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The FBI’s sloppy raid in Fulton County reeks of ulterior motives.
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Further mischief on offshore wind means further pause on permitting reform. Let’s hope we can go forward without further mischief.
link:https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/offshore-wind-farms-race-toward-completion
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Fossil-fuel billionaires’ takeover of the Republican Party means they pull all the strings. 🧵
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This is good news. Let’s hope these calves do not become victims of vessel strikes or fishing gear entanglements, the two leading causes of death for these whales.
link:https://www.wpri.com/community/environment/critically-endangered-whale-calves-spotted-in-massachusetts-waters/
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Trump’s message is clear: polluters win; you lose.
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Trump's submissiveness to Putin is highly suspicious.
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Now they're insulting Trump, yet he stays submissive to Putin. Something’s up with Trump/Russia. Is it Trump/Russia/Epstein?
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/11/russia-ukraine-iran-trump-negotiations-trust/
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Watching Vladimir Kara-Murza deliver Marie Colvin Lecture and remind us that Mussolini said that he had seized power and destroyed democracy “by plucking the chicken feather by feather,” so no one notices. Let’s notice.
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What they understand is that the side deals matter more than the deals, and taking care of Trump CronyWorld matters more than outcomes. And, yep, you can’t get that from the professionals.
link:https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/10/how-jared-kushner-steve-witkoff-see-the-world-00820113
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After years of delay, look what's finally hanging in the Capitol. To the heroes who served on that dark day, thank you.
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This isn’t a coincidence — it’s a cover-up.
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We offered to fund TSA. No conditions. Republicans refused. They want the hostage, to extract more ICE money with. No ICE reforms
link:https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2026/03/09/airport-long-security-lines-tsa-staffing-partial-shutdown/89062134007/
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Quarreling between ‘spring forward’ and ‘fall back’ keeps us in the worst scenario: back and forth. My fix passed the Senate by UC!
link:https://apnews.com/article/daylight-saving-time-states-congress-standard-4cd5b467eed4ad1f112f0834aee3d45b
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How Trumpsters and fossil fuel cronies loot the country.
link:https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27022026/cheniere-energy-lng-alternative-fuel-tax-benefits/
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White House: the witness’s allegations are “completely baseless” and “backed by zero credible evidence.” Fact: FBI found her credible enough to interview repeatedly, and she received a financial settlement from the Epstein estate.
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Feb 13 — White House on Noem, in a statement: “The President continues to have full confidence in the Secretary.” Mar 6 — White House on Bondi, in a statement: “The President has full faith in the Attorney General.” Start the clock.
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Noem may be out of the job now, but her cozy “command and control center” is still costing you a fortune.
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Wow. The corruption and self-dealing is boundless — in the billions.
link:https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/
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Good piece on the law firms that caved in to Trump’s bullying.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/trump-law-firms.html
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What does Putin have on Trump that makes him think he can get away with this s**t?
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This President is making all Americans less safe.
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“The latest line from Trump yesterday was that Tehran was ‘two weeks away’ from developing its own nuclear weapons.” Zero evidence of that.
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Republicans just OBJECTED to funding FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard. They’re holding them hostage to extract more $$$ with no accountability for Trump’s rogue ICE/CBP operations. No doubt now who’s responsible.
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Musta been the bedroom photo. Is Pam Bondi next?
link:https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116178030946996760
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Starting soon.
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Today our top Democrat on Appropriations will offer to fund TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard, agencies Republicans are holding hostage to extract more money for ICE.
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The PolluterPage lauds two shadow docket proceedings that, oh, just happen both to help Republicans! How con-veeee-nient.
link:https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-emergency-docket-malliotakis-v-williams-mirabelli-v-bonta-931d8265
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Trump/Russia Trump/Epstein Epstein/Russia It’s all connected. This afternoon, around 2:50 PM, I’ll take to the Senate Floor to unpack some of the numerous, well-documented connections between these parties. I hope you’ll tune in.
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Our democracy deserves a cleanup. My DISCLOSE Act is the solution.
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Like a mob “bust-out,” Trump’s cronies have run the Kennedy Center into the ground, with closure for “renovations” covering the disaster.
link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-richard-grenell-melts-down-after-san-francisco-ballet-boycotts-kennedy-center/
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Duh.
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/02/katie-miller-solar-power-trump/
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“His motivation for Operation Epic Fury is at least partly to deflect from his tribulations that cannot be made to disappear: Operation Epstein Fury.”
link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/03/trump-iran-war-emergency-powers
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Trump fossil fuel flunkies’ “national security” pretext for polluters is wearing thin. It went 0-for-6 on offshore wind, and letting coking facilities pollute locally for “national security” reasons seems quite the stretch.
link:https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11022026/trump-administration-ends-coke-fenceline-monitoring/
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Why does Secretary Noem’s “deportation jet” need a fancy bedroom?
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The stance of the nine law firms that caved under administration pressure may be hard to explain to clients who may face high-profile litigation against that same administration. “We cave under pressure” is not a great motto. Just sayin.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/opinion/law-firms-resistance-trump.html
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No lectures please from the clowns who took down the counter-terror expertise of our U.S. government. www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran
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Much like his corrupt attack on offshore wind. If at first your illegal order doesn’t succeed, try, try again.
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/us/politics/trump-law-firm-orders-reversal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QVA.-feV.SepnvpB1qDlu&smid=url-share
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Russia is losing in Ukraine, “paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and … in decline as a major power.” Trump is the one propping up Putin. One must wonder why. www.thecipherbrief.com/russias-war-...
link:https://www.thecipherbrief.com/russias-war-ukraine
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Why are Democrats afraid to talk about climate, when so many people already connect the dots between fossil fuel polluting emissions and their family’s financial costs? Home insurance is a HUGE cost for so many families, and getting worse fast!!
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"Trump the Wheedler” resembles the man in Gulliver’s travels who spent “eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers.” And note: “the systemic stupidity and toadyism that tyranny breeds.” Meaning Putin or Trump? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/27/trump-putin-russia-zelensky-ukraine-war/"
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“Stop Work” Trump has now become “Start War” Trump. This President is making all Americans less safe.
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Trump fossil-fuel thuggery in action. Very few U.S.-flagged vessels involved; near zero measurable effect on U.S. economy; yet Trumpsters go berserk.
link:https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/02/trump-delayed-a-global-carbon-tax-now-he-wants-to-finish-the-fight-pro-00799842
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Trump is mentioned more times in the Epstein files than Voldemort is in the Harry Potter series. In fact, Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files more than Voldemort, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Dumbledore COMBINED.
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“Entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes are the leading causes of North Atlantic right whale mortality, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and marine scientists everywhere.” And we have the whale corpses to prove it. ecori.org/all-the-righ...
link:https://ecori.org/all-the-right-moves-needed-to-save-these-endangered-whales/
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Let me offer a slight rebuttal on climate politics, beginning with us (enviros and Dems) having done a terrible job on climate communication for a long time. A legacy of bad work is not reason to stop work, it’s reason to do better work. 🧵
link:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/clean-green-energy.html
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"[Y]ou have compelled me to testify, fully aware that I have no knowledge that would assist your investigation, in order to distract attention from President Trump's actions and cover them up despite legitimate calls for answers.”
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