Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

Amazing new piece by my colleagues @taotaotasi.bsky.social and Sam Zeno: The Trump administration is rewriting the stories told by America's public lands & waters in an attempt to undermine the country's history and redefine who America is for www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump administration is making it easier for oil and gas companies to get away with corruption and fraud–and wasting taxpayer dollars while they’re at it. https://ow.ly/rUow50X8BrU

Americans need to look no further than Trump's own federal oil and gas program to know that he is turning a blind eye to a massive source of waste, fraud, and corruption. And deeming it all 'essential' while the government is shutdown. Classic. Read more: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

It’s happening again ‼️ The Trump administration is trying to open up 88 million acres of public lands to development—threatening America’s oldest forests, risking wildlife habitats, and endangering drinking water for millions of people.

Check out the "FLAWED SCIENCE" that Interior Secretary Burgum used as justification to halt an offshore wind project earlier this year. This is the reasoning they've provided for killing thousands of jobs and making your energy prices skyrocket

The Trump administration’s efforts to revive coal will cost the U.S. time and money we can’t afford to waste, driving up energy costs for Americans and leaving mining communities behind. Read more from me in @InsideSourcesDC: dcjournal.com/counterpoint...

The coal industry is dying, and we should let it — it’s time to focus on affordable, abundant, clean energy sources. @jennyrowlandshea.bsky.social explains:

In no place are the administration’s attacks on public lands more obvious than in the actions taken by DOGE and the President’s proposed 2026 budget. The scale of budget cuts and staff reductions being proposed at public land agencies are truly unprecedented www.americanprogress.org/press/releas...

The Trump administration is threatening to sell off YOUR public lands to the highest bidder, putting special places, local economies, and vacation plans in jeopardy. Read more here: www.americanprogress.org/article/see-...

THREAD 🧵Here’s what you need to know about the current state of Senate Republicans’ plan to sell off millions of acres of America’s public lands (1/6)

An evergreen reminder that the solution to volatile energy prices is a swift transition to clean energy—not further reliance on fuels controlled by dictators and profiteering oil corporations www.americanprogress.org/article/5-re...

There’s another scandal buried in the Trump-Republican budget plan that’s not getting enough attention: massive giveaways to Big Oil.

🚨 Did you know, the Trump administration wants to erase history from the Stonewall National Monument? Learn how the administration is threatening all national parks and lands: www.americanprogress.org/article/see-...

I joined @thetentpod.bsky.social this week to talk about what’s at stake if republicans repeal clean energy tax credits. The answer? A lot is at stake including raising your electricity bills and threatening jobs. Give a listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0Qbo...

New piece from my brilliant colleagues cataloguing the concerted effort by the Trump administration to sell off and sell out America’s public lands to the highest bidder. Trump is putting special places, local economies, and vacation plans in jeopardy www.americanprogress.org/article/see-...

House Republicans just passed their big billionaire bailout bill — a bill that threatens the loss of jobs, raises costs, and defunds programs dedicated to reducing pollution ON TOP of large cuts to healthcare access and food assistance. This is not “beautiful” — it’s so ugly and will hurt Americans

Published a subtle column this AM… House Republicans are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing! www.americanprogress.org/article/hous... 1/3

Republicans are planning to blow up Senate rules this week in order to deliver in a win for the oil industry, but they could leave every other industry exposed in a big way.

Wow, the House Republican tax bill would increase gas prices. By a lot. Up to 37¢ per gallon! New numbers published by CAP show how ending clean energy investment props up demand for fossil fuels, raises prices, and makes households pay an extra $400b over the next decade to Big Oil and Gas.

under the republican reconciliation bill, if the country enters severe recession with a 9.9% unemployment rate and so you lose your job, then you and your 8yo kid lose your food assistance because you’re considered a moocher under their new requirements. profoundly evil stuff.

If passed, Trump's bill to provide tax cuts for billionaires would be the largest successful attack by Congress on U.S. lands and waters in modern American history. The latest from @jennyrowlandshea.bsky.social and Drew McConville:

House Republicans last night proposed a brand new “de-risking compensation” scheme for new fossil fuel projects. It’s a great example of how a party can make terrible policy choices when the only thing it cares about is propping up the profits of an allied industry. Here’s how it works. 1/10

When someone talks to you about Medicaid work requirements, make them read this.

A midnight vote to sell off thousands of acres of public lands to fund tax cuts for billionaires is a middle finger to Americans of both parties who treasure their public lands. Learn more about the tax bill from @jennyrowlandshea.bsky.social and Drew McConville: buff.ly/saYRaSf

Don't sleep on Trump's 'mine-everywhere' EO from a few weeks back. It puts a target on America's public lands and would make mining the #1 use. It also includes very non-critical minerals like gold and coal to pad the pockets of billionaires and corporations www.americanprogress.org/article/insi...

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Check out this photo the WH used to show off their connection to Earth Day on Tuesday, but look what they cropped out... the president is standing on a square of astroturf to make sure he doesn't actually have any contact with the Earth itself! 😂

AAHHHGhhg everything this admin does makes me want to claw my brains out With that said, here is why this new directive is BS that is guaranteed to hurt wildlife and people, without making the US one iota more energy independent: www.doi.gov/pressrelease...

Not a lot of @theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social Earth Day content today because nothing can top what the actual White House put out today "President Trump is protecting public lands...by opening [them] for oil, gas, and critical mineral extraction" www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Not @theonion.com www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

So glad to have a President who protects public lands by expanding access to oil, gas, and mining corporations and who saves wildlife by killing renewable energy projects, then puts it all in this non-ironic blog post 🙏🙏🙏 www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

And hydro! My FIL was a lead engineer on a hydroelectric dam project in South Carolina. Just had its tax breaks pulled and so the whole project was cancelled.

Surprise, surprise Trump included a carveout for his oil billionaire friends and donors. President Trump doesn't care about making the U.S. energy independent—he’s busy creating loopholes for oil exports while shutting down home grown wind and solar projects

Trump just detailed his plans to sell America’s sensitive Arctic lands to the highest bidder. OOOF. These actions threaten tens of millions of acres of America’s most sensitive lands in some of the country’s last untouched places, all to appease oil industry donors.

Imagine the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge being drilled by Big Oil. That's exactly what's at stake under the Trump administration. More on this: www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

Musk is an absolutely depraved and evil man. Defending Stalin, Hitler, and Mao in order to justify firing VA nurses and park rangers? How does one come to hate civil servants so much? Insane, and dangerous.

"The loss of 30×30 should be seen not as a rejection of conservation values, but as a call to reimagine a conservation strategy that works for more people in more places." @ahidayat.bsky.social and @taotaotasi.bsky.social for @mongabay.bsky.social:

He’s going to spend 5x as much time talking about transgender kids as the price of groceries and gas. Guess why? Because prices are going way up and he’s not doing shit.

RAPID RESPONSE The speech was very long and boring -- and mean and petty -- but many of Trump's policy ideas are terrifying

Far from keeping us safe, Trump’s fantasy imperialism—rambling about Greenland and Panama—alienates vital partners, spreads lies, and makes America weaker. Delusion isn’t strength; it’s reckless, embarrassing, and dangerous.

Executive Orders can't demand automatic death penalties

The goal is to get toxins out of the environment by cutting environmental regulations?? I CANT

What's that again about respecting firefighters? idahocapitalsun.com/2025/02/21/t...

If and when decent people are in charge in the country, can we all agree that a chief priority is for billionaires to no longer functionally exist in this country?

For a second there I thought Trump was announcing that he was going to drill that wildlife refuge in memory of Jocelyn Nungaray

Are these the same farmers Trump supposedly loves? Trump's funding freeze has caused pure chaos for farmers www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

By placing tariffs on oil imports President Trump will simultaneously raise the cost of gasoline for Americans and increase profits for U.S. oil producers. Trump doesn't care about making the U.S. energy independent—he’s busy creating loopholes for special interests and shutting down wind and solar

FACT CHECK!

Trump is bragging about his illegal impoundments in his speech. I know it sounds hyperbolic to say it, but Trump has undertaken the most illegal set of budgetary actions of any president in US history.