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3. “that the Department’s actions are free from the appearance of political influence.”
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2. they do that to ensure “that the Department’s investigatory and prosecutorial powers be exercised free from partisan consideration”; and
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1. DOJ has a “long-standing policy that most personnel may not participate in media events with congressional members or staff”;
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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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Hence the clean energy blockade, creating a huge money pump, extracting money from electricity ratepayers, and sending it to Trump’s corrupt fossil fuel donors. Think that’s coincidence?
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They’ve noticed that when they block clean energy, the grid has to go up the “generation stack” to their expensive units. Customers pay a lot more for their expensive energy, but the extra billions customers pay ends up in their own pockets.
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Crooked fossil fuel interests noticed, because ratepayers saving money meant them losing money, so they’ve been using their influence over Trump to block low-cost energy.
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You can see that at demand levels of 68 GW, the electricity cost on the Texas grid was only a third of what it was before the low-cost clean energy surge. That’s big ratepayer savings.
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After the surge of low-cost clean energy, the Texas demand/cost curve looked like this.
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From August 2018 to August 2024, low-cost clean energy surged on to the Texas grid; solar, wind, and battery added 17.6 GW additional power.
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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.
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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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That’s how we won. And that put Republicans on the spot — to throw in the towel or own more mischief to fund the Trump billionaires ballroom.
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The day after we argued, the Parliamentarian ruled that the White House was in the jurisdiction both of EPW (public buildings/grounds) and ENR (national parks).
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ENR Committee Dems argued similarly that ENR has jurisdiction over “national parks” and “historical sites,” but also received no instruction.
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The Republicans’ problem? There was no reconciliation instruction to EPW, so if there was EPW jurisdiction, the ballroom measure was defective.
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EPW Dems argued the case for EPW’s jurisdiction over White House construction and federal public buildings. We argued that the Public Buildings Act requires EPW approval of projects exceeding $3.9 million. Which it does.
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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.
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Again, billions from your pockets to Big Oil — coincidence?
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While you’re at it, look at your electric bill, hiked by Republicans blocking low-cost clean energy. Your bill goes up (the total is in the billions) and the extra you pay goes to fossil fuel units that wouldn’t even be running if the low-cost energy was on the grid.
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Yes, a quarter-trillion dollars from your pockets to theirs — you still don’t think this is on purpose?
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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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Plus, all that stuff really sucks and is even dangerous, so we should be honor-bound to fight it even if it were a losing and unpopular fight. So when it’s actually a winner, there’s really no excuse.