Literally pollution for the hell of it. Costs more, utilities and regulators don't want it, more people will die early deaths and get asthma.

This is excellent.

I'd really like to know why so many terrible people cannot write a coherent sentence with anything remotely close to approximating a reasonable grasp of grammar. Reads like a crazy uncle writing stream of consciousness Facebook comments.

Wow and I always thought the most damning citation of Larry Summers was the epigraph from *Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor* (2011)

Just became a member this week. You should too. Banger after banger, every issue.

the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo

every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation

You can’t make this shit up.

iPhone nightshift magic and I could only see a wee bit of the northern lights with my naked eye, but the knowledge these lights were frolicking in the firmament above New Mexico make me feel close to the Earth.

The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.

Just a reminder: preserve your sanity. Block often.

Fair or not, there's an emerging consensus that Dems didn't fight. They caved, with Schumer's blessing. And folks assume, rightly, that they'll cave again in a few weeks. And again & again after that. All they're doing is reinforcing the right-wing frame that Dems are weak.

"The storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism."

The idea *suppliers* of fossil fuels are neutral meeters-of-demand remains one of the worst lies Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...

You ever call a senator's office and ask the staffer who picks up what it's like to work for someone without a spine? 10/10 recommend.

NEWS RELEASE: #NMPol water commission to consider gov’s office tampering motion in oil and gas wastewater rulemaking We filed a motion to disqualify 7 of 14 commissioners improperly directed to vote to advance industry-written plan to allow oil & gas wastewater discharge to rivers, streams, land.

Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."

Good Grief

Oh @durbin.senate.gov is out on this surrender publicly and he is openly being contemptuous of the base - sounding like the coward he has always been. Via @notus.com

A govt shutdown is like a strike in the sense that before you start it you MUST have a concrete idea of what your leverage is and what will cause your opponent to fold. Ironically the Dems' strongest leverage point was probably "fucked up Thanksgiving travel" and they folded just before it came.

Hearing from more people after this went out. "We're all pissed. This was a lot of unnecessary stress on people and their families for nothing. And if I win the lottery tonight I absolutely will spend millions to hire people to follow these 8 Dems around for a year and make their lives miserable."

I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate

can't wait to see this inspiring messaging incorporated into the DSCC fundraising appeals

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.

In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead

Great job, @schumer.senate.gov. You've changed the story from "GOP hurting millions of Americans to please unpopular, failing, delusional despot who's destroying his party" to "Dems are too weak and divided in the face of Trump's strength to take a stand and protect Americans"

The original Dem demands were: 1) Permanent ACA subsidies 2) Medicaid funding restored 3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission) They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today. The Senate Democrats!

These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump: Hassan King Cortez-Masto Shaheen Kaine Fetterman Durbin Rosen Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.

Maybe if people think the Democratic Party is "weak" it is not because they think that Democrats "care about other people" but that they "fold every single time."

How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.

Republicans are going to laugh at Democrats and do nothing on healthcare. They will continue helping Trump fulfill Project 2025. Dems learn nothing.

If that's the case, then he's an utterly feckless leader of his caucus.

The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.

I am reminded, in this moment, of this imperative, oft forgotten, from John O’Donohue’s poem, A Blessing For One Who Holds Power: “May your soul find the graciousness To rise above the fester of small mediocrities. May your power never become a shell Wherein your heart would silently atrophy.”

Mothercluckers! Not even a week they needed to throw away all the momentum and power they have been handed… without doing anything or deserving it.

Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

There are too many Democrats in Congress that have no will to fight and we are all worse off becuase of their presence. I thought this week had potential to be a turning point and instead a few woefully inadequate cohort of Senators will make it harder for the entirely of the country once again.

Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

Lucy is promising that this time she will definitely hold the football.

If it’s workers and the middle class fighting the rich to survive, it’s class warfare. If it’s the rich eviscerating the social safety net to hoard wealth, it’s capitalism.

All of the above abundance is so fucking cool! Not.

Sunset melting into the Pacific Ocean. #CAwx 🌅

Chuck Schumer must be a spelunker because he loves caves.

One thing I have marveled at is the way that crowds have been disciplined in capturing immigration enforcement’s lack of discipline.

Good thread. And a great example of the NYT framing a progressive advocacy group going through a period of chaotic management and labor conflict as Wokeness Gone Too Far.

This article contends that the Sierra Club's effort to integrate social justice into its mission was the cause of turmoil. My perspective suggests a simpler reason: Poor leadership.

This is the GOP’s vision for America. While it is important to hold these ICE agents culpable, it’s even more important that Miller, Homan, Bovino et al go to jail. Never again.