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Um energy sector person here to say this is a really bad idea

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The absolutist-free-speech presidency moves to suppress speech by dissidents and regime opponents. (Comey bears more responsibility for the Trump catastrophe than possibly any other single person who is not Trump, but even so.)

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(Denver Post) - Pilots flying into Denver International Airport on Monday couldn’t communicate with air traffic controllers for about six minutes after multiple radio transmitters failed, according to reporting from Denver7. @denverpost.com www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...

submitted 21 days ago • 161 comments

Can Trump revive a natural gas pipeline in a Democratic stronghold? The resurrection of the 124-mile Constitution Pipeline is a tough political ask ahead of elections next year, says @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4dmirZZ

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Happy 43rd b’day to “Combat Rock” — the iconic LP by @theclash.com that featured “Rock the Casbah”. When writing, Joe Strummer said, “I started to think about what someone had told me .. that you get lashed for owning a disco album in Iran." (Hence the line, “Shareef don’t like it.”)

submitted 22 days ago • 103 comments

The interview with @sethklamann.bsky.social on the @getmoresmarter.com podcast was fantastic. I much prefer a 60 minute download on the legislative session over living through it for 120 days. Thanks guys!

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

At least you “owned the libs”

submitted 27 days ago • 74 comments

Thanks to the great @pkrugman.bsky.social for including our Trump memecoin story in his morning newsletter paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypto-is-...

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BREAKING: a source tells @thexylom.com that Atlas 14, the official peer-reviewed record of precipitation frequency estimates in the U.S., has been wiped from the @noaa.gov website. Data crucial to planning for extreme rainfall and flooding events are no longer accessible ahead of hurricane season.

submitted 28 days ago • 9 comments

He sure did!

submitted 33 days ago • 410 comments

They’re scared to have their bluff called on the sorts of positions that gratify their base but would be unlikely to stand up in court.

submitted 34 days ago • 12 comments

From my inbox. You can learn a lot more about @sanders.senate.gov by focusing on constituent service as opposed to policy. What other member of congress hosts free dance parties? He also organizes youth chess tournaments, free dinners for seniors, and a patriotic essay contest for students.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Sources: Shari Redstone asked CBS CEO if it would be possible to delay sensitive 60 Minutes stories about Trump until after the Skydance deal is closed (Dylan Byers/Puck) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

They’ve still got their fastball when they feel like it

submitted 35 days ago • 50 comments

Such a cool story. Something good happening in the world!

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Breaking news: The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease drop 10 percent, according to new research published Thursday.

submitted 42 days ago • 637 comments

In which the NIG director calls for shutting down the mRNA vaccine tech which literally saved millions of lives during COVID

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WSJ: The S&P 500’s performance since Inauguration Day is now the worst for any president up to this point in data going back to 1928, according to Bespoke Investment Group.

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www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

submitted 45 days ago • 7 comments

You don't need to strip search & detain & deport too many white European tourists to crush the tourist industry.

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NBC News EXCLUSIVE: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

submitted 49 days ago • 143 comments

💥 Whopper scoop from @andybounds.bsky.social: Brussels is issuing burner phones & basic laptops to commissioners & senior officials travelling to the US for IMF/World Bank spring meetings next week to avoid risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for China. www.ft.com/content/20d0...

submitted 52 days ago • 27 comments

US mortgage rates 📈

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A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison. Cross was fired from his position as a Milwaukee Police Sergeant in 2012 after driving his car into a family’s home while intoxicated.

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Jeanine: We found out there are people who are between the ages of one and four who are getting social security Jessica: That's the benefit for kids whose parents are dead.

submitted 56 days ago • 3182 comments

Why is China's leadership playing hardball with the Trump administration on tariffs and this trade war? We've got an interesting conversation today on @theworld.org with Evan Medeiros, Asian Studies professor at Georgetown University.