“The realization is that Trump isn’t looking for a partner, he’s looking for a vassal.”

As the US-Mexico-Canada trade deal comes up for a likely review, @gurleygg.bsky.social looks at Canada's Mark Carney's efforts to manage the Trump relationship and preserve his country's sovereignty. prospect.org/2025/12/15/c...

PM Mark Carney has pivoted to shore up a country shattered by the swift erasure of generations of neighborly goodwill. prospect.org/2025/12/15/c...

today a gigantic moose slept then snacked in our front yard in Anchorage Alaska for 5.5 hours. what an amazing animal - & so magnificent. our dog Johannes was curious but quiet. what an honor. We all need a dose of goodness these days. keep speaking out against cruelty & tyranny.

Canada's PM Mark Carney sailed through the FIFA World Cup draw without incident. But thanks to the American positioning on the USMCA, the weeks ahead don't look calm. prospect.org/2025/12/15/c...

The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement has bipartisan support in Congress and widespread approval across industry interest groups, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney still has his work cut out ensuring it survives the Trump presidency. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/N2mhnMv

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has worked quickly to reframe Canada’s relationship with the U.S. Now, he is tasked with preserving the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬: trib.al/SGQ98R9

Half of Floridians are considering leaving the state due to rising costs, which include a $7 billion electricity rate hike. The new rate schedule will cost residents $1 billion, while data centers save 50 percent on their bills. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/GaSXqX8

Last week, Florida was hit with the largest electricity rate hike in the state's history, a $7 billion increase. The vote to approve the increase was unanimous and much of it will go to shareholder profits. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports: prospect.org/2025/12/02/f...

Florida Power and Light hit its customers with a historic $7 billion rate hike fueled by data centers, and the resulting outrage may likely leak into the 2026 midterm election. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports: trib.al/8AcZg9z

The latest in our series on drivers of the affordability crisis: climate change. Too often we neglect how weather patterns affect crop yields, how hurricanes and floods raise the cost of everything from food to water, how colony collapse makes things more expensive. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports.

Fair, but this argues against a presidential nominee from California

Even for those living outside of the immediate danger zones for climate change, a warming globe ravages crop cycles and water accessibility, meaning everyone pays a price for it at the grocery store. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports: trib.al/1cNybF5

Florida Power and Light hit its customers with a historic $7 billion rate hike fueled by data centers, and the resulting outrage may likely leak into the 2026 midterm election. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports: trib.al/0sJWDAr

Climate change means disease and natural disasters, but it also means food and water are getting more expensive. Farmers are losing crops from cocoa to rice making groceries increasingly unaffordable. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/13cYtLf

In order to pass their state budget, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is agreeing to slash a northeastern climate initiative, right as Virginia is trying to kick it back into gear. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports: trib.al/Bb4WXAp

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is bailing on a regional emissions control system, just as Virginia rejoins. It’s a decision that could haunt his presidential ambitions. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/jpZ54HN

People are still waiting. Some backstory here:

While Josh Shapiro is ditching the Northeast climate agreement, Abigail Spanberger (no radical liberal) is preparing to join it. @gurleygg.bsky.social explains why. prospect.org/2025/11/24/j...

Some people are still waiting...

Mississippi River corridor mayors can’t avoid their constituents like members of Congress, so they are experiencing firsthand how the strain of uncertainty about SNAP benefits during the shutdown impacted their communities. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬: trib.al/3NlmQFk

On the front lines of the hunger battle, mayors in poor cities are fielding calls from constituents wondering where their next meal will come from. @gurleygg.bsky.social writes about the scramble to get people fed: prospect.org/2025/11/14/r...

I'm glad Curtis has no chance of winning but maybe we should put him in charge of NYC's cats (and by extension, rats)

Unpaid government workers are being fed by World Central Kitchen…let that sink in just how dire things are.

Jamaica and the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Melissa have been largely dropped from the news agenda. 🤷‍♂️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meanwhile, in Jamaica....American tourists are helping with the cleanup...

Love to see it….tourists that are stuck in Jamaica are helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Melissa 💪

Test passed.

Election impacts on project, to be sure. Some backstory:

A look back....

Spanberger "as certain as the sun" to win Va. Gov. race, says @chaznuttycombe.bsky.social, who successfully predicted all 140 House and Senate races in 2023. Here's part of our chat on #TheFinal5: www.fox5dc.com/video/1733093

The democratic candidate for Attorney General in light blue Virginia appears on track for a win, but the race could represent a turning point in the state’s political direction. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/lAb4WHU

Election Day is tomorrow & @prospect.org is your source for the most critical races. Here's our lineup: Harold Meyerson on the urban-to-rural ideological continuum that runs left to right, how it takes a range of Democrats to win in a range of political terrains, & how some Dems don't get that.

@gurleygg.bsky.social on the governor's race in Virginia, and whether Abigail Spanberger will have coattails to carry the rest of the ticket: prospect.org/2025/11/03/v...

Former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger seems ready to win the Virginia Governor's race—but the attorney general's race might throw a wrench in the Democrats plans to shift the state more blue. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬: trib.al/zCOhMvY

Graham Platner has covered up the tattoo and moved on but the controversies have taken on a life of their own. Some backstory:

Happy Halloween

Things are heating up in Maine with a Senate race on the ballot in eight months. Incumbent Susan Collins remains “forever unconcerned” while Gov. Janet Mills and oyster farmer Graham Platner both have a chance to win the primary. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬: trib.al/UhUsY9Z

The Trump administration has threatened to terminate the Gateway Program that’s working to repair a 115-year-old rail tunnel in NYC. Trump blames DEI policies and the government shutdown for why he is taking aim at this project. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬: trib.al/YuBK2jk

Ed Markey in MA and Janet Mills in Maine are going to win the "That could be ME they're trying to push out" older voters. Will younger Democratic primary voters think differently? www.dotnews.com/2025/congres...

Federalist 51: “A healthy balance of power between the state and federal government,” Alexander Hamilton wrote in 1788, “reduces the risk of tyranny and abuse from either front.” prospect.org/politics/chi...

The point: pre-existing repertoires/habits can only go so far. On that point I was struck by something that Saladin Ambar said in his interview for @gurleygg.bsky.social 's piece on governors: "Life never fully ceases...new institutions, new alliances, are made..." /end prospect.org/politics/202...

The ruling blocking National Guard troops from Illinois was prefaced by a host of current and former governors denouncing the deployment, including two current Republicans. @gurleygg.bsky.social reports: prospect.org/politics/chi...

Governors won a temporary victory against Trump’s illegal troop deployments. “The Founders would never believe…that one state militia could be sent to another state for the purposes of political retribution,” a federal judge wrote. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/p7Prpj9

Trump’s insistence on gutting FEMA is leaving states with excessive loss of life and financial burdens for disaster relief they simply cannot bear. From @gurleygg.bsky.social‬: trib.al/mjJlX8T

“The greatest fear of our founding fathers was Donald Trump.” As Congress sits idle, Democratic governors are fighting back against Trump’s attempts to take power from the states. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/gM3X8Ns

And who wants to see a thunderstorm from above?

While Trump illegally seizes power, Congress seems content to do nothing. Democratic governors are stepping up to protect their states from Trump’s interventions. From @gurleygg.bsky.social: trib.al/LK3l3gO

Govs. Pritzker & Newsom have overtaken Hill leaders in the leadership category, though Pritzker is more the adult in the room.