-tax oil and gas companies' "windfall profits" -freeze electricity rates nationally -indefinitely suspend gasoline tax -create clean energy fund @timothycama.bsky.social & I got the first look at @grahamformaine.bsky.social's energy platform. Read it here: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Isn't it a bit creepy that Desmond just walked up to Molly at the marketplace and opened with 'Girl, I like your face?'

At least 19 of our @eenews.bsky.social Politico Pro colleagues have decided to take the buyout and leave us this week. It's no small amount. Not everyone was offered a buyout @politico.com 1/4

"Last year, $239 million was traded on Kalshi’s climate markets — the fifth-most of any prediction category, according to data provided by the company. The volume of trading on its climate markets is on pace to grow to more than $1.2 billion." www.eenews.net/articles/you...

The best time to file a FOIA request was six months ago The second best time is now

The most-read story on POLITICO right now is from @timothycama.bsky.social and yours truly. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

In ‘Paperback Writer,’ is John the paperback writer or is he telling a story about the paperback writer?

This always feels a little passive aggressive, Google

A cloud-seeding startup that MAGA lawmakers blamed for Texas flooding last July is now spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lobbying and gold-framed Metro ads in very Trumpy play for attention. www.eenews.net/articles/a-s...

People who shovel the walkway leading to their sidewalk but not the sidewalk

Does this storm have a name yet? If not, I propose: - Snowcrete - Snowsyfus - Snowrever

Hot take: Seasons should be half as long I don't mind winter. But we're a month in and I'm tired of it

Does anyone use 'inclement' in normal speech? Seems like it's only in announcements from businesses

Why all the 2016 lookbacks? Why not 2006?

Maybe we should bring back the ‘Paul is Dead’ conspiracy theory, just for fun

It's a two-division appropriations bill. We should call it ...

So thankful for everyone who came out to my book launch event last night, for @timothycama.bsky.social for joining me in a discussion, and for @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social for hosting What a nice evening!

On high alert today for circlers-back

Next DC mayor's swearing-in: Dupont Underground? Bureau of Engraving and Printing?

I, for one, am glad serif fonts are making a comeback

Spoiler alert: If a character’s name hasn’t been revealed, there’s a good chance they’re actually a character you already know. Someone is imagining them to be different, or they’re in two different timelines or something

Mandatory prison time for people who don't shovel/salt their sidewalks

Far too many songs for which I know the Weird Al parody far better than the original youtu.be/7vFGKHzY_38

A neutral arbiter agrees: @politico.com violated our contract and its own journalistic standards when it deployed AI. Our readers deserve news, not slop! wbng.org/2025/12/01/p...

"Wherever" should have an additional e Maybe add a New Yorker diaeresis. "Whereëver"

Maybe the entire internet shouldn’t rely on a few companies to operate

Does anyone actually water plants with the water from a new filter?

TODAY: PEN Guild heads to arbitration over POLITICO’s contract-breaking use of AI. This fight could set the standard for how AI is used in newsrooms across the country. ✍️ Sign our petition and help us go into arbitration with full support: bit.ly/PENGuild

Politico’s new AI product has generated garbled or made-up Washington intelligence, including a lobbying effort by a fictional basket-weaver guild, the outlet’s unionized staff has complained.

Is there any place as hot and humid as D.C. where such a large portion of the workforce is expected to wear dark suits year-round?

All hail the ‘Next Generation Streetcar,’ a bus www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Politico has rules about AI in the newsroom. Staffers say those rules have been violated—and they’re gearing up for a fight. www.wired.com/story/politi...

The Senate is currently voting on a motion to table the point of order that points of order are not in order This right after voting against a motion to table a point of order, on the grounds that points of order are not in order

Is ‘Beltway Series’ really the official name for a Nationals-Orioles series? Why not ‘Parkway Series?’ Or ‘MARC Series?’

Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion

Confirmation hearings for the new Pope will be LIT

Can't believe I got snubbed once again www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

Something about how 'budget' has at least two meanings in DC, and neither one is actually granting money to be spent

Happy Budget Day to all who celebrate

NEW: Elon Musk committed $100 million in 2021 for a contest to advance tech that removes CO2 from the air or sea. On Wednesday, the climate competition's winners are being feted — with a dark MAGA shadow over them. “People are going to hear Musk and just walk away.” www.eenews.net/articles/elo...

Can super PACs directly contribute to papal candidates or does it have to be an arm's-length, non-coordinated spending kind of deal?

'I suggest the absence of a quorum' sounds so passive aggressive

Whoever trains every single congressional witness to obsequiously thank every senator for every question needs to stop

Reporters who never go to the Capitol except to get their badges renewed = people who only go to church for Christmas and Easter

Your April Fools Day joke is bad and you should feel bad

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has thoughts on the future face of Mount Rushmore from @hroxaner.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

‘Deal or No Deal Island’ sounds like a Jack Donaghy concept