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At last some attention to the looming Great Climate Insurance Collapse, and its cascade into mortgage, real estate and financial markets. www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...
link:https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2026/10/16/insiders-warn-insurers-climate-retreat-could-spark-2008-style-crash/
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Another insurance whistleblower warns of climate risk: “the long-term effects will be compounded as insurers withdraw from entire regions, leaving the economy in freefall and people’s day-to-day lives in ruins.” Time to wake up. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
link:https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-10-14/insurance-industry-climate-crisis-secret-source"
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They have abandoned any pretense that any of this is non-political. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/judiciary-...
link:https://nominationnotes.substack.com/p/judiciary-republicans-plan-to-break"
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This is a big deal. No paths to climate safety remain, unless we end pollute-for-free. The only global price is EU CBAM carbon tariff — our last lifeboat. Australia, Canada, Mexico and others should negotiate admission. (California should get a waiver.) www.politico.eu/article/uk-e...
link:https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-eu-reach-brexit-agreement-link-carbon-emission-trading-systems/"
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As always in Trumpland: no conflict, no interest. The reek of corruption is gagging the American public, but elected Republicans don’t dare utter a squeak. www.reuters.com/business/med...
link:https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-donor-leading-caucasus-fund-has-major-armenia-holdings-russia-business-2026-10-15/
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Another rotten idea to help the war criminal. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
link:https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-considers-easing-sanctions-shadow-fleet-vessels-cut-freight-rates-official-2026-10-15/
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Professor Shaw is exactly right, and a full accounting of how (and how badly) the Supreme Court has gone off course will emphasize the need for reforms like actual ethics review and proper term limits. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/o...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/opinion/supreme-court-reform-democrats.html
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Oops. Little problem for Republicans: what’s driving the expanding home insurance crisis is climate change creating uninsurable risks, and their big fossil fuel donors forbid them to talk about that.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/us/politics/home-insurance-extreme-weather-elections.html
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Hmmm. Does she join the Loomer/Taylor-Green “Hell hath no” furies? Gotta burn to be ousted for corruption by this crowd.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/10/13/kimberly-guilfoyle-asked-resign-by-white-house-new-press-secretary-says
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To paraphrase Pope Francis: “God always forgives; humankind will sometimes forgive; but Nature does not forgive. Slap her, and she will slap you back.” Now comes the slap-back fossil fuel has caused.
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Made in Rhode Island. youtube.com/shorts/kGjqi...
link:https://youtube.com/shorts/kGjqiVhp0ZA?si=E6z9S9kn8hdnXy5Q
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More and more, fossil fuel pollution is taking away the things and places people love. Who can put a price on that? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...
link:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/10/the-death-of-salmon-fishing/
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Trump is raising electricity costs by blocking low-cost clean energy, forcing grids to meet demand with high-cost fossil fuel units. Sucks for you; but Trump’s corrupt big fossil fuel donors make a bundle.
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Thank you, Admiral.
link:https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/public-execution-nidal-hasan/688970/
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Yup. “The bipartisan legislation, unveiled last week, represents the most aggressive response yet from Washington to data centers amid growing backlash over their energy and environmental impacts.”
link:https://www.axios.com/2026/10/08/data-centers-power-regime
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Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open. www.dailymail.com/news/article...
link:https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16197455/putin-trump-diesel-supply.html
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This is heartbreaking — and so unprofessional.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/10/09/mullin-says-ice-didnt-know-5-year-old-boy-was-car-when-officer-fired/
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All money from your pocket into fossil fuel’s. Trump’s big corrupt donors are looting the country, and you.
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Fossil fuel industry dominant products are lies, hydrocarbons and pollution.
link:https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07102026/exxonmobil-climate-deception-new-evidence/
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Once again, Trump and Putin take the side of international corruption. Trump/Russia.
link:https://apnews.com/article/trump-corruption-council-of-europe-31f7f0e4bba7bf26dfc99cd2c3a20d16
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With all the Republican-condoned methane leakage along the way, on top of the cost of transporting, liquefying, shipping, re-gassing, and more transport, yes, it starts to look more polluting than local coal. Polluters don’t care.
link:https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/10/01/worse-than-coal-debate-intensifies-over-carbon-impact-of-us-gas-imported-to-europe_6758153_114.html
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Turns out it was two bedrooms. My bad!
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Ah, so Trump’s DHS removed *one of two bedrooms* on the luxury private jet and kept the bar, marble bathrooms, and manta ray skin table — for deportations. Okay. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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There are a bunch of specific things I like about our permitting bill, beyond the big important stuff — that it will lower electric costs and emissions, and lift wind, solar and battery power (BIG lift for battery), and add LOTS of good jobs.🧵
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In addition to infesting government with this creepy crew of flakes and grifters, real national security work is not getting done as they chase imaginary goblins. That’s the real cost of An Audience of One, and losers/grifters who take advantage.
link:https://www.reuters.com/investigations/how-trumps-obsession-with-rigged-voting-machines-spread-across-us-government-2026-10-02/
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Funny how their “originalism” dissipates when there’s a Republican/billionaire imperative at stake. I don’t think “originally” corporations were people, or presidents had immunity, or agencies couldn’t make “major” rules, or Congress couldn’t set terms of office. What a joke.
link:https://www.wsj.com/opinion/justice-samuel-alito-even-originalists-make-mistakes-02cedb8c
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Trump’s buddy. “Vladimir Putin instructed his generals to abandon the rules of war … in intensified Russian aerial strikes on Kyiv's civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and key bridges.”
link:https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/ukraine-russia-war-putin-kyiv-strikes-b3060374.html
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Trump trashes U.S. auto competitiveness as yet another service to his corrupt fossil fuel donors.
link:https://gizmodo.com/ford-ceo-says-europe-is-lost-to-chinese-electric-vehicles-2000820582
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Trumpster motto: “no conflict, no interest.”
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/politics/kushner-witkoff-russia-oil-deal.html
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Ooof.
link:https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6124359-schmitt-perjury-claim-debunked/
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First the wedding, now the ballroom — “Trump/Russia” gets smellier and smellier.
link:https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a73967876/white-house-ballroom-trump-russia/
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Rogues gallery of corporate “super-emitter” scoundrels.
link:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/14/us-companies-methane-pollution-rankings
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BAAJA is our best bet to lower people’s electricity costs and make sure data centers pay their fair share AND more.
link:https://heatmap.news/daily/data-center-permitting-deal
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The “reef effect” of offshore wind in action.
link:https://blog.nwf.org/2026/08/gone-fishing-at-the-offshore-wind-turbines/
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Gross. How much creepy behavior does Patel have to get caught in before he gets booted?
link:https://newrepublic.com/post/215905/kash-patel-alina-habbaa-wedding-guests-double-agent
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Joined Steve McBee to discuss the climate fight and the future of the clean energy industry. Clean energy is generally the most affordable option these days, and Democrats need to spread the word.
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More important than the “structure of the Constitution” here is the structure of the Court — an institution captured years ago by fossil fuel billionaires. The fossil fuel billionaires are putting it to profitable use.
link:https://www.vox.com/politics/504186/supreme-court-suncor-exxon-boulder-climate-change-constitution
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Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2026/09/28/trump-says-new-fuel-economy-rules-will-cut-car-prices-analysts-are-doubtful/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=wp_breaking_news_alert"
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Think, think, think. Why would you want to make Bailey a witness to the search? Or Gabbard? Terrible procedure; really weird. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/28/andrew-bailey-no-2-fbi-resigns-latest-shake-up-bureau/
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When the massive Pentagon and its immense Defense Industrial Base are incapable of predicting this (even with Ukraine’s Patriot demand signal), something is very badly wrong. This is a system failure. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
link:https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/defense-firms-are-rushing-to-boost-missile-output-its-coming-too-late-ea6dd7ea"
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Looks like closing for physical work was to cover the fact that they drove finances into the ground with reckless re-naming adventure. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/09/27/trump-now-says-kennedy-center-could-be-deadly-months-ago-it-was-great/
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Meanwhile it appears DOJ some time ago leaked the 37 pages to a Trump-friendly reporter. I wonder if they disclosed that to the judge. “So secret we can’t show you but we leaked them” is not a good look. meidasnews.com/news/trump-d...
link:https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-doj-claims-it-handed-judge-epstein-fbi-notes-on-disturbing-trump-allegations
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Sunset stripes before the storm.
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Remember the 37 pages? The woman interviewed by the FBI about Trump allegedly assaulting her as a 15-year-old received a settlement from these people. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
link:https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/federal-prosecutors-open-probe-into-jeffrey-epsteins-executors-cfef362b
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Every American should have the choice to buy in to Medicare as a low-cost “public option.” www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
link:https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/americans-navigate-wild-west-health-insurance-options-after-dropping-obamacare-2026-09-25/
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Our Graham/Blumenthal Russia sanctions bill has provisions on the “shadow fleet” problem. It’s good that the Europeans are cracking down on this illicit menace; we need to step up too. kyivindependent.com/europes-crac...
link:https://kyivindependent.com/europes-crackdown-halves-shadow-fleet-ships-sailing-under-false-flags-report-says/"
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Trump palling around with the world’s biggest Communist and billionaire tech bros behind the data center plague has to be awkward for “anti-communist” Republicans trying to get well on their data center problem.
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Transit costs get charged to consumers (more inflation) and low water (yup, climate change) is part of what’s backing up the Canal. www.wsj.com/business/log...
link:https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/how-the-panama-canal-became-a-50-mile-waterway-with-a-5-million-ticket-price-271095f4"