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Patel fires agents but won’t disclose his own grand jury testimony in that same matter, instead repeatedly lying to lay false trails.
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/politics/fbi-agents-fired-classified-documents-kash-patel-toll-records
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Take a second look, why don’t you. apnews.com/article/epst...
link:https://apnews.com/article/epstein-justice-department-trump-793e47b09863f5a55e54040c891291d8
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The excess heat is coming on by the zettajoules. Look it up.
link:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/25/chronic-ocean-heating-fuels-staggering-loss-marine-life-study
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Put battery and low-cost solar and wind together, and you have inexpensive clean energy fossil fuel can’t beat. So they cheat.
link:https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/chart-grid-battery-installations-soared-2025
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Thomas Kilday, a union worker from the Revolution Wind project, was on a work boat the first time Trump halted the project. The second time, he was home awaiting his next four-week shift. Tonight, he’ll sit in the audience as Trump boasts his commitment to fossil fuels.
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Today marks four years since Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked assault on peaceful Ukraine. Allies and autocrats alike are watching how America will bring a just end to this war.
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Much credit to @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social sollenbergerrc.substack.com/p/doj-remove...
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“The Justice Department has withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor, an NPR investigation finds.” www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
link:https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell
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The MAGA trifecta cover-up of report on Trump’s crimes: on one “side,” the MAGA DOJ; on the other “side,” defendant Donald J. Trump; presiding, a MAGA Trump judge. So much for the “adversary system.”
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This storm has officially topped the Blizzard of ‘78. For everyone’s safety, and to help our emergency management teams perform their duties, please stay home.
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Guess that was too stupid even for Trumpsters.
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23 years after the Station Nightclub fire, we remember the 100 victims lost far too soon and the many survivors and first responders who live with scars from that night.
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Obviously, the Court’s long delay on tariffs was to fuss internally over statutory construction and “major questions.” How grandiose they are!
link:https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/politics/supreme-court-tariffs
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Victory for the Koch-Leo apparatus that actually picked Trump's justices. Trump was the chump there.
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Are Witkoff and Kushner the only two people on the planet who believe Putin is sincere about peace? And did they reach this conclusion during negotiations over side deals with Russia? Smells really bad.
link:https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/zelenskyy-denies-trump-claim-that-ukraine-is-blocking-peace-talks_uk_699592fee4b0b353293617c9/
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Ukraine needs more than American applause.
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Trump’s fossil-fuel stooges claim that 9-cent KWhs from offshore wind will raise prices on a grid averaging 18-cents/KWh. Anything to prop up natural gas.
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That doesn’t surprise me.
link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/16/jeffrey-epstein-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court
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Trump’s corrupt efforts to prop up his polluting fossil fuel donors can’t change the direction of our clean energy future.
link:https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-energy-transition-attracted-record-investment-2025
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Ports like this are essential to Ukrainian victory.
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The world is entitled to know if our negotiators are entertaining side deals with Russia while negotiating for the United States. www.politico.eu/article/surp...
link:https://www.politico.eu/article/surprise-surprise-russia-ukraine-talks-yield-no-peace-breakthrough/
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Even actuaries are concerned about insurance markets, and corrupt fossil fuel efforts to impede climate risk research. Consumers will pay.
link:https://www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-climate-supercomputer-plans-threaten-us-insurance-market-actuaries/
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I travelled to Ukraine to show that Congress and the American people stand with Ukraine in its fight for freedom. Ukraine can win this war, and Vladimir Putin must pay for his barbaric invasion.
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Trump’s corrupt fossil fuel stooges pretend clean energy is expensive, but reality keeps intruding. Fossil fuel paid good money for those lies, so they’ll keep at it. www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
link:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2514985-this-states-power-prices-are-plummeting-as-it-nears-100-renewables/
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Trump in person, Trump MAGA judge, and Trump MAGA DOJ all scheme together to destroy Special Counsel report. youtu.be/IosHp7M707M?...
link:https://youtu.be/IosHp7M707M?si=vvs5tL4Eo2L0JwrP
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More unnecessary horror for kids — this time at a high school hockey game in Pawtucket. My heart is with the victims and the entire community. I am grateful to law enforcement for their swift response.
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Incompetent lawyers always blame the judge. That tactic is so stupid that it further illustrates the incompetence. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
link:https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/02/15/jeanine-pirro-indict-democrats-failure-column-00782313
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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/