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The crooked cop-beaters slush fund gets a roasting. Good, because it was intended to fund Trump’s attack on American elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/opinion/trump-doj-slush-fund-criminals-corruption.html
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This Memorial Day, I joined Gold Star families at the RI Veterans Memorial Cemetery to honor our fallen heroes. Today and every day, Americans owe a debt of gratitude to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend our nation.
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A meaningful Memorial Day reminder from @hcrichardson.bsky.social. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-23-2026
link:https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-23-2026
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More on MAGA DOJ: A Senator at an indictment announcement? Note these DOJ policies (and I quote) 🧵: www.wfla.com/video/sen-as...
link:https://www.wfla.com/video/sen-ashley-moody-florida-ag-james-uthmeier-praise-raul-castro-indictment/11810155/
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Wow. Almost as surprising as stooge Blanche at MAGA DOJ trying to give Trump family magical tax amnesty. Who ever thought that would be a comparison. apnews.com/article/russ...
link:https://apnews.com/article/russia-eu-ukraine-assets-moscow-court-euroclear-85750e45d2da06168a72aeb8f41ec53b
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Under Trump, Americans see economy worsening, by nearly 4:1.
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In August 2018, the cost of power on the Texas grid at varying levels of demand looked like this. 🧵
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Crossover happens! Solar and wind provide more power than gas. Fossil fuel corruption won’t stop progress. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
link:https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/wind-solar-outgenerate-gas-april
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Trump proves he isn't looking out for you.
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Trump falls into 20s on inflation (24%) and economy (29%), huge concerns for Americans.
link:https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-economic-pain-deepens-disapproval-trump-hits-new-high
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A message from F̶o̶s̶s̶i̶l̶ ̶F̶u̶e̶l̶s̶ the Republican Party:
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Yeah, but what do the scientists know? Let’s listen instead to the folks with the conflict of interest and the dark-money dollars!
link:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-just-experienced-its-hottest-12-months-on-record/
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A massive, useless monument to Trump’s mad vanity would be an excellent reminder to voters that he doesn’t give a thought to their financial situation. Billionaire ballroom, cop-beaters slush fund, and vanity arch — the ads make themselves against spines-of-foam Republicans.
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It appears Trump finally went too far, even for Republicans.
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Same old story: big bucks to Trump’s fossil fuel donors, but huge costs “which will most likely wind up on household electricity bills.” They’re making you pay their pay-off to big donors, raising your costs. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/c...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/climate/heres-what-it-costs-to-keep-a-coal-plant-open.html
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Who else signed the crooked Trump Family Tax Amnesty? Only Trump’s stooge Blanche? Representing who? Who represented Trumps in the amnesty scam? Inquiring minds want to know.
link:https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-deal-with-trump-expands-to-end-tax-audits-aad8f2bc
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Senator Johnson objected.
quote:at://did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcokk6mfs2t
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I’m headed to the Senate Floor to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: climate change is real.
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Clean energy will win, Trump’s fossil fuel corruption notwithstanding. (I actually think fossil crashes faster as costs become more evident.)
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North Carolina is deep deep deep in the grips of a homeowners insurance crisis brought on by climate change effects, both along its coasts and from its upland flooding, but fossil fuel’s flunkies just can’t help themselves.
link:https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/north-carolina-groups-fight-regulator-order
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RIP, Barney. I was glad to know you.
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Want to know how we blew up the billion-dollar ballroom? Let me take you into the parliamentary “reconciliation” challenge. 🧵
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Trump gets free pass from Trump IRS and Trump DOJ for any past Trump tax violations. Not making this up.
link:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/trump-irs-settlement-tax-returns-00927911
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The definition of corruption.
quote:at://did:plc:a67zdrt4nl2tv2qojpngogbq/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5ary6r4u2y
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That extra $45 billion you paid is just the appetizer; the real feast is nearly a quarter-trillion dollars of excess Big Oil profit coming out of your pockets over the rest of this year.
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You don’t think Trump and his Big Oil donors are screwing you on purpose? Seriously??
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This reeks of corruption. Already, the “ice cream window” is open at DOJ for cash payouts to his cronies.
link:https://abcnews.com/US/trump-poised-drop-irs-suit-launch-17b-weaponization/story?id=132962661
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And another key point: stopping low-cost wind forces grids to fossil fuel, consumer prices go up, but the extra $$ go to Trump’s big fossil-fuel donors. Payola.
link:https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-05-14/trumps-weird-war-on-wind-power-will-cost-americans-billions-of-dollars
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If anyone tells you we shouldn’t fight Big Oil on climate change, ignore them!
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Not much mercury likely where the creepy fossil-fuel billionaires live... they’re cool taking the profits and poisoning other people's kids.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/climate/as-coal-rebounds-more-mercury-a-potent-toxin-is-in-the-air.html
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On the Billionaire Boys Trip to China, what chance any of them think about reducing your cost of living, versus wheeler-dealing for themselves? We know where Trump is: he “doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” busy with billion-dollar ballroom and grifting.
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And we’re fifteen years too late to the dark money corruption fight, and twenty-five years too late to the Court capture fight, and thirty-five years too late to the climate denial fraud fight. But other than that, we’re doing great.
link:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/virginia-supreme-court-lawsuit/
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Time to pass my Big Oil Windfall Profits bill to claw back runaway fossil fuel profits and return them to American families.
link:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cpi-inflation-iran-war-gas-prices-energy/
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On this not-fighting-about-climate-change stuff we’ve been seeing, here’s some relevant new polling. 🧵
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Senator Johnson objected.
quote:at://did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloppt36ak2n
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I’m on the Senate Floor preparing to ask my colleagues if we can all agree on this one, simple truth: our oceans are warming.
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Americans are concerned about costs and corruption. Polluters are on the wrong side of both. I’m headed to the Senate floor to deliver my 307th Time to Wake Up speech. www.youtube.com/live/mfh-tL0...
link:https://www.youtube.com/live/mfh-tL0g46Q?si=7G_jzzsdQefBdoOR
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Trump: “I don't think about Americans’ financial situation.” Well, that much is certainly clear.
quote:at://did:plc:iu4j537hox5huj4bwnwgub4z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlof2b4eqh2b
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IMO, another big fat Trumpian favor for the fossil fuel industry. Maybe paired with our excess profits clawback bill this makes sense, but not while they’re busy gorging themselves at the public’s expense.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/11/trump-suspend-gas-tax-iran/
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Let’s remember: (1) the fossil fuel industry is desperate to pollute for free; if they can’t pollute for free, their business model collapses. 🧵
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Shared this thread with a friend in the investment space (no greenie!), and here’s what he had to say: “In ten years, no one will buy a house without thinking about climate change-induced risks and costs … It is a future that is rapidly coming into focus.” Exactly.
quote:at://did:plc:qqixzm5pwprzdnkbh2hglpax/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc6u2wez22b
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They’re used to false facts. How about Citizens United’s “no need to worry about corruption, all the political money we just released is going to be transparent: you’ll know who the donors are”?
link:https://newrepublic.com/post/210174/samuel-alito-bad-data-ruling-voting-rights-act
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Trump’s bogus FEMA in action: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Happy Mother’s Day! 💐
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Trump is granting polluters’ wishlists to poison our air with cancer-causing chemicals, no questions asked. The No Passes for Polluters Act would stop this corruption. www.propublica.org/article/clea...
link:https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails
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Equal parts gangster and gong show, playing carelessly with people’s lives. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/09/doj-sees-fallout-after-push-prosecute-former-fbi-director-james-comey/