The Mamdani administration today announced its own click to cancel rule, to make sure that every subscription transaction in the city is as easy to end as it is to start. The FTC did this in 2023, it was challenged in court & Trump's FTC wouldn't defend it. NYC is doing it themselves.

Congress is considering reauthorizing a law that the government has repeatedly used to warrantlessly spy on U.S. citizens, including protestors and journalists. Our leaders must vote no on this dangerous privacy invasion.

Jim Himes claimed in town halls that the US doesn't buy commercial data from data brokers. This is untrue; the NSA disclosed this years ago. That's one of several misleading claims from Himes as he tries to sell an extension of warrantless spying. @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social reports.

Can’t emphasize enough how huge of a deal this is. @prospect.org is going 100% ad-free.

There will now be a permanently higher cost to shipping in one of the world’s most important choke points, as a new middleman enters the picture. buff.ly/jKKH78H

Great dispatch from @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social on Rep. Jim Himes, the ranking Dem on House Intelligence who is trying to push through a Trump-supported clean extension of warrantless spying. Protesters challenged him at a town hall earlier this week. prospect.org/2026/04/02/p...

LMAO Rep. Jim Himes is holding a "private" town hall because he doesn't want to face protesters who oppose him giving warrantless spying powers to Trump. Our reporter @jamesjbaratta.bsky.social is on the scene.

This is big, this merger would give the local TV station group that took Jimmy Kimmel off the air 265 stations stretching across 80% of the country. They tried to quickly close the merger even though the states challenged it first. Tegna broadcasts were signing off local news with the Nexstar logo.

Brad Lander became the most high-profile user of the "People's Pledge," which aims to limit Super PAC spending in primaries. Larry Cohen, the former CWA president, has been pushing for this around the country. Good report by James Baratta. prospect.org/2026/03/25/a...

Trump has mounted a full-scale assault on offshore wind: repealing Biden’s renewable-power subsidies, adding a whole bunch more regulatory red tape to renewable investment, and attempting to illegally cancel several huge projects near completion. prospect.org?p=135929

Short of banning Super PAC influence, which would be a tough road in a post-Citizens United world, the Pledge is one of the few alternatives to give candidates without a rich outside benefactor a chance. prospect.org?p=135945

The national security blob is doing the usual fearmongering to extend warrantless wiretapping authority. But hardline House Republicans want to attach their voter suppression bill, the SAVE Act. That may doom both bills, writes James Baratta: prospect.org/2026/03/23/s...

House Republicans have threatened to hold a foreign surveillance extension hostage unless the Senate agrees to voter suppression. It may flip the script on superfluous government spying. buff.ly/WcCA7UX

Five small steps are all that stands between Americans and $70 billion in electricity rebates. These are things like "ratepayers shouldn't pay for lobbying expenses," which in many states they do. James Baratta looks at a new paper on rate reform. prospect.org/2026/03/18/h...

Delivering immediate savings to American households struggling to pay their electricity bills is surprisingly feasible. buff.ly/AJRXZKx

The Iran war is showing that renewable energy is a national security imperative, and that fighting renewables tooth and nail as the White House has been doing since day one deeply undermines national security, as @ryanlcooper.com writes. prospect.org/2026/03/13/i...

Xcel Energy’s electric subsidiaries earned about 17 cents on the dollar in 2024 and about 15 cents on the dollar in 2025. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/12/y...

You can find the @energyandpolicy.org utility bill tracker here: energyandpolicy.org/utilityprofi...

🚨: Ever wonder how your utility bill is calculated or why it feels like it keeps rising year after year? Our new report, “Paying for Their Profits: How Ratepayers Foot the Bill for Soaring Utility Profits,” has answers. energyandpolicy.org/utility-prof...

Iran is among the world’s leading state sponsors of terrorism, and following decades of U.S. intervention, it has conducted numerous covert operations on American soil. buff.ly/dFeeaTr

Escalating military confrontation with Iran while touting energy affordability at home highlights Trump's policy contradiction, as heightened geopolitical risk tends to inject volatility into global oil and gas markets. buff.ly/F5w0vAi