage of this man is impressive. The conduct of the Ukrainians makes me proud to be a human being.
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Just watched our Secretary of State laud the Scientific Revolution and deride climate science as a “cult,” almost in same breath. The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
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Higher electricity costs for consumers is on purpose — paying back Trump’s big donors with your money. They hope you won’t see their game.
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Excellent, but lost the punchline: slowing clean energy drives the grid to fossil; higher-cost fossil drives money from customers to Trump donors.
link:https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/transmission/what-energy-secretary-wright-gets-wrong-us-grid
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There is no excuse for reckless violence from ICE. That’s why Democrats are demanding obvious, necessary reforms.
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After this court decision, any further MAGA DOJ efforts to charge Senators Kelly and Slotkin runs right into prospect of malicious prosecution/prosecutorial misconduct/attorney discipline. Bet your bar ticket, guys?
link:https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5735641-judge-rules-against-pentagon-kelly/amp/"
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It is literally zero surprise that they knew their hand-picked climate deniers weren’t putting out real science. Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
link:https://www.ms.now/news/trumps-epa-rollback-emails
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We look to find common ground in Munich, demonstrating that Congress is invested in combating the global climate crisis, beating back creeping authoritarianism, and supporting democratic allies across the world, especially those fighting for freedom in Ukraine.
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Trump’s submissiveness to Vladimir Putin’s murderous regime and his self-enrichment-first foreign policy has degraded America’s standing in the world. This conference gives us a chance to reassure our allies of our commitments and priorities.
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Just arrived at the Munich Security Conference, where I’m honored to carry on the bipartisan tradition of CODEL McCain with Senator Graham.
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Incompetence Check: El Paso airspace closed so CBP could shoot down a party balloon? You truly cannot make this stuff up.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/trump-administration-el-paso-airspace-closure-questions.html
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I am ready to pass bipartisan legislation, after making these obviously necessary reforms.
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Democrats simply demand that ICE and CBP end their secret-police-type rogue behavior and implement real officer accountability. These basic standards to protect the public’s safety are already followed by all other law enforcement agencies across America.
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After two weeks of negotiations, it’s clear the Trump administration and Republicans are not serious about reining in this goon-squad violence against American citizens.
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*There is little appetite in the House for impeaching judges over decisions; there is zero chance of convictions in the Senate. So why do this? To generate fodder for the MAGA effort to whip up threats against judges, and bring the power of intimidation to bear.
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MAGA continues to gin up violent threats against judges. Trump U.S. Attorneys were just asked to investigate judges for impeachment.* MAGA DOJ still refuses to confirm it will investigate orchestration of threats.
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This shameful abdication—an economic, moral, and political failure—will harm Americans’ health, homes, and economic well-being. It ignores scientific fact and common-sense observations to serve big political donors.
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Long article, but I appreciate being seen as the strategic fighter.
link:https://newrepublic.com/article/205821/democrats-need-now"
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On the very day that Republicans vented about telephone toll records lawfully gathered by DOJ of senators contacted by the 1/6 plotters, MAGA DOJ tried to indict senators for exercising 1st Amendment rights. The hypocrisy is unbounded.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/politics/trump-democrats-illegal-orders-pirro.html
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Can’t wait to see what they now have to say about “Speech or Debate,” after yesterday their crooked MAGA DOJ tried to indict their colleagues for indisputably accurate First Amendment speech. Hypocrisy Watch is on. 👁️ 👁️
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In their faux outrage, they conspicuously omitted Trump One DOJ doing same: getting toll records with nondisclosure orders of Democratic members of Congress. Outrage about that? Not even mentioned; not the MAGA “narrative.”
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Yesterday in Judiciary, Senate Republicans performed paroxysms about a supposed “Speech or Debate” intrusion, from standard toll records search, which happened because their phones were called by January 6 conspirators. SOP.
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All Noem had to do was tell the truth.
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This is the fossil fuel industry corruptly using its fossil fuel stooges in government to harm their cleaner, safer, cheaper competition.
link:https://rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/02/09/revolution-wind-developer-records-10m-q4-impairment-from-trump-suspension-order/
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Now compare that to their Texas gerrymandering response…
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/20/texas-gerrymander-redistricting-midterms-backfire/
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Gerrymandering has been a Republican effort all the way back to Redmap; when a blue state punches back, ‘PolluterPage Lite’ steps in.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/07/virginia-redistricting-referendum-new-map-democrats/
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The biggest fraud ever perpetrated in America:
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If that’s true, fire the damned staffer.
link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-frantically-blames-staffer-for-his-racist-obama-video/
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NYT’s conservative columnist endorses our Bivens Act to rein in ICE AND protect elections from Trump interference.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/opinion/trump-nationalize-elections-midterms.html
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In New Orleans, checking out home fortification programs that are allowing residents to afford homeowners insurance. Climate change is driving up insurance costs and pushing homeownership out of reach here and across the country.
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link:https://open.spotify.com/episode/5XVHbnF2RlO2SyS1XT94oU?si=GLnlGdODRYeg3QTqDDFeSw
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link:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unaccountable/id1691954283?i=1000748602415
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Masked ICE agents are acting like they’re above the law. We must enact real reforms that ensure accountability from the top down. Listen to my new episode of Making the Case:
link:https://youtu.be/2Sl5-HTyft0
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SCAM: By delaying or blocking clean energy, they force the grid to run expensive fossil fuel plants. You pay more for electricity, but the money goes to Trump’s corrupt fossil fuel donors. Trump pays his donors back with your money.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/climate/wind-solar-projects.html
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When King George tried to bully Boston into paying unfair taxes, it did not go well for him. Trump trying to bully Boston’s Harvard University steps into that history. Stand strong, northern neighbor!
link:https://newrepublic.com/article/206113/trump-spirals-crazed-fury-harvard-humiliates-badly
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A White House spokesman is free to lie that “offshore wind is the most expensive source of energy,” but in court when the states asserted huge consumer savings, the administration was conspicuously quiet. There are consequences for lying in court.
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Low-cost wind would displace high-cost fossil, so by delaying it and raising your rates, they steer money to Trump’s big fossil fuel donors. Payback to cronies, with your dollars.
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Offshore wind would make our grid more reliable in the winter, and reduce costs. Trumpsters lie about that to cover up the scam they’re running.
link:https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/02/04/study-offshore-wind-may-ease-new-england-grid-stress-00762648
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Add inexpensive clean energy to the grid, and some fossil fuel power plants JUST DON’T RUN, they’re idled. Fossil fuel pushes Trump’s goons to BAN CLEAN ENERGY to keep money coming in to their obsolete, expensive, polluting plants — and YOU PAY FOR IT.
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Remember: when expensive, polluting fossil fuel plants come on line, the most expensive one sets the price for the ENTIRE GRID, which means consumer costs go WAY UP. You pay for this mess, and your costs are raised ON PURPOSE by Trump and his corrupt fossil fuel donors.
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Again, YOUR prices go up, and Trump’s fossil fuel donors pocket the money (it’s billions, btw).
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The hits keep coming: NY grid confirms, “in the absence of new [blocked clean energy] resources coming online, older and more costly [fossil fuel] generators are being dispatched more frequently, resulting in higher wholesale prices.”
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Ukraine knows something about Russian intelligence operations too. euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/03/e...
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We need to get this right. The economic benefits from eliminating carbon pollution are huge.
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