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790,000 Jobs, $160 Billion GDP: Shocking Costs Of Inflation Reduction Act Repeal. The IRA has attracted $600B in new private investment across 750 projects and created more than 406,000 new jobs so far. Trump proposals to repeal it to pay for tax cuts for the https://www.europesays.com/1942374/ …

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I would have liked paying $6 trillion for Bernie Sander’s socialist plan in 2021 for things like free college tuition and free healthcare (Medicare for All). Instead, we got a $6 trillion tax hike on the working class to pay for tax cuts for the rich while Republicans strive to repeal all benefits.

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Any Queens folks (or NYC parks or casino aficionados) know about this? John Liu wants to OK a park & casino in a Citi Field parking lot.

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Just stole this meme…

submitted 104 days ago • 346 comments

Hands Off, NYC!

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Even the UK is burning.

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Donald Trump slapped tariffs on penguins and not on Putin.

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The richest country in the world, which is breaking with all its past allies, can’t get back a Salvadoran immigrant that it wrongly deported.

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Any thoughts on how to incentivize low-carbon marijuana?

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Reduced soil moisture has contributed more to sea level rise than the loss of Greenland’s ice sheets.

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Grass-fed beef is no better for the climate than feedlot beef, a new study finds. Read more: bit.ly/4iCtMH0

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Friends, it's been a confusing week for all of us at #USAID as DOGE and the braintrust at State/F defy court orders, demonstrate total incompetence in handling complex systems, and issue orders that sound like they're from a Monty Python sketch. But it's not funny- here's our latest update 🧵 1/

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Starting to wonder when Trump will suggest that we change our national anthem from the home of the “brave” to the “complacent.”

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Not sure what this says about Musk (or his chatbot)

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The NYS Assembly democratic majority, led by Speaker Carl Heastie, is leading NYers to much higher utility bills, more pollution, and less jobs by blocking passage of the #NYHEAT act. The state senate and Gov are ready to go: get out of the way and pass it this year!

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Yep

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Why are all of these law firms giving Donald Trump what he wants?

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Are than any asthmatics out there who are worried about the impacts of worsening air quality?

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Tonight an unbelievable 34,000 people gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).

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Howard Lutnick is worth around 2 billion dollars. But you poor people and old people who don't get a Social Security check this month need to shut up because you're really harshing his mellow.

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"More than three years after Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged to stop building new coal projects abroad, the country’s Belt and Road Initiative is increasingly driven by renewables." It's not altruism, y'all. Shit's cheaper.

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If Donald Trump makes false statements he is temporarily banned from social media. If green card holders speak for peace they are put into ICE detention.

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Waste from a shuttered asbestos mine in Newfoundland has been a troubling source of contamination for decades. Now, a startup plans to process the waste and use it to draw down carbon dioxide — one of several projects worldwide that aim to turn this liability into an asset.

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African solar installations are projected to grow by 42 percent this year, according to an industry group. Read more: bit.ly/4byoslG

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