Article I, Section 8 "The Congress shall have power... To declare war" and United Nations Charter, Article 2(4) "All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State"

Everyone knows that U.S. led regime change in Central and South America is the root cause for many of the conditions that force people to flee their homes and start a new life in the U.S., right?

You can watch the 60 minute piece on CECOT here

Yesterday PJM didn't hit capacity. If you are like me, you know that's a bad thing but you aren't precisely sure what it means. This conversation with Bryan Dunning has you covered. 🔌💡 demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/pjm-didnt-...

Congestion pricing in NYC reduced air particulate pollution by 22% in it's first year Traffic in the zone dropped by 11% Accidents fell by 14% Complaints of excessive honking fell 45% Can you think of any other policy that generates so many benefits so quickly? e360.yale.edu/digest/new-y...

BREAKING: The next Speaker of the House in Maryland will be Joseline Peña-Melnyk! She is a fierce progressive champion and this is very good news for the state www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

One company is about to electrify the heating for 190 of Maryland's largest buildings. I had no idea how large Maryland's existing district heating and cooling system is and how much it is about to change demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/electrifyi...

"Adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps collectively saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone." "80% of users are satisfied with their heat pumps, and nearly 95% of EV owners are likely to consider purchasing another EV for their next vehicle."

I could not be more excited about my friend Will Lawerence running for Congress on a transformative platform to unseat a Republican in a swing district

PJM is about to decide wether to increase everyone's energy bill by $70 a month to subsidize Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, or make data center developers pay for their own costs www.baltimoresun.com/2025/11/17/d...

I had a great time talking with Sunil Dasgupta on the I Hate Politics podcast all about the decision PJM will make this week about who will pay for the $163 billion cost of data centers on the PJM grid

"Gasoline consumption in the world's biggest importer of crude peaked in 2023 and the research unit of state oil company Sinopec expects demand to fall more than 4% this year from 2024."

Taking the DC metro past the Pentagon station is always a trip

600,000 people died because of USAID cuts

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

The Trump era will end and what waits on the other side is glorious

Greenbelt Maryland passes ranked choice voting 2 to 1!

The Virginia Republican Gubernatorial candidate ran on transphobia and lost horribly I look forward to all the think pieces declaring that trans issues are a loser for Republicans and that Democrats should embrace trans rights

Trump's policies are increasing inflation and raising prices www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

The real reason energy prices are going up is PJM's corruption and mismanagement If you want a play by play of their biggest, most expensive boondoggle, this episode is for you demarcoadvocacy.substack.com/p/the-coal-p...

I just learned that there is an electric full body robe (including an electrically heated foot pocket) for under $70 and I think this breakthrough has a lot of potential to reduce energy use in buildings www.amazon.com/Sealy-Electr...

I don't think I've ever in my adult life watched an hour of ABC commercials and all But you best believe I'm going to find an antenna to tune in tomorrow to watch Jimmy Kimmel

Happy Sun Day everyone!

Just got back from Europe, where gorgeous third spaces and generous public services abound. Americans are so terrified that The Undeserving might get something that they'd rather have nothing for anyone. Why THAT is the case is another question. But probably racism.

Andy Beshear is telling Democrats to stop running from LGBTQ issues and he has won statewide election in Kentucky twice www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

For everyone who has ever asked, on seeing my Baltimore homicide charts, "How did they do that?"

Trump's policies are increasing inflation www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

"My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people." Full gift article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

PJM is the biggest and the dirtiest grid in the United States It has 122 gigawatts of combined coal and gas capacity China built 93 gigawatts of solar just in May of this year I'm about 2 months China could do what will take us decades to accomplish

My statement on Donald Trump's threat to deport me and his praise for Eric Adams, who the President "helped out" of legal accountability.

There are only three political positions in America today 1) I like the fascism 2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc) 3) I oppose the fascism The rest is details

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

I hope that future generations watch period pieces about the aughts and react like I do to Mad Men and people smoking cigarettes everywhere. "You just burned fuel openly on the street? In your house? Where children play?"

When Republican voters learn that the "Big Beautiful Bill" takes from the poor to give to the rich, they oppose it.

PJM serves twice as many people as the CA ISO, but today will have a peak energy demand more than four times greater than CA ISO. Does anyone know what explains this? Are people in California really more than twice as efficient as people in the PJM states? 🔌💡

ERCOT's Kristi Hobbs told the ERCOT Board the risk of energy emergencies is much lower this summer. We've added about 10,000 megawatts in a year "most of it from solar and batteries, that puts us in a better position." Indeed. 16% chance last summer and 0.48% this summer.

In case it is cathartic for anyone to read today, I'm sharing what the New York Times wrote in 2018 when Cuomo won his gubernatorial primary Their pure glee at seeing a progressive challenger defeated is not hidden, but looks like we are getting the last laugh www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/n...

Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on: -free buses -rent freeze -halal cart for $8 instead of $10 -taxing the 1% -no cost childcare -city-owned grocery stores -a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response -building affordable housing -why Cuomo sucks

What matters is that Cuomo and all the people who endorsed him are still going to claim they're the rightful heirs to the Democratic Party, how dare young people challenge them, all of that. The difference is they're now just unaffiliated lunatics, banging on the windows. They're not the party.

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani leads Cuomo by roughly 70,000 'first-round' votes. There are likely fewer than 250,000 ballots left to count.

I'm starting my train trip across the country!

This is not about the merits of Iran’s nuclear program. No president has the authority to bomb another country that does not pose an imminent threat to the US without the approval of Congress. This is an unambiguous impeachable offense.

I get annoyed at the narrative that all the awareness and work on climate change hasn't done anything. Yes, global CO₂ emissions indeed continue to climb, but we don't know the counterfactual. When I was in grad school, we were on track for 5°C of warming. Now it's below 3°C. That's progress.

If right now you want to be surrounded by people who oppose all wars, you might consider looking up your local Quaker meeting

War is a terrible, horrible thing and Trump is a terrible, horrible president for causing the United States to be directly involved in another war

No more war.

Harris would not be bombing Iran. Just saying.